Perfect Blue remains part of the Satoshi Kon repertory circuit, with screenings in Tokyo and a merchandise line tied to a Paprika anniversary event in Paris. No new animation or remake is in production as of the most recent stories.
Perfect Blue's current life is as a repertory title. The Satoshi Kon Birth Festival 2026 runs October 9 to 12 at Ikebukuro HUMAX Cinemas and Shibuya HUMAX Cinema, and the lineup includes Perfect Blue with Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika, and the TV series Paranoia Agent. Talk events feature Megumi Hayashibara, Junko Iwao, Asami Notomi, and Haruko Momoi. A Paprika 4K remaster screens October 12, Kon's birthday, with Hayashibara on stage. A pop-up shop runs through November 15.
Outside Japan, Perfect Blue is being sold alongside Paprika rather than booked alone. Feux will hold two events in Paris starting September 11, 2026. A one-night Paprika screening runs at the Musee Guimet rooftop, marking 20 years since that film's release. A PERFECT BLUE x Paprika pop-up store runs at Junku Paris through September 22, with limited goods made by U-NT. Items will also be sold on the U-NT STORE online shop. The pairing treats Kon's two features as a single product line aimed at an overseas audience.
The historical record is also being kept in circulation. NHK General will rebroadcast 'NHK Video File: Want to Meet That Person Encore Satoshi Kon' on August 22 at 5:40 AM. The program compiles interviews with the late director and airs ahead of the August 24 anniversary of his death. It originally broadcast on August 23, 2025.
On the production side, the only related development is outside Kon's own body of work. Katsuhiro Otomo has founded a new animation studio, Oval Gear, which will focus on feature-length work. Otomo contributed to Perfect Blue. His last full-length directorial work was Steamboy in 2004. No release window or title for Oval Gear's first film has been shared.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the cited Yomimono stories below, each itself sourced, then editorially reviewed. Every fact links the story it came from.
Structured graph also available as JSON at /public/entities/perfect-blue.
CC BY 4.0.
When a claim about Perfect Blue was confirmed, debunked, or disputed against open-web sources. The record stays even after a claim drops off the facts list.
Feux will hold two events in Paris starting September 11, 2026. A one-night screening of Satoshi Kon's Paprika runs at the Musee Guimet rooftop, marking 20 years since the film's release. A PERFECT BLUE x Paprika pop-up store runs at Junku Paris through September 22, with limited goods made by U-NT. Items will also be sold on the U-NT STORE online shop.
The Satoshi Kon Birth Festival 2026 runs Oct 9-12 at Ikebukuro HUMAX Cinemas and Shibuya HUMAX Cinema. The lineup covers Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika, and the TV series Paranoia Agent. Talk events feature Megumi Hayashibara, Junko Iwao, Asami Notomi, and Haruko Momoi. A Paprika 4K remaster screens Oct 12, Kon's birthday, with Hayashibara on stage. A pop-up shop runs through Nov 15.
NHK General will rebroadcast 'NHK Video File: Want to Meet That Person Encore Satoshi Kon' on August 22 at 5:40 AM. The program compiles interviews with the late director Satoshi Kon and airs ahead of the August 24 anniversary of his death. It originally broadcast on August 23, 2025.
Director and manga artist Katsuhiro Ōtomo has founded a new animation studio called Oval Gear. The studio will focus on feature-length work. Its first project is already in production. The company is hiring animators and production staff as it builds out its team. Ōtomo is best known for the 1988 film Akira, which he directed and wrote based on his own manga. His other directing credits include the anthology Memories, the steampunk feature Steamboy, and the science-fiction story Roujin Z. He also contributed to Perfect Blue, the psychological thriller directed by the late Satoshi Kon. The formation of Oval Gear marks a return to feature animation for Ōtomo, whose last full-length directorial work was Steamboy in 2004. The studio name and its immediate hiring push suggest a permanent production base rather than a one-off project team. No release window or title for the first film has been shared.