This is an animated psychological thriller movie.
The original novel was written by Yoshikazu Takeuchi.
The original proposal of characters was made by Hisashi Eguchi; a manga artist.

Mima, who left a girl-pop group and began a career as a new actress, is significantly embarrassed by jobs as a sexy bikini model and an actress in TV drama coming to her against her will.
At the same time, murders happen one after another around her, and then....

This is Satoshi Kon's first directed movie.

The 48th Berlin International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION 1998
Winner at Fantasia International Film Festival a.k.a FANT-ASIA 1997 in Montreal, Canada
SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia OFFICIAL SELECTION
The 1998 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Best Animation at Fantasporto 1998
The Melbourne International Film Festival 1998
Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION
The B-Movie Award in feature animation at the B-Movie Film Festival 2000 in Syracuse, United States.

Original Story by Yoshikazu Takeuchi
Producer/ Masao Maruyama, Hiroaki Inoue
Screenplay/ Sadayuki Murai
Basic Character Creation/ Hisashi Eguchi
Planning/Koichi Okamoto, Yoshikazu Takeuchi
Planning Coordinator/ Katsuhiro Otomo
Animation Production/MADHOUSE, ONIRO
Director/Satoshi Kon

Mima/ Junko Iwao
Rumi/ Rica Matsumoto
Tadokoro/ Shinpachi Tsuji
Uchida/ Masaaki Ôkura
Yukiko/ Emiko Furukawa
Rei/ Shiho Niiyama