Yoshikazu Takeuchi

Yoshikazu Takeuchi (竹内 義和, Takeuchi Yoshikazu; born February 27, 1955 in Wakayama Prefecture) is a Japanese writer of fan guides and novels, as well as a radio co-host. His work Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis (パーフェクト・ブルー　完全変態, Pāfekuto Burū: Kanzen Hentai) was the basis for the 1997 Satoshi Kon anime film Perfect Blue and a 2002 live-action film titled Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete. Takeuchi's book Ultraman Visits the Grave is about a young boy who happens to be a fan of Ultraman. Takeuchi has expressed interest in getting his work translated for an English-speaking audience.^[1]

Yoshikazu Takuechi
竹内 義和
Born	(1955-02-27) February 27, 1955 (age 70) Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Novelist

Seven Seas Entertainment published English-language versions of his Perfect Blue novels in 2018.^[2][3][4]

Bibliography

• The Encyclopedia of World Monsters (世界の妖怪全百科, Sekai no Yōkai Zen Hyakka) (1982, Shogakukan)
• The History of Toho Special Effects Movies (1983)
• Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis (パーフェクト・ブルー　完全変態, Pāfekuto Burū: Kanzen Hentai) (March 1991) (ISBN 4-89-595022-0)
• Perfect Blue 1998 (パーフェクト・ブルー１９９８, Pāfekuto Burū 1998) (March 1998, Metamor Publishing) (ISBN 4-89-595192-8)^[5] (reprint of Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis)
• Perfect Blue: Awaken from a Dream (2002)
• The Promise of Gachopon (2009)
• Wanting to meet Arashi (2010)
• Ultraman Visits the Grave (November 2011)^[6]