Hopeless Tears is an anime movie from the studio that created Perfect Blue. It revolves around a teenage pop star who is kidnapped and tortured by her stalker, and in the process she plays a series of mind games with him and herself to earn his trust and escape. The MPAA gave it a hard R rating for "strong violence, language, nudity and drug use", and had some scenes trimmed to avoid an NC-17 rating. Viz Media rated the uncut DVD as 'M for Mature' and the edited DVD as 'T+ for Older Teens'. Right Stuf Network played a heavily edited version late at night a few times.