Psycho-Pass

Psycho-Pass
Key visual of the series
PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス (Saiko Pasu)
Genre	Crime[1] Cyberpunk[2] Psychological thriller[3]
Anime television series
Directed by	Naoyoshi Shiotani Katsuyuki Motohiro
Produced by	George Wada Kenji Tobori Wakana Okamura
Written by	Gen Urobuchi Makoto Fukami Aya Takaha
Music by	Yugo Kanno
Studio	Production I.G
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Crunchyroll UK: Manga Entertainment
Original network	Fuji TV (Noitamina)
English network	US: Crunchyroll Channel[4]
Original run	October 12, 2012 – March 22, 2013
Episodes	22 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Written by	Makoto Fukami
Published by	Mag Garden
Demographic	Male
Original run	February 4, 2013 – April 4, 2013
Volumes	2
Sequels
Psycho-Pass 2 (2014) Psycho-Pass 3 (2019)
Anime films
Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015) Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System (2019 trilogy) Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector (2020) Psycho-Pass Providence (2023)
Manga
Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane (2012–2014) Inspector Shinya Kogami (2014–2017)
Anime and manga portal

Psycho-Pass^[a] (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese cyberpunk psychological thriller anime television series produced by Production I.G. It was co-directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Gen Urobuchi, with character designs by Akira Amano and featuring music by Yugo Kanno. The series aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between October 2012 and March 2013. Set in a dystopia of Sibyl System's governance of Japan, the plot follows the young woman Akane Tsunemori. She is introduced as a novice Inspector assigned to Division One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division, in charge of solving crimes with latent criminals, Enforcers.

Psycho-Pass originated from Production I.G.'s interest in making a successor to Mamoru Oshii's achievements. The series was inspired by several live-action films. Chief director Katsuyuki Motohiro aimed to explore psychological themes in society's youth using dystopian storylines. Multiple books and movies influenced Psycho-Pass, the most notable being the 1982 American science fiction film Blade Runner. The series was licensed by Funimation in North America. Several manga and novels, including an adaptation and prequels to the original story, have been published. An episodic video game adaptation called Chimi Chara Psycho-Pass was developed by Nitroplus staffers in collaboration with Production I.G. New novels and another manga were serialized in 2014.

The first season of the anime garnered critical acclaim in both Japan and the West from critics praising the characters' roles and interactions set within the dystopian environment. The animation has also been praised despite issues in latter episodes which required fixing in the DVD volumes of the series.

A second season aired between October and December 2014, with a feature film titled, Psycho-Pass: The Movie released in January 2015. In 2019, Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System premiered between January and March. A third season aired between October and December 2019, with a sequel film, Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector, released in March 2020. A new anime film titled Psycho-Pass Providence was released in May 2023. All of the stories take place in an authoritarian future dystopia where omnipresent public sensors continuously scan the mental states of every passing citizen in order to determine their criminal propensity.

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