Psycho pass

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Psycho pass
Original title PSYCHO PASS サ イ コ パ ス
transcription Psycho pass: Saiko Pasu
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genre Science fiction , cyberpunk , crime , action
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2012-2013
Studio Production IG
length 25 minutes
Episodes 22nd
Director Katsuyuki Motohiro, Naoyoshi Shiotani
production Kōji Yamamoto
music Yūgo Kanno
First broadcast October 12, 2012 - March 22, 2013 on Fuji TV
German-language
first broadcast
February 22 - July 21, 2017 on ProSieben Maxx
synchronization
Manga
title Inspector Akane Tsunemori
Original title 監視 官 常 守 朱
transcription Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane
country JapanJapan Japan
Illustrator Hikaru Miyoshi
publishing company Shueisha
magazine Jump Square
First publication November 2, 2012 - October 4, 2014
expenditure 6th
Anime television series
title Psycho pass 2
Original title PSYCHO PASS サ イ コ パ ス 2
transcription Psycho Pass: Saiko Pasu 2
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2014
Studio Tatsunoko Pro
length 25 minutes
Episodes 11
Director Naoyoshi Shiotani, Kiyotaka Suzuki
music Yūgo Kanno
First broadcast October 10 - December 19, 2014 on Fuji TV, Iwate Menkoi TV , Sakurambo TV
German-language
first broadcast
August 4 - October 13, 2017 on ProSieben Maxx
Anime movie
title Psycho-Pass - The Movie
Original title 劇場版 PSYCHO-PASS サ イ コ パ ス
transcription Gekijōban Psycho Pass: Saiko Pasu
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 2015
Studio Production IG
length 113 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Director Katsuyuki Motohiro, Naoyoshi Shiotani
script Gen Urobuchi, Makoto Fukami
music Yūgo Kanno
Anime television series
title Psycho pass 3
Original title PSYCHO PASS サ イ コ パ ス 3
transcription Psycho pass: Saiko Pasu 3
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2019
Studio Production IG
length 46 minutes
Episodes 8th
Director Naoyoshi Shiotani
music Yūgo Kanno
First broadcast October 24 - December 12, 2019 on Fuji TV

First publication in German
October 24 - December 12, 2019 on Prime Video
synchronization

Psycho-Pass is an anime - TV series that are in the genres of thriller and science fiction easily categorized. The first season is based on a script by Gen Urobuchi and animated by Studio Production IG , while the second season was animated by Tatsunoko Pro based on the script from Tow Ubukata .

The work was also adapted as a manga and novel , with a film also being released in 2015.

content

In the near future it will be possible to see a person's potential for violence, and to do so at first glance: the psyche of a person can be examined through technical progress . The result appears on the Psycho-Pass , a virtual and legally required ID that can be scanned anywhere and anytime. A dark color on the Psycho-Pass refers to the stressed emotional state of its owner. It is classified as potentially dangerous and can be arrested, treated or even eliminated.

In this world, Akane - a young policewoman fresh from the police academy - heads a police unit made up of prisoners with high criminal potential. Akane has to assert her leadership role in harsh society.

publication

Anime

The series was produced by the Japanese animation studio Production IG . "Overall director" ( sōkantoku ) Katsuyuki Motohiro, assisted by director ( kantoku ) Naoyoshi Shiotani, is responsible for Psycho-Pass . The original character design was created by Akira Amano , which was then adapted for the animations by Kyōji Asano. The plot is based on the drafts of Gen Urobuchi, who wrote the scripts together with Makoto Fukami, except for episode 12, which was written by Aya Takaha. Director Motohiro engaged Gen Urobuchi after reading his series Puella Magi Madoka Magica and, impressed by its gloomy atmosphere, his previous works.

The 22 episodes were first broadcast by the channel Fuji TV in its NoitaminA program between October 12, 2012 and March 22, 2013 shortly after midnight (and thus on the previous television day ), as well as on the connected channels Tokai TV with an offset of up to a week , Saga TV , TV Nishi-Nippon , Sakurambo TV , Akita TV , Kagoshima TV , TV Kumamoto , Fukushima TV , TV Shin-Hiroshima , TV Ehime , Niigata Sōgō TV , Sendai Hōsō , Iwate Menkoi TV and TV Shizuoka . An English subtitled version was simulcast on Crunchyroll .

In Germany , the publisher VIZ Media Switzerland holds the TV, home entertainment, internet and video-on-demand rights to the series. Psycho-Pass will appear in Germany on four DVD or Blu-ray boxes from February 2014 via the Kazé Germany label . Since February 22, 2017, the anime has had its German free TV premiere on the special-interest channel ProSieben MAXX every week and can be seen on Fridays at 10:35 p.m. In North America was Psycho-Pass by Funimation licensed.

On July 6, 2013, the studio president of Production IG Mitushisa Ishikawa announced a second season at the Anime Expo . The second season, Psycho-Pass 2 , is animated by the Tatsunoko Pro studio and directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani ( kantoku ) and Kiyotaka Suzuki ( series director ). The overall storyline is from Tow Ubukata , which was scripted by Jun Kumagai. The 11 episodes were also premiered from October 10 to December 19, 2014 after midnight in the NoitaminA program block on Fuji TV, as well as Iwate Menkoi TV and Sakurambo TV, and with an offset also on TV Ehime, TV Shizuoka, Kansai TV, Akita TV , Fukushima TV, Niigata Sōgō TV, TV Shin-Hiroshima, TV Kumamoto, Sendai Hōsō, TV Nishi-Nippon, Tokai TV, Kagoshima TV and Saga TV.

A 113-minute anime film by Production IG was released on January 9, 2015. This was shown in 109 cinemas and, despite the R15 + rating, grossed 248 million yen (€ 1.8 million) in its first four days.

A third season called Psycho-Pass Psychopath was announced by Fuji TV on March 8, 2019 .

synchronization

The German language version of the first season is produced by VSI Berlin. For the synchronous director and the German dialogue book excels Frank Preissler responsible.

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Akane Tsunemori
(常 守 朱, Tsunemori Akane )
Kana Hanazawa Julia Stoepel
Shinya Kōgami
(狡 噛 慎 也, Kōgami Shin'ya )
Tomokazu Seki Jaron Lowenberg
Nobuchika Ginoza
(宜 野 座 伸 元, Ginoza Nobuchika )
Kenji Nojima Felix Spit
Tomomi Masaoka
(征 陸 智 己, Masaoka Tomomi )
Kinryu Arimoto Axel Lutter
Shūsei Kagari
(縢 秀 星, Kagari Shūsei )
Akira Ishida Jeffrey Wipprecht
Yayoi Kunizuka
(六合 塚 弥 生, Kunizuka Yayoi )
Shizuka Itō Nicole Hannak
Shion Karanomori
(唐 之 杜 志 恩, Karanomori Shion )
Miyuki Sawashiro Andrea Aust
Shōgo Makishima
(槙 島 聖 護, Makishima Shōgo )
Takahiro Sakurai Tim Knauer
Dominator
(ド ミ ネ ー タ ー, Dominētā )
Noriko Hidaka Schaukje Könning
Choe Gu-Sung
(チ ェ ・ グ ソ ン, Che Guson )
Yasunori Masutani Matthias Deutelmoser
Jōshū Kasei
(禾生 壌 宗, Kasei Jōshū )
Yoshiko Sakakibara Beate Gerlach
Mika Shimotsuki
(霜 月 美 佳, Shimotsuki Mika )
Ayane Sakura Melanie Isakowitz
Risa Aoyanagi
(青 柳 璃 彩, Aoyanagi Risa )
Masumi Asano Silke Matthias
Sakuya Tōgane
(東 金 朔 夜, Tōgane Sakuya )
Keiji Fujiwara Sven Gerhardt
Shō Hinakawa
(雛 河 翔, Hinakawa Shō )
Takahiro Sakurai Marcel Mann
Mizue Shisui
(酒 々 井 水 絵, Shisui Mizue )
Marina Inoue Anja Mentzendorff
Kirito Kamui
(鹿 矛 囲 桐 斗, Kamui Kirito )
Ryōhei Kimura Konrad Bösherz
Sibyl system Noriko Hidaka Silvia Missbach

music

The opening credits of the first season for the first eleven episodes is Abnormalize by Ling Tosite Sigure, the closing title Namae no Nai Kaibutsu ( 名 前 の な い 怪物 , "The monster without a name") by EGOIST. From the twelfth episode the song Out Of Control by Nothing's Carved In Stone is used in the opening credits and All Alone With You by EGOIST as the closing song .

For the second season, Enigmatic Feeling by Ling Tosite Sigure is used in the opening credits and Fallen by EGOIST.

Manga

The anime is being adapted by Hikaru Miyoshi as the manga series Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane ( 監視 官 常 守 朱 , Eng . "Inspector Akane Tsunemori"), which will run from November 2, 2012 (issue 12/2013) to May 2, 2013 (issue 6 / 2013) ran in Shūeisha's manga magazine Jump Square and as web manga on his website between June 4, 2013 and October 4, 2014 . The chapters were summarized in a total of six anthologies ( Tankōbon ).

The manga was published in German between October 2017 and July 2018 by Kazé Manga as Inspector Akane Tsunemori .

Novels

Gen Urobuchi wrote two volumes of novels on Psycho-Pass , which were published by Mag Garden on February 4 ( ISBN 978-4-8000-0102-3 ) and April 4, 2013 ( ISBN 978-4-8000-0141-2 ) .

Another novel called Psycho-Pass / Zero: Namae no Nai Kaibutsu (PSYCHO-PASS サ イ コ パ ス / ゼ ロ 名 前 の な い 怪物 ) by Aya Takaha was published on April 4, 2013 ( ISBN 978-4-8000-0142-9 ) by the same publisher . This deals with a subplot to the one shown in the anime.

Video games

In 2016, publisher NIS America released Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness, an implementation of the anime for PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 in Europe. The game is a text adventure game which often gives the player freedom of choice when investigating crimes. Depending on how you decide within the game, the cases take a different outcome and the end of the game also varies greatly, depending on how you play.

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Psycho-Pass Chief Director: Word 'Moe' Is Banned Among Staff. In: Anime News Network. October 11, 2012, accessed July 8, 2015 .
  3. ^ Scott Green: Six Shows Added to FUNimation Fall 2012 Simulcast Schedule. In: Crunchyroll. October 9, 2012, accessed December 10, 2013 .
  4. Minority Report sends its regards! May 27, 2013, accessed December 7, 2013 .
  5. Psycho Pass . In: www.prosiebenmaxx.de . January 13, 2017 ( prosiebenmaxx.de [accessed February 23, 2017]).
  6. "PSYCHO-PASS" Film Earns 248 Million Yen in First Four Days. In: Crunchyroll. January 13, 2015, accessed January 13, 2015 .
  7. 3rd season of Psycho-Pass announced. In: Sumikai.com. March 8, 2019, accessed March 8, 2019 .
  8. Psycho-Pass. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on December 7, 2013 .
  9. Ling tosite Sigure, egoist Perform Psycho-Pass songs. Anime News Network , September 12, 2012, accessed December 7, 2013 .

Web links

Commons : Psycho-Pass  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files