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Psycho-Pass
''Psycho-Pass'' (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 storyline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psycho-Pass 3
''Psycho-Pass 3'' is a 2019 anime television series that serves as a direct sequel to the 2014 anime television series '' Psycho-Pass 2'' and the '' de facto'' third season of the ''Psycho-Pass'' anime series. It aired in Japan's Fuji TV's Noitamina from October 24 to December 12, 2019. It was first revealed in March 2019. Besides featuring characters from previous series, ''Psycho-Pass'' and ''Psycho-Pass 2'', the anime focuses on new characters including Yūki Kaji's Arata Shindo and Yūichi Nakamura's Kei Mikhail Ignatov with Akira Amano having conceived their designs. Naoyoshi Shiotani returns to direct the series at Production I.G. Set in a dystopian future where society is overseen by technology known as the Sibyl System, the story focuses on Shindo and Ignatov, two policemen. Director Naoyoshi Shiotani conceived the series in 2015 when coming up with a ''Psycho-Pass'' series that primarily relies on a new cast. Much attention was provided to the new main duo a we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psycho-Pass 2
''Psycho-Pass 2'' is a 2014 anime television series by Tatsunoko Production that serves as a direct sequel and ''de facto'' second season to the 2012 anime television series ''Psycho-Pass''. It was directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Kiyotaka Suzuki, and supervised by Katsuyuki Motohiro and Gen Urobuchi. The series is written by Tow Ubukata, featuring scripts by Ubukata and Jun Kumagai. Character designs are by Akira Amano and adapted by Kyoji Asano. The series takes place in an authoritarian future, where omnipresent public sensors continuously scan the Psycho-Pass of every citizen in range. The sensors measure mental state, personality, and the probability that the citizen will commit crimes, alerting authorities when someone exceeds accepted norms. The story once again follows the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division, led by Inspector Akane Tsunemori, as they are caught up in another mysterious case. ''Psycho-Pass 2'' aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psycho-Pass Providence
''Psycho-Pass Providence'' is a 2023 anime cyberpunk crime film in the ''Psycho-Pass'' franchise. It was produced by Production I.G and directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani. The film was first revealed in August 2022 as part of a celebration of ''Psycho-Pass'' reaching its 10th anniversary with TOHO distributing. It stars the talents of Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Seki, Kenji Nojima, Shizuka Itō, Miyuki Sawashiro, Ayane Sakura among others. It serves as a prequel to the third season of ''Psycho-Pass'' and its sequel film, '' Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector''. The plot starts with a string of terrorist attacks across Japan by the paramilitary force known as the "Peacebreakers," which is investigated by Inspector Akane Tsunemori and her team of latent criminals and are aided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who have experience fighting against the Peacebreakers—namely her former companion Shinya Kogami who returns to Japan following his mercenary days explored in '' Psycho-Pass: Sinner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noitamina
is a Japanese programming block on Fuji Television devoted to anime, originally broadcast every Thursday late night/Friday morning from 0:45 to 1:15 JST. It was launched with the intention of expanding the target audience beyond the typical young male demographic. The block debuted in April 2005 as a half-hour block. All anime production under the block are joint-venue by Fuji TV, Dentsu and usually Sony Music Entertainment Japan or its subsidiary Aniplex. The timeslot was expanded from a half hour to a full hour in 2010, and airs Thursday nights/Friday morning on 0:45 to 1:45 JST, but returned to half an hour timeslot in 2015 due to 5 Noitamina-produced films to be shown in Japanese theaters in the same year. The only non-anime series aired on Noitamina was the live-action adaptation of '' Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture'' in 2010. On April 15, 2010, Fuji TV and Funimation announced an agreement that allows Funimation to simulcast series from the Noitamina block in North A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Fukami
is a Japanese manga artist, novelist, and screenwriter. He started writing manga in 1999 and since has had multiple of his series adapted into other media. In addition to manga, he also did screenwriting for ''Psycho-Pass'' and its first film '' Psycho-Pass: The Movie'' in 2012 and 2015 respectively, both of which have been well received. Biography Makoto Fukami was born in Kumamoto Prefecture on August 5, 1977. In 1999, Fukami created the manga ''Wild Diamond'', which won the for manga in that year. In 2005, he launched his first major novel series, '' Young Gun Carnaval''. In 2012, he started working as a screenwriter for various anime series with ''Psycho-Pass''. In 2013, the manga series '' The Torture Club'' received a live action film adaptation. Later that year, in the ''Newtype'' anime awards, ''Psycho-Pass'' was voted as fourth best title of the year. In 2014, the series was nominated for the Seiun Award. In 2015, '' Ōsama-tachi no Viking'' was nominated for the Manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoyoshi Shiotani
is a Japanese director who was worked into multiple works from the studio Production I.G. He is famous for directing all ''Psycho-Pass'' works. He was voted the third director in ''Newtype'' anime awards. Biography As a child, Shiotani was a fan of animation and enjoyed drawing. His favorite works were Studio Ghibli film, like Hayao Miyazaki's ''My Neighbor Totoro'' and ''Kiki's Delivery Service''. He was also a fan of Production I.G. through their franchises ''Ghost in the Shell'' and ''Patlabor''. He was also a fan of live-action films including Blade Runner, '' Minority Report'', ''Gattaca'', '' Fifth Element'', ''Seven'', ''Brazil'' and the ''Millennium'' trilogy. Upon joining Production I.G., Shiotani became interested in combining traditional animation with cgi animation for his works, most notably '' Oblivion Island''. Shiotani's first directed work was the film '' Tokyo Marble Chocolate'' which he made for a young a demographic by giving it the theme of a family. He the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gen Urobuchi
is a Japanese novelist, visual novel writer and anime screenwriter. He is known for being the co-creator of the highly acclaimed and commercially successful anime series '' Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', which earned him the Tokyo Anime Award for Best Scriptwriter, as well as the writer of the 2003 visual novel '' Saya no Uta'', the 2012 anime '' Psycho-Pass'', the light novel and anime '' Fate/Zero'', and the 2013–2014 tokusatsu show '' Kamen Rider Gaim''. He currently works at Nitroplus and Nitro+chiral. Anime written by Urobuchi that have won the Newtype Anime Awards have been ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' in 2011, ''Fate/Zero'' in 2012 and '' Psycho-Pass: The Movie'' in 2015. History Urobuchi graduated from Wako University with a degree in History. He aspired to become a novelist and after seeing Shizuku and Kizuato by Leaf, he felt confident about the range of expression that games have. He then started working at Nitroplus and worked on '' Phantom of Inferno'' as hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane
is a Japanese manga series by Hikaru Miyoshi, based on the ''Psycho-Pass'' anime series. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Jump Square'' from November 2012 to May 2013, and later on the magazine's official website from June 2013 to December 2014. Publication ''Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane'' by Hikaru Miyoshi is based on the anime series ''Psycho-Pass'' and focuses on the title character Akane Tsunemori as she works as an inspector within the Bureau forces from dystopian Japan labeled as Sybil System. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Jump Square'' from November 2, 2012, to May 2, 2013. It later ran on the magazine's website from June 4, 2013, to December 4, 2014. Shueisha collected its chapters in six volumes, released from February 4, 2013, to January 5, 2015. Volumes Reception By November 2013, the manga had 380,000 copies in circulation. By December 2014, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugo Kanno
is a Japanese composer and musician known for his work on many television dramas, anime series, and movies. Biography Kanno was born in Saitama, Japan. He attended junior high school in Kawagoe before later moving to Takanezawa for university. While attending school, he was fascinated by Impressionist Music. He graduated from the Tokyo College of Music, department of composition, film scoring course and started providing music for movies, commercials, and artists while he was still a student. On December 14, 2007, Kanno held his first orchestral concert which, according to his website, "started with a strong desire to listen to live music." His first orchestra concert was held at Suntory Hall's Blue Rose in 2007. His first 2-day Valentines concert was held at Bunkamura Orchard Hall in 2014, Yupoto Hall in 2015, Mielparque Hall in 2016, Hitomi Memorial Hall in 2017/2018, and Sakura Hall in 2019, and was well received. He also participated in several collaborations such as 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Amano
is a Japanese mangaka known for the '' shōnen'' series ''Reborn!''. Early versions of ''Reborn!'' were published in ''seinen'' manga magazines. In late 2003, the series, a stand-alone short story at the time, was published in the ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine. After the success of the short story, the series began serialization in the magazine in mid-2004. Since then, the manga has been adapted into an anime, as well as five light novels and several video games. On Nikkei Entertainment's list of most successful manga artists she ranked 12th. Works * ''Shōnen Spin'' * ''Neppuu Yakyuu Densetsu Picchan'' * (2000, serialized in ''Bessatsu Young Magazine'' and '' Young Magazine'') * ''Monkey Business'' (2002) * ''Bakuhatsu HAWK!!'' (one-shot released in 2003) * ''Reborn!'' (2004–2012, serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'') * '' Psycho-Pass'' (original character design) * ''Warashibe Tantei Numashichirō'' (one-shot released in 2013) * ''ēlDLIVE is a Japanese manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuyuki Motohiro
is a Japanese film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role .... Filmography *''Odoru Daisosasen Bangaihen – Wangansho Fukei Monogatari Shoka no Kôtsûanzen Special'' (1998) *'' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' (1998) *'' Space Travelers'' (2000) *''Satorare'' (2001) *'' Bayside Shakedown 2'' (2003) *'' Summer Time Machine Blues'' (2005) *'' Shaolin Girl'' (2008) *'' Bayside Shakedown 3'' (2010) *'' Psycho-Pass'' (2012) *'' Bayside Shakedown The Final'' (2012) *'' Psycho-Pass: The Movie'' (2015) *'' Maku ga Agaru'' (2015) *'' Ajin: Demi-Human'' (2017) *'' Laughing Under the Clouds'' (2018) *'' FLCL Progressive'' (2018) *'' FLCL Alternative'' (2018) *'' Human Lost'' (2019) *''Beautiful Dreamer'' (2020) *''Brave: Gunjō Senki'' (2021) *''Shinji Muroi: Not Defeated'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming service owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian cinema, East Asian media, including Anime, Japanese anime, and is headquartered in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, with a Japanese branch located in Shibuya, Tokyo. Launched in mid-2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates, the service has over 120million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll was previously a subsidiary of Otter Media, itself a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia, and from 2016 to 2018, the service partnered with Funimation, which Sony acquired in 2017 and would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll from AT&T in 2021. Crunchyroll is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
