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Cover of the first Psycho-Pass volume released in Japan on December 21, 2012, featuring Akane Tsunemori and Shinya Kōgami.
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Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 22 |
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Original network | Fuji TV |
Original release | October 12, 2012 – March 22, 2013 |
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Psycho-Pass is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and written by Gen Urobuchi. The story takes place in the near future where it is possible to instantaneously measure a person's mental state, personality, and the probability that a person will commit crimes with a device installed on each citizen's body called the Psycho-Pass. It follows Akane Tsunemori, a new member of Unit One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division and her involvement in the crimes her group investigates.
The show began airing on October 12, 2012 on Fuji TV's Noitamina block and finished on March 22, 2013 with a total of twenty-two episodes.Toho started collecting the series in DVD and Blu-ray format on December 21, 2012 and finished the release with the eighth volume on July 26, 2013. Each volume included several extras such as CD soundtracks as well as visual novel.Funimation has licensed the series in North America and simulcasted the series on their website. A home video release was released on March 11, 2014. In United Kingdom it is licensed by Manga Entertainment and in Australia by Madman Entertainment.
The series features two opening and ending themes. For the first eleven episodes, the opening theme is "Abnormalize" by Ling Tosite Sigure whilst the ending theme is "The Monster With No Name" (名前のない怪物 Namae no Nai Kaibutsu) by Egoist. For episode 12 onwards, the opening theme is "Out of Control" by Nothing's Carved in Stone whilst the ending theme is "All Alone With You" by Egoist.