Psycho-Pass

Psycho-Pass is an American-Australian animated series developed by Sheen Vincent. 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, called Reinforcers.

Setting
Psycho-Pass is set in a futuristic Japan governed by the Sibyl System, a powerful biomechatronic computer network which endlessly measures the biometrics of Japanese citizens' brains and mentalities using a "cymatic scan." The resulting assessment is called a Psycho-Pass, which includes a numeric Crime Coefficient index, revealing the citizen's criminality potential, and a color-coded Hue, alerting law enforcement to other data, as well as the improvement (clearing) or decline (clouding) of said Psycho-Pass. When a targeted individual's Crime Coefficient index exceeds the accepted threshold (100), they are pursued, apprehended, and either arrested or killed by the field officers of the Crime Investigation Department of the Ministry of Welfare's Public Safety Bureau. Elite officers known as Inspectors research and evaluate crime scenes, including all personnel involved, with the assistance of Enforcers. Enforcers are latent criminals charged with protecting the Inspectors, adding their expertise and carrying out Inspectors' instructions. Both are equipped with personally activated hand-held weapons called "Dominators" whose integrated scanners provide the target's immediate Psycho-Pass. The gun-like weapon can only fire when approved by the Sibyl System and triggered by its owner. Inspectors and Enforcers work as a team, though Inspectors have jurisdiction to fire their Dominators on the Enforcers should they pose a danger to the public or the Inspectors themselves.

Story
Psycho-Pass is seen through the eyes of Akane Tsunemori, a rookie Inspector within Unit One (aka Division One) of the Ministry of Welfare Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department. Shinya Kogami is an Enforcer under her watch during her first mission. When she judges him a threat to an apprehended criminal's life, she uses her Dominator to prevent him from decomposing the criminal. Initially ashamed of her action, Kogami thanks her for preventing what could be perceived as murder, an opinion which influences Tsunemori to stay on the force. The unit uncovers the crimes of Shogo Makishima, a prolific criminal mastermind. Makishima is Criminally Asymptomatic – a person persistently assessed by the Sibyl System as having a low crime coefficient despite all actions and attitudes, thus protecting him from Dominator harm. Tsunemori is accompanied by veteran Inspector Nobuchika Ginoza, a strict man who looks down on Enforcers; Tomomi Masaoka, a middle-aged Enforcer who used to be a detective; Shusei Kagari, a carefree young man who was marked as a latent criminal in childhood; and Yayoi Kunizuka, a former musician turned into a latent criminal stemming from a relationship with a terrorist.

The unit starts hunting Makishima, but it is Kogami who is most invested, having lost a friend at the hands of the villain. Meanwhile, Makishima is invited by Joshu Kasei, the android form of Sibyl, to join their ranks. He refuses and flees. Realizing this, Kogami leaves Unit One to find and kill him. The Sibyl System orders Tsunemori to capture Makishima and execute Kogami, but she agrees only on the condition that they withdraw the execution order for Kogami. Unit One now searches for both men with Kogami learning that Makishima plans to make biologic terrorism and sends the data to his data. Upon finding him, Makishima attacks Masaoka and kills him when attempting to murder his son, Ginoza, with dynamite. Kogami spots and wounds Makishima but he is stopped by Tsunemori. He agrees to work together but when Makishima attempts to kill Tsunemori, Kogami uses Masaoka's gun to kill Makishima. In the epilogue, Ginoza has become a Enforcer after experiencing his father's death with Tsunemori becoming the new leader as she welcomes Inspector Mika Shimotsuki. Meanwhile, Kogami is last seen on a ship.

Characters

 * Maggie Roswell as Akane Tsunemori
 * Hank Azaria as Shinya Kogami
 * Cary Elwes as Nobuchika Ginoza
 * Steven Weber as Tomomi Masoka
 * Billy West as Shusei Kagari
 * Ashley Johnson as Yayoi Kunizuka
 * April Winchell as Shion Karanomori / Haruki Enomiya
 * Pat Musick as Joshu Kasei
 * Fred Tatasciore as Mitsuru Sasayama / Atsushi Shindo
 * Anndi McAfee as Mika Shimotsuki
 * Mark Hamill as Sakuya Togane
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Sho Hinakawa
 * Jeff Bennett as Joji Saiga
 * Grey DeLisle as Risa Aoyanagi
 * Thom Adcox-Hernandez as Teppei Sugo
 * Nika Futterman as Mizue Shisui
 * Jason Marsden as Arata Shindo
 * Tom Kenny as Kei Mikhail Ignatov
 * Lauren Tom as Mao Kisaragi
 * Curtis Armstrong as Kazumichi Irie
 * Nolan North as Tenma Todoroki
 * Tara Strong as Frederica Hanashiro
 * Jeannie Elias as Maiko Maya Stronskaya
 * Candi Milo as Karina Komiya
 * Harry Shearer as Shogo Makishima
 * Michael Reisz as Choe Gu-sung
 * Tasia Valenza as Rikako Oryo
 * Maurice LaMarche as Toyohisa Senguji
 * Mikey Kelley as Kirito Kamui
 * David Kaye as Shizuka Homura
 * Mark Hamill as Haruki Shirogane
 * Kari Wahlgren as Kyoko Saionji
 * Katey Sagal as Chiyo Obata
 * Lex Lang as Koichi Azusa
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Torri S. Aschenbach

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