Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2024)

Psycho-Pass: The Movie
Information
Kanji	劇場版 PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス
Rōmaji	Gekijouban Psycho-Pass
Release date	January 9, 2015
DVD release	July 15, 2015
Length	113 minutes
Opening	Who What Who What
Ending	Monster Without a Name (full version)
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Prequel ← Psycho-Pass 2	Sequel Crime and Punishment →

Psycho-Pass: The Movie (劇場版 PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス Gekijouban Psycho-Pass) is a feature film based on the anime series.It was released on January 9, 2015, in Japanese theaters and on July 15, 2015 in Blu-ray format.In Japan, like other anime feature films, this work is called Gekijouban Psycho-Pass, gekijouban meaning "theater edition" as opposed to other formats.The term "eiga" is the generic word for the English term "movie", which is typically shorter.

Synopsis

Story

Foreigners hack into Japan's closed borders and enter the country. Equipped with special glasses and sub-machine guns, the foreigners meet with Tadao Miyazaki for a trade, but amidst the shadows, a Komissa disguised grenade puts a halt to their activity as Public Safety Bureau's Division 01 ambushes the foreigners.

Miyazaki is paralyzed and the criminals draw their arms to engage with Division 1. Two of their men are lethally eliminated by Teppei Sugo and Nobuchika Ginoza. Two of the criminals try to escape in a vehicle; however, it is destroyed by Yayoi Kunizuka's explosive Destroy Decomposer. One of the foreigners is injured at the wheel while the other escapes, only to be trapped by a wall of Komissa projections hiding security bots. He is swiftly paralyzed by Tsunemori. Under Chief Joshu Kasei's orders, Inspector Mika Shimotsuki uses a Memory Scoop on the survivor, revealing images of Shinya Kogami as a member of a guerrilla group in SEAUn. Tsunemori asks Chief Kasei for permission to travel to SEAUn in order to investigate the connection between the two and to extradite Kogami back to Japanese territory. SEAUn is in chaos, like the rest of the world, but is trying to implement Japan's Sibyl System in order to maintain peace and order. At present, it is only operational in Shambala Float, where citizens are segregated into a privileged "clear Hue" minority and a "potentially clouded" majority that is treated like slaves. While many outside the city are desperate in seeking a better life within Shambala Float, some are strongly against this abusive system, most prominently the anti-government guerrilla, which Kogami assists.

Story is continued in:

Main article: Psycho-Pass: The Movie/Story

Trivia

• According to the DVD's box and ancient monuments in the film, Shambala Float is a coastal city in modern Cambodia.
• Contrary to what is shown on the poster, Tsunemori never uses the Dominator when she wears the white Inspector's tee.
• More details about the neutralization of the foreigners group by Division 1: Tsunemori enforces Miyazaki's first (Crime Coefficient: 178.3), Sugo lethally eliminates the first terrorist (Crime Coefficient: 310), Ginoza eliminates the second one (Crime Coefficient: 326), and the third one is eliminated by Sho Hinakawa. Inspector Shimotsuki lethally enforces the fourth one, the fifth one is injured and knocked senseless by the steering wheel of the terrorists' car when it crashes, and the last one is paralyzed by Tsunemori (Crime Coefficient: 293).
• The decor of Kasei's office is different from Seasons One and Two.
• While Tsunemori is in Shambala Float, she wears a white Inspector's tee instead of the usual blue jacket because, due to her investigator status, she is neutral; but like the (current) blue helmets, she must be distinguished from others. The tactical number on the garment's sleeve is still 103 with the MWPSB's logo printed on the back.
• When she takes joins Nicholas Wong's anti-rebel operation, Tsunemori wears her holster horizontally on her back.
• During the attack on the guerrilla base, Desmond Rutaganda stops Shinya Kogami's blood flow with his thumb and index finger in order to capture him alive.

Quotes

"At the level of the individual, violence has a detoxifying effect. It takes away the inferiority complexes and changes the contemplative and desperate attitude of native people. [sic] Violence makes them fearless and restores their dignity in their own eyes." [sic] You're not familiar with Frantz Fanon?"
—Desmond Rutaganda to Nicholas Wong

"You'll regret it if you don't kill me now." (Kogami)

• "Terrifying! Unfortunately, we have some important questions to ask you." (Rutaganda)
  

—Shinya Kogami and Desmond Rutaganda's exchange after Kogami's capture

Behind the Scenes

Chief Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro

Director: Naoyoshi Shiotani

Script writers: Gen Urobuchi and Makoto Fukami

Original Character Design: Akira Amano

Character Design: Kyoji Asano, Naoyuki Onda

Music: Yugo Kanno

Japanese Voice Cast:

• Kana Hanazawa as Akane Tsunemori
• Hiroshi Kamiya as Nicholas Wong
• Ayane Sakura as Mika Shimotsuki
• Hiroki Tōchi as Teppei Sugo
• Kazuhiro Yajima as Joji Saiga
• Kanji Nojima as Nobuchika Ginoza
• Shizuka Itō as Yayoi Kunizuka
• Takahiro Sakurai as Sho Hinakawa, Shogo Makishima
• Miyuki Sawashiro as Shion Karanomori
• Tomokazu Seki as Shinya Kogami
• Noriko Hidaka as Dominator
• Unshō Ishizuka as Desmond Rutaganda

English Voice Cast:

• Kate Oxley as Akane Tsunemori
• Jason Liebrecht as Nicholas Wong
• Cherami Leigh as Mika Shimotsuki
• Mike McFarland as Teppei Sugo
• Michael Federico as Joji Saiga
• Josh Grelle as Nobuchika Ginoza
• Lindsay Seidel as Yayoi Kunizuka
• Zach Bolton as Sho Hinakawa
• Lydia Mackay as Shion Karanomori
• Robert McCollum as Shinya Kogami
• Stephanie Young as Dominator
• Major Attaway as Desmond Rutaganda
• Alex Organ as Shogo Makishima

Special Note: Shogo Makishima appears in the movie as Kogami's hallucination only.

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