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Psycho-Pass

★ 8.1 26K votes 2012–2019 3 seasons · 41 episodes Ended Fuji TV
DystopiaOppressive imagined societies and the people caught in them.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 9/10Near-future techTechnology one step ahead of today, and what it costs us.This show: 8/10PhilosophicalBig questions of meaning, ethics and existence.This show: 8/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 8/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 8/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Kana HanazawaMiyuki SawashiroNoriko HidakaShizuka ItôKenji NojimaTakahiro Sakurai
Written by
Gen Urobuchi
Starring
Kana HanazawaMiyuki SawashiroNoriko HidakaShizuka ItôKenji NojimaTakahiro Sakurai
Written by
Gen Urobuchi
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About

"Dystopian policing that interrogates its own premise"

Set in a future Japan run by the Sibyl System, which scans citizens' mental states to predict criminal intent before a crime happens, the show follows a rookie police inspector paired with a squad of "enforcers" - convicted latent criminals used to hunt down others. It's a slick, moody cyberpunk procedural that uses stylish action and gruesome set pieces to ask uncomfortable questions about justice, free will, and whether a peaceful society built on surveillance is worth having. Season one is tightly plotted and genuinely tense; later seasons vary in quality but keep the core ideas intact.

Watch it for

the tense cat-and-mouse plotting and its unsettling philosophical case against algorithmic justice.

Maybe skip if

you're squeamish about graphic violence or expect consistent quality across all three seasons.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12012
8.113K228h 26m
The series takes place in the near future, when it is possible to instantaneously measure and quantify a person's state of mind and personality. This information is recorded and processed, and the term "Psycho-Pass" refers to a standard used to measure an individual's being. The story centers around the "enforcement officer" Shinya Kougami, who is tasked with managing crime in such a world.
Season 22014
7.73K114h 3m
The second season takes place one-and-a-half years after the first season. Having learned the true nature of the Sibyl System, Akane Tsunemori chose to obey the system, believing in both humanity and the legal order. She's part of a new police section and spends her everyday life facing down criminals. Unbeknownst to Akane, however, a monster who will shake the system to its core is about to appear before her.
Season 32019
7.12K86h 2m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Kana Hanazawa Akane Tsunemori
Miyuki Sawashiro Shion Karanomori
Noriko Hidaka Donimator, Dominator
Shizuka Itô Yayoi Kunizuka
Kenji Nojima Nobuchika Ginoza
Takahiro Sakurai Shougo Makishima, Shou Hinakawa
Tomokazu Seki Shinya Kougami, Shinya Kogami
Bryan Massey Additional Voices
Terri Doty Additional Voices
Kinryû Arimoto Tomomi Masaoka

Crew

Gen Urobuchi

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