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Psycho-Pass

2012 · TV Series · TV-MA · 28 min · ★ 7.7 · 80% critics

CrimeActionAnimeScience Fiction

In a near-future Japan, an all-seeing system scans people’s minds to judge their risk of committing crime, shaping who gets freedom and who gets detained. A public safety team investigates violent cases while wrestling with what justice means when technology can decide guilt before anything happens.

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Details
Original title
PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス
Years
2012–2019
Release date
2012-10-12
Network
Fuji TV
Language
Japanese
Rated
TV-MA
Runtime
28 min
Max quality
SD
Critic score
80/100
TMDB rating
7.7/10 (464 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense sci‑fi crime thriller that mixes investigations with big questions about freedom and control, similar in vibe to Ergo Proxy; Not for you if you dislike gore, heavy themes, or dense early exposition.

Pros: gripping dystopian mystery; thought-provoking moral questions; strong character growth | Cons: slow, exposition-heavy start; intense violence and gore; later seasons divisive

Themes

  • japan
  • detective
  • future
  • dystopia
  • police
  • gore
  • cyberpunk
  • gunfight
  • torture
  • terrorism
  • criminal
  • xenophobia
  • +7 more

Cast & crew

Episodes3 seasons · 41 episodes

Season 122 episodes
  • S1E1Crime Coefficient28m
  • S1E2Those Capable28m
  • S1E3Rearing Conventions28m
  • S1E4Nobody Knows Your Mask28m
  • S1E5Nobody Knows Your Face28m
  • S1E6Return of the Psychotic Prince28m
  • S1E7Symbolism of Bletilla Striata28m
  • S1E8And Then, Silence28m
  • S1E9Paradise Fruit28m
  • S1E10Methuselah's Game28m
  • S1E11Saint's Supper28m
  • S1E12Devil's Crossroad28m
  • S1E13Invitation from the Abyss28m
  • S1E14Sweet Poison28m
  • S1E15The Town Where Sulfur Falls28m
  • S1E16The Gate to Judgment28m
  • S1E17Iron Heart28m
  • S1E18A Promise Written on Water28m
  • S1E19Transparent Shadow28m
  • S1E20Where Justice Lies28m
  • S1E21Blood-Stained Reward28m
  • S1E22Perfect World28m
Season 211 episodes
  • S2E1The Scales of Justice <299/300>28m
  • S2E2The Creeping Unknown28m
  • S2E3The Devil’s Proof28m
  • S2E4The Salvation of Job28m
  • S2E5Unforbidden Games28m
  • S2E6Those Who Cast Stones28m
  • S2E7Untraceable Children28m
  • S2E8Conception of the Sibyl28m
  • S2E9Omnipotence Paradox28m
  • S2E10Gauging the Soul28m
  • S2E11What Color?28m
Season 38 episodes
  • S3E1Laelaps’ Calling46m
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  • S3E2Teumessian Sacrifices46m
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  • S3E3Herakles and the Sirens46m
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  • S3E4Political Strife in the Colosseum46m
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  • S3E5Agamemnon’s Offering46m
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  • S3E6Caesar’s Gold Coins46m
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  • S3E7Don’t Take God’s Name in Vain46m
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  • S3E8Cubism46m
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