Psycho-Pass

*Slight Spoilers*

In which I delve further into the Anime World

Okay, so I've binge watched several anime series over the last couple of weeks, and yeah I might be a little obsessed with the most recent anime I've watched. But it's just so awesome! I loved the premise, the dystopian world, and the characters. Let's move on.

So Psycho-Pass is set in a futuristic Japan where it is now possible to measure someone's criminal capabilities, even if they have yet to commit a crime. Society is virtually run by The Sibyl System, a system that calculates citizens' Psycho-Pass and Crime Coefficient. People are considered latent criminals based on how their high Crime Coefficient is. Psycho-Pass is quite dark and disturbing, and the atmosphere of the show reflects that. The show starts out like a procedural crime drama and evolves into pure awesomeness. Psycho-Pass follows the adventures of MWPSB's Division One. 

Division One comprises of two Inspectors that are in charge of four Enforcers. The hierarchy and dynamic between the Inspectors and Enforcers is especially interesting as the Enforcers are latent criminals tasked with doing the dirty work that comes with being a detective. The Enforcers take care of anything that could cause the Inspectors' Psycho-Pass to become clouded or raise their Crime Coefficient. I loved how there was such a precarious balance between being a detective and becoming a latent criminal. In most crime shows, you see that the detective has to think like the criminal to catch them; in Psycho-Pass that method is avoided like the plague lest the Inspectors become exactly what they are hunting down. 

The series focuses on mainly the rookie Inspector Akane Tsunemori and Inspector-turned-Enforcer Shinya Kogami. Though I loved all the characters, my favorite had to be Inspector Nobuchika Ginoza. He was an angry character who felt he'd been betrayed and left behind by both his father and his former partner who both became latent criminals. I wanted the series to explore more of Ginoza's background, especially with his father. 

Though this series is engaging from the first episode, it really grabbed me by the shirt and demanded my attention in Saint's Supper, episode 11.  I could NOT stop watching from that point on.

 If I disliked anything, it would be the couple of instances the anime had to supply info-dumps when a character made huge leaps to get to a certain conclusion. Overlooking that, Psycho-Pass is a perfect mixture of cyberpunk and crime drama with a good sprinkling of philosophical musings.