The prison expands the world of Psycho-Pass even as it serves as character development for the Sybil System itself.Following two seasons of the TV anime and a theatrical film, Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System is a trilogy of one hour films.Instead of being connected into an overarching plot, each one focuses on its own stand-alone story that is both a captivating mystery and a tool for greater exploration of the characters we have been introduced to in the previous works.
The first of these, Case.1 Crime and Punishment, premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival this past week and we were on hand to watch it. Torrent Psycho 1998 Series In GeneralThe Psycho-Pass series in general is set nearly a hundred years in the future. In this futuristic, cyberpunk world, Japan has adopted the Sybil System--a computerized system that constantly scans the brains of the population to ensure mental health. This results in each person having whats known as a crime coefficient--a number showing if your mental state would allow you to knowingly commit a crime. Between 100 and 300 lists you as a latent criminal and you will be incarcerated--permanently, if therapy and medication have no effect. Over 300 means you are a candidate for on-the-spot summary execution. ![]() However, catching a criminal involves thinking like one--which almost guarantees that police will become latent criminals themselves over time. Thus the police investigators are aided by enforcers--latent criminals who do the dirty work that would negatively affect the psyche of normal police. Crime and Punishment picks up around six months after the events of the movie. Things have more or less returned to normal when a strange latent criminal surrenders mid-psychotic break. While it is quickly apparent that some sort of drug has altered the womans state of mind, Akanes team is suddenly forced by orders from above to give the woman up and return her to a special experimental prison--the very one this woman used to be a therapist at. Knowing that something is off, Akane wants to take her team and inspect the prison. Due to the events of both seasons of the anime, Akane holds a special place in regards to the system. She is one of only two police who knows the secret of the Sybil System--that its able to identify criminal minds because part of it is literally made up of preserved criminal brains. Akane is perfect for the role because she believes the system is inherently flawed. However, she also knows that bringing it down would cause irreparable harm to the normal population. And without a better system to replace it, she is reluctantly willing to let it continue. While this means Akane is able to directly confront the Sybil System when it does something questionable, it also means there is always the looming threat that Akane will deem the system unsalvageable and attempt to bring it down. Thus, it is dangerous for her to do things that may cause the impression that shes gone rogue--like leaving the Sybil Systems seat of power in Tokyo on a whim. To play it safe, Akane instead dispatches fellow inspector Mika Shimotsuki along with two enforcers, Ginoza and Kunizuka, to investigate the prison while she and the rest of the team cover the Tokyo end of things.
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