Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.2 - First Guardian

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Synonyms: Psycho-Pass SS Case 2: First Guardian

Japanese: PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス Sinners of the System Case.2「First Guardian」

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Feb 15, 2019

Producers: Dentsu, Fuji TV, Nitroplus, Sony Music Entertainment, TOHO animation, MAGNET

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Production I.G

Source: Original

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

Themes: Adult Cast, Detective, Psychological

Duration: 1 hr.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.47¹ (scored by 34,662 users)

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Ranked: #1844²

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Popularity: #2100

Members: 85,758

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Enforcer Teppei Sugou, former ace pilot of the National Defence Army's 15th Integrated Task Force, is visited by a scout from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and invited to rejoin the military. While considering the offer, he recalls his last months of service.

His last mission, Operation Foot Stamp, had been a highly classified military strike against the Southeast Asian Union. The operation quickly went south for the ground forces, and Sugou's First Guardian drone was ordered in as air support to drop emergency supplies for the ground units and then return to base. Following orders against his own judgement, Sugou abandoned his comrades on the field.

Many lives were lost during the operation, including Itsuki Ootomo, Sugou's commanding officer. However, three months later, following a massacre at the Ministry of Defence, Otomo was spotted at the scene on camera. Now a suspect in an act of terrorism, Sugou cooperates with Enforcer Tomomi Masaoka and Criminal Investigation Department's Division 01 as they hunt his former mentor down.

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Adaptation:	Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.2 - First Guardian
Prequel:	Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.1 - Tsumi to Batsu
Sequel:	Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.3 - Onshuu no Kanata ni＿＿

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Characters & Voice Actors

Masaoka, Tomomi

Main

Arimoto, Kinryuu
Japanese

Sugou, Teppei

Main

Touchi, Hiroki
Japanese

Kougami, Shinya

Supporting

Seki, Tomokazu
Japanese

Tsunemori, Akane

Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana
Japanese

Ginoza, Nobuchika

Supporting

Nojima, Kenji
Japanese

Kagari, Shuusei

Supporting

Ishida, Akira
Japanese

Karanomori, Shion

Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki
Japanese

Kunizuka, Yayoi

Supporting

Itou, Shizuka
Japanese

Dominator

Supporting

Hidaka, Noriko
Japanese

Shimotsuki, Mika

Supporting

Sakura, Ayane
Japanese

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Morihiro, Fumi

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Sano, Hiroaki

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Mori, Akitoshi

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Banshou, Kouichi

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Opening Theme

"abnormalize (remix)" by Ling Tosite Sigure

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"All Alone With You" by EGOIST

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Oct 27, 2019

Karjhan

Recommended

It is very difficult to rate this as a stand-alone movie since what it does is simply to enlarge the PP universe by offering the viewer some insight on some characters (thus developing them) --> The whole package heavily relies on PP background.
The overall mark should be close to a 9. Why?

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Considering the apparent purpose of the movie (developing characters), I'll start off with them. Most of First Guardian takes place prior to S1, thus we'll have a different suite of figures. The one's that stand out the most are Masaoka, Teppei and Aoyanagi, especially since this movie reveals in detail the tragedy behind their ... characters that we've come to acknowledge in S1 and S2.
Teppei's justice is still a slave of the system, ending up killing his comrades, including his mentor, in the war (very similar to how he unconsciously "offered justice" to his inspector, Aoyanagi, in S2). His noble intentions are met with the cruelty of current society's reality.
We also get to observe the father-like of figure of Masaoka. Behind the mask of a hot-blooded enforcer and impressive detective, stands a kind father and mentor who would do anything to protect his family (as it is seen in S1).
Finally, the viewer gets to find out a new side of Aoyanagi, in the clever, but kind inspector, whose trust, while well placed, will end up consuming her (as it is seen in S2).
I also want to mention the "villain" of this movie. Even though it's not as impressive and remarkable as Makashima, or Kamui, there is a lot to learn from the actions of her revenge which will make the viewer generate thought-provoking self-questions about justice and truth (one of this movie's main ideas).

The soundtrack is a mix of S1 and S2 (you'll definietly notice them) with a few modified tracks (ex: the violin from min4). It embeds with the story almost perfectly: not too melodramatic, not too cyberpunk...simple and elegant at times and complements the dialogues in the same manner that S1 and S2 have done so far. The only issue I have is similar to the 1st movie, that is: the fighting sounds (punches and kicks are loud to the unreal).

There's not much to say about animation here since there's not as much chase or fighting as in 1st movie. However, the artstyle is completely different. You can observe colors almost spoiling the weight of the message of their corresponding scenes (ex: red-brownish colors in Teppei's reminiscence are immediately switched to the darker tones of war). What also stands out more is the fight's choreography (not as much as the fight in the 1st movie). There's also a bit of CGI (especially in the drone scenes), but you can easily get around it since it's not overused (CLING-CLANG-ersek).

The premise of the movie is a bit different than what we're used to, since S1 and S2 had to do a lot with Sybil System, whereas here it's a bit more subtle. However, as the movie proceeds, all of the elements mentioned above are orchestrated really well to unfold the actual theme of this movie: justice (especially self-justice). We are taken back in time in order to observe the judgement behind Teppei's answer in present and how strong individuals get treated in uniformed society. There's a lot to say here, but I'll keep short by saying that this memory of the past finds it's way in the future of PP universe.
I may have failed to notice the true philosophy and motifs behind the movie, but this didn't necessarily stopped me to enjoy it to its end. In the end, it is often good to remind that "the most dangerous prison is the one you don't see".
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Dec 13, 2019

BabyGirl06301

Recommended

This is gonna be a tough one to review, I think. I guess we'll do what we can.

So, I think straight away, I want to talk about the characters in this film because they really shined. I've said this before about Psycho-Pass, but each character's personality and their relationships to each other are always written so well. This film wasn't an exception to that, and in fact, it did it especially well. For this being a prequel to everything Psycho-Pass, I wasn't expecting much. However, the plot to this film was able to develop certain characters very nicely and establish others more firmly.

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Nov 20, 2019

red4scare

Recommended

After really disliking Case 1, I was expecting Case 2 to be equally bad. But it is actually good.

Now, one hour is way too short for a movie, so it still feels a bit rushed and some characters get so little camera time that their appearances feel more like a cameo. But the story is solid. Nothing outlandish, just a plain old revenge tale, but solid indeed. And we get a great deal of character development as this takes place before season 1, so we get a peek at some characters life before that time.

It also gives us a look at how the military functions ...

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