Id:Invaded

The Mizuhanome System is a highly advanced development that allows people to enter one of the most intriguing places in existence—the human mind. Through the use of so-called "cognition particles" left behind at a crime scene by the perpetrator, detectives from the specialized police squad Kura can manifest a criminal's unconscious mind as a bizarre stream of thoughts in a virtual world. Their task is to explore this psychological plane, called an "id well," to reveal the identity of the culprit.

Not just anyone can enter the id wells; the prerequisite is that you must have killed someone yourself. Such is the case for former detective Akihito Narihisago, who is known as "Sakaido" inside the id wells. Once a respected member of the police, tragedy struck, and he soon found himself on the other side of the law.

Nevertheless, Narihisago continues to assist Kura in confinement. While his prodigious detective skills still prove useful toward investigations, Narihisago discovers that not everything is as it seems, as behind the seemingly standalone series of murder cases lurks a much more sinister truth.

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Narihisago, Akihito Main

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Hondoumachi, Koharu Main

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Momoki, Funetarou Main

Hosoya, Yoshimasa Japanese

Fukuda, Tamotsu Supporting

Takeuchi, Ryouta Japanese

Kaeru Supporting

Miyamoto, Yume Japanese

Wakashika, Kazuo Supporting

Enoki, Junya Japanese

Tougou, Sarina Supporting

Bridcutt, Sarah Emi Japanese

Narihisago, Ayako Supporting

Endou, Aya Japanese

Narihisago, Muku Supporting

Shimabukuro, Miyuri Japanese

Matsuoka, Kokuryuu Supporting

Nishi, Rintarou Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Ogata, Mitsuhiro Producer

Nakahigashi, Toyokazu Producer

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Jun 19, 2023

LolMaximus335

Recommended

One thing that really needs to be said, Yes, Psycho-Pass and ID: INVADED are similar, but that doesn't devalue the series. It's like comparing Black Clover and Mashle: Magic and Muscles. Great to start a argument about, but ultimately both are unique works even with some of the same plot points. Now moving onto the review...

Starting off with music/sound, Mr. Fixer by Sou (OP) & Other Side by MIYAVI (ED) are absolutely amazing, the tone and lyrics fit the series well, and it'd be nigh impossible to find better choices. The other music peices throughout are also very good, and well placed. So ... for as far as music's concerned NAZ did astonishingly. Even the other parts of sound design was nice, not nearly as much as the music but still good nonetheless.

Regarding the plot and characters... While the series does a great job at the Psychological aspect of things, it falls short at elaborating on the Sci-fi part which isn't necessarily bad, as it can be seen as the creators wanting to focus more on the prior. It should be said though that when it comes to the characters only a few are really built upon/fleshed out, leaving a good bit of the side characters not very memorable, but for the few who are, it's done very well.

Finally to the art and environment. The art isn't anything great style wise, but it does its job and excels at it. With many of the better scenes taking place in the 'Mizuhanome System" perfectly encompassing the idea that its in "the human mind" by having them be very unique with different vibes for each. [Not spoilers, as it's in the Synopsis]

Overall, the series is engaging, enjoyable, and thought provoking. Exactly what people want in a Psychological anime, and all of this was done as an anime original which objectively speaking is pretty impressive in its own right.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 15, 2024

WWIscientist

Mixed Feelings

Conceptually very interesting but the execution could use work. I feel like it gets better through the season though. The concept itself is honestly pretty unique at least in the way the idea works. Using ex convicts to enter the mind of other ex convicts to solve crimes, with an added twist and a added mystery element. The problem comes to the drawing and the writing of the dialogue. The animation is good. it doesn't suffer from the single frame that pans problem, the animation is actually pretty good, but for the characters on each individual frame, the characters are miss drawn in perspective most ... of the time. Some could argue it was intentional and stylistic but really it just looks like the animators don't know how to draw people in perspective. The backgrounds are very well done actually, and the entire intro sequence looks gorgeous which would lead me to believe that the drawings in the anime would be just as good but they didn't meet expectations. The writing for dialogue was just not there. The voice actors did great but the dialogue sounds like the kind of dialogue amateur book authors write, the style of dialogue you might read on watt pad. The writing also suffers from the all too common "exposition dump" and "telling rather than showing" tropes that you find in normally beginner level writing. I feel as though the writing did get better about half way through the anime though. I guessed the identity of the mystery person in the first couple episodes but there is a twist somewhat separate from the mystery element that I was kind of leaning towards but didn't fully expect and it played out somewhat differently than how I expected it to though which pleasantly surprised me. Episodes 9 and 10 actually started to pull on my heart strings slightly, although maybe that's just the empath imagining the emotions I would be feeling were I him in that situation. Episodes 9-13 really brought it up to a 7 for me from a 5.5-6 before. I think the end really ties everything together better than expected and they stepped it up.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Aug 19, 2024

BallBlaster_444

Not Recommended

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Just came from a youtube short to watch his family die. Had high expectations but everyone who rated is dumb. Never trusting any rating again. I thought he would be Obito Uchiha and Madara Uchiha and I would get depression after seeing his peak villian arc but this was tatti. (shit) John Walker is piece of gallella. Bro is worse than Lucci from CP9 and she is definitely 23 year old. That drill hole guy has no observation haki. How does that little girl have a drive licence. This is pdf behaviour. Why tf does anyone want to see a 5 year old girl get ... kissed twice. This is most confusing anime I did'nt understan shii.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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