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| Very promising. At this point, there's nothing I can write that hasn't been written already, including the possible outcome of the dystopia factor. Just don't compare it to GITS SAC. They had three manga and two movies to base the series on. And both the original works and the movies were very good (well, GITS 2 not so much, but it had good ideas). This is original. Yes, it has cyberpunk and sci-fi ideas from Dick, Gibson and others, but if we think like that, NOTHING will be original. |
| Just finished the 1st ep today and man was it so amazing. <3 Loving the plot and characters. Akane can be an annoying character but she IS a rookie so it's a bit understandable. I don't quite like their world, it's a bit unfair. But they have a point. Usually criminals are those with psychological issues and a psycho-pass the best way to measure a person's psychological stability. I'd be listing this to my faves. YEY! Best one so far for this season's line up. :) |
| A good start....I really don't like the girl though, she's really annoying, this series felt like Gantz with the blood & guns & gore....also the girl's eyes are annoying me right now, all the other girls don't have that eye art....the main's eye art bugs me T.T |
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Zealot said: That was stupid. This psycho-analyzer thing decides that someone is beyond any therapy and dictates that they should die, yet all it takes is someone consoling(providing therapy) the victim and they are all the sudden cured? Shouldn't the AI be smoking and repeating "DOES NOT COMPUTE" by this point? Well, yeah. The analyzer told the guy to go to therapy. Guy didn't. Anyway, this is cyberpunk so the system IS supposed to be unfair and flawed. Tr1ckR said: ugh fuck i hate hopeless characters like Akane Tsunemori. This series better not be filled with her screaming out whenever they're about to pull the trigger on someone... Someone has to be the voice of reason in contrast to the rest of the team who just do as they're ordered. Someone has to point out how wrong the whole Psycho pass thing is. Well, someone else already hates the Kogami for being badass-looking. SSDD |
BatoKusanagiOct 12, 2012 12:43 AM
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| GOD YES! 1 episode in and I already love it! I don't get the hate toward Akane that a lot of you seem to have, because she is the only sane character in the show so far. Everyone else are either criminals, confused humans, or sheeps. This is not a hero/police show, this is not Naruto or Bleach. This is a show about a world that's robbed off it's free speech, a world where you are judged by your beliefs, where everyone is forcefully conditioned to think only what the state wants you to think, worst of all thought police are out to kill you if you have a mind of your own. Looking forward to see how Akane's going to cope living in this Dystopia. (Or better, change the world) |
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| I am definitely pleasantly surprised by this. Going to continue with it for sure. |
War_lothar said: plushkin said: I'm also guessing it's a machine, so horrific is expected. But the fact is that both systems are not perfect, which makes it so fun to watch. Quite frankly, your enjoyment of both Psycho Pass and Minority Report (and also Dredd) depends on your acceptance of the legal system they have in place. I mean, if someone at the theater watching Dredd goes "they can't just kill criminals, there must be a trial!" I'm just going to be sitting there shaking my head at him throughout the entire movie, like "really, dude? That's dumb Are you trying to troll ? I didn't say that, you fail. I only said that i'm expecting an explanation because if they accept that without a reason, it is nonsense. All minority report is about taking apart the system, so you'll hate the main character and all the film z.z . I'm not going to be troll, so have a nice day. Really, dude? Me disagree with you = trolling to you now? I was putting out a hypothetical. Relax, I wasn't calling you dumb. sheesh I seriously doubt they will ever give an explanation of when and why this system was put in place, I think they will explain how the system works (hopefully, I don't know), but if you're going to be on here complaining "i don't understand why this system is accepted! I demand an explanation!" well, quite frankly, you would be trolling at this point. Sci-fi is all about the hypothetical; suppose the criminal coefficient can be quantified, can it be used to enforce the law and reduce crime rate? suppose the population is that high and the law enforcement is drastically understaffed, can we indeed use latent criminals to enforce justice efficiently? It sets up the premise, and then it explores it. It sounds to me that you can't even get past the premise, in which case, this show is not for you. Like I said, your enjoyment depends on your acceptance of the legal system put in place |
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| A+ 1st episode out of all of the animes i'm watching this season dang man |
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| Very interesting first episode, really liked the premise of this show! Only thing that bothers me is the character designs, I kept expecting someone to say "ciaossu"... |
plushkin said: Really, dude? Me disagree with you = trolling to you now? I was putting out a hypothetical. Relax, I wasn't calling you dumb. sheesh I seriously doubt they will ever give an explanation of when and why this system was put in place, I think they will explain how the system works (hopefully, I don't know), but if you're going to be on here complaining "i don't understand why this system is accepted! I demand an explanation!" well, quite frankly, you would be trolling at this point. Sci-fi is all about the hypothetical; suppose the criminal coefficient can be quantified, can it be used to enforce the law and reduce crime rate? suppose the population is that high and the law enforcement is drastically understaffed, can we indeed use latent criminals to enforce justice efficiently? It sets up the premise, and then it explores it. It sounds to me that you can't even get past the premise, in which case, this show is not for you. Like I said, your enjoyment depends on your acceptance of the legal system put in place You are getting in this anime two characters who are talking about the unjustified system, so they are going to talk about moral, Akane and the rapist . I think that they are going to talk something about moral in the next chapters. Who talks about legal system? That are your words. Why do you think that they are understaffed and they are with latent criminals? I can guess (violence is not good to be sane)and i suppose that they are going to explain it too. Moreover we know that the coefficient could change, so it isn't a constant coefficient, it is about psychological state, it isn't an number constant. Are you misunderstanding something?, i don't know, but i can't imagine it. You are saying things, that i didn't say so, it is an absurd discussion, hypothetical or not. I'm not going to defending or attacking something that i didn't say so good luck. |
War_lotharOct 12, 2012 3:05 AM
| I didn't really find this that interesting. First episode felt flat and bland. I'll probably give it 1 or 2 more episodes. |
| :D Totally can't wait for more,looks like another awesome anime this season. My only complaint is that I'm not really feeling the newbie.Character wise she's alright personality wise though I feel like she'll get on my nerves |
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| Fucking awesome first episode. I love this cyberpunk Anime already. Definitely reminds me of Darker Than Black and Ghost in the Shell. Those guns look fucking amazing holy shit! The HUD and female voice notifier are awesome additions as well. The gun transforming depending on the threat level is such witty feature. Bah I could go on hours about how I love the design of those guns. :D The music really fits the action scenes, oh man. OP song was so good, fits so well with this Anime. Fuck, can't wait for the next episodes seriously. >=D My favourite Anime of Fall 2012 so far. <3 |
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| While Akane is indeed annoying, I can't help but to sympathize with her. She had her dreams broken right away in her first day of job, and it's only the first episode of the series. Expectation: A job to protect people, a job to bring justice and peace. Reality: A job to kill people and follow the machine's directions, without question. It's a good thing she shot Kougami before he killed the hostage. Otherwise she can't calm the hostage down. Too bad Ginoza still paralyzed her. Oh, at least she doesn't die. |
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| The opening and the ending songs were too awesome! I really like this. The guns are lovely. |
| Nice! Good start for sure. I definitely thought the victim girl was going to get shot. Then I thought she was definitely going to blow up the place. I was wrong on both. Its always good to be wrong in early episodes :)! I definitely got a little Ghost in the Shell vibe from this. Not sure if Ghost in the Shell is this violent and bloody though, haven't watched the series (just saw some episodes). |
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| Interesting. I wonder what Kougami was mouthing to Akane. |
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| Good start, except for one thing. I hate that girl MC. I hate her, I hate that personality, I hate that attitude, I hate that kind of characters in ANY show, especially when it's action show. Why the frack do you go to enforcement if you're scared sh!tless of anything, even homeless people. Why the frack do you go there if you can't do what you're supposed to do??!!! Sigh, well, besides female lead I really liked everything else. Looking forward to more of this. |
| Anyone knows if Psycho-Pass is supposed to mean psychopath ? (yeah like that japanese engrish lol) or the name is random ? |
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| Definitely going to be continuing with this. It was a last minute addition to my already decided fall schedule and I don't regret it. I don't remember the last time I watched an anime that I came away thinking, "yeah... this is for adults." |
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| it sounds like ... psycho-pass, it means if you're pass the system limit, then you're dead ... random is random lol |
Lylaaz said: Anyone knows if Psycho-Pass is supposed to mean psychopath ? (yeah like that japanese engrish lol) or the name is random ? Well, from what I'm understanding the Psycho-pass is like a digital card that details a persons psychological stability. Probably stands for Psychological Pass. Seems like Enforcers can see anyone's Psycho-pass with their gun and Citizens can see their own on that device the rapist guy had. |
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| EGOIST? for real? |
| wow, that's one fucked up system they've got there. Brilliant story and a brilliant execution. Amano's style really shows through Sinya (Hibari), Nobuchika (Mukuro) and Akane (Haru). The first thing that came to my mind was "I seriously hope this won't get destroyed by Yaoi fangirls". Overall episode 10/10. |
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| Really like the concept and good animation as well. Already not a fan of Akane >_> |
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BatoKusanagi said: Tr1ckR said: ugh fuck i hate hopeless characters like Akane Tsunemori. This series better not be filled with her screaming out whenever they're about to pull the trigger on someone... Someone has to be the voice of reason in contrast to the rest of the team who just do as they're ordered. Someone has to point out how wrong the whole Psycho pass thing is. Well, someone else already hates the Kogami for being badass-looking. SSDD i wouldn't mind at all if she wasn't such an annoying hopeless character. The way her eyes are drawn just screams 'hopeless klutz' haha |
| I saw the first episode. Looks good. I;ll wait for the next episode. |
| YES ! I was wondering if there was gonna be at least one really good anime this fall, and THIS IS IT! Epic first episode, let's hope it's gonna be that good every week. The enforcers look seriously badass. ^^ Love it! I didn't think Tsunemori was that bad. She's just a normal person, and it was her first time experiencing that kind of situation. Of course she's gonna try to act accordingly to her values. It would have been weird (twisted, even) if she just said happily "Oh, okay, that girl was just raped and sh*t, so now she's gone crazy. You're right, let's just shoot her" And she was not helpless, she shot Kougami: That's annoying from our point of view, but that's not helpless. Anyway, I'm expecting a lot of character development for her. Of course, if she's still hung-up after 5 eps, or if she starts saying "don't kill people" every episode, then it's gonna be a pain in the ass. But let's hope not. |
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| I seriously facepalmed when i saw all the hate that Akane was getting it leads me to ask in my head what is wrong with some of you? Akane was in the right from the very start that woman was a victim she had done nothing wrong and she was very scared. Masaoka was far to ready just to shoot the girl and be done with it. Yes the victim may of been freaking out but to start with she was only scared and was not going to do anything, Akane did the right thing by trying to talk to her and calm her down. The victim may have been labeled a potential criminal but she could of been calmed and they are meant to recieve therapy and counseling like the man was told to before he went on the run. All Akane did was try to provide some on site counseling and comfort to a scared victim but then Masaoka points a gun at the victim and makes things worse. Sure he was only going to knock her out but it stressed the victim and the victim probably thought she would be killed considering she just saw the criminal pretty much explode in front of her and Akane was under the same impression as well which lead to her trying to stop Masaoka. Now stopping Masaoka was wrong after we knew what he was thinking but considering everything that happened before Akane stopping him made sense. Not only that pointing the gun at the victim pretty much destroyed everything Akane tried to do and pushed the victim into desperation and caused her to run away even falling down the metal stairs. The whole part where the victim is laying in petrol with Kougami pointing a gun at her then pushes her even further into desperation threatening to set it on fire which pushed her potential criminal rating up to the level of "to be killed". I have no idea why Kougami stepped into the petrol but that was pretty dumb and tbh he was probably trying to intimidate the victim but once again it does nothing but add stress onto her. Now the part where Akane shot Kougami was where she was kind of in the wrong, i know she did it to stop Kougami shooting the victim and also show the victim that she was trying to help her and calm her down at the same time but it could of all went wrong the victim could of torched herself and the unconscious Kougami but really Kougami was an idiot for standing in the petrol in the first place for whatever his reasons since he has a gun he does not need to be that close. Though considering Kougami mouthed something to Akane he may of actualy set the whole situation up for Akane since he did not shoot the victim right away and waited for Akane to catch up. He moved himself into a dangerous spot possibly to hold off the victim setting herself on fire (since the criminal messed with her head saying her life was over so she may of just decided to suicide after being chased this much) or he may of done it so when Akane shot him and the victim saw that Akane was willing to leave Kougami in a dangerous place to try and help her which in turn give Akane more credibility in the victims eyes. Also when Kougami mouthed something to Akane he may of told her to shoot him so she could use the situation to save the victim. After all this we actualy saw that Akane did manage to calm the victim down, the victim dropped the lighter and Akane was even able to calm her enough that her potenial criminal rating dropped down from shoot to kill to shoot to stun which was shown when the other officer shot the victim from above. If they had just let her counsel the victim from the start without pointing a gun at the victim in the first place and making things escalate Akane may of even been able to calm her enough to lose her potential criminal rating or at the very least she would of definitely clamed her enough to peacefully take her away. So all the mindless people who hated on Akane i think you should go rewatch the episode again or just drop it now since if even that went over your head then this is probably not an anime not for you. |
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| @Slicer22 - the main reason im hating on her is because of the way she looks, dopey and stupid lol. To me, her character design just doesn't fit in with this type of scene. If the female lead was more mature (mostly in the 'looks' department) and not some fresh out of high school teen, i really wouldn't mind all her gun ethics complaining. But meh i cant complain, i guess this type of thing does pull an audience. |
| Awesome shit...... Blood/Gore/Rape...... EPIC.... ;) And also has HanaKana.... 5/5 |
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| Actually Ayane is the type of character that can emphasis on subjects which this show wants to deliver: it revolves around the sense of guilt, psychology. If she was replaced by a cold blooded assassin, killing people without hesitation, then we wouldn't "feel"anything ethically, except thinking that the mc was cool --> the show would lose its concept. Thks to Ayane that we were able to feel the rotten of a society when everything is based on an emotionless system, human do things exactly like a machine. And how precious is a life, rather than "she was an annoying b*tch, just pull the trigger dammit, the show would be better without her". Are we calling ourselves human? Or we're on the edge of losing our humanity |
Takana_no_HanaOct 12, 2012 7:15 AM
| Nod. Nod. Why would people hate Akane? Her behavior was pretty normal, and she's a fresh graduate from police academy too. It's the hunting dogs who were abnormal, also the police force who's using them, while I am pretty sure, they have capable policemen by their side too. Also she's a needed character to enrich the plot. Otherwise this anime will turn into K: "Yo, we are a bunch of cool punks. Yo, we beat up people as we wish. Yo, look at mah skateboarding skill. And we are awesome!" I have faith in Urobutcher sensei. I am looking forward for next episode~ |
War_lothar said: You are getting in this anime two characters who are talking about the unjustified system, so they are going to talk about moral, Akane and the rapist . I think that they are going to talk something about moral in the next chapters. Who talks about legal system? That are your words. Why do you think that they are understaffed and they are with latent criminals? I can guess (violence is not good to be sane)and i suppose that they are going to explain it too. Moreover we know that the coefficient could change, so it isn't a constant coefficient, it is about psychological state, it isn't an number constant. Are you misunderstanding something?, i don't know, but i can't imagine it. You are saying things, that i didn't say so, it is an absurd discussion, hypothetical or not. I'm not going to defending or attacking something that i didn't say so good luck. What makes you think it's unjustified? It's hard to know what you're actually talking about, because you are using the word "moral" wrongly. I initially asked you how you differentiate psycho-pass with minority report, to which you said the system in psycho-pass is unjust and you can't understand why the characters just accept this way. Personally, I feel that both systems are unjust, and to accept one over the other is a weird approach to take when watching Sci-Fi. The reason I say they are understaffed and working with latent criminals is becasue they said they were understaffed and working with latent criminals. |
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| This looks like it'll be pretty good. I like how it's starting out so far. The ED is pretty good too, I really enjoyed it. |
| That was amazing. O_O Animation and sound were awesome. I want more! |
| Hope this will be success like Ghost In The Shell. Either way, nice start there. |
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| i just so truly disappointed with urobuchi-san, he just made another madoka magica. quite ironic. And maybe in the next episode he would make all of the shikkosha or the police die. 3 out of 5 for me, sorry urobuchi. |
plushkin said: War_lothar said: Personally, I feel that both systems are unjust, and to accept one over the other is a weird approach to take when watching Sci-Fi. I repeat it for the last time. I didn´t say that either. So you are misunderstanding something that i said. I even said "mynority report is a dystopia too". It is not my point. The reason I say they are understaffed and working with latent criminals is becasue they said they were understaffed and working with latent criminals. Again you understand wrong now as if i'm asking you a question z.z, it is rethorical. And you are going to the starting point of the discussion again, so it is really tiresome. It's my last message about it. You win. |
War_lotharOct 12, 2012 9:30 AM
MajorZero said: Ok, then my only question is why are you trying to prove people that you are only one in thread who knows the truth?I guess you have to admit that your opinion is no more valuable than others. I don't think that I know the truth and I don't think my opinion is any more valuable than anyone else's. That should be obvious given the subject of diverging opinions, so I'll just assume you got that from my tone of voice. twonline said: Awesome shit...... Blood/Gore/Rape...... EPIC.... ;) 5/5 This is why it's really ironic that they "banned moe" and think it means going against the grain. If this is going against the industry, then Green Day is a punk band. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Pawnty said: Lylaaz said: Anyone knows if Psycho-Pass is supposed to mean psychopath ? (yeah like that japanese engrish lol) or the name is random ? Well, from what I'm understanding the Psycho-pass is like a digital card that details a persons psychological stability. Yeah I think that this is correct. SilentTruth said: Hope this will be success like Ghost In The Shell. Either way, nice start there. Honestly I like this, so far, much more than Ghost in the Shell. I think Psycho-Pass has some serious potential. peace |
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| It was really good imo ^^ I liked it but that girl kind of pissed me off... She's a good girl I guess since she had good intentions but it seems she loses her cool quite easily... I wonder why she even choose to do this kind of job if she can't even bring herself to follow the order and kill that person... She even shoot that guy :( |
| Wow, that was an incredible episode. I actually like Akane, I would've done the same thing in her position. Can't wait to see more of this! |
| what the heck letting a gun n computerised system decide justice this is pure shit man ! [i m talking abt it judged that poor victim girl as criminal] , n that newbie girl just pissed me off the whole time , why even join a job she can handle it |
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