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Oct 13, 2012 6:15 AM

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What I'm wondering about is why the man run away and refused to take the treatment !! ... what's this treatment anyway ?
Oct 13, 2012 7:24 AM

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i dislike nothing in this show
hope it goes well :)
Oct 13, 2012 7:27 AM

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loub31 said:
What I'm wondering about is why the man run away and refused to take the treatment !! ... what's this treatment anyway ?

nothing good I presume
Oct 13, 2012 8:48 AM

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EGOIST!!!!!! *squeals like a girl*
Oct 13, 2012 10:42 AM

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What a strong start! noitaminA never disappoint me. xD
Oct 13, 2012 12:18 PM

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10/10 for the episode.
Oct 13, 2012 12:28 PM

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Best ED of the season.
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Oct 13, 2012 12:32 PM

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_Rika said:
I'm finding it difficult to accept the fact that they're supposed to detain (and if necessary even eliminate?) anyone who poses potential threat. It was harsh to paralyze the rape victim because she was a 'latent criminal' and could be a danger to the society. Judging a person solely on the basis of their crime coefficient... just doesn't seem right.


It's a common theme in sci-fi. Read the novel "Minority Report" by K. Dick for an exemple

The idea is to question the idea of predetermination and free-will.

Now, I don't know if the anime will treat this well or not ;)
Oct 13, 2012 12:41 PM

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The anime was clearly influenced by both Blade Runner and Minority Report, two movies adapted from Philip K. Dick's novel.
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
Oct 13, 2012 1:04 PM

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symbv said:
The anime was clearly influenced by both Blade Runner and Minority Report, two movies adapted from Philip K. Dick's novel.

Yup, it's ridiculously similar to those two movies, so I'm not that impressed and Ayane looks dumb but I guess that's part of her.
Oct 13, 2012 1:15 PM

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Amaizng cityscapes, blown away by the movie quality animation.
Oct 13, 2012 1:19 PM

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Wow, this series could not be more sexists.
It is like trying to answer the question why female should not be in authorial position.
It like watching FOX new production....
-Female not fit for tough violent work
-Female are not mentally fit as male
-This is what happen if we don't give more funding to police.
-Everyone should be monitor for potential danger to society. (put nanobot in everyone)
-Emotionless judgement with instant Death penalty FTW!

They better fixed her character and give some major improvement soon or I will be too sick to my stomach trying to watch another episode.
Oct 13, 2012 1:23 PM

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What an amazing first episode.
This could be the best show this season.
Those details are great and the CGI is done perfectly.
I can't wait for more.
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Oct 13, 2012 1:46 PM

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leeo268 said:
Wow, this series could not be more sexists.
It is like trying to answer the question why female should not be in authorial position.
It like watching FOX new production....
-Female not fit for tough violent work
-Female are not mentally fit as male
-This is what happen if we don't give more funding to police.
-Everyone should be monitor for potential danger to society. (put nanobot in everyone)
-Emotionless judgement with instant Death penalty FTW!

They better fixed her character and give some major improvement soon or I will be too sick to my stomach trying to watch another episode.


They aren't being sexist. There was another female member ,Yayoi Kunizuka, and she doesn't even remotely look weak and emotional.
Oct 13, 2012 1:52 PM

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^ Exactly, you've met like three female characters while you've met a bunch of guys.

Anyway, episode was OK. I'm not a fan of the characterizations yet, but I'm sure they've done it so there's room for development (though I don't really agree that characters have to start off unlikable to end up awesome a la Twelve Kingdoms). Not liking any of the characters at the moment except for the orange-head. Decent animation with gorgeous backgrounds as usual thanks to IG, while the script was pretty bleh. I have a feeling the main guy isn't gonna be fun to watch at all.
Oct 13, 2012 2:47 PM

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But how do you know that's the norm? You are making a huge assumption there.. it could simply be the norm for the hounds.
Even if that's the case, Akane went to police academy, so she should have at least been taught the basics about how they operate.
Oct 13, 2012 2:49 PM

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Hmm, seems pretty interesting, I love the vibe of this anime though the characters didn't impress me yet. Specially the MC didn't really catch my interest, even though she's acting actually very naturally considering the events and circumstances.

The beginning was a useless and pathetic try at making the viewers think "what happened there and I want to see more"... it didn't, and it had absolutely zero connection to what happened in the episode whatsoever. Often that tactic works, but not now.

This anime is still quite blank in my mind, except for the awesome theme. Looking forward to the next episodes
Oct 13, 2012 2:50 PM

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windy said:
Even if that's the case, Akane went to police academy, so she should have at least been taught the basics about how they operate.

I think the episode is pretty good, even though I am not that much of a fan of gritty hardboiled stuff, and yet the above is my biggest gripe of the episode. I just wonder there is a better way to tell the audience how things operate in that world.
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
Oct 13, 2012 3:30 PM

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Similar to Judge Dredd's theme. A bunch of law enforcers acted as the judge, jury and executioner running around the city chasing criminals and pass judgement to them.
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Oct 13, 2012 6:40 PM

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I feel like I'm going to be so annoyed at times with this series because I can't agree with how the laws of that world work xD

If you go around pointing guns at a woman who's already emotionally unbalanced from being raped of course she's going to be prone to light your ass on fire xD If you give her some time to just catch her freaking breath and talk her down like Akane did you'd realize she wasn't a real threat to anyone.

They shouldn't judge people based on their emotions when said emotions are heightened due to extraordinary situations. It's the ones who go around harming people because they just felt like it that should be hunted like that.

But good episode LOL xD
Oct 13, 2012 7:42 PM

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Tryss said:
_Rika said:
I'm finding it difficult to accept the fact that they're supposed to detain (and if necessary even eliminate?) anyone who poses potential threat. It was harsh to paralyze the rape victim because she was a 'latent criminal' and could be a danger to the society. Judging a person solely on the basis of their crime coefficient... just doesn't seem right.


It's a common theme in sci-fi. Read the novel "Minority Report" by K. Dick for an exemple

The idea is to question the idea of predetermination and free-will.

Now, I don't know if the anime will treat this well or not ;)


Still, in Minority Report specific crimes would be prevented and it wasn't like a 'criminal' disposition would already be enough, especially not for killing them. That's a lot harder to swallow than the Minority Report reasoning in my opinion.
Plus I hope they broach the issue of the contradiction that the mental disposition they measure in f.e. the team members must be something different than when they measure someone in the middle of a very traumatic experience. Can't only time tell how it would influence her long-term psychological profile? If the measurements wouldn't be so fickle it would be more reasonable to use them to justify anything.
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Oct 13, 2012 8:06 PM

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Decent opener, easy to see where the inspiration for this anime is coming from with it's concept being so similar to the minority report and on the anime side i guess it would be GITS and Darker than Black. I really hope Gen can manage to break out of his safety zone with this one. After one episode, the parallels to his previous works are already present here in terms of character archetypes, series tone and writing style.
Oct 13, 2012 8:32 PM

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Kick ass.
Nail biter.

nuff said.
Nope.
Oct 13, 2012 11:31 PM
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windy said:
skudoops said:
But how do you know that's the norm? You are making a huge assumption there.. it could simply be the norm for the hounds.
Even if that's the case, Akane went to police academy, so she should have at least been taught the basics about how they operate.


I'd imagine like police units in real life, many of them operate differently. Even the hounds mentioned that they had their own way of doing things but she was ultimately responsible for what they did.

To be honest, I'm very skeptical as to where this will go as well, hopefully the later episodes clear up some of the issues people are having.
Oct 13, 2012 11:34 PM

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Borderlands 2 anyone?

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Oct 14, 2012 12:30 AM

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LOVE IT!!!! SUCH A GOOD SHOW!! Great characters, great plot, and lots of blood! My kind of anime! :D
Oct 14, 2012 2:04 AM

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Damn I'm hooked this anime is so badass
Oct 14, 2012 3:05 AM
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The animation and music are pure sex, plus the story seems to be a good one.

Huh, listening to EGOIST performing a song gives me that nasty feeling of nostalgia and in particular Guilty Crown...
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Oct 14, 2012 3:08 AM

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I have a feeling that they deliberately turned up the gore level just for that -- Just think, is it necessary to depict a man hit by the Dominator Gun die that way in the anime?
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
Oct 14, 2012 4:07 AM

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symbv said:
I have a feeling that they deliberately turned up the gore level just for that -- Just think, is it necessary to depict a man hit by the Dominator Gun die that way in the anime?


Necessary? Of course not.

Awesome? Hell yes.
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Oct 14, 2012 4:17 AM
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symbv said:
I have a feeling that they deliberately turned up the gore level just for that -- Just think, is it necessary to depict a man hit by the Dominator Gun die that way in the anime?
I think there are other ways for killing, but that man used something and paralyzer didn't work on him. So, maybe that was the only way to kill him.
Oct 14, 2012 4:41 AM

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That was awesome! A great start to a cyberpunk anime!

Pretty happy to see the main girl isn't a wuss enough to not shoot anyone.
Oct 14, 2012 5:51 AM
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I have just one word for the first episode....WTF!
Oct 14, 2012 6:21 AM

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So it seems teh "wanting to mindfuck/scar children viewers for life" was really a joke. Seriously, there ought to have been more actual torture/rape scene than a mentally and emotionally unprepared police girl who clearly has no place being on the field! And if one sick mofo being blown to bits (gore for short) is their definition of cruel, I'm so gonna be disappointed.

Makes me wonder what the mc exactly said to the girl before getting shot. Must be something along the lines of "just doing my job, missy. (So if you don't shut yer trap soon, perhaps I should shootshut it fer ya!)" XD
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Oct 14, 2012 6:38 AM
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Makes me wonder what the mc exactly said to the girl before getting shot.

"You have to shoot me"
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maKAKERO said:
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Makes me wonder what the mc exactly said to the girl before getting shot.

"You have to shoot me"

O_O no wonder he is a psycho-pass.....
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Oct 14, 2012 8:29 AM

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Makes me wonder what the mc exactly said to the girl before getting shot.

"You have to shoot me"
I was thinking more of "I don't care of this person, stop me if you can." Along those lines but I guess I was not far off.

It's not about shooting, it's about your mental state and soul that determines if the system makes you live or kills you.

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Oct 14, 2012 8:36 AM

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22 episodes looks good
Oct 14, 2012 9:00 AM
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O_O no wonder he is a psycho-pass.....

He sure is a Psycho-path

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I was thinking more of "I don't care of this person, stop me if you can."

Akane shooting him was the only way to calm down the victim. Maybe mc was trying to save her?!
Oct 14, 2012 10:55 AM
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I don't usually watch Sci-Fi but this is really good also I don't know if it was intended by the creators but this episode made me have a conflict between my morals and logic. I don't know how I feel about people being judge before they have committed the crime. For one I thought that the girl should of have shot the hostage since you know the law/gun required her to but my morals told me that she still had not committed a crime and she was just "infected" by the actual criminal, looks like they can be calmed down since the hostage changed from a threat to someone who could be treated.
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Oct 14, 2012 11:07 AM

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its like watching first half of a sci-fi american movie.
Oct 14, 2012 11:35 AM

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That was decent.

However, Tsunemori is the only enjoyable character so far. I especially hate the "I have long hair and glasses, so I'm serious business" guy.
Oct 14, 2012 12:51 PM

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Reminds me of Judge Dredd/ Minority Report crossover. I liked it
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Oct 14, 2012 1:18 PM

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Holy fucking shit this was awesome. Will surely continue checking this one out.
And god damn that Egoist ED was awesome.

And please more of this guy :3


And damn was the shooting the criminal brutal D:

And lol at the spoiler ;)


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Oct 14, 2012 2:13 PM

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Ishida voices all the best characters.
Oct 14, 2012 2:42 PM

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This into ep was fantastic, some great setting up for the dystopian world. Akane is definitely in the right for shooting Kou, as latency is directly proportional to stress level just talking the woman out of it saved her life instead of hooting her there and then. It's also great how criminals are actually made by the psycho-pass system as these latent criminals turn into real ones through social conditioning. I am so gonna root for Shogo as he's prob gonna be in the right for the entirety of the show. This is so freaking watched.


Agree with this. At first I was mad when Akane shot Kou, but when I saw that the gun changed to just a paralyzer...I was surprised. I had no idea it could just change like that, which leads me to think that they could kill a lot of people who could of been helped and not killed. Also she's a rookie, she'll understand what she has to do as she starts to see what its really like.


Exactly how I thought
Oct 14, 2012 3:02 PM

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Fantastic! when they end up shooting (yeah yeah, paralyzer..) the victim which was just tortured and raped by a lunatic already in the first episode, you know you're in for a mind fuck.

characters seems stereotype though. One female greenhorn with the morals of a five year old, an uptight serious four-eyes, one badass anti-hero, one funny pervert, a nice grandpa and a silent but deadly big bust.
Oct 14, 2012 6:54 PM

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Thanks for the awesome episode! At least, for me, it was pretty exciting. I really want to see episode 2, it is a keeper for me this season!

Oct 14, 2012 8:53 PM
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OMFG, the main guy is voiced by Tomokazu Seki, that's an instant watch; I thought his generation was over already. Now off to actually watch it.
Oct 14, 2012 9:34 PM
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Why did they treat the heroine like she's the odd one or something? If you can calm down a person's danger level (and a victim no less) by talking to them then why would you not? It better not be that everyone in this anime just like killing people and its "cool" or something?

I have to ask the question though, of why they choose a new recruit like her. Shooting people, even when its non-lethal, is no small deal so I can understand her hesitance but shouldn't you give people experience first before you sent them on such field missions? Does it have to do with what her superior said about them being short on manpower?
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