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Aug 10, 2015
I will not be surprised if one day this anime becomes a classic like Death Note. It's gritty, it's dirty, but at the same time it's scarily realistic. The world in Psycho Pass is weirdly relatable, and it's easy to picture our own universe turning into what it is in Psycho Pass in the next century or so. It is this realism that makes the story engaging, along with the very human characters, almost all of whom have a backstory that can be seen as "something that can happen to anyone."

The villain in Psycho Pass is also weirdly likable, a bit like Yagami Light in Death Note. Not that you approve of his methods or some of his reasoning, but there are certain things that he does that are explainable. He is sort of the dark side of every law-abiding human being, the things that go unsaid whenever we follow the letter of the law.

The segregation between latent criminals and regular people in Psycho Pass is scarily plausible, and the way they are dealt with is brilliant and frightening at the same time. The technological aspect of the show will leave any tech nerd reeling: from the Dominators to the Sybil System itself, the universe is almost as well thought out as your average sci-fi dystopian blockbuster (see The Matrix, for example).

The music in the show is absolutely fantastic: the openings are very memorable and the theme music itself is reminiscent of computer games, which keeps the viewer in suspense all the time.

I would recommend this anime to anyone, even people who are not very familiar with anime at all.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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