#gekijouban psycho pass

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Psycho Pass Providence — The Re-introduction of Kougami Shinya

Still working on a general review on Psycho Pass: Providence and also a Shinkane/KouAka post. But I had so many thoughts on Kougami after watching the movie twice that I had to document them while they were still fresh. This is a follow-up to a post I made about Kougami prior to watching PPP: some of my impressions did change while others stayed the same. It’s a lot so keep reading if you’re interested in what I thought about Kougami’s character in Providence. WARNING: Spoilers!!!

I’ll begin with the scene in Dejima where Kougami and Saiga are drinking together. There’s one particular line that I felt could’ve been made smoother: Saiga says “the girl is neither a saint nor a bodhisattva, screw around too much and you’ll end up getting enforced. Apologize while you still have the chance Kougami. Take it from an old timer like me.” and he raises his glass with a smile. I watched both the subbed and the dubbed version and the line is very similar across both. I can’t help but think that line could’ve been improved slightly. Maybe it flows more naturally in Japanese so I can’t speak on that matter. But if I had the liberty of tweaking it even just a little, it would go as follows: “the girl in neither a saint nor a bodhisattva, screw around too much and you’ll end up losing her forever.”

And I don’t mean to necessarily press for him losing her as a love interest, but even just a trusted friend or at least a colleague who always had his best interest in mind.

Ultimately, not exploring the more emotional (and by extension—the romantic) aspects of Kougami’s character was a missed opportunity for Providence in my opinion. He’s the second main character in this installment and we got very little inward reflection from him this time around. The last 15 or so minutes of the film is what really impressed me with respect to his character. Seeing him exit the isolation facility, looking back, and then looking ahead, declaring “I swear, I’ll come back for you,”  with such ardor reminded me that he’s still a hero in this story, however unconventional he may be.

It was clear that Akane and Kougami’s relationship had to change in this installment. After 6 long years, they are both different people now and cannot go back to the same relationship dynamics as in Season 1. More on that in a different post. Consequently, the portrayal of these individual characters had to evolve in order to match this change. Initially, when I watched the promotional clips, I was put off by his bluntness—especially towards Akane. But there were instances where we saw the caring Kougami seep through. He smiles once in the film. And this is when Saiga tells him: “I don’t work with the PSB, I work with Akane Tsunemori.”  I don’t know if he smiles because he still finds it funny that Saiga is cooperating with the government or if he smiles at the mention of Akane’s name or even some matter of pride at how much Akane is respected by Professor Saiga. Either way, it was nice to see this moment.

The other less noticeable moments from Kougami were two times when he showed what I can interpret as a combination of grief and frustration. From my observations, his eyes were animated to have this glistening/“quivering” motion, similar to this gif, minus the actual tears — there were no tears in Kougami’s case:

It’s very subtle but please let me know if anyone else also noticed this. The first time his eyes did this was when after Saiga died and he called Shion to consult Saiga’s psychological profile of Tonami along wirh Akira’s poem. Shion mentions how horrible it was — what happened to the professor. Kougami pauses and adds “Yeah”  but the tone is almost as if he had to force it out of himself. I couldn’t help but feel like he was holding it together for the investigation, but deep down was grieving the loss of his dear professor. After all, he told Akane to keep it bottled up until the end of the case. The second time I saw this effect of his eyes was while he was reading Akane’s letter in his isolation cell. He gets to the part where she writes about being glad to have seen him again and that he helped her find the answer. He calls her a bakayaro, and his hands grab the letter so fiercely that it kind-of crumples while he throws his whole body into a defeated hunch — since he’s stuck in his cell and can’t even do anything to stop her.

I had read some early accounts by Japanese viewers that he was crying while reading her letter: this effect in the eyes may have been what was mistaken as crying.

Although it was nice to see Kougami go through these moments in PPP, I can’t help but feel like there could have been more. However, Providence is a very dense film and I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt that with all the action sequences, Akane’s iconic scenes, and the supporting cast all getting their own memorable segments, Kougami’s development just wasn’t a priority. If Shiotani, Fukami, and Ubukata intend to make an SAD spin-off as they’ve expressed in interviews, I would hope that they explore possible romantic or other intimate human feelings on Kougami’s part — similar to how he learned to be a father figure to Tenzing. In fact, I would argue that after Providence, it’s likely that they’ve backed themselves into a corner with regards to Kougami’s interpersonal relationships. The tension between Kougami and Akane was essentially the secondary conflict of the film and it ended with some resolution midway but also a shift in Kougami’s disposition once he read Akane’s letter, realizing the impact he had on her life. If there’s further content on Kougami as a person, we almost certainly need to at least confront his relationship with Akane and even Ginoza (was somewhat addressed on the boat scene and we see them on good terms in Season 3/PPFI). The other route is just watching a 007-Misson Impossible Kougami getting into knife fights and performing crazy stunts, but I think the PP fandom in general agrees that this option would be dull and a waste of a character who had such an artful inception. Now I know that PP wants to go for a more shōnen look and are cautious of depicting romance between the main characters. It was pretty obvious with Arata being introduced as the new main character and the fact that Yuki Kaji was brought on board to voice him (he’s done fantastic work on many popular shōnen characters including Eren Jaeger). But, showing how love could affect Kougami and how him giving love could present new angles of his character would undoubtedly be exciting to see. We know he wants to protect people. We know that he’s decided to work outside of the law in order to do that. He’s made peace with his revenge and he’s learned that he wants to protect people without any reserve or obligation. Saiga warned him about potentially becoming a killing machine like Tonami if he keeps letting people use him as a hunting dog, and he agreed that he doesn’t want that. I expect that he could follow the same thought process as Ginoza did in SS Case 1 where he ultimately just wants to help people with his detective work, without much care for who’s judged to be good or evil. On this note, it would be beneficial for Kougami to understand his heart a bit more. Maybe visit his mother too? Maybe actually value his own life instead of running into a fight like he has nothing to lose? He’d already prepared Akane for his death way back between S1 and S2. Would he fight differently if Akane were expecting him to come back home alive?

Hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts on Kougami’s character. Still love our chaotic spikey-haired gun-slinging emo cowboy. And I’m looking forward to what the creators might do with his character next.

[psychopasss4]

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

~Theodor Seuss Geisel

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Gekijouban PSYCHO-PASS Settei

[good-amv-mmv-fmv]

Title: John the Hellhound

Music: Kasabian - Cutt Off (Single Version), Kasabian - Club Foot

Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, Higashi no Eden - Gekijouban I The King of Eden, Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra, Hitsugi no Chaika: Avenging Battle, Toaru Hikuushi e no Tsuioku, Nijuu-Mensou no Musume, Senkou no Night Raid, Hataraku Maou-sama!, Dantalian no Shoka, Shingeki no Kyojin, Akame ga Kill!, Psycho-Pass 2, Kuroshitsuji, Kuroshitsuji II, Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus, Durarara!!, Fate/Zero, Baccano!, Kill Bill, Gosick

Why is it good?: This video decides to basically transpose the story the lyrics of the song "Cut off" tell using footage from various anime (mostly from "Fullmetal Alchemist") in an awesome and funny manner, turning Edward into the terrible John the Hellhound and basically recreating a completely new story. The editing is superb, the scenes well match the music and the idea is just awesome. Sure, it might come as kind of a shock to see Edward in this light but hey, it's such an awesome idea you just can't miss it.

WARNING: Blood and gore

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Warning: Spoilers

Title: Stay Strong

Editor: animers

Song: Stay Strong

Artist: NEFFEX

Anime: Mob Psycho 100, Angel Beats, Jujutsu Kaisen, Aldnoah.Zero, Domestic na Kanojo, Houseki no Kuni, Rising of the Shield Hero, Reincarnated as a Sword, Gekijouban Sword Art Online Progressive - Hoshinaki Yoru no Aria (film), Sword Art Online, Ao no Exorcist, Bakemonogatari, Fate series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Aoashi, Kids on the Slope, Kekkai Sensen, Psycho Pass, Death Parade, Gakuen Toshi Asterisk, Hinamatsuri, Kaizoku Oujo, Goblin Slayer, Granblue Fantasy, Fire Force, Da Wang Rao Ming, Violet Evergarden, Tokyo Ravens, Full Metal Panic, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, Spy X Family, Bungou Stray Dogs, Flip Flappers, Boku no Hero Academia, Platinum End, Chainsaw Man, NANA, Golden Kamuy, FLCL Progressive, Bocchi the Rock!, K-On!, Fukumenkei Noise, March Comes In Like a Lion, Assassins Pride, Maken-ki!, Sankarea

Category: Drama

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[tinyfiramonglarches]

I never mentoined before, but Akane´s ordinary clothing is full of warm clothes. I guess, that´s expresses her kind and warm-hearted personality.

[cleverwolfpoetry]

I’m a anime watcher and I just finished psyscho pass season 2 and 1. I saw that there are movies and I wanted to know which one I should watch if their is an time order and if possible from what time periods they are from (Example Movie A happened before season 2 etc)

Well, the movie you have to watch now is Gekijouban psycho-pass (I friendly call it Psycho-pass the movie in my translations). Below the poster of it.

There also are three new movies called Psycho-pass Sinners of the system Case 1, 2 and 3, but they're being aired in japanese cinemas just now, so it'll take some time for us to be able to watch them.

So now I can just say you "enjoy the movie" 😉

[psycho-pass-saiko]

imagine... the old gang is having a cozy lunch time when Akane makes a joke and Kogami literally doubles over with a loud candid laugh and everyone is shock because it has been a 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 time they heard his enjoyed voice-

Yeah, i am making myself cry what about it-

[immloveanime]

Illustrations by Kyoji Asano. Gekijouban PSYCHO-PASS Novel - Balcony Scenes. (Ginomika, Shinkane) 

[white-queen-lacus]

Frederica and Homura as potential love interests?

Ok, before writing this post, I must admit that this thought has been wandering in my mind for some time and I will do my best to be as analytical as I can in the explanation. First of all, I've truly and wholeheartedly supported Shinkane since season 1 and I am sure that before or after, they will be endgame (in Psycho Pass' meaning, well... offscreen if we're lucky enough), so this post is just an attempt to see what is happening.

Let's make a premise: PP3, among all the seasons of PP, is the one that addressed romance in a more evident way, somehow. Not that it is a priority and it's fair as it is, since the focus of the series is basically human nature and its reaction to a world dominated by AI, but among the three seasons, PP3 caressed the topic. Not that it wasn't already addressed in the previous installments (Shion and Yayoi, Kaori's wedding, Akane's growing fascination, and not-so-well-hidden attraction and love for Kougami, Mika and her schoolmate, just to say), but starting with Sinners of the System, something else happened. Masaoka and Sae, Sugo and his friend's wife (tell me whatever, but he seemed to care a little bit too much and I found something similar in Arata's behavior towards Maiko)... and in season 3, the already mentioned Arata, both with Maiko (the hospital scene) and Karina, but also with Irie and Mao (I loved the whole music box scene) and Mao *not-so-well-hidden* fancying Kei. Did I mention the brief and glorious Shinkane's scenes? The cherry blossoms in First Inspector screamed "LOVE" in caps lock.

Well, ladies first, so let's talk about the mysterious and glamorous agent of the SAD: Hanashiro Frederica. When her character was revealed, all of us (or at least, the majority) thought that she could be a potential threat or a possible enemy. So far, it seems that apart from bigger fanservice than all the girls in PP, a still-secret agenda, and the fact that she managed to recruit Kougami, Gino and Sugo in her team (as well as granting them some privileges), there isn't any evidence that she could be an enemy. Yes, the whole Ministry of Foreign Affairs/SAD goals and mission aren't clear, that's why I hope we might get PP4 or a dedicated special, in order to understand more about them and her apparently personal motivations too. Now... thanks to the lovely @kumapillow who kindly translated the SAD extra chapter, something made me wonder. I already said in another post that Frederica seems to have a soft spot for Kougami. Just a few words about Kougami. So far, with the exception of the novels, where his feelings are clearer, he's never shown particular interest in women (or relationships in general). In the profiling book, it's said that he doesn't remember his first love, but it's also said that he would let Sybil choose for him once the time comes, until the movie updated version when it's said that his favorite type of girl is a companion who can keep up a conversation. Considering that in season 1 he was revenge-driven and Makishima-absorbed, romance was practically out of question (also, if we consider that he's been a workaholic since he was an Inspector, I'm not this impressed if he never had a proper relationship). Complete silence in season 2, then in the movies he said that wherever he goes, he's punctually involved in some conflict, aka... no time for romance again (for ghost!Makishima's joy). I read sometimes that the fact that he declined Shion's advances in episode 18 with the sentence "I don't think we are each others' type" was eloquent about his sexuality, since he probably is gay or bi, at least. I don't think he is, but simply, being the kind person he is, Kougami just found a colloquial way to remember Shion where her heart truly laid (and in the novel, it's more obvious). No surprise, during the fight against Rutaganda, when the mercenary said that listening to Kougami made him happy like he was listening to some Wagner's piéce, Kougami promptly answers that he could have rather listened to those words from a glamorous beauty than from him (he used the word "bijin" there). I won't mention all the Shinkane subtle of the movie, but it was truly obvious how things had changed for Akane and Kougami and what could have been happened if the mercenaries hadn't come. Case 3 shows that his relationship with the fair sex still hasn't progressed this much... though I LOVED Kougami's interactions with Tenzing and the teasing of the little girl who said that he reminded her of her dad (ok, that's progress, since in a radio drama both he and Gino made a small child crying because of their idiocy) and I headcanon that in the years past Case 3 Kou had some chances to hear back from Tenzing (because of MoFA and Frederica's care), when it comes to the blonde colleague... I guess that things haven't changed this much. Now, so far, Kougami has NEVER shown any sign of reciprocating Frederica's possible feelings, but it seems that he's the only one who knows how to cheer her up or to understand her. Coming back to Frederica, after this digression, that's the core: she technically has all the qualities Kougami would possibly need. She's a glamorous beauty (hello there, reference to the gekijouban). She's a companion who could keep up a conversation. This point is trickier, because the conversation under the moonlight (now that it comes to my mind, it was also said that if he ever had to set a date, he would probably talk about work or taking somebody to stargaze), which largely reminds me of his conversation with Akane in the movie (I'm talking about the structure of the scene in general), shows that

Frederica too is perfectly able to lecture Kougami and pull the shits out of him about his true motives for keeping on traveling, she's been interested in him since the lessons with professor Saiga, but also... the fact that she mentioned his mother, I think was some kind of a rehash of the novel version of the conversation between Akane and Kou. I was under the impression that Ubukata and Shiotani were trying to test the waters... Also, Frederica is a skilled fighter, she has a no-nonsense attitude and she's pretty harsh in what she says, but she's also friendly, humorous, and caring (the days they spent together with Tenzing). Then the renowned scene of the two of them making the deal... ok, I need to admit that in the beginning, I didn't see it as malicious, neither I do it now, but... mhhh... sharing the same bottle of water to make a deal... well... kinda intimate, right? Not that Kougami made a fuss, but Frederica was... pleased? After all, she didn't do any of this with Sugo (also, her approach to him was more formal) and we still don't know how she recruited Gino (I think it happened because of Kougami, after Akane's demotion)... I don't know, but it seems to me that her approach toward Kougami (at least in Case 3 and in the manga extras) is more personal... after all, when she approached him the first time, she was quite intrigued, since she wanted to take a look at the face of a celebrity like him (all said while pleasantly smiling). The extra chapter shows that while Gino and Sugo's efforts to help their chief were wasted (not for us who read), only Kougami's proposal was well received by her. Shooting like in a guerrilla field... after all, Frederica is a tough one (just like Akane) and Kougami knows it very well... like Gino adds at the end, she's definitely a female version of him, but she also is somebody able to kick Kou's glorious ass (just like Akane). Now, time will say where the truth is, but I feel like that if Ubukata and Shiotani keep on following the route "there's a deep respect and a bond which goes beyond love and romance between Shinkane... and also Kougami doesn't see Akane in that way", and instead they choose to spice things up (but I don't think so) Frederica might be the one chosen. Luckily enough, our dear former Enforcer seems to have chosen the celibate warrior monk route, but I'm still sure that things can change and in the end, the most natural outcome will be Shinkane. Well... since the post has become longer than I expected, I'll write another time of Shizuka and Akane, but thanks for reading until now!

[lemonadecandy103]

when Akane finds out that Kougami shared a water bottle with Frede.

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[dragonsrainbows]

How can you not want to pull those cheeks? Are you not human!

Psycho Pass Movie

Ginoza Nobuchika Appreciation 

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Gekijouban PSYCHO-PASS Settei

[eiichiro]

gekijouban psycho-pass

[hawkai2406]

Guess who just seen the new Psycho Pass episode

Okay, now off with first impressions. I know that maybe it’s too early to draw some conclusions, but after the last episode it’s gonna be fun to compare the thoughts with the final result :D forgive me any unclear thoughts, but it’s around 3 AM here in Poland and my English can be messed up at this hour, but being soooo excited for new season I need to get this out of my system. Also, BEWARE OF SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT

This episode was a good start I must say - lately I’ve been struggling to find anything that would keep my attention up on what’s happening without checking how many time is left till the end of episode. And with this episode I realized that it was already ending when, well, the ending appeared.

Opening and ending are quite nice, but just like Linked Horizon and Revo are linked with Attack on Titan, Egoist is linked with Psycho Pass... at least for me. So I find it a little bit sad they weren’t included now.

When the Gekijouban was released way back in 2015, I thought that possible future installments of the series would take a little different turn and it will focus rather on Sibyl expanding its influence through the Asian countries than accepting immigrants in Japan. This reminds me a little of Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex where there was also a subplot about immigrants - though I watched it so long ago I don’t remember much (unfortunately), only that at the very end they were supposed to be a decoy or a scapegoat for something...? But I’m not sure about this as well. So maybe in PP s3 this will be a similar case.

I don’t believe I’m saying this... hell, I didn’t believe that I’ll be EVER saying this, but Mika was actually quite likeable this episode 🤭 maybe that’s because I’ve seen season 2 only two times and in quite big span of time, but it’s like she’s got a nice character development in-between the series. I wonder if she’ll stay like that for the rest of the season.

Depending on how the story will unfold in next episodes, now the whole storyline is reminding me how Japan was functioning through the centuries - first completely isolated due to its location (in PP universe - isolated due to introducing Sibyl System) then slowly accepting foreigners, but only to some extent. I’d recall that even now Japan is somehow struggling due to it being homogeneous and has plans to accept more people from other countries as residents, but I didn’t keep up with the current social status of foreigners living there. So it’s nice to see that parallel reflected in the anime, even though it’s been shown in completely different time.

I had my bets on that the Bifrost would be somehow connected with Sibyl... and now it turned out that it’s something different and is supposed to be stay hidden from Sibyl. I wonder where this will go. Also Miyano Mamoru’s character is intriguing me.

Damn, that suspence regarding Akane is killing me inside

Ginoza returning in all his glory at the very last scene got me so excited that I can’t properly describe it * _____________ * I’m afraid I wouldn’t be so hyped about the next episode if this ep was left without this post-credits scene :’D

Also Arata has a very big chance to become the ultimate sunshine of this season

All in all - the start was good, but I’m trying not to get my hopes too high in case not to be disappointed if season 3 later turns out to be... not as good as I’d like it to be. But let’s hope it’ll be at least more properly executed than season 2

BONUS MENTION: “epic” Engrish in the scene of “I’m happy” confirmed :’D