A few weeks back, in episode 195 of Geek Native’s podcast Audio EXP I began by suggesting a weird plot twist where the town militia arrested RPG PCs for a crime they might do.
I was being sarky, and I was making a political comment. In the UK, protesters had been arrested by police for a crime they might do and the crime of peaceful protest.
That police dystopia is the future imagined by the anime Psycho-Pass. Police are equipped with “hounds” or enforcers for partners; one solves crimes, and the other wields an AI-powered blaster which will shoot, injure or kill a potential suspect based on what they might do.
The latest movie in the franchise is Psycho-Pass, and Crunchyroll is taking it to US cinemas. This week, Sony’s anime giant confirmed a UK release too.
In 85 cinemas across the country, Psycho-Pass: Providence will air on the 2nd of August. It’ll be dubbed, huzzah, not subbed.
The official synopsis says;
January 2118. Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane Tsunemori, receives a report of an incident on a foreign vessel – the body of Professor Milicia Stronskaya has been discovered. Behind the incident is a group known as the Peacebreakers, a foreign paramilitary organisation and a new outside threat who are targeting the professor’s research papers known as the “Stronskaya Document”.
Reunited with Shinya Kogami, a former fugitive from the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane grapples with a case that quickly escalates beyond their expectations. The Stronskaya Papers could reveal a truth that would shake Japan’s government, and even the Sibyl System, to the core.
It is in this untold story that the missing link is revealed.
There’s often a dedicated website set up to show which cinemas have the anime, but until then, there’s always a Fandango search.
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