115-459: Japanese manga magazine Monthly Comic Blade [REDACTED] July 2007 issue Categories Shōnen manga First issue February 2002 Final issue July 2014 Company Mag Garden Country Japan Language Japanese Website Monthly Comic Blade Online Magazine Comic Blade Monthly Comic Blade ( 月刊コミックブレイド , Gekkan Komikku Bureido )
230-417: A shōnen protagonist often also faces internal conflicts, typically focused around maturity and growing older. In contrast to shōjo manga, which often focuses on the thoughts and interior monologue of the hero, shōnen typically advances plot through dialogue and action. Happy endings are common in shōnen manga, but are not obligatory, with writers expressing the happy ending fitting for
345-735: A "nostalgic world building for a time before psycho-passes". The anime series produced by Production I.G. was broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV 's Noitamina programming block between October 12, 2012, and March 22, 2013. Toho started releasing the series on DVD and Blu-ray formats on December 21, 2012. The eighth and final volume was released on July 26, 2013. Funimation licensed the series in North America and simulcast it on its website, first in Japanese, then weekly in English. Psycho-Pass
460-540: A "sci-fi masterpiece." IGN also listed Psycho-Pass among the best anime of the decade, and wrote that the series is "a psychological thriller with multiple layers of mystery" that "kept us on our toes through the entirety of the first season." In 2020, Anime News Network listed Psycho-Pass as the fourth best Gen Urobuchi anime. Kotaku Australia included the series among "8 Great Anime Series For People Who Don't Like Anime" list. The first season has garnered critical acclaim. The Daily Star regarded it as one of
575-416: A Dead Girl ( Koge-Donbo* ) (ongoing) Peacemaker Kurogane (Nanae Chrono) (ongoing) Petals of Reincarnation (Mikihisa Konishi) Pontera (Sankaku Head) Princess Lucia ( Kouji Seo ) Psycho-Pass: Kanshikan Shinya Kogami (Midori Goto and Production I.G ; art by Natsuo Sai) Psycho-Pass 2 (Saru Hoshino) Puchi-Hound (nekoneko) (from Comic Blade Masamune) R² [rise R to
690-502: A build-up to the climactic ones. Bamboo Dong of Anime News Network gave high praise stating that from episode 12, the series was "a real blast to watch" and that she was glad with the development of the protagonist, Akane Tsunemori. However, she severely criticized the plot twist regarding the Sybil System's true identity calling it "one of the stupidest revelations in the history of anime". Thomas Zoth from The Fandom Post praised
805-404: A category of manga aimed at an older male audience in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and many shōnen artists associated with the realist gekiga movement migrated to seinen manga. The demise of the kashi-hon (rental manga) market led many kashi-hon artists to move into magazine publishing, including shōnen manga, bringing their distinct themes and style with them. As
920-489: A dystopia of Sibyl System's governance of Japan, the plot follows the young woman Akane Tsunemori . She is introduced as a novice Inspector assigned to Division One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division, in charge of solving crimes with latent criminals, Enforcers. Psycho-Pass originated from Production I.G.'s interest in making a successor to Mamoru Oshii 's achievements. The series
1035-406: A general sense and was used by the Japanese publishing industry until the end of the 19th century to designate publications aimed at children and young people. The word shifted to its current usage of referring specifically to media aimed at adolescent boys, beginning with the practice of segmenting periodicals (especially manga magazines) by sex and age-specific target groups, which was established at
1150-423: A literal form in the form of henshin ( 変身 , lit. 'transformation') , where the hero is able to switch between two personas with different appearances and personalities; examples of this device include Yu-Gi-Oh by Kazuki Takahashi and Samurai Deeper Kyo by Akimine Kamijyo . Transformation abilities are often linked with bonds to a spirit, monster or robot. A major narrative device in shōnen manga
1265-401: A major manga series in a given magazine, for example, advertisements for a video game adaptation of the series or articles about an animated film adaptation of the series. Children's magazines with sex-segregated readerships have existed in Japan since the early 1900s. While early youth magazines were ostensibly unisex – Shōnen Sekai was the first youth magazine in Japan in 1895, targeting
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#17327904003991380-500: A manner that is attractive to the male target audience as so-called bishōjos (literally "beautiful young girls"). They exist as objects of romantic or sexual desire not merely for the male characters, but also for the ostensibly heterosexual male reader as a form of fan service . While these objectifying tropes have persisted in shōnen manga, women have also developed more active roles in these fan service-oriented stories. A common romantic comedy trope in shōnen manga since
1495-404: A medium defined by one-off comic strips. Science fiction stories about robots, space travel, and heroic space-faring adventures enjoyed popularity during this period; many sci-fi stories took themes and concepts from war comics and re-imagined them with pacifist ideals, such as Tetsujin 28-go by Mitsuteru Yokoyama . One of the first new shōnen manga magazines of the post-war period
1610-444: A new-original theatrical film project was in development, later called Psycho-Pass: The Movie . The film was rated R15+ due to its strong violence which includes murder and human bodily damage. In September 2014, the release date was announced for January 9, 2015, with Urobuchi and Fukami co-scripting. A 30-second trailer streamed on Nico Nico Douga on September 5, 2013, showing Kogami, Tsunemori and Ginoza. A two-minute trailer,
1725-406: A notable example of the latter. Samurai appeared frequently as idealized role models for boy readers in early shōnen , analogous to representations of cowboys in western comics; samurai stories shifted to comedy and sportsmanship in the post-war period, before returning to themes of idealized themes of good versus evil. Though shōnen manga typically attempts to convey a message of peace,
1840-426: A protagonist was involved, the moment was developed to be memorable. The team twice had to remake scenes because the television station complained that they went "overboard." Motohiro wanted the series to counter concurrent anime trends. The use of moe (slang) was banned at staff meetings because they appreciated dramas like Mobile Suit Gundam and Patlabor that focused on conflicts between male characters. As
1955-598: A public backlash, it did not lead to the decline for the industry: series with anarchic, offensive humor became popular in shōnen and seinen manga alike, with Crayon Shin-Chan by Yoshito Usui becoming an internationally famous example of this phenomenon. Manga artist Go Nagai originated the sexually-charged ecchi genre with Harenchi Gakuen , which was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump . The stylistic and thematic differences between shōnen and shōjo began to narrow considerably beginning in
2070-429: A readership of both boys and girls – in practice, the editorial content of these publications largely concerned topics that were thought to be of interest to boys. This provoked the emergence of first exclusively shōjo (girls) magazines in 1902, and shōnen magazines subsequently began to exclusively target a male audience. Initially, these magazines did not publish manga; the first shōnen magazine to do so
2185-550: A remote island. NIS America has localized Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness for the PlayStation 4, Vita and an exclusive PC version via Steam. It was released on September 13, 2016, in North America and on September 16, 2016, in Europe. The Xbox One version of the game was not localized. A virtual reality game will be made in 2020 by Pretia Technologies and organized by Fuji TV's Digital Design department in anticipation of
2300-432: A result, shōnen manga came to deal with more serious and political themes, and saw an increase in depictions of violent and explicit subjects, as well as an increase in profanity. Significant artists of this era include Shigeru Mizuki , creator of the horror series GeGeGe no Kitarō ; and George Akiyama , whose shōnen manga series Ashura depicts cannibalism, child abuse, and mass murder. Although this provoked
2415-621: A significant number of genres and subgenres within shōnen manga, especially when compared to other comic cultures outside of Japan. This includes but is not limited to comedy , crime , romance , slice of life , and stories about activities such as sports and the lives of different types of working professionals. The action genre is itself is expressed through a variety of subgenres, from historical and contemporary drama to science fiction and fantasy . Shōnen war fiction has been alternately jingoistic or critical of militarism and violence, with Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa as
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#17327904003992530-495: A significant proportion of the series' audience; this is especially true of series featuring male characters who are bishōnen (literally "beautiful boys"), or who are perceived as such by readers. This reading of shōnen manga is expressed in the form of fan works such as dōjinshi (self-published amateur manga) and the boys' love (BL) genre of manga and anime, which includes both original and derivative works . Manga scholar Yukari Fujimoto notes in her analysis of
2645-515: A successor to Mamoru Oshii 's Ghost in the Shell and Patlabor , hiring Katsuyuki Motohiro—who became the series' chief director—and veteran I.G. animator Naoyoshi Shiotani to supervise direction. Motohiro wanted to return to making anime after a long hiatus but he needed a charismatic script writer. Motohiro and his staff were surprised with Gen Urobuchi 's contribution to the highly acclaimed anime series, Puella Magi Madoka Magica . Motohiro
2760-592: A targeted individual's Crime Coefficient index exceeds the accepted threshold (100), they are pursued, apprehended, and either arrested or killed by the field officers of the Crime Investigation Department of the Ministry of Welfare's Public Safety Bureau. Elite officers known as Inspectors research and evaluate crime scenes, including all personnel involved, with the assistance of Enforcers. Enforcers are latent criminals charged with protecting
2875-500: A third season was announced. The third season aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between October 24 and December 12, 2019, with a special program being aired on October 17, 2019. Amazon streamed the series inside and outside of Japan on their Amazon Prime Video service. Naoyoshi Shiotani returned as director, Akira Amano as character designer, and Production I.G. as animation producer. It consisted of eight episodes with each episode being 45 minutes long. On June 12, 2015,
2990-471: A three-part theatrical film project was in development, titled Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System . The first film, titled Case.1 Tsumi to Bachi ( Case.1 罪と罰 ) , premiered on January 25, 2019. The second film, titled Case.2 First Guardian , premiered on February 15, 2019. The third film, titled Case.3 Onshū no Kanata ni , premiered on March 8, 2019. Naoyoshi Shiotani and Yugo Kanno reprised their roles as
3105-514: A video game based on the series, titled Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness , was being developed by 5pb. for the Xbox One with a PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 port announced in December 2015. The game features an original story written by Urobuchi, taking place during the time period of the anime's first six episodes and focusing on a new set of protagonists confronting a new enemy on
3220-541: Is Kogami who is most invested, having lost a friend at the hands of the villain. Meanwhile, Makishima is invited by Joshu Kasei , the android form of Sibyl, to join their ranks. He refuses and flees. Realizing this, Kogami leaves Unit One to find and kill him. The Sibyl System orders Tsunemori to capture Makishima and execute Kogami, but she agrees only on the condition that they withdraw the execution order for Kogami. Unit One now searches for both men with Kogami learning that Makishima plans to make biological terrorism and sends
3335-415: Is accompanied by veteran Inspector Nobuchika Ginoza , a strict man who looks down on Enforcers; Tomomi Masaoka , a middle-aged Enforcer who used to be a detective; Shusei Kagari , a carefree young man who was marked as a latent criminal in childhood; and Yayoi Kunizuka , a former musician turned into a latent criminal stemming from a relationship with a terrorist. The unit starts hunting Makishima, but it
3450-450: Is as sought after as physical beauty. It is also a future where the police's job is little more than to watch the latent criminals they control—because if they did any real detective work, they might start to think like the criminals they are trying to catch and thus become latent criminals themselves." Many of the main characters feel nostalgia throughout the series. The many references to older literature, philosophy, music and theater create
3565-569: Is different from Wikidata Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles with Japanese-language sources (ja) Sh%C5%8Dnen manga Shōnen manga ( 少年漫画 , lit. "boys' comics ", also romanized as shonen , shounen or syônen ) is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent boys. It is, along with shōjo manga (targeting adolescent girls and young women), seinen manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and josei manga (targeting adult women), one of
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3680-417: Is primarily on action , adventure , and the fighting of monsters or other forces of evil. Action stories are so dominant in shōnen manga that some manga and non-manga works are occasionally designated as shōnen not because of their ostensible target group, but because of their content focus on action and adventure. Though action narratives dominate the category, there is deep editorial diversity and
3795-440: Is rivalry between the protagonist and his opponent, with a fight or a quest often appearing as a central element; Dragon Ball is among the most popular and commercially successful examples of this archetypal story. Typically, a shōnen protagonist is an outsider, or in some way disadvantaged compared to others, but who through training, perseverance, and willpower eventually succeeds against all odds. Plots typically follow
3910-452: Is the most popular category in the Japanese market of the four primary demographic categories of manga ( shōnen , shōjo , seinen , and josei ). The actual readership of shōnen manga, as is the case for all demographic categories of manga, extends significantly beyond this adolescent male target group to include all ages and genders. For example, a 2006 survey of female manga readers found that Weekly Shōnen Jump
4025-404: Is to depict the contours of figures with rough, coarse motion lines to give the appearance of movement. Historically, the protagonists of shōnen manga were almost exclusively men and boys; women and girls appeared primarily in supporting roles as sisters, mothers, or girlfriends, if at all. This was especially true of ecchi stories that developed out of shōnen manga beginning in
4140-472: The Psycho Pass Genesis book in December 2014, which revealed the origins of Sybil and Tonomi Masaoka's involvement. An interactive visual novel titled Chimi Chara Psycho-Pass , which features chibi versions of the series' characters in original stories, was included with Blu-ray Disc volumes of the anime and is playable on any Blu-ray playing device. In May 2014, it was announced that
4255-530: The 1920s and 1930s, with Yōnen Club selling over 950,000 copies. During the Second Sino-Japanese War and Second World War , magazine sales declined and publications were used increasingly for wartime propaganda purposes . The manga content in these publications was reduced, and the series that remained typically focused on patriotic and militaristic themes, such as stories about samurai . In other stories, robots were depicted as fighting in
4370-507: The 1970s, with The Abashiri Family by Go Nagai as one of the earliest representative works of this development, as well as an early example of a shōnen manga with a female protagonist. Since the 1980s, women and girls have played a more active role in shōnen manga, fighting alongside male characters and not merely as passive support. Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama was an early representative work of this development, with its mischievous child protagonist Arale Norimaki being among
4485-514: The 1980s has been to pair a weak male protagonist with a strong female love interest who is not only the target of his romantic and sexual desire, but also his good friend and confidante. In the harem genre, which originated from shōnen manga, a male protagonist is surrounded by several female characters who desire him, and who are often more confident and assertive than he is; examples include Negima! Magister Negi Magi by Ken Akamatsu and Hanaukyo Maid Team by Morishige . In other cases,
4600-521: The 1980s, combat-focused "battle manga" stories became popular, with Dragon Ball and Fist of the North Star emerging as representative works of this development. Manga critic Jason Thompson credits the success of Dragon Ball , first published in 1984, as originating a trend that has persisted to contemporary shōnen manga of favoring cartoonish art styles over the more mature art styles of shōnen titles such as City Hunter and Fist of
4715-521: The 1980s, with widespread exchange of stylistic devices and themes. For example, the characteristic large eyes of shōjo manga became common in shōnen manga to convey the emotions of characters, and female characters have enjoyed greater prominence as both supporting and primary characters in shōnen manga. Other graphic storytelling techniques that originated in shōjo manga, such as montages of multiple panels , were imported into shōnen manga and have become common stylistic devices. In
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4830-904: The Beyond (Yoshitomo Watanabe) Binchō-tan (Takahiko Ekusa) The Birth of Walküre (Hiroshi Fuji) Chichi Kogusa (Mi Tagawa) (transferred to Monthly Comic Garden ) Clockwork (Yoshihiko Tomisawa; art by Sakaki Yoshioka) Corpse Party: Another Child (Team Gris Gris; art by Shunsuke Ogata) Crown (Tatsurō Nakanishi) Cry Eye (Akira Sorano) D.C. III: Kazami Gakuen Kōshiki Shinbun Bu - Okurairi Jikenbo ( Circus & Jin Itou; art by Shizuma Miyano) Dance Dance Dance! (Yuzuka Morita) Datenshi Kanan (Yui Hara) Desert Coral ( Wataru Murayama ) Dorakuma (Seiuchirou Todono) Drc2 (Jin Itou; art by Makoto Fuugetsu) Dragon Sister! -Sangokushi Hyakka Ryōran- (Nini) (from Comic Blade Masamune) Dream Gold ~Knights in
4945-467: The Chinese Ministry of Culture announced that they forbade the release of Psycho-Pass along with 38 other anime and manga titles which were deemed to "include scenes of violence, pornography, terrorism and crimes against public morality that could potentially incite minors to commit such acts." In September 2013, it was announced on the official site of Noitamina that a second season and
5060-596: The DVD volumes of the series. A second season aired between October and December 2014, with a feature film titled, Psycho-Pass: The Movie released in January 2015. In 2019, Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System premiered between January and March. A third season aired between October and December 2019, with a sequel film, Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector , released in March 2020. A new anime film titled Psycho-Pass Providence
5175-680: The Dark City~ (Tatsurō Nakanishi) E (Shinri Ōshiro; art by Sana Kirigaoka) Elemental Gelade ( Mayumi Azuma ) Eleven Soul (Seiuchirou Todono) Esprit (Taishi Tsutsui) Fatalizer (Ritz Kobayashi) Farial Garden ( Minene Sakurano ) Fukashigi Philia (Taishi Tsutsui) Gadget (Hiroyuki Etoh) Gakuen Psycho-Pass (Shina Soga) Gamerz Heaven ( Maki Murakami ) Ghost Hound: Another Side (adaptation; art by Kanata Asahi) The Glory of Walküre (Hiroshi Fuji) (from Comic Blade Masamune) Glory Road (Tatsurō Nakanishi; art by Sora Hiiragi) The Good Witch of
5290-2610: The Devil~ ( Kazuki Nakashima ; art by Kemuri Karakara) Tales of Symphonia (Hitoshi Ichimura) Tengai Retrogical (Rin Asano) (ongoing) The First King Adventure (Moyamu Fujimo) The Innocent ( Avi Arad and Junichi Fujisaku; art by Ko Yasung) The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok ( Sakura Kinoshita ) Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces (Yuho Ueji) Tobe!! Luck Rock Girl (Tanba Niwa) Tokumu Kikoutai Kuchikura (Yoshiki Sakurai and Production I.G ; art by Youichirou Hinata) Toraneko Folklore ( Mayumi Azuma ) Totsukuni no Shoujo (Nagabe) Tsubakiiro Ballad (Hamao Sumeragi) Tsubura na Wakusei (Naoya Kaneko) Uchi no Isourou ga Sekai o Shouakushite Iru! (Tsuyoshi Nanajou; art by I~tou~) Uchū Roshin Muumo (Munekichi) Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~ (Akira Katsuragi) Urawa Holy Order (Kazuo Yamamoto) Vaizard (Michihiro Yoshida) W Change!! (Hiro Matsuba) Wan Pagu! (Ryo Mitsuya) Your and My Secret ( Ai Morinaga ) Zodiac Game (Shinjirou) References [ edit ] ^ "Mangaoh's page for magazines" (in Japanese) . Retrieved January 1, 2008 . External links [ edit ] Monthly Comic Blade official website (in Japanese) Online Magazine Comic Blade official website (in Japanese) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monthly_Comic_Blade&oldid=1251286747 " Categories : 2002 establishments in Japan 2014 disestablishments in Japan Defunct magazines published in Japan Monthly manga magazines published in Japan Mag Garden magazines Magazines established in 2002 Magazines disestablished in 2014 Magazines published in Tokyo Online magazines with defunct print editions Shōnen manga magazines Hidden categories: CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja) Articles with short description Short description
5405-649: The Enforcers should they pose a danger to the public or the Inspectors themselves. Psycho-Pass is seen through the eyes of Akane Tsunemori , a rookie Inspector within Unit One (aka Division One) of the Ministry of Welfare Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department. Shinya Kogami is an Enforcer under her watch during her first mission. When she judges him a threat to an apprehended criminal's life, she uses her Dominator to prevent him from decomposing
5520-495: The Inspectors, adding their expertise and carrying out Inspectors' instructions. Both are equipped with personally activated hand-held weapons called "Dominators" whose integrated scanners provide the target's immediate Psycho-Pass. The gun-like weapon can only fire when approved by the Sibyl System and triggered by its owner. Inspectors and Enforcers work as a team, though Inspectors have jurisdiction to fire their Dominators on
5635-454: The North Star . Female manga artists also began to enjoy increasing critical and commercial success as shōnen manga creators. As a result of the combined influence of ecchi and the rise of female artists, romance emerged as a subgenre of shōnen manga, especially romantic comedy . When manga began to emerge in the Western world in the early 1990s, the shōnen category
5750-505: The Sibyl System cannot accept him as he is, labeling him a deviant within the structure of society itself. Emotional repression is another theme explored in Psycho-Pass . The identification of latent criminals is partially based on the emotions judged by society to be negative, such as sadness or anger, being scanned by the Sibyl System. Kotaku states, "because of these scans, Psycho-Pass shows an interesting future where 'mental beauty'
5865-411: The Sibyl System operates on the principles of opportunity cost and acceptable risk. Relying on the Sibyl System paradoxically creates a society which fears no crime as a whole, but individuals who personally fear the consequences of the Sibyl System's verdicts. Urobuchi himself has said that one of the series' central thematic ideas is "fear." Shogo Makishima's actions stem from feeling out of place because
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#17327904003995980-2354: The West ( Noriko Ogiwara ; art by Haruhiko Momokawa) Grisaia no Kajitsu ~L'oiseau bleu~ ( Front Wing & Junichi Fujisaku; art by Taka Himeno) Gyakusatsu Mahō Shōjo Belial Strawberry (AKIRA; art by Sachi Kurafuji) Gyoukai Ijinden Jinkan: Hito no Aida wa Omoshiroku Ikiru - Kidani Takaaki Monogatari ( Bushiroad & Satoru Akahori ; art by Yasunari Ootsuki) Hakobune Hakusho (Moyamu Fujino) Hirameki Hatsume-chan (Daioki) Hitogatana (Onigunsou) Hoshi no Dai Circus ( Minene Sakurano ) Hoshi no Ue de Meguru (Yuusu Kurahashi) Hoshi no Witch (Yui Hara) Igazukin (Kanoka Tana) (from Comic Blade Masamune) Jagan Tantei Nekuro-san no Jikenbo (AKIRA; art by Sakura Kinoshita ) Jinki: Extend (Sirou Tunasima) Junkyard Magnetic ( Wataru Murayama ) Kagerou Nostalgia ~ Shin Shou (Satomi Kubo) Kuroa Chimera (Kairi Sorano) Kimi to Shitai to Boku no Kaitou (Yogenme) Kyoraku Legion (Rin Asano) (from Comic Blade Brownie) Kyou, Curry! (Yae Shimano) Lost Seven ( Kazuki Nakashima ; art by Ko Yasung) M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane ( Satelight ; art by Kazuomi Minatogawa) Mahō Kabushikigaisha (Anri Sakano) Mahō Shōjo Pretty Bell (KAKERU) Mahō no Silver Bullet (Michihiro Matsuoka, Aotoki Kurobeni) Mahō Tsukai no Yome (Kore Yamazaki) Mamotte Shugogetten Retrouvailles ( Minene Sakurano ) Martyria (Misakikkusu Yumisaki) Meguraba (kirusu) Meiji Gasutou Youmushou Akaneya Yakumo (Kikori Morino) Minami Kamakura Kōkō Joshi Jitensha-Bu (Noriyuki Matsumoto) Mizunohe Monogatari (Miwa Mayuki) More Starlight to Your Heart (Hiro Matsuba) Mortal METAL Shibagane ( Junichi Sato , Shoji Kawamori , and Satelight ; art by Ryuuichi Sadamatsu) Mother Keeper (Kairi Sorano) MUZZLE-LOADER ~Wellber no Monogatari~ (BOYAKASHA; art by Naruse Takami) Neko Rahmen (Kenji Sonishi) (from Comic Blade Masamune) (ongoing) New Paradise ( Sakura Kinoshita ) Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin (Shogo Kumasaka; art by Hiiro Yuki) Otogizōshi (Narumi Seto) Paka RUN (Nanae Chrono; art by Takamasa Nakabayashi) Paradox Blue (Tatsurō Nakanishi; art by Nini) Pavane for
6095-471: The basic structure of the hero's journey , with much of the story focused on the protagonist's training and transformation into a hero, and on characters who earn their status as heroes through effort and tenacity rather than by virtue of birth or assignment. For long-running series, the hero's journey repeats itself; as a new story arc begins, the enemy becomes more powerful and the danger to be overcome becomes greater. In addition to these external conflicts,
6210-420: The beginning of the 20th century and accelerated starting in the 1960s. This segmentation system is now openly used as a categorization system by manga publishers and extends into works that are adapted from manga, such as anime . Shōnen manga refers to manga aimed at an audience of adolescent boys, with the primary target audience alternately defined as 9 to 18 years old and as 12 to 18 years old. It
6325-413: The best he could. Shiotani also apologized for the episode's quality. The original team continued working from episode 19 on until the finale, deciding to remake episodes 17 and 18 for their retail release. The anime series was first announced in late March 2012 by Fuji TV at its Noitamina press conference. When hearing the comments from Atsuko Ishizuka , director of The Pet Girl of Sakurasou , about
6440-436: The biometrics of Japanese citizens' brains and mentalities using a "cymatic scan." The resulting assessment is called a Psycho-Pass ( サイコパス , Saikopasu ) , which includes a numeric Crime Coefficient ( 犯罪係数 , Hanzaikeisū ) index, revealing the citizen's criminality potential, and a color-coded Hue, alerting law enforcement to other data, as well as the improvement (clearing) or decline (clouding) of said Psycho-Pass. When
6555-420: The category has been criticized by individuals such as director Hayao Miyazaki for promoting overly simple good/evil dichotomies. A shōnen protagonist is often characterized by contradictory qualities: short-tempered and cool, mischievous and rebellious, serious and cynical, clumsy and infallible, or who appears as a good-for-nothing but possesses hidden abilities. In some cases, the contradiction takes on
6670-501: The criminal. Initially ashamed of her action, Kogami thanks her for preventing what could be perceived as murder, an opinion which influences Tsunemori to stay on the force. The unit uncovers the crimes of Shogo Makishima , a prolific criminal mastermind. Makishima is Criminally Asymptomatic ( 免罪体質 , Menzai Taishitsu ) – a person persistently assessed by the Sibyl System as having a low crime coefficient despite all actions and attitudes, thus protecting him from Dominator harm. Tsunemori
6785-431: The data to his data. Upon finding him, Makishima attacks Masaoka and kills him when attempting to murder his son, Ginoza, with dynamite. Kogami spots and wounds Makishima but he is stopped by Tsunemori. He agrees to work together but when Makishima attempts to kill Tsunemori, Kogami uses Masaoka's gun to kill Makishima. In the epilogue, Ginoza has become an Enforcer after experiencing his father's death with Tsunemori becoming
6900-458: The demography even if it not comes up as a suitable. Comics theorist Neil Cohn regards the art style of shōnen as generally "edgier" than that of shōjo manga, and notes how most regular manga readers are able to easily distinguish between shōnen and shōjo based on visual appearance alone. Visually, a shōnen protagonist often possesses what manga critic Jason Thompson describes as "insanely spiky hair" that distinguishes
7015-487: The director and music composer, respectively. Ryō Yoshigami wrote the screenplay for the first film, while Fukami returned from the anime series to write the screenplays for the second and third films. Production I.G returned for animation production and Toho distributed. A collaboration visual with Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle has also been developed with Tsunemori being the Psycho-Pass character used. After
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#17327904003997130-438: The episode. When there were concerns from the producers of the songs, Tomohiro and Shiotani discussed this with them. Following the first series, Yugo Kanno made remixes of the original background themes as the staff found them enjoyable and might come across as appealing in the process. Two Psycho-Pass CDs were included in the second and fifth Japanese home media release of the series. The Psycho Pass original soundtrack
7245-422: The female readership of the shōnen titles One Piece , Naruto , and The Prince of Tennis that homoerotic interpretations of shōnen manga tend to be most common among titles that do not include prominent female characters that a female readership is able to identify with. Shōnen manga is traditionally published in dedicated manga magazines that specifically target an audience of shōnen . At
7360-476: The film at Production I.G. The film was released on May 12, 2023. A manga adaptation illustrated by Hikaru Miyoshi, titled Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane ( 監視官 常守朱 , Inspector Akane Tsunemori) , began serialization in Shueisha 's Jump Square magazine from November 2, 2012. Its first tankōbon volume was released by Shueisha on February 4, 2013. In November 2013, it was announced that 380,000 copies of
7475-461: The film was released in January 2015. Before the debut broadcast of the second season, the first season—condensed into 11 one-hour episodes with some added scenes— began airing in July 2014. The fourth episode was cancelled due to similarities with a real life murder . Director Naoyoshi Shiotani apologized for this in his Twitter account. Nevertheless, Funimation streamed the episode. A Blu-ray box set
7590-468: The film, Blood-C: The Last Dark . As soon as his work with the film ended, Shiotani focused on the series' quality. After episode 16, which proved to be the most challenging and popular of the series, the team found themselves "out of stamina." The next two episodes were made by an outside team, which is reflected in several problems with the animation. In response to this, the producer of the episode said that while he expected problems, he worked to make it
7705-441: The final episode of the third season, it was announced that the series would receive a sequel film titled Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector , with the staff and cast returned from the third season. The film premiered on March 27, 2020. On August 14, 2022, it was announced that the series would receive a new anime film titled Psycho-Pass Providence , to commemorate the series' 10th anniversary. Naoyoshi Shiotani returned to direct
7820-424: The first shōnen manga to depict this type of archetypal character as a girl rather than a boy. The 1980s also saw female shōnen manga artists rise to greater prominence: notably horror manga artist Kei Kusunoki , and Rumiko Takahashi with her romantic comedies Urusei Yatsura and Ranma ½ . Especially in shōnen series that are aimed at an older audience, female characters are often presented in
7935-421: The first manga series in the genre, and Ashita no Joe by Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba , which became one of the most commercially successful works in the genre. 1959 saw the launch of Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Shōnen Magazine , the first weekly shōnen manga magazines. Other weeklies, such as Shōnen Champion , Shōnen King , and Shōnen Ace , emerged in the 1960s. Weekly Shōnen Jump
8050-573: The industry's peak in the mid-1990s, there were 23 total shōnen magazines, which collectively sold 662 million copies in 1995. The total manga magazine market that year included 265 magazines, with a total of 1.595 billion copies sold. A manga magazine is typically several hundred pages long, and contains over a dozen series or one-shots. The largest Japanese shōnen magazines in terms of circulation are Weekly Shōnen Jump by Shueisha , Weekly Shōnen Magazine by Kodansha , and Weekly Shōnen Sunday by Shogakukan ; these publishers are also
8165-474: The largest publishers of manga generally. The fourth largest magazine, albeit by a significant margin, is Weekly Shōnen Champion by Akita Shoten , which was among the most popular manga magazines in the 1970s and 1980s. The magazines CoroCoro Comic and the now-defunct Comic BomBom technically belong to the kodomo (children's manga) demographic, but are often counted as shōnen magazines as they target an audience of school-aged boys. A list of
8280-413: The male protagonist is unsuccessful in his attempts to woo the female character, or the story is focused around the originally naïve and infantile male protagonist maturing and learning how to develop healthy relationships with women. For certain shōnen series, a female readership who read in or interpret subtextual homoerotic relationships between canonically heterosexual male characters constitute
8395-583: The manga were shipped in Japan with three volumes. The manga had over 1 million copies in print by December 2014. Another manga titled Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami ( 監視官 狡噛 慎也 , Kanshikan Kōgami Shinya ) premiered in the August issue of Mag Garden 's Monthly Comic Blade magazine on June 30, 2014. Natsuo Sai illustrated the series written by Midori Gotou and produced by Production I.G. The manga has been published by Dark Horse Comics in North America since November 9, 2016. A novelization of
8510-411: The most iconic thriller anime due to the handling of society and the two lead characters. Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network praised the show for its "high level of interest" in depicting its dystopian world. However, she said that its violent scenes were so gruesome they might scare viewers. Kotaku 's Richard Eisenbeis called it a "compelling cyberpunk mystery", praising the society depicted and
8625-439: The new leader as she welcomes Inspector Mika Shimotsuki . Meanwhile, Kogami is last seen on a ship. The series was directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani , written by Gen Urobuchi and features character designs by Reborn! manga artist Akira Amano . It stars Tomokazu Seki as Shinya Kogami, Kana Hanazawa as Akane Tsunemori, and Takahiro Sakurai as Shogo Makishima. Psycho-Pass originated from Production I.G.'s interest in making
8740-519: The original story, have been published. An episodic video game adaptation called Chimi Chara Psycho-Pass was developed by Nitroplus staffers in collaboration with Production I.G. New novels and another manga were serialized in 2014. The first season of the anime garnered critical acclaim in both Japan and the West , with critics praising the characters' roles and interactions set within the dystopian environment. The animation has also been praised despite issues in latter episodes which required fixing in
8855-533: The police can decompose her, but Tsunemori delays action, choosing to bring the woman's Psycho-Pass level back to the acceptable range by speaking gently to her. This challenges the notion that the potential to commit a crime correlates with actually committing a crime. According to Anime News Network, "We are all capable of doing bad things at times—should we be punished because we thought of hurting someone before we act on it? Or because we were victims? It really all comes back to that first episode and Akane's reaction to
8970-476: The price of living without stress or fear of crime. Indeed, the Sibyl System targets individuals who are considering performing actions that might cause stress to others. This raises the question of whether it is morally and socially acceptable to charge individuals with crimes they have not yet committed. An example of this occurs in the first episode when a woman is kidnapped and the resultant trauma causes her Psycho-Pass to become clouded. According to Sibyl's rules,
9085-533: The primary editorial categories of manga. Shōnen manga is traditionally published in dedicated manga magazines that exclusively target the shōnen demographic group. Of the four primary demographic categories of manga, shōnen is the most popular category in the Japanese market. While shōnen manga ostensibly targets an audience of young males, its actual readership extends significantly beyond this target group to include all ages and genders. The category originated from Japanese children's magazines at
9200-413: The protagonist's silhouette from that of other characters. The eyes of shōnen characters in the post-war period are significantly smaller than those of characters in shōjo manga ; large eyes are used in shōjo manga to better convey the emotions of the characters, an aspect which has historically been given less focus in shōnen manga. A common visual device in shōnen action scenes
9315-400: The quantity of viewers increased. By the final episode, over 1,000 people had queued to watch the finale even though the venue could only accommodate seventy people. This made Mori happy because he realized fans were following and supporting the show; but he wanted to see a bigger audience at future screenings. DVDs and Blu-ray discs of the series achieved good sales. In April 2014, the series
9430-1663: The second power] (Maki Hakoda) Rain (Takumi Yoshino; art by Megumi Sumikawa) Repeat After Me (Manabu Yamamoto) Robotics;Notes ( 5pb. ; story by Keiji Asakawa) Rolling Girls (Yōsuke Miyagi; art by Bonkara) Ro~lling Gi~rls: Inspiration x Traveler (Yōsuke Miyagi; art by Sheepbox) Rui-Rui (Makutsu) Rurigaki Yoruko no Yuigon (Miki Miyashita) Saint October (Shogo Kumasaka; art by Kiira~☆) Sengoku Youko ( Satoshi Mizukami ) Senki Senki Momotama (Nanae Chrono) (ongoing) Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: Manmaruban (Hirotaka Akagi; art by Yuzuki N') Shindou Gekijou Get Wild (Daisuke Shindou) Shirayuki PaniMix! ( Izumi Kirihara ) (from Comic Blade Masamune) Shikigami×Shoujo (Hiroshi Kubota) (from Comic Blade Masamune) Sketchbook ( Totan Kobako ) (ongoing) Softenni (Ryo Azuchi) Sōkō Akki Muramasa: Makai-hen ( Nitro+ and Midori Gotou; art by Ganjii) Sousei no Gaokerena (Noriaki Kawazu) SoniComi ( Nitroplus , art by Imusanjo) Sorejaa Yoshida-kun! (Natsuki Yoshimura) Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Scarlet-Eyed Ace ( Mayumi Azuma ) Steins;Gate: Bōkan no Rebellion (Kenji Mizuta) Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Sweets Honey (Taishi Tsutsui) Stigmata (Ko Yasung) Suashi no Meteorite (Mikihisa Konishi) Sumikko no Sora-san (Kanoka Tana) Super Danganronpa 2: Nanami Chiaki no Sayonara Zetsubou Daibouken ( Spike Chunsoft ; art by Karin Suzuragi ) Tabi to Michizure (Kanoka Tana) Takeru ~SUSANOH: Sword of
9545-549: The second promotional video for the film, was released in September 2013, containing footage from the original anime television series. In February 2016, Funimation released a preview for the dubbed version and announced that the film will run in over 100 theaters in the United States and Canada. The theme song was performed by Ling Tosite Sigure . In March 2018, it was announced in the live stream of Fuji TV that
9660-467: The series by Makoto Fukami was published by Mag Garden in two volumes released on February 4 and April 4, 2013. Shiotani said the novels were more violent than the television series. A prequel titled Namae no Nai Kaibutsu ( 名前のない怪物 , lit. " The Monster with no Name ") was written by Aya Takaba, who worked on the television series. Before the novel was released, it was first published on the "Noitamina Novel" page on Noitamina's official website. The novel
9775-434: The series may be too violent for a younger demographic and said that he would not want his son to watch it because of its psychological brutality. He added that the team did not want to make a violent series but an "artistic series that just happened to have some violence included in it". About the amount of violence, Shiotani told Urobuchi, "just let us deal with it." Some of these violent scenes occur off-camera but whenever
9890-448: The series of murders orchestrated by Shogo Makishima. However, he criticized the use of advanced technology and compared it with other science fiction films despite saying that it handled the themes better whereas Makishima's immunity to it was left unexplained. DVD Talk gave high praise to Makishima because of his achievements across the story and his personality. Certain episodes have been referred to as "filler" because they are used as
10005-484: The series until someone provided some music by Ling Tosite Sigure , who was engaged to compose the opening theme. Egoist , who composed the ending theme, had debuted on Noitamina with Guilty Crown . Shiotani said they asked Egoist to record three versions of the ending theme so they could alternate them to match the episode's ending. Across the series, time limits resulted in the ending songs being removed or replaced with instrumental versions to avoid cutting scenes from
10120-539: The series was "anti-moe," the team decided to avoid having Tsunemori remove her clothes and instead had Kogami do it. Nevertheless, the show attracted a female viewership because the conflict between the male characters appeared to attract the shonen ai genre fans. Although Shiotani also wanted the series to avoid romance between male characters, he believed the fight scenes between male characters unintentionally attracted female fans. The staff decided to focus on friendships rather than romantic relationships. The series
10235-507: The show's focus on the relationships between the protagonists and the development from these. Tsunemori's growth across the series earned major praise by multiple reviewers. Zoth enjoyed the series' climactic action scenes between Kogami and Makishima, and the scenes portraying the status quo. He said the sixteenth episode is "Urobuchi's masterpiece." Silverman commented on the parallelism between Tsunemori's and Kogami's development, which resulted in an ambiguous ending that should be decided by
10350-450: The time Shiotani watched Lupin III during his childhood because he thought about adding "today's youth trauma" to the series. The rivalry between the main characters was based on the several dramas the staff liked. Other voice actors have been credited in the making of the series because of the ways they added traits to the characters. The staff had problems composing an opening theme for
10465-527: The top shōnen magazines by circulation as of 2015 are listed below: Psycho-Pass Psycho-Pass (stylized in all caps ) is a Japanese cyberpunk psychological thriller anime television series produced by Production I.G . It was co-directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Gen Urobuchi , with character designs by Akira Amano and featuring music by Yugo Kanno . The series aired on Fuji TV 's Noitamina programming block between October 2012 and March 2013. Set in
10580-630: The turn of the 20th century and gained significant popularity by the 1920s. The editorial focus of shōnen manga is primarily on action , adventure , and the fighting of monsters or other forces of evil. Though action narratives dominate the category, there is deep editorial diversity and a significant number of genres and subgenres within shōnen manga, especially compared to other comic cultures outside of Japan, including comedy , crime , romance , slice of life , and sports . The Japanese word shōnen ( 少年 , /ɕoːnen/ lit. "few years") , meaning "young boy", historically referred to juveniles in
10695-515: The upcoming film in Q2 2020 called First Inspector . The player controls Kogami and Tsunemori while an original character named Tadashi Kamino will mentor the player. Fuji TV producer Akitoshi Mori said Psycho-Pass was the first work under his control. Early screenings of the series at the Noitamina Shop & Café attracted few viewers, which bothered Mori. However, as the series continued,
10810-468: The use of manga for pro-Imperial propaganda. Manga developed during this period under the influence of artist Osamu Tezuka , with series such as Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion . Tezuka was inspired by American cartoons , and pioneered the so-called "story manga": long-running manga series with a cinematic style and continuity across multiple chapters, contrasting what had previously been
10925-430: The victim who presented as a violent criminal". Psycho-Pass further questions the notion of overriding the individual's needs in favor of general social value by asking the audience to consider if it is morally and socially acceptable to kill individuals who may potentially commit crimes so long as we accept that the harm caused to society outweighs the harm caused to an individual who is falsely charged. In other words,
11040-410: The viewers. The supporting cast received similar praise by DVD Talk but the reviewer said some were underwhelming and Karanomori is the least-explored character. During the streaming of the series, Silverman criticized the animation because of the low lighting levels that might make it hard to understand. Hiroko Yamamura from Japanator noted the series' high budget and praised the animation style and
11155-511: The war against the Allied forces, as analogous to western superhero comics that depicted superheroes fighting the Axis powers during this same period. During the post-war occupation of Japan , the Japanese publishing industry was rebuilt under initially strict guidelines. Stories focused on war, combat, and most competitive sports were banned with the aim of discouraging belligerence and hindering
11270-434: The way the characters were first designed, Shiotani realized it was the opposite for his team, who had to create the setting first, then the characters because they "are almost being played by the world." As a result, the characters were designed by manga artist Akira Amano to balance the dark atmosphere by having them "palatable and very relatable." The staff avoided using bright colors that would stand out. Akane Tsunemori
11385-590: Was Manga Shōnen , which launched in 1947 and published works by Tezuka, Leiji Matsumoto , and Shōtarō Ishinomori . As post-war censorship codes were repealed and Japan entered a period of significant economic development in the 1950s, sales of manga and the number of manga magazines increased significantly, and shōnen and shōjo manga came to further establish themselves as distinct categories. The first works of sports manga also emerged from shōnen manga during this time; notable early works include Igaguri-kun [ jp ] by Eiichi Fukui as
11500-469: Was Shōnen Pakku , first published in 1907. This was followed by Shōnen Club in 1914 and later Yōnen Club . Among the most successful and influential manga series in these early shōnen magazines were Norakuro by Suihō Tagawa , which follows the life of an anthropomorphic dog soldier, and Tank Tankuro by Gajo Sakamoto , about a robot-like character who can change his appearance. Shōnen magazine enjoyed significant popularity during
11615-1463: Was a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Mag Garden . It was first published in February 2002 and was sold on the 30 of each month until July 2014. It restarted in September 2014 as a free online magazine titled Online Magazine Comic Blade , which is updated on the 5, 15, 25 and 30 of each month. The manga series are published in tankōbon under the Blade Comics ( ブレイドコミックス , Bureido Komikkusu ) imprint . Serialized manga [ edit ] 13 Game (Misaki Ishikawa) A Girls (Masahiro Itabashi; art by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi ) Akumagari (Seiuchirou Todono) Amanchu! ( Kozue Amano ) Amadeus Code ( Mayumi Azuma & Tatsurou Nakanishi) Ame no Murakumono (Penguin Gunsō; art by Rusui Kazaniwa) Anime no Jikan (Toto Aoi) Ar tonelico -arpeggio- (ayamegumu) Ar tonelico II (ayamegumu) Ares (Narumi Seto) Aria ( Kozue Amano ) Atelier Rorona: Watashi no Takaramono (Houki Kusano) B.B. Girls (Kumichou) Babelheim no Shōnin (Shouichi Furumi) Bacchon Girls (Toshiko Machida) BaggataWay (Iroha Kohinata) Banana no Nana (Kakashi Oniyazu) Berry's (Sphere; art by Makoto Sakurai) Betsuni Iyarashi Imi Jyanaku Isshou ni Sun Demo Kamawanai yo Margaret (Hikaru Nikaidou) Beyond
11730-405: Was announced with a scheduled release on October 15, 2014. This set contains both the original first season broadcast and the edited one-hour rerun episodes. The second series aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between October 10 and December 19, 2014. The series was collected in a total of five DVD and Blu-ray volumes between December 17, 2014, and April 15, 2015. On March 8, 2019,
11845-480: Was created as the most relatable character, who would question the setting from the audience's point of view and as the heroine who would come between the main character, Shinya Kogami, and his main rival, and enemy, Shogo Makishima. Akane's progression from an innocent newcomer to a mature and haunted person was one of the staff's main objectives. Motohiro allowed his team to use very graphic elements, even though they could reduce female viewership. He acknowledged that
11960-406: Was fascinated by Madoka Magica and he had read other works by Urobuchi, which persuaded him to talk to Urobuchi. In early 2011, Motohiro proposed to Urobuchi that the pair should work together. Early in the making of the series, Motohiro told Naoyoshi Shiotani not to make anything that could not be adapted into a live-action film. Before work on Psycho-Pass started, Shiotani was busy working on
12075-487: Was first published in 1968, and would establish itself as the best-selling manga magazine across demographic categories, a position it holds to this day. Many of the most popular and commercially successful shōnen series originated in Weekly Shōnen Jump , including Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama , Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto , Bleach by Tite Kubo , One Piece by Eiichiro Oda , and Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue . Seinen manga became formalized as
12190-425: Was inspired by several Western films, most notably L.A. Confidential . Director Naoyoshi Shiotani cited several other influences, including Minority Report , Gattaca , Brazil and Blade Runner ; the latter of which he compared very closely to Psycho-Pass . Before the making of the series, Urobuchi insisted on using a Philip K. Dick -inspired, dystopian narrative. The psychological themes were based on
12305-421: Was inspired by several live-action films. Chief director Katsuyuki Motohiro aimed to explore psychological themes in society's youth using dystopian storylines. Multiple books and movies influenced Psycho-Pass, the most notable being the 1982 American science fiction film Blade Runner . The series was licensed by Funimation in North America. Several manga and novels, including an adaptation and prequels to
12420-668: Was nominated for the Seiun Award . In the Newtype anime awards from 2013, it was voted as the fourth best title of the year. Episode 11 of the series was awarded "Best Episode" in the Noitamina 10th anniversary fan vote. Shinya Kogami, Akane Tsunemori and Shogo Makishima also appeared in such polls as winners of their own categories. Anime News Network listed it among the most accessible anime series for people used to American animation and new to Japanese animation. Psycho-Pass
12535-607: Was one of three initial shows aired as a Funimation "broadcast dub." A home media released in March 2014. In the United Kingdom, the series is licensed by Manga Entertainment and in Australia by Madman Entertainment . On July 6, 2013, Production I.G. president Mitsuhisa Ishikawa said at Anime Expo that production on a second season had begun. The second season, titled Psycho-Pass 2 , began airing in October 2014;
12650-502: Was released by Sony Music Entertainment on May 29, 2013. It features fifty-five tracks composed by Kanno. The second original soundtrack was released on March 18, 2015. A two-volume drama CD called Namae no nai kaibutsu ( 名前のない怪物 , lit. " The Monster with no Name ") based on the prequel novel was released between September 25 and November 27, 2013. Psycho-Pass Complete Original Soundtrack As some critics have noted, Psycho-Pass explores societal and psychological themes, such as
12765-470: Was released in May 2023. All of the stories take place in an authoritarian future dystopia where omnipresent public sensors continuously scan the mental states of every passing citizen in order to determine their criminal propensity. Psycho-Pass is set in a futuristic Japan governed by the Sibyl System ( シビュラシステム , Shibyura Shisutemu ) , a powerful biomechatronic computer network which endlessly measures
12880-429: Was released on February 4, 2013. A new series of novels focusing on four characters by Ryō Yoshigami began publication in the August issue of Hayakawa Publishing's S-F Magazine on June 25, 2014. After the serialization ended, Hayakawa Bunko JA revised the novels and published them in October 2014. Other stories focused on Choe Gu-sung, Shusei Kagari, Yayoi Kunizuka and Shion Karanomori. Hayakawa Bunko JA also published
12995-587: Was so dominant in these new markets that it came to shape the image of manga as a whole. While shōjo made gains in popularity by the 2000s, shōnen remains the most popular category of manga, both in Japan and internationally. This thematic orientation of shōnen manga is readily inferred from the formal values or slogans that shōnen manga magazines assign themselves: for example, "friendship, perseverance, and victory" for Weekly Shōnen Jump , and "courage, friendship and fighting spirit" for CoroCoro Comic . The editorial focus of shōnen manga
13110-417: Was the most popular manga magazine among this demographic, placing ahead of magazines that specifically target a female readership. The target group orientation of shōnen manga is particularly evident in the non-manga content of shōnen manga magazines, which include advertising and articles on topics tailored to the interests of young males, such as video games . Non-manga content often corresponds to
13225-487: Was voted as the nineteenth best anime in a 2017 NHK online poll of "Best Anime 100". Crunchyroll included the series among the "Top 100 anime of the decade" list, with writer Kyle Cardine stating that the series "has had a lasting effect as a gripping dystopian sci-fi cop drama among the Urobuchi repertoire." Cold Cobra of Anime UK News picked the series for his list of "best anime of 2010s" and hailed Psycho-Pass as
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