Psycho-Pass

Psycho-Pass is Production I.G's landmark cyberpunk thriller — a series of extraordinary intelligence and dystopian vision set in a future Japan where the omniscient Sibyl System constantly monitors citizens' psychological state and predicts criminal intent before crimes are committed. Inspector Akane Tsunemori joins the Public Safety Bureau's criminal investigation division and must confront the fundamental ethical horror of the system she serves: can a society that punishes thought be just? The conflict between Akane's idealism and the nihilistic pragmatism of Enforcer Shinya Kogami drives one of anime's finest crime narratives. Villain Shogo Makishima — a man whose mind the Sibyl System cannot read — is one of the most philosophically compelling antagonists in the medium. Gen Urobuchi's writing is at its sharpest here, drawing from Philip K. Dick, Foucault, and Orwell to construct a world that feels chillingly plausible. Essential sci-fi anime.