Psycho-Pass has been one of the bigger anime hits of recent years, and 2014 seems to have been the year that its creators took that success and used it to full advantage. Not only did the original series receive a special edition rerun , but also a sequel series and a feature-length movie due for release in early January 2015. But before that we have this season's Psycho-Pass 2 , which was quite different to its predecessor in quite a few ways. Not only is it considerably shorter (running for a mere 11 episodes), but also featured an almost entire staff change (possibly due to Gen Urobuchi and Production IG being preoccupied with the movie). Tatsunoko have taken over animation duties, with Tow Ubukata ( Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Murdock Scramble)  heading up writing.

It's only been a few weeks since I wrote up my review of the "New Edit Edition" of the original Psycho-Pass , but we're finally back again for the brand new second season of the series - appropriately titled Psycho-Pass 2 . It's been two years since the original first aired, and since then writer Gen Urobuchi has been a rather busy man so head writing duties have been passed on to Tow Ubukata (whose works include Mardock Scramble and Ghost in the Shell: Arise ). Animation duties have also been handed over to Tatsunoko Productions , taking over from Studio I.G.

Futuristic settings have always been a brilliant playground for anime titles, and the kind that tender to garner quite a bit of attention since they can count renowned classics such as Akira  and Ghost in the Shell among them. In 2012 anime hot topic Gen Urobuchi (who's works reviewed on this blog include Madoka Magica and Gargantia ) made his contribution to the genre with Psycho-Pass , a 22-episode series that aired on the esteemed Fuji-TV Noitamina programming block and has gone down quite a storm since. Carefully timed with the new season set to start next month, the original briefly returned as Psycho-Pass Extended Edition , which saw it reedited into 11 40-minute episodes. A perfect opportunity for me to find out what all the fuss is about.