Crunchyroll has announced that the PSYCHO-PASS: Providence anime movie will be coming to North American theaters this July, while more countries will be getting Summer 2023 release dates soon. They are bringing the movie to global theaters in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, and it will arrive in theaters on July 14 in North America, with special advanced fan sneak peek showings on July 11 and 13. It will be available in both Japanese with English subtitles and English dubbed. Check out the key visual for the movie:
Countries that will be getting a Summer 2023 release date soon include Australia, United Kingdom/Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Spain, Mexico, Chile, Peru, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. The movie will premiere in Japan on May 12. Crunchyroll describes the story for the movie:
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 organization 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.
The first PSYCHO-PASS TV anime ran for 22 episodes from October 12, 2012 to March 22, 2013. It was produced by Production I.G. with direction by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro. George Wada, Kenji Tobori, and Wakana Okamura served as producers, while Gen Urobuchi, Makoto Fukami, and Aya Takaha served as the screenwriters. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime.
It later received two anime sequels. PSYCHO-PASS 2 was produced by Tatsunoko Production. It aired from October to December 2014 and had 11 episodes. It was directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Kiyotaka Suzuki, with supervision by Katsuyuki Motohiro and Gen Urobuchi. Production I.G. then returned for PSYCHO-PASS 3, running for 8 episodes from October to December 2019 with Naoyoshi Shiotani as the director.
Prior to the PSYCHO-PASS: Providence anime movie, there were three other movies for the franchise, as well as multiple manga and light novel adaptations.
Source: Press release, Official Fuji TVYouTube
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