Psycho-Pass - Season 2

I challenge anyone to argue that the second season of Psycho-Pass wasn't solely intended to generate profits and build anticipation for the upcoming full-length movie. Unfortunately, as soon as the opening credits rolled, repeating some scenes over and over, it hinted at the sad fact that the creators didn't put in enough effort to make the second season of Psycho-Pass something exceptional. The only noticeable addition compared to the first season is an increase in gore, which actually detracts from some scenes rather than adding value. The rest of the season is practically a rehash of what we've already seen, lacking significant continuity. Once again, all the investigators, including Akane, are shocked by the existence of an individual who can't be judged by the Sibyl System, once again this individual wants to abolish it, once again they have an army of henchmen, and once again innocent civilians are being murdered by them... and so on. It's as if no one learned any lessons from the first season or even acknowledged its existence. The whole anime feels like empty repetition, attempting to be deep and philosophical. Furthermore, the lack of interesting characters becomes evident; besides Akane, there's not much to discuss. Kogami hardly appears in the second season, Ginoza only has about three lines throughout, and the villain Kamui comes across as a dubious and unconvincing imitation of Makishima, which he is. If I previously stated that Makishima was "not much of a villain" in the first season, it's pretty clear what my opinion of Kamui is. Is the audio-visual experience at least worth it? Unfortunately, the change in animation studio did the series no favors. The artwork is less detailed, elaborate, and visually pleasing compared to the first season, and the animation quality has clearly suffered, to the point where one might question if this season was made before the first. After all this criticism, you might wonder why I'm giving the second season only one star less when I've essentially criticized it from start to finish. My answer is this: because my rating is relative to the first season, and despite all the flaws, there were a few moments in the second season that weren't entirely wasted; they managed to catch my attention. Hence the two-star rating. (23.12.2014)

Something happens. Then blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah that pretends to be terribly sophisticated, deep, and everything for anyone with an IQ below 120. Except it's just empty air-locks, like this whole anime. It only got really interesting at the end, but that was only for about 10 minutes (end of episode 10 and beginning of episode 11), then it was back to the caged bullshit. Such a shame. I mean, I wasn't expecting anything from it (well, except for Kōgami, who didn't deliver anyway – at least not personally), but I still walked away kind of disappointed because it basically copied the first season, only it was more empty and less convincing (not to mention the villain(s)). (18.12.2014)