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Psycho-Pass Film's Teaser Video Streamed

The official Psycho-Pass anime website began streaming a 15-second teaser video for the upcoming Psycho-Pass film (Gekijō-ban Psycho-Pass) on Thursday. The film will premiere on January 9.

Akane: I will fight. In a world where the system rules justice.
Text: To the world stage
Akane: Gekijō-ban Psycho-Pass

[Warning: The story summary below contain spoilers for Psycho-Pass season 1. Highlight text to read transcript.]

Year 2112, newcomer Inspector Akane Tsunemori and Enforcers Shinya Kōgami run into a man, a man that was the former mastermind of past incidents. This man was the object of Kōgami's revenge for his partner. This man, Shogo Makishima, shook the very foundations of the system that supports peace and questioned the existence of justice. Before long, Kōgami executed his own justice on Makishima and secluded himself from the world.....

Year 2116-The Japanese government's begins to export the "Sibyl System" unmanned drone robots to troubled countries, and the system spreads throughout the world. A state in the midst of a civil war, SEAUn (the South East Asia Union, pronounced "shian"), brings in the "Sibyl System" as an experiment. Under the new system, the coastal town of Shambala Float achieves temporary peace and safety. But then SEAUn sends terrorist to Japan. They slip through the "Sibyl System" and then attack from within. The shadow of a certain man falls on this incident. In charge of the police, Tsunemori travels to Shambala Float to investigate. The truth of justice on this new ground will become clear.

Writer Makoto Fukami (Chotto Kawaii Iron Maiden, Ōsama-tachi no Viking) had reported on his blog in July that he was writing the film's screenplay with Gen Urobuchi. Fukami had collaborated with Urobuchi on the first season of Psycho-Pass, but Tow Ubukata will handle series composition of the second.

FUNimation Entertainment licensed the film, as well as the Psycho-Pass anime, the Psycho-Pass "new edit version," and Psycho-Pass 2, which premiered on Thursday.

Source: Moca-news