Tatsunoko Production Co.,Ltd. and often shortened to Tatsunoko Pro,is a Japanese animation company. The studio's name has a double meaning in Japanese:"Tatsu's child" and "sea dragon",the inspiration for its seahorse logo. Tatsunoko's headquarters are in Musashino,Tokyo.
The Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival is an annual showcase festival of animation,cartoon and related art genres held in Seoul,South Korea since 1995. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism and the city of Seoul. The main mascots are "Bummy" (버미) the tiger and "Tanko".
Xebec,Inc. was a Japanese animation studio based in Kokubunji,Tokyo,founded by former Tatsunoko Production animators on May 1,1995. They worked on many popular series,such as Nadesico,Love Hina,Keijo,Shaman King,Fafner,To Love Ru,and Space Battleship Yamato remakes 2199 and 2202.
DR Movie Co.,Ltd. is a South Korean animation studio that was established in Seoul in 1990 and frequently works with Japanese companies on anime titles. Since 1991,the studio has been in an exclusive partnership with the Japanese animation studio Madhouse,and in 2001,Madhouse became a partial owner/investor. In 2006,Madhouse's parent company at the time,Index Holdings,invested 600 million yen. DR Movie has been responsible for the animation production end of several Madhouse anime,starting with Tenjho Tenge in 2004 and continuing notably with Claymore in 2007. DR Movie has also been looking to make partnerships with Chinese animation companies for future productions,and as of March 2007 entered into a joint venture studio in Qingdao,China.
Kanokon (かのこん) is a Japanese light novel series by Katsumi Nishino,with illustrations by Koin. The first novel was released by Media Factory on October 31,2005 under its MF Bunko J imprint,and it published 15 volumes until December 24,2010. A manga adaptation illustrated by Rin Yamaki was serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive between the August 2006 and August 2010 issues. A drama CD was produced by Media Factory and released on March 28,2007. A twelve-episode anime adaptation produced by Xebec aired in Japan between April and June 2008 on AT-X,and has been licensed by Media Blasters for release in North America. A two-part OVA sequel aired on AT-X in October 2009. A visual novel named Kanokon Esuii developed by 5pb. was released for the PlayStation 2 on July 31,2008.
Kimi ni Todoke:From Me to You is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Karuho Shiina. It was published by Shueisha in Bessatsu Margaret from 2005 to 2017 and collected in 30 tankōbon volumes. In 2008,it won the Best Shōjo Manga award in the 32nd Annual Kodansha Manga Award. The series was also nominated for the first Manga Taisho awards in 2008. Two anime adaptations of Kimi ni Todoke were aired in Japan,produced by Production I.G. The second season of the anime was announced in Betsuma Magazine,began airing in Japan on January 4,2011,and lasted for 12 episodes. A live action film adaptation was released in 2010 starring Mikako Tabe and Haruma Miura. A live-action series produced by TV Tokyo and Netflix premiered in March 2023.
Psycho-Pass is a Japanese cyberpunk psychological thriller anime television series produced by Production I.G. It was co-directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Gen Urobuchi,with character designs by Akira Amano and featuring music by Yugo Kanno. The series aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between October 2012 and March 2013. Set in a dystopia of Sibyl System's governance of Japan,the plot follows the young woman Akane Tsunemori. She is introduced as a novice Inspector assigned to Division One of the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division,in charge of solving crimes with latent criminals,Enforcers.
Shinya Kogami is the protagonist introduced in the 2012 anime series Psycho-Pass. A police officer in a cyberpunk dystopia,Kogami becomes obsessed with murdering Shogo Makishima,a criminal mastermind responsible for the death of one of Kogami's former allies. The character has also appeared in manga and novel adaptations of the series,a prequel manga series,a stage play and the films Psycho-Pass:The Movie (2015) and Psycho-Pass:Sinners of the System Case.3 On the Other Side of Love and Hate (2019),which focuses on Kogami's life after the events of the first anime season. He reappears in the third television season,Psycho-Pass 3, as a supporting character. Additional novels and manga explore Kogami's work as an Inspector years before the start of the television series.
Shogo Makishima is a fictional character who was introduced as the main antagonist in Production I.G's anime series Psycho-Pass. Makishima is responsible for several crimes,and the main cast,the Public Safety Bureau officers,are in search of him. He advocates the destruction of the futuristic society created by the Sybil System,in which people are treated according to their stress level rather than free will;Instead Makishima values past societies where people used to express themselves more. In his quest to destroy the Sibyl System,Makishima stands against multiple detectives,most notably the protagonist,detective Shinya Kogami,whom he also relates due to both sharing the same hatred for the current opressed society. Makishima appears in most of the series' print adaptations,and makes cameo appearances in the films Psycho-Pass:The Movie (2015) and Psycho-Pass:Sinners of the System (2019).
Psycho-Pass 2 is a 2014 anime television series by Tatsunoko Production that serves as a direct sequel and de facto second season to the 2012 anime television series Psycho-Pass. It was directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Kiyotaka Suzuki,and supervised by Katsuyuki Motohiro and Gen Urobuchi. The series is written by Tow Ubukata,featuring scripts by Ubukata and Jun Kumagai. Character designs are by Akira Amano and adapted by Kyoji Asano. The series takes place in an authoritarian future,where omnipresent public sensors continuously scan the Psycho-Pass of every citizen in range. The sensors measure mental state,personality,and the probability that the citizen will commit crimes,alerting authorities when someone exceeds accepted norms. The story once again follows the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division,led by Inspector Akane Tsunemori,as they are caught up in another mysterious case. Psycho-Pass 2 aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between October and December 2014.
Psycho-Pass:The Movie is a 2015 Japanese anime science fiction crime film that was produced by Production I.G. It features the voices of Kana Hanazawa,Tomokazu Seki,Hiroshi Kamiya,Ayane Sakura,Kenji Nojima,and Shizuka Itō. Set in a dystopia,The film focuses on inspector Akane Tsunemori,the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division Inspector,who finds a picture of Shinya Kogami who left Japan in the television series Psycho-Pass. As Kogami has trained criminals,the inspector travels to the Southeast Asia Union (SEAUn) to investigate and arrest him. Psycho-Pass:The Movie premiered in Japan on January 9,2015.
TMS Entertainment Co.,Ltd.,formerly known as the Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co.,Ltd.,also known as Tokyo Movie or Kyokuichi Tokyo Movie,is a Japanese animation studio established on October 22,1946.
Blood-C:The Last Dark is a 2012 Japanese animated action horror film based on the 2011 anime television series Blood-C co-created by studio Production I.G and manga artist group CLAMP. The film is directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani,co-written by Junichi Fujisaku and Nanase Ohkawa,and produced by Production I.G. The film was released in Japan on June 2,2012.
Psycho-Pass:Sinners of the System,also shortened to Psycho-Pass SS,is a trilogy of Japanese anime films based on characters who appear in the Psycho-Pass television series. The trilogy was first announced in 2018 and the films were released by Production I.G in Japan in early 2019 full under direction of Naoyoshi Shiotani. The films stars the talents of Ayane Sakura,Hiroki Touchi,Kana Hanazawa,Kenji Nojima,KinryūArimoto,Tomokazu Seki among others.
Psycho-Pass 3 is a 2019 anime television series that serves as a direct sequel to the 2014 anime television series Psycho-Pass 2 and the de facto third season of the Psycho-Pass anime series. It aired in Japan's Fuji TV's Noitamina from October 24 to December 12,2019. It was first revealed in March 2019. Besides featuring characters from previous series,Psycho-Pass and Psycho-Pass 2,the anime focuses on new characters including Yūki Kaji's Arata Shindo and Yūichi Nakamura's Kei Mikhail Ignatov with Akira Amano having conceived their designs. Naoyoshi Shiotani returns to direct the series at Production I.G. Set in a dystopian future where society is overseen by technology known as the Sibyl System,the story focuses on Shindo and Ignatov,two policemen.
Rent-A-Girlfriend,abbreviated as Kanokari (かのかり),is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since July 2017,and has been compiled into thirty-two volumes as of July 2023. The series is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA,which released the first volume in English in June 2020. The series is licensed outside of Asia by Crunchyroll in the English speaking territories.
Psycho-Pass 3:First Inspector is a 2020 anime science fiction crime film produced by Production I.G and directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani. The film acts as sequel to the 2019 anime Psycho-Pass 3,the third season of Psycho-Pass series. It stars the talents of Yuuki Kaji,Yūichi Nakamura,Mamoru Miyano,Kenyu Horiuchi,among others. Set in a dystopia known as the Sybil System,the film explores the Inspectors Kei Mikhail Ignatov,Arata Shindo,among others who clash with the terrorist group Bifrost in a clash to take Tokyo governor Karina Komiya. The film released to theatres in Japan on March 27,2020.
Naoyoshi Shiotani is a Japanese director who was worked into multiple works from the studio Production I.G. He is famous for directing all Psycho-Pass works. He was voted the third director in Newtype's anime awards.
Mika Shimotsuki is a fictional character,introduced in the anime Psycho-Pass by Production I.G. A minor character in the 2012 series,Shimotsuki's role has gained importance in the sequels,in which she becomes an inspector working in Unit One,an organization fighting crimes in a future where people live according to the will of the Sybl System. She has returned in following media,most notably as a protagonist in the first film of the Psycho-Pass:Sinners of the System trilogy. By Psycho-Pass 3,Shimotsuki has become the leader of Unit One,looking after the new cast. She is voiced by Ayane Sakura.
