'Psycho-Pass 3' Unveils New Cast, Key Visual, Second Promo

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The official website of the Psycho-Pass anime series revealed new characters, theme song performers, a new key visual (pictured), and a second promotional video for the third season on Friday.

The new anime season will premiere on Fuji TV's noitaminA programming block on October 25 at 12:55 a.m., and air in eight episodes, each running for an hour. A special program for the anime series will air on October 18. Amazon's Prime video service will stream the anime exclusively and debut the first episode ahead of the television premiere on October 24 after 12:00 a.m. The subsequent episodes will steam an hour after the television broadcast.

New cast members are Tenma Todoroki: Akio Ootsuka (Dogs: Bullets & Carnage), Kazumichi Irie: Junichi Suwabe (ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka), Mao Kisaragi: Kaori Nazuka (Grisaia: Phantom Trigger The Animation). Yuki Kaji (Black Bullet) and Yuuichi Nakamura (Guilty Crown) will star as the protagonists Arata Shindou and Kei Mikhail Ignatov. respectively.

Returning cast members include Tomokazu Seki as Kougami Shinya, Kana Hanazawa as Akane Tsunemori, Kenji Nojima as Nobuchika Ginoza, Miyuki Sawashiro as Shion Karanomori, Shizuka Itou as Yayoi Kunizuka, and Ayane Sakura as Mika Shimotsuki, among others.

Who-ya Extended will perform the opening theme "Q-vism," while J-pop rock band Cö shu Nie will perform the ending theme "bullet."

Naoyoshi Shiotani is reprising his director role for the third season at Production I.G, with Tow Ubukata once again handling the series composition. Naoyuki Onda is reprising as the character designer and chief animation director. Yugo Kanno is also returning as the music composer.

 

The original 22-episode Psycho-Pass anime series premiered in Fall 2012, which was followed by an 11-episode second season by Tatsunoko Production in Fall 2014. The Psycho-Pass anime film opened in Japan in January 2015.

The franchise also released a Sinners of the System film trilogy, the first of which opened on January 25. The second and third films premiered on February 15 and March 8, respectively.