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Psycho- SS Anime Film Trilogy Reveals More Cast, Staff, Song Info
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The staff of the three-film Psycho- SS or project announced additional cast and staff , as well as theme song information, for the trilogy on Saturday.
For the first film Psycho-: Sinners of the System Case.1 Tsumi to Batsu (Crime and Punishment), the cast stars:
- Kenji Nojima as Nobuchika Ginoza
- Ayane Sakura as Mika Shimotsuki
- Saori Yumiba as Izumi Yasaka
- Sachie Hirai as Takeya Kukuri
- Hiroe Oka as Kyōka Tsujichō
- Rikiya Koyama as Rodion Matsuki
- aiko Gentaku
- Youhei Tadano as Kōji Noto
- Keiichi Nakagawa as Akira Karasuma
- Kana Hanazawa as Akane Tsunemori
- Hiroki Touchi as Teppei Sugo
- Takahiro Sakurai as Shō Hinakawa
- Shizuka Itou as Yayoi Kunizuka
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Shion Karanomori
The staff includes:
- SS Story Concept/Director: Naoyoshi Shiotani
- Screenplay: Ryō Yoshigami
- Chief Animation Director: Satoru Nakamura
- Animation Directors: Tetsurō Moronuki
- Technical Directors: Yasuhiro Geshi
- Director of Photography: Eiji Arai
- 3D: Sublimation
- Color Key Artist: Emiko Ueno
- Art Director: Shūichi Kusamori
- Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
- Music: Yūgo Kanno
- Character Designs: Chobits, Berserk)
- Series Story Concept: Gen Urobuchi
- Character Design Concept: Akira Amano
- Animation Production: Production I.G
- Distribution: TOHO Visual Entertainment
The film will open on January 25.
For the second film Psycho-: Sinners of the System Case.2 First Guardian, the cast stars:
- Hiroki Touchi as Teppei Sugo
- Kinryuu Arimoto as Tomomi Masaoka
- Masumi Asano as Risa Aoyanagi
- Masaki Terasoma as Itsuki Ōtomo
- Sayaka Ōhara as Rin Ōtomo
- Tomokazu Seki as Shinya Kōgami
- Kenji Nojima as Nobuchika Ginoza
- Akira Ishida as Shuusei Kagari
- Shizuka Itou as Yayoi Kunizuka
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Shion Karanomori
- Takako Honda as Frederica Hanashiro
- Kana Hanazawa as Akane Tsunemori
- Ayane Sakura as Mika Shimotsuki
The staff includes:
- SS Story Concept/Director: Naoyoshi Shiotani
- Screenplay: Makoto Fukami
- Chief Animation Director: Hisashi Abe
- Animation Directors: Satoru Nakamura, Ryōta Furukawa, Hisashi Abe, Tetsurō Moronuki
- Technical Directors: Yasuhiro Geshi
- Director of Photography: Eiji Arai
- 3D: I.G3D
- Color Key Artist: Emiko Ueno
- Art Director: Shūichi Kusamori
- Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
- Music: Yūgo Kanno
- Character Designs: Naoyuki Onda, Kyoji Asano, Yasuhiro Aoki
- Series Story Concept: Gen Urobuchi
- Character Design Concept: Akira Amano
- Animation Production: Production I.G
- Distribution: TOHO Visual Entertainment
The film will open on February 15.
For the third film Psycho-: Sinners of the System Case.3 Onshū no Kanata ni ____ (In the Realm Beyond Is ____), the cast stars:
- Tomokazu Seki as Shinya Kōgami
- Sumire Morohoshi as Tenjin Wangchuck
- Tomoyuki Shimura as Kinley Dorji
- Guillermo Garcia
- Wataru Takagi as Tshering Gurung
- Satoshi Tsuruoka as Jean-Marcel Belmondo
The staff includes:
- SS Story Concept/Director: Naoyoshi Shiotani
- Screenplay: Makoto Fukami
- Chief Animation Directors: Naoyuki Onda, Hisashi Abe, Satoru Nakamura
- Animation Directors: Kazuchika Kise, Hisashi Abe, Tetsurō Moronuki, Ryota Niino, Satoru Nakamura
- Technical Directors: Hirotaka Endo
- Director of Photography: Eiji Arai
- 3D: Sublimation
- Color Key Artist: Emiko Ueno
- Art Director: Shūichi Kusamori
- Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
- Music: Yūgo Kanno
- Character Designs: Naoyuki Onda, Kyoji Asano, Hisashi Abe
- Series Story Concept: Gen Urobuchi
- Character Design Concept: Akira Amano
- Animation Production: Production I.G
- Distribution: TOHO Visual Entertainment
The film will open on March 8.
The overall trilogy's theme song is "Abnormalize," remixed by Masayuki Nakano. Case.1's ending theme is "Fallen," remixed by Masayuki Nakano. Case.2's ending theme is "All Alone With You," remixed by Masayuki Nakano. Case.3's ending theme is "Namae no nai Kaibutsu" (Nameless Monster), remixed by Masayuki Nakano.
The original franchise has inspired several manga adaptations and spinoff manga, as well as the Psycho-: Mandatory Happiness game.
Source: Press release
Images © Psycho- Production Committee
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