July 9, 2013

“Anime is just for little kid”. This is what I heard whenever adults are talking about anime. Is anime really that childish? I would say no to that question. There are anime that are targeted at children, such as Dora and Spongebob. However, there are also anime that intend to have deeper meanings. One of the anime I watched is called Psycho-Pass. In this anime, humans have developed advanced technology. They invented a machine that could scan a person’s mind and calculate a score. People who commit crimes will have higher scores. A person with a high score will be seen as a potential criminal even if he never commit any crime. The specialized police capture anyone with high scores. People thought that they are safe because all the potential criminals are in prison. No one will become a criminal or hurt anyone. However, a group of evil people develops a new helmet that could avoid the detection of the system. They began to commit crimes such as stealing and killing. The specialized police has a hard time dealing with them because their guns will not activate if the target doesn’t reach a certain score. The police can only stop the criminals with martial arts. In the end, the leader of criminals were killed by an old-fashioned revolver, the only way to kill him. I learned from this anime that laws are not all powerful. Sometimes people can find a way to escape their punishment. Citizens should do something for themselves, not depending on the government to act. After this review, do you think anime is childish? I will leave that decision to the readers.