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Content & Trigger Warnings for Psycho-Pass (2012)

19 content warnings identified across 3 seasons for this show.

Quick Summary

Yes, Psycho-Pass (2012) contains 19 content warnings : Hate crimes (depicted), Stalking / harassment, Forced institutionalization, Suicide (discussed or ideation), Gaslighting / emotional manipulation, Genocide / ethnic cleansing, Kidnapping / abduction, Wrongful imprisonment, Blood / medical gore, Body horror, Jump scares, Needles / medical procedures, Drug use (depicted), Gore / graphic violence, Gun violence, Police brutality, Self-harm / suicide (depicted), Sexual assault / rape, Torture.

The most severe warnings are for Forced institutionalization (severity 4/5), Gaslighting / emotional manipulation (severity 4/5), Kidnapping / abduction (severity 4/5), Wrongful imprisonment (severity 4/5), Blood / medical gore (severity 5/5), Body horror (severity 5/5), Gore / graphic violence (severity 5/5), Gun violence (severity 5/5), Police brutality (severity 4/5), Sexual assault / rape (severity 4/5), Torture (severity 4/5).

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Does It Get Worse?

Gets Better Content intensity decreases in later seasons.

12 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.

Season 1 12 warnings
Avg severity:(3.6)
Stalking / harassmentSuicide (discussed or ideation)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationKidnapping / abductionWrongful imprisonmentBody horrorNeedles / medical proceduresGore / graphic violenceGun violenceSelf-harm / suicide (depicted)Sexual assault / rapeTorture
Season 2 10 warnings
Avg severity:(3.7)
Suicide (discussed or ideation)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationKidnapping / abductionWrongful imprisonmentBody horrorDrug use (depicted)Gore / graphic violenceGun violenceSelf-harm / suicide (depicted)Torture
Season 3 10 warnings
Avg severity:(3.2)
Hate crimes (depicted)Suicide (discussed or ideation)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationGenocide / ethnic cleansingKidnapping / abductionWrongful imprisonmentBody horrorGore / graphic violenceGun violenceTorture

Identity & Discrimination

Season 3 3/5Depicted

Discrimination against immigrants and marginalized groups drives political conflict

Season 1 3/5Depicted

Predatory surveillance and stalking behavior by the main antagonist

All seasons 3/5Depicted

Both the surveillance state and individual criminals engage in stalking behavior.

Mental Health & Emotional

All seasons 4/5Depicted

Citizens deemed psychologically unfit are forcibly detained or eliminated by the government system.

Season 1 3/5Depicted

Characters face existential despair and suicidal situations under the Sibyl System

Season 2 3/5Depicted

Characters confront hopelessness and death under the oppressive system

Season 3 2/5Depicted

Existential themes and characters contemplating self-sacrifice

Other

Season 1 4/5Depicted

Systemic psychological manipulation by an authoritarian government surveillance system

Season 2 4/5Depicted

Continued systemic manipulation through the Sibyl System and new antagonist schemes

Season 3 4/5Depicted

Political manipulation and systemic deception at governmental levels

All seasons 4/5Depicted

The Sibyl System's control over society and the antagonist's manipulation of others are central themes.

Season 3 3/5Referenced

References to mass elimination of populations deemed undesirable by the system

Season 1 3/5Depicted

Abductions carried out by antagonists as part of criminal schemes

Season 2 3/5Depicted

Abduction scenarios in connection with the season's criminal conspiracy

Season 3 3/5Depicted

Kidnapping elements tied to political conspiracies

All seasons 4/5Depicted

Multiple abductions occur as part of criminal schemes throughout the series.

Season 1 3/5Depicted

Citizens imprisoned or eliminated based on algorithmic crime predictions without due process

Season 2 3/5Depicted

Innocent people targeted by the predictive justice system continue to be confined

Season 3 3/5Depicted

The justice system's inherent flaws continue to result in unjust detentions

All seasons 4/5Depicted

Innocent people are labeled as latent criminals and imprisoned or killed based on algorithmic judgment.

Phobias & Sensory

All seasons 5/5Depicted

Excessive blood during violent scenes, especially when the Dominator is used.

Season 1 4/5Depicted

Disturbing transformations and mutilated bodies depicted throughout

Season 2 4/5Depicted

Bodies grotesquely transformed and destroyed by weaponry and experiments

Season 3 3/5Depicted

Disturbing imagery related to technological manipulation of human bodies

All seasons 5/5Depicted

Extreme body destruction from weapons and disturbing scenes involving human remains.

All seasons 2/5Depicted

Some sudden violent reveals and attack scenes used for tension.

Season 1 2/5Depicted

Medical scanning and injection scenes related to the psycho-pass measurement system

Substance Use

Season 2 3/5Depicted

Drug-related plotlines involving experimental substances affecting mental states

Violence & Physical Harm

Season 1 5/5Depicted

Extremely graphic animated violence with detailed blood splatter and dismemberment

Season 2 5/5Depicted

Continued extreme animated violence with graphic death scenes

Season 3 4/5Depicted

Graphic violence continues though slightly less intense than earlier seasons

All seasons 5/5Depicted

The Dominator's lethal eliminator mode causes bodies to explode graphically on screen.

Season 1 5/5Depicted

Frequent use of lethal firearms by enforcers, with graphic results shown

Season 2 5/5Depicted

Dominator weapons and conventional firearms used lethally throughout

Season 3 4/5Depicted

Firearms and Dominator weapons used in law enforcement and criminal confrontations

All seasons 4/5Depicted

State-sanctioned violence through Enforcers who kill citizens based on psychological readings.

Season 1 3/5Depicted

Characters deliberately harm themselves under psychological duress

Season 2 3/5Depicted

Self-destructive actions taken by characters in psychological distress

All seasons 3/5Depicted

Characters contemplate and engage in self-destructive acts under the oppressive system.

Season 1 4/5Depicted

Sexual violence depicted in a disturbing extended sequence involving a villain

All seasons 4/5Depicted

Sexual violence is depicted in certain arcs, particularly involving the main antagonist's crimes.

Season 1 4/5Depicted

Interrogation through physical and psychological torture shown in detail

Season 2 4/5Depicted

Physical and psychological torture depicted in interrogation and experimentation

Season 3 3/5Depicted

Coercive interrogation methods shown in political and criminal contexts

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