Anime movie released in May/2023.
It is a crime-suspense story about a world in the 2110s where potential criminals are predicted and controlled by AI, but it is also a profound drama that questions from various angles what the law is and what it means to judge people.
In the past, there have been 3 seasons of the TV series (season 1: 22 episodes from Oct/2012 - Mar/2013, season 2: 11 episodes from Oct-Dec/2014, and season 3: 8 episodes from Oct-Dec/2019), a movie version after the 2nd season, a spin-off movier version "Sinners of the System" (3 episodes), the movie version "FIRST INSPECTOR" after the 3rd season was released.
Chronologically, this "PROVIDENCE" is a supplement between the 2nd and 3rd seasons of the TV series, and was produced under the title of the 10th anniversary of the title's birth.
The protagonist from the first 2 seasons were deposed and imprisoned in the 3rd season, and the 2 hour explanation of how this happened was shocking enough to explain why.
This story in a SEKAIKAN(worldview) that questions the pros and cons of entrusting human governance to AI.
Ten years ago, there was no such thing as Chat GPT, but watching it now, I feel that the message of this work has more weight.
Production: Production I.G, director: Shiotani Naoyoshi, screenplay: Fukami Makoto and Ubukata Tow, voice casts Hanazawa Kana, Seki Tomokazu, Nojima Kenji, Ito Shizuka, Sawashiro Miyuki, Sakura Ayane, Sakurai Takahiro, Tochi Hiroki, Honda Takako, Yamaji Kazuhiro, Hidaka Noriko, Kaji Yuki, Nakamura Yuichi, Shimizu Risa, Otsuka Akio and others.
