Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami
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| Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami | |
 Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Shinya Kogami | |
| PSYCHO-PASS 監視官 狡噛慎也 (Saiko Pasu Kanshikan Kōgami Shinya) | |
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| Genre | Crime, science fiction[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Midori Gotou |
| Illustrated by | Natsuo Sai |
| Published by | Mag Garden |
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| Original run | June 30, 2014 – November 4, 2017 |
| Volumes | 6 |
Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami (Japanese: PSYCHO-PASS 監視官 狡噛慎也, Hepburn: Saiko Pasu Kanshikan Kōgami Shinya) is a Japanese manga series written by Midori Gotou and illustrated by Natsuo Sai. The manga is a prequel to Production I.G's 2012 Psycho-Pass anime series, focusing on the younger days of Shinya Kogami, an Inspector working for Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division in contrast to his darker characterization from the television series where he is recognized by the Sybil System as a latent criminal.
The series was published by Mag Garden between 2014 and 2017, reaching a total of six collected volumes. It was licensed for English released in North America by Dark Horse Comics. While the series was well received in Japan through positive sales, critical response to the manga was mixed due to the more naive handling of Kogami's character as he is not considered as striking as in the anime. However, the art was praised.
Eight years before the events of Psycho-Pass, the present Enforcer Shinya Kogami works as an Inspector in the Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Division city-regulating Sybil System. He works in Unit Three with Inspector Yoshitoshi Waku and Enforcers Tomomi Masaoka, Naoto Kurata, Hina Amari, and Tsubasa Torii, as well as Analyst Maru.
Publication
Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami, written by Midori Gotou and illustrated by Natsuo Sai, was serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade from June 30[2][3] to July 30, 2014, when the magazine ceased its publication.[4][5] The series was then moved to the newly launched Monthly Comic Garden,[4] where it ran from September 5, 2014,[6] to November 4, 2017.[7] Mag Garden collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from October 10, 2014,[8] to January 10, 2018.[9]
The series was licensed by Dark Horse Comics in March 2016 for an English release.[10]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | October 10, 2014[11] | 978-4-8000-0368-3 | November 9, 2016[1] | 978-1-5067-0120-2 |
| 2 | April 10, 2015[12] | 978-4-8000-0425-3 | May 24, 2017[13] | 978-1-5067-0370-1 |
| 3 | December 10, 2015[14] | 978-4-8000-0522-9 | September 13, 2017[15] | 978-1-5067-0535-4 |
| 4 | August 10, 2016[16] | 978-4-8000-0601-1 | March 7, 2018[17] | 978-1-5067-0536-1 |
| 5 | July 10, 2017[18] | 978-4-8000-0700-1 | October 26, 2022[19] | 978-1-5067-2225-2 |
| 6 | January 10, 2018[20] | 978-4-8000-0740-7 | February 22, 2023[21] | 978-1-5067-2226-9 |
