An exciting new futuristic sci-fi series, Police Tribe K-9, is set to premiere from a team very familiar to Psycho-Pass fans, with Makoto Fukami (Psycho-Pass, Berserk anime), Ryo Yoshigami (Psycho-Pass 3) and manga artist Naruto Sai (Psycho-Pass: Kanshikan Kōgami Shinya) team up again for a new manga.
Police Tribe K-9 will launch on March 26, 2024, in Akita Shoten’s Young Champion magazine created by writer pair Fukami and Yoshigami, with illustrations by Sai. The front cover has finally been revealed, evoking a very similar feeling to the popular anime Psycho-Pass. The plot has been officially labeled on the blog platform Note as “Police x Buddy x What happens in the future? x Investigation Gadgets x Western Drama.” Monster Lounge is credited for story support, +iNNOVAT!ON is credited for the logo, and AAO Project is credited for production. Readers can see the cover below.
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The K-9 police tribe was also involved in Jujutsu Kaisen and Naruto Talent before
The K-9 Police Tribe may sound familiar to readers who follow Fukami on social media. Also behind the 2016 Berserk anime script, Black Rock shooter DAWN FALL and “military supervision” for Jujutsu Kaisen, Fukami teased the series as early as 2021, saying he wanted “a lot of action and be creative” with it. Sai may also be familiar to Naruto readers, having written Naruto: Konoha’s Story—The Steam Ninja Scrolls: The Manga.
Before Police Tribe K-9, Fukami was a screenwriter for the 2023 animated film Psycho-Pass Providence. The film was released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Psycho-Pass anime series and was animated by Production IG. Currently streaming on Crunchyroll, the series was also nominated for Best Movie at the recent Crunchyroll Anime Awards, though it ultimately lost to Suzume.
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The K-9 Police Tribe is officially described: “In Japan, all government functions have been privatized and many Private Security Police (PSPs) investigate crimes with a profit mentality. hole. Shunsaku Iwai, a man who runs a small private police office in the Kabukicho district of Shinjuku and whose father was a detective and was killed in the past, his mysterious partner is Hannibal Lee, a former terrorist. Dad and Dandy, an “Animal Unit” robot police dog that can transform into a reinforced exoskeleton, fight against heinous problems and crimes that only a private society can solve Okay. Crime!”
Source: ANN, Notes