MPD Psycho

Naoki Hosaka

Kazuhiko Amamiya / Yôsuke Kobayashi / Shinji Nishizono

Tomoko Nakajima

Machi Isono

Rieko Miura

Chizuko Honda / Chizuko Kobayashi

Lily

Yôko Yamamoto

Nae Yuuki

Tomoyo Tanabe

Satoshi Matsuda

Tatsuya Ueno

Fujiko

Mami Sasayama

Satoshi Ichijo

Hisashi Shimazu

Seasons

Miniseries

6 episodes

Premiered May 2, 2000

Episodes

1–6 of 6

Ep 1

Memories of Sin/Drifting Petals

May 2, 2000

57m

A sadistic criminal is turning his victims into human flower pots. Detective Amamiya Kazuhiko is called out of early retirement to investigate the case, which is tied to horrific events in his past. His new wife goes missing and a mysterious cult with barcodes tattooed on their eyeballs surfaces to wreak havoc on the city.

Ep 2

How to Create a World

May 3, 2000

55m

A brutal serial killer cuts babies from their mothers' womb in what appears to be a copycat crime from five years earlier. All of the women have barcodes tattooed on their eyeballs. The victims, under some sort of hypnosis, purchase the surgical quality knives used to kill them the day before their murders. As Detective Amamiya's wife wanders the city in a trance, he discovers someone from his past is involved in the crime wave.

Ep 3

Life Is a Constant Double Helix

May 4, 2000

Detective Amamiya and the police team are investigating the mass suicide of forty girls from a posh high school. Amamiya goes undercover as a high school teacher to find out why and learn more about a new generation of barcoders, many of whom are students at this militaristic high school. Chiaki Kuriyama guest stars.

Ep 4

The Crushed Ant

May 5, 2000

Perfectly severed body parts with numbers cut into them are discovered in a field. In a nearby arcade, two rival youth gangs battle each other and Amamiya's wife is taken prisoner by a gang leader. The Police Chief tries to put together more of Amamiya's hidden past with the assistance of a one-eyed snuff filmmaker.

Ep 5

Coronation of the Cursed King

May 6, 2000

Cult members spontaneously combust when the barcoder network is infected. The burn victims are taken to the local hospital where a lonely employee's cyber girlfriend tells him to kill people. Detective Amamiya and his team lock down the hospital, while strange things happen on the secret 13th floor.

Ep 6

Soaring Souls and Human Bondage

May 7, 2000