Persona 4 anime series#
The episode opens with a fourth wall breaking moment, as Velvet Room Igor and Margaret dwellers tell the viewer that Persona 4 The Golden Animation is basically “Persona 4: The Animation, New Game + Edition.” Now, to call it a room is a bit misleading, as they’re really in a car, but logic clearly won’t matter once we get rolling!Īnyway, the series proper opens with Yu Narukami arriving at Yasoinaba train station. For first-time entrants to Persona 4, though, the experience is a hot mess. For long-time fans the familiar plot points are there. With a new series, and new elements to flesh out the world, the writers would be equipped to turn this adaptation of Persona 4 into something truly special, right? They’d be able to fix the rushed pacing and actually build on the secondary cast a bit more, right?įans of the game will definitely feel at home, as there’s little to really separate the game’s plot from the show’s. Marie’s scenes are among the few bright spots in the show so far. As the title implies, the new series would incorporate elements from the Vita game, the most important of which being Marie’s inclusion in the plot. In May 2014, it was announced that Persona 4 The Golden would receive an anime adaptation: Persona 4 The Golden Animation. The biggest addition, though, was Marie: a mysterious amnesiac, whose back story sets the stage for a grand, if not heart-wrenching quest that worms its way through the entirety of the title.ĭue to the overwhelming popularity of the remake, intersect in Persona 4 as a property spiked once again. The game was, for the most part, an expanded edition of the hit PlayStation 2 game, that added new characters, dialogue, and story elements to what was an already meaty game. In 2012, Persona 4 The Golden was released on Sony’s PlayStation Vita handheld.
There were a few pacing issues, and development of minor characters fell by the wayside, but many agreed that it was a decent effort at condensing an 80-hour game into a series that would run for just under eleven hours in total. The series, which ran for 26 episodes, managed to retell the base story without too many major hiccups. Fighting games, dungeon crawlers, even a rhythm dancing game have made their way to market, each being snapped up by eager audiences worldwide.Īnyway, in 2011, Persona 4 received an anime adaptation: Persona 4: The Animation. Because of this, Atlus has gone on to treat the series as a cash cow, milking every single one of its engorged udders as the company belched out merchandise and spin-offs with reckless abandon. Since its first appearance on the PlayStation 2 in 2008, it’s gone on to sell over 700,000 copies. To say Persona 4 is a hot property is a bit of an understatement.
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