Before anything, I’ll have to warn you that I thoroughly enjoyed Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 prior to wildly anticipating Persona 4 anime like a wild man. I don’t know how P4 anime will look like to people new to it or the Persona series in general. However, as a fan, the first episode blew my mind! And this is coming from someone who grew tired of/too old for anime quite a while ago.
Persona 4 The Animation sets off on the right foot and hits almost all the right notes. I say almost because episode 1: You’re myself, I’m yourself is a few steps short of perfection, but we’ll get to that later. Persona 4 anime starts exactly like its video game counterpart, which surprised me, considering the mess that was the earlier Persona-based anime. Also, video game to anime adaptations tend to take a lot of liberties in order to ease the transition between the two different media, but not this one.
After the symbolic meeting with the long-nosed Igor and his hot assistant, the show cuts to an opening using P4’s graphics and music. This is indicative of good things to come, because this anime adaptation does use visuals and tunes from the original medium, and does so very appropriately.
During the first few minutes, we also get to hear protagonist Yu Narukami’s voice. Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3 and 4 had silent protagonists, so fans had worries of the anime messing up P4’s star, but Persona 4: The Animation couldn’t have done it better. Yu is reserved and his lines don’t interfere with the people he interacts with, meaning conversations in the anime are very much like how they transpired in the game plus Yu filling in with appropriate responses.
His initial personality is also part of a bigger picture. In the cut between the first and second halves of the episode, we see the “status screen” of Yu that shows he starts off with his Courage, Diligence, Expression, Knowledge, and Understanding levels at minimum, just like in the game! If the producers and director do it right, we might see Yu evolve as he meets more people, making for a dynamic anime protagonist like never seen before.
As for the low points of Persona 4 anime, most of the downsides are related to animation quality. The characters don’t look their best all the time, as if the show didn’t get enough time and budget to get people’s faces right in every scene. That’s about it, really.
Persona 4 The Animation has a lot to like about, such as the transition day by day exactly the same way as in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, shadows (the enemies) working the way they should, and the Persona battle action being much better than in the previous Persona anime. Voice acting is superb – nothing is amiss when Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko and everyone else speak. Meanwhile, there’s very little to complain about, so it’s definitely a must watch!
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And this was what i was aiming for, But yeah the first episode was okay,
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The thing that’s awesome in here is that they didn’t make anything that would intercept the game’s plot. This is superb! After releasing the manga version…then this? My life is complete~
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I am curious to see who the main character would end up with.
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HEEE! HEEE! Hello Clary Nyan! I love you! OOOOOOOOOOOH! I want to be a shadow! Because I am Jiteroshi! The King of K-Pop! AWWWWWW!
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I do have one complaint though: Everybody seems to be jumping in the P4 bandwagon, especially cosplayers. They better do it right. >____>
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this is one of the things I am afraid of.
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Search and destroy those cosfailures who are going to cosplay the characters of P4.
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ganyan naman lagi, pag may bagong anime, paunahan mag cosplay. the sooner the better kasi sila yung ‘unang’ cosplayer nung ganung character..
as for p4.. so happy its finally here. and the feeling is very much like the game.
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Thank heavens, somebody did a P4 group (a good one) long before the anime came out.
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I am number 4, and GT is a pig.
I am Thoooooooooooooor! Weeeee!
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Dammit! Haven’t played the PS2 game yet.
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didnt get to play the game (since my bro is the one who played it) but i had the general idea on the game so i looked forward for the anime.
it was pretty imo.. ill keep on watching till the end.
IZANAGGGGIIII!!! \m/
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pretty good*
demmet D:
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Haven’t played it yet but I’m planning to acquire P3 and P4 this week. about the anime Persona Trinity Soul was okay, I guess but P4: The Animation was way better from what I’m hearing and adding GT’s review about it made me wanna watch it.
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eh kaso parang may problema ka pa rin gt.
kung anong ganda ng anime eh syang pangit ng muka mo!
kamuka mo si pudge, ang laki ng mata amf! hahahaha!!
bat kasi hinayaan mong kumalat yang picture mo, napaka pangit naman.
gusto mo pasabugin ko yan?
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I am GT. I am a PIG.
PIGs will rule the cosplay world.
Planet Of The Pigs!
~(o@o) oink!
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