Audience reviews
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Poplop1
Persona 4 golden the animation assumes you have watched persona 4 the animation or played the game. If you didn’t do this you wouldn’t understand what is happening.
This series get’s a lot of hate because people don’t understand the sentence I typed above. They will say things like the pacing is bad, or it doesn’t introduce the characters, when the show isn’t going for a full re-animated golden anime but just the golden content and it expects you to have watched p4a. P4g is a good anime that is filled with new content that fleshes out Marie and Adachi. It also adds to Adachi’s character by making Yu one of the people that want to form a bond with him and showing their one sided friendship. The rest of the show before that though is just funny moment’s with Marie and the gang on new game…
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This show is for people who have watched Persona 4 the Animation or have played the Persona 4 games. You will not see much plot or deep character development because that is not the point of this show. Persona 4 the Golden Animation, while still following our same main character, is told from the perspective of someone who has already beaten the game once and is now revisiting Inaba, having fun, exploring dialogue choices, playing a different personality.
Yeah, we skip around a lot and don't introduce characters, because we know the plot and characters already. We aren't here to experience a small-town murder mystery for the first time again, we're here to revisit the Golden Days, to have fun in these slice-of-life episodes with characters we are familiar with and love. And in this aspect…
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I'll say this upfront. I don't believe you should watch Persona 4 the Golden Animation as a stand-alone show. I recommend the anime version released prior in 2011 if you want the show to adapt the entirety of the game.
With that out of the way, I do recommend this show if you've seen the original version or have played the game. The show itself is mainly focused on the character Marie, who plays an important role. The show mostly only adapts the additional content from the Golden version of the game. Which is why you'd be pretty confused if you started watching with no prior information about the plot.
The show makes minor changes to make the plot more fleshed out. Which is very appreciated, as it stays loyal to the game but still makes it fresh and new. All in all the show is an excelle…
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Was sceptical at first thinking it was just persona 4 story recapped with a new character. In a way it is but Marie's story was very enjoyable. Its better to watch the original animation first then this as extra content. Though I found the ending of this version much better than the original one.
I was watching the show along with my progress in the game and I had a really great time. It's sad to see this being not appreciated as much as the original animation since not many played golden and barely cared abiut the extra character or alternative ending. Though I would argue this added more emotion to the story for me.
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tl;dr: supplement, not a replacement
I don't understand half the hate this gets. From the intro you can tell this is meant to emulate a new game+ for the main character, with his stats maxed out, lending to the main character's more lively personality. If you actually played a new game+ run of P4G, this is how your save would look, easily skipping over character introductions and dungeons, while absorbing all the new content of the game. The important part of this version is the GOLDEN, but negative reviewers mostly lament the fact they didn't re-animate the events of the original Persona 4 animation. What did Atlus add to the Golden version of the game? Marie and Adachi s. link, Winter trip, and a new boss, and therefore new ending. What P4GA didn't cover was what the base game already h…
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How can I possibly start this review without saying how much of a loss of time this anime was like? Because it is.
But let's start with something more simple. This anime is the adaptation of the remasted version of Persona 4, Persona 4 Golden, so I was expecting the plot of Persona 4 (maybe without many details, since it's a lot to put in 12 episodes) plus the story added in the Golden. I was really wrong.
This anime is completely a filler season. It's literally the Social link story of Marie, the character added in Golden that is really important for the story. For those who don't know what a Social Link is, it's the Friendships with the other characters in the game, that you have to level up meeting and chatting with them while you play to know them better. And it's okay when you have th…
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Say what you will about anime adapted from video games, but the Persona 4 Golden anime is genuinely amazing. It does Marie so much justice that she doesn't get in the game, even in her social link. Before watching the anime, my thoughts on Marie were "Eh, she's alright. At least she has a cool design." After the anime, she is probably my favorite female character from Persona 4. Even her tsundere-ness is more charming in the anime, while in the game it's the main thing I disliked about her. In addition to all that it does for Marie, the visuals are also gorgeous. Probably my favorite visuals in any anime. It's so colorful, bright, and shiny, and it just brings so much life to the characters.
The story is presented very oddly, skimming over the main plot points of Persona 4 to focus on the…
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This is my first review, and will make sure that it doesn't contain any spoiler so read it calmly. Perhaps it will help you appreciate this work more.
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The reason this anime has such a low score is because a lot of people misunderstood what this anime is. In the videogame franchise, Persona 4 Golden makes Persona 4 vanilla (the first version for PS2) not worth playing, since P4G is an enhanced version, with much more content (characters, story, levels, etc). Same happens with Persona 3 FES and Persona 5 Royal. I'm pretty sure a lot of people tought that, since the P4G makes the original P4 obsolete, the anime could be the same thing. I mean, the idea that "Persona 4 The Golden Animation" would have much more content and would make obsolete "Persona 4 The Animation". And they couldn'…
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If you haven't played Persona 4 Golden, this really isn't for you. Even if you have played it, don't expect a full adaptation like the Persona 4 Animation. Think of it more as a compilation of the cutscenes and events from the game.
Overall I give this a 10/10. This isn't because of its merit as a stand-alone series. In that regard it's actually terrible and you would have no idea what's going on if you watched it in a vacuum. I give it a 10/10 because of how well it adapts key scenes from the game- which is probably the goal rather than making an adaptation of the entire narrative.
Not only do you get memorable events in full animation, but they retroactively add in Marie for events she wasn't actually present in. Normally, this alone with a few minor plot changes would put me off, bu…
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tldr - watch the original adaptation or play the game first before watching this series, since it only covers what is new in the Golden game.
I first watched the first Persona 4 anime when it was released in 2011, watched one episode of P4GA when it was first released in 2014, and never touched it again until after playing the steam port of the game. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy the first epsiode of P4GA. it was that the original adaptation had aired relatively recently, and I did not feel like rewatching through the entire storyline again.
Now that I have finished the series proper, my initial impression that this series was simply a retelling was right and wrong at the same time. And that sums up the issue with P4GA. It does not really know what it wants to be. Part of it wants to hav…
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Really, I'm not sure why Golden Animation has such a low score. Probably people came into it expecting to enjoy it standalone... but then again, objectively, it works just fine as a standalone, OR as a continuation of the first Persona 4 anime. My only real issue with it is the animation could be very nice in spots, and very lackluster in others. Everything else was fine; not the greatest anime I've ever seen but it had a sweet story, focused on Marie (mostly because she was absent from the original P4a so it makes sense she would be the focus of this one). Perhaps more viewers were expecting a total revamp of P4a? Who knows? Either way, I enjoyed it equally, viewing it as a piece of the whole.
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It's New Game+ for Yu
Persona 4 the Golden Animation is in the simplest ways, a retelling of the original Persona 4: The Animation but with a new character and Yu essentially being in New Game+ mode, add in one new Social Link and slice of life events not told in the original and we have Golden.
Now the slice of life events takes roughly the first half of the anime as we get integrated with our newest character in the anime, Marie voiced by Kana Hanazawa in her tsundere vocals and who she really is, as you guessed it, we have an amnesiac plot interlaced in all this.
The slice of life events is mostly fillery but also trying to get to know more of Marie throughout the anime, it works but Marie's brash tsundere personality doesn't help in some cases (mostly when got serious for LA). The…
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Persona 4 The Golden Animation is an anime made for Persona 4 fans. If you haven't played the games or at least watched the previous anime you most probably won't enjoy this anime and I'll explain why.
Story 8/10
It's all about Marie. Marie's story is a subplot in the Golden version of the game. However, as the original game was already animated in Persona 4 The Animation, this one is almost completely focused on Marie, and the main plot of the game becomes the subplot. If you don't like Marie or don't know her and have no interest in her character, this anime isn't for you. If you haven't played the game nor watched the 2011 anime you will be very confused with P4GA, since characters seem to pop up out of nowhere, without any explanation about them, and their backstory is never discussed…
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Stange.... maybe it just me but I think these P4GA got hate more than they deserved but yeah... This is just my opinion so nobody need to believe it.
First This is not stand alone series or sequel or spin off
It is an addition story of the first P4A to milk more money from P4G.
what you will notice when you watch this anime is
1. What's already told on P4A will be skip
2. MC are max Social stat
so if you are for rich story, emotional moment ,and character development
you won't get that much(except for the new character) Second so what's good about P4GA ?
If you minus all of that and then what is left?
eerrrr.... then why the heck is P4G got 9.3/10 on IGN
It is the same reason THE ADDITIONAL PART.
If you understand what it is and able to guess what you'll get from it then you'll enjoy i…
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Remember in my Psycho Pass Movie review about the movement of Michaelbayanism? Well, in a few words, Persona 4 the Golden Animation belongs in that movement. You could literally rename it to Persona 4 the Cashgrab Animation or Baysona 4 the Michael Bay Animation. In short, it is not good and a disgrace.
When I saw how Golden in comparison to the Original, its score was almost 1 mark lower than the former. I did not think it will be bad until I watched it and...yeah it was poorly done. Despite that fact, there were very few moments when I had fun one being the final episode, the second half. The rest is cliched disjointed and a clusterfuck of nonsense.
There was close to zero saving graces for this masterpiece of a series, and the only thing I found good was actually the sound. But that…
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The review will be split into 3 categories so pick which ones correspond to you.
For those that have never seen Persona 4 The Animation or played either Persona 4 or Persona 4 Golden:
Don't bother with this anime cause it requires knowledge from the previous season or the games.
For those that have seen the Persona 4 anime or played the 1st Persona 4 game:
This adaptation will give you all you need to know about what happens in Persona 4 Golden. With the addition of Marie and the backstory of the main antagonist. And it won't bother with showing you stuff you have already seen or played before with the exception of the 1st episode but with awesome action since the animators treated it like you imported your old save to start new game+, so you already have max stats and an Izanagi with…
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I liked it.
10/10 even, based on personal enjoyment.
That said, objectively it was terrible. I can see why someone who's never played the game that jumped onto The Golden Animation as their first exposure to the franchise would be thoroughly confused (and indeed turned off).
Let me try to explain this in a way that people who have never played Persona 4 might understand.
Persona 4 is a unique game in that it has elements of your classic RPG, a slice of life anime, and a dating sim, all neatly packaged into one. The game's main motif is "Power of Bonds", that is to say, your connections are your source of power. So in-between saving the world and killing monsters, you still have to attend school every day and have a social life. That said, the RPG-element is still the primary plot…
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So I am going to be wading against the tide of masses here, but I really enjoyed this anime and probably for a lot of the reasons others did not.
That being said, if you have any chance of enjoying this, then I recommend you;
1. play persona 4 and if you have a vita, the golden version.
2. watch the original anime (http://myanimelist.net/anime/10588/Persona_4_The_Animation)
I love the characters in Persona 4 and overall I think they did a solid job on both animes. Unlike a majority of the P4 fans, I feel like this anime did honor to the game's story. So I'll try and keep this as simple as I can. Why did I like this anime and the original that its based off of?
1. I feel in love with the characters and world of P4 and the shows did justice in bringing so much of what I liked about the…
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Anime Series Review No.4 This going to be my shortest review of the series because their is nothing much to talk about. I will discuss my viewpoint in the series.
Story 5/10
The story is the weakest part of the Persona Golden unlike the first Persona 4 which the story is top notch for it told the event in the night more and some day events. The story in the golden is majorly in the day and will focus more the slice of life and normal friendship bonding and less action. Even the premise is just a retelling version of the events they still made the story not dull and still enjoyable and inspiring but not as much good as the first version.
Art 8/10
The art is no different from the last P4 but still I like the colors and the presentation of the battle scene and the Persona's. OP art style…
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This is the worst thing I've ever watched.
I'm not gonna lie I never played P4G, so I never got the hate surrounding Marie. For the first three episodes, I actually kind of liked her. This did not continue.
For reasons that I can understand, P4GA only adds the added stuff from the updated rerelease. As such, it is best watched after playing both P4/G and watching the original anime series.
One of the things that the original Persona 4 Animation failed to deliver on was animation and action scenes. The writing was fine, but the series still suffered greatly. One thing that I thought that the Golden Animation would at least impimprove upon was the art, but there is even more QUALITY than there was in the original.
The Adachi fanservice was fun, but it was interrupted with copious amount…
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