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mouthpiece
Review up to episode 5. Will edit as I watch more.
Game adaptations were never successful in capturing the mood of the original. They were always messing something up, like making the characters feel like robots, presenting events as dull as possible, or just stopping in the middle of nowhere. No matter how many times I tried to enjoy them, they felt like an Eternal Punishment.
“That’s sad-kuma.”
Yes Teddie, I agree, BEAR with it. But guess what, so far Persona 4 appears to have broken the circle of bad karma and as an exception it looks GORGEOUS!
“Hooray!”
The thing is, there have been lots of bad rumours considering the production of the show; something about someone stealing the original copy of an episode before it airs, the staff being unpaid for months, and many being ready to d…
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Persona 4 and the Inevitable Tolls of Adaptation
When it comes to all the mediums that could potentially be turn into an anime, such as a manga, light novel, visual novel or even a movie, few are trickier than a video game. While adaptations from other forms tend to turn one non-interactive media into another, video games rely far more on interaction and players getting as much time out of them as they put in, based on the speed they can get through its challenges or how much side content players go for, which won’t be the same for everyone.
This inherent difficulty is why so many video game based anime either are original stories that have game elements present, such as Kirby Right Back at Ya, Sonic X, and most notably the long running Pokémon anime, original stories that directly tie…
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(Spoilers incoming) This review is coming from someone who's played the game multiple times. I think it's an understatement when I say the show is a very big disappointment.
Story: 7/10. The story is really nothing special: there's a series of murders going on, and our protagonist and his friends investigate a parallel world using their Personas in the attempt to save victims and find a lead on the murderer. The setup for the story is alright, and the biggest appeal is the mystery of who the murderer might be. Other than that, the execution of the story is pretty formulaic and uninspired. It essentially follows the pattern of:
1) Person gets captured
2) Hero + friends find a lead and jump into the TV world
3) Big persona battle happens, person is rescued
4) Person joins the team
5) Bunch…
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Persona 4 is LA's first foray into the Persona franchise and by all means Persona 4 was a good entrance into this game series.
For such an anime adaptation of a JRPG, LA really had some high expectations for this anime and the "video game anime adaptation curse" couldn't touch this for alot of reasons, but it still Persona 4 had some minor problems here and there nonetheless LA's high expectations were met and then some.
Let's start with the plot of Persona 4. Persona 4's plot follows a typical murder mystery anime mixed in with supernatural RPG elements. The plot follows a group of highschool students trying to find the culprit of the bizarre murders involving the Midnight Channel, Persona 4 follows the typical high school life of Yu Narukami voiced by Daisuke Namikawa as well as trying…
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Before I start, please keep in mind this is MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION and that this is my review on the anime, NOT the video game.
I'm a huge fan of the Persona 4 video game, so I was excited when I found out there was an animation. I was expecting the anime to be a total bust judging from other (poorly) done video game adaptions I've watched or heard about, and I was pleasantly surprised when I began watching as it far exceeded my expectations.
Story: 9/10
The plot is pretty straight forward - the protagonist moves to Inaba with his uncle as his parents are stuck on a business trip and a series of murders begin occurring. It's original, enjoyable, and most importantly, well done. There are many plot twists throughout the entirety of the series that will make you keep on watching to the ve…
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Persona 4 the animation is based off the PS2 Role-playing game, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, the 4th installment in the Persona series. Every Persona game follows a separate story.
The Anime (and game) revolve around a Highschool student, Yuu Narukami, whose parents both have to travel for work, send him to a town in the countryside, to live with his uncle. As he settles in, a bizarre string of murders begin to occur where bodies are found hanging from television reception antenna.
A huge chunk of the game was made up of Visual Novel elements though, precisely the 'Social Linking' parts, where the players character gets stronger from hanging out and meeting with people around his community, widening his social circle, and whats best about this feature is that the player (for the most…
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I went into this anime with low expectations, but i was overall pleased with what they pulled off. I am a long running fan of the Persona series so getting to watch one of my favorite games in anime form was a blast, however there were definitely pacing issues which i will get too later.
Before i go over the story im going to quickly mention the one problem i had with the anime. This of course is the pacing of the show, I say this because it is an adaptation of a game that takes most people 50+ hours to complete and they tried to jam the whole thing into 25 episodes. This of course causes alot of problems as things feel really rushed, for example in the game there is alot of introductions to the town and a few characters before the main character gains the ability to summon his persona th…
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*This is a review Persona 4 The Animation and its conclusion special Persona 4 The Animation: No One is Alone. I’ve also never played the PlayStation 2 classic Persona 4, and this review will be solely based on my experiences with the anime.
Persona 4 The Animation was an anime I was on the fence about for a while. It was based off of a video game series that I had never even heard of, and I didn’t want to go into the series and be completely confused. After doing some more research on the series I discovered that I had received pretty good reviews all around, some people even call it things like, “The greatest video game to anime adaptation ever.” After I finding out that this game was so close to the source material that I’d be able to understand it without having to even play the game…
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Persona 4: Anime adaptation from Video games..
Once day, my friend told me about this anime. I was kinda "meh, nope", but i give a try to watching it.. The result is wow, this is not bad.. The story itself about bunch of people go to another dimension, fight a monsters, and save people. Is it good? Let's see...
Story: 7 / 10
As you can see from synopsis, Persona 4 take place in a rural town. There have been mysterious murders in that town. The main plot of this anime is to solve that mysterious murders. As the story progresses, the main character also discover that they can go to another dimension (they called TV World), and discover clue about that mysterious murders. The story itself not always about mysterious murders. There's also school-day section, holiday section, and the other t…
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Story - 7/10 - While I personally enjoyed the story of Persona 4 The Animation, there were a few hiccups that I would imagine that others would be less forgiving of. I enjoyed the symbolism and character development throughout the series and the comedy scenes nearly had me in tears but there were a few instances where the slice-of-life episodes were a little too drawn out, slowing down the pace of the show. Another thing that might bother other viewers is the fact that this anime follows the story of the game a little too closely. People who have beaten Persona 4 will already know the major twists and turns which might spoil some of the fun along the way. On the other hand, people who haven't played the game might not understand some of the ins and outs that veterans of the series already…
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Persona 4 I really enjoyed this series
Just a little bit of a break down
You have a male protagonist move to a small town.
the town has a legend call "the midnight channel" its rumoured that on rainy night at 12 o'clock the TV will turn on the show a person your destined to be with (well at first anyway)
Then the male protagonist and his friend fall into a TV and through into a parallel world full of mist.
There they gain what is called there "persona" a fighting sprit that reflect who they are.
After gaining a few friends they all team up to find out who’s casing all these murders
its the first series that had a really great and easy timeline to follow.... heh heh - school scene end 10th may -> 14th may good guys fight boss "err what happened b4 they got to the boss" 14th may -> 3rd ma…
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Persona 4 The Adaptation results
"Persona 4 The Animation" is based on the PS2 Game "Persona 4", and adapts the plot it in 25 episodes, covering it untill the normal ending (the game has multiple endings, and the "True ending" will come out as an OVA later).
[If you have not played the game and are interested in playing it, I recomend you to do so before watching so you won't kill the 60 hours+ gameplay's suspense, where the plot is much more detailed. The game is much better, really.]
People look to this anime in 2 ways: comparing it to the game, or looking at it independently. I will try to put things in both perspectives, but I can not deny the game keeps advantage by far in quality.
The story progression analysis
>Intro (Quite good)
The story begins when Yu Narukami (canon anime…
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The majority of people seem to praise Persona 4: The Animation for its faithfulness to the source material, calling it “the best game-to-anime adaption ever made.” As someone who finished their first playthrough of the game while the series was almost halfway through syndication, I’ll agree, the series is certainly faithful. And game-to-cinema adaptions don’t really have a high standard anyways, so this is probably the best adaption also. However, this is ultimately one of the main reasons why The Animation fails to be as good as the original game. (And since the original game’s story was merely “good” in my eyes, this causes The Animation to sink down into mediocre.)
There seems to be misconception that if an adaption is faithful enough to the source material, than it’s garanteed to be g…
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Persona 4's anime adaptation came as a huge, but welcome surprise. Any fan of the highly-acclaimed video game would be curious as to how such an endeavor would turn out. After the initial announcement, there had been six months of waiting for previous and further announcements; it was six months of building hype until the airing of the first episode.
Did it live up to the hype? A difficult, opinionated question, but as for myself, it managed to live up to expectations, and more.
Persona 4 the Animation adapts one of the most critically-acclaimed JRPGs ever to grace the PS2. Just knowing this, it would either turn out to be a huge success or a huge failure depending on how it's handled. Thankfully, director Seiji Kishi manages to handle the difficult parts of adapting the game and manages…
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Many video game-based anime titles I've come across haven't wowed me too well considering such titles are used mostly to promote their hit game source material and these don't always transition too well in creating a quality plot for an anime series. Persona 4 is another title I add to this growing list considering it's Playstation 2/ PSP video game source material was a huge hit with both American and Japanese fans thus this anime adaptation coming about. From what I gather, the video game is notable for its mix of RPG and social simulation elements through its Social Link system where your regular interactions with your teammates and other characters allowed you to gain and strengthen the abilities of powerful beings called Personas that are used to fight monsters called Shadows within a…
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Anime adapted from video games most likely won't live up to the fan's expectations. Sometimes they're way too rushed, sometimes they just don't work as an anime, sometimes they're not even faithful to its source material. The problem with video game adaptations is that, most of the time, it just feels like it's jumping from cutscenes to cutscenes without proper transition and characters weren't really... say... in-character.
Adapted by AIC A.S.T.A, Persona 4 : The Animation is the perfect example of a video game adaptation done the right way. Almost everything is perfect, the story isn't rushed, the characters don't feel like puppets and it's VERY faithful to its source material!
The story is about a series of mysterious murders occuring in the tranquil town Inaba. Whenever there's fog af…
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As a fan of the games, the Persona 4 adaptation is a real shame. It exemplifies everything that can go wrong with video game adaptations. Not only is it poorly done in respect to anime as a whole, but it is poorly done even compared to some other video game adaptations. I fully expect I'll get a lot of hate for this, so please let me explain first.
The story is pretty typical for what you would find in most JRPGs these days, but one of the unique things about the Persona franchise has been the blend between the dating-sim styled day-to-day activities and the RPG combat. Most of the action takes place in a world hidden by all but a few lucky people granted the power of a Persona, the manifestation of the person's psyche which is used to fight shadows inside of the TV world. While it's fai…
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"Bonds of people is the true power"
Persona 4 is one of the best video games that I have had the chance to play. Despite being highly acclaimed by critics both in Japan and in the West, Persona 4 remains somewhat of a niche title and this more or less transfers to the anime adaptation too. As a result, those who have played the game are the ones best-placed to be able to fully appreciate the anime series, but new fans will also find a very good anime thanks to Aniplex doing a commendable job with the existing game material.
The opening episodes set the story up quite well with mysterious deaths, the TV world, shadows and personas. The main character, along with another high school student, get involved through various circumstances and then strive to solve the murder cases, meanwhile gai…
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Can any of you actually say there was a good video game based anime series? Seriously, the majority of them are... er, bland, and that's just saying the least about them. Regarding the Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3 based anime, I think I speak for every fan of the persona series when I say that it was nothing that we were expecting in the worst way possible. Yet, not all of them get a rare second chance at redemption like the Persona series, and the Persona 4 anime could very well be the best video game based anime we'll ever see to date, but of course it has it's share of problems.
STORY: In the backwater town of Inaba, mysterious events from strange murder cases to midnight showings of people in ways they have never been seen before begin to arise. But fortunately a transfer student with…
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I am a fan of the Persona video games. Persona fans this is a must watch if you love the game. When I heard they are making Persona 4 Anime version- I jumped for joy. Persona 4 video game was my favorite game. The anime follows the story exactly to the game. They even used the same music and Voice actors!!!!! Igor still creeps me out to this day : 0 I give this anime 10/10.
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