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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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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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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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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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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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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Persona 4 Golden seems a bit intimidating to watch at first. Based off of a highly popular game for Playstation Vita, there may be high expectations when it comes to adaptation. And why shouldn’t there be? The franchise is already popular and the concept of Persona itself should be enough to hit a few chords. The only catch is that Persona 4 Golden isn’t necessarily a sequel or spinoff. Instead, it’s a remake of the original series with the addition of a new character. Rebounding back with the story of the original series, Persona 4 Golden is far from a golden egg.
Even when coming into the show as an anime only viewer, it’s easy to say that the foundation of the show is built on knowledge of the Persona world. In other words, the producers assumes you’ve at least know some aspects of the…
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What began as a triumphant success, both critically and commercially, in the gaming culture, even outside the JRPG community, has now devolved into whoring itself out. That is not a negative connotation, as the spin-off games and the Vita port are excellent in their own right. However, the event that started the whole milking process began with announcing an entire adaptation of Persona 4 in anime form back in 2011. It would be of no surprise to anyone that it was a thing that, in the end, would be looked at as a project that could not be called anything but unnecessary.
Speaking as someone whose favorite game is Persona 4 and will cherish it till the day I die, I’ve also adored its Vita port, Persona 4 Golden. Its different mechanics and new fantastic scenes also brought a new character,…
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First of all, I got to say as a Persona fans, I'm quite disappointed with this series. For you guys out there who haven't watch or play the game (at least Persona 4), don't watch this series yet. This series only emphasize on Marie, the new character from the golden version.
Story 3/10
The series is a bit messed up with characters after characters appear out of nowhere at the beginning of the episode without explaining how they got to meet the protagonist in the first place. The original story is pretty much non-existent here. I do understand they want to emphasize on Marie but at least they need to explain how the other characters get to know each other since this series is more of a remake / alternative version. Each episode from the first half of the series feels like a brand new stor…
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Watch Episodes 6 & 7, Persona fans! As for the rest, well, my (first) review.
The Golden Animation, simply put, is all the scenes from the updated rerelease from the game, animated and stretched out a bit.
As opposed to the strange combination of social life, school days, and vigilante-Shadow-fighting-crime-solving that was Persona 4, Golden, when taken at face value, comes off as a typical Slice-of-Life with a mystery sub-plot that isn't even explained well. Which is admittedly understandable, though it doesn't improve the series.
Our returning characters have their previously established relationships hinted at, as with their slightly more complex personalities, but they're mostly shoved to the side to make room for the amateur poet amnesiac with enough tsundere to give Ms Rin Tohsaka…
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Golden is about the story of Marie and her journey to find her memories, a great slice of life anime with a little bit of that persona video game action. Not an all-rounder but it'll make you feel good inside especially the last episode.
I wouldn't say you should avoid watching this if you have not played the game or watched Persona 4: The Animation, It's a different story on its own but it does have some spoilers but its not blatantly obvious.
What really got me was that the animation is top-notch; it was like it was from those cut scenes from the game itself. The story does get stale after so many iterations coupled with such rushed pacing but somehow it always compels me to watch it again and again. Recommended if you want something beautiful to admire or just to have something new to…
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Marie ruins everything.
There were some enjoyable moments in the anime for hardcore Persona fans. And maybe for some casual fans as well as the fans in-between. However, none of these enjoyable moments involved Marie and moments that did not involve Marie were very rare when watching. I expected Marie to be a heavy focal point walking into this as she was one of the more significant additions to the Golden game but I did not expect to walk away from it with a new hatred for the character.
Golden is also littered with moments of shoddy animation throughout. It was kind of like the double Chie situation from the original animation. In addition to these instances of questionable quality featuring twice the Chie, there are a thousand Maries this time around.
The first animation was by no m…
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