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Persona 4: The Animation (TV)

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Alternative title:
ペルソナ4 (Japanese)
女神異聞錄4 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: mystery
Themes: Split Persona
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Yu Narukami has moved from Tokyo to Inaba to stay with his uncle and cousin, while his parents are away on business. However, after a murder shakes up the sleepy town, things get even more crazy when he discovers the mysterious "Midnight Channel," and that he has the even more mysterious ability to enter TVs. Accompanied by his disbelieving friends, Yu discovers another world inside the TVs, that seems to be connected with the murder. They also discover the ability to summon 'Persona', their 'other selves', whose power they can use to fight the shadows that inhabit the TV world. The murders, the Midnight Channel, the world inside the TV, and Persona. Yu and his friends fight to figure out how they're connected, and to solve the case before it's too late.
Ratings: 779 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 74 votes (sub:54, dub:17, raw:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 152 votes (sub:119, dub:29, others:4
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 206 votes (sub:149, dub:48, raw:4, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 176 votes (sub:132, dub:33, others:11
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 both dub and sub edited dub
1 Italian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 78 votes (sub:71, dub:6, others:1
1 Korean subtitled
)
 So-so: 33 votes (sub:25, dub:6, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Not really good: 26 votes (sub:23, dub:2, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Weak: 23 votes (sub:20, dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1516 s, rank: #814 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.460 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7769, rank: #2048 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.372 (Good+), rank: #2169 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.53 / seen some: 7.49 / won't finish: 3.65)
Bayesian estimate: 7.374 (Good+), rank: #1865 (of 7635)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2011-10-06 to 2012-03-29
Opening Theme:
#1: "Pursuing My True Self" by Shihoko Hirata (Ep 1)
#2: "sky's the limit" by Shihoko Hirata (Eps 2-8, 10-12)
#3: "True Story" by Rie Kugimiya [as Rise Kujikawa] (Ep 9)
#4: "key plus words" by Shihoko Hirata ft. Yumi Kawamura (eps 13-)
#5: "Burn My Dread" by Yumi Kawamura (Ep 15)
Ending Theme:
#1: "sky's the limit" by Shihoko Hirata (ep 1)
#2: "Beauty of Destiny" by Shihoko Hirata feat. Lotus Juice
#3: "Koi Suru Meitantei" (恋する名探偵; "A Great Detective in Love") by Yui Horie (ep 13)
#4: "The Way of Memories - Kizuna no Chikara" (The Way of Memories -キズナノチカラ-; "The Power of Bonds") by Shihoko Hirata (eps 14-17,19-21,23)
#5: "Honto no Kimochi" (ほんとのきもち; "True Feelings") by Shihoko Hirata (ep 18)
#6: "Never More" by Shouko Hirata (ep 25)
Insert song:
"Koi Suru Meitantei" (恋する名探偵; "A Great Detective in Love") by Yui Horie (ep 13)
Trivia: We have 6
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Artbook
    Persona 4 - Official Design Works (Artbook) 2012-09-11 (from $95.04)
Blu-ray (Region A)
    Persona 4: The Animation - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2017-10-10
    Persona 4: The Animation - Collection 1 (Dub.Blu-ray) 2012-09-18 (from $287.97)
    Persona 4: The Animation - Collection 2 (Dub.Blu-ray) 2013-01-15 (from $195.00)
Blu-ray (Region B)
    Persona 4: The Animation (Blu-ray 1+DVD) 2012-12-24
    Persona 4: The Animation (Blu-ray 2+DVD) 2013-03-18 (from $149.00)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Persona 4: The Animation - [Collector's Edition] (BD+DVD) 2015-09-29 (from $799.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Persona 4: The Animation - Collection 1 (DVD) 2012-09-18 (from $99.95)
    Persona 4: The Animation - Collection 2 (DVD) 2013-01-15 (from $139.99)
    Persona 4: The Animation - Complete Collection (DVD) 2014-05-06 (from $1999.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Seiji Kishi
Series Composition: Yūko Kakihara
Script:
Jun Kumagai (9 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 11, 13-14, 19, 21-22
)

Mitsutaka Hirota (7 episodes
eps 3, 9-10, 16-17, 20, 23
)

Yūko Kakihara (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 18, 24-25
)

Storyboard:
Tomohisa Taguchi (OP; 4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 21, 25
)

Yōichi Ueda (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 9, 12, 17, 22
)

Yoshimichi Hirai (ep 4)
Episode Director:
Tomohisa Taguchi (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 17, 25
)

Yukio Nishimoto (ep 12)
Unit Director:
Tomohisa Taguchi (OP)
Music: Shoji Meguro
Original Character Design: Shigenori Soejima
Character Design: Kazuaki Morita
Art Director:
Shinji Nagaoka
Chief Animation Director: Kiyotaka Nakahara
Animation Director:
Kōichi Usami (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 18, 25
)

Yuichiro Miyake (ep 7)
Sound Director: Satoki Iida
Cgi Director: Tetsuya Watanabe
2nd Key Animation:
Kaoru Nagakawa (AIC; 8 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 9, 14, 17-18, 23
)

Mariko Inagaki (6 episodes
eps 4-5, 9, 14, 18, 23
)

Shunji Maki (AIC; 6 episodes
eps 4-5, 12, 17, 23, 25
)

Yūya Geshi (ep 4)
Assistant Animation Director:
Takehiko Matsumoto (4 episodes
eps 7, 10-11, 23
)

Yoshito Narimatsu (5 episodes
eps 4, 6-7, 11, 23
)

Yumiko Ishii (ep 3)
Background Art:
Yuki Funagakure (Inspired)
Color design: Saori Goda
Color Key:
Yukiharu Obata
Commentary:
Ami Koshimizu (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 20, 23
)

Kazuki Adachi (18 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 11-14, 16-21, 24-26
)

Rie Kugimiya (4 episodes
eps 9, 16, 19, 23
)

Seiji Kishi (21 episodes
eps 1-7, 9-20, 25-26
)

Showtaro Morikubo (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 24
)

Yui Horie (4 episodes
eps 3, 8, 15, 23
)

Yūko Kakihara (ep 25)
Composite:
Yuzuru Funakoshi (AIC)
Composite Director:
Yasuko Takai
Conceptual Design: Kazuma Kaneko (Persona)
Creature Design: Kyōma Aki
Editing: Takashi Sakurai
Finish Animation:
Yūsuke Okuzawa (Lerche)
Finish Check:
Yumiko Kokubun
In-Between Animation:
Hikaru Miyazaki (AIC; 8 episodes
eps 1-5, 8, 20, 23
)

Yūsuke Sōma
In-Between Check:
Yutaka Sugiura
Key Animation:
Atsushi Kasano (4 episodes
eps 5, 14, 20, 22
)

Ayako Karatani (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 12, 14, 22
)

Kaoru Nagakawa (4 episodes
eps 5, 14, 20, 25
)

Keisuke Watabe (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 12, 22, 25
)

Maki Murakami (5 episodes
eps 4, 12-13, 23, 25
)

Ryō Tanaka (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 12, 17, 25
)

Takahiro Mizuno (4 episodes
eps 10, 16, 18, 24
)

Tatsuki Kanazaki (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 12, 14, 18, 23, 25
)

Yūichirō Yamada (4 episodes
eps 8, 15, 18, 21
)

Yuya Kawamura (ep 6)
Production Advancement:
Tomoki Katō (Studio Pastoral; eps 21, 23)
Prop Design: Shinobu Tsuneki
Sound Effects: Ijo Okuda
Special Effects: Yuichi Furuichi
Theme Song Performance:
Yumi Kawamura (OP 4,5)
Ami Koshimizu as Yukiko Amagi
Daisuke Namikawa as Yū Narukami
Showtaro Morikubo as Yōsuke Hanamura
Yui Horie as Chie Satonaka

Akemi Kanda as Nanako Dōjima
Chizu Yonemoto as Izanami-no-Okami (ep 26)
Kouji Haramaki as Taro Namatame
Mitsuaki Madono as Tōru Adachi
Rie Kugimiya as Rise Kujikawa
Romi Park as Naoto Shirogane
Ryūsei Nakao as Ameno-sagiri (ep 25)
Tomokazu Seki as Kanji Tatsumi
Unshō Ishizuka as Ryōtarō Dōjima

Ai Maeda as Chihiro Fushimi
Aoi Yūki as Aika Nakamura
Atsushi Ono as Principal (ep 2)
Bin Shimada as Tanaka (ep 14)
Chafūrin as Witch Dog (Magnifying Glass; ep 13)
Daisuke Ono as Kou Ichijou
Hidemi Anzai as Yuuta Minami
Hina Nakase as Saki Konishi
Hiroomi Sugino as Gekkoukan High School Principal (ep 15)
Hisao Egawa as Daidara Shopkeeper (ep 13)
Hitomi Nabatame as Noriko Kashiwagi
Ikuko Tani as Hisano Kuroda (eps 13-14)
Isamu Tanonaka as Igor (special performance)
Kanae Itō as Ai Ebihara
Makiko Nabei as Shiroku Store Landlady (eps 13-14)
Michio Nakao as Mr. Edogawa (ep 15)
Miki Itō as Eri Minami (eps 13-14)
Mitsuhiro Ichiki as Shū Nakajima (eps 13-14)
Natsuko Kuwatani as Sayoko Uehara (eps 13-14)
Osamu Ryūtani as Kinshirou Morooka
Ryō Agawa as Hanako Ohtani
Ryōko Aikawa as Kanji's mother (eps 6-7, 16)
Sayaka Ōhara as Margaret
Tomoka Endō as Ayane Matsunaga (ep 19)
Tomokazu Sugita as Daisuke Nagase
Tsubasa Yonaga as Naoki Konishi
Tsuyoshi Takahashi as Mitsuo Kubo
Yasuaki Takumi as Minoru Inoue
Yui Horie as Loveleen (ep 13)
Yūko Kaida as Mayumi Yamano
Yumiko Kobayashi as Kaneko

Akari Higuchi (eps 4, 20)
Arisa Nishiguchi (eps 2-3, 21)
Ayumu Murase (ep 5)
Hidemi Anzai (ep 7)
Hiroki Gotō (ep 1)
Kenichi Mine (ep 9)
Kōta Ōshita (ep 19)
Kumiko Nakane (5 episodes
eps 9, 11-12, 16, 22
)
Mai Goto (ep 18)
Misaki Suzuki (eps 19-20)
Natsumi Takamori (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8-9, 23
)
Rei Mochizuki (eps 4, 17)
Shinya Takahashi (17 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 9-12, 15-17, 19-20, 22-23
)
Soko Kawamoto (ep 18)
Takahiro Mizushima (eps 1, 19, 22)
Yoshiko Ikuta (ep 22)
Yui Hatano (ep 19)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
ZEXCS
Animation Production: AIC A.S.T.A.
Art Design: Team Till Dawn
Backgrounds:
Team Till Dawn (13 episodes
eps 1, 9, 15-17, 19-26
)

Totonyan
Broadcaster:
Tokyo Broadcasting System (2011-10-07)
Composite:
Studio BACU
Finish Animation:
Wish
In-Between Animation:
Xebec (ep 5)
Key Animation:
union CHO (ep 9)
Original Creator: Atlus
Production Assistance:
Trans Arts Co. (ep 6)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Kristi Reed
Translation: Jackie McClure
ADR Script: Kristi Reed
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Producer:
Kaeko Sakamoto

Additional Casting: Mami Okada
Assistant producer: Mio Moroe
BD Authoring:
Joel McCray (2015 release)
Co-Producer: Mami Okada
Dialogue Editing: Ricardo Watson
DVD Authoring:
Neal Barnes
Encoding: Michael Olesch
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production:
Son Phan Le (2015 release)
Production Assistant:
Shannon Reed (2015 release)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (2015, 2017 releases)
Production manager:
Son Phan Le (2017 release)
Re-Recording Mixing: Michael Brooks
Recording engineer: Ricardo Watson
Sound Supervision:
Patrick Rodman (CAS)
Spotting:
Joseph Medina
Subtitle Script & Timing: Dwayne Jones
Supervising ADR Producer: Keith Arem
Talent Production Coordinator: Valerie Arem
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
Amanda Winn Lee as Yukiko Amagi
Erin Fitzgerald as Chie Satonaka
Johnny Yong Bosch as Yu Narukami
Yuri Lowenthal as Yosuke Hanamura

JB Blanc as
Ryotaro Dojima
Taro Namatame 
John White as Ryotaro Dojima
Johnny Yong Bosch as Tohru Adachi
Karen Strassman as Nanako Dojima
Laura Bailey as Rise Kujikawa
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Naoto Shirogane
Matthew Mercer as
Kanji Tatsumi (eps 13-26)
Taro Namatame
Michelle Ann Dunphy as Margaret
Sam Regal as Teddie
Troy Baker as Kanji Tatsumi

Cassandra Lee as Aika Nakamura
Christopher Smith as Master Daidara (ep 13)
Dan Woren as Igor
David Vincent as
Daisuke Nagase
Minoru Inoue
Derek Stephen Prince as
Gas Station Attendant (eps 1, 26)
Naoki Konishi
Jessica Straus as
Hanako Ohtani
Saki Konishi
Julie Ann Taylor as Ai Ebihara
Karen Strassman as Izanami (ep 26)
Kirk Thornton as Kinshiro Morooka
Kyle Hebert as Mitsuo Kubo
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as
Hisano Kuroda
Noriko Kashiwagi
Valerie Arem as Eri Minami
Vic Mignogna as Kou Ichijo
Wendee Lee as Sayoko Uehara

English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Casting: PCB Productions
Distributor:
Section23 Films (US & Canada)
Internet Streaming:
Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks (Expired)
Post Production: Seraphim Digital
Production: Sentai Filmworks (2015 release)
Talent Coordination: PCB Productions
French staff
French cast
Spotting: Michael Seguin (KZPLAY)
(none)
French companies
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: Kazé
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
German cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Tagalog cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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