Persona 4 The Golden Animation

Persona 4 The Golden Animation (ペルソナ４ ザ・ゴールデン) is an animated adaption of Persona 4 Golden, the 2012 re-release of Persona 4 for the PlayStation Vita. The show will be produced by A-1 Pictures, one of the studios that created the animated cutscenes of the original game.

Original Run

 * MBS/TBS: July 10, 2014 - ???

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Announced on May 2, 2014 during a special Niconico broadcast called "Dark Hour TV ~Persona Hour~", Persona 4 The Golden Animation will tell the story depicted in Persona 4 Golden and include the events surrounding the events of the new character introduced in the Vita port, Marie. The adaption will be directed by Tomohisa Taguchi who also directed the second Persona 3 movie and supervised by the director of the first anime, Seiji Kishi. Katsura Hashino is credited for the story concept while Shigenori Soejima is responsible for the character design. Tetsuya Kobayashi will provide music in addition to series veteran Shoji Meguro.

Episode 1 - The Golden Days

 * At the end of this episode, Marie mentions to Yu that "Long Nose" never talked, this may be a reference to Igor's original Japanese voice actor, Isamu Tanonaka's death in 2010.
 * See: List of Persona 4 The Golden Animation Episodes

Music

 * Opening theme
 * "Next Chance to Move On" by Shihoko Hirata
 * "Next Chance to Move On" by Shihoko Hirata


 * Ending theme
 * "Dazzling Smile" by Shihoko Hirata
 * "Dazzling Smile" by Shihoko Hirata

Trivia

 * All the major characters and social link characters appear in the opening introduction (except Margaret),  although some of the minor characters also appear such as Mitsuo Kubo, Saki Konishi, Yuuta Minami, and Aika Nakamura.
 * The series appears to based off a "New Game+" scenario, as during the battle with the numerous shadows in episode one, Izanagi was able to use techniques like Mazionga and Megidoloan, despite being summoned for the first time.
 * There are notable differences between the remake game and original anime, including but not limited to:
 * Social Links aren't accquire in the game.
 * The main events are skipped only focusing on the golden exclusive scenes from the remake game.
 * The characters design is similar to the orignal anime and Persona 4 Golden's anime cutscene, however some of the characters have different color hair or eyes.
 * The battle against the Shadows are rarely shown.