Persona 4: The Animation

So I'm stuck here for a whole year?
—Yu Narukami

Announced on April 11, 2011 (incidentally, the beginning date of the story) for the Fall 2011 anime season, Persona 4 the Animation follows Ordinary High School Student Yu Narukami, who has moved from the big city to the tiny rural town of Inaba to live with his uncle and cousin for one year. Shortly after he arrives, a string of unusual murders begins, with the victims hung from high places. Together with his new friends, he must unravel the mystery of the murders and the Urban Legend of the "Midnight Channel."

Both of the game's character designers (Kazuma Kaneko and Shigenori Soejima, Shadow/Persona designer and human designer, respectively), the game's soundtrack composer (Shoji Meguro), and the majority of the main Japanese voice cast (Daisuke Namikawa, Showtaro Morikubo, Yui Horie, Ami Koshimizu, Tomokazu Seki, Rie Kugimiya, Kappei Yamaguchi, Romi Paku, Unsho Ishizuka, Akemi Kanda, Mitsuaki Madono) are on board. The first volume of the English dub, which also features virtually all of the original voice actors (Teddie gets his P4 Arena/Golden VA instead of his original one), is due for a Sept. 18 release.

Please note Persona 4: The Animation is an animated adaptation of the Eastern RPG Persona 4 and follows roughly the same plot as the game, so beware of spoilers for the game on this page, and vice versa.