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Jul 11, 2014 6:38 AM

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No, I just downloaded a new episode every week.
I guess art will always be a matter of opinion. To me, the cutscenes in the game also looked a lot better than this. It just felt sloppy at points. (though the battle scene was quite nice!)
Jul 11, 2014 7:52 AM

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I like the new feel of this version xD

Oh and i love the new character. She's cool :D

Jul 11, 2014 8:04 AM

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Marie is such a tsundere. I'm only here just for her.
Jul 11, 2014 9:02 AM

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Interested in seeing Marie's story, didn't finish her Slink in the game so hopefully this'll give me some info dumps before giving the game a replay :D Love hearing the games soundtrack, real nostalgic! Pretty cool how Yu's responses seem to resemble the choices you get in game too, looks like the anime is going for the more outgoing version of him. Hated his character in game, he was always so boring, all the other characters got plenty of character development in game, but yu just stays boring. Really need to play the other Personas!

Art to me seemed ugly at times too, haven't seen the original anime so don't know how that was.
RydakoJul 11, 2014 9:08 AM
Jul 11, 2014 9:50 AM
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Why is MC so boss is this one? Unbelievable, can you imagine the step, it's genius!
Jul 11, 2014 10:35 AM

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Idk why but it didn't touch me at all...weird cause I liked the P4TA IDK time will tell. Not pleased but not disappointment either.
KUMA!!!!! <3
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Jul 11, 2014 10:52 AM

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have to admit that i don't like this as much as the other or the game itself. far too fast paced, although with only 12 episodes i can forgive a bit. definitely ng+ version though, but was pretty funny with the options that they chose to go with XD

was good seeing Izanagi kicking the ass of thousands of shadows when he appeared rather than just three though. but still might be pretty good
Jul 11, 2014 10:55 AM

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It's definitely an anime version of replay in Golden. Too fast pacing for me.
Jul 11, 2014 11:06 AM

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KomariMax said:
Why is MC so boss is this one? Unbelievable, can you imagine the step, it's genius!

NG+ with maxed social stats and levels. Obviously he'd be swaggalicious in this one. Plus Izanagi just throwing out the Maziodynes and Megidolaons like it's nothing.
Jul 11, 2014 11:19 AM
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Wasabi said:
KomariMax said:
Why is MC so boss is this one? Unbelievable, can you imagine the step, it's genius!

NG+ with maxed social stats and levels. Obviously he'd be swaggalicious in this one. Plus Izanagi just throwing out the Maziodynes and Megidolaons like it's nothing.

Couldn't have said it any better *hifives*
Jul 11, 2014 11:31 AM

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I watched the other tv anime and thought it was fine, this though... omfg the pacing is terrible and maybe I misremember what the previous one looked like but this is so ugly D:

Dropped, absolutely. I don't even understand why they couldn't make an ova of they wanted to add some Golden scenes.
Jul 11, 2014 11:43 AM

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lots of nostalgia from the OST
super rushed but don't really mind it skipping to the meaty parts of the game

Jul 11, 2014 12:55 PM
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For people who really think P4A looks better than P4GA.

I beg to differ.
Here are some comparison of scenes from P4GA and P4A (BD):
http://imgur.com/a/MrCKN#14

I'm gonna update it with every new episode.
YamidaJul 11, 2014 12:58 PM
Jul 11, 2014 12:58 PM

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It's great to see the characters again and the animation is lovely, but dear god that pacing is ridiculous.
Jul 11, 2014 1:14 PM

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art improvement is night and day it still isn't on the level of the p3 movies but it actually looks like the persona style unlike P4A
Jul 11, 2014 1:23 PM

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That was one heck of a fight. Also I can see obvious improvement in art and animation. Yuu seems a tad bit different though.
Jul 11, 2014 1:24 PM

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Yamida said:
For people who really think P4A looks better than P4GA.

I beg to differ.
Here are some comparison of scenes from P4GA and P4A (BD):
http://imgur.com/a/MrCKN#14

I'm gonna update it with every new episode.

Startling contrast right there. The animation is just so much more better than P4A. And that Yu swagger with his unbuttoned shirt and all.
Jul 11, 2014 1:28 PM

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Good to see King Moron getting put in his place. XD

Wasn't expecting a New Game+ type of pacing with Yu having maxxed out social levels and having Izanagi pretty much powered up to the max, but overall, I'm impressed.

The art and animation has improved compared to to P4A which is a plus too.

With the pacing as it is, some important scenes might be cut out for new scenes exclusive to Golden, so as long it doesn't subtract from the experieince, then I'm ok with it.
Jul 11, 2014 4:01 PM

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Marie with Kawai's voice! Didn't realize until it became dead obvious at the start of the velvet room.
Nice to see the old gang back together once again! It felt a bit too fast for Chie and Yosuke just following Yu already. Though they were interested in going in the TV!
Nanako ^w^
The shadow fight. All those experiences, SP, and those skill cards :O Makes me envious.
A Golden focus! With lots of Marie, lots of chances for her poems to come xD
Jul 11, 2014 4:43 PM

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05:31 dat date change screen

09:16 LOOOL

13:01 runnn

14:10 perusona!!

22:56 tsuntsun da ne

23:28 nose lol

6.5/10 for this episode.
Bad action direction. At least it's better than the terrible P4A.
Isayama Hajime should be awarded The Manga with The Highest Inconsistencies of Characters' Appearances.
He keeps performing multiple plastic surgeries on those Shingeki No Kyojin characters in a SINGLE chapter.
Yes, I've read up to the latest chapter of Shingeki No Kyojin manga.
Forced myself to read through the kidsketching chapters after the anime's ended. At least from now on, I only have to go through the hell once a month.
Patiently awaiting SNK TV/movie/OVA anime-sequel.
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Jul 11, 2014 5:21 PM

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Well I don't know what's going on as I never watched the original series nor have I played the video game, but this series doesn't need to make sense! The fact that KanaHana is voice acting in this show is more than reason enough to watch it. I declare Marie to be the best anime character of the season.
Go ***k yourself.

Polite as usual,
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Jul 11, 2014 11:17 PM
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i think marie might be re-appear in P5...anyone else notice the "V' sign on her hat..that mean 5 in greek numeral letter..
Jul 11, 2014 11:18 PM

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Why the fuck would marie show up in persona 5
Jul 11, 2014 11:20 PM

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it was okay for me. just too many skip, like character introduction. well at least tsundere marie xD
Jul 12, 2014 2:36 AM

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I like the direction they took with this. It would've been boring to watch P4A with just some extra scenes. This NG+ approach with some modified scenes seems quite interesting.

And I love how badass Yu is. "Ittekuru."
Jul 12, 2014 3:56 AM

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So, this is basically NG+ with Marie? Hey, that makes this adaption not a complete ripoff and actually somewhat worth it!
Maybe MAL should actually recognize this as a sequel instead of an alternative version? Then again, an NG+ can be both at the same time...
Steel Ball Run anime when?
Jul 12, 2014 5:53 AM
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For those who have played P4 the Golden how is it following thw game? I only have experience with the original PS2 game and of course the original P4 the Animation. With that aside I'm gld they updated the visual because that was my main complaint with P4A.


Well if you're talking about just the golden exclusive scenes, then so far they haven't missed anything, as apart from Marie's introduction there's nothing else new at the beginning.

If I remember correctly the next new golden scene is after Yukiko's shadow, which is to do with a thunderstorm and then after that its learning to drive scooters followed by Operation Babe Hunt: Persona 4 version, which was shown in the preview. So if this anime concentrates on golden scenes only, then the current pacing isn't bad.
Jul 12, 2014 7:36 AM

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I don't care if it is a remake, I'm giving it 5/5 just because I get to see Yu again.


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Jul 12, 2014 8:56 AM

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Marie is so cute ^_^ Such a tsundere ^_^ I'm happy to see this show being aired, even if it's a remake.
Jul 12, 2014 12:12 PM

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I dunno; as someone who hasn't played the golden, I can't say I'm all that fond of Marie. (or tsundere characters in general)



Also, the quality of the ANIMATION really went up, but the art is still as bad as ever. (just look at Yu's eyes, they're way too small for his head!!)
That scene with Izanagi was pretty ridiculous -.-''
sure, they want to show that he's REAL powerful, but couldn't they have just made him fight a stronger shadow instead of summoning that sea of ridiculousness?!

Honestly, so far this show felt more like "Persona 4 The Parody" instead of "The Golden".
I guess I prefer drama and hopelessness. (I want to see NG+ souji with PTSD!)

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ZelotJul 12, 2014 12:23 PM
Jul 12, 2014 12:16 PM

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Mangafee said:
I dunno; as someone who hasn't played the golden, I can't say I'm all that fond of Marie. (or tsundere characters in general)



Also, the quality of the ANIMATION really went up, but the art is still as bad as ever. (just look at Yu's eyes, they're way too small for his head!!)
That scene with Izanagi was pretty ridiculous -.-''
sure, they want to show that he's REAL powerful, but couldn't they have just made him fight a stronger shadow instead of summoning that sea of ridiculousness?!

Honestly, so far this show felt more like "Persona 4 The Parody" instead of "The Golden".
I guess I prefer drama and hopelessness. (I want to see NG+ souji with PTSD!)


First off persona's art is perfect.

Second, don't fucking spoil who the killer is in the episode one discussion thread.

Third, get your grimdark nonsense out of here and go watch tokyo ghoul.

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ZelotJul 12, 2014 12:24 PM
Jul 12, 2014 2:03 PM

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This OPness... This awesome Yu.

Yup I like this. Since I have played the game (golden), I'll definitely enjoy this. The pacing might be fast but it is the right decision to fast pace it. Had it been slow, it would had been fast boring due to having watched some of those scene more than once before. After all, this is target for those who have played the game or have watched the anime.

The only problem I'll have is Marie. Didn't like her that much...
Jul 12, 2014 3:17 PM

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the BGM of the Velvet room makes me want to play Persona 4 again~
Jul 12, 2014 5:49 PM

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What's the point of this anime?
Pissing me off, that's it.
Please understand.
Jul 12, 2014 10:01 PM

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LiLSatan said:
the BGM of the Velvet room makes me want to play Persona 4 again~


Fuse dem personas man.

I'm actually lazy as fuck and still not done with the game. Well, technically I beat the game on a "Bad ending"
but I guess you can't really call that beating the game in most people's minds. I'm going for the "real ending" (not the bs "True Ending" you have to max all the social links for, aint nobody got time for dat) now, very close to the final boss battle, but have been lazy about grinding through the dungeon and actually getting to said boss.
Jul 12, 2014 10:09 PM
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What's the point of this anime?
Pissing me off, that's it.


Yeeeah, I agree with this, to put it lightly.

I feel insulted, actually. Why didn't they make a couple of OVAs, or a movie, with just the new parts from golden in it? So they felt they needed to retell the whole story with the new parts from golden for it to make sense, and they do that by...skipping the whole thing? Accepting this pile of thrash they called "writing" is an affront to the original work.

Heck, they CUT OUT THE FIRST MURDER. Remember? The one that KICKSTARTS THE ENTIRE PLOT?

I'm sorry, Marie fans, but this hasn't done a lot to convince me when you say she ISN'T an entirely unnecessary element to the plot. Mostly because all she has done so far is take space from it. If having Marie in means the names "Yosuke Hanamura", "Chie Satonaka", "Yukiko Amagi", "Mayumi Yamano" and "Saki Konishi" not even being uttered in the FIRST episode, get her out. OUT.
ValenhilJul 12, 2014 10:20 PM
Jul 13, 2014 7:37 AM

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Just watching this because of Marie's voice, Hanazawa Kana's that is :D
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Jul 13, 2014 10:14 AM

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Ive never seen the original series or read the manga, but the pacing for this seemed super fast.

It was an okay episode though.
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Jul 13, 2014 11:40 PM

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holy shit that pacing, sanic fast

and, i guess NG+ confirmed. lvl 99 Izanagi at the start.

meh episode though, the fight made up for the pacing i guess, oh and dat eye catch with the P3 crossover whew

the animation and art quality is amazing too.

not sure about this adaptation though

>maxed Marie slink in the first episode
loldropped


max marie's Social link? did you really played the game? yu bring marie on the hills on their first social link like in the anime, though they skipped the steak scene here
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Jul 14, 2014 1:46 AM
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Mangafee said:
I dunno; as someone who hasn't played the golden, I can't say I'm all that fond of Marie. (or tsundere characters in general)



Also, the quality of the ANIMATION really went up, but the art is still as bad as ever. (just look at Yu's eyes, they're way too small for his head!!)
That scene with Izanagi was pretty ridiculous -.-''
sure, they want to show that he's REAL powerful, but couldn't they have just made him fight a stronger shadow instead of summoning that sea of ridiculousness?!

Honestly, so far this show felt more like "Persona 4 The Parody" instead of "The Golden".
I guess I prefer drama and hopelessness. (I want to see NG+ souji with PTSD!)

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I disagree, that scene to me is the best scene of the episode. It was so awesome!
Jul 14, 2014 5:13 AM

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I haven't played the game but it seems I'm going to like this one. Also, the OST is sick, absolutely golden.

HanaKana stop being everyfuckingwhere.
Jul 14, 2014 2:39 PM

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This is clearly made for people who are already familiar with Persona, they aren't going to adapt everything, just the most memorable parts.

And i beat that will be people complaining about that when it's the whole point.
Jul 14, 2014 2:47 PM

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I only watched about 8 or 9 episodes of original and then stopped watching it because it so boring and repetitive

And now watched this golden edition. I'm loving this new girl marie. She is far better than of the characters I've seen. Might watch this just because of her
Jul 14, 2014 2:49 PM
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this is focusing on Marie specifically. if you want it to focus on the story and other characters then play the game or watch p4 the animation.


That's a fallacy.

If all they wanted to do was show Golden's new content, they would've done just that, in a movie or a couple OVAs. Instead, they chose to run with this NG+ thing and just skip all the text. Like we do on NG+.

And, no matter how you put it, that makes no sense. Every single scene that didn't involve Marie in this episode was a shoddily-written waste of time.

So why put them in?
Jul 15, 2014 8:08 AM

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I very much liked what they did with the animation...pacing was quite off but seeing as how this will focus mainly on marie and golden's content i cant quite complain.
That OP NG+ level 99 Izanagi tough, and Yu is just standing there like...'chill the f*ck out i got this'. xD
Jul 15, 2014 11:30 AM

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Really happy the pacing is as fast as it is right now. As much as I love P4G, it's incredibly slow at the beginning (especially compared to P3P), and having to go through 15 hours of HEY GUYS, THE TEEEEEEVEEEEEEEEE is the only reason I haven't started an NG+ yet. Do hope the pacing slows down a bit afterwards, since way-too-fast pacing was P4A's biggest problem imo, but considering this is only gonna be 12 episodes I somewhat doubt it.
Jul 15, 2014 9:18 PM
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Didn't they already made an anime out of this? Why do it again? Do they have some big idea that's gonna make it drastically different? The Persona series is terrible for adapting into an anime due to its biggest feature, the Social Link system. This system is too open-ended to be adapted; they should just had just made the anime focused on Yukiko since she displays the most "main heroine" characters. Even then, things won't work cuz you would then have nerds everywhere crying about their waifus.

Apparently, this is gonna focus on Marie, which is good. Screw the nerds and their dissatisfaction cuz their waifus didn't get picked. However, I still don't have enough hope to actually watch this.
Jul 15, 2014 9:53 PM

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Oh my god...what is this?

It's like...the super-abriged but flashy version of Persona4.... xD xD xD

Like....this is the pace I'd get through the game only if I was playing NG+++++ file.. still LOL.

EDIT: OH GAWD LOL..."The Perfect Plan" is next XD XD I just reached that point in my P4G file...

I guess I should procrastinate watching this anime like I originally planned since It's moving so fast relative to my P4G progress (that I started not too long ago) and don't want these "extra P4G-exclusive situations" spoiled yet.
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Jul 15, 2014 10:00 PM

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dior said:
holy shit that pacing, sanic fast

and, i guess NG+ confirmed. lvl 99 Izanagi at the start.

meh episode though, the fight made up for the pacing i guess, oh and dat eye catch with the P3 crossover whew

the animation and art quality is amazing too.

not sure about this adaptation though

>maxed Marie slink in the first episode
loldropped


max marie's Social link? did you really played the game? yu bring marie on the hills on their first social link like in the anime, though they skipped the steak scene here


It's been a while since I played P4G but yeah Narukami does bring Marie to that hill I think three times throughout the SLink. The steak comes later (not much later though).

I dunno, the story seems to be more than a simple NG+, but more like a complete re-telling new adaptation for those that have already seen P4 Animation or played either P4/P4G. That's fine with me, I figured they wouldn't be able to get away with telling the same story again going into this.
Jul 16, 2014 5:47 AM

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Whoa, how many exp points did he get from fighting that many shadows?
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