Shin Megami Tensei: PERSONA 4 Images

Spin-off: Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Shin Megami Tensei, trans. Goddess Reincarnated, franchise is one of the biggest and most popular Japanese role-playing video games by Atlus.
It first came to be as a game developed for the Famicom back in 1987.
Not much is known but the game is actually based on a series of novels written by Aya Nishitani who entitled her works as “Digital Devil Story”.
Through the years, several spin off series has been made, most of which has several recurring themes of demon-summoning, Japanese folklore and the occult.
Seiji Kishi, the same man behind Hamatora, Magikano and Ragnarok the Animation, will be directing the anime adaptation of Atlus’ PS2 video game entitled as “Persona 4: The Animation”.
The anime falls under themes of fantasy, supernatural, mystery and even a dash of comedy and drama in-between.
Together with AIC ASTA Studios, Persona 4: The Animation was scheduled to premiere last October 2011 on MBS, TBS, CBC and Animax. Persona 4: The Animation got licensed by Sentai Filmworks, Kaze and Manga Entertainment for a North American and UK release.
Persona 4: The Animation ended with 25 exhilaratingly enjoyable episodes last March 2012 with an additional OVA (original video animation).

PLOT:

Persona 4 takes place in a fictional world in a town called Inaba. Yu Narukami moves into town to live with his uncle and cousin while his parents are away working abroad.
Recently, a number of mysterious murders have been occurring all around town whenever there’s a fog during a heavy rain.
Meanwhile, rumors of the mysterious “Midnight Channel” which appear on televisions only during rainy days spur the teenager’s curiousity.
Yu and his newfound friends, Yosuke Hanamura and Chie Satonaka, decide to investigate the so-called rumors and watched the Midnight Channel when it was on that night.
Much to their surprise, they discovered a strange world hidden inside the television which happens to be inhabited by strange monsters later known as the “Shadows”.
As they begin to explore this brand new world, they bump into a mysterious bear-like creature calling himself as “Teddie” which later became their friend and guide in this new world.
Yu and his friends later awaken a mysterious power called “Persona”, an enigmatic ability to summon their so-called “other-selves” which helps them fend off the Shadow-like creatures.
Yu and his friends decided to figure out how this mysterious new world and the mysterious murders happening in the real world are connected and stop it before it’s too late.




UPDATE:

Persona 4: The Animation has received a number of critically positive reviews both for the manga and the anime adaptation.
Due to its increased popularity, A-1 Pictures has worked on a sequel to the series entitled as “Persona 4: The Golden Animation”.
It was scheduled to premiere last July 2014 until September 2014 with 12 enchantingly addictive episodes.
An animated film was also on the works and made its way to the big screens last June 2012 entitled “Persona 4: The Animation – The Factor of Hope”. Seiji Kishi was worked on both the anime film and the second season of Persona 4: The Animation.

Other anime titles quite similar to Persona 4: The Animation include Shaman King, Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Zero, Ayakashi, Baka no Test, Mahou Sensei Negima and MAR Heaven all entails animes wherein they summon something to help them in battle.


source: Zerochan; written by carllustre87