#16 - Although the Case Was Closed
#17 - I Want to Know the Truth
#18 - Anniversary to become a Family
The next episodic installments of this 10 piece set. This, the BluRay release for P4 Persona 4 the Animation. We get introduced to the cast & characters, the story world and mystery of both sides of the paranormal. The cognitive world and visceral impacts it has on us and those around us.
Contains the P4 Animation Blu-Ray #7 and a bonus audio CD: Special ending themes for eps 13 & 18, plus 'Real Feeling'. Both discs together in a paper digipacked case including raised art embossing, an info sleeve obi, plus inserts.
From the Persona 4 Animation website (translated by N:N):
Yu Narukami has moved from Metropolitan Tokyo to Inaba City where his uncle lives, due to family circumstances. Open streets, lonely shopping areas and large shopping malls where young people gather. .... Yasogami High School season starts anew in a rural town where time passes slowly.
Initially shown in 2012 on Japanese TV at midnite and hosted by the voice actors, these episodes were subsequently released on both DVD and BluRay. Null:Non-Grata is working on English Subtitles for this series, TBA.
Specs:
Running Time: 73 Minutes, Colour,
Video - MPEG-4 AVC, 1080p, 16:9 resolution,
Audio - PCM Stereo 48khz/24bit
Cast and Staff follow:
Cast: Yu Narukami - Daisuke Namikawa, Yosuke Hanamura - Shotaro Morikuba, Chie Satonaka - Yui Horie, Yukiko Amagi - Ami Koshimizu, Kuma - Kappei Yamaguchi, Ryotaro Dojima - Unsho Ishizuka, Nanako Dojima - Akemi Kanda, Toru Adachi - Mitsuaki, Maragaret - Nakayu
Staff: Persona Design Concept - Kazuma Kaneko, Character Draft - Shigenori Soejima, A.D. - Takehiko Matsumoto, Series Composition - Yūko Kakihara, Writer - Mitsutaka Hirota, Writer - Jun Kumagai, Character Design - Kazuhi Morita, Creature Design - Akiyasu Ma, Prop Design - Shinobu Tsuneki, Animation Director - Kiyotaka Nakahara, Animation Director - Yoichi Ueda, Art Director - Shinji Nagaoka & Ayumu Miyakoshi, Colour Design - Sa Goda, 3D Director - Tetsuya Watanabe, Composite Director - Hideki Imaizumi & Takai Yasuko, Editing - Kiii*. Music - Masahi Meguro, Acousitic Director Satoki, Director Makoto Kishi.
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Synopsii (?) Warning: Possible spoilers follow:
Synopisis from Wikipedia for Episode #16,17 & 18
#16 -- Although the Case was Closed - Written by: Mitsutaka Hirota
- Original Airdate: 27-01-2012
" Naoto appears on the news to say that there are incongruities in the murder case and that it is still under investigation. The next day after school, Naoto approaches the gang and interrogates their involvement in the murder case. Naoto goes on to reveal that Morooka's murder was the only one that sticks out, as he never appeared on television, nor the Midnight Channel, and was discovered with a fatal blunt force injury to the head. At night, Naoto appears on the Midnight Channel, and announces an experimental operation to be born anew. When the group goes to the television world the next day, they are unable to find Naoto. As they return to the real world, the group splits up in search of Naoto. The group heads back to the television world, bringing them to a secret laboratory. When they enter, they see Naoto chiding a doppelgänger for acting too much like a child. The Shadow reveals that Naoto is really a girl. This causes Naoto to reject her other self, transforming it into a Shadow. Yosuke is attacked, struck by a beam that causes him to age rapidly. As the Shadow starts to attack the others, they retreat while Naoto is left in her Shadow's clutches."
#17 -- I Want to KNow the Truth - Written by: Mitsutaka Hirota- Original Airdate: 03-02-2012
"Teddie is hit by the aging beam when he protects the girls from the Shadow, and Yu is also hit after trying to vary his Personas against the Shadow. The Shadow laments on Naoto's difficulty to make friends, her parent's death and being discredited for her age and gender. Kanji charges at the Shadow, telling Naoto that he has grown past his struggle in making friends. Teddie manages to restore their ages using Kintoki-Douji, which allows Yu to summon Beelzebub and defeating the Shadow. Naoto accepts her other self, transforming it into the Persona named Sukuna-Hikona. When Yu returns to his house, Dojima and Adachi inform him about Naoto's safe return, yet Dojima surmises that Yu is somehow involved with the case. A month later the group concludes that Mitsuo was only a copycat killer, given the circumstances of Morooka's death. Naoto asks if she can join the group to help out, which they accept. The next day, Yu catches up with Naoto, taking to her the Chinese Diner Aiya. Elsewhere, someone types a letter stating "don't save anyone anymore."
#18 -- Anniversary to Become a Family - Written by: Yūko Kakihara- Original Airdate: 10-02-2012
"Adachi urgently calls Dojima regarding a hit-and-run accident which severely injures a woman that occurred at the Samegawa flood plains. The next day, Yu finds a photo with Dojima and his late wife with Nanako, and Nanako explains to Yu that her mother had died in a car accident of a similar case. At Junes, Yu studies for the midterms with his friends, while Teddie spends time with Nanako. At night, Nanako, holding a school form, suddenly gets a stomachache, while at the same time Dojima receives a call from Adachi about a sealed letter for him from someone named Ichihara. Dojima immediately heads out, leaving Yu to care for Nanako, who explains that the school form was actually to invite parents to a class observation. Yu goes to the police station the next day to give Dojima the school form. They go to the Chinese Diner Aiya, where Dojima explains that his superior, Ichihara, gave him information about the recent hit-and-run. Dojima also reveals that his wife, Chisato, died in a similar accident while on her way to pick Nanako up from preschool. That night, after Yu gives Nanako her family photo in a frame, Nanako says that she hopes to reunite with her mother in Heaven. The next day, Yu asks Naoto if she can find out anything about Chisato's death, but discovers that the case was left unsolved due to the lack of evidence. When Dojima comes home, Nanako is upset by the fact that he may not be able to come to the class observation, since he is too caught up in his work. Yu tells Dojima that he should spend more time with his daughter instead of constantly trying to solve the hit-and-run. Nanako, overhearing the conversation, runs out of the house when Dojima tells her that the case is none of her concern. Yu and Dojima go out looking for her with no luck, but they realize that she must be at the Samegawa flood plains, being reminded of where Chisato had died. When they find her, Dojima apologizes and promises he will spend more time with her. The following day, the three of them celebrate becoming a family, and Dojima says he will go to her class observation."