#01 ~ You're Myself, I'm Yourself - Written by: Yūko Kakihara
- Original Airdate: 7-10-2011
The first installment of the 10 BluRay physical set releases for P4 Persona 4 the Animation. We get introduced to the cast and 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 Animation Blu-Ray and a Bonus Music CD (Sky's the Limit, Beauty of Destiny). There are a total of 25 episodes plus one being the true ending.
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. The packaging marks the product as released by Aniplex Inc in 2011. This release does not appear to include subtitles in any language, Null:Non-Grata is working on English Subtitles for this series. TBA ~ A WIP
Specs:
Running Time: 28 Minutes, Colour,
Video - MPEG-4 AVC, 1080p, 16:9 resolution,
Audio - PCM Stereo 48khz/24bit
Synopsis from Wikipedia for Episode #01
"On April 11, 2011, Yu Narukami arrives by train to the rural city of Inaba, where he will be living with his detective uncle and cousin for a year due to his parents working overseas, beginning classes at Yasogami High School the following day. While truant from school, someone discovers the corpse of television announcer Mayumi Yamano hanging from a television aerial, where a crime scene is set up. Yu meets and goes out with Yosuke Hanamura and Chie Satonaka to Junes, a department store where Yosuke works and whose father manages, after Yosuke offered to treat Yu for getting him out of a trash can, and Chie demanded to tag along in compensation for her broken DVD. Chie brings up the Midnight Channel, a strange "television show" that appears on rainy nights. The three later meet Saki Konishi (a girl Yosuke has a crush on) there as well. Back at home, an interview is shown on the news about a girl who had witnessed the murder. As it later rains during the night, Yu feels a strange ambiance as it tries to pull him into the television, but he manages to free himself. Although relaying this event to Chie and Yosuke the next day yet dismissing it as a dream, they head to Junes to see what will happen on a widescreen television. The news shows that Saki was actually the one being interviewed, and as Yu touches the television, he starts to pass through. Yosuke, out of shock, accidentally knocks the three of them into the television, where they enter a world shrouded by fog. They find a room with a noose and encounter an anthropomorphic bear named Teddie, who hands Yu a pair of glasses allowing him to see through the fog. Suddenly, they are attacked by creatures known as Shadows. Just as the group are pinned down, Yu's power awakens as he summons his Persona named Izanagi to defeat the Shadows. "
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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