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Persona 4 the Golden Animation (TV)

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©ATLUS ©SEGA/P4GA Committee 

 
Alternative title:
P4GA (Japanese) 
ペルソナ４ ザ・ゴールデン (Japanese) 
Plot Summary: In the spring when the cherry blossom petals fall, Yū Narukami moves to Yaso Inaba to live with his uncle and cousin due to his family's circumstances. He transfers to Yasogami High School, where his event-filled school life begins. However, when serial murders begin occurring in the peaceful town, Yū is awakened to the power of his heart turned to physical form: A Persona. Within these new mysteries is Marie, a resident of the alternate world, the Velvet Room, who has no memories of her past. Together with his friends, Yū must solve all the riddles set in front of him and save Yaso Inaba from further violence. 
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User Ratings: 119 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Very good: 26 votes (sub:24, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 38 votes (sub:34, raw:2, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 19 votes (sub:17, dub:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 224 users, rank: #3681 (of 10085)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.353 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.8679, rank: #6533 (of 10237)
Weighted mean: 6.280 (Decent+), rank: #6716 (of 10237) (seen all: 6.38 / seen some: 7.00 / won't finish: 3.64)
Bayesian estimate: 6.397 (Decent+), rank: #5816 (of 7689)
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2014-07-10 
Opening Theme:
#1: "Shadow World" by Shihoko Hirata (ep 1) 
#2: "Next Chance to Move On" by Shihoko Hirata (eps 2-6,9) 
#3: "key plus words" by Shihoko Hirata feat. Yumi Kawamura (ep 8) 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Dazzling Smile" by Shihoko Hirata (eps 2-9,11) 
#2: "Subete no Tamashii no Uta" (全ての人の魂の詩;The Song of All Peoples' Souls) by Shoji Meguro (ep 10) 
#3: "Never More" by Shihoko Hirata (ep 12) 
Insert song:
"True story" by Rie Kugimiya and Kana Hanazawa 
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
Persona 4 the Golden Animation Sub.Blu-Ray 2 (Oct 1, 2015)
Persona 4 the Golden Animation Sub.Blu-Ray 1 (Jul 20, 2015)
Persona 4 the Golden Animation ‒ Episode 12 (Sep 26, 2014)
Persona 4 the Golden Animation ‒ Episode 11 (Sep 21, 2014)
Persona 4 the Golden Animation ‒ Episode 10 (Sep 12, 2014)
Persona 4 the Golden Animation ‒ Episode 9 (Sep 5, 2014)
Persona 4 the Golden Animation (Aug 29, 2014)
Persona 4 the Golden Animation ‒ Episode 8 (Aug 29, 2014)
Persona 4 the Golden Animation ‒ Episodes 1-7 (Aug 29, 2014)
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Press Release:
Aniplex of America set to Release Persona4 the Golden Animation on Blu-ray (May 19, 2015)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Persona 4 the Golden Animation (Sub.Blu-ray 1) 2015-07-21
    Persona 4 the Golden Animation (Sub.Blu-ray 2) 2015-09-29 (from $384.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Seiji Kishi 
Director: Tomohisa Taguchi 
Episode Director: Takashi Andō (ep 5) 
Music:
Shoji Meguro 
Tetsuya Kobayashi 
Original story: Katsura Hashino 
Original Character Design: Shigenori Soejima 
Character Design: Masaru Shindō 
Animation Director: Ryota Niino (ep 10) 
Producer:
Hiroo Maruyama (MBS) 
Hirotsugu Ogisu (Hakuhodo DY Media Partners) 
Kazuki Adachi (Aniplex) 
Kozue Kananiwa (MOVIC) 
Meirin Tsugawa (Atlus) 
Satoshi Eguchi (Kadokawa ASCII Media Works) 
Toshihiro Maeda (MBS) 
Yoshikazu Tanaka (GREE) 

2nd Key Animation: Hikaru Miyazaki (eps 2, 13) 
3D Animation:
Gyeong Min Lee (WELZ Animation Studio; ED; ep 1) 
Hiiro Buchino (WELZ Animation Studio; ED; ep 1) 
Kosuke Kurokawa (WELZ Animation Studio; ED; ep 1) 
Mizuho Katagiri (WELZ Animation Studio; ep 1) 
Motoi Okunō (WELZ Animation Studio; ED; ep 1) 
Nobuaki Kikuchi (WELZ Animation Studio; ED; ep 1) 
Shinya Ishihara (WELZ Animation Studio; ED; ep 1) 
Shōichi Enomoto (WELZ Animation Studio; ep 1) 
Shuhei Kobayashi (WELZ Animation Studio; ED; ep 1) 
Tatsuya Okayasu (WELZ Animation Studio; ED; ep 1) 
Costume Design: Hikaru Miyazaki (eps 8-13) 
In-Between Animation: Hikaru Asami (A-1 Pictures; OP; eps 2, 6, 13) 
Insert Song Arrangement: Shoji Meguro (ep 5) 
Insert Song Composition: Shoji Meguro (ep 5) 
Insert Song Performance:
Kana Hanazawa (ep 5) 
Rie Kugimiya (ep 5) 
Key Animation:
Akiko Kawashima (ep 6) 
Akiko Motoyoshi (ep 1) 
Atsuko Nakajima (OP2) 
Atsuko Sugawara (eps 2, 6, 12) 
Atsushi Kasano (eps 2, 4, 6) 
Aya Tanaka (ep 1) 
Ayako Kakiuchi (Studio Gimlet; ep 3) 
Ayumi Abe (eps 6, 12) 
Eri Akazawa (ep 1) 
Fumiko Kon (eps 2, 11) 
Harumi Isoyama (ep 5) 
Hideki Itō (ep 1) 
Hideki Nakagawa (OP1) 
Hidetoshi Ōmori (ep 9) 
Hideyasu Okamoto (ep 12) 
Hiroaki Ikeda (eps 1, 6-7) 
Hirokazu Hayami (eps 1, 7-8) 
Hiroki Ikegami (eps 5, 10) 
Hiroko Oguri (ED) 
Hiromi Masuda (ED) 
Hironori Tanaka (OP2) 
Hiroshi Oikawa (Artbox; ep 3) 
Hiroshi Sasaki (ep 2) 
Hirotaka Nii (ep 6) 
Hiroyoshi Iida (eps 6, 10) 
Hiroyuki Hojo (Artbox; ep 3) 
Hiroyuki Itai (eps 2, 8) 
Hiroyuki Ogura (ep 11) 
Isamu Fukushima (ep 10) 
Jun Fujiwara (ep 2) 
Junko Matsushita (ep 7) 
Kana Miyai (ep 6) 
Kaori Murai (ep 7) 
Kaoru Nagakawa (ep 7) 
Katsuji Matsumoto (eps 4, 8, 13) 
Kazuaki Imoto (ep 9) 
Kazunori Ozawa (ep 1) 
Kazunori Shibata (eps 4, 8) 
Kazuya Miyoshi (ep 5) 
Kei Ajiki (ED) 
Keiichi Sugiura (eps 7, 11) 
Keiji Gotō (OP2) 
Keiko Nagamine (ep 6) 
Keisuke Katayama (eps 5, 10) 
Keita Hagio (ep 5) 
Kengo Saitō (eps 1, 11) 
Kenji Kanie (ep 3) 
Koichi Nakaya (eps 2, 7) 
Kōichi Usami (eps 11-12) 
Kōji Itō (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 7, 10-11
) 
Koji Maruoka (Toybox; eps 1, 3) 
Kumiko Kawashima (5 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 10, 12
) 
Kunihiko Kimura (eps 1, 5, 10) 
Maho Yoshikawa (OP2) 
Maki Murakami (OP2; ep 11) 
Masaru Shindō (OP2) 
Masashi Nomura (ED) 
Masaya Ozaki (ep 8) 
Masayuki Fujita (ep 2) 
Miho Kawasaki (ep 5) 
Miho Nakata (ep 2) 
Mika Sawada (ep 1) 
Mika Takeshita (ep 6) 
Minori Inahara (Toybox; eps 3, 9) 
Mirai Kudou (Seigasha; ep 3) 
Misa Kubota (Studio Wanpack; eps 8, 12-13) 
Mitsuhiro Okumura (ep 8) 
Miyako Nishida (ED) 
Miyuki Honda (eps 1, 7) 
Momoko Okayama (ep 12) 
Motoki Kurihara (Artbox; ep 3) 
Myoung Jin Lee (eps 3, 9) 
Nanako Ninomiya (Studio Graffiti; ep 10) 
Naoki Yamauchi (ep 9) 
Noriyoshi Yamazaki (eps 2, 4) 
Reiko Fujita (Toybox; eps 3, 9, 12) 
Rie Ōmori (ep 5) 
Ryō Tanaka (OP2) 
Ryōsuke Tanigawa (ep 9) 
Ryota Niino (ep 5) 
Saori Hosoda (eps 2, 6) 
Satoru Kurihara (Studio Mark; ep 3) 
Sayaka Takase (ep 8) 
Shigeru Uchihara (ep 1) 
Shin Tanoue (eps 4, 8, 13) 
Shinichi Iimura (ep 2) 
Shinichi Wada (ep 4) 
Shunji Maki (ep 7) 
Shuntarō Yamada (ep 11) 
Takaaki Itō (eps 5, 10) 
Takahiro Ninagawa (eps 4, 8) 
Takashi Kojima (OP1) 
Takayuki Chiba (eps 2, 6) 
Takuma Komata (eps 4, 13) 
Takuya Gotō (ep 4) 
Tomoaki Kado (ep 2) 
Tomoyuki Ōshita (eps 2, 6, 12) 
Yasue Ohno (eps 5, 8, 10) 
Yasuhiro Seo (ep 6) 
Yasuko Miyazaki (ep 6) 
Yasunori Aoki (eps 2, 4, 8, 13) 
Yōko Iizuka (ep 7) 
Yōko Kikuchi (OP1) 
Yoshifumi Mori (ep 6) 
Yūichirō Yamada (eps 2, 12) 
Yuka Sugizaki (ep 1) 
Yukari Watanabe (ep 2) 
Yūki Fukaya (eps 3, 9) 
Yūki Fukuchi (ep 1) 
Yukiko Miyamoto (ep 7) 
Yūko Hineno (ep 12) 
Yuri Nakajima (OP1; ED; 5 episodes
eps 1, 7-8, 12-13
) 
Yutaka Araki (ep 8) 
Persona Design: Shigenori Soejima 
Persona Design Concept: Kazuma Kaneko 
Series Script Composition: Jun Kumagai 
Theme Song Arrangement: Shoji Meguro (ED) 
Theme Song Composition: Shoji Meguro (ED) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Benjamin Franklin (OP1-2) 
Lotus Juice (OP3) 
Teppei Kobayashi (ED) 
Theme Song Performance:
Shihoko Hirata 
Yumi Kawamura (OP3) 
Ami Koshimizu as Yukiko Amagi 
Daisuke Namikawa as Yū Narukami 
Kana Hanazawa as Marie 
Showtaro Morikubo as Yōsuke Hanamura 
Yui Horie as Chie Satonaka 

Akemi Kanda as Nanako Dōjima 
Chizu Yonemoto as Izanami-no-Okami 
Isamu Tanonaka as Igor (special performance) 
Kappei Yamaguchi as Kuma 
Mitsuaki Madono as Tōru Adachi 
Rie Kugimiya as Rise Kujikawa 
Romi Park as Naoto Shirogane 
Sayaka Ōhara as Margaret 
Tomokazu Seki as Kanji Tatsumi 
Unshō Ishizuka as Ryōtarō Dōjima 

Akira Nakagawa as Female Newscaster (ep 12) 
Aoi Yūki as Aika Nakamura 
Daigo Shibata as Man C (ep 2) 
Daisuke Ono as Kou Ichijou  (ep 5) 
Eiichirō Tokumoto as
Detective A (ep 6) 
Moderator (ep 4) 
Eriko Matsui as Schrodinger Nekota (ep 4) 
Gaku Kudō as Man B (ep 2) 
Haruki Ishiya as Male (ep 1) 
Hina Nakase as Saki Konishi 
Hisao Egawa as Master Daidara 
Kaede Yuasa as
Female Middle School Student (ep 2) 
Female Student A (ep 8) 
Kanae Itō as Ai Ebihara 
Kenichi Miya as Hatano (ep 4) 
Kōhei Amasaki as Staff (ep 4) 
Kumiko Nakane as
Old Lady (ep 6) 
Old Woman (ep 2) 
Marika Takakuwa as Clerk (ep 8) 
Misako Tomioka as Tidy Woman (ep 2) 
Osamu Ryūtani as Kinshirou Morooka  (ep 1) 
Rikako Yamaguchi as Nozomi (ep 6) 
Robert Waterman as Man (ep 5) 
Ryō Agawa as Hanako Ohtani  (ep 2) 
Ryōko Aikawa as Kanji's mother  (ep 4) 
Saori Ōnishi as Mother (ep 4) 
Seria Fukagawa as Female Student B (ep 8) 
Shinya Takahashi as
Male (ep 1) 
Master A (ep 8) 
Youth A (ep 6) 
Shō Karino as Voice of Gourmet Program (ep 8) 
Shunsaku Nishigaki as Male Newscaster (ep 12) 
Takahiro Mizushima as Gas Station Attendant (eps 1, 6, 12) 
Takefumi Yumihara as Man A (ep 2) 
Taku Yashiro as Respondent (ep 4) 
Tomoka Endō as Ayane Matsunaga  (ep 4) 
Tomokazu Sugita as Daisuke Nagase  (ep 5) 
Toshitsugu Kaku as Male Student B (ep 5) 
Yoshinori Tsushima as Commentator (ep 7) 
Yuki Ikeda as Youth B (ep 6) 
Yuki Monguchi as High-handed Girl (ep 2) 
Yūko Kaida as Mayumi Yamano  (ep 6) 
Yutaka Sasakura as Male Student A (ep 5) 
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
A-Line 
Ace Company 
AI 
Anitus Kōbe 
Big Owl 
CL Corporation 
DCI 
Digital Network Animation 
Hayashi 
J&K Corporation 
Jumondo 
Kyushu Animation 
M.S.J Musashino Production 
Mouse 
Nakamura Production 
PRA 
R.I.C 
Rising Force 
Studio Gimlet 
Studio Live 
Studio Pastoral 
Studio μ  (ep 8) 
TAP 
Triple A 
UEC 
Wao World 
Wish 
xenron 
3D Graphics: WELZ Animation Studio 
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures 
Art Design Assistance: Team Till Dawn 
Broadcaster: Mainichi Broadcasting System 
Finish Animation: R.I.C (OP1) 
In-Between Animation:
A-1 Pictures 
Ace Company 
AI 
AIC (ED; ep 2) 
Asahi Production 
BEEP 
Big Owl 
Brain's Base (ED) 
CL Corporation 
DCI 
FAI 
Hayashi 
J&K Corporation 
Jumondo 
M.S.J Musashino Production 
Nakamura Production 
R.I.C (OP1; ED; eps 1-8, 10-13) 
Studio Gimlet 
Studio Pastoral 
Studio μ  (ep 8) 
TAP 
Triple A 
UEC 
xenron 
Key Animation:
Anitus Kōbe (ep 4) 
Artbox (ep 3) 
Jumondo (ep 10) 
Seigasha (ep 3) 
Studio Gimlet (ep 3) 
Studio Graffiti (ep 10) 
Studio Mark (ep 3) 
Studio Toybox (eps 3, 9) 
Studio Wanpack (ep 13) 
TAP (eps 11-12) 
Triple A (ep 11) 
Key Animation Assistance:
Big Owl (ep 10) 
CL Corporation (ep 10) 
Hayashi (ep 10) 
J&K Corporation (ep 10) 
Jumondo (ep 10) 
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 10) 
R.I.C (ep 10) 
TAP (ep 10) 
Triple A (ep 10) 
UEC (ep 10) 
Original Creator: Atlus 
Production:
Aniplex 
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners 
Kadokawa 
Mainichi Broadcasting System 
MOVIC 
P4GA Committee 
Sega 
Yomiko Advertising, Inc. 
Production Cooperation: Studio Pastoral (eps 3, 9) 
English companies
English staff
(none)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand) 
Aniplex Channel 
Crunchyroll 
FUNimation Entertainment 
Licensed by: Aniplex of America 
English cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil) 
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Brazil) 
Portuguese cast
(none)

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