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Persona 4 the Animation Licensed For U.S. Release

By Ishaan . September 28, 2011 . 11:01am

Persona 4 the Animation Licensed For U.S. Release

It hasn’t even begun airing in Japan yet, but the Persona 4 anime has already been licensed for a U.S. release by Sentai Filmworks.

 

Persona 4 the Animation will be a 25-episode series, and is being directed by Seiji Kishi (Angel Beats!, Magikano, Raagnorok the Animation) with the script being supervised by Yuuko Kakihara (Special A, Stitch!, Heaven’s Lost Property).

 

Sentai Filmworks say that digital distribution of Persona 4 the Animation will begin “soon” and that DVD and Blu-Ray releases will follow sometime in 2012.


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  • EmoSceneKid

    I most certainly hope the original eng VA are recast.

    • http://twitter.com/Paradox_me Paradox me

      At the very least, Teddie. The show will be dead to me without the original Teddie!

    • Solomon_Kano

      Recast as in brought back, or recast as in replaced? Because, generally, when it’s said that someone has been recast it means replaced. Not trying to be a word Nazi or anything, I just wanted to know which you mean before I like your post lol.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000301072427 Mark Shaver

    Melissa Fahn and Co, Return Please!

  • http://www.fanfiction.net/u/601368/ Sharda Colon

    Best news I heard all day.

  • http://twitter.com/TheGrimHeaper The Grim Heaper

    Sentai Filmworks usually does their voice over work in house, so don’t expected the Original Cast unless we’re very lucky.

    • https://twitter.com/#!/SplashdownTiger STiger

      I’ve lost all interest until more news on the cast pops up.

    • http://tristsantithesis.tumblr.com/ Tsunayoshi Sawada

      Why would people be under the impression the games cast cant be used? If its big enough to warrant announcing home video release before it is even started airing then there is hope.

      • endaround

        Because the game’s cast is basically top tier talent doing dub voice work.  Sentai doesn’t use that level in their productions, they grab local people and go.

  • dahuuuundge

    They better have the original English voice actors from the game do the voice in the anime. Otherwise it won’t be the characters I’ve known and loved.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rudy-Soto/100001518601121 Rudy Soto

    They better use the original voice cast, or the english dub will be dead to me.

    • http://www.facebook.com/jake.caro Jake Caro

      I wish I could like this two thousand times ;1

    • http://www.youtube.com/user/EnvyMizuhashi Garyuu

      Whether we’d hope or not, the chances are very slim. I hear that they brought back all the VAs from Rozen Maiden into the OVA’s when they licensed it.

  • Whoomp

    Wow, you are almost unselling me on this show with the examples you present, so many awful shows D:

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1769064526 Vivian Mai

    I…The staff…I do not like any of those previous shows…

    I fear for P4:A’s quality…

    • http://twitter.com/#!/GuiltyRaioh ShinkaRaioh

      I don’t like any of the shows mentioned here, but I like what I’ve seen of P4 so far and it’s honestly hard to not make it at least decent, imo, so it’s Ok I guess.

    • willtell

      Yeah, some terrible shows listed..

      But persona fanboys will buy/like anything with persona in its name now a days so I guess it doesn’t matter.

      Seeing them even try to defend that pile of garbage that was otherwise called Persona:Trinity Soul just makes you cement that fact into your mind..

  • http://tristsantithesis.tumblr.com/ Tsunayoshi Sawada

    The fact that a staff of Angel Beats! is on it excites me. That is my favorite short anime of all time (Otonashi, Naoi, Hinata, FTW and the songs). Hopefully the anime delivers and Sentai did an amazing job with that Blu-Ray and dub. 

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/keyblademaster333#p/a/f/1/oAlztMvvNkk Keyblademaster333

    DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDEEEEEEEEEEEE!

  • http://twitter.com/shiro_shishi Brennan

    Sentai? Really? Dammit…

    At least it doesn’t say anything about dubbing it…

  • SuigetsuHiramura

    Yes XD  Gotta say that this might’ve just made my day.  Hoping that all the original English voice actors reprise their roles if there’s a dub.  Yosuke is just not Yosuke if he doesn’t have Yuri’s voice, lol.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PUYAXZXJPCELCC2CI3OZUN5NDA jak

    YESS!!!YESS!!!

  • Solomon_Kano

    Greatness.

  • Darkrise

    I know what I’m going to buy in the next anime con. =)

  • MarkMario

    Yay~

  • AndyFe

    That is cool I will definitely be buying it, I can wait a little bit to see it

  • thebanditking

    I did not pay attention to this until I read “and Blu-Ray releases will follow sometime in 2012.” Digital Dist can go crawl in a hole and die somewhere, it and its DRM (lol)

  • SetzerGabbiani

    I love that Atlus’ golden IP is getting the attention that it deserves.  It can only help Atlus (Index Holdings).  Ultimate Mayonaka will also help expand Atlus’ presence.  I’m excited.  I want to see Atlus rival SE someday, but avoid losing its soul in the process.

    Will be watching this and picking up the Blu Rays.

  • Zeik56

    If they bring back the original English cast I’ll watch it. If not, then I don’t care.

    Though I do have to wonder how they’ll handle the MC’s voice if they do that, because they can’t just have JYB use his standard voice again, seeing as he already does with Adachi. That’s the one case where a new voice would be okay.

  • Okuni-chan

    *celebrates* I was going to watch the Japanese release when I could get it but now I shall get both :D

  • http://twitter.com/RyougaZell RyougaZell

    Blu-Ray 1st day!!!

  • Arcm

    I wish NISA could have brought it over as I like their anime sets the best.

    A badass box with an hardcover art book would have been a great selling point for me. I have all their releases they are awesome.

  • ThunderGod_Cid

    “Cash grabs”?
    You mean games that appeal to more than just a tiny niche audience?

  • doubletaco

    As long as it’s dubbed, they’ve got my money. I loved the english P4 cast.

    • http://strictlyapathy.comoj.com/ SoulArbiter

      I was going to say, they’d best have the voice actors to play respective characters for the series, other wise it just wouldn’t be the same.

    • http://www.facebook.com/Chrome.Cell Bernard Yanga

      love the eng teddie!!!!!

  • JustaGenericUser

    BAAAAAWWWW MY SUPUH SEKRIT CLUB GOT INVADED!

    I love little hipsters like you. Also:

    (He really thinks anybody liked Trinity Soul.)

    Hahahahahahahahaha. Oh man, this guy is so desperate to hate Persona fans, he’s delusional.

  • Elemiel

    YES

  • http://twitter.com/Megawarrior345 Elle

    Blu-Ray? Where can I pre-order.

    • http://tristsantithesis.tumblr.com/ Tsunayoshi Sawada

      I imagine like their other stuff one cant preorder until two months before they release it.

  • http://twitter.com/Megawarrior345 Elle

    They did make a “real” Shin Megami Tensei recently for the DS. Maybe you should check that out.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Chrome.Cell Bernard Yanga

    so they Yuuko Kakihara who work with sora o otoshimono one of my favorite anime well let’s hope for the p4 gags to be more lulworthy!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jahmere-Durham/1843830315 Jahmere Durham

    Gonna be interesting to see how this works out. Although to be honest I was looking forward to buying my bright yellow box set with artbook from NIS. (We all know that it would’ve been bright yellow.) It would be a nice compliment to my trinity soul box

  • AzureNova

    News like this makes me extremely happy. This just shows how awesome Persona 4 is. =^_^=

  • http://twitter.com/yukishiido Yuki / Brandon

    I have two hopes for this:

    1: they get back the old voice actors
    2: they keep Teddie’s bear puns in.

  • Yukiri Ayuki

    Crappy example shows aside, Atlus is watching this project closely unlike Trinity Soul. So hopefully it’s good, it’s got the original english cast, and I won’t feel like jumping into Sentai Filmworks and burning down their studio.

  • Angel848

    I find the correct terminology to use for people like you, is “TROLL.” Deny it all you want; it’s my opinion.

  • PrinceHeir

    freaking amazing :P

    though i wonder how the quality will differ??? 

    usually the quality of anime between japan and us is too wide with japan winning all the way. just look at blu rays like claymore, tsubasa chronicles,Xam’d Lost Memories and such.

    hopefully it’ll be like Square Enix Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete where both US and JPN versions are pretty much the same(have them both; both look gorgeous O_____O)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000432148634 Jason Myers

    OMG! I gotta get this for my Ps2 :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/shawn.dickenson1 Shawn SomethingOtaku Dickenson

    Persona 4 Animation might get canceled I heard 

    • Tristan H

      Rumor and Speculation

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