The BIZARRE Persona Anime Adaptations

[00:05] [Music]

[00:12] thank you

[00:14] viewers of my channel over the past year

[00:16] are functioning eardrums I've probably

[00:17] noticed that I use a lot of persona

[00:19] music in my videos and just in case you

[00:20] haven't connected the dots yet I like

[00:22] persona

[00:25] Persona is one of my favorite video game

[00:26] franchises of all time and while I

[00:28] haven't played much of the wider

[00:29] mechaten franchise that spun off off

[00:31] outside of smt5 although I definitely

[00:33] will someday my love for these games

[00:34] cannot be understated I'm not going to

[00:36] sit here and explain in depth how

[00:37] incredible these games are because most

[00:39] of you watching have I ever never heard

[00:40] of persona or have only played Persona 5

[00:42] so I'll just go out in a limb and say

[00:44] please play them through any means

[00:46] necessary

[00:48] you as someone who's been especially

[00:49] bored the past two years because of

[00:52] um these have been my beloved Comfort

[00:54] games ever since Persona 4 Golden

[00:55] gotport to the PC thank God and I'd love

[00:58] to make a full retrospective on the

[00:59] franchise someday including the games

[01:01] that Mandela affected themselves out of

[01:03] existence please put your games at this

[01:04] I beg you as with any incredibly popular

[01:06] video game franchise adaptations of the

[01:08] story in depth of medium such as TV and

[01:10] film are expected but what's strange

[01:12] about Persona specifically is that the

[01:13] series wasn't really that popular until

[01:15] Persona 5 exploded over in the West in

[01:17] 2017 and the majority of the adaptations

[01:19] personas had were released years prior

[01:22] that's not to say Persona wasn't known

[01:23] at all it had a decent following from

[01:25] Persona 3 onwards and especially after

[01:27] Persona 4 but you'd usually expect these

[01:29] kinds of adaptations once the series in

[01:31] question reaches absurd levels of

[01:32] popularity I mean hell is the Mario Bros

[01:34] movie at the decency to release after

[01:36] Super Mario World and then I actually

[01:38] began taking a look at how many

[01:39] adaptations Persona has had over the

[01:41] years and the list is bloody extensive

[01:43] like we're not just talking anime here

[01:45] we're talking manga drama CDs and Stage

[01:47] Productions

[01:49] [Music]

[01:55] Persona 1 had a serialized manga in 1996

[01:58] well you do now how some of these go

[02:00] past being adaptations end up being

[02:02] extensions of the series as Canon

[02:04] exclusive to that specific medium I'd

[02:05] love to cover all of these someday if I

[02:07] can even get my hands on some of them

[02:09] okay that's [ __ ] up getting back on

[02:11] track and ignoring atlas's questionable

[02:13] Ventures into making money it just

[02:15] simply surprised me that they were doing

[02:16] stuff like this before Persona five heck

[02:18] before Persona 4 but that's all for

[02:20] another day we're here today to talk

[02:22] about the more well-known adaptations of

[02:23] the franchise so as being the Persona

[02:25] anime and movies when tackling a series

[02:29] of games for each installment can take

[02:30] up to 100 hours to Simply complete

[02:32] trying to condense a lot of that down

[02:33] into 24 episodes or simply 6 hours

[02:36] spanning over four films can be quite a

[02:38] challenge Persona 3 4 and 5 are

[02:40] intimidatingly dense games and creative

[02:42] Liberties need to be taken to ensure

[02:44] that an anime adaptation can present the

[02:46] main story in a digestible format paired

[02:48] out of trying to give the mute

[02:49] protagonists of each game their own

[02:50] distinct personalities and you've got

[02:52] yourself a daunting task ahead of you

[02:53] some have notable moments of success

[02:55] some absolutely succeed and some of them

[02:58] well you know some of them could be

[03:00] better so with these games having such a

[03:01] long history of anime adaptations and

[03:03] with such varying levels of quality I

[03:05] thought it'd be fun to go over all of

[03:07] them or at least the ones people

[03:08] actually know of and doing in depth

[03:10] review comparing them to the games how

[03:12] they stand based on their own narrates

[03:13] and doing a ranking evolving towards the

[03:15] end a lot of this video will be very

[03:16] opinionated and biased but I'll try to

[03:18] keep most of it on level of which most

[03:20] of you can understand also there will be

[03:21] massive spoilers for each of the modern

[03:23] Persona games in this video so if you

[03:24] haven't played them yet and I suggest

[03:25] you do so unless you don't care we're

[03:27] good let's begin the operation

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[03:33] I've decided that instead of going in

[03:35] order of release I'm going to go in

[03:37] order when the games were made because I

[03:38] think that'll make the video flow a lot

[03:40] better so yeah Persona 3 is my favorite

[03:42] game in the franchise

[03:44] if I'm using the controllable party mod

[03:46] on PC but apart from that Persona 3 is a

[03:48] fantastic game the atmospheres are

[03:50] luring the characters are mostly

[03:51] compelling outside of the villains you

[03:53] little the story is a little slow to

[03:55] start and the gameplay has its quirks

[03:57] but you've got yourself a remarkably

[03:58] solid game with well-executed themes and

[04:00] moments that emotionally destroy me 70

[04:03] to 80 hours is the average run time for

[04:05] this game possibly 100 if the answer

[04:07] gets you staring down the barrel of your

[04:08] evoker if you catch my drift that's a

[04:11] lot of video game so how is it adapted

[04:13] well uh four movies there's a lot to

[04:17] cover here the Persona 3 chord Trilogy

[04:19] was produced by AIC well I lie the first

[04:22] movie was produced by AIC but the other

[04:24] free movies were produced by none other

[04:26] than

[04:27] A1 pictures but don't worry the majority

[04:30] of Staff who worked on these movies were

[04:31] carried over from when it was produced

[04:32] by AIC which explains why the animation

[04:34] doesn't give me the urge to stick a lit

[04:36] firework in my eyes I'm bringing up who

[04:37] produced these movies so I can gush

[04:39] about the animation for them because

[04:40] these are some absolutely gorgeous

[04:42] looking movies everything from the

[04:44] lighting the colors the aesthetic the

[04:46] detail you could not ask for better

[04:48] looking movies that captured the essence

[04:49] and atmosphere of Persona 3 with music

[04:51] by The Man himself Shoji meguro

[04:53] returning to give his soundtrack from

[04:55] the original game more cinematic Flair

[04:56] as well as composing multiple original

[04:58] absolute bangers I'm gonna go over these

[05:01] movies as fast as I can but be aware

[05:02] that there's a lot of content here so

[05:04] let's start from the beginning

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[05:13] as far as adaptations of video games

[05:15] tend to go spring of birth is probably

[05:17] as faithful as you can possibly get this

[05:19] movie adapts roughly the first 15 to 20

[05:21] hours or so Persona 3's story so from

[05:23] the beginning to the second full moon

[05:25] operation and the recruitment of fuka

[05:27] and it's rather straightforward with

[05:28] that my main issue with the film is the

[05:30] incredibly janky pacing that it has

[05:32] obviously trying to cram 20 hours of

[05:34] gameplay into an hour and a half is

[05:35] going to present some issues but if you

[05:37] chose to adapt an 80-hour game as a film

[05:39] series then prepare for unforeseen

[05:40] consequences or get back to the drawing

[05:42] board you can feel the movie tended to

[05:44] rush through several scenes that becomes

[05:45] quite apparent when you realize that in

[05:47] order to even make Cuts in 20 hours or

[05:49] something down to 120 for that runtime

[05:50] work they have to skip over several days

[05:52] of gameplay to progress the story then

[05:54] it kind of takes away from the Persona

[05:55] experience Persona games at least the

[05:57] modern ones work on a calendar system

[05:59] where everything you do progresses the

[06:01] day forward time is fleeting you only

[06:03] have so much of it so try to make the

[06:04] most out of the time you have with your

[06:06] friends while balancing out your school

[06:07] Life and Adventures through the game's

[06:09] respective Shadow worlds so seeing these

[06:11] movies take massive leaps from specific

[06:13] days on the calendar is understandable

[06:15] to keep the main story in Focus but It

[06:16] ultimately takes away from the second

[06:18] main appeal of the series The Social

[06:20] Links now I'm not about to say Persona 3

[06:22] starter Social Links are the best in

[06:24] this series Kenji can take a hike into

[06:25] Satan's ass crack and The Gourmet King

[06:27] can have a coronary heart attack right

[06:29] in front of me and my response would

[06:30] still probably be I don't care but

[06:32] reducing the Social Links to Mere cameos

[06:33] or showing them in montages to show the

[06:35] passage of time sort of hurts the appeal

[06:37] of persona because if you don't at least

[06:39] dedicate a small bit of time to show

[06:40] Makoto interacting and helping his

[06:42] friends of seas and there's no real

[06:43] reason to put the calendar system in the

[06:45] movie aside from aesthetic purposes

[06:47] because we don't feel like the fleeting

[06:48] of time is remotely important or that

[06:50] Makoto is spending his time wisely

[06:52] outside of these montages there's a bit

[06:53] of a debate as to if Persona can

[06:55] actually be perfectly adapted from video

[06:57] game to Anime in theory it should be

[06:59] easier since RPGs usually have far more

[07:01] detail than substantive plots than most

[07:03] video games but factoring in persona's

[07:05] story length paints a very clear picture

[07:07] it's a stretch to say that a single

[07:09] season of a show can cover this much

[07:10] content is usually enough story and

[07:12] Slice of Life moments in Persona to feel

[07:14] like two to three seasons of an anime so

[07:16] making the percent of free movies well

[07:18] movies feels like a major handicap and

[07:20] at least the series feeling like a

[07:21] glorified highlight reel of events from

[07:23] the game at times I'd like to remind

[07:25] everyone the Persona 4's anime came out

[07:27] before this movie and while it didn't

[07:29] handle the Social Links in the best way

[07:30] it at least made an effort to show them

[07:32] helping of characters outside the main

[07:34] cast

[07:35] I have a doubt where I'm just salty

[07:36] Makoto didn't romance to hero and that

[07:38] this discontinued this line of thinking

[07:40] uh rights Makoto you probably heard me

[07:43] say that well a big hurdle each

[07:45] adaptation had to overcome was the

[07:46] character of the protagonist each

[07:48] protagon each Persona game is in use

[07:49] with no personality other than the one

[07:51] you give them for your dialogue choices

[07:53] so whether or not Joker is a timid nerd

[07:55] or a massive troll is down to you I knew

[07:58] you were gonna say that obviously this

[07:59] wouldn't work for an anime as a protagon

[08:01] is required to talk so they not only

[08:03] need a Canon name but a personality to

[08:05] boots enter Makoto Yuki so your dreams

[08:08] of naming the MC banging kawakami are

[08:10] unfortunately over I'm aware that is

[08:12] called Minato in the manga but I don't

[08:14] [ __ ] care Persona 3 had a lot of cold

[08:16] and apathetic dialogue choices that you

[08:18] could choose with the most common one

[08:19] being a massive meme well you should so

[08:22] in Spring of birth Makoto is essentially

[08:24] the essence of those dialogue choices

[08:26] he's hilariously called and apathetic

[08:28] towards anyone and anything and while he

[08:29] can come off as having the personality

[08:31] of cardboard in this movie the rest of

[08:33] the movie's majorly improve him and

[08:34] towards the end of this movie he does

[08:36] get some interesting development due to

[08:37] being emotionally scarred by the death

[08:39] of his parents 10 years prior Makoto was

[08:41] emotionally shut himself off from the

[08:42] world choosing not to get attached to

[08:44] people out of fear of being hurt when he

[08:46] loses them you may be hearing Nissan

[08:47] going but that's chidori's Arc but Imma

[08:50] let that slide it fits the themes of the

[08:52] story quite well and it's not a

[08:54] one-to-one recreation of chidori's Arc

[08:56] so overall I think they handled Makoto

[08:58] well also there's one scene at the end

[08:59] where he rides a motorcycle to his

[09:01] friend's rescue while mass destruction

[09:02] plays and I thought it was pretty funny

[09:06] [Laughter]

[09:08] or who cares

[09:13] okay I won't lie that it's actually

[09:16] pretty cool aside from Makoto I was

[09:17] surprised to see that jinpay's

[09:19] characterization is a Monumental step up

[09:21] from how the game presented him I gave

[09:22] that Jim pay's entire point in the game

[09:24] is that he's a selfish twit who

[09:25] eventually starts taking things more

[09:27] seriously and I love him but I won't

[09:29] deny he boarded on being intolerable the

[09:31] movie still shows Jim Bates kind of an

[09:33] habitat but shows his struggles earlier

[09:35] on June pay is a character who joins C

[09:37] is to play Hero and get some kind of

[09:38] recognition in his life since he doesn't

[09:40] care for studying and as a person is

[09:42] seen as unremarkable which is why he

[09:43] grows incredibly jealous of Makoto

[09:45] easily obtaining the spotlight thanks to

[09:47] him being a better fighter and being

[09:48] able to wield multiple personas during

[09:50] the game this jealousy is really drawn

[09:52] out and he's a total dick to you at

[09:53] times however in the movie well they

[09:55] don't completely froze Ark out the

[09:56] window just having him grow respect from

[09:58] Makoto as they work together during the

[10:00] first full moon operation does so much

[10:01] Justice for him and the toning down of

[10:03] his more annoying Tendencies helps to

[10:05] make him a flawed but very likable

[10:07] character I honestly see it as an

[10:08] improvement I also appreciate how fuka

[10:10] was handled establishing her presence

[10:12] earlier in the story and instead of just

[10:14] pooping her into the plot later on

[10:15] Lakota gets to establish a bondling

[10:17] connection to fuka and fuku's friendship

[10:19] with natsuki is a lot more believable

[10:20] especially after makota gives her a

[10:22] satisfying reality check in fact I

[10:24] appreciated that they tried to change up

[10:26] how the second operation played out by

[10:27] having Makoto guard natsuki at the end

[10:29] while the others find fuka and tackle

[10:31] the shadow though it is a little shaky

[10:33] and I didn't like how much of a [ __ ]

[10:34] yukari was which is saying something and

[10:37] ultimately it works in favor of

[10:38] progressing Makoto's character and

[10:40] breaking his apathetic shell but it's a

[10:42] little odd the film aims about a real

[10:44] sense of closure which wow no way really

[10:46] but it's still an Abrupt end it's very

[10:48] much a part one film and overall I found

[10:51] it enjoyable but only really as a fan of

[10:53] the video game I wouldn't really

[10:55] recommend this to someone unfamiliar

[10:56] with the games I still find that to be

[10:58] the superior experience but for a video

[11:00] game adaptation it surprisingly alrights

[11:02] it's very faithful regardless of its

[11:04] pacing issues and a good way to set up

[11:06] the next three movies

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[11:12] please

[11:16] okay so this movie rather ambitiously

[11:18] takes a fourth of the overall story and

[11:20] does its best to adapt it but at first I

[11:22] wasn't really on board not only did the

[11:24] first half of the film feel like it was

[11:26] on autopilot but how questionable the

[11:28] pacing was but it also felt like they

[11:29] were rushing the new characters into the

[11:31] plot without any of the grace the game

[11:32] had I guess was introduced all right I

[11:34] guess but canvas frantically dropped

[11:36] into a scene that he wasn't in

[11:37] previously and Koro how do you rush Koro

[11:40] he's a dog I won't lie the movie had

[11:42] some funny moments and for some reason

[11:44] kashiwaki from Persona 4 is on the beach

[11:46] during the Babe hunt scene and I know

[11:48] that this happens in Persona 3 Portable

[11:50] but why but the film was very clunky for

[11:53] its first half and I was judging how the

[11:54] rest would go

[11:55] that was until my boy Shinji

[12:01] Shinji just literally barges into a

[12:03] scene that he was never in during the

[12:05] game no elaboration and kicks total air

[12:07] because the movie had been handling his

[12:09] return to seize a hell of a lot better

[12:11] by stopping it from being so drawn out

[12:13] he comes to everyone's Rescue by his own

[12:15] will after their lives were threatened

[12:17] by Strega which not only gives my man

[12:18] some more death but it's also the

[12:20] Catalyst from the Monumental Improvement

[12:22] on the game's storied the second half of

[12:23] this movie is oh yeah I'm going there

[12:26] throw me into the pits of persona

[12:27] Twitter I don't care second half of

[12:29] Midsummer Night's stream is really good

[12:31] it's not only paced really well but they

[12:34] take good creative liberties from the

[12:35] main story instead of Ken figuring out

[12:37] that Shinji killed his mom in the same

[12:39] scene where Aki begs him to rejoin C's

[12:41] in a millionth time we have Ken and

[12:43] Shinji bonding with each other for a

[12:44] good chunk of time they both learn to

[12:46] care for each other Ken treats Shinji

[12:48] like a parental figure that he's been

[12:49] missing for so long with Shinji trying

[12:51] his best to make him happy knowing what

[12:52] he did to Ken's mom even if it was an

[12:54] accident it's beautifully tragic and it

[12:56] not only fixes the biggest complaints

[12:58] people had about Ken and manages to make

[12:59] him extremely compelling but to give

[13:01] Shinji a much larger and more meaningful

[13:03] presence in the story making October 4th

[13:06] hits a lot harder and while the movies

[13:07] just like the game don't handle Striker

[13:09] that well the claims of hypocrisy they

[13:11] aim at Seas for enjoying the lives they

[13:13] lead thanks to the Dark Hour actually

[13:14] have more of an impact instead of being

[13:16] some petty insult that gin shoots out

[13:18] his mouth as in it not only affects

[13:20] jumping like it did in the game but it

[13:21] also affects fuka as well as Makoto oh

[13:24] yeah Makoto really becomes a character

[13:25] in this film not only says apathy slowly

[13:28] slipping away as he grows to care for

[13:29] his friends and for life in general but

[13:31] he also contemplates ending the Dark

[13:32] Hour as the Dark Hours the reason he and

[13:34] his friends came together in the first

[13:36] place with the Dark Hour gone and

[13:38] without that common goal what reason

[13:39] would they have to stay together that's

[13:41] my coach's dilemma and I think it's done

[13:42] wonderfully and it helps the idea in the

[13:44] game of seas being Collies first but

[13:46] becoming friends over time I think it's

[13:49] definitely the most emotionally complex

[13:50] out of the protagonists not to say they

[13:52] aren't developed either but well mostly

[13:54] you're definitely not developed but more

[13:56] new later but Makoto's the most

[13:58] compelling to me and the ending scene on

[14:00] October 4th is even or heartbreaking it

[14:02] was in the game so uh spoilers

[14:08] thanks to the amazing development given

[14:10] to Ken and Shinji being in the story for

[14:12] more than a month shinji's death scene

[14:13] really hits it not only affects Makoto

[14:16] and the rest of the cast but it's

[14:17] impactful in the way that the original

[14:18] scene wasn't thanks to giving the

[14:20] characters a little more time to get to

[14:21] know each other overall while Midsummer

[14:23] Night's Dream starts out really oddly

[14:25] once you get to the halfway point it

[14:27] becomes an entirely different film it

[14:29] [ __ ] carries how good it is I was not

[14:31] expecting it to be this good however I

[14:34] still have a few complaints first off in

[14:35] percent of three jumping meets Chidori

[14:37] before the hermit boss on September 5th

[14:39] and goes back to meet her several times

[14:41] however in this movie jumpy is present

[14:43] during the hermit boss and never saw

[14:45] Chidori on screen aside from one

[14:47] interaction when at this point in the

[14:48] game he's supposed to have been

[14:49] kidnapped by Chidori after growing

[14:51] attached to her through their previous

[14:52] conversations not only does leaving this

[14:54] out screw of jimpi's character Arc and

[14:56] developments but the way they try to

[14:57] mend this in the next movie makes my

[14:59] head start to spin I also didn't really

[15:00] like how Ken only realized that Shinji

[15:02] killed his mom after his Persona started

[15:04] going berserk I guess you can make the

[15:06] excuses the aggressive and wild nature

[15:07] of the person owner that triggered his

[15:09] PTSD and that's fine but it comes off as

[15:11] a little cheap in execution what I also

[15:13] don't like is how shinji's Persona goes

[15:15] berserk in front of everyone leading to

[15:16] him taking the pills needed to suppress

[15:18] it in front of akihiko while I like the

[15:20] scene between them here and it's pretty

[15:22] heartbreaking I much preferred not

[15:24] knowing Shinji was dying from taking

[15:25] those pills until October 4th and for

[15:27] having the hospital scene where jodori's

[15:29] Persona starts attacking her until she's

[15:30] given the Pill by Shinji having Takaya

[15:33] reveal to Ken and the player that

[15:34] shinji's destined to dino matter what

[15:36] Ken does is a much more effective reveal

[15:38] and having Aki grow suspicious of Shinji

[15:40] for knowing what the pill does was a

[15:42] smart way of letting us know that

[15:43] something's not right with Shinji

[15:44] instead of just telling us that he's

[15:45] slowly dying way before Takaya puts a

[15:48] bullet in his chest other than that

[15:49] though I'd still recommend the movie to

[15:50] people who have played the game but I

[15:52] definitely feel like the second half of

[15:53] it can be appreciated even by people who

[15:55] haven't played persona 3. it's less of a

[15:57] delightful mixed bag with more triumphs

[15:58] than misses like the first movie was and

[16:00] more of a slow burn before suddenly

[16:02] becoming really good kind of film

[16:08] falling down huh yeah that's one way to

[16:11] say it all right I'm not gonna sugarcoat

[16:13] anything here this movie is kind of a

[16:15] train wreck it's an utter bastardization

[16:17] of percent of prehistorian every

[16:18] Department the entire film was dedicated

[16:20] to developing Makoto and that's it

[16:22] Makoto exists in a vacuum compared to

[16:24] everything else which not only takes a

[16:26] back seat it is actively Drop Kicked

[16:28] after the realm of importance this

[16:30] entire film reads like some shady yowie

[16:32] fan fiction from some lovesick Black

[16:33] Butler friend who sadly crawled out of

[16:35] the abortion bin remember ryoji yeah the

[16:37] human Reincarnation of pharaohs the boy

[16:39] makota talks to throughout the story you

[16:41] know how he shows up in November and

[16:43] fulfills his main purpose in the story

[16:44] to be the appraiser of death presenting

[16:46] you and your friends with an ultimatum

[16:48] that will determine your fate and then

[16:49] exits at the end of December well he's

[16:51] here for the entire movie as the

[16:53] righteous decided to tie ryuji into

[16:55] makojo's character Arc along with some

[16:57] implied romantic subtexts apparently I

[16:59] mean I understand that POV but don't

[17:01] quote me on that and I mean fine if

[17:02] focusing on their friendship works from

[17:04] a coach's character which it honestly

[17:05] does I can put up with it what I refuse

[17:07] to tolerate is everything this movie

[17:09] ruins in order to progress the

[17:10] development of a single character the

[17:12] pacing is god-awful the entire film

[17:14] zooms past crucial plot points and

[17:16] scenes that are integral to the

[17:18] narrative and development of these

[17:19] characters remember the resolution

[17:20] scenes yeah those scenes are arguably

[17:23] the most important moments for their

[17:24] respective characters that have been

[17:25] built up ever since the characters were

[17:26] introduced as well as causing their

[17:28] personas to undergo a second Awakening

[17:30] yeah those were such important and

[17:32] character defining moments are the

[17:33] amalgamation of everything they've been

[17:34] through throughout the course of the

[17:36] story being some of the best scenes in

[17:37] the game what does the movie do with

[17:39] them Focus touching goodbye to natsuki

[17:41] allowing her to realize that she must do

[17:42] everything in her power to protect those

[17:44] she's connected with and ultimately

[17:45] becomes a much more outgoing person it's

[17:47] treated like a complete joke as ryoji

[17:49] forced Makoto to start helping around

[17:50] the school to earn some cash and instead

[17:52] of fuka asking natsuka to come up and

[17:54] meet her so they could talk ryoji lies

[17:56] in natsuki so she would come rushing up

[17:57] to the roof just to have a short crying

[17:59] session with fouca where neither of them

[18:01] learn anything mitsuers one to one with

[18:03] yukari where she reassures herself of

[18:04] her own reason for living by fulfilling

[18:06] her father's wish on adding the Dark

[18:07] Hour oh it happens but it is completely

[18:10] happy because halfway through the

[18:12] conversation yukari just suddenly

[18:14] reveals that she watched the undoctor

[18:15] tape from her father which is taken and

[18:17] half from her resolution scene where she

[18:19] realized that her father tried to end

[18:21] the Dark Hour instead of assisting in

[18:22] its creation so instead of getting a

[18:24] scene to herself we have instead slap

[18:26] Dash into the middle of another

[18:27] character's resolution where both

[18:28] characters come to the same conclusions

[18:30] as in the original game but the impact

[18:32] from them both is diminished akihika's

[18:34] resolution at shinji's funeral arguably

[18:36] one of the most emotionally charged

[18:37] scenes in the entire game where Aki

[18:39] Mourns a lot of his best friend and vows

[18:41] to face life's hardships head on and

[18:42] stop running from his past is told

[18:44] through a 20 second flashback that Aki

[18:45] repeats the Makoto just wow I can't even

[18:48] joke about it this is so bad it annoys

[18:52] me to no end especially Aki's resolution

[18:54] how can you screw up that badly remember

[18:56] my comment earlier about how these

[18:58] movies sometimes feel like highlight

[18:59] rules of the game's plots Falling Down

[19:01] is basically just that statement in

[19:02] feature-link form these movies have some

[19:04] really good high moments when everything

[19:06] were works out as seen with the numerous

[19:07] story improvements in mid-summer but

[19:09] then there are some parts that are

[19:10] questionable even for adaptation

[19:11] standards I can't really say I hate

[19:13] these movies outside of this one because

[19:15] they're all really entertaining but they

[19:16] really demonstrate how difficult

[19:18] adapting a game like Persona really is

[19:20] and we aren't even done Jumpy's

[19:22] character changing and life-changing

[19:23] relationship with Chidori being the

[19:25] Catalyst for his Newfound sense of

[19:27] maturity and value in life allowing to

[19:28] end the dark hour after she sacrifices

[19:30] herself to save him from the brink of

[19:32] death is rushed up the Wazoo because

[19:33] someone in the writer's room went cuckoo

[19:35] for Coco Puffs and decided that instead

[19:36] of following the events of the game and

[19:38] for an important moment like your Dory

[19:39] kidnapping gympie in September naturally

[19:40] showing their relationship grows he

[19:42] comes to visit her in hospital they

[19:43] decided she was going to have gympie

[19:45] already kidnapped at the start of the

[19:46] film during the hanged man boss fight in

[19:49] November what and on top of this only

[19:52] deciding to show the glimpses of their

[19:54] relationship through flashbacks after

[19:56] the fact this movie is triggering my

[19:58] autism

[20:04] Oh What A pity such a meaningless death

[20:09] [Music]

[20:13] meaningless

[20:15] [Music]

[20:17] hmm

[20:20] laughs

[20:26] what

[20:29] [Music]

[20:49] foreign

[20:50] [Music]

[21:00] [Music]

[21:07] on top of this we have akutsuki who has

[21:09] like five minutes of total screen time

[21:11] for the previous two films and then it's

[21:13] revealed that the mustache trolling

[21:14] villain of a bastardize plot within the

[21:16] first 20 minutes and since the

[21:17] characters are so hard to write they

[21:18] didn't bother giving him more scenes of

[21:20] him being relevant in the plot that the

[21:21] game did he shows up for about five

[21:23] minutes over three movies rocks up to

[21:25] Tartarus of I guess going La Mao XD

[21:27] shoots miser's father doesn't elaborate

[21:29] and dies if that's happened in the game

[21:31] I would have had a sympathy seizure but

[21:32] of course forget all that nonsense we

[21:34] still have the hot spring scene thank

[21:36] you Atlas

[21:38] so much I have never had a movie Blue

[21:40] bull me this hard before after we go

[21:42] from an arguably great film at least in

[21:44] its second half to a movie that's just

[21:45] plain confusion to think about and

[21:47] there's very few redeeming aspects other

[21:49] than the obvious wow this looks and

[21:51] sounds pretty the only thing I can

[21:52] genuinely praise here when it comes to

[21:54] the storytelling is that despite the

[21:55] focus on the coach and ryoji ruining the

[21:57] film it at least Works their friendship

[21:59] is admittedly touching see Makoto slowly

[22:01] climb out with zapathan depression with

[22:03] ryoji's help is genuinely wholesome even

[22:05] if it overstate its welcome it works but

[22:07] if this new addition to the story is

[22:09] going to ruin all of what there was

[22:10] before it then keep it away this movie

[22:12] kind of irritated me as someone who

[22:14] loves the story and characters of

[22:15] Persona 3 the Sega completely undermines

[22:18] just to tell an entirely new story is

[22:19] frustrating to say the least and apart

[22:21] from these scenes with ryoji and the

[22:22] skimming of the plots nothing really

[22:24] happens here there's no action apart

[22:26] from the very beginning and the very end

[22:28] and while I definitely don't need action

[22:29] for film to be good especially for a

[22:31] Persona movie when all of the actual

[22:33] character writing is squandered it turns

[22:34] the movie into an Archer bore and after

[22:36] I finish falling down I was prepared for

[22:38] them next movie to be just as bad or

[22:40] even worse

[22:41] but somehow

[22:49] foreign

[22:52] [Music]

[23:08] okay that's it this is witchcraft no

[23:11] explanation no elaboration witchcraft

[23:13] you cannot go for making a complete

[23:15] backup of The Story You're adapting and

[23:17] then turn around to make one of the best

[23:19] video game adaptations I have ever seen

[23:21] yeah I'm going there this is one of the

[23:23] greatest video game movies I have ever

[23:25] watched It's Not only a fantastic

[23:27] adaptation of persona 3's ending it's

[23:29] also the first one of these movies that

[23:30] actually feels like a movie instead of a

[23:33] string of events from the game that are

[23:34] tied together by the emotions of the

[23:36] characters this movie is a clear

[23:38] structure and actual pacing it picks up

[23:40] where the last movie ended ryoji is

[23:42] defeated I guess and reveals himself as

[23:43] the appraiser of death revealing the

[23:45] fall of humanity is Drawing Near and

[23:47] that everyone's fate is sealed ryoji

[23:49] presents season ultimatum kill him and

[23:52] live in Blissful ignorance unafraid of

[23:53] death until the day of the inevitable or

[23:55] spare him in order to face off against

[23:57] Nix in a battle for everyone's Souls

[23:59] this is how everything happens in the

[24:01] game but then something odd happens for

[24:03] the first hour or so of the movie

[24:04] everyone has grown scared knowing that

[24:06] their deaths are drawing near it's a

[24:08] slow burn but it's so beautifully done

[24:10] watching as everyone goes through their

[24:12] lives in December scared of what awaits

[24:14] them with yukari specifically regressing

[24:16] so bad to the point where her fear for

[24:17] death causes their person to go berserk

[24:19] and start attacking them personas in

[24:21] Persona 3 are summoned by stifling one's

[24:23] fear of death and we've already seen

[24:25] what happens to people who have to force

[24:26] their personas to come out or have to

[24:27] take pills in order to keep them under

[24:29] control we've never seen a previously

[24:31] stable Persona user like yukari suddenly

[24:33] be attacked like this and it's not just

[24:35] yukaris brought to the lowest point

[24:37] everyone is jumpy has practically lost

[24:39] the world to live akihiko amitsuru are

[24:42] lost Ken has shut himself off fuka can

[24:45] do nothing but tremble and Makoto has

[24:47] lost any reason to care

[24:48] I I'm sorry I genuinely need to be shot

[24:51] the characters are put into these states

[24:52] in Persona 3 yes but the way these are

[24:54] translated to the film is strangely more

[24:57] captivating and the Liberties that have

[24:59] been taken I mean the impact of shinji's

[25:01] death is still felt here and instead of

[25:03] the characters talking to each other

[25:04] over the course of the month and

[25:06] affirming their stance on what decision

[25:07] to make and what they want to live for

[25:09] they all come to these conclusions on

[25:11] their own all of the arcs that were

[25:12] destroyed in the previous film are

[25:14] suddenly re-established acting like the

[25:16] bad execution never happened they

[25:17] remember everything they've been through

[25:19] they're brought to the lowest point of

[25:20] existence and are then powerfully

[25:22] redeveloped while the way the game

[25:23] handled these moments worked better for

[25:25] it as a game I believe this was the

[25:27] single most poignant and non-rushed way

[25:29] they could have handled the characters

[25:30] in this movie it's perfectly paced in

[25:32] somber nothing is undercut and Makoto

[25:35] look while I'm still salty about him

[25:36] taking up all the falling down it has

[25:38] ultimately led to a character who was

[25:39] now fully realized the scenes of

[25:41] Elizabeth may have come out of nowhere

[25:43] but what they did the story cannot be

[25:45] understated and in the second half of

[25:47] the film we're not even close to being a

[25:48] strong songs the first half and suffers

[25:50] from some slight pacing problems is

[25:52] still rather enjoyable well I'm

[25:54] disappointed that the next fight is

[25:55] essentially a 1v1 between NYX and Makoto

[25:58] it's still animated well enough and

[25:59] tense enough to be worth watching and of

[26:01] course Makoto's sacrifice is still

[26:03] soul-crushing and the climax of the film

[26:05] compared to the game is practically

[26:07] untouched and I'm thankful that it was

[26:09] left that way however who was the Galaxy

[26:11] brain that fought swapping the final

[26:12] boss thing with the burn my dread remix

[26:14] was a good idea this may be a nitpick

[26:17] but are you seriously telling me you're

[26:18] swapping one of the greatest battle

[26:19] themes in video game history with the

[26:21] most thematically Sound song Choice from

[26:23] a coach's sacrifice when they're only

[26:25] one scene apart like shut up well I

[26:28] could complain about petty stuff like

[26:30] Nick's being a CGI it's honestly such a

[26:32] disservice to the rest of the film's

[26:33] animation which is absolutely stunning

[26:35] and while they can complain that they

[26:37] quite literally zoomed past Strega and

[26:39] beat them into a relevancy both the

[26:40] movies and the game handled Striker very

[26:42] poorly and nothing about them being

[26:44] created or being acquaintances with

[26:45] akutsuki is developed enough or

[26:47] interesting enough to be worth talking

[26:48] about overall this movie Perfectly ties

[26:50] together Persona 3's themes and overall

[26:52] thesis and turns the sinking ship around

[26:54] to create one of the most emotionally

[26:56] gratifying and well-made video game

[26:57] adaptations I've ever seen I get that

[27:00] it's not a high bar to reach but it

[27:01] doesn't matter to me I can't believe how

[27:03] great this movie is it feels like an

[27:05] instructor like a film that I could

[27:07] actually show to someone and have them

[27:08] not be overwhelmed if I just explained

[27:10] shortly what happened before it I don't

[27:12] have anything else to really say it's

[27:13] just a solid film all around I'm tempted

[27:16] to say it's a bona fide Improvement in

[27:17] some areas compared to the game but I

[27:19] think both the movie and the game

[27:20] handled the same story in completely

[27:22] different ways and both of them work

[27:23] while I absolutely love the scene where

[27:25] everyone rediscovers their will to live

[27:27] I also appreciate the way the game

[27:28] handled it it's a great adaptation and a

[27:30] thankfully satisfying end to a rather

[27:32] uneven set of movies

[27:38] this is one of the most bizarrely

[27:40] inconsistent set of films I've ever

[27:42] watched the first one is an overall

[27:44] entertaining mixed bag there's a lot of

[27:46] things right than it does wrong the

[27:47] second one is a faster clock for half

[27:49] its run time before suddenly becoming

[27:51] absolutely brilliant the third one is a

[27:53] confusing mess that sacrifices

[27:54] satisfying story beats for its own ideas

[27:56] and the fourth one is a bizarrely and

[27:59] unexpectedly Beautiful film that makes

[28:01] the entire experience seem almost worth

[28:03] it this is a series of films that I

[28:05] definitely enjoyed but they severely

[28:07] suffer from trying to replicate the

[28:08] experience of the game too much as well

[28:10] as not knowing when to rain in when they

[28:12] go too far of the changes ironically the

[28:14] only thing really consistent about this

[28:15] movie is how awful the pacing is until

[28:18] we get to the last movie which is a lot

[28:19] more stable when adapting something you

[28:21] always need to take into account what is

[28:23] absolutely crucial to the narrative and

[28:25] what needs to be changed especially when

[28:26] it's a video game adaptation and what

[28:28] they show glimpses of getting it right

[28:30] it takes four movies for them to

[28:31] absolutely perfect that balance if I was

[28:34] told to recommend this chord Trilogy to

[28:35] people I think I'd be stuck because it

[28:37] all depends on how much more middling

[28:39] content you're willing to tolerate to

[28:40] stick with it to the point where it's

[28:41] mind-blowingly good especially if you

[28:43] plan on sticking until the end it has

[28:45] some standout moments that are clear

[28:47] improvements over the game's story but

[28:49] then there's a myriad of questionable

[28:50] writing decisions and Persona 3 the

[28:52] movie falling down I guess if you're a

[28:53] fan of Persona 3 then checking these

[28:55] movies out won't do any harm but if

[28:57] you've watched through this massive

[28:58] spoiler Fastener unconvinced by these

[29:00] movies then well play Persona 3. in fact

[29:03] overall I'd recommend Persona 3 as the

[29:04] ideal experience it likes a lot of the

[29:06] sporadic story enhancements the movies

[29:08] had but its storytelling is a lot more

[29:10] consistent for filling and impactful

[29:12] overall given that none of it is half if

[29:14] you wanted to get the percent of free

[29:15] movies and watch them legally then uh

[29:17] good luck with that bucko they're barely

[29:19] in stock in the UK despite being rather

[29:21] affordable even on Blu-ray I shudder to

[29:23] imagine what it's like in America look

[29:24] this is probably gonna get me in trouble

[29:26] but every percent of free movies

[29:27] available to watch on YouTube for free

[29:29] because the YouTube copyright system can

[29:31] suck my left testicle personally I

[29:32] watched them on 9anime because I wanted

[29:34] my foots to be in HD but if you can put

[29:36] up with 720p and these are worth

[29:38] watching if you don't want to get a

[29:39] virus the many invisible pop-ups in nine

[29:41] anime and Sir if you wants to watch

[29:43] these movies with English voice acting

[29:45] because the light sync for these movies

[29:46] is absolutely horrid again they're

[29:48] available on YouTube completely unedited

[29:50] and have jumped around regions on

[29:51] Netflix like a kangaroo Coke fiend also

[29:54] possible complications with the cast

[29:55] since fake Magna voices uh June pay and

[29:58] no one can decide if it's innocent or

[30:01] not anyways now that we're done with

[30:02] that

[30:03] [Music]

[30:08] [Applause]

[30:09] [Music]

[30:11] Persona 4D animation is as expected an

[30:14] anime adaptation of the story for the

[30:15] video game but unlike Persona 3 this

[30:18] adaptation was no straight out into four

[30:19] separate films and was instead made as a

[30:21] 26 episode TV series thank God not a

[30:24] dunk 100 of prequel trilogy too hard but

[30:26] it was realistically no way they were

[30:28] ever going to pull off an adaptation of

[30:29] an 80 hour video game of like four

[30:31] movies and not expect there to be some

[30:33] problems when it came to pacing they

[30:35] could not decide whether to stick to

[30:36] being a faithful adaptation or to take

[30:37] massive risks or make small tweaks to

[30:40] the story and while there are examples

[30:41] where this works in its favor it ends up

[30:43] being an incredibly uneven set of films

[30:45] if you are ever going to attempt to

[30:46] adapt the storyline of an RPG to a

[30:48] different medium a TV series will always

[30:50] be the safer bets as you get a wealth of

[30:52] time to explore signs of different

[30:53] characters reliably go through story

[30:55] arcs about the pacing collapsing in on

[30:56] itself and you also have the ability to

[30:58] take creative Liberties without them

[30:59] sabotaging the entire [ __ ] story what

[31:02] I'm trying to say is Persona 49

[31:03] animation is not just a great adaptation

[31:05] of persona 4. it's also one of the

[31:08] greatest video game adaptations period

[31:10] but first let's discuss persona 4.

[31:12] persona 4 holds a special place in my

[31:14] heart and none of the other games in the

[31:15] franchise can touch Persona 3 may be my

[31:17] favorite and Persona 5 comes close but

[31:19] Persona 4 was my introduction to this

[31:21] franchise I picked up the steam Port of

[31:23] the game in the summer of 2020 and

[31:24] played it for about two hours and uh

[31:26] then I stopped obviously for those who

[31:28] have played the game this was simply due

[31:29] to how obnoxiously long the game's

[31:31] opening is so what does a solid job all

[31:33] it sets up to do it definitely overstays

[31:35] its welcome compared to Persona 3 and

[31:36] especially Persona 5 but then I decided

[31:39] to pick up the game again in November

[31:40] that same year I'd finally gotten past

[31:42] the opening three hours and that's when

[31:43] everything fell into place I had never

[31:45] played a Persona game before and to say

[31:47] my knowledge of RPGs was lacking as an

[31:49] understatement I'm pretty sure I didn't

[31:51] know what a Xenoblade was until I

[31:52] remembered chakras and Smash Bros so to

[31:54] save the Persona 4's gameplay and social

[31:56] Sim elements caught me off guard with

[31:57] how good they were is just not selling

[31:59] it hard enough the game's story had me

[32:01] emotionally gripped I saw aspects of

[32:03] myself and many of the the characters

[32:04] they were forced to confront their true

[32:05] feelings meanwhile solving a murder case

[32:07] were trying to balance day-to-day school

[32:09] life and exploring the TV World which is

[32:11] when a meticulously designed and

[32:12] challenging gameplay kept me engaged and

[32:14] excited it was a game that had a

[32:15] perfectly balanced and well-written

[32:17] story constantly for only for a loop and

[32:19] squeezing me until I ended every tear

[32:21] out of my iduct it's been said many

[32:22] times before but Persona 4 makes you

[32:24] feel like you made real genuine friends

[32:26] and relationships this game made me cry

[32:28] like a [ __ ] and it's not even that dark

[32:30] the game had such a cozy and home-like

[32:33] atmosphere and it prevented me from

[32:34] focusing on anything else for the rest

[32:36] of the month like seriously I kicked the

[32:38] duchies and limit of an online

[32:40] photography class I was not screwing

[32:42] around and the ending of this game is a

[32:44] single cheesiest sickly sweet cliche

[32:47] anime ending I've ever seen but holy God

[32:49] it's perfect and I love it I'm biased

[32:52] towards this game unlike any other

[32:53] despite it not even being my favorite in

[32:55] the series which is why I was super

[32:57] anxious going into P40 animation P40

[33:00] animation is just like the Persona 3

[33:01] movie is being handled by AIC and and

[33:04] this time A1 pictures the script clean

[33:06] off of the show but they'll be back

[33:08] God God they'll be back in fact the

[33:10] animation is where I want to start now

[33:12] obviously this isn't a movie series so

[33:14] the higher quality consistency of P3 the

[33:16] movie's animation is not here and it's

[33:18] also worth noting this series was made

[33:20] before the P3 movies in 2011. I don't

[33:22] get why you would make a Persona 4

[33:24] Series first but okay but that's not to

[33:26] say the show doesn't look halfway decent

[33:28] because it certainly does as far as

[33:30] anime goes It's perfectly fine visually

[33:32] I really like the coloring and shading

[33:33] and the characters stay mostly on model

[33:35] I do have a few gripes the start of the

[33:37] show can feel oppressively gray now

[33:39] Persona 4 did start out with mostly gray

[33:41] skies but in the animation the coloring

[33:43] makes it feel all muggy and like it's

[33:44] always about to rain and that is the

[33:46] point considering how much of a role

[33:48] Weber has in P4 but it wasn't as

[33:50] distracting compared to the game like I

[33:51] think the contrast may have just been

[33:53] like severely lowered because it does

[33:55] look a lot greater than how it does in

[33:57] the game it's not a big issue though

[33:58] although there are also a few instances

[34:00] of characters going off model but hey

[34:02] that's nitpicking at this point it's not

[34:03] like A1 animated this animation aside

[34:06] one of my biggest scribes of the Persona

[34:08] 3 movies was that they couldn't choose

[34:09] wherever they were going to be

[34:10] straightforward adaptations with barely

[34:11] any changes or be Rife of new decisions

[34:14] it was a weird tug of war with only

[34:15] winter rebirth getting it done well

[34:17] overall by balancing the two near

[34:19] perfectly so how does persona 4's anime

[34:21] go about adapting the story well they

[34:23] got the balance right after all but what

[34:24] did they change now one thing some of

[34:26] you are probably aware of is that p4a is

[34:28] a much more comedic and light-hearted

[34:30] take on P4 storyline and I mean P4 is

[34:32] already the happiest and rated game

[34:34] about serial murder so that on paper

[34:36] doesn't seem too ideal but by some

[34:38] absolutely baffling Miracle they make it

[34:40] work and if I'm being honest the English

[34:42] dub is the ideal way to watch this

[34:44] series it absolutely kills of how funny

[34:46] the dialogue can get not to rank too

[34:48] hard in the original Japanese voice

[34:49] acting but I always found that Persona 4

[34:51] had my least favorite Japanese voice

[34:52] cast out of all of the games and the

[34:54] voice acting is very good I am not a

[34:56] doubly test at all and I would be crazy

[34:58] to even say that I may be a little

[35:00] biased because I play all the Persona

[35:01] games in English but it's not like I

[35:03] actively hate anything that isn't dubbed

[35:05] Persona 3's English voice acting is

[35:07] renowned for being absolutely ferocious

[35:09] at times despite many standout moments

[35:11] obviously the cast got better over time

[35:13] of subsequent spin-off titles but

[35:14] whoever was in charge of directing the

[35:15] VA for fuka specifically just did not

[35:17] give a [ __ ] and she's not even the worst

[35:19] of it no

[35:21] wow however Persona 4's original

[35:24] Japanese foreign

[35:27] at times when it comes to certain

[35:29] characters you think Teddy sounds

[35:31] annoying in the English dub you my

[35:32] friend have not heard the horrors of

[35:34] Teddy's Japanese voice acting Teddy can

[35:36] get high-pitched in English but is

[35:38] mostly tolerable but this

[35:41] [Music]

[35:46] Elle didn't die for this also Raceway

[35:48] sounds like a four-year-old and it makes

[35:50] her boss fight 100 times more disturbing

[35:52] if she sounded any younger I'd assume

[35:53] anyone who played this game sucked was

[35:55] put on a watch list again another dub

[35:57] purist by any means but P forced up

[35:59] personally just blows the original out

[36:01] the water and with all of the main cast

[36:03] returning in the anime I couldn't be

[36:04] happier to still have functioning ears

[36:06] the English cast to an absolutely

[36:08] magnificent job in the material they're

[36:09] given everyone sounds Pitch Perfect and

[36:11] all comedic moments are executed

[36:13] flawlessly the dialogue specifically is

[36:15] a major highlight usually with anime

[36:16] comedy You're Expecting like bare bone

[36:18] slapstick at the best of time since a

[36:20] lot of Japanese jokes often Get Lost in

[36:22] Translation now I'm not sure how much

[36:23] was lost in translation for p4a but the

[36:25] dialogue can be very witty and simple

[36:27] back and forth between characters like

[36:28] yosuke and chia is a joy to watch if we

[36:31] were standing next to each other talking

[36:32] it'd be too obvious over dork over has

[36:35] always got to be the last thing you say

[36:38] little space between us dork over by far

[36:41] the most notable and funniest part to

[36:42] show when it comes to dialogue is the

[36:44] dialogue that comes from the percent of

[36:45] four protagonists as previously stated

[36:47] with Persona 3 the anime adaptations

[36:49] have to find ways of fleshing out the

[36:50] mute Pro tags of the video games like in

[36:52] Makoto's case they're presented as an

[36:54] apathetic softy who slowed the overcomes

[36:56] his depression with his friends and

[36:57] desire for living as his motivation now

[36:59] P4 is a lot less serious than p3s they

[37:01] couldn't make the protection brooding

[37:03] and emotionally distant guy if anything

[37:05] they did the exact opposite enter you

[37:07] narakami so your dreams of naming the MC

[37:09] banging kawakami are unfortunately over

[37:11] yet again I'm aware that he has a

[37:13] different name in the manga but he

[37:14] appears to be the only protagon in the

[37:16] series that's consistently named and no

[37:18] one cares about the manga and if you

[37:19] thought the I don't care memes where it

[37:21] reaches for Makoto you are gonna despise

[37:23] the chat memes for narakami narakami is

[37:25] definitely the most unique at the

[37:27] Persona Pro attacks the dude is

[37:28] practically beaming with confidence and

[37:30] above all else narakami is a troll

[37:33] nearly every line that comes out of his

[37:35] mouth especially in the English dub

[37:36] provided by the legendary Johnny Young

[37:38] Bosch it's just him taking the absolute

[37:41] pants you suck mukoto in the first movie

[37:43] was written by the guy who chose I don't

[37:45] care for the first half of the game now

[37:46] rakami was risen by the guy who throws

[37:48] every hole dialogue option in Persona 4

[37:51] and it's glorious to watch

[37:56] oh dude oops wrong guy you see my coach

[38:00] doesn't care because he's apathetic you

[38:02] doesn't care because he's just too cool

[38:03] and he is aware of it and yes the chat

[38:05] memes definitely originated from the

[38:07] Kings game scene if there's any scene

[38:09] from this show that you've saw without

[38:10] being a Persona fan it's probably this

[38:12] one you is such a badass that literally

[38:14] robbed from a coach's Battle Theme just

[38:16] to unbutton his shirt and aim a precise

[38:18] Dart throw

[38:20] [Music]

[38:24] I've seen some grave robbing in my day

[38:27] but holy wow at the same time no while

[38:29] you was easily the funniest part of the

[38:31] show he's not strictly a gag character

[38:33] he does have an actual character Arc

[38:35] he's still a human being with real

[38:36] emotions p4a attempts into the idea of

[38:39] you being Reliant and having friends in

[38:40] his fear of being alone you doesn't have

[38:42] a character in Persona 4 at the start of

[38:44] the game we're told that he's

[38:45] transferring to a school in Ann Arbor

[38:47] because of his parents changing careers

[38:48] and was apparently pretty well liked at

[38:50] his original School due to how many

[38:51] students voice their disbelief for him

[38:53] moving in p4a on the other hand is

[38:55] completely different he moves to another

[38:57] but he doesn't seem to have this massive

[38:59] Social Circle or reputation that's

[39:00] implied in the game he's more alone and

[39:02] moving over to inappa ends up being more

[39:04] life-changing as a result finally being

[39:06] able to make friends and memories that

[39:07] will last a lifetime another interesting

[39:09] tidbit is that you as the only main

[39:10] character in Persona 4 that doesn't have

[39:12] a shadow in P4 all of the main

[39:14] characters confront their Shadow cells

[39:16] which are suppressing at the size of

[39:17] themselves that they don't want to see

[39:18] but taken to a massive extreme it's

[39:20] essentially their emotions going haywire

[39:22] but still having some truth to them so

[39:24] no kanji is not gay just because his

[39:26] shadow has uh vague themes of

[39:29] homosexuality it's just his emotions

[39:30] going haywire because of how much he

[39:32] suppresses the side of himself that

[39:33] enjoys activities that are traditionally

[39:35] viewed as feminine everyone has trouble

[39:37] accepting their Shadow which results in

[39:38] their boss fights and they learn to

[39:40] accept that part of himself after the

[39:41] boss is done manifesting their personas

[39:43] in the process you however does not have

[39:45] a shadow in Persona 4. he is seemingly

[39:47] chosen by izan now made the orchestrator

[39:49] of the game's events to be capable of

[39:50] within the power of the Wild Card which

[39:52] allows him to use multiple personas now

[39:54] to p4's credit narakami being perfect is

[39:57] not a story issue since he's just meant

[39:59] to be you the player but obviously this

[40:01] can't happen in Persona 4D animation

[40:02] because he's independent of your control

[40:04] so while he still receives his Persona

[40:06] at random by isanami's choice he

[40:07] eventually confronts his own shadow at

[40:09] the end of the adaptation a

[40:10] manifestation of its fear of being alone

[40:12] in his Reliance on his friends and this

[40:14] was so damn cool to watch and made him a

[40:16] lot more fleshed out his backstory and

[40:18] character Arc may not be as heavy as

[40:19] Makoto's but it doesn't need to be now

[40:21] it's not all fun and games foray well it

[40:24] is a lot lighter in tone and has a lot

[40:25] more comedy in the game it still deals

[40:27] with a murder mystery as its main plot

[40:29] while many moments don't have the same

[40:30] impact as they do in the game a lot of

[40:32] them are still very well done and hell

[40:34] some of the changes work a lot better

[40:35] God the scene with nanako at the

[40:37] hospital this was the first time a video

[40:39] game had maybe audibly SOB no matter how

[40:42] many times I replay this game nothing

[40:43] can prepare me for this moment

[40:45] specifically even when I know that

[40:46] Nautica comes at the other end

[40:47] eventually this moment between you and

[40:49] her as she slowly dies in front of you

[40:51] is emotionally devastating and I'm

[40:53] weirdly glad that the anime somehow made

[40:55] it even more tragic Johnny Young Bosch

[40:57] is one of my favorite voice actors and

[40:58] they manages to provide the dialogue

[41:00] that you never had in the original game

[41:01] without overdoing it there's clear

[41:03] desperation in narakami's voices

[41:05] nanako's life slowly but surely Slips

[41:07] Away in front of him it's heartbreaking

[41:09] and you know I didn't mind the original

[41:10] scene had music playing during it

[41:12] because the song itself is devastating

[41:14] in this context but removing all the

[41:16] sounds aside from the heartbeat monitor

[41:18] and use voice makes the dread of

[41:19] nanako's death even more impactful

[41:21] especially for people who have already

[41:23] played the game who are used to how the

[41:25] original scene plays out and holy [ __ ]

[41:27] the scene where the investigation team

[41:28] contemplates from namatami into the TV

[41:31] is fine enough in the game but since

[41:32] narakami is no longer a Flawless God in

[41:34] the anime this scene is elevated to a

[41:36] damn near Masterpiece

[41:41] what are you doing in narakami's one

[41:43] moment of weakness he breaks away from

[41:45] being the calm Wise Guy hero and drags

[41:47] us screaming narutami over to the TV of

[41:50] the intent to kill him showing no

[41:51] emotion in the process he truly believes

[41:54] that namatami was the one who killed

[41:55] nanako an acting on pure emotional

[41:57] instinct to avenge her stopping himself

[41:59] at the last second to defuse the

[42:01] situation it's even more terrifying if

[42:03] he played the game because you know that

[42:04] namatami is innocent you was mere

[42:06] moments away from ending an innocent

[42:08] man's life to Avenger's cousin and the

[42:10] scene afterwards of him crying in the

[42:11] snow clinging into yosuke for Comfort

[42:13] Jesus Christ for such a comedic

[42:16] adaptation they really know when to pull

[42:18] out the big guns for the darker moments

[42:19] of the story and it's brilliant they did

[42:21] a wonderful job at characterize and

[42:23] developing narakami and is easily my

[42:25] favorite Persona protag as a result

[42:27] unfortunately while there are many

[42:28] scenes that are made even more impactful

[42:30] in the anime there are also a few too

[42:31] many that aren't treated with as much

[42:33] respect sometimes the comedy can go

[42:35] overboard and it can turn a scenes such

[42:36] as I attempting to [ __ ] kill herself

[42:39] into a more laid-back and lighthearted

[42:41] scene p4a struggles with tonal

[42:43] consistency a fair bit and the pacing

[42:44] will light years ahead of the P3 movies

[42:46] but then again taking a height across

[42:48] the freaking Mojave Desert is better

[42:49] than this it's still rather flawed in a

[42:51] few areas Persona 4 isn't as long as

[42:53] Persona 3 usually clocking in around 70

[42:55] hours but that's still a very long game

[42:57] and while they definitely made the right

[42:58] call to translate it to TV they are

[43:00] always going to have problems with the

[43:02] story moving a tattoo fast or a dialogue

[43:04] being a lot more condensed than the

[43:05] original game's story and that makes

[43:07] sense of course not everyone has the

[43:09] patience to listen to adachi ramble like

[43:10] a psychopath for 15 minutes but without

[43:12] the dialogue feeling as uh big I guess

[43:15] compared to the anime it can leave some

[43:16] scenes feeling a little rushed if you've

[43:18] already played the game although I can't

[43:20] see it working for those who are

[43:21] discovering Persona 4 through the anime

[43:22] you know what's also rushed Social Links

[43:25] well technically one of my main issues

[43:27] with the percent of free movie is that

[43:28] they basically discarded one of the main

[43:29] things that made Persona unique and

[43:31] emotionally engaging outside of its main

[43:33] story and that's the Social Links Social

[43:34] Links are admittedly a bit of a game

[43:36] mechanic first and self-contained story

[43:38] next their main purpose in Persona 3 4

[43:40] and 5 is to increase the XP to a person

[43:42] it will gain when you fuse one of the

[43:43] corresponding Arcana which can help you

[43:45] learn very powerful skills can give you

[43:47] the advantage earlier on and stopping a

[43:49] lot of unnecessary grinding outside of

[43:50] your own health and SP increase while at

[43:52] the same time providing Side Stories for

[43:54] the characters you start your Social

[43:55] Links with where you mostly please them

[43:57] and be friendly with them for the first

[43:58] half but as the stakes tend to rise they

[44:00] usually appreciate the more grounded

[44:02] answers that they need as if Bond

[44:03] forever grows maxing at level 10 where

[44:05] you forge an unbreakable friendship with

[44:07] that person and is also where you can

[44:09] officially establish an intimate

[44:10] relationship if you decide to pursue one

[44:11] with a girl on a related note resay is

[44:14] overrated now with something like that

[44:15] they obviously can't include the

[44:17] gameplay benefits of the links since the

[44:18] anime is not a video game and when you

[44:20] take into account the Persona 4 has the

[44:21] largest amount of Social Links in the

[44:23] franchise it is 100 impossible for them

[44:25] to cram all of them into p4a with

[44:27] adequate depth but Persona is largely

[44:29] defined by its social Sim aspects and

[44:31] not including any Social Links at all is

[44:32] a bit of a letdown in that regard but

[44:34] thankfully unlike the P3 movies p4a does

[44:36] actually bother with the social link

[44:38] somewhere there are a few episodes and

[44:40] moments that are dedicated to specific

[44:42] links and to say the paste properly is

[44:44] up for debates but there's a good loss

[44:46] of them here and they make the calendar

[44:47] system from the game actually feel like

[44:49] it has a purpose in the anime managing

[44:51] to give you the balance between the

[44:52] social life and fighting in the TV world

[44:54] the past of time doesn't feel so

[44:56] trivialized like it does for p3's

[44:57] adaptation and I'm glad that they at

[44:59] least put in the effort to show some of

[45:00] the links here it's also funded for side

[45:03] plots showing other mechanics from the

[45:04] game that also take up time slots in

[45:06] your day like you going fishing

[45:07] part-time jobs stuff like that it's

[45:09] pretty neat now into the actual plot

[45:11] which remains largely unchanged from the

[45:13] video game aside from the obvious

[45:15] dialogue changes in the actual episode

[45:16] there are a few changes to certain

[45:18] events though and some are kind of neat

[45:20] like showing you tsunami first

[45:21] interacting with adachi but then there's

[45:22] stuff like giving Yukiko a pet bird just

[45:25] to make the visual metaphor of her being

[45:26] a bird trapped in the cage about to

[45:27] Sutter was the implied pain of being hit

[45:29] in the face and then there's holy

[45:31] original stuff like me detective nanako

[45:33] stuff narakami dressing up in Teddy's

[45:35] costume looking after kids and I'd go as

[45:37] far as to say that some of it can

[45:38] qualify as filler it's entertaining

[45:40] fellow but it's still filler and when

[45:41] you have to adapt 70 hours of gameplay

[45:43] in 26 episodes I don't think showing

[45:45] stuff like this is a good idea overall

[45:47] though it still follows the same story

[45:49] murder mystery that hangs over Innova

[45:51] people getting thrown into the TV by the

[45:52] suspected killer and it's up to the

[45:54] investigation team to save the ones

[45:55] being thrown in and solve the case

[45:56] Persona 4's story is a novelty that

[45:58] doesn't have the same punch on repeated

[46:00] playthroughs but if I could have raised

[46:01] my memories just to play this game blind

[46:03] again I would and the anime adapts the

[46:05] story well hell I go as far as to say

[46:07] the p4a instead of just my way of

[46:09] experiencing Persona 4's story if you're

[46:10] intimidated by the link for the game or

[46:12] just don't want to play it although I

[46:14] highly recommend you do because it's a

[46:15] much tighter more consistent experience

[46:17] again p4a feels a little rush towards

[46:19] the end of many of the plot twists not

[46:21] hitting nearly as hard to say did in the

[46:23] game I was surprised by how flat the

[46:25] adachi reveal was and I think if he got

[46:27] a bit more screen time it may have

[46:28] worked in the game he is always around

[46:30] every month for a bit of Chit Chat not

[46:32] disregarding his social link in Golden

[46:33] but the anime doesn't do him much

[46:35] Justice and I also added this Series has

[46:37] some fire openings and endings my

[46:39] personal favorite is the second op

[46:40] because it sounds a lot more grungy than

[46:42] the previous one but they're both

[46:43] visually great and musically sound I

[46:45] love the symbolism of the stack it's

[46:47] really cool and the endings while not

[46:49] offering a whole lot in terms of visuals

[46:51] have absolute bangers for their songs

[46:53] when it comes to the music in general

[46:54] though a lot of it is carried over from

[46:56] the games which is fair enough no pointy

[46:58] composing and recording a lot of new

[46:59] tracks if you already have perfectly

[47:01] good music available from your Source

[47:02] material but there are still plenty of

[47:04] original pieces here and they all sound

[47:06] good and fit the scenes they're featured

[47:07] in many of the songs here should have

[47:09] been in the game because they're

[47:10] honestly amazing just wanted to touch on

[47:12] that really quickly but this is a series

[47:13] I could genuinely recommend to people

[47:15] who have never played Persona before

[47:16] it's a genuinely great series not many

[47:19] video game adaptations manage to be as

[47:21] funny charming and as faithful their

[47:23] Source material while also offering new

[47:24] ideas to improve its already fantastic

[47:26] story or I'd still recommend playing the

[47:28] game first you can easily jump into p4a

[47:30] without having the knowledge of The

[47:31] Game's plot it's a very solid anime very

[47:34] funny and keeps Persona 4's incredible

[47:36] emotional beats while adding many of its

[47:37] own albeit a little off when it comes to

[47:39] pacing

[47:40] [Music]

[47:43] however despite Persona 4D animation

[47:45] being a great show worthy of the Praises

[47:47] accumulated throughout the years there

[47:49] is another person of four anime and just

[47:51] as I foreshadowed earlier A1 pictures

[47:53] was here to spoil the fun

[47:55] [Music]

[48:05] [Laughter]

[48:09] all right okay Persona 4 Golden is an

[48:12] enhanced re-release the Persona 4

[48:14] release exclusively for the PlayStation

[48:15] vs

[48:21] in 2012 it contained enhanced gameplay

[48:24] features extra story sequences a new and

[48:27] very bad dungeon changed some other

[48:28] miscellaneous things gave us a single

[48:30] best line of dialogue ever put in a

[48:32] video game I'm sorry teddy only people

[48:34] have human rights I did an epilogue for

[48:37] getting the true ending of the game and

[48:38] also changed the opening song to

[48:42] generally golden is viewed a lot more

[48:44] favorably compared to atlas's previous

[48:46] Persona re-release P3 FES which

[48:48] contained the answer and that's kind of

[48:50] self-explanatory but it did have a few

[48:52] changes that many thought blocked it

[48:54] down compared to the original PS2

[48:55] Release with the third semester

[48:56] specifically being appreciated for

[48:58] social and completion but also being

[49:00] kind of you know added on and while I've

[49:03] only played a bit of the original P4 on

[49:05] an emulator I can see why some of the

[49:06] changes annoyed people though I will not

[49:08] accept any slander of Shadow world thank

[49:10] you that song slaps and you know it get

[49:12] past the harmonica and you will see what

[49:13] I mean I saw an offense when they hear

[49:15] good music and you'd think with golden

[49:17] being released after the original

[49:18] Persona 4 anime there wouldn't really be

[49:20] a point of making another P4 adaptation

[49:22] well someone Atlas probably saw a

[49:25] decrease in their weekly salary of about

[49:26] 5 cents because Here Comes A1 pictures

[49:29] with Persona 4 the golden animation and

[49:31] it is extremely not very good nearly

[49:33] everything we've talked about so far has

[49:35] had merits and has been plenty enjoyable

[49:37] the only outlier I can think of is the

[49:39] third Persona free movie but everything

[49:40] so far has been solid genuinely great so

[49:43] it's a shame that I have to finally

[49:44] start getting pretty negative here now I

[49:46] realize I've been a little salty about

[49:48] A1 in this video so I'll just be like

[49:50] I'll just give some context finally A1

[49:52] and Atlas have been working together for

[49:54] a while on Persona they provided all the

[49:55] animated cutscenes four percent of four

[49:57] for example but wait why do the

[49:59] cutscenes not look bad here's the thing

[50:00] about A1 Pick just all right you gotta

[50:02] pay close attention to what products

[50:04] they're working on first or how was

[50:06] their priority in a current anime season

[50:08] and you also got to pay attention to

[50:09] who's working on the projects A1 has a

[50:12] bad reputation for often providing

[50:13] incredibly sloppy animation because they

[50:15] take on multiple projects at once and

[50:17] clearly dedicate most of their time and

[50:18] resources into a few this is why shows

[50:20] like Black Butler and kagiasama lovers

[50:22] war two of my favorite Productions from

[50:24] them have consistently clean animation

[50:26] because at the time of their production

[50:27] they really priority due to budget

[50:29] constraints this is also proven by the

[50:30] fact that at the very time golden

[50:32] animation was being animated A1 were

[50:34] working on three other shows for that

[50:36] specific season out of Noah zero Black

[50:38] Butler book of circus and the devil

[50:40] spawn commonly referred to as Sword Art

[50:41] Online now I haven't watched arthno at

[50:44] zero and you couldn't pay me in peanuts

[50:45] to watch Sora online again but from the

[50:47] clips I've seen the animation for both

[50:48] of those were consistently clean Black

[50:50] Butler book of circus is the only one of

[50:52] these shows I don't regret watching and

[50:53] I still think it's one of black Butler's

[50:55] best story arcs and that shows

[50:56] specifically looked great in terms of

[50:58] lighting Aesthetics and overall quality

[51:00] aside from some issue of detail from

[51:02] afar so you have A1 working on all these

[51:04] shows at once all of which looking

[51:05] pretty damn decent from an animation

[51:07] standpoint and then there's Persona 4

[51:09] the golden animation I won't dwell on it

[51:10] for too long but Christ the animation is

[51:13] terrible the first episode lures you in

[51:16] with some fun visuals but after that

[51:17] it's off model janky undetailed horrible

[51:20] looking slop it is a clear rush job from

[51:23] beginning to end the aesthetic is also

[51:25] way off look at the aesthetic of the

[51:26] original P4 anime and then look at

[51:28] Golden the colors are sickly bright and

[51:30] the shading doesn't support them making

[51:32] all of the coloring look flat and

[51:33] uninteresting unlike p4a which

[51:35] consistently looked pleasing and don't

[51:37] get me started on the number of still

[51:38] frames talking head scenes lack of

[51:40] detail also golden animation never got

[51:42] dubbed I don't know why maybe licensing

[51:45] maybe none of the va's gave a [ __ ] I

[51:47] don't know but we're still stuck with

[51:49] the Japanese cast this time and I admit

[51:50] I warmed up to some of them eventually

[51:52] but I still think p4's dub is King you

[51:54] may also realize that there's a new face

[51:55] here on the poster this is Marie and

[51:57] when she isn't being hated with every

[51:59] fiber Persona Twitter's being she's

[52:01] being hated by me [ __ ] Marie that's a

[52:04] little rude let me start over Marie was

[52:06] introduced in Golden as part of the

[52:07] extra story content and to say she's

[52:09] unpopular of most people is putting it

[52:10] lightly her frustrating personality

[52:12] along with her existence in the story as

[52:14] a whole is puzzling she was added as a

[52:16] way for the writers to explain where the

[52:17] mysterious Funk that covered Inova came

[52:19] from and which is you know something we

[52:21] really didn't need explained and her

[52:23] social link would honestly be a complete

[52:25] waste of time if it wasn't for the fact

[52:26] that Marie's surgery link is required

[52:28] for you to get the true ending of

[52:29] Persona 4 Golden that includes the

[52:31] epilogue her social link is not very

[52:33] substantial it's a compilation of her

[52:35] learning about the outside world due to

[52:36] suffering from heavy Amnesia and just

[52:38] getting along with the investigation

[52:39] team but was essentially a string of

[52:41] pure accidents on her pie and also

[52:43] consists of the game desperately trying

[52:45] to make her important by pointing you

[52:46] towards clues of where her Arc goes and

[52:48] ending with narakami telling her that

[52:49] she doesn't need to worry and be scared

[52:51] about her old memories so long as she's

[52:52] making new ones of her new friends which

[52:54] is sweet and all but after she remembers

[52:56] who she originally was and after a boss

[52:57] fight there is an absolute pushover her

[53:00] impact on the story is next to nothing

[53:01] she didn't need to be in Golden now what

[53:04] does the animation do to potentially

[53:05] alleviate this problem but how did every

[53:08] [ __ ] scene ever including the concert

[53:10] scene why not the entire point of this

[53:12] anime just seems to be fan service for

[53:14] people who'd wanted to see Marie get

[53:16] animated as well as some of the other

[53:17] golden exclusive events because the

[53:19] episodes don't exactly go in a

[53:21] recognizable structure golden animation

[53:22] is more like an anthology series that is

[53:24] specifically tailored for Die Hard fans

[53:26] who just wants an adaptation of golden

[53:28] like the series isn't completely devoid

[53:30] of Merit like there's an interesting

[53:31] theory that the reason why the plotting

[53:33] is so weird and why narakami seems

[53:35] strangely used to everything that's

[53:36] going on does it this series is supposed

[53:37] to be narakami going through New Game

[53:39] Plus which will not only explain why

[53:40] Izanagi gets away with all of this in

[53:42] the first episode but it also makes this

[53:44] next social stance that appear behind

[53:46] you and in the second opening make a lot

[53:47] more sense it's an interesting idea but

[53:49] translating it to a series does not work

[53:51] the pacing is it's about that good but

[53:54] you probably guessed that there's almost

[53:56] no new music here either and as of the

[53:58] original tracks I think there were the

[54:00] only one that stood out was the theme

[54:01] that plays during you and adachi's fight

[54:03] called yin yang which is essentially

[54:05] Lotus juice having a rap battle between

[54:06] himself with the two sides forming an

[54:08] arakami and adachi's outlooks

[54:10] respectively and it's a really cool song

[54:12] I kind of wish it was a dachi's battle

[54:13] theme in the game actually I will be

[54:14] modding it in for my next playthrough

[54:16] and as for the openings we don't talk

[54:17] about the first one the second one now

[54:19] that's a good opening the song next

[54:21] chance to move on is just so Persona 4.

[54:24] its chill it has this overwhelming sense

[54:25] of euphoria capturing the game's happy

[54:27] atmosphere and has some really cool

[54:28] looking visuals of the characters having

[54:30] thick outlines and their Shadows

[54:31] reflecting their personas I just wish

[54:33] they were using the better anime there

[54:35] were also some semi-interesting scenes I

[54:37] did like showing at sadachi's past but

[54:38] you really couldn't pay me to care

[54:40] because that was never important the

[54:41] golden animation is a tragic misfired I

[54:44] would only recommend to Die Hard fans if

[54:46] they really wanted to watch another

[54:47] Persona 4 anime I mean at least it

[54:49] shorts around 12 episodes if you don't

[54:51] count the OVA the OVA is titled thank

[54:53] you Mr accomplish and it's essentially

[54:55] an alternate timeline to the series that

[54:57] covers the chilling accomplice ending in

[54:58] Golden where you side with adachi in

[55:00] fact if there's anything you should

[55:01] watch from this anime it's probably this

[55:03] the animation is still garbage but it's

[55:05] intriguing to see this be animated

[55:06] however the game does it a lot better

[55:08] but why would you ever do that to

[55:10] yourself overall golden animation is

[55:12] very bad it's not good it's not just a

[55:14] bad animation it's not just the horrible

[55:16] pacing it's not just the fact that it's

[55:18] incredibly lazy to the point of reusing

[55:19] Shadow Worlds the song for its first

[55:21] opening but it doesn't do enough to

[55:23] justify its existence if you were gonna

[55:25] watch a P4 adaptation there's already a

[55:27] really good one you can watch and have a

[55:28] good time with even if you've played

[55:30] golden and not the original I don't see

[55:32] much of a reason to watch this series

[55:33] it's quite bad

[55:36] [Music]

[55:42] now for some of you this is probably the

[55:44] main reason you even clicked on this

[55:45] video because let's face it it's not a

[55:47] secret Persona 5 of the animation is a

[55:49] god-awful piece of [ __ ] and I want to

[55:51] hurt it now personally I think Persona 5

[55:53] and especially Persona 5 Royal is

[55:55] objectively the most well-designed game

[55:56] in the franchise from the gameplay

[55:58] perspective everything is beautifully

[55:59] streamlined stylish UI helps make combat

[56:02] and daily activities more engaging and

[56:03] Visually stimulating the amount of stuff

[56:05] you can do is insane and despite the

[56:07] game getting incredibly easy with how

[56:08] overpowered you could become before

[56:09] getting halfway through it Persona 5 is

[56:11] still a fantastic video game when it

[56:13] comes to storytelling though I think

[56:15] that's where issues arise now some wise

[56:17] wanks in the mega 10 and Persona

[56:18] communities have tried to arguing the

[56:20] Persona 5 as overall bad writing just

[56:22] because its story is not as good as

[56:23] previous games this happened with

[56:25] Persona 4 and it happened with Persona 3

[56:27] as far as you can tell from looking at

[56:28] whiny posts on game FAQs from 12 years

[56:30] ago and it will absolutely happen when

[56:32] Persona 6 releases a few years from now

[56:34] look Persona 5's got writing issues

[56:36] plenty of them but arguing that it's a

[56:38] terribly written game is far too

[56:39] disingenuous for me it has inconsistent

[56:41] bumps and quality throughout the

[56:43] adventure and I would only go as far as

[56:44] calling one story arc of the game truly

[56:46] questionable and you know exactly which

[56:48] one I'm talking about okay but overall I

[56:50] still think P5 tells a good story with

[56:52] powerful themes and despite the

[56:54] occasional Plotkin drivers that drives

[56:55] me up the damn wall I'd love the high

[56:57] concept story compared to the previous

[56:58] games I loved every single character

[57:00] except Morgana I think the game has many

[57:02] of the best Social Links sorry

[57:03] confidants in the series the game is

[57:05] still an emotional roller coaster and

[57:07] regardless of the inconsistency in story

[57:09] art quality it always remains gripping

[57:11] the most gripped I've been by a Persona

[57:12] story honestly it's not my favorite

[57:14] obviously but I appreciate Persona 5's

[57:16] story and I still overall loved it but

[57:18] one thing that even knows you have

[57:19] played Persona 5 are aware about is that

[57:21] the game is Mega Super Deluxe Ultra

[57:23] super incredibly long now P3 and P4 were

[57:26] already long games but they could still

[57:28] in theory be adapted into an anime

[57:30] without much trouble Persona 5 on the

[57:31] other hand not counting Royal since

[57:33] there's no anime for that thank God

[57:34] takes on average 100 hours to Simply

[57:37] finish the story not even counting extra

[57:41] side content and that's without 100 in

[57:44] the game and with a story there's a lot

[57:45] more Supernatural and high Concept in

[57:47] comparison to the Cozy and down to earth

[57:49] nature Persona 4 and the simple but

[57:50] effective nature percent free you can

[57:52] see where there may be some potential

[57:53] problems an enemy like this needs 4 4

[57:55] and planning as to how it will progress

[57:57] a decent budget and animation that

[57:58] consistently pull off visually

[57:59] interesting fight scenes instead of

[58:01] static RPG battles where characters just

[58:03] shoot colored energy each other as well

[58:04] as being able to replicate and smoothly

[58:06] integrate aspects of persona 5's

[58:07] gorgeous visual style and aesthetic into

[58:09] the animation it needs a lot more than

[58:11] 20 or so episodes since this is a 100

[58:13] hour video game would greatly benefit

[58:14] from a larger season and it also needs

[58:16] to balance live Sim day-to-day life and

[58:18] relationship building via conference and

[58:19] expressing their importance with the

[58:21] high stakes Adventures of defense and

[58:22] thieves and the metaverse and it also

[58:24] needs to give a sudden protagonist

[58:25] decent personality to differentiate

[58:27] himself from the blank safe version in

[58:28] the video game all of this stuff is

[58:30] basic anime stuff that even the basic

[58:31] adaptations have managed to get right

[58:33] now let's see how many of those they

[58:35] [ __ ] up

[58:37] [Applause]

[58:41] okay now take percent for the animation

[58:44] persona for the animation story while

[58:46] not having the greatest fight scenes or

[58:47] attempts at Social Link integration at

[58:49] least managed to retell it the story of

[58:50] the video game in a fun and interesting

[58:52] way but more specifically and

[58:53] alternative way making it accessible for

[58:55] newcomers who can't play the game and

[58:57] also appealing to those who have already

[58:58] beaten it Persona 5D animation is much

[59:00] akin to prisoner for the animation and

[59:02] it retells its story in an interesting

[59:04] way however it does that by sucking

[59:05] massive STD riddle Jesus where to begin

[59:08] okay the stock storytelling it tries

[59:11] really hard to follow the plots of the

[59:12] video game almost religiously there's no

[59:14] extra touches to make it unique no real

[59:16] like substantial additions it attempts

[59:18] to be a straightforward adaptation the

[59:20] cardinal sin of the Persona 3 movies but

[59:22] it somehow fails at doing that by being

[59:24] different to the game and how everything

[59:26] is paced and moves along Persona 5 is a

[59:28] game of massive pacing issues but not

[59:30] even the percent of free movies got to

[59:31] level of Watts that this series did it's

[59:34] like they set their sights on doing

[59:35] stuff tried to squeeze in some of the

[59:37] confidence into the story but screws

[59:38] them up cholesterol damage realizes they

[59:40] don't have enough time goes back to

[59:41] following the story skips through

[59:42] everything that may Persona 5 story and

[59:44] dialogue and character interactions

[59:45] interesting has never cracked with the

[59:46] confidence screws it up realizes they

[59:48] won't be able to include all of them so

[59:49] they pick a random selection of ones to

[59:51] go through still manages to shaft him

[59:52] goes back to the story do you need help

[59:54] you know people may rag on how long

[59:56] Persona 5 takes to establish its main

[59:57] plot and how stuff like the metaverse

[59:59] functions but at least it's competent

[1:00:01] Exposition and ties everything together

[1:00:02] without being confusing Exposition is a

[1:00:05] narrative tool for a reason not

[1:00:06] everything can be established with show

[1:00:07] don't tell p5d animation rushes through

[1:00:10] the story so badly that by the time they

[1:00:12] begin infiltrating Kar machines as

[1:00:13] Palace you have only the most basic

[1:00:15] explanation of what the Phantom thieves

[1:00:16] are doing and how it works like it's

[1:00:18] easy to understand what they're trying

[1:00:19] to accomplish and what's going on in

[1:00:21] general but the how and why are

[1:00:22] completely missing or are so poorly

[1:00:24] explained it makes keeping up with the

[1:00:26] story in utter chor and let's talk about

[1:00:28] confidence for a second because holy God

[1:00:30] if you focus on the force anime shafted

[1:00:32] them the way Persona 5's anime intends

[1:00:34] to interacting the story is messy at

[1:00:36] best a substantial number of characters

[1:00:38] are reduced the background characters

[1:00:39] some characters get some scenes with the

[1:00:41] protagonist but nothing really

[1:00:42] substantial and the character arcs of

[1:00:44] defensive fuse themselves are developed

[1:00:45] in the most superficial level imaginable

[1:00:47] they are casted deep into the shadow of

[1:00:49] the vastly superior Source material I

[1:00:51] think most Persona 5 fans will look

[1:00:53] great at Makoto's Confidant was one of

[1:00:54] the least satisfying gripping in the

[1:00:56] game it was okay but it largely focused

[1:00:58] on you and Makoto saving her new friend

[1:01:00] from being boost to work for an illegal

[1:01:02] business it doesn't focus enough on

[1:01:03] Makoto as the character now for the

[1:01:05] anime adaptation this is a perfect

[1:01:06] chance to take creative liberties with

[1:01:08] the source material and potentially

[1:01:09] improve on it taking the brief moments

[1:01:11] received a much more interesting family

[1:01:13] situation Makoto has with her sister and

[1:01:15] the death of her father however p5a

[1:01:16] doesn't change anything from the

[1:01:18] original story unless you count the fact

[1:01:19] it does everything a hundred times worse

[1:01:21] so we get the exact same boring

[1:01:23] confident storyline now made worse due

[1:01:25] to the pacing and unsubstantial dialogue

[1:01:27] this Rings true for every Phantom FIFA

[1:01:29] show tries to develop ryuji on yusuke

[1:01:32] Makoto Futaba Haru all get their arcs

[1:01:34] remade but we'll shoot their dialogue

[1:01:36] and pacing so all the stories themselves

[1:01:38] might be great like use game for Thomas

[1:01:40] conference which are some of the best in

[1:01:41] the game they are done basically zero

[1:01:43] Justice confidants outside the Phantom

[1:01:45] thieves that are acknowledging the anime

[1:01:46] are passable at best like Mishima and

[1:01:48] kawakami but are just jaw-droppingly bad

[1:01:51] at worst hifumi is best girl fight me

[1:01:53] yes while on a purely subjective level

[1:01:55] flushing out some confidence from

[1:01:56] outside the Phantom thieves as a step up

[1:01:58] from p4a on an objective level p5a

[1:02:00] butchers so many of these arcs to

[1:02:02] straight up ignores some of the best

[1:02:03] ones so much and so often that I would

[1:02:05] have honestly preferred if they stuck to

[1:02:06] trying to tell the main story and even

[1:02:08] if they did do that they would not have

[1:02:10] enough time a two-core anime season is

[1:02:12] simply not enough for a game of their

[1:02:14] scope it is filled with emotional

[1:02:15] informatics substance with a colossal

[1:02:17] story spanning over a hundred hours this

[1:02:20] needed two seasons at a minimum what

[1:02:22] doesn't help the b-tech retelling of the

[1:02:24] game's story and its confident plot is

[1:02:26] that they are backed up by a shockingly

[1:02:27] boring protagonist if there's one thing

[1:02:29] I can very easily commend about the

[1:02:30] adaptations for P3 and P4 is that they

[1:02:33] took the silent protagonists of their

[1:02:34] respective games and expanded upon head

[1:02:36] cannons based on the game's dialogue

[1:02:37] choices while still giving them their

[1:02:39] own individual personalities and

[1:02:40] character development so the reason why

[1:02:42] narakami is even considered the best

[1:02:44] Persona protag by most people is because

[1:02:46] of how much Justice the anime gives him

[1:02:47] the anime was the blueprint for use

[1:02:49] characterization which has remained

[1:02:51] consistent over the Persona 4 spin-off

[1:02:53] games like P4 Arena and dancing all

[1:02:54] nights even Makoto who can't even appear

[1:02:57] in future games due to the consequences

[1:02:58] of being dead was done so much justice

[1:03:01] as an emotionally compelling character

[1:03:03] overcoming its apathy and depression in

[1:03:04] the movies and is arguably the one thing

[1:03:06] each movie consistently nailed the

[1:03:08] animes for both of these games had

[1:03:09] nothing to work with aside from vague

[1:03:11] dialogue options to build a character

[1:03:12] from and came out on top of Two fleshed

[1:03:15] Out characters that work within the

[1:03:16] game's story now we come to Persona 5's

[1:03:18] protagonist Joker if there's one

[1:03:20] character you know from Persona if

[1:03:21] you're an outsider it's probably Joker

[1:03:23] he's the face of Persona 5 he was the

[1:03:25] Persona rep in Smash Bros he's on every

[1:03:27] piece of promotional artwork looking or

[1:03:29] Sly and smug and enjoying himself I gave

[1:03:31] him credit he has more lines of dialogue

[1:03:33] than any of the pro tanks in the video

[1:03:34] games Makoto and Yu never spoke outside

[1:03:36] of battle when even then it was mostly

[1:03:38] grown

[1:03:41] actually talks and makes brief comments

[1:03:44] on stuff outside of battle there is a

[1:03:46] clear difference between his soft-spoken

[1:03:48] timid side in the real world and is more

[1:03:50] enthusiastic lines when exploring the

[1:03:51] metaverse that right there gives you

[1:03:53] more foundations than the previous two

[1:03:54] pro tanks and that's not even

[1:03:56] considering his dialogue options where a

[1:03:57] large number of them came off as defiant

[1:03:59] sort of sassy you know he's a quiet kid

[1:04:01] who holds resentment for the society

[1:04:03] that's wronged him and he enjoys being a

[1:04:04] phantom Thief you see more of an

[1:04:06] innocent smile on him when he's not in

[1:04:08] the metaverse but when he Dawns the

[1:04:09] masking clothes he's a phantom Thief

[1:04:12] this is mainly my head Cannon dudes a

[1:04:15] theater kid he loves the theatrics and

[1:04:16] getting back at Society while keeping to

[1:04:18] himself in the real world even if you

[1:04:19] don't agree with that head Cannon I

[1:04:21] think all of us can agree that it's a

[1:04:22] country mile better than how Joker is

[1:04:24] handled in the anime enter Ren Ami Maya

[1:04:27] so your dreams of naming him banging

[1:04:28] kawakami are again dismissed but at

[1:04:30] least in this game you can in fact bang

[1:04:32] kawakami wanna know why I've only been

[1:04:34] calling him Joker by his code name

[1:04:36] because no one I repeat no one can can

[1:04:39] decide what this kid's actual name is

[1:04:40] it's more divisive than the debate

[1:04:42] between Minato and Makoto honestly and

[1:04:44] it's largely because Joker's manga name

[1:04:46] Akira karusu sounds a lot cooler and

[1:04:48] stands out a lot more to some people

[1:04:49] obviously not for everyone people still

[1:04:51] call him Ren but personally I swap

[1:04:53] between the two when I feel like it for

[1:04:54] the time being though I will simply be

[1:04:56] calling him Joker given Joker's a lot

[1:04:58] more to work with when creating an

[1:04:59] independent character with actual

[1:05:00] thoughts and feelings divorced from the

[1:05:02] players it really saddens me to say that

[1:05:04] joker is bafflingly uninteresting in the

[1:05:06] anime just to be clear I am trying to

[1:05:08] judge all these adaptations without the

[1:05:10] dots in mind first p4a is still really

[1:05:12] funny without the dub even though the

[1:05:13] dove does greatly enhance the experience

[1:05:15] mp5a's dub is something I'm going to

[1:05:17] talk about in a sec for now though

[1:05:18] judging pivave slowly through watching

[1:05:20] it subbed I was absolutely bored to

[1:05:23] Tears by Joker's characterization his

[1:05:25] dialogue his impact on the story

[1:05:26] everything despite talking the most out

[1:05:28] of all the protags in the games Joker

[1:05:30] somehow speaks less than Makoto does in

[1:05:32] the anime and when he does open his

[1:05:34] mouth about a quarter of it is over him

[1:05:35] grunting saying a singular word or

[1:05:37] stealing a line from Eugene the times

[1:05:39] where he's speaking four sentences he

[1:05:41] just doesn't say anything interesting he

[1:05:43] barely has any impact on conversations

[1:05:45] there's no real difference between this

[1:05:47] behavior in reality and the metaverse

[1:05:49] his voice acting is good but it doesn't

[1:05:50] save a fundamentally boring character

[1:05:52] the protagonist of an anime series

[1:05:54] barely talks and when he does it amounts

[1:05:57] to nothing I cannot begin to describe

[1:05:58] how much this hurts this already wounded

[1:06:00] puppy of an adaptation Joker has a

[1:06:02] reason to be subtle in the games his

[1:06:04] personality is decided by your dialogue

[1:06:06] choices and he gets plenty of them

[1:06:07] firmly establishing that he does have at

[1:06:09] least some input on what's happening I'm

[1:06:11] fine with Joker being a quiet kid in

[1:06:13] fact that's a great bit of

[1:06:14] characterization for him but there's

[1:06:15] nothing else to the guy at all he

[1:06:17] doesn't get a smidge of noticeable

[1:06:18] character growth scenes in the game

[1:06:20] where he actually has plenty of dialogue

[1:06:21] choices to provide the illusion of

[1:06:23] audible input are neutered in the anime

[1:06:25] and it's like he doesn't talk at all he

[1:06:26] has no compelling Arc no notable

[1:06:28] character traits he's more of a blank

[1:06:30] slate than the blank slates all he does

[1:06:32] is fill the role of the protagonist and

[1:06:34] leader of the Phantom thieves simply by

[1:06:35] virtue of building multiple personas he

[1:06:37] is the same character from the moment he

[1:06:39] arrives in Shibuya to the moment he puts

[1:06:41] a cap in God's brain this reeks of a

[1:06:43] script that tries too hard to be

[1:06:45] faithful to a story or he has no hope of

[1:06:47] adapting properly taking the aspects of

[1:06:49] it that require gameplay in order to

[1:06:50] work and retroactively ruining them

[1:06:52] Joker is such a disappointment in this

[1:06:54] series and I have to seek his suspicion

[1:06:55] not a fact just a sneaking suspicion

[1:06:57] that it's because this interpretation of

[1:06:59] his character received mixed reviews

[1:07:00] when compared to narakami Joko remains a

[1:07:02] mute character in Persona 5 Strikers

[1:07:04] like what reason was there for Joker to

[1:07:06] remain a mutant Strikers exactly

[1:07:08] narukami is out here speaking four

[1:07:10] sentences in multiple spin-off games and

[1:07:11] Joker's still stuck with the dialogue

[1:07:13] choices although I will admit the

[1:07:15] dialogue choices in Strikers get so

[1:07:16] consistent sometimes that it's sort of

[1:07:18] clear what character they want Joker to

[1:07:20] be what dude shut up alright I'm getting

[1:07:22] sidetracked you want to know what's

[1:07:23] funny all of this butchering of the

[1:07:25] story and the characters because of the

[1:07:27] rushing of the series and they still

[1:07:28] need an innovate to wrap things up

[1:07:30] that's right p5a's last episode is

[1:07:32] literally just a catchy killing Joker

[1:07:34] and then it ends I didn't see the other

[1:07:37] two episodes before that so I I found it

[1:07:39] pretty funny there are two hour long

[1:07:41] ovas going over to Shido Arc and the

[1:07:44] finale of Persona 5 respectively are

[1:07:46] they any better uh no all of the same

[1:07:49] problems as the anime just with a much

[1:07:50] longer run time and a massive Reliance

[1:07:52] on CGI like holy hell a lot of CGI I

[1:07:55] tend to find CGI complaints in anime

[1:07:57] rather Petty especially when it looks

[1:07:59] perfectly fine but there's honestly no

[1:08:00] excuse here this stuff just looks bad

[1:08:02] the only thing good about these is the

[1:08:04] scene where Morgana returns after

[1:08:06] supposedly dying is executed better in

[1:08:08] the anime and throws more natural in the

[1:08:09] game but if I only get to praise one

[1:08:11] scene for the show in comparison to its

[1:08:13] source material I'm a funny guy all

[1:08:16] right now let's talk about the dub if

[1:08:18] you ever feel like watching the show

[1:08:19] don't then go and pick the dub this is a

[1:08:22] very strong recommendation this whole

[1:08:23] time I've been talking about p5a as it

[1:08:25] stands from watching the subbed version

[1:08:26] however while the show is still a

[1:08:28] dumpster fire well dubbed p5a's English

[1:08:30] voice actors must have gotten told or

[1:08:31] something because they managed to make

[1:08:32] the anime rather entertaining at times

[1:08:34] Persona 5 easily has the best English

[1:08:36] dub cast in the series hands down the

[1:08:38] voice acting is really good in both

[1:08:40] English and Japanese yet the English dub

[1:08:42] feels like an Abridged Series at times

[1:08:44] and usually I'd say this hurts a dub

[1:08:46] more than it enhances like yes the

[1:08:48] narrator from Lover's war is funny but

[1:08:49] it's really distracting but when you

[1:08:51] have an anime like p5a that gets so

[1:08:53] achingly boring a little silliness can

[1:08:55] go a long way

[1:08:58] especially from xandermobos as Joker

[1:09:00] Joker may be an uninteresting character

[1:09:02] in The subbed version but damn it Xander

[1:09:04] managed to deliver his lines with really

[1:09:06] good comedic timing and sounded like he

[1:09:07] was actually having a lot of fun

[1:09:11] [Music]

[1:09:14] show me your true form

[1:09:18] get it together dude

[1:09:22] my bad joker sounds like he has a

[1:09:26] personality even if his actual character

[1:09:27] writing leaves a lot to be desired his

[1:09:29] voice is soothing of a hint of dorkiness

[1:09:31] that makes him easier to like welcome

[1:09:33] hey

[1:09:35] are you old enough hey uh in his voice

[1:09:39] in the metaverse is powerful and

[1:09:40] commanding of your attention

[1:09:45] because the issues with Joker as a

[1:09:47] character but the dub does Joker so much

[1:09:49] Justice all the dab actors managed to

[1:09:51] make the dialogue more engaging actually

[1:09:52] there are several new scenes in p5a

[1:09:54] between Joker and a catchy establishing

[1:09:56] that they have more of a friendship and

[1:09:57] playful rifle even shown in the game

[1:09:59] while discussing their ideals they give

[1:10:01] this show some honest to God credit this

[1:10:03] is good Joker and a catchy's

[1:10:05] relationship was dramatically

[1:10:06] underdeveloped in vanilla Persona 5 a

[1:10:08] Persona 5 Royal finally giving a catch

[1:10:10] in all new Confidant that blows the

[1:10:11] original game out the water the anime

[1:10:13] scenes were simply a Band-Aid fixed for

[1:10:15] this issue before Royal came out but

[1:10:16] they're all greats and the conversations

[1:10:18] between a catchy and Joker and the dub

[1:10:20] sound natural and interesting largely

[1:10:21] because Robbie Damon and Xander Mobis

[1:10:23] have a lot of underutilized chemistry

[1:10:25] together and we get to see glimpses of

[1:10:27] that here I just wish Joker talked more

[1:10:28] man and I mean at least the dub doesn't

[1:10:30] bore me to tears and can produce a

[1:10:32] decent chuckle from me just like p4a I

[1:10:34] recommend watching the dub on this one

[1:10:36] no hated the Japanese voice actors at

[1:10:37] all they're really good but The Abridged

[1:10:39] take on some of the scenes and dialogue

[1:10:41] for the dark match to make a shooting

[1:10:42] adaptation slightly less painful right

[1:10:44] what else is there oh yeah the animation

[1:10:47] you know the main thing people tend to

[1:10:49] dunk on about this show yeah it's no

[1:10:50] secret by now that Persona 5 the

[1:10:52] animation is one ugly looking anime now

[1:10:55] there are a few misconceptions about who

[1:10:56] actually made this anime many people

[1:10:58] just say it's A1 pictures and writes it

[1:11:00] offices never failing by them and what

[1:11:02] they technically aren't wrong this show

[1:11:03] is actually animated by none other than

[1:11:05] cloverworks thing is at the time

[1:11:07] cloverworks was still a subsidiary of A1

[1:11:09] had not split off yet so while it is

[1:11:11] true that A1 was involved with the

[1:11:12] show's production and potentially are

[1:11:14] responsible for the state of its

[1:11:15] animation since they take on a lot of

[1:11:16] projects at once and seemingly just

[1:11:18] handy clever works the key is told them

[1:11:19] to have it ready by 2018. I did want to

[1:11:21] point it out that this wasn't exactly a

[1:11:23] high priority show for A1 now today most

[1:11:25] of you known cloverworks for their

[1:11:27] really good animation in plenty of

[1:11:28] critically acclaimed anime like Wonder

[1:11:30] egg priority my dress up darling and

[1:11:32] most recently spy X family they are a

[1:11:34] very talented and capable studio so it

[1:11:36] really does beg the question of why this

[1:11:38] Show's animation turned out so bad A1

[1:11:41] this work does not look professional

[1:11:42] this is something I'd expect a freelance

[1:11:44] animator on YouTube to propose Pilots

[1:11:46] the artwork is low quality lacking

[1:11:48] detail even when really close and when

[1:11:50] it's far away where you'd expect there

[1:11:52] to be less detail it just looks like a

[1:11:53] child Druid that's not even mentioning

[1:11:55] the actual animation which is stiff

[1:11:57] janky all the action scenes in the show

[1:11:59] look over extremely Janko just

[1:12:01] consistently personas hurling colored

[1:12:02] energy towards each other there's no

[1:12:04] impressive fight choreography none of

[1:12:06] the colors pop and the show looks

[1:12:07] incredibly washed out there's no even

[1:12:09] spectacle it just looks bad I'm

[1:12:11] struggling to decide whether this or the

[1:12:13] golden animation look worse I've never

[1:12:14] watched an anime where characters go off

[1:12:16] model this consistently and all attempts

[1:12:18] at making the action look cinematic full

[1:12:20] flat

[1:12:21] combine this with the awful CGI in the

[1:12:24] ovas and you ever showed it honestly

[1:12:25] hurts to look at you know what's most

[1:12:27] embarrassing about this well there

[1:12:29] aren't many of them the anime cutscenes

[1:12:30] in Persona 5 the game look a bajillion

[1:12:33] times better than the anime like they

[1:12:35] aren't even that technically impressive

[1:12:37] but they're competently composed there's

[1:12:38] good lighting consistent character

[1:12:40] models with great detail it looks

[1:12:41] acceptable an anime at the very least

[1:12:43] should make its animation look on par or

[1:12:46] better than a video game cutscene

[1:12:48] Persona 4 managed that the anime blows

[1:12:50] The Originals animation out the water

[1:12:51] granted percent of 4 came out in 2008

[1:12:53] but there's not that much of a Time gap

[1:12:55] between it and its anime p4a still looks

[1:12:57] mild special than p5a which released

[1:12:59] seven years after and I don't really

[1:13:01] want to hear that the show was rushed

[1:13:03] because yeah no [ __ ] the animation is

[1:13:05] still really bad and not only does this

[1:13:07] look bad it also just doesn't look like

[1:13:09] Persona 5. you've got the characters

[1:13:10] here you have the phone aesthetic

[1:13:12] there's an attempt an all-out attack

[1:13:15] what the [ __ ] am I looking at but

[1:13:17] overall the anime looks Bland the colors

[1:13:20] are the saturated every scene outside

[1:13:21] looks extremely muggy and also where is

[1:13:24] the style the most highly discussed and

[1:13:27] widely recognized thing about Persona 5

[1:13:28] is its impeccable visual style and

[1:13:30] aesthetic the game is personality

[1:13:32] incarnate the Punky rebellious manga

[1:13:35] scrapbook whatever you want to call this

[1:13:36] style it's easily the most memorable

[1:13:38] part of the game's art Direction I'm not

[1:13:40] saying to animate the show primarily in

[1:13:41] red black and white but nothing about

[1:13:43] p5a's animation screams Persona 5 to me

[1:13:46] at the very least incorporate the visual

[1:13:47] style into the action scenes actually

[1:13:49] that already exists ladies and gentlemen

[1:13:51] I give you percent of five the

[1:13:53] daybreakers this was a promotional

[1:13:54] animation for the release of Persona 5

[1:13:56] that was animated by none other than A1

[1:13:58] pictures not cleverworks or any Studio

[1:14:00] they just dumped this project onto Atlas

[1:14:02] pay to have a promotional 24 minute ov8

[1:14:04] promote the release of Persona 5 in

[1:14:06] Japan and I think it's a shame most

[1:14:08] people don't know or care that this

[1:14:09] exists because oh my God not only are

[1:14:13] the character models consistent with

[1:14:14] good detail but the colors just look

[1:14:16] much brighter this could be a cut scene

[1:14:18] from the game and I honestly wouldn't

[1:14:19] notice and that's not even the best part

[1:14:21] when the thieves Venture into mementos

[1:14:22] we get an absolutely spectacular action

[1:14:25] sequence there's some gorgeous animation

[1:14:27] fluid and snappy movements eye-popping

[1:14:29] colors and they even throw in the visual

[1:14:31] aesthetic of Persona 5 into the fight

[1:14:33] scenes they appropriately managed to

[1:14:35] stylize their action scenes to make it

[1:14:36] look like something from Persona 5. also

[1:14:38] while it's not much Joker feels a lot

[1:14:40] less restrained here and you can easily

[1:14:42] tell the difference between how he is in

[1:14:43] reality and how he enjoys being a

[1:14:45] phantom Thief this is an an extremely

[1:14:47] high quality OVA that has literally none

[1:14:49] of the issues the anime has and it's

[1:14:51] literally a [ __ ] commercial it

[1:14:53] astounds me that A1 poured their heart

[1:14:55] and soul into this OVA yet then we get

[1:14:57] Persona 5 the animation I'm not

[1:14:58] expecting this level of quality per

[1:15:00] episode I think that's slightly

[1:15:01] unreasonable but just having consistent

[1:15:03] animation would have worked wonders not

[1:15:05] to mention this OVA is an expansion of a

[1:15:07] Memento side quest in the actual game

[1:15:09] giving it more of a story while having

[1:15:10] it take place realistically during the

[1:15:12] main plot of persona 5. now imagine this

[1:15:14] p5a isn't a one-to-one attempt at

[1:15:17] retelling the game's story and is

[1:15:18] instead a series of memento's missions

[1:15:20] from the game that are more fleshed out

[1:15:22] letting us get to know the characters

[1:15:23] involved their struggles desires and

[1:15:25] then having the plot focus on solving

[1:15:27] that while p5's main plot progresses in

[1:15:28] the background hell it doesn't even have

[1:15:30] to be missions from the game and can be

[1:15:32] entirely new ones that we don't see

[1:15:33] represented it would be formulaic

[1:15:35] knowing each episode would end in a big

[1:15:36] fight but I could have seen this working

[1:15:38] wonders and it would have honestly been

[1:15:39] a neat companion based on the main game

[1:15:41] perfect for fans while not entirely

[1:15:43] ruining the story or spoiling anything

[1:15:44] substantial for newcomer actually

[1:15:46] something of that sort already exists

[1:15:48] Persona 5 mementos missions is literally

[1:15:50] an original manga about this exact

[1:15:52] concept it's not technically Canon but

[1:15:54] compared to the P5 enemy as well as the

[1:15:56] manga adaptation of P5 it's honestly a

[1:15:58] lot of fun I was surprised at how much I

[1:16:00] enjoyed it since it doesn't really take

[1:16:01] itself that seriously and it's just a

[1:16:03] fun piece of spin-off content just make

[1:16:05] an adaptation of that alas I can only

[1:16:07] dream there's only a few more things to

[1:16:09] cover here so I'll go over the openings

[1:16:11] the running joke about discussing the

[1:16:12] show is that all the budget just went

[1:16:14] into the openings and honestly I do see

[1:16:16] that opening one captures p5's visual

[1:16:18] style and has some really nice symbolism

[1:16:19] some really cool shots and the song

[1:16:21] Break in the breakout is a pretty good

[1:16:23] song and if it's the story rather well

[1:16:25] Dark Sun on the other hand oh God I'm

[1:16:28] gonna get my heart changed for saying

[1:16:29] this but I really don't Vibe with the

[1:16:31] song that much it is really good when

[1:16:33] you get to the drop-off dark son

[1:16:35] wherever you shine I see but I find it

[1:16:39] pretty bland leading up to that what's

[1:16:41] not helping other visuals all the fans

[1:16:43] of foods at the start distractingly

[1:16:45] undetailed but second half of this

[1:16:46] opening is some straight garbage what

[1:16:49] the heck is this what does this mean why

[1:16:51] is ryuji naked Anna Makoto are dating I

[1:16:53] guess good for them Yo futaba's freaking

[1:16:54] bowling holy [ __ ] these visuals are

[1:16:56] utter nonsense they have absolutely

[1:16:58] nothing to do with the main plot or the

[1:17:00] characters except maybe Morgana but even

[1:17:03] then they're so comically dark and out

[1:17:05] of place this is not a good opening the

[1:17:07] ending themes are a lot better I like

[1:17:08] these a lot the music well most of it is

[1:17:10] just taken for B5 soundtrack and that

[1:17:12] needs no introduction whether you're a

[1:17:13] fan of the series or not you have 100

[1:17:15] heard this soundtrack using a YouTube

[1:17:17] video at some point it's really good the

[1:17:19] original music that is here isn't too

[1:17:21] bad either well that was a very long

[1:17:22] rant so overall Persona 5 the animation

[1:17:25] is a textbook example of a garbage video

[1:17:27] game anime and there are quite a few but

[1:17:29] the others are usually garbage for being

[1:17:31] too different this one is garbage for

[1:17:32] being too similar because the story

[1:17:34] doesn't work as an anime that's this

[1:17:36] short maybe if they were given two

[1:17:37] seasons but it's a video game anime of

[1:17:40] course they weren't getting that as much

[1:17:41] as the golden animation sucked it at

[1:17:43] least had some entertainment value from

[1:17:45] seeing the people forecasters interact

[1:17:47] with each other p5a is a joyless cash

[1:17:49] grabbing adaptation to honestly either

[1:17:50] deserves better or shouldn't have been

[1:17:52] made in the first place if you've

[1:17:53] watched this anime and haven't bothered

[1:17:54] playing Persona 5 you are actively

[1:17:56] making your life worse my guy just play

[1:17:58] Persona 5 better yeah play Persona 5

[1:18:00] Royal the re-release it has new content

[1:18:02] and ending since one of the best games

[1:18:03] I've ever played it's coming to steam

[1:18:05] Xbox and Nintendo switch on October 21st

[1:18:07] this year so pick it up when you can you

[1:18:08] are doing yourself a disservice by

[1:18:10] letting this piece of garbage serve as a

[1:18:12] substitute for Persona 5's narrative

[1:18:14] just play the game and stay far away

[1:18:16] from the show if you aren't curious it's

[1:18:18] a waste of time

[1:18:21] all right well that's all the

[1:18:23] adaptations out of the way I feel like

[1:18:25] something's missing though

[1:18:28] okay since this is an anime of the

[1:18:30] Persona name though it's not an

[1:18:31] adaptation I'll give it a brief look

[1:18:36] oh

[1:18:38] yeah

[1:18:41] [Music]

[1:18:47] ah yes Persona Trinity Soul just a

[1:18:50] question for all my Persona one and two

[1:18:51] fans out there what's it like to feel

[1:18:53] neglected because I'm telling you guys

[1:18:55] just because Atlas doesn't make games

[1:18:56] for you anymore doesn't mean they act

[1:18:58] like you literally don't exist Trinity

[1:19:00] soul is an anomaly of sorts this is less

[1:19:02] of a black sheep and more of a lost than

[1:19:04] forgotten cat I can count a number of

[1:19:06] people who I know who have watched this

[1:19:07] show on one hand Me Trinity soul is not

[1:19:11] an adaptation of any of the games it is

[1:19:13] in fact an original series taking place

[1:19:14] 10 years after the events of Persona 3

[1:19:17] and was supposedly Canon at some point

[1:19:18] until Persona 4 arrived a few years

[1:19:20] later saw the idea of adults not being

[1:19:22] able to use personas said LOL no and

[1:19:24] created adachi then feeling unsatisfied

[1:19:26] Persona 4 Arena arrived a few years

[1:19:28] later and promptly passed all over its

[1:19:30] grave now it's just a non-canon

[1:19:31] alternate universe set 10 years after

[1:19:33] Persona 3 though you'd probably forget

[1:19:35] that when watching it because Persona 3

[1:19:37] isn't really a required viewing or

[1:19:39] playing to watch this although it does

[1:19:41] help when akihiko just sort of pops up

[1:19:43] for a few minutes that was a thing that

[1:19:45] happened you know it's kind of hard to

[1:19:46] dig into what exactly Trends your soul

[1:19:48] is what it's trying to be because in all

[1:19:50] honesty I don't really know it feels

[1:19:52] like after the breakout success of

[1:19:54] Persona 3 Atlas just didn't really know

[1:19:56] what to do of that success so they tried

[1:19:57] creating something akin to the social

[1:19:59] set of Persona 3 of the noir-esque style

[1:20:01] Persona 2. if that sounds like Persona 5

[1:20:03] to you then yeah basically but Trinity

[1:20:05] Soul was evidently a testing ground for

[1:20:07] that kind of concept the big critique

[1:20:09] that often gets levied against this

[1:20:10] anime is that it's incredibly slow like

[1:20:12] this is the slow burniest of slow Burns

[1:20:14] but it unfortunately doesn't really

[1:20:16] excite you a whole lot of what happens

[1:20:17] at the end of that Slow Burn there are

[1:20:19] long stretches of time in the show where

[1:20:21] nothing happens the atmosphere is

[1:20:23] incredibly dry and it's somewhat

[1:20:25] refreshing for a Persona property but

[1:20:27] the execution doesn't fare too well

[1:20:28] there is sort of a Serene calmness with

[1:20:30] the show's atmosphere and pacing though

[1:20:32] it's different and can often be

[1:20:34] unbearable but it's hard to knock the

[1:20:35] chill Vibe they wanted to go for many of

[1:20:37] these scenes the story revolves around

[1:20:39] Shin an official protagonist in The

[1:20:40] Persona 3 Canon that Atlas wants you to

[1:20:42] forget ever existed and the show filled

[1:20:44] to Convention of the Persona formula a

[1:20:46] kid transfers to a new town new school

[1:20:48] has to live there for a while before

[1:20:50] eventually getting tackled up in

[1:20:51] Supernatural nonsense although Shin

[1:20:53] doesn't really get a Velvet Room Igor

[1:20:55] just shows up to him in person it's like

[1:20:57] they realize this guy wouldn't amount to

[1:20:58] much but Shin isn't alone here as he

[1:21:01] transfers with his younger brother June

[1:21:03] the stare of his older brother Rio with

[1:21:04] Brotherhood being a main theme of the

[1:21:06] series so just like any modern Persona

[1:21:08] gamer has a starting formula but it's

[1:21:10] what it does with that formula that

[1:21:11] makes each game unique whether that's

[1:21:13] the specifics of the plots the themes

[1:21:14] that are covered or and the Dynamics

[1:21:16] between the characters Shin's in the

[1:21:18] right protagonist is nothing to write

[1:21:19] home about but he still puts him above

[1:21:21] sub version of Ren in my book as The

[1:21:23] Show Goes On you'll learn more about the

[1:21:24] bond between these three their family

[1:21:26] what their parents did because as his

[1:21:28] customary of most stories like this the

[1:21:29] parents are to blame and you get the

[1:21:31] sense that they all do care about each

[1:21:33] other they're not bad characters they're

[1:21:34] just nothing really special Rio is cold

[1:21:37] almost his brothers to stay out of his

[1:21:38] work and out of Harm's Way frustratingly

[1:21:40] even after they awaited their Persona

[1:21:42] which is just but he's fleshed out just

[1:21:45] enough for you to believe that okay this

[1:21:47] is an actual person that's probably the

[1:21:49] best summary for the Trinity Soul cast

[1:21:50] they're Simply Good Enough they're

[1:21:52] possible Shin's classmates consist of

[1:21:54] megumi takuru and kanuru out of the

[1:21:56] three megumi is easily my favorite and

[1:21:58] is definitely the best character in the

[1:22:00] show although there's not a whole lot of

[1:22:01] competition she's one of the few

[1:22:03] characters that feels like she could

[1:22:04] have been in a Mainline Persona game

[1:22:06] she's peppy extroverted in a generally

[1:22:08] likable character but of course has to

[1:22:09] have a track as a backstory when in a

[1:22:11] car accident as a child her Persona

[1:22:13] protected her and her parents but wasn't

[1:22:14] able to protect her brother as a result

[1:22:16] she hates herself and personas in

[1:22:18] general but the former sentiment is held

[1:22:20] very much by her mother who admits to

[1:22:21] her from a young age that she loved her

[1:22:23] son more than her and wished it was

[1:22:24] megumi who had died Instead This trauma

[1:22:26] and bitter divide between the two Lisa

[1:22:28] megumi getting a one-off episode

[1:22:29] dedicating to men that Bond her mother

[1:22:31] realizing that magumi had protected all

[1:22:33] of them that day and feeling sorry for

[1:22:34] what she had done it's a moment of

[1:22:36] actual Brilliance and it feels

[1:22:38] incredibly out of place with the rest of

[1:22:39] the anime it's sort of powerful actually

[1:22:41] if there's one episode that deserves to

[1:22:43] be watched here it's undoubtedly this

[1:22:44] one it feels like it belongs in a

[1:22:46] Persona game this is a genuinely well

[1:22:48] written and impactful storyline that

[1:22:50] single-handedly turns a likable but

[1:22:51] bland archetype of the extroverted girl

[1:22:53] character into the best character in the

[1:22:55] entire anime it is legitimately not even

[1:22:57] close Sakura is fine enough but it's

[1:22:59] clearly another attempt at the comic

[1:23:01] relief best friend character and that

[1:23:02] doesn't really go a long way when

[1:23:04] nothing funny ever happens instead

[1:23:06] takura was largely carried by his

[1:23:07] one-off episode except unlike megumi

[1:23:09] it's simply not as impactful basically

[1:23:11] due to confusing plot stuff and an event

[1:23:13] that happened 10 years ago his father's

[1:23:15] mind was swapped with this woman causing

[1:23:16] takura to be abandoned by his father at

[1:23:18] a young age with no knowledge of where

[1:23:19] he went or what even happened this woman

[1:23:21] is takaro's Father only in anime ladies

[1:23:24] and gentlemen and it's a fine episode

[1:23:26] nothing much else it's sweet very weird

[1:23:28] but sweet then there's kanuru and here

[1:23:31] it becomes evident that they'd maybe

[1:23:32] just you know just maybe borrowed a few

[1:23:35] ideas from Persona 3 kanaru as a robot

[1:23:37] in the love interest of shin who dies in

[1:23:38] Shin's arms Makoto is rolling in his

[1:23:40] door grave obviously there's the

[1:23:42] difference that I guess wasn't the one

[1:23:43] who died it was Makoto but this is still

[1:23:45] a very on the nose inspiration I'd

[1:23:47] hardly call it inspiration honestly it's

[1:23:49] just straight up theft speaking of

[1:23:51] Persona 3 here comes the blue Peter

[1:23:53] versions what were already Bargain Bin

[1:23:54] antagonists the maribito are a joke

[1:23:56] they're not even a funny joke I can't

[1:23:58] even make fun of how laughable they are

[1:24:00] because I just feel bad they mean

[1:24:01] absolutely nothing in the grand scheme

[1:24:03] of things outside of this chick who I

[1:24:05] forgot the name of because she was the

[1:24:06] only one allowed to actually have an

[1:24:08] input on the main plot back to kanaroo I

[1:24:10] mean hell even comparing her to I guess

[1:24:12] is doing I guess a disservice because

[1:24:13] kanuru isn't all that interesting her

[1:24:15] backstory kind of is but she's as Bland

[1:24:18] as a piece of Yukiko I mean cardboard

[1:24:20] otherwise she's addicted to something

[1:24:21] called Shadow extraction oh right I

[1:24:23] haven't really mentioned details about

[1:24:24] the main plot have I sorry if this

[1:24:26] section is disjointed but Trinity Soul

[1:24:28] really did bore me to tears it's not

[1:24:30] even a bad anime but it's just not that

[1:24:32] interesting and it's honestly really

[1:24:33] forgettable I'm only including it here

[1:24:35] because I know there'd be some [ __ ]

[1:24:37] Troublemaker smt fan who'd chew me out

[1:24:39] for neglecting it in a video about

[1:24:40] Persona anime back on track the main

[1:24:42] plot revolves around something called

[1:24:43] Persona extraction basically a number of

[1:24:46] corpses are turning up with their skin

[1:24:47] removed which is definitely a 2000s

[1:24:49] Atlas idea it's wonderfully dark and it

[1:24:51] involves the you guessed it extraction

[1:24:53] of one's Persona this is the case that

[1:24:55] Shin's brother Rio was working on and he

[1:24:57] knows the person who is behind it a

[1:24:59] neurologist named kaisuke a man obsessed

[1:25:01] with Reviving his dead daughter ayane

[1:25:03] for the use of personas there's also

[1:25:05] another process called Shadow extraction

[1:25:07] where instead of stripping a person of

[1:25:08] their Persona they're stripped off a

[1:25:10] part of their Shadow which gives them a

[1:25:11] great sense of euphoria this is a

[1:25:13] legitimately cool idea too bad it's not

[1:25:15] explored in the way that does it much

[1:25:16] Justice you see Shadow extraction is

[1:25:18] instead uses a massive allegory for

[1:25:20] anything the series wants to make a big

[1:25:22] statement about whether that's drunk

[1:25:24] driving drugs or unprotected Scaro is

[1:25:27] addicted to Shadow extraction and is

[1:25:28] placed into the majority of the show's

[1:25:30] social scenes because it's not a [ __ ]

[1:25:32] Persona media without at least one

[1:25:34] moment of contradicting your own themes

[1:25:35] she's a naive reserved girl and is

[1:25:37] honestly a character I don't like she's

[1:25:39] not very interesting outside of her

[1:25:41] backstory and before she gets the chance

[1:25:42] to be worth appreciating she's already

[1:25:44] dead the reason why I've been going over

[1:25:46] the characters first and I've left the

[1:25:47] story on the back burner is because

[1:25:48] Trinity soul is a very character in

[1:25:50] conversation based series there's not

[1:25:52] much action here and the action scenes

[1:25:54] that are available are short and crappy

[1:25:55] and I don't mind that if it has some

[1:25:57] sort of flare or personality but so many

[1:25:59] of these scenes are just boring

[1:26:01] Exposition or just moments where nothing

[1:26:02] happens you can appreciate the calm of

[1:26:05] Trinity soul but not when there's little

[1:26:07] to nothing happening as a result it's

[1:26:08] just easier to talk about the characters

[1:26:10] in any actual plot points because this

[1:26:12] show still finds a way to make things

[1:26:13] super convoluted towards the end it's a

[1:26:16] weird series and I can see why Atlas

[1:26:18] treats it as if it doesn't exist it's

[1:26:19] not even getting into the stuff

[1:26:20] pertaining to adults using personas

[1:26:22] Trinity soul establishes that adults

[1:26:24] cannot use their personas and the ones

[1:26:26] that can have to take special drugs that

[1:26:28] allow them to use them effectively but

[1:26:30] not taking them will result in their

[1:26:31] Persona going berserk and attacking

[1:26:33] others or the user this is basically an

[1:26:35] expanded concept of the pills from

[1:26:36] Persona 3 that we use this helps

[1:26:38] suppress a violent Persona in Persona

[1:26:40] users who couldn't summon their personas

[1:26:41] naturally which applied to Shinji as

[1:26:43] well as every member of Strega this is a

[1:26:45] really neat concept and it's Unique to

[1:26:47] this series explaining why Rio can use

[1:26:48] his Persona at age 28 however this

[1:26:52] concept was completely thrown out the

[1:26:53] window of Persona 4 with its spin-offs

[1:26:55] not treating Trinity Soul as a Canon

[1:26:57] sequel to Persona 3 and if you want to

[1:26:58] go even further back this concept

[1:27:00] completely contradicts Persona 2 where

[1:27:02] personas could be summoned by adults and

[1:27:03] if you want to get even more specifics

[1:27:05] and kichi from Persona 5 Strikers is the

[1:27:07] first Persona user in a long ass time

[1:27:09] who awakened their Persona as an adult

[1:27:11] basically it's easy to see why this

[1:27:13] concept didn't last outside of this

[1:27:15] series and why this series is ultimately

[1:27:16] not considered Canon as previously

[1:27:18] mentioned akihika from Persona 3 shows

[1:27:20] up in this series but he's the only real

[1:27:22] connection between Trinity soul and

[1:27:24] Persona 3 if he didn't show up you could

[1:27:26] show this anime to a lot of people and

[1:27:27] they wouldn't even be able to tell you

[1:27:28] that it was a Persona 3 sequel as for

[1:27:30] Aki himself he does nothing like

[1:27:33] literally nothing he shows up for a few

[1:27:35] episodes but he doesn't discuss C's or

[1:27:37] any of his friends the Dark Hour

[1:27:38] Tartarus next personas he doesn't even

[1:27:40] act as a mentor as a fool with guidance

[1:27:42] he just shows up without being able to

[1:27:44] use his personal in adulthood and does

[1:27:46] nothing beyond that it's just really

[1:27:48] lame taking one of p3's best characters

[1:27:50] and doing nothing with him I'll take

[1:27:52] Arena zakihiko over this any day at

[1:27:54] least he has a personality you know

[1:27:55] despite being flanderized into a walking

[1:27:57] protein advertisement all in all true

[1:27:59] soul is not a bad anime it's not

[1:28:01] offensively awful or anything and there

[1:28:04] are things here that I like and Concepts

[1:28:05] that have a lot of potential that I

[1:28:06] think should be recycled for future

[1:28:08] Persona projects but you can't help but

[1:28:10] feel indifferent to the series it's a

[1:28:12] perfectly fine slowly paced anime that

[1:28:14] borrows elements from persona but

[1:28:16] weirdly doesn't feel like much of a

[1:28:18] Persona series your enjoyment will

[1:28:20] largely stem from the pacing I have a

[1:28:21] lot of tolerance for slow pacing Steins

[1:28:24] Gate is my favorite show of all time and

[1:28:25] it's infinite for having its first half

[1:28:27] being incredibly slow but stuff actually

[1:28:29] happens in Steins Gates it all serves a

[1:28:31] purpose Trinity Soul half the time feels

[1:28:33] like dead air a failed experiment for

[1:28:35] Atlas to try and capitalize on percent

[1:28:37] of free success without knowing how fun

[1:28:39] fact this was actually one of the first

[1:28:40] anime A1 pictures ever worked on and for

[1:28:42] one of their first projects it doesn't

[1:28:43] look too bad for an anime released in

[1:28:45] 2008 characters are on modeled the

[1:28:47] artwork is clean and actually looks like

[1:28:49] an adult through it it's the animation

[1:28:50] that has its issues with plenty of

[1:28:52] talking head scenes and underwhelming

[1:28:54] action the show isn't stiff it just

[1:28:55] doesn't have much going on overall I had

[1:28:58] to include Trinity Soul because it

[1:28:59] counts as a Persona anime Canon or not

[1:29:02] it's a fine series that I don't really

[1:29:03] recommend but I don't suggest you avoid

[1:29:05] it like the plague either

[1:29:11] holy wow after 10 months of working on

[1:29:14] the script on and off and it's finally

[1:29:16] done Jesus Christ Persona will forever

[1:29:18] be a series I hold close these games

[1:29:20] were having their share of writing

[1:29:21] problems are all about their characters

[1:29:23] telling interesting stories with

[1:29:25] powerful themes and populating them with

[1:29:26] these believable lovable people that you

[1:29:28] grow emotionally attached to all brought

[1:29:30] together by its marriage of these

[1:29:31] elements with its dungeon crawling RPG

[1:29:33] gameplay that remains fun and engaging a

[1:29:35] Persona anime will never be a perfect

[1:29:37] way to experience these stories there's

[1:29:39] so much content and substance held in

[1:29:41] these games that you have to be in a

[1:29:42] very fortunate position with episode

[1:29:44] orders to even cover half of it

[1:29:45] extremely well but as we've seen

[1:29:47] throughout the course of this video the

[1:29:48] best adaptations are the ones that know

[1:29:50] their limits and respectfully expand

[1:29:51] upon the story of The Originals with

[1:29:53] their own ideas acting as faithful but

[1:29:55] well-made companion pieces that in some

[1:29:57] areas even surpass elements of the games

[1:29:59] Persona 3's movies had brief glimmers of

[1:30:01] being something far greater before

[1:30:02] eventually coming into its own with an

[1:30:04] emotionally powerful conclusion Persona

[1:30:06] 4's anime took what it could reasonably

[1:30:07] adapt and did so accordingly with minor

[1:30:09] hiccups while injecting its own sense of

[1:30:11] humor and incredible interpretation of

[1:30:13] the game's protagonists into the mix if

[1:30:15] Persona 6 ever gets an anime which it

[1:30:17] most likely will or if they decide to

[1:30:18] give P5 Royal its own anime akin to

[1:30:20] Golden I hope they take their time of

[1:30:22] crafting away in which to adapt the main

[1:30:24] story and the social elements that they

[1:30:25] can but to also not limit themselves by

[1:30:27] trying to effectively retell everything

[1:30:29] stay faithful to the source material but

[1:30:31] use the anime as a way to explore more

[1:30:33] unique Concepts or different

[1:30:34] interpretations so long as I don't end

[1:30:36] up conflicting with important parts of

[1:30:38] the game or if by some miracle they're

[1:30:39] given more than 24 episodes use that

[1:30:41] time effectively no filler no [ __ ]

[1:30:44] if adaptations of these games have to be

[1:30:46] made they should at least be unique

[1:30:47] companion piece that doesn't fly in the

[1:30:49] face of what made the game so great p4ga

[1:30:51] and p5a suffer the most from being

[1:30:54] incredibly rushed and handling

[1:30:55] everything poorly and I'd very much like

[1:30:57] for that to be avoided in general I

[1:30:58] prefer these games not be adapted at all

[1:31:00] I spoke too soon Sega please stop but if

[1:31:04] they have to be made make them like p4a

[1:31:06] winter rebirth Etc either way if you

[1:31:08] haven't played the games yet and are

[1:31:10] aware that I just spoiled them all

[1:31:11] rotten I'd still recommend picking them

[1:31:12] up and experiencing them for yourself

[1:31:14] these are all fantastic top shelf RPGs

[1:31:16] and I'm glad they're finally becoming

[1:31:18] more accessible after all this time

[1:31:19] alright now it's time for the ranking

[1:31:21] this shouldn't take too long so let's

[1:31:22] have a look

[1:31:24] at the bottom of the list we've got

[1:31:26] Persona 5 the animation Persona 5 is a

[1:31:28] game packed with so much content and

[1:31:29] story depth that a single season anime

[1:31:31] adaptation was frantically doomed from

[1:31:33] the start and the schizophrenic way

[1:31:34] handled confidence character development

[1:31:36] and the main story didn't help

[1:31:37] especially with how ugly it looks

[1:31:39] beating it out by a small margin we've

[1:31:40] got Persona 4 the golden animation

[1:31:42] golden aims to do something different by

[1:31:44] being an anthology series which is

[1:31:45] commendable but an execution doesn't end

[1:31:47] up working and comes off as very

[1:31:49] disjointed and doesn't justify its

[1:31:51] existence harmed by its incredibly poor

[1:31:53] visuals and animation beating out by a

[1:31:55] considerable margin but still not being

[1:31:56] viewed too favorably in my eyes we've

[1:31:58] got percent of Freedom Movie Falling

[1:32:00] Down despite boasting gorgeous artwork

[1:32:02] and satisfactory animation along with a

[1:32:03] fantastic new soundtrack falling down

[1:32:05] suffers greatly from throwing percent of

[1:32:07] prehistorian characters out the window

[1:32:08] and doing them a horrible disservice

[1:32:10] just to try and put Makoto and ryoji in

[1:32:12] the spotlight up Nexus Persona Trinity

[1:32:14] Soul Trinity soul is a literal

[1:32:16] definition of a 5 out of 10 anime it

[1:32:18] gets the job done none of it's faltered

[1:32:20] that detrimental but it generally does

[1:32:21] nothing special outside of some very

[1:32:23] rare standout moments and it's slow

[1:32:25] pacing makes it a slog to watch through

[1:32:26] Persona 3 the movie spring of birth this

[1:32:28] is a perfectly enjoyable well animated

[1:32:30] adaptation of persona 3's first 20 hours

[1:32:32] and does a lot of things right including

[1:32:34] some stuff that works better than the

[1:32:36] originals unfortunately It suffers from

[1:32:38] being too much of a straightforward

[1:32:39] adaptation at times which leads to poor

[1:32:41] pacing and a complete absence of Social

[1:32:42] Links despite keeping the game's

[1:32:44] calendar system makes it feel more like

[1:32:45] a highlight reel of events in a cohesive

[1:32:47] narrative Persona 3 the movie Midsummer

[1:32:49] Night's Dream despite the first half

[1:32:51] being bogged down by some issues that

[1:32:52] plague the first movie the film's second

[1:32:54] half is so unfathomably good in

[1:32:56] comparison that makes the weight worth

[1:32:58] it being a legitimate Improvement on the

[1:33:00] game's story in nearly every aspect with

[1:33:02] very few hiccups Persona 4 the animation

[1:33:04] the crown jewel of anime adaptations of

[1:33:07] video games p4a is a hilarious and

[1:33:09] genuinely great way to experience

[1:33:10] Persona 4 even if you're an outsider to

[1:33:12] the series and containing a plethora of

[1:33:14] interesting and emotionally satisfying

[1:33:15] creative decisions to help it stand out

[1:33:17] balancing the game's story and has

[1:33:19] decided to be different near flawlessly

[1:33:20] despite the shafting of Social Links and

[1:33:22] finally at the very tipty top we have

[1:33:24] percent of Freedom movie winter of

[1:33:26] rebirth despite not being the easiest to

[1:33:28] get into as an outsider is to say

[1:33:30] visually stunning emotionally gratifying

[1:33:32] and damn near perfect adaptation of

[1:33:33] persona 3's final story arc finally

[1:33:35] managing to set itself apart from the

[1:33:37] anime as a new experience while

[1:33:38] Faithfully adapting the story capturing

[1:33:40] and in many ways improving the feeling

[1:33:42] of dread and heartbreak the eighth

[1:33:43] percent of Bree's conclusion so

[1:33:45] impactful I'll be honest I thought a lot

[1:33:47] of these would be worse when going into

[1:33:48] them some of them are certified stinkers

[1:33:50] for sure but I was surprised with just

[1:33:51] how much potential was buried under

[1:33:53] somebody's perfectly adequate shows and

[1:33:54] movies and was pleasantly surprised with

[1:33:56] how some of them finally unlocked that

[1:33:58] potential and became something genuinely

[1:33:59] great when it comes to video game

[1:34:01] adaptations you can certainly do a lot

[1:34:03] worse than Persona I'd say I'm satisfied

[1:34:05] on that note thank you all for watching

[1:34:06] I've been working on this video for far

[1:34:08] too long and I'm finally happy to be

[1:34:09] done and dusted so I will wrap things up

[1:34:11] with a request go stick your Studios

[1:34:13] with low priority projects on a low

[1:34:15] budget don't skimp past important

[1:34:16] emotional scenes and to Atlas

[1:34:18] specifically stop overpricing your

[1:34:21] [ __ ] games

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