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PERSONA 4 the Animation

PERSONA 4 the Animation

The truth lies on the other side of the screen!

20117.61 Season25 EpisodesEnded

Overview

When Yu Narukami moves to the rural country town of Inaba to live with his uncle while his parents are away on business, he's expecting a lot more peace and quiet than he's been used to in the big city. Instead, the peace has been shattered as a rash of mysterious murders and kidnappings sweep the countryside. With the police stymied, Yu finds himself joining with a group of seven other teenagers in a desperate bid to solve the mystery. A mystery that is somehow connected to both the local weather patterns and a strange TV world which Yu, his friends and the enigmatic killer can all enter.

Created by Yuko Kakihara
Written by Yuko Kakihara, Kazuma Kaneko
Produced by Kazuki Adachi, Naoto Hiraoka, Osamu Hosokawa
NetworksMBS

Top Cast

Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Yu Narukami (voice)

Showtaro Morikubo

Showtaro Morikubo

Yosuke Hanamura (voice)

Yui Horie

Yui Horie

Chie Satonaka (voice)

Ami Koshimizu

Ami Koshimizu

Yukiko Amagi (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Kanji Tatsumi (voice)

Rie Kugimiya

Rie Kugimiya

Rise Kujikawa (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi

Kappei Yamaguchi

Teddie (voice)

Romi Park

Romi Park

Naoto Shirogane (voice)

Isamu Tanonaka

Isamu Tanonaka

Igor (voice)

Sayaka Ohara

Sayaka Ohara

Margaret (voice)

Themes & Keywords

detectivesmall townsupernaturalschoolbattlesuper powerbased on video gamemurder mysteryanimejapanese high schoolurban fantasycomfortingfamiliar

About PERSONA 4 the Animation

PERSONA 4 the Animation is a animation, sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure, mystery, crime series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of detective, small town, supernatural, school, battle, super power. Created by Yuko Kakihara, it stars Daisuke Namikawa, Showtaro Morikubo, Yui Horie. When Yu Narukami moves to the rural country town of Inaba to live with his uncle while his parents are away on business, he's expecting a lot more peace and quiet than he's been used to in the big city. Instead, the peace has been shattered as a rash of mysterious murders and kidnappings sweep the countryside. With the police stymied, Yu finds himself joining with a group of seven other teenagers in a desperate bid to solve the mystery. A mystery that is somehow connected to both the local weather patterns and a strange TV world which Yu, his friends and the enigmatic killer can all enter.

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