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Persona 4 The Golden Animation

Persona 4 The Golden Animation

20147.21 Season12 EpisodesEndedTV-14

Overview

In the spring when the cherry blossom petals fall, Yū Narukami moves to Yaso Inaba to live with his uncle and cousin due to his family's circumstances. He transfers to Yasogami High School, where his event-filled school life begins. However, when serial murders begin occurring in the peaceful town, Yū is awakened to the power of his heart turned to physical form: A Persona. Within these new mysteries is Marie, a resident of the alternate world, the Velvet Room, who has no memories of her past. Together with his friends, Yū must solve all the riddles set in front of him and save Yaso Inaba from further violence.

Created by Jun Kumagai
Written by Jun Kumagai, Katsura Hashino
Produced by Kazuki Adachi, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Hirotsugu Ogisu
NetworksMBS

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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)

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Marie (voice)

Mitsuaki Madono

Mitsuaki Madono

Toru Adachi (voice)

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Themes & Keywords

detectivesupernaturalsuper powerhigh school studentbased on video gamemurder mysteryanimejapanese high schoolurban fantasy

About Persona 4 The Golden Animation

Persona 4 The Golden Animation is a animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, mystery series that first aired in 2014 exploring themes of detective, supernatural, super power, high school student, based on video game, murder mystery. Created by Jun Kumagai, it stars Daisuke Namikawa, Showtaro Morikubo, Yui Horie. In the spring when the cherry blossom petals fall, Yū Narukami moves to Yaso Inaba to live with his uncle and cousin due to his family's circumstances. He transfers to Yasogami High School, where his event-filled school life begins. However, when serial murders begin occurring in the peaceful town, Yū is awakened to the power of his heart turned to physical form: A Persona. Within these new mysteries is Marie, a resident of the alternate world, the Velvet Room, who has no memories of her past. Together with his friends, Yū must solve all the riddles set in front of him and save Yaso Inaba from further violence.

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