" Who is Charlie going to pick for his girlfriend in the series? I say Chie.   "

They should just make the same decisions that Jeff and Vinny made on the ER, and also name the main character Charlie Tunoku...

will the main character speak? i doubt he will, but how would that work? 

" will the main character speak? i doubt he will, but how would that work?  "

I really really hope that they dub it to english with the original english voice cast, otherwise It'll be a real bummer
I'm actually pretty interested in this, I thought about P4 as an anime before and I love the idea

So is this an anime movie or tv show?

" @TooWalrus said:

" I'll expect it to be funny because of how Japanese it is-

Whatever the fuck that is supposed to mean. "

" Anime is for jerks. "

" Did that statement really confuse you? As someone who grew up in New Zealand, and the States, I think that a lot of the events of Persona 4 were funny, because of how large of a part Japanese culture played. Kanji's nosebleed, the obsession with beef bowls and watermelon, all of that Bad Bad Bath-house stuff-

" @TooWalrus said:

" Did that statement really confuse you? As someone who grew up in New Zealand, and the States, I think that a lot of the events of Persona 4 were funny, because of how large of a part Japanese culture played. Kanji's nosebleed, the obsession with beef bowls and watermelon, all of that Bad Bad Bath-house stuff-

The only thing that has to with japanese culture from what you just mentioned is Kanji's nosebleed. The rest is Persona 4 being Persona 4.You're using the term "japanese" as a shorthand for "weird"....which is really dumb and vaguely xenophobic, no matter how many forum dwellers do it. "

" It seems like your nit-picking, and looking for a reason to be upset. It seems like you were just looking for someone to call out on their ignorance of Japanese culture. In that case, I apologize. "

Beef bowls and watermelons aren't that important, they're just something that people eat. I guess square watermelons are pretty cool, but they're not in the game.

@beej said:

" Ok Giant Bomb. We have to coordinate like never before. We have to do what it takes to get them to dub Charlie Tunoku as his name in the english version.  "

The only answer is to do a fandub where we use the name Charlie Tunoku, and make it Endurance Run-specific, e.g. making references to Charlie's drug stash under his bed, making some of Vinny/Jeff's riffs into his internal monologue, etc. Who's game? "

I've no idea since the only comparison I can think of is Trinity Soul, the other Persona anime. While it was well made in a lot of respects it didn't use the Persona licensing well. That said, that was a different studio and director so it could be well different then this. I'm a massive fan of Persona 4 but for now I'm just gonna wait and see how it pans out.

dropping the tangential ones like the nurse

Is this going to be a full on TV series, mini-series or a movie? 

Surprised there isn't more information on this site (or AnimeVice) about this.  Only randomly looked at the most active forums and saw Persona back at the top.

" @Belonpopo First question: I personally give it a very slim chance of getting an English dub. Persona is still a very niche title and the anime wouldn't be extra exposure from an almost 4 year old game on a last-gen system.

 If it was linked to an HD remake of the game it might have a chance,

 but I'd rather see Atlus' resources go into a new HD entry into the series.

 And as for the second question... Am I being completely cynical if I expect them to cut out the romantic Social Links entirely and include them as inevitable bonus content on the DVD / BluRay releases? 

" @mutha3: and it won't be Chie. It'll be Yukiko or Rise, or possibly Naoto (although anyone who doesn't leave naoto for Kanji are dicks) "

" @crusader8463: Ryan more or less explicitly stated in one of the episodes that he would never touch anime adaptations of video games simply because they're too numerous. That's probably for the better anyway, since restricting it to live action at least allows for some consistent standards to be employed when making critiques. "

" Anime is for jerks. "

"Taking the animation company's past works and the director, chances are there will be some fan service in the series, too.  That will probably piss off a lot of GB fans since their fan service tolerance level is slightly below none-what-so-ever."

As long as they get all of the American voice actors back together, I'm in.