Looks so awesome, but will it be weird having Souji Seta not say anything except the occasional; "Persona!!" or the name of a persona and sometimes a grunt? Ah whatever, it's so awesome that I won't even think of that! Can't wait for it!!

@SoldierG654342: @mutha3: 
I wouldn't call Persona 4 a humorous work, it just executes the tropes inherent to its formula (or genre, if you will) to a better degree than most of its ilk. The actual narrative is pretty standard fare (transfer student, mystery, romantic options, etc, etc), P4 just allows enough time to pass to let the player get attached to the surroundings and characters. And most importantly, lets them initiate contact on most of the occasions. No "I'm going to soliloquize now, whether you wanted to hear it or not, enjoy the unskippable cutscene" - forcing the narrative onto the player.

 Which makes the upcoming adaptation that much more interesting: how much time will they give the audience to get to know the characters before shoving their teenage angst into their faces? Or is it going to be full of service, directly playing off the players' memories of the game?

The latter would be nice, but the former makes for a better story.

 Agreed. I really hope this isn't a letter by letter adaptation or Atlus stroking their fans' balls with copious amounts of fanservice(REMEMBER THIS FROM THE GAME GUIZE!?).

@mutha3 said:

 Agreed. I really hope this isn't a letter by letter adaptation or Atlus stroking their fans' balls with copious amounts of fanservice(REMEMBER THIS FROM THE GAME GUIZE!?).

Personally I hope they do their own interpretation, and don't hold back on certain elements such as romantic pairings, if only to watch the inevitable shitstorm it creates.

@TehFlan said:

@Gaff said:

@endaround said:

@JoshyLee said:

@mutha3 said:

@JoshyLee said:

@Gaff said:

God, the wait is un-bear-able.

That joke was grizzly.

It bearly classifies as a joke.

This is becoming a POLARizing topic.

Can we just PAWS with puns already?

Ok, guys, enough already. We wouldn't want the mods to go bearserk on us. 

I clawn't believe what's happening to this thread.

That last one bearly works, man.

I'm really curious as to how they are going to handle this tonally. One of the things that was really appealing to me (and made the last act really off-putting) was the fact that P4 seemed to me to be almost a parody of JRPGs and anime. I'm wondering if they are going to preserve that or play it straight. 

@SoldierG654342 said:

I'm really curious as to how they are going to handle this tonally. One of the things that was really appealing to me (and made the last act really off-putting) was the fact that P4 seemed to me to be almost a parody of JRPGs and anime. I'm wondering if they are going to preserve that or play it straight. 

Eh, no. Persona 4 is kind of just a well made anime in terms of story, and it falls into a classic JRPG trap with the true ending involving a big bad that is inevitably behind the big bad you thought was the main bad guy. It's certainly a little self-knowing and deliberately anti-cliche, but I wouldn't go as far as to constitute it as a parody. I kind of want to watch this, but only if they bring back the original US voice actors. Subs aren't exactly my favorite thing in the world.

October 2011 should be renamed Persona 4 month!

Can't wait to watch it.

@hedfone said:

they shouldn't have given MC a name

How would that have worked?

Ohhhh damn, this looks so dope. (Especially the shadow Kanji part)

No "Anime is for jerks" quote posted yet?

Shadow Kanji looks fabulous. 

Wait so if this a movie or tv series? 

@animateria said:

@TehFlan said:

@Gaff said:

@endaround said:

@JoshyLee said:

@mutha3 said:

@JoshyLee said:

@Gaff said:

God, the wait is un-bear-able.

That joke was grizzly.

It bearly classifies as a joke.

This is becoming a POLARizing topic.

Can we just PAWS with puns already?

Ok, guys, enough already. We wouldn't want the mods to go bearserk on us. 

I clawn't believe what's happening to this thread.

That last one bearly works, man.

Honeystly, I'm not very good at this.

No "Anime is for jerks" quote posted yet?

Hype has been acquired.

they shouldn't have given MC a name

@JJOR64 said:

No "Anime is for jerks" quote posted yet?

I guess people are just letting the joke die.

looks excellent. didnt finish P4 as gameplay its just too similar to P3 but this will be a great way to experience the story

Maybe if they ever do an English dub they will shout "CHARLIE TUNOKU" into the mic real loud every time the protagonist's name is mentioned.

I don't know if you guys saw this; but a new trailer came out a few days ago

Edit: Haha, mega fail on my part - I looked at the trailer on first post and thought it was pv3 - woops.

Yes.

By the way, MC was named in the manga.

Anyway, I totally forgot this was a thing until just now. Still way interested.

Got some screenshots

  
And now for the only person Yosuke ever recognized on the T.V.