
1 Season
25 Episode
Persona 4: The Animation
The truth lies on the other side of the screen!
An anime adaptation of Persona 4, a 2008 video game created by Atlas. The protagonist, a young man named Yu Narukami has moved from Tokyo to Inaba to stay with his uncle and cousin, while his parents are away on business. However, after several murders shake up the sleepy town, things get crazier when he discovers the mysterious "Midnight Channel," and the ability to enter TVs. Yu, accompanied by his friends explore another world inside the TV, which seems to have a connection to the ongoing murders, while inside they awaken the ability to summon a Persona, a manifestation of their 'other selves', whose power they can wield to fight the dangerous shadows that inhabit the TV world. The murders, the Midnight Channel, the world inside the TV, and Personas, Yu and his friends fight to figure out how they're connected, and to solve the case before it's too late.
- Year: 2012
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Mystery, Crime
- Studio: MBS
- Keyword: detective, small town, supernatural, school, battle, super power, based on video game, murder mystery, anime, japanese high school
- Director: Katsura Hashino
- Cast: Daisuke Namikawa, Showtaro Morikubo, Yui Horie, Ami Koshimizu, Tomokazu Seki, Rie Kugimiya