PERSONA 4 the Animation

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2011-10-07

Last Air Date: 2012-03-30

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 25

Networks: MBS

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Top Cast

Daisuke Namikawa as Yu Narukami (voice)
Showtaro Morikubo as Yosuke Hanamura (voice)
Yui Horie as Chie Satonaka (voice)
Ami Koshimizu as Yukiko Amagi (voice)
Tomokazu Seki as Kanji Tatsumi (voice)
Rie Kugimiya as Rise Kujikawa (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi as Teddie (voice)
Romi Park as Naoto Shirogane (voice)
Isamu Tanonaka as Igor (voice)
Sayaka Ohara as Margaret (voice)

Seasons

Specials (2012)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: No One Is Alone (2012-08-22)

Before Yu moves back to Tokyo, he realizes from a letter by Adachi the group have not yet discovered the one who spread the rumors about Midnight Channel. He discovers it is the gas attention attendant he met in the first episode. When confronting him, it is revealed that "he" was Izanami, who gave the power to enter the TV to Adachi, Namatame and Yu. Izanami also explains that she created a "window" to see what people have suppressed, The Midnight Channel. She said it came from mankind's nature to the purest form of what they wanted to see. It is also said that in the eternal fog people will always see the world they wanted. Yu and his friends confront Izanami in the TV world, but all of Yu's friends get swallowed by the Shadows. A distressed Yu relives the 20th of March again and is trapped in the illusion. Finally, Margaret slaps him because Yu has become entranced. She then prepares to strike Yu with Helel.
Ep. 2: A Brief Lesson on Izanagi & Izanami (2013-04-01)

Included in the Persona 4 The Animation Collection 2nd DVD Box set.