Persona 4: The Animation

2012-01-17 Persona 4: The Animation is an anime series based on the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 video game by Atlus. The anime is produced by AIC A.S.T.A. and directed by Seiji Kishi. P4:A revolves around the Protagonist of Persona 4, named Yu Narukami, a second year high school student from Tokyo who moves to Inaba to live for a year with his uncle and cousin. After acquiring a mysterious power called "Persona", he embarks on a journey with his new friends to uncover the truth behind a bizarre series of murders involving the distorted TV World, as well as a phenomenon called the "Midnight Channel". Recurring Quotes Igor: Welcome to the Velvet Room. (ja ようこそ我がベルベットルームへ Yōkoso waga Berubetto Rūmu e) Persona! spoken by Yu Narukami and other Persona-users, starting with Episode 01 spoken by Teddie during mini-breaks in Episode 08 Season 1 I'm youself, you're myself [1.01] Yosuke Hanamura: S-Someone! [Chie's scream is heard outside, grabbing Yu and Yosuke's attention. They run out of the room.] Yosuke: What is it?! What's wrong?! [Standing in front of the trio is a bear with a costume-like appearance.] Yosuke: What is that? Teddie: [getting over his shock; angrily] Geh—I'll ask you the same thing! Chie: It-It can talk! Teddie: Well, of course! I am a bear! I've lived here since bear-ever! Yosuke: Wh-What's with this guy? It's beyond me! [The bear cowers from Yosuke's outburst.] Teddie: Keep your voices down, will ya? [starts to waves his arms rapidly] Now go on! Get out of here! Run along and hurry back to your den! Yu: Izanagi! The Contractor's key [1.02] Yosuke: [after forcibly removing Teddie's head; jumps back in fright] Ah—! Wh—What the hell?! [The camera switches to Teddie's headless—and empty—body, his arms still waving up and down] Yu: Huh. There's nothing inside. Yosuke: Oh, weird! How the heck does it work? [Yu walks over and returns Teddie's head to his body.] Teddie: Ah! [to Yu] Thanks a lot, nice guy! Yosuke: [to Yu] Yo, dude, does anything rattle you? Yu: ? Yosuke: [after Yu punches him in sync with Izanagi punching Yosuke's Shadow; falls over, holds his cheek] Ow! Dude…! Yu: [mildly surprised; as Teddie suppresses giggles of glee] Oops. Wrong guy. Yosuke: [shocked] Huh? What do you mean, "wrong guy"?! We are friends, aren't we? [1.03] Chie: [shocked after Yu is bitten]: Whoa, it left teeth marks, too...! Are you okay? Yu: I think I might be dying... Chie: [irate] Mmm... No, you're not. Somewhere not here [1.04] Shadow Yukiko: I'm so sick of these damn chains! Teddie: So, who's the grizzly who threw you in here? Yukiko: [seeing Teddie for the first time] Huh? Who're you? Rather...what are you? Teddie: [waves] I'm bear-y much a bear! Yukiko: I'm sorry, but I'm not following. Yosuke: [to Teddie] See? Everything you do causes confusion, so just shush up already. Teddie: Hmph! Your oppression is un-bear-able! Would you love me? [1.05] Ai Ebihara: Seeing you up close pisses me off even more. I can't believe I lost to a hound like you! Chie: [confused] A hound? You lost? Ai: I'm going through hell because of you! Chie: I've got something to say, too: the way you treat Narukami-kun is terrible! Ai: [smirking] What? You've got the hots for him, too? Chie: [indignantly] He's my friend! I'll beat you, and beat you good [1.06] Yosuke: So, you were going to make a mean picnic basket? Yu: Yeah, just for fun. [...] Yosuke: But seriously, the fact that you were gonna do that is pretty impressive. It means you already got better cooking skills than Chie! [laughs] Chie: Wait a sec…! What the hell makes you think I don't know how to cook?! Huh?! Yukiko: [surprised] Wait, so you can? Yu: [unpreturbed] You can cook? [Awkward beat of silence.] Chie: … [gets up; in an attenpt to intimidate Yosuke] Okay, so it's a cook-off between you and me! Yosuke: [grinning] Ha! You're on! [Kanji notices the Investigation Team watching him across the street.] Kanji: Wha—!? Hey! [The group reacts—he'd caught them.] Kanji: What're you looking at?! Yosuke: [to the others] Run for it! [They run off.] Kanji: Tch… What's their problem…? Kanji: You are dead! You are so friggin' dead! Suspicious Tropical Paradise [1.07] Teddie: ...Hey, why isn't anyone opening the door? Yu/Yosuke/Chie/Yukiko: !? We've lost something important again [1.08] Yosuke: We've lost something important again... Kanji: WHAT THE HELL?! Yu: Let's leave him be. No one sees the real me [1.09] Yu: [holding out Rise's cell phone] Here. You dropped this. [Getting over the shock, Rise snatches it back.] Rise: Y-You could've told me a whole lot sooner! Yu: [a little taken aback by her response] My bad. I'm sorry about that. Rise: [softening a little] …You did give it back to me instead of keeping it… So thank you. [The elevator reaches the ground floor. As the door opens, Yu smiles and walks out of the elevator. He stops just outside of the threshold.] Yu: [looking back] By the way, that strap… Rise: Huh? Yu: Looks pretty tasty. [leaves] [Rise looks at her phone, realizing that Yu was talking anout her ganmodoki-shaped cell phone strap. The elevator doors close.] Chie: [when Yosuke looks at her legs after talking about Rise's figure; blushes while covering her legs] Hey! If you don't like my legs, then don't look at them! Yukiko: [to Yu] Narukami, what do you think about this? Yu: Her legs are fine. Chie: Ah! Yosuke: [shocked by Yu's response] What? No!—! …Dude, on this, we disagree. Chie: [ticked off; kicks Yosuke in the stomach] Jiraiya! Chie: Yo! What are you three doing [standing in the shadows like that]? Yukiko: You look…pretty suspicious. Yu: [to Yosuke] Are you the killer? Yosuke: Piss off. Real Me Doesn't Exist [1.10] [When Shadow Rise is about to kill the group; with Teddie and Rise watching, unable to help] Yu: Teddie… Take Rise and get out of here, now! Teddie: But Sensei…! I can't just a-bear-don everybody! I don't wanna be alone again! Shadow Rise: [aims her "pole cannon array" at group] Say goodbye...forever. Teddie: [when…something…says that they is "no true self"] Huh? Who said that? [turns aound to find his Other Self staring at him] Ah! What the heck is thaaaat?! Kanji: Oh, b***s. Chie: Wait, is that freaky-looking thing Teddie's other self?! Shadow Teddie: Let me impart one bit of truth on you: You are all going to die here. Catch Me If You Can [1.11] [When Teddie took off his head for the first time, revealing his new human form] Teddie: Phew, nice breeze. Yu: [gasps] That was in him? [Yosuke screams] Chie: No... no way! Teddie: [finishes his drink with his human hands] I feel totally refreshed. See, I grew this body so I could try and score with Chie and Yukiko. Chie: You grew human just to score? Yukiko: I really do wish we could drop that subject. Teddie: Oh, yeah. Are there any clothes around? I'm naked as a newborn baby right now. [The girls become shocked and drag Teddie away to buy some clothes for him] Chie: Hey, by the way: Has anyone seen Teddie's head? [Yu becomes shocked, meanwhile back at the table where Teddie's head was, a kid is crying at the sight of it] [Later, after Yu prevented Mitsuo from grabbing Nanako] Nanako: But, tell me, what are you doing here? [Yu is shocked again, at a display spot, the same kid is crying at the sight of Teddie's head on it] It's Not Empty At All [1.12] A Stormy Summer Vacation 1/2 [1.13] A Stormy Summer Vacation 2/2 [1.14] The Long-Awaited School Trip [1.15] Although the Case Was Closed [1.16] I Want to Know the Truth [1.17] Kanji: Look, I really suck at making friends, too! But who gives a shit?! Naoto: But now we know for certain: this case is far from over. Anniversary to Become a Family [1.18] It's School Festival Day! Time to Have Fun! [1.19] We'll all meet at the AMAGIYA Hotel [1.20] [In the large baths, the girls scream as the screen shakes] Rise: Pervert! Chie: What's your problem! Yosuke: Dumbass! If the open-air bath is opened to guys right now, then this one will be opened to chics! Kanji: Dammit!! Teddie:Oh-oh-ow-ow! My head is getting all lumpy! Yu: Run away! Rise: Did you guys help her get rid of those creepy reporters? Teddie: No need! Yukiko chased them off! Chie: Of course she did! I mean, she couldn't rely on you pervy peeping toms to help back her up! Yosuke: Yeah about that! You're wrong! That bath was open to dudes! Chie: Come again? Kanji: You're the ones who shouldn't have been there. Chie: Y-yeah haha, funny story. Yosuke: I don't want a funny story. I want an apology. Rise: No way! You guys still tried to sneak a peek. Yosuke: Sure we tried, but we saw nothing! Rise: Perv! Yosuke: Huh? Chie: Let's get away from these horny boys! [The girls take their leave with disapproving looks] Nanako: Teddie, big bro...are you guys... horny? DON'T SAVE ANYONE ANYMORE [1.21] It's just like Heaven [1.22] In Order to Find the Truth [1.23] The World is Full of Shit [1.24] Yu: You're pathetic. Adachi: you're so freaking naive brat! That makes you very annoying! Every breath you take is a waste! There's a new world coming and what it really doesn't need is annoying assholes like you! We Can Change The World [1.25] No One is Alone [1.26 — True End] External links List of Persona 4: The Animation episodes Category:Anime