[Update] Mysterious Countdown Hints at Persona 4 Anime
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Now the big question is, will this have more to do with P4 than Trinity Soul had to do with P3? Don't get me wrong, Trinity Soul was definitely a good show, but they might as well simply titled it "Persona: The Animation" rather than trying to tie it to 3.
I thought they had already announced theyare working on P5 only recently, don't know why people think it would be that so soon. Besides, Catherine JUST launched a month ago, give them some breathing room. I never saw the last Persona anime but I heard it was bad, let's hope this won't be. Oh who am I kidding, I'll watch it anyway, I mean come on, CHIE!
Yes, I'm been waiting for them to do a Persona/SMT game for the PS-3. It was disappointing, but I sort of suspected it would be something like this. Truthfully an anime was my second guess as far as video went, I was thinking live action because they seemed to be going out of their way to show how close they could come to the visuals in reality.
Of course I'll be honest in saying that if your expecting live-action actors that look like anime characters in any live production, you were going to be disappointed. This isn't live action, but if it was, I very much doubt they would have any actresses that looked like your dream girls (if you had one). Truthfully Mitsuru is the only Persona 3-4 girl that I think they could carry off well with a Japanese actress.
One of the problems with highly stylized art for drawing people, is that reality is entirely diferant. It's sort of like when you look at live action Sailor Moon videos and such with a Japanese cast, and it just doesn't work visually. Intellectually you know that a lot of these characters are supposed to be Japanese, but when you see an actual Japanese person (boy or girl) sporting some of those hair styles and colors with their skin tones, it causes something of a clash.
If I was ever going to try and do a live action version of an Anime, if I could get the budget (which would always be a problem) I'd probably want to do old-school "open auditions" and try and get cosplayers who looked like the characters, and could at least be taught to act fairly well (since we're not generally dealing with deep material, everything else aside, I don't think this stuff takes a masterful actor. Besides most cosplayers are probably at least familiar with the material that they are trying to perform).
Of course to be honest I think I'd probably wind up with a fairly un-Japanese cast overall, at least for a lot of the female characters. To use Chie as an example, I could probably find a girl that looks right with that look, including the hair style and color and everything, but she probably wouldn't be Japanese. The guys though who typically (but not always) simply have a fairly average build, short dark hair, etc... would be much easier to do and I think are typically cast better using Japanese actors because they tend to match real builds more often. The big problem is of course with blonde hair when it appears, because it usually doesn't come out looking right with a Japanese skin tone for whatever reason, or at least it doesn't on camera, for guys as much as girls.
Of course I'll be honest in saying that if your expecting live-action actors that look like anime characters in any live production, you were going to be disappointed. This isn't live action, but if it was, I very much doubt they would have any actresses that looked like your dream girls (if you had one). Truthfully Mitsuru is the only Persona 3-4 girl that I think they could carry off well with a Japanese actress.
One of the problems with highly stylized art for drawing people, is that reality is entirely diferant. It's sort of like when you look at live action Sailor Moon videos and such with a Japanese cast, and it just doesn't work visually. Intellectually you know that a lot of these characters are supposed to be Japanese, but when you see an actual Japanese person (boy or girl) sporting some of those hair styles and colors with their skin tones, it causes something of a clash.
If I was ever going to try and do a live action version of an Anime, if I could get the budget (which would always be a problem) I'd probably want to do old-school "open auditions" and try and get cosplayers who looked like the characters, and could at least be taught to act fairly well (since we're not generally dealing with deep material, everything else aside, I don't think this stuff takes a masterful actor. Besides most cosplayers are probably at least familiar with the material that they are trying to perform).
Of course to be honest I think I'd probably wind up with a fairly un-Japanese cast overall, at least for a lot of the female characters. To use Chie as an example, I could probably find a girl that looks right with that look, including the hair style and color and everything, but she probably wouldn't be Japanese. The guys though who typically (but not always) simply have a fairly average build, short dark hair, etc... would be much easier to do and I think are typically cast better using Japanese actors because they tend to match real builds more often. The big problem is of course with blonde hair when it appears, because it usually doesn't come out looking right with a Japanese skin tone for whatever reason, or at least it doesn't on camera, for guys as much as girls.
Probably gonna be something like P4D.
Ya know since there is going to be a persona game for the 3DS I am saying it's Persona 4 port for the 3DS.
Ya know since there is going to be a persona game for the 3DS I am saying it's Persona 4 port for the 3DS.
I'll check in from time to time to see if Naoto, Chie, and the rest of the cast make appearances. Still disappointed.VanQQisH said:I thought they had already announced theyare working on P5 only recently, don't know why people think it would be that so soon. Besides, Catherine JUST launched a month ago, give them some breathing room. I never saw the last Persona anime but I heard it was bad, let's hope this won't be. Oh who am I kidding, I'll watch it anyway, I mean come on, CHIE!
Yeah, but after Trinity Soul.. this is worrying.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
This is probably the easiest path to take, but the protagonist is the problem. The protagonist of P4 is completely player-defined, which makes for a lot of problems:
Firstly, the protagonist has no personality by default, because the player is the protagonist. Giving him a new personality will completely change the meaning of the game, and not giving him one will produce a really boring character. In both cases, we will end up hating him because he isn't us.
Secondly, the game is very modular. You choose which relationships to pursue and which persona to use. Since none of that can be included in a linear narrative, it will all be cut.
Thirdly, I may have already mentioned this, but the "wild card" persona of the protagonist is directly linked to the fact that the player is a part of the character's identity. To make the anime work, they will have to limit him to Izanagi, or turn him into an actual schizophrenic.
Firstly, the protagonist has no personality by default, because the player is the protagonist. Giving him a new personality will completely change the meaning of the game, and not giving him one will produce a really boring character. In both cases, we will end up hating him because he isn't us.
Secondly, the game is very modular. You choose which relationships to pursue and which persona to use. Since none of that can be included in a linear narrative, it will all be cut.
Thirdly, I may have already mentioned this, but the "wild card" persona of the protagonist is directly linked to the fact that the player is a part of the character's identity. To make the anime work, they will have to limit him to Izanagi, or turn him into an actual schizophrenic.
This is the option with the highest chance of success, since we'd only see the characters' influenced by each other rather than the protagonist.
The TV world persisted at the end of P4, so there are openings in the plot. Of course, they would need to come up with a completely new storyline, which may or may not suck. It would be worth the risk, but for some reason I don't think they'll take it.
The TV world persisted at the end of P4, so there are openings in the plot. Of course, they would need to come up with a completely new storyline, which may or may not suck. It would be worth the risk, but for some reason I don't think they'll take it.
This is what they did with Trinity Soul, so in this case I have evidence that it's a terrible idea and will fail. Therefore I suspect that's the one they'll try.
I mean, it could work, but it probably won't. It's a game of chance.
I mean, it could work, but it probably won't. It's a game of chance.
Like B, this one could work as well. The downside would be that the characters we all know and love wouldn't get much screentime.
The upside is that they would get fewer chances to derail their characters and insult the canon as much as they can.
The upside is that they would get fewer chances to derail their characters and insult the canon as much as they can.
B or D could work, but it will probably be A or C. I hope I am proven wrong about this.
I'd hope for D. A would make me hate the protagonist and B would ruin the ending I came up with for P4. C.....no.mireko said:
I just beat persona 4 TODAY and now there might be another installment!!?? The coincidences are making me feel anesthetized!!! <-big word
What about E: they make the protagonist female (like in P3P), and re-tell the same story, but from her perspective? Keep all the characters, resuse the familiar story with enough differences (in relationships for instance) to remain interesting for those who completed the game, and, if P4P ever come out, there could always change the storyline a little bit and add new characters like in P3P.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
YEEEAAAAA!!!!
Either my all-time favorite game gets a PSP port (with PSN available release?), Or??..........
Persona 5 (PS3) =
