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Persona 3 animated film out this November in Japan

Adaptation of Persona 3 video game may be first in unspecified number of films.

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The animated film adaptation of the PSP/PlayStation 2 role-playing game Persona 3 will be released in Japanese cinemas on November 23.

Persona 3's Scooby Gang is back in animated form later this year.
Persona 3's Scooby Gang is back in animated form later this year.

According to the official website, Persona 3 #1: Spring of Birth may be the first in an unspecified number of films. As previously reported, the film's production was handled by animation company AIC A.S.T.A., which previously adapted Persona 4 into an anime.

On a related note, the anime adaptation of Persona 4 has already been released in North America; the first DVD collection was released on September 18 last year. For more information on Persona 3, check out GameSpot's review of the 2007 PS2 RPG.

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When it will be released on DVD?

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Was hoping P4 Factor of hope would get Dubbed. :(

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That will be awesome.

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Still haven't played Persona 3

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@EPaul you HAVE too! andno watching this wont help :P

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Shame we gotta wait for 6+ months for the subs

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P3P was a good game, surprised me that i nearly missed it lol. Making a movie about it does make sense since ive heard they made a P3 anime based on what happened after the game (If its cannon is questionable tho). I wonder if they will dub it or like most of these movies kept in japanese

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If only FeMC was the lead. :(

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@Ultramarinus NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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@armin0jrpg @Ultramarinus YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.


Little blue haired emo boy is Emo. FeMC for the win.

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i don't think my place will have this movie... looks like i have to wait longer... and watch it online

I love Anime and Persona Hope it'll be better than Persona 4 Anime

In Other News... Atlus might be in trouble... and might sell out their stuff :(... rumored for Nintendo to buy everything :/ I Want Persona to stay with sony

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Looking forward to it.

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how are they gonna pack 1 year story into a movie? a TV series like P4 will easily work, but it really test the writer to compress those into a 2 hour long movie.

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@apolloooo Wont just be one movie, more like 3 or 4. They sometimes convert TV shows into several movies. Clues in the name, Persona 3 #1: Spring of Birth.

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Now that I finished FES weeks ago (I'll go 2nd playthrough to defeat Elizabeth), I'm looking forward to watching this movie, hopefully it'll be in a form of Blu-Ray when it's coming to US, though I'm not sure how many movies it'll release. It's going to be epic!

Looks beautiful, the environment, characters, especially how Fuuka looks in this new movie.

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A.W.E.S.O.M.E !


Can't wait! Only got one problem with the trailer, where is "Burn my Dread"????

What music is that?

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@Bhemont I guess Burn My Brea- I mean Dread will be played at the last battle. I would be sad if that song is not in the movie.

And you must talking about the new music in the trailer right? Just want to clarify.

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@FuryX-4 Yeah, thought it was a cool intro/trailer music in P3FES, so I was surprised that it wasn't in this trailer, guess they decided to go with new style, by adding more sound tracks. Got to love Shoji Meguro. :)

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@Bhemont @FuryX-4 Yeah, Shoji Meguro is awesome! :D

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