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Persona -trinity soul-
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Genre	Mystery, Supernatural
Anime
Directed by	Jun Matsumoto
Written by	Yasayuki Mutō
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Released	January 5, 2008 – scheduled

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Persona -trinity soul- (ペルソナトリニティ・ソウル, Perusona Toriniti Sōru) is a Japanese anime TV series. It is the sequel to the PlayStation 2 game Persona 3, taking place ten years after its events.^[1] Produced by Aniplex and animated by its A-1 Pictures animation studio, the series premiered in Japan on MBS, Tokyo MX and Animax from January 2008. It also features music by Taku Iwasaki.

Story

Takes place 10 years after the end of Persona 3. Set in Ayanagi City, a city located near the Sea of Japan, its police force begins to investigate several cases involving a mysterious illness called the Apathy Syndrome.

In the midst of the crisis, two brothers named Shin and Jun Kanzato move back to Ayanagi to see their elder brother Ryō, who is now the Superintendent of the Ayanagi City Police. It had been 10 years since the three siblings had last met with each other.

Characters

Kanzato family

Shin Kanzato (神郷慎, Kanzato Shin): Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto; Seventeen-year-old protagonist. He is a second-year student at Naginomori Gakuen High School. He always carries a pendant with the shape of a feather which is a memento of his father. He also has an interest in art, having several models and is frequently seen sketching. Strangely, his artworks always resemble Personas and in one case, Igor. In the first episode, he awakens his own Persona. One of the enigmatic Outsiders (rogue Persona users) also commented that Shin's Persona is of "Special A-Level".

Ryō Kanzato (神郷諒, Kanzato Ryō): Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu; Shin's brother, eldest of the three at twenty-eight. His personality is stoic to the point of being cold, even towards his younger brothers. He entered the police in order to investigate the strange incidents, becoming the youngest superintendent in history. In the first episode he is revealed to have a "Persona" of his own, though he doesn't use an Evoker like the main characters did in Persona 3. A bottle of pills was briefly shown on his desk, perhaps similar to the suppressant drugs Strega used.

Jun Kanzato (神郷洵, Kanzato Jun): Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro; The youngest of the Kanzato brothers, and a third-year student at Naginomori Gakuen Middle School. He began to lose the will to live after an incident that happened at the time their parents disappeared eight years ago. He had a twin sister, Yuki, whose dress he keeps. Oddly, Ryō overheard Jun seemingly speaking to a girl, presumably Yuki. This might indicate a spiritual body sharing, or multiple-personality disorder. During his visit to the beach, the water's reflection was showing his twin sister summoning her persona but not Jun.

Yuki Kanzato (神郷結祈, Kanzato Yuki): Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro; The female twin of Jun. She died when the brothers are still young.

Haruka Kanzato (神郷遥, Kanzato haruka): Voiced by: Fumi Morisawa; Mother of the Kanzato brothers. She died when the brothers are still young.

Shin's classmates

Megumi Kayano (茅野めぐみ, Kayano Megumi): Voiced by: Kana Asumi; A classmate of Shin's, though he actually saw her at a restaurant arguing with someone the night before he started school.

Kanaru Morimoto (守本叶鳴, Morimoto Kanaru): Voiced by: Mai Nakahara; A somewhat timid girl who is acquainted with Shin, Megumi, and Takurō. She asks Takurō to do a Shadow Extraction on her, which seems to be a forced invoking of a Persona to create a euphoria similar to taking a drug.

Takurō Sakakiba (榊葉拓朗, Sakakiba Takurō): Voiced by: Hideki Tasaka; A classmate of Shin's who he becomes acquainted with on the first day. He is an easy-going individual and sports a distinct afro. Surprisingly, he has a Persona which he displays. He has also had a dream with Igor in it much like Shin.

Ryou's subordinates

Eiko Nikaido (二階堂映子, Nikaido Eiko): Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi; A family friend of the Kanzato siblings. In the third episode, she visited Jun at Ryō's house and went to pick up Shin at the Ayanagi City hospital.

Kunio Itou (伊藤久仁雄, Itou Kunio): Voiced by: Hisao Egawa; A sergeant and chief of the Ayanagi Criminal Affairs Department. He suspects Ryou to be hiding something about the recent "Reversed" cases.

Tomohiro Narasaki (楢崎智弘, Narasaki Tomohiro): Voiced by: Yoshihisha Kawahara; An investigator of the Ayanagi Criminal Affairs Department. A tall person nearing 2 metres.

Outsiders

The group is called "Marebito" in japanese and carries the meaning of a "foreign stranger" and "outsider". ^[2]

Tōma Shikura (紫倉統馬, Shikura Tōma): Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa; A member of the Outsiders. Tōma seems to be a cool and collected individual, but in the third episode he shows aggressive tendencies. It appears he has been killed by Ryō.

Yūji Kimoto (紀本祐史, Kimoto Yūji): Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita; A member of the "Outsiders," a group of Persona-users who seem to use their special abilities to steal other people's Personas. He seems to be the most mentally unbalanced of the Outsiders and is often shown taking some kind of drug.

Sōtarō Senō (瀬能壮太郎, Senō Sōtarō): Voiced by: Motoki Takagi; Another member of the Outsiders. Shōtarō attempted to fight Shin, but he ended up gravely injured after Shin's Persona countered his.

Saki Tachibana (橘花沙季, Tachibana Saki): Voiced by: Mayumi Sako; Another member of the Outsiders. Saki appears calm and quiet, and she moves quickly while fighting.

Unknown charaters

Igor: Voiced by: Isamu Tanonaka; An old man who appeared to Shin and Jun as a fortune teller.; A character from the Persona game series.

Mysterious man: Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa; A mysterious man who usually talks with Ryou on the phone. He seems to know about the Persona and Reverse cases as they are usually their conversation topic.

Episodes

Staff

The following are involved in the creation of the show.^[3]

Original work: Persona 3 (Atlus)
Planning: Kōichirō Natsume, Masao Takiyama, Tetsuya Suzuki, Naohiro Futono
Main characters original creator: Shigenori Soejima
Character design and chief supervising animation director: Yuriko Ishii
Series composition and script: Yasayuki Mutō
Script: Shinsuke Ōnishi, Shōgo Yasukawa, Saya Matsuda
Persona design: Nobuhiko Genba
Mecha design: Shinobu Tsuneki
Art director: Michie Suzuki
Color settings: Kazuko Nakashima
Assistant-director: Hiseyasu Habu
Director of photography: Kōji Ishihara
CGI Director: Takayuki Furukawa
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Music: Taku Iwasaki
Music production: Aniplex
Sound director: Shōji Hata
Sound producer: Minoru Yamada
Producers: Kazunori Adachi, Katsunori Naruke, Hideyuki Kachi, Kozue Nananiwa
Animation producer: Yutaka Omatsu
Executive producer: Hideo Katsumata
Supervising producer: Tomonori Ochikoshi
Animation production: A-1 Pictures
Director: Jun Matsumoto
Production: Persona -trinity soul- Production Committee (Aniplex, Sony Pictures Entertainment, We've, Movic)

Theme songs

Opening theme: "Breakin' through"
- Lyrics: Yoshiharu Shiina, composition: Takuya, arrangement: h-wonder, performance: Shūhei Kita^[4] (Aniplex)

Ending theme: "SUICIDES LOVE STORY"
- Lyrics: Nana Kitade, composition: Hyoue Yasuhara, arrangement: Kazunori Watanabe, performance: Nana Kitade (SME Records)

Notes and references

^ "『ペルソナ3』から10年後の世界を舞台にしたアニメ『PERSONA-trinity soul-』が制作開始！" (in Japanese). Famitsu. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
^ Illness and Culture in Contemporary Japan: An Anthropological View, By Emiko, Page 39
^ Manichi Broadcasting System's Official Persona -trinity soul- Webpage. Retrieved on January 14, 2008. Template:Jp icon
^ Winner of Animax's first All-Japan Anime Song Grand Prix, held in summer 2007.

External links

Official website Template:Jp icon
Gyao's Official website Template:Jp icon
Tokyo MX's Official website Template:Jp icon
Persona: Trinity Soul ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] "『ペルソナ3』から10年後の世界を舞台にしたアニメ『PERSONA-trinity soul-』が制作開始！" (in Japanese). Famitsu. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2007-11-15.

[2] Illness and Culture in Contemporary Japan: An Anthropological View, By Emiko, Page 39

[3] Manichi Broadcasting System's Official Persona -trinity soul- Webpage. Retrieved on January 14, 2008. Template:Jp icon

[4] Winner of Animax's first All-Japan Anime Song Grand Prix, held in summer 2007.

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 ==Characters==
+===Kanzato family===
 ;{{Nihongo|Shin Kanzato|神郷 慎|Kanzato Shin}}
 :{{anime voices|Nobuhiko Okamoto}}
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 :The youngest of the Kanzato brothers, and a third-year student at Naginomori Gakuen Middle School. He began to lose the will to live after an incident that happened at the time their parents disappeared eight years ago. He had a twin sister, Yuki, whose dress he keeps. Oddly, Ryō overheard Jun seemingly speaking to a girl, presumably Yuki. This might indicate a spiritual body sharing, or multiple-personality disorder. During his visit to the beach, the water's reflection was showing his twin sister summoning her persona but not Jun.
-;{{Nihongo|Eiko Nikaido|二階堂映子|Nikaido Eiko}}
+;{{Nihongo|Yuki Kanzato|神郷 結祈|Kanzato Yuki}}
-:{{anime voices|Sanae Kobayashi}}
+:{{anime voices|Miyuki Sawashiro}}
+:The female twin of Jun. She died when the brothers are still young.
-:A family friend of the Kanzato siblings.  In the third episode, she visited Jun at Ryō's house and went to pick up Shin at the Ayanagi City hospital.
+;{{Nihongo|Haruka Kanzato|神郷 遥|Kanzato haruka}}
+:{{anime voices|Fumi Morisawa}}
+:Mother of the Kanzato brothers. She died when the brothers are still young.
+===Shin's classmates===
 ;{{Nihongo|Megumi Kayano|茅野めぐみ|Kayano Megumi}}
 :{{anime voices|Kana Asumi}}
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 :A classmate of Shin's who he becomes acquainted with on the first day. He is an easy-going individual and sports a distinct afro. Surprisingly, he has a Persona which he displays. He has also had a dream with Igor in it much like Shin.
+===Ryou's subordinates===
-;{{Nihongo|Yūji Kimoto|紀本祐史|Kimoto Yūji}}
+;{{Nihongo|Eiko Nikaido|二階堂映子|Nikaido Eiko}}
-:{{anime voices|Nobuo Tobita}}
+:{{anime voices|Sanae Kobayashi}}
-:A member of the "Outsiders," a group of Persona-users who seem to use their special abilities to steal other people's Personas.  He seems to be the most mentally unbalanced of the Outsiders and is often shown taking some kind of drug.
+:A family friend of the Kanzato siblings.  In the third episode, she visited Jun at Ryō's house and went to pick up Shin at the Ayanagi City hospital.
+;{{Nihongo|Kunio Itou|伊藤久仁雄|Itou Kunio}}
+:{{anime voices|Hisao Egawa}}
+:A sergeant and chief of the Ayanagi Criminal Affairs Department. He suspects Ryou to be hiding something about the recent "Reversed" cases.
+;{{Nihongo|Tomohiro Narasaki|楢崎智弘|Narasaki Tomohiro}}
+:{{anime voices|Yoshihisha Kawahara}}
+:An investigator of the Ayanagi Criminal Affairs Department. A tall person nearing 2 metres.
+===Outsiders===
+The group is called "Marebito" in japanese and carries the meaning of a "foreign stranger" and "outsider". <ref>Illness and Culture in Contemporary Japan: An Anthropological View, By Emiko, [http://books.google.com/books?id=09u-x3eu3AUC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=marebito+outsider&source=web&ots=RpH_SvxdQV&sig=qC5BgYP-SFXMVNzNzzVw7SPYZo4#PPA39,M1 Page 39]</ref>
 ;{{Nihongo|Tōma Shikura|紫倉統馬|Shikura Tōma}}
 :{{anime voices|Daisuke Namikawa}}
 :A member of the Outsiders. Tōma seems to be a cool and collected individual, but in the third episode he shows aggressive tendencies.  It appears he has been killed by Ryō.
+;{{Nihongo|Yūji Kimoto|紀本祐史|Kimoto Yūji}}
+:{{anime voices|Nobuo Tobita}}
+:A member of the "Outsiders," a group of Persona-users who seem to use their special abilities to steal other people's Personas.  He seems to be the most mentally unbalanced of the Outsiders and is often shown taking some kind of drug.
 ;{{Nihongo|Sōtarō Senō|瀬能壮太郎|Senō Sōtarō}}
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 :{{anime voices|Mayumi Sako}}
 :Another member of the Outsiders.  Saki appears calm and quiet, and she moves quickly while fighting.
+===Unknown charaters===
+;Igor
+:{{anime voices|Isamu Tanonaka}}
+:An old man who appeared to Shin and Jun as a fortune teller.
+:A character from the ''Persona'' game series.
+;Mysterious man
+:{{anime voices|Hikaru Midorikawa}}
+:A mysterious man who usually talks with Ryou on the phone. He seems to know about the Persona and Reverse cases as they are usually their conversation topic.
 ==Episodes==