Persona: Trinity Soul
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Genre | Mystery, Supernatural |
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Anime | |
Directed by | Jun Matsumoto |
Written by | Yasayuki Mutō |
Studio | A-1 Pictures |
Released | January 5, 2008 – scheduled |
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 will feature 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 police. It had been 10 years since the three siblings had last met with each other.
Characters
- 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.
- 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, instead he seems to use his glasses as he removes them before summoning his Persona. 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.
- Megumi Kayano (茅野めぐみ, Kayano Megumi)
- Voiced by: Kana Asumi
- Kanaru Morimoto (守本叶鳴, Morimoto Kanaru)
- Voiced by: Mai Nakahara
- Takurō Sakakiba (榊葉拓朗, Sakakiba Takurō)
- Voiced by: Hideki Tasaka
- Tōma Shikura (紫倉統馬, Shikura Tōma)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa
- Shoutarō Senō (瀬能壮太郎, Senō Shoutarō)
- Voiced by: Motoki Takagi
- Saki Tachibana (橘花沙季, Tachibana Saki)
- Voiced by: Mayumi Sako
Staff
- 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[2] (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.
- ^ Winner of Animax's first All-Japan Anime Song Grand Prix, held in summer 2007.
External links
- Official website Template:Jp icon
- Persona: Trinity Soul ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia