Persona: Trinity Soul

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Persona -trinity soul-
File:Persona ts logo.jpg
GenreMystery, Supernatural
Anime
Directed byJun Matsumoto
Written byYasayuki Mutō
StudioA-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 also features music by Taku Iwasaki.

Story

Persona -trinity soul- takes place ten years after the end of Persona 3. It is set in Ayanagi City, a city located near the Sea of Japan, and 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 has been ten years since the three siblings last met with each other.

Characters

Kanzato family

Shin Kanzato (神郷 慎, Kanzato Shin)
Age: 17
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto
The seventeen-year-old protagonist. He is a second-year student at Naginomori Gakuen High School. He always carries a pendant in the shape of a feather, which is a memento of his father. After his parents died, he and his brothers were under the care of their relatives in Tokyo, and ten years later they returned to their home town Ayanagi. Shin also has an interest in art, making clay models and is frequently seen sketching. Strangely, his art pieces resemble Personas and in one case, Igor. In the first episode, he awakens his own Persona, and one of the enigmatic Outsiders (rogue Persona users) also commented that Shin's Persona is of "Special A-Level". His birthday is January 19, and his blood type is A.
Ryō Kanzato (神郷 諒, Kanzato Ryō)
Age: 28
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. He keeps all important details on the recent 'Reverse' cases to himself, restricting them from others in the police force. In the first episode he is revealed to have a "Persona" of his own, though he does not 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. His birthday is January 18, and his blood type is A.
Jun Kanzato (神郷 洵, Kanzato Jun)
Age: 14
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 ten years before the series began. 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. He also has a certain level of perception ability. During his visit to the beach, the water's reflection showed his twin sister summoning her Persona but not Jun. His fringe hides a scar on his forehead that came from the surgery involving him and Yuki. His birthday is February 4, and his blood type is A. It is told later that after the accident ten years ago, part of his brain was replaced with Yuki's, in an effort to prevent them both from dying (the decision was made by Ryō).
Yuki Kanzato (神郷 結祈, Kanzato Yuki)
Age: deceased (would be 14)
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro
The female twin of Jun. She died with her parents in the accident ten years ago.
Haruka Kanzato (神郷 遥, Kanzato Haruka)
Voiced by: Fumi Morisawa
Mother of the Kanzato brothers. An artbook artist, she gave Yuki a 'Whale Feather' as an amulet of happiness. She died in an accident ten years ago.
Father of the Kanzato brothers
So far he has only appeared in photos. Like his wife, he was an artbook artist. He died in an accident ten years ago.

Naginomori Gakuen

Takurō Sakakiba (榊葉拓朗, Sakakiba Takurō)
Age: 17
Voiced by: Hideki Tasaka
A classmate of Shin's who he becomes acquainted with him on the first day he attends school. He is an easy-going individual and sports a distinct afro. Surprisingly, he has a Persona, which awakens when Shin tries to do Shadow Extraction on him. He now trains to control it. He has also had a dream with Igor in it much like Shin did. He has a crush on Megumi.
Megumi Kayano (茅野めぐみ, Kayano Megumi)
Age: 17
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. She is a member of the Street Dance club and has a frank and straight-forward character. She has a dislike for Shadow Extraction. Megumi had her Persona awakened when she was still young during an accident after which she was orphaned.
Kanaru Morimoto (守本叶鳴, Morimoto Kanaru)
Age: 17
Voiced by: Mai Nakahara
A somewhat timid girl who is acquainted with Shin, Megumi, and Takurō. She is very interested in Shadow Extraction, and she asked 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. She suffers from occasional memory loss where she sometimes cannot remember why she is at a place or even where she is at. In the past, she and Mayuri lived in a nursing facility.
Yumi Tasaka (田坂悠美, Tasaka Yumi)
Voiced by: Fumie Mizusawa
Megumi's senior in the Street Dance club. She was under police protection during the period of the 'Reverse' incidents. During that time she was attacked by the Outsiders and almost had her Persona forcefully extracted. She was rescued, but suffered PTSD and was hospitalized. Her Persona is damaged from the extraction attempt.
Tōru Inui (戌井暢)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki
Caretaker of the student dormitory. He keeps an old dog although pets are prohibited in the dorms. He had taken footage of Personas in action with his camera.
Mayuri Yamazaki (山咲まゆり, Yamasaki Mayuri)
Voiced by: Mayumi Sako
A mysterious transfer student and a friend of Kanaru. She lived with Kanaru in a nursing facility in the past. Strange things started to happen after she transfered to Naginomori Gakuen High School. Her true identity is Saki Tachibana, a member of the Outsiders.

Ayanagi Police

Eiko Nikaido (二階堂映子, Nikaido Eiko)
Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi
A medical examiner from the North Japan Medical Examiner's Office. Currently at the Ayanagi Police Station. She is also a long time 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. She is currently investigating the case of the mysterious disappearances that occurred at Toyama Bay.
Kunio Itō (伊藤久仁雄, Itō Kunio)
Voiced by: Hisao Egawa
A sergeant and chief of the Ayanagi Criminal Affairs Department. He suspects Ryō 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. He is a tall person nearing two metres. He works with Itō and is keeping watch on Ryō's actions.
Kubo (クボ)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka
The vice chief of the Ayanagi Police Station.

Outsiders

A group of Persona-users (possibly a non-natural type, medically induced) who seem to use their special abilities to steal other people's Personas. 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, he acts as the leader of the group. Tōma seems to be a cool and collected individual, but in the third episode he shows aggressive tendencies. He was killed in battle by Ryō, and afterwards an unknown chemical is discovered in his body. His death is kept in secret and was not publicised.
Yūji Kimoto (紀本祐史, Kimoto Yūji)
Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita
A member of the Outsiders, one of the executors of the Reverse incident. His Persona has the special ability to extract others' Personae, this ability is the cause of the 'Reverse' incidents. After the being defeated by Shin's Persona, Yūji lost his Persona. He seems to be the most mentally unbalanced of the Outsiders and is often shown taking some kind of drug. He had a part-time job giving out balloons in a bear costume.
Sōtarō Senō (瀬能壮太郎, Senō Sōtarō)
Age: 16
Voiced by: Motoki Takagi
Another member of the Outsiders. He does not like working in groups and usually moves alone. His Persona also display the Persona extraction ability. Sōtarō 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, the only female member. Saki appears calm and quiet, and she moves quickly while fighting. She has an affection for Tōma. Similar to Yūji, she lost her Persona after her defeat by Shin, but before that her Persona had actually been taken in by Sōtarō's Persona. Afterwards she was seen in a mysterious device that reattachs her Persona. She appears in Naganomori Gakuen High School as transfer student named Mayuri Yamazaki, which could be her real identity. The strange incidents in school were caused by her half-berserk Persona due to overdosage of the drug. Interested in the Persona ability of Jun, she decides to keep going to school. She is still searching for Tōma, not knowing that he is already dead.
Kujou (クジョウ)
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Katsube
The man in the wheelchair that is regarded as the mastermind behind the Outsiders. He uses the Outsiders to gather "A-levels" and during the process he becomes interested in Shin's Persona ability.

Unknown characters

Igor (イゴール, Igōru)
Voiced by: Isamu Tanonaka
An old man who appeared to Shin and Jun as a fortune teller. He is a character from the Persona game series, and he played a major role in Persona 3 as the one who fused the Main Character's Personas.
Mysterious man
Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa
A mysterious man who usually talks with Ryō on the phone. He seems to know about the Persona and Reverse cases as they are usually the conversation topic. Anyone that has played PERSONA3 before should believe this is Sanada Akihiko, as they seen their voice actors are the same.
Mysterious girl
A ghostly girl with red hair that appears and disappears before the Kanzato siblings. Surrounding her are "whale feathers," an object from the last artbook of the the Kanzato brothers' parents. Oddly, this girl also bears an uncanny resemblance to Chidori Yoshino, one of the members of Strega from Persona 3.

Episodes

Main article: List of Persona -trinity soul- episodes

Staff

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

Theme songs

Notes and references

  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. Retrived on February 11, 2008.
  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.

External links

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