PERSONA 4 the Animation
PERSONA 4 the Animation
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PERSONA 4 the Animation

The truth lies on the other side of the screen!

7.7 / 10
2011
1 season
25 episodes
AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureMysteryCrime

When Yu Narukami moves to the rural country town of Inaba to live with his uncle while his parents are away on business, he's expecting a lot more peace and quiet than he's been used to in the big city. Instead, the peace has been shattered as a rash of mysterious murders and kidnappings sweep the countryside. With the police stymied, Yu finds himself joining with a group of seven other teenagers in a desperate bid to solve the mystery. A mystery that is somehow connected to both the local weather patterns and a strange TV world which Yu, his friends and the enigmatic killer can all enter.

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Available on DVD and Blu-Ray Jan. 9

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Seasons

  • You're Myself, I'm Yourself

    1.You're Myself, I'm Yourself

    8.0
    07-10-201125m

    Yu Narukami’s first day in a new school is overshadowed by the murder of a TV hostess on campus. Even stranger is the portal he discovers in TV screens, which throws him and his ne...

  • The Contractor's Key

    2.The Contractor's Key

    14-10-201125m

    The strange deaths continue, with the most recent victim discovered hanging from a telephone pole. Yu, Chie, and Yosuke begin piecing things together and determine that these grisl...

  • We Are Friends, Aren't We?

    3.We Are Friends, Aren't We?

    21-10-201125m

    When Yukiko appears on the Midnight Channel, her best friend Chie leads the charge to rescue her. However, the police are out in force and arresting any suspicious characters - inc...

  • Somewhere Not Here

    4.Somewhere Not Here

    28-10-201125m

    Chie, Yu, and Yosuke are hot on the trail of Yukiko, when suddenly her shadow reveals herself instead. This Yukiko is on a mission of her own, trying to find a prince who will whis...

  • Would You Love Me?

    5.Would You Love Me?

    04-11-201125m

    This battle is not like the ones before.

  • I'll beat you, and beat you good!

    6.I'll beat you, and beat you good!

    11-11-201125m

    There's a new tough guy in town, and he means business. What will become of this new player, now that he's appeared in the Midnight Channel? Yu and his friends aim to put their clu...

  • Suspicious Tropical Paradise

    7.Suspicious Tropical Paradise

    18-11-201125m

    Kanji's gone missing, or is in hiding, according to Naoto. Yu and the others suspect that he is somewhere in TV World, but Teddie needs something with his scent to find him first....

  • We've lost something important again!

    8.We've lost something important again!

    25-11-201125m

    Time for some R&R. While out on a school field trip, Yu and Yosuke learn the true meaning of fear: Yukiko and Chie's cooking! Later, Kanji must prove to the boys that he's a ladies...

  • No One Sees the Real Me

    9.No One Sees the Real Me

    02-12-201125m

    While trying to escape the limelight, pop icon "Risette", aka Rise, steals away to the small town of Inaba. With the investigation team now bringing all their clues together, it lo...

  • Real Me Doesn't Exist

    10.Real Me Doesn't Exist

    09-12-201125m

    Rise has disappeared into TV World, leaving behind only her shadow to guide Yu and the rest. As they head in to rescue her, the group finds more than they bargained for, discoverin...

  • Catch Me If You Can

    11.Catch Me If You Can

    16-12-201125m

    A new murder victim is discovered in Inaba, without appearing on TV, which sends Yu and the others back to square one. Naoto Shirogane, boy detective, is brought in to help with th...

  • It's Not Empty at All

    12.It's Not Empty at All

    23-12-201125m

    With the culprit of the Inaba murders well within their sights, Yu and the rest experience a series of interweaving flashbacks, flash-forwards, and side flashes that come together...

  • A Stormy Summer Vacation (1)

    13.A Stormy Summer Vacation (1)

    06-01-201225m

    Loveline is on the scene! Yu has been coming home late at night, tired and sluggish.

  • A Stormy Summer Vacation (2)

    14.A Stormy Summer Vacation (2)

    13-01-201225m

    This week we'll take a look at the elusive Yu Narukami. Join us as we look into a previously hidden world that only helpful Yus can possibly fall into, rife with prescient foxes, r...

  • The Long-Awaited School Trip

    15.The Long-Awaited School Trip

    2.0
    20-01-201225m

    What's the best part of taking a school trip with friends? FREE TIME! Everyone's together and ready to party! With the "juice" flowing in the VIP and excitement in the air, a King'...

  • Although the Case Was Closed

    16.Although the Case Was Closed

    27-01-201225m

    Naoto, still unconvinced that the murder case is closed, agrees to appear on TV. He is kidnapped soon after, and with no real information to go by, finding him in TV World is provi...

  • I Want to Know the Truth

    17.I Want to Know the Truth

    03-02-201225m

    As the girls avoid Shadow Naoto's aging beam, the boys try to think of a way to save Naoto, with Yosuke still under the effects of the beam, just as the girls use Teddie as a shiel...

  • Anniversary to Become a Family

    18.Anniversary to Become a Family

    10.0
    10-02-201225m

    At the Dojima househould, Dojima has made coffee for the family, something he has done since before his wife passed away, when he suddenly gets a call from Adachi that there has be...

  • It's School Festival Day. Time to Have Fun!

    19.It's School Festival Day. Time to Have Fun!

    17-02-201225m

    The school holds its cultural festival and Yu meets Ayane Matsunaga of the Yasogami High School brass band.

  • We'll All Meet at the AMAGIYA Hotel

    20.We'll All Meet at the AMAGIYA Hotel

    1.0
    24-02-201225m

    At the end of the cultural festival, everyone is cleaning up the classroom, planning something to do for the night, when Nanako and Dojima arrive, who reveals he is going out of to...

  • Don't Save Anyone Anymore

    21.Don't Save Anyone Anymore

    02-03-201225m

    Naoto tells Yu that she cannot find out anything about the sender of the "Stop helping people" letter, but she knows that it was personally delivered so the sender knows who they a...

  • It's Just Like Heaven

    22.It's Just Like Heaven

    09-03-201225m

    The Investigation Team stages a rescue of Nanako from Taro Namatame in the TV world.

  • In Order to Find the Truth

    23.In Order to Find the Truth

    9.0
    16-03-201225m

    The team grieves after the apparent death of Nanako, while Dojima storms off to Namatame's room to confront him, but is stopped because of his injuries. After hearing a crash from...

  • The World is Full of Sh*t

    24.The World is Full of Sh*t

    9.0
    23-03-201225m

    Teddie is in the Velvet Room where he reveals that he has discovered he is only a Shadow, but one that has acquired human emotions. He asks Yu to say goodbye to Nanako for him when...

  • We Can Change the World

    25.We Can Change the World

    8.0
    30-03-201225m

    Yu and his friends confront the true culprit behind the Midnight Channel events and uncover the truth behind the mysteries surrounding Inaba.

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