An Anime Adaption Of ‘Persona 4 Golden’ Will Jump From The Shadows In July

It seems like Atlus is making these Persona teases a regular thing, although every announcement can’t be as awesome as a Persona 5 announcement.

The publisher has announced an anime version of its hit Vita game, Persona 4 Golden, the enhanced port of the PS2 classic. Retelling the story of a high schooler who arrives in a small town, only to be caught up in a supernatural murder mystery, the anime will include the additional scenes featuring Marie, a new character who was added specifically for the Vita version.

The confusing part in all of this though, is that there’s already a Persona 4 anime. Golden‘s story is exactly the same aside from Marie and a few other minor scenes, (many of which are optional), so I wonder how this is supposed to play out. Is this an anime of an anime? Will it run redone episodes, or will they just blend the new content into the old episodes? Or maybe this won’t be a series at all, and will only be a movie or OVA.

Either way, as much of a fan as I am, I see this as completely unnecessary. With that said, we shouldn’t be surprised. With another fighting game, a dance game and a chibi-fied spinoff, the fourth game is everywhere these days.

Check out the trailer and tell me how wrong I am. Persona 4 The Golden Animation will release in Japan in July with a Western release yet to be announced.