User Reviews for Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth

deanzel

7/10 10 years ago

This was a great adaptation to one of my absolute favorite games of all time. It's been a little while since I played the game, but its glory was all starting to come back to me as I was watching this first movie. While I enjoyed P4 as a game more, P3 definitely has a better and darker story which is more suited to an anime adaptation like this. And I think that from the first movie alone, the P3 movies have already shown to be better than P4 the Animation. Also, how can a movie with Mitsuru not be awesome?

I do think that Yuki Makoto (the name of the MC) was a bit too anti-social to start but I guess that it leaves a lot of room for him to develop in the next movies. We were beginning to see glimpses of it in the last quarter of the movie. The visuals were top-notch (much better than in the P4 anime series) and I think that the battles played out pretty well and never got too repetitive. While some may say that too many of the social links were cut, I thought that the creators did a great job with the pacing of the movie and were able to still flesh out the main characters with the little time given without things feeling rushed. And the music... Wow. Shōji Meguro is a based god amongst men. When I started to hear the high school and the dorm theme music, I just about lost it. All I need to hear is "Living with Determination (Iowato Dormitory Arrangement)" and my life will be f'n complete. If you haven't heard it, play the link below on repeat for the next 2 hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYSk12SZvw

I am a complete Persona homer so I may overlooked some of the flaws of the movie. Still, I'm completely pumped for the next set of movies and I'm interested if the creators will still go with the same dark ending as in the game (perhaps with FES material added in) or make an anime-original ending. I'm kind of hoping for an original ending just to experience something different but the original ending is epic itself. Anyway, I can't wait for the next movie (and Persona 5!!) to come out and get some more Mitsuru action.

#Persona4eva

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Reply to deanzel

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Reply by ManiacB

10 years ago

@deanzel<br /> <br /> Haha, fellow Persona fan here and I'm looking forward to watching it now! Like you I liked P3's story and dark atmosphere more, even if the gameplay in P4 was more refined. I thought the P4 series was "okay", not terrible but not really incredible, and I'm not sure I would have liked it as much if I hadn't already played the game.<br /> <br /> I guess it's hard to know how a non-game fan will perceive this one either (@spt1i? :P), but regardless, I'll try and find the time to watch it soon and hopefully enjoy it as much as you did!

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Reply by sp1ti

10 years ago

@ManiacB That highlight didn't catch me but the "1 reply" did tho ;). I still have the game files on my tablet and phone but never started it (I went with Corpse Party over this). Can you even watch this without prior knowledge of the game? If anything I would wait until the second part is out as well.

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Reply by deanzel

10 years ago

@ManiacB This Persona 3 Movie cover art is now my new official profile backdrop. It is just too god damn bad ass and the Persona homer inside me just can't resist. I'm also a huge closet MC x Yukari fan. What can I say, I love my tsunderes. Just don't tell the Mitsuru fans.

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