Persona 3 the Movie 1: Spring of Birth


Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth

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Synonyms: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, P3M
Japanese: PERSONA3 THE MOVIE —#1 Spring of Birth—
English: Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Nov 23, 2013
Licensors: Aniplex of America
Studios: AIC ASTA
Source: Game
Genres: ActionAction, FantasyFantasy, SupernaturalSupernatural
Duration: 1 hr. 38 min.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.531 (scored by 6281762,817 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #17632
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1827
Members: 119,292
Favorites: 549

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Synopsis

At the stroke of midnight, the Dark Hour appears—a secret hour which most are unaware of. Those not trapped in coffins during this time, unfortunate enough to find themselves conscious, are met by dangerous creatures known as Shadows. A select few, however, possess the potential to wield Persona: a special power used to defeat these beings. This secret group is called SEES (Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad), and their mission is to uncover the reason behind the Dark Hour's appearance.

Only a short while after transfer student Makoto Yuuki begins his residency at Iwatodai Dorm, his Persona awakens after an attack by a strong Shadow. Now recruited into the ranks of SEES, he begins fighting alongside his comrades, as only they can protect humanity from Shadows and prevent the anomaly that is the Dark Hour.

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Sakurai, Takashi
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Akitaya, Noriaki
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"Burn My Dread -Spring of Birth Ver.-" by Yumi Kawamura
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Ending Theme

"More Than One Heart" by Yumi Kawamura




Reviews

Sep 30, 2021
MEMENTO MORI - Remember, you will die.

Story:
Being the first installment in a four-part series of movies adapting the persona 3 game, this movie has the task of adapting possibly the least narratively interesting part of the game. Of course, it still does this quite well, but the pacing is little bit funky. Things seem to be moving very fast, except when there's a specific action scene, where they take the appropriate amount of time they need. I think the pacing was done quite well during the climax, but it still left a fair bit to be desired when it brushes over a school exam in ...
Jun 17, 2023
Mixed Feelings
The first Person 3 film does many good things, but it's primarily held back by a major weakness: the source material itself. Despite its reputation as a video game, Persona 3 in terms of writing quality is not at all what one should call good, even if what makes an overall enjoyable game experience for fans inspires them to look at the story and characters with rose-tinted glasses.
Fortunately, the film does what it can to make common sense improvments. The most noteworthy is giving the main character, Makoto, a firmly defined personality, which comes hand in hand with foreshadowing for his significance in the plot ...
Feb 17, 2020
This presents the world the story will be set in... and that's it. No character development, not even presentation. No plot. No nothing. It's just some scenes put one after the other. Not even good scenes either.

The world the story (which doesn't exist in this movie) will be set in, is one with a 'pocket' of time (reminiscent of tales from the fairy, I would guess), and with some gifted youths that are able to use the 'persona', which it's a reminiscent of avatars (like in some ancient indian or egyptian mythologies). That was the only interesting aspect of this waste of time.

P.S.: Be careful ...

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