If certain trailers and teaser sitesare to be believed, there may besomethingrelated toPersona 4in the works, and we may know more in less than two days.
A mysterious live-action trailer circulating through the web shows a bunch of people talking about the rumored “Mayonaka TV”.Persona 4fans may know that “Mayonaka TV” is the Japanese name for the “Midnight Channel”,thekey story element inPersona 4.
The trailer ends with a web address leading tomayonaka-tv.jp, a teaser site with a shade under two days left on a countdown clock. Incidentally, the clock runs out on April 11th 2011 (Japan time), which is the same day thatPersona 4“begins”.
Whether or not this is an anime projectspecificallyis unstated, but other images discovered suggest the existence of a “Persona 4 Animation” project bankrolled by Aniplex, Sony’s big anime/music distribution house. Intrepid fans note that decompiling files on the teaser site lead to files entitled “anime” and a (currently) blank site atP4A.jp. What could that “A” mean?
Having aPersonaproject go all “transmedia” isn’t a new phenomenon. Both P3 and P4 gained manga adaptations, and an original anime series with links toPersona 3,Persona: Trinity Soulwas aired some years ago (and recently licensed by NIS America).
So…are you excited? Unhappy that this isn’t a Persona 5 announcement, or are you still waiting for the inevitable announcement of a Persona 4 PSP port? C’mon, all the other games got one, after all.
[Via Jin115 and Japanator user Jon B]
