Persona 3’s Four Anime Films Get Free, Limited-Time YouTube Release
Aniplex of America is offering the films in Japanese with English subtitles to celebrate the Persona series’ 30th anniversary.
All four Persona 3 anime films are streaming free on Aniplex USA’s YouTube channel in select regions. Atlus West announced the limited-time release Saturday but gave no removal date.
Atlus West announced Saturday on X, formerly Twitter, that Aniplex USA’s YouTube channel is now streaming all four Persona 3 anime films.
The lineup includes:
- Persona 3 the Movie #1 Spring of Birth
- Persona 3 the Movie #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream
- Persona 3 the Movie #3 Falling Down
- Persona 3 the Movie #4 Winter of Rebirth
All four are available in Japanese with English subtitles. Atlus West said the release is for a limited time but did not specify when the videos would leave the channel.
Viewers can watch in these regions:
- North America
- Central America
- South America
- The U.K.
- Ireland
- South Africa
- Australia
- New Zealand
Aniplex of America is making the films available free to mark the Persona series’ 30th anniversary.
The films premiered in Japan on this schedule:
- First film: November 2013
- Second film: June 2014
- Third film: April 2015
- Fourth film: January 2016
Aniplex of America subsequently released them on these dates:
- First film: May 2014
- Second film: March 2015
- Third film: January 2016
- Fourth film: August 2016
Tomohisa Taguchi took over directing duties for the fourth film at A-1 Pictures. His credits include Persona 3 the Movie #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream and Persona 4 the Golden Animation.
The fourth film’s staff included:
- Screenplay: Jun Kumagai
- Supervision: Seiji Kishi
- Art director: Zenou Tanioka of Bihou, Inc., returning from the second film after Toshihiro Kohama handled the third
- Composite and visual director: Junpei Takatsu
- Character design: Keisuke Watabe
- Soundtrack: Shoji Meguro and Tetsuya Kobayashi
Sources: Atlus ' X/ Twitter account via ANN
