Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth (2013)

• Year: 2013
• Released: 23 Nov 2013
• Country: Japan
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3198652/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/persona_3_the_movie_1_spring_of_birth
• Metacritics:
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: Japanese
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
• Runtime: 97 min
• Writer: Kazuma Kaneko, Jun Kumagai, Koji Okada
• Director: Noriaki Akitaya
• Cast: Akira Ishida, Hikaru Midorikawa, Kazuya Nakai
• Keywords: high school, death, based on video game, anime, supernatural power, persona,

6.6/10

Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of Birth Storyline

In the spring, student Makoto Yuki moves to Iwatodai City, and learns of a hidden period called the Dark Hour, a time when monsters called Shadows appear. After awakening to an ability called Persona, Makoto finds himself intertwined in the battle against the Shadows with his new schoolmates.

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A good adapation that people are way too harsh on

Spring of Birth is the first in the series of anime films that adapt the story of Persona 3. I was worried when I initally watched it, about how they were going to take an overarching video game movie, and split it up into four 90 minute movies. The end result isn’t perfect; this first movie definitely has pacing issues. Specifically, it feels akin to a drawn out “set-up” prologue that just explains the world and what the hell things like the dark hour and shadows are. Which is basically what it is–this first movie adapts the first portion of the game’s story, up to the point when Fuuka joins the SEES. In an attempt to turn what would’ve been “exposition – the movie” into an a movie that can stand by itself, they put focus onto both the development of Makoto (the protaganist), an an unusually apathetic guy who doesn’t care if he lives or die, and the substory in Persona 3 surrounding Fuuka’s bullying problems.

They set up Fuuka’s bully issues with Natsuki, as well as the overgrowing issue that Makoto struggles to (or rather just can’t) feel emotions, as the throughlines of the movie. The two intertwine, and form a pretty decent overarching narrative that gets resolved by the movie’s end. The end result, while not perfect, works well enough, and results in a deeply entertaining adapation; it sets up the world of Persona 3 itself, and the base premise, while wrapping up it’s own internal conflicts, so that things to normality for the protaganists for the sequel.

Honestly, despite this being an unpopular opinion, this is my personal favourite film in the Persona 3 film series. Not only do I adore the way they adapted Makoto’s “silent protaganist” character, I also think the atmophere of the movie works extremely well. Fuuka is one of my favourite P3 characters, and her bullying issues; as well as Makoto’s character arch too, fit extremely well with Persona 3’s blatant symbolism surrounding teenage sucide (Persona users need to “shoot themselves” in the head with their evokers to summon their personas). All in all, it comes together to form a very decent movie, that is essentinally a “mean girl” bullying storyline set in a world full of supernatural goings on, where the bullying gets dragged into the events the protaganist & co. Are going through. It can stand on its own, seperate from both it’s sequels and the game it was adapted from. It’s far from the best written example of a bully storyline, but honestly, the relationship between Fuuka and her bully by the end of the movie legitimately touched me; not to spoil anything.

Honestly, I think people are too harsh on this movie. Most critics seems to focus on it’s slow crawl of the overarching P3 narrative, and either miss, or discard, the movie’s attempt at forming a complete story that deals with connected themes of suicide, bullying, mental apathy, and death; albeit one that is part of a larger overarching narrative.

I’d legitimately recommand this to anyone who wants a movie that deals with that kind of thing, even if they’re a none Persona fan. Just bare in mind that it’s story isn’t complete, as it’s one big overarching story spread over it and it’s three sequels.

It’s a fun first intro into the anime side of things but…

What on Earth is up with the script? There are painful transitions in the communication that just seem off. Like things were thrown together as quick as possible and made into a movie. Some characters will say something that will just make you want tilt your head trying to figure out what they were trying to accomplish with the character’s development or the scene in general. Other parts of the movie felt dry, slow moving, and cookie cutter. Altogether, these issues made some scenes a little painful to get through.At least we know things get better in the future (future anime releases)

Persona 3…more like super badass senpai the movie

Persona 3 the movie Spring of Birth is an anime adaptation of the first few hours of the game Shin Megami Tensei:PERSONA3…(duh).Ah yes,p3 the movie,which has caused the infamous name debate of the P3 character between the film and manga XD. I wont be covering the story too much because come on,if your interested in this movie,you already know the story of PERSONA3 in some form. Now if you have read the P3 manga,the P3 protag is a chill senpai,right?Well Spring of birth says Screw that!the protag this time is Makoto Yuki,and hes kinda…like a emotionless asshole to be honest (although he becomes more likable as the films progress).He even states ‘”i don’t care if i die”. The film follows the video game up to just after the empress and emperor boss fight,and has some extra screnes…like Makoto,being the motherfucking badass senpai he is,driving a motor bike into tartarus while summoning his persona! The film is quite faithful to the source material,and the animation is stunning,better then the anime adaptation of the PERSONA4 anime released a year or so before. So yeah,if you like persona,check Spring of Birth out!