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PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth (2013)

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth(2013)

Original title: Persona3 the Movie #1 Spring of Birth
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    • 1h 37m
    • November 23, 2013(Japan)
    • 6.6/10 (1K)
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  • In the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely... Read allIn the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the people who were around him turn into coffins. Makoto learns th... Read allIn the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the people who were around him turn into coffins. Makoto learns that this period of time hidden between the minute of midnight is called the Dark Hour, a ti... Read all

  • Stars
    • Hideyuki Hori
    • Mao Ichimichi
    • Akira Ishida
  • Reviews
    • 4 User reviews
    • 4 Critic reviews
  • Photos & videos
    • 105 Photos

Director

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  • Noriaki Akitaya
    Noriaki Akitaya

Writers

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(in alphabetical order)
  • Kazuma Kaneko
    Kazuma Kaneko
    original work
  • Jun Kumagai
    Jun Kumagai
    script by
  • Koji Okada
    Koji Okada
    original work

Cast

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  • Hideyuki Hori
    Hideyuki Hori
    Shuji Ikutsuki
    (voice)
  • Mao Ichimichi in Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga (2021)
    Mao Ichimichi
    Mao Ichimichi
    Female Student A
    (voice) (as M.A.O)
  • Akira Ishida
    Akira Ishida
    Akira Ishida
    Makoto Yuki
    (voice)
  • Haruki Ishiya
    Haruki Ishiya
    Gangster E
    (voice)
  • Naoto Kobayashi
    Naoto Kobayashi
    Gangster B
    (voice)
  • Kotori Koiwai
    Kotori Koiwai
    Female Student B
    (voice)
  • Yuka Komatsu
    Yuka Komatsu
    Isako Toriumi
    (voice)
  • Lynn at an event for Angolmois: Genkou Kassenki (2018)
    Lynn
    Lynn
    Gangster D
    (voice)
  • Hikaru Midorikawa
    Hikaru Midorikawa
    Hikaru Midorikawa
    Akihiko Sanada
    (voice)
  • Hiroaki Miura
    Hiroaki Miura
    Hidetoshi Odagiri
    (voice)
  • Marie Miyake
    Marie Miyake
    Girl B
    (voice)
  • Kazuya Nakai
    Kazuya Nakai
    Shinjiro Aragaki
    (voice)
  • Kenji Nojima
    Kenji Nojima
    Kenji Tomochika
    (voice)
  • Mamiko Noto
    Mamiko Noto
    Fuuka Yamagishi
    (voice)
  • Rumi Okubo
    Rumi Okubo
    Rumi Okubo
    Girl A
    (voice)
  • Megu Sakuragawa
    Megu Sakuragawa
    Girl D
    (voice)
  • Miyuki Sawashiro
    Miyuki Sawashiro
    Miyuki Sawashiro
    Elizabeth
    (voice)
  • Shin'ya Takahashi
    Shin'ya Takahashi
    Broadcaster
    (voice)
  • Rie Tanaka
    Rie Tanaka
    Mitsuru Kirijo
    (voice)
  • Atsumi Tanezaki
    Atsumi Tanezaki
    Natsuki Moriyama
    (voice)
  • Isamu Tanonaka
    Isamu Tanonaka
    Igor (Special Performance)
    (voice)
  • Eiichiro Tokumoto
    Eiichiro Tokumoto
    Gangster C
    (voice)
  • Kôsuke Toriumi
    Kôsuke Toriumi
    Junpei Iori
    (voice) (as Kousuke Toriumi)
  • Megumi Toyoguchi
    Megumi Toyoguchi
    Megumi Toyoguchi
    Yukari Takeba
    (voice)
  • Hiroshi Watanabe
    Hiroshi Watanabe
    Gangster F
    (voice)

Producers

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  • Kazuki Adachi
    Kazuki Adachi
    producer
  • Naoto Hiraoka
    Naoto Hiraoka
    planner
  • Osamu Hosokawa
    Osamu Hosokawa
    producer
  • Kozue Kananiwa
    Kozue Kananiwa
    producer (as Kozue Kaneniwa)
  • Jun'ichi Mori
    Jun'ichi Mori
    associate producer
  • Yoshikuni Murata
    Yoshikuni Murata
    planner
  • Tetsushi Mutsunobu
    Tetsushi Mutsunobu
    planner
  • Kôichirô Natsume
    Kôichirô Natsume
    planner
  • Hirotsugu Ogisu
    Hirotsugu Ogisu
    associate producer
  • Kozue Okazaki
    Kozue Okazaki
    assistant producer
  • Moe Sakai
    Moe Sakai
    assistant producer
  • Takashi Sakurai
    Takashi Sakurai
    animation producer
  • Naohiro Tafu
    Naohiro Tafu
    planner (as Naohiro Futono)
  • Yoshikazu Tanaka
    Yoshikazu Tanaka
    producer
  • Akimichi Tsugawa
    Akimichi Tsugawa
    producer

Composer

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  • Shoji Meguro
    Shoji Meguro

Cinematographer

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  • Hideki Imaizumi
    Hideki Imaizumi

Editor

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  • Takashi Sakurai
    Takashi Sakurai

Art Director

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  • Toshihiro Kohama
    Toshihiro Kohama

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • Toshinori Fukushima
    Toshinori Fukushima
    unit director
  • Yoshifumi Sasahara
    Yoshifumi Sasahara
    unit director
  • Tomohisa Taguchi
    Tomohisa Taguchi
    series unit director

Art Department

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  • Kaoru Aoki
    Kaoru Aoki
    artboards: Bihou
  • Saori Gôda
    Saori Gôda
    color key (as Saori Goda)
  • Shiori Itô
    Shiori Itô
    artboards
  • Kazuma Kaneko
    Kazuma Kaneko
    design concept: persona
  • Shin'ichi Kuruma
    Shin'ichi Kuruma
    designer: persona (as Kyôma Aki)
  • Yasunori Takeda
    Yasunori Takeda
    logo designer: tdyn
  • Shinobu Tsuneki
    Shinobu Tsuneki
    prop designer

Sound Department

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  • Keiko Hori
    Keiko Hori
    recording assistant
  • Satoki Iida
    Satoki Iida
    sound director
  • Takuma Takai
    Takuma Takai
    sound production supervisor
  • Tomonari Tokuhisa
    Tomonari Tokuhisa
    sound recording
  • Hiromi Yoshihara
    Hiromi Yoshihara
    recording assistant

Special Effects

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  • Ayuko Harada
    Ayuko Harada
    special effects
  • Tomoki Murakami
    Tomoki Murakami
    special effects
  • Hironobu Watanabe
    Hironobu Watanabe
    special effects

Visual Effects

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  • Mitsutaka Iguchi
    Mitsutaka Iguchi
    3d layout
  • Hideki Imaizumi
    Hideki Imaizumi
    composite director
  • Shiori Itô
    Shiori Itô
    2d modeling support
  • Yûta Matsuda
    Yûta Matsuda
    technical engineer
  • Yasushi Mito
    Yasushi Mito
    2d modeling support
  • Fumi Nanba
    Fumi Nanba
    monitor design
  • Yumiko Narita
    Yumiko Narita
    2d modeling support
  • Shinpei Ôhata
    Shinpei Ôhata
    2d modeling director
  • Mieko Sakurai
    Mieko Sakurai
    2d modeling support
  • Junpei Takatsu
    Junpei Takatsu
    visual designer

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Yuki Aida
    Yuki Aida
    digital photographer
  • Yuzuru Funakoshi
    Yuzuru Funakoshi
    digital photographer
  • Hideki Imaizumi
    Hideki Imaizumi
    digital photographer
  • Tomoyo Kawaguchi
    Tomoyo Kawaguchi
    digital photographer
  • Fumi Nanba
    Fumi Nanba
    digital photographer
  • Miki Satô
    Miki Satô
    digital photographer (as Miki Sato)
  • Junpei Takatsu
    Junpei Takatsu
    digital photographer

Animation Department

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  • Misao Abe
    Misao Abe
    key animator
  • Namie Akiba
    Namie Akiba
    inbetween animator: AIC
  • Nozomi Andô
    Nozomi Andô
    cel painter: FINE COLORs
  • Minami Aoki
    Minami Aoki
    inbetween animator: AIC
  • Akiko Asaki
    Akiko Asaki
    chief animation director
  • Sang Dinh
    Sang Dinh
    background artist
  • Tran Duy
    Tran Duy
    background artist
  • Kazutaka Ema
    Kazutaka Ema
    second key animator: AIC
  • Michino Fujiwara
    Michino Fujiwara
    cel painter: FINE COLORs
  • Tadashi Fukuda
    Tadashi Fukuda
    key animator

Editorial Department

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  • Kei Asai
    Kei Asai
    digital cinema mastering
  • Miho Murayama
    Miho Murayama
    digital cinema mastering
  • Teru Ogawa
    Teru Ogawa
    lab manager
  • Yuriko Satô
    Yuriko Satô
    lab coordinator (as Yuriko Sato)
  • Shun Tokuda
    Shun Tokuda
    online editing
  • Toshiki Yura
    Toshiki Yura
    color management

Color Department

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  • Ichirô Chaen
    Ichirô Chaen
    color correction (as Ichiro Chaen)

Production Department

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  • Yoshimasa Harada
    Yoshimasa Harada
    production assistant
  • Kôichirô Hayashi
    Kôichirô Hayashi
    production assistant
  • Miyuki Ôura
    Miyuki Ôura
    production assistant
  • Shin'ichirô Ueda
    Shin'ichirô Ueda
    production assistant
  • Daisuke Yamamoto
    Daisuke Yamamoto
    production assistant

Production Companies

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  • Gekijoban Persona 3 Production Committee
  • AIC A.S.T.A.
    • (animation)
  • Aniplex
  • Atlus
  • Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
  • Movic
  • Yomiko Advertising

Distributors

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  • Aniplex
    • (Japan, 2013)(theatrical)
  • Peppermint Anime
    • (Germany, 2017)

Other Companies

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  • AI
    • (cel painting)
  • AI
    • (inbetween animation)
  • AIC East Side Studio
    • (recording studio)
  • Anime International Company (AIC)
    • (cel painting)
  • Anime International Company (AIC)
    • (inbetween animation)
  • Anime International Company (AIC)
    • (second key animation)
  • Animesh
    • (cel painting)
  • Aniplex
    • (music production)
  • Artemis
    • (cel painting)
  • Asahi Production
    • (second key animation)
  • Asura Film
    • (line test)
  • Atlus
    • (music production assistance)
  • Atlus
    • (original game)
  • Beep
    • (cel painting)
  • Beep
    • (inbetween animation)
  • Bihou
    • (background art)
  • CL Corporation
    • (cel painting)
  • CL Corporation
    • (inbetween animation)
  • Chokyo
    • (line test)
  • D-Colors
    • (cel painting)
  • Dax Production
    • (sound production)
  • Delta Peak Production
    • (second key animation)
  • F.A.I. International
    • (cel painting)
  • F.A.I. International
    • (inbetween animation)
  • F.A.I. International
    • (second key animation)
  • Fine Colors
    • (cel painting)
  • G-Angle
    • (background music production assistance)
  • Guts Meta Studio
    • (second key animation)
  • HMS
    • (cel painting)
  • HMS
    • (inbetween animation)
  • Imagica
    • (digital laboratory)
  • Jumondo
    • (cel painting)
  • Jumondo
    • (inbetween animation)
  • Jumondo
    • (second key animation)
  • Kyushu Animation
    • (second key animation)
  • M.S.C.
    • (cel painting)
  • MIT Gathering
    • (recording engineer)
  • MIT Studio
    • (recording studio)
  • Nakamura Production
    • (second key animation)
  • Office DCI
    • (cel painting)
  • Office DCI
    • (inbetween animation)
  • Office DCI
    • (second key animation)
  • Office fu-u
    • (cel painting)
  • Q-Tec
    • (trailer production)
  • Reverse Image Creation (RIC)
    • (cel painting)
  • Reverse Image Creation (RIC)
    • (inbetween animation)
  • Rising Force
    • (second key animation)
  • Satelight
    • (line test)
  • Sony Music Studios
    • (mastering studio)
  • Studio Gimlet
    • (second key animation)
  • Studio IngresA
    • (inbetween animation)
  • Studio IngresA
    • (second key animation)
  • Studio MAT
    • (cel painting)
  • Studio MAT
    • (inbetween animation)
  • Studio Toy Box
    • (second key animation)
  • Studio Wanpack
    • (second key animation)
  • Studio Wombat
    • (second key animation)
  • Tdyn
    • (logo & poster design)
  • Tokyo Animation Center
    • (second key animation)
  • Xenron
    • (cel painting)
  • Xenron
    • (inbetween animation)
  • Xenron
    • (second key animation)
  • Zexcs
    • (second key animation)

Storyline

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In the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the people who were around him turn into coffins. Makoto learns that this period of time hidden between the minute of midnight is called the Dark Hour, a time when monsters called Shadows appear. Suddenly made the leader of his fellow classmates Yukari and Junpei by his upperclassmen Mitsuru and Akihiko, Makoto must learn empathy, his connection to his comrades, and the meaning of death. With the power of his Evoker aimed at his head, Makoto fights against the Shadows threatening to attack his world from the mysterious tower of Tartarus. —farhangkian
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  • Plot summary
  • Plot synopsis
  • Genres
    • Animation
    • Action
    • Adventure
    • Drama
    • Fantasy
  • Certificates
    • Germany:12
    • Mexico:B
    • United Kingdom:12
    • United States:Not Rated
  • Parents guide

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    The background score is music from the video game.
  • Soundtracks
    Burn My Dread -Spring of Birth Ver.-
    Performed by Yumi Kawamura

    Music and Arrangement by Shoji Meguro

Details

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  • Release date
    • November 23, 2013 (Japan)
  • Country of origin
    • Japan
  • Official site
    • Official Site (Japan)
  • Language
    • Japanese
  • Also known as
    • Персона 3: Фильм первый. Весна рождения
  • Production companies
    • Gekijoban Persona 3 Production Committee
    • AIC A.S.T.A.
    • Aniplex
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Technical specifications

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  • Runtime
    • 1h 37m(97 min)
  • Color
    • Color

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