Probably not that far from the truth, tbh. P5 is the priority in all ways, and a game that Soejima presumably has a lot more sway over. They're probably in crunch right now, so he'll be getting these things out of the way ASAP. And Ultimax requires a lot more work from Soejima than P4D or PQ, so that's probably why the lower quality here isn't seen in either of those games.
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Probably not that far from the truth, tbh. P5 is the priority in all ways, and a game that Soejima presumably has a lot more sway over. They're probably in crunch right now, so he'll be getting these things out of the way ASAP. And Ultimax requires a lot more work from Soejima than P4D or PQ, so that's probably why the lower quality here isn't seen in either of those games.
this week's character is................LABBY-CHAN!
and SHADOW Labrys, Mitsuru, and Akihiko are added.
also AtlusTSU interview with Meguro and Yumi Kawamura. sadly not good enough to translate it, but seems interesting.
(I'M FUCKING DYING AT SHO'S PORTRAIT)
So there is going to be three versions of Labrys in this one...
Human designs in Nocturne aren't that great. How are these designs "generic animu" anyway?
Not even the main characters look like generic anime.
Kurt Russell!?
Wut.
As far as anime goes, Doi's art is pretty realistically proportioned. If other anime looked like that, I'd have far fewer problems with it.
Actually, I'm not even sure how much influence Soejima has on P4D... The P4D website lists him as "Original Character Designer", which has quite interesting implications.
this week's character is................LABBY-CHAN!
and SHADOW Labrys, Mitsuru, and Akihiko are added.
also AtlusTSU interview with Meguro and Yumi Kawamura. sadly not good enough to translate it, but seems interesting.
(I'M FUCKING DYING AT SHO'S PORTRAIT)
I was okay with Junpei's but wow Sho looks super freaking awkward in this picture.
I think his work on P4D will be the same as Arena: Character designs and character renders, and that's it.
LelouchViBritannia
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Persona 4 Ultimax Wtf Edition
Rat On Crack
Widemouth Junpei
Pedo Sho
Im actually starting to wonder whether Persona 5's artwork will be like this?
I actually can not wait to see what Ken looks like.
Rat On Crack
Widemouth Junpei
Pedo Sho
Im actually starting to wonder whether Persona 5's artwork will be like this?
I actually can not wait to see what Ken looks like.
Hot Coldman
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Why does Rise look like a totally different person?
Yup. It was the same in P3 too.
Unlikely. Arena's art was always stylised differently from Soejima's main work. I think it's meant to look more arcadey.Persona 4 Ultimax
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Widemouth Junpei
Pedo Sho
Im actually starting to wonder whether Persona 5's artwork will be like this?
I actually can not wait to see what Ken looks like.
shape of eyes, more pronounced nose, hair not curling on shoulders
LelouchViBritannia
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Hopefully. Then again, i always did think some of the artwork in P3 looked kinda weird. Hopefully, we'll see a glimpse of P5 next month, or at TGS
Hot Coldman
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Her face looks rounder
cj_iwakura
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I want to know who did THIS art:
+1 for vanilla Chie. She was a TV actress, and new to the VA game. It was nice hearing fresh talent.
Nothing against Fitzgerald, I just prefer the OG. People were griping about how the new voice wasn't as 'sugary' as the JP voice at first then wound up loving her.
SpacePirate Ridley
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I like both. In fact I didn't know Chie's old voice was hated by people up until I played Golden and looked for opinions of the voice.
The shade of red is totally different. He looks like Ronald McDonald.
Not surprising, Soejima seems to be fond of the Ronald McDonald look
Also I found another Teddie just now, the coronita beer in the image has a teddie logo lol
BTW The ending part of the game was longer than expected, I still need to finish.
Twilightzoney
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SpacePirate Ridley
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Yeah, Teddie is all over the place in the game. I thought easter eggs had to be one or two things here and there, but Teddie in this game is like trying to find hidden Mickey's in Disneyland lol Not that I mind, I love trying to find them.
Also seems Teddie has taken merchandise in that world by storm!
buddha0991
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this week's character is................LABBY-CHAN!
and SHADOW Labrys, Mitsuru, and Akihiko are added.
also AtlusTSU interview with Meguro and Yumi Kawamura. sadly not good enough to translate it, but seems interesting.
(I'M FUCKING DYING AT SHO'S PORTRAIT)
Best week
I hate you
I believe that's Eiji Ishida, who was also responsible for the art direction of both Nocturne and Strange Journey.
Lollipop Dave
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Is P4D the result of a bad trip? The game finishes in a hospital bed? Where it carefully turns into an episode of Scrubs.
I've only just realised what you mean by this. You're saying that the P4D costume designs might not be Soejima, right?
It's possible, I guess. We might be able to tell later on. Right now I don't think we can say either way.
The character renders are definitely Soejima though.
At what point did you decide that you love Labrys? Because this definitely hasn't been 'a thing' for that long.
Ya, pretty sure he was based off of him.
Lollipop Dave
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They should hire Yoshiyuki Sadamoto to do them, his cover work for Mitchie M's album is fantastic!
:3
I would actually like to see something other than Soejima, too much Soejima is not good
They should hire Yoshiyuki Sadamoto to do them, his cover work for Mitchie M's album is fantastic!
:3
I would actually like to see something other than Soejima, too much Soejima is not good
If it's not Soejima designing the outfits, I'd assume it's Dingo. But for now, probably best to assume that it is Soejima.
Also there's no such thing as too much Soejima.
Lollipop Dave
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I'm already starting to get sick of seeing it..
buddha0991
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When she became my main in P4A. In the irc a few days ago, we talked about fighting game charcters that just click with you, Labrys was this with me. I can also assure you that this isn't that new
Are you really?
When she became my main in P4A. In the irc a few days ago, we talked about fighting game charcters that just click with you, Labrys was this with me. I can also assure you that this isn't that new
Maybe, but it's not that old either!
Yep.
buddha0991
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Depends how you mean by old, the switch from Mitsuru to Labrys as my main was under a year ago at most. I used to be one of the people pre release that was pissed they put in ANOTHER robot girl (with a terrible design to boot) in the game. Man did I flip big time on Labrys. One of the only characters in this series I flipped on as hard would be Persona 1's Reiji Kido.
That might explain Rise's and Kanami's terrible outfits too.
Lollipop Dave
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Chrono Helix
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this week's character is................LABBY-CHAN!
and SHADOW Labrys, Mitsuru, and Akihiko are added.
also AtlusTSU interview with Meguro and Yumi Kawamura. sadly not good enough to translate it, but seems interesting.
(I'M FUCKING DYING AT SHO'S PORTRAIT)
When Kawamura was around 20, she was a guest singer at a livehouse in Shibuya and happened to meet someone from Atlus. She was first involved in Jantei Monogatari 2 for the PC Engine, and later handled "vocal direction and chorus" for DDS2. It was through DDS2 that Meguro discovered her talent and offered her to join in the production of P3.
Kawamura doesn't rehearse much before a performance, while Meguro seems gentle, but is really sadistic to his singers. Like when she was singing Kimi no Kioku (P3 ending theme), it was really tough due to the high pitch and difficult breathing (you know, when the line is so long you don't have time to take a breath for the next one), and Meguro said "You wouldn't be able to sing this even if it was live!"
Kimi no Kioku and Burn My Dread were voted first and third most popular songs respectively.
And finally they talk a little about her new CD, YUMITAMA, which seems to be a Best Of album of her songs.
Labrysの訛りってやっぱ翻訳せにくいんやけど、頑張って字幕を書いてみせた！関西弁を聞くのがめっちゃ簡単やけど、それに当たる表現を自然な英語で書くなんて・・・もうできへんやわ！
Chrono Helix
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I tried playing P4A in Japanese, and I think I slightly dislike her because I had a lot of trouble understanding her thanks to that accent.
SloaneRisette
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Quit calling Rise a rat on crack or I'll body you
I basically starting getting fluent in Japanese while living near Osaka, so Kansai-ben has something of a special place in my heart, although I'm definitely sympathetic to non-natives losing their minds over it. Definitely its own flavor of Japanese that takes some getting used to, especially since it's almost never formally taught in classes.
Quit calling Rise a rat on crack or I'll body you
Go study.
Thanks for the translated trailer per usual, Pepsi.
CrazyTank940
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this week's character is................LABBY-CHAN!
and SHADOW Labrys, Mitsuru, and Akihiko are added.
also AtlusTSU interview with Meguro and Yumi Kawamura. sadly not good enough to translate it, but seems interesting.
(I'M FUCKING DYING AT SHO'S PORTRAIT)
Sho my god that sprite is hilarious
Red The Hunter
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Persona 4 Ultimax Wtf Edition
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Widemouth Junpei
Pedo Sho
Im actually starting to wonder whether Persona 5's artwork will be like this?
I actually can not wait to see what Ken looks like.
Is it just me or does Sho look like a girl in that portrait.
Well, he hasn't actually done that much art since Catherine. Do you mean that you'd rather other artists were working on the spinoff games?
Spectrasonic
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I am not impressed with P4U's new artwork at all. Such a shame, since like 90% of the assets are recycled from P4A.
Blackstarhat
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i got all the persona games thanks to that psn sale.
Not sure about that, but it looks like he has a massive overbite.
Lollipop Dave
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Whenever I see his art I automatically think of P3+4. Though with the spin-off games that's not a big deal but I'm hoping that when we finally get to see some P5 artwork I don't get that same feeling.
snow in jamaica
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yeah, it's kind of a thing in the series. some others are beetlejuice and michael jackson in smt2.
obligatory takehaya susano-o
SloaneRisette
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Man PersonaGAF has so many awesome artists. Good job!
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