Wishing you a Happy New Year, AnimeGAF!
My first full year of watching Anime was a fruitful one, not least of all because I discovered things that I loved, K-ON!, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, et all. Which was mixed with the bad, Fujiko Mine, SAO, and some others that I probably don't wish to dig up.
I sort of meandered my way into this thread, not really knowing if I even see through my brief flirtation past watching the Ghibli back catalogue. I'm happy to say that I stuck around, though, and this community certainly makes the whole thing a lot of fun. Just maybe take a little rest once in a while!
Huh, so you bought both? Which would at least make me feel better about owning both the English and Japanese copies of the Persona art works!
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And on that subject, I've begun to re watch Persona 4: The Animation. I would say that it's a markedly different experience the second time through, but that's mainly down to the English dub cast. Watching it on blu-ray has only accentuated just how ugly it looks visually, though. Which is a shame, as I do enjoy their approach to handling the story. Which is to say that they don't really go out of their way to lay down the intricacies of the whole world, and instead curtail that (after episode one's info-dump) in favour of fan-service.
In fairness, there is a lot that could be improved about this adaptation, but as a fan going in (and I can't see who wouldn't be), I think it hits enough of the familiar notes that I can see past those failings. I know it wasn't to everyone's taste, but I find it to be good fun.
