Persona 4 The Animation - Now This is What An Adaptation Should Be

Persona 4 was released for the PlayStation 2 on 2008.07.10 in Japan, and 2008.12.09 in North America (and 2009.03.13 in Europe). This became one of my favorite PS2 games, and because of this, when I first heard that there was going to be an anime series, I was really excited. However, I was also cautious due to the fact that there was previously an anime series based on Persona 3, entitled Persona -Trinity Soul-, which ended up being nothing like what we were hoping for, in a bad way. The P4 anime has premiered already -- in Japan anyway -- and how is it? One night while we were watching Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete together, Tanya said that more Final Fantasy games should be made into movies or such, for those who don't want to play a 50+ hour game. While not Final Fantasy, this is exactly what Persona 4 The Animation is -- a retelling of the game's story, in anime series form, without all the level-grinding.