Persona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth
Seen it?2013 | 98 min | Animation, Fantasy, Adventure
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans, adventure fans and animation lovers. If you loved Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender or Beetlejuice, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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 he awakens a Persona and fights against the Shadows threatening to attack his world from the mysterious tower of Tartarus.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 18K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Noriaki Akitaya, Tomohisa Taguchi, Yoshifumi Sasahara
- Akira IshidaMakoto Yuki / Pharos (voice)
- Megumi ToyoguchiYukari Takeba (voice)
- Kohsuke ToriumiJunpei Iori (voice)
- Rie TanakaMitsuru Kirijo (voice)
- Hikaru MidorikawaAkihiko Sanada (voice)
- Mamiko NotoFuuka Yamagishi (voice)
- Kazuya NakaiShinjiro Aragaki (voice)
- Isamu TanonakaIgor (voice)
- Miyuki SawashiroElizabeth (voice)
- Hideyuki HoriShuji Ikutsuki (voice)