List of Persona 4: The Golden Animation episodes
Persona 4: The Golden Animation, stylized as Persona4 the Golden ANIMATION, is a 2014 anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures based on Atlus' Persona 4 video game. The series is an expansion of AIC ASTA's 2011 adaptation, Persona4 the ANIMATION, featuring new scenarios adapted from the game's 2012 PlayStation Vita port, Persona 4 Golden. Building on the adventures of Yu Narukami, a teenage boy who discovers a distorted TV World and obtains the power of Persona, the series focuses on Yu's encounter with Marie, a resident of the mysterious Velvet Room who seeks to regain her memory. They work together to solve the murders caused by the TV World and to put the person behind it to justice.
The 12-episode series aired on MBS' Animeism programming block between July 10, 2014, and September 25, 2014. Seiji Kishi, who directed the previous series, is chief director with Tomohisa Taguchi as director and Jun Kumagai writing the series composition. Shoji Meguro and Tetsuya Kobayashi provide the soundtrack. An original video animation episode featuring an alternate ending was included on the fourth Blu-ray Disc/DVD volume, released on December 10, 2014. The main opening theme is "Next Chance to Move On" by Shihoko Hirata, whilst the main ending theme is "Dazzling Smile" by Hirata. The opening theme for episode one is "Shadow World", the opening theme of Persona 4 Golden, also performed by Hirata, while the opening theme for episode eight is "key plus words", the second opening theme of Persona4 The ANIMATION, by Hirata and Yumi Kawamura.
The series is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America, who simulcast the series on Crunchyroll, Hulu, Daisuki, and the Aniplex Channel. The series has been released on two subtitled Blu-ray volumes on July 21, 2015, and September 29, 2015, respectively. It is recommended to watch this anime after watching the original Persona 4 one, as this skips over multiple aspects of the main story to focus on content added in the Golden version of the game.