Persona 3 the Movie 4: Winter of Rebirth

"The time of destruction is coming ever closer without a doubt. It cannot be stopped."
To know death, to gaze at death, to face death.

Makoto and his allies have grown through the many meetings and partings they have experienced.

Their fight might not be for the sake of the world, but for themselves. Even so, they have continued to fight, believing that there are peaceful days waiting at the end of the battle.

However, a boy says that destruction is the fate that humanity must shoulder. The boy they believed to be their friend tells them the truth of the situation without an emotion on his face.

The season changes to winter. Makoto makes a decision in order to greet the spring that is waiting beyond...

(Source: ANN)

Yuuki, Makoto Main

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Aegis Main

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Kirijou, Mitsuru Main

Tanaka, Rie Japanese

Sanada, Akihiko Main

Midorikawa, Hikaru Japanese

Takeba, Yukari Main

Toyoguchi, Megumi Japanese

Iori, Junpei Main

Toriumi, Kousuke Japanese

Yamagishi, Fuuka Main

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Mochizuki, Ryouji Main

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Koromaru Main

Takahashi, Shinya Japanese

Amada, Ken Main

Ogata, Megumi Japanese

Tsuji, Toshikazu Producer

Taguchi, Tomohisa Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Iida, Satoki Sound Director

Meguro, Shoji Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement, Music

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Mar 22, 2025

Shineix

Recommended

The Persona 3 games are absolutely phenomenal and through the first 3 movies I really couldn't compare it to the masterpiece which are the games however this last movie proved me wrong. It took it's time slowly on each character to show their own mentality, ideologies and development in such a good way that really reflects on the real world and the meaning of life compared to the despair of death.

Firstly, Makoto Yuuki was such a beautiful character with one of my favourite conclusions with such a bittersweet ending. His development throughout all 3 movies were amazing but this really stood out, everything about him ... from his dynamics, themes, development, ideology, reasons just everything was so insanely good.

The side cast is also an amazing part of the films and especially in this one. As I said previously each character got alot of their own screentime and it really helped their unique and distinctive personalities stand out which helped their writing so much.

Even the antagonist was such a good character, he was simple but still very well done in his concept of death and meaning to life and especially his parallel and dynamics to Makoto.

Overall I highly recommend this movie, if you're a Persona player definitely watch this and even if you never have heard of it you would likely still enjoy it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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May 9, 2024

XOArama

Mixed Feelings

Definitely the best of the 4 Persona 3 movies. The stage it sets in the opening is handled really well, setting up this gloomy atmosphere and mood for our main characters as they head into a battle with their own thoughts. Some exclusive scenes were in this that are not in the game and I actually enjoyed some of the additions and they added a bit more depth. In the end though I can't help but be disappointed, there was never much representation of any of the social links which is fair to the run time but I feel is integral to the game. Then ... in the end I never had much positive feelings towards Makoto in this, he was very boring throughout the movies and while he switched up a little in this movie it was too little too late. Overall it was an ok movie but without having seen the games I'm not sure I would've been able to enjoy it very much. Despite its strengths, the lack of focus on the social links and the underwhelming portrayal of Makoto may leave fans of the game feeling unsatisfied with this adaptation.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 17, 2016

ToastieRoastie

Not Recommended

I don't get how this movie (and the persona animations in general) get 9s and 10s. They have always had rushed episodes, subpar art and animation, and in the case of the P3 films, go through progresively worse directors and scriptwriters as the films go on. I went into this particular film exprcting a swift end to the shitstorm of a series this was. To my surprise, however, we got 40 striaght minutes of fantastic character development and internal conflicts being expanded on in the wake of what is thought to be the last days of humanity, catalyzed by their own actions. We see ... the city fill with apathy syndrome sufferers, and eventually just empty out altogether, leaving a feeling of isolation and dread. I was caught off gaurd with how well the movie captured this environment and these feelings so well, and I was excited for the conclusion of this movie, where every member of SEES overcomes their trials alone and evenyually comes back stronger than ever with a goal to defeat and seal Nyx.

Then the sun came out.

The emotially manipulative music blasted over our cast magically getting over their problems through one random deus ex machina event one after another, just in time for the big generic bad guy fight (But not without showing off all the Personas we are contractually obligated to shoehorn in!).

In only 5 minutes, the movie managed to shit the bed so hard with the hollow resolutions to each character arc that had been elaborated on in the movie. For example, Mitsuru knocks a photo over because the sun is in her eyes for the first time in weeks, and finds a key in the frame. She goes to her mansion, and a maid directs her to a locked room where her (dead) father kept wine that was bought on the year of her birth, and he meant to share it with her on her 18th birthday. He died earlier in the series, and for the last couple of movies she has done her best to get over her depression over it. The scene then ends, cutting to another bullshit asspull. Keep in mind this whole scene was 30 seconds, and wasn't even the most insulting (Fuuka's character resolution was literally sending her "friend" Natsuki a text, and eventally feeling happy that it didn't go through.)

In conclusion, unless you like anything Persona or SMT related, don't watch this. I could gp on about how the animation can be stilted and lazy at times, or how the character are mere husks of their in-game counterparts, or how the music and game are placed oddly and awkardly, but this is becoming a wall of text already. I'll end with this. This movie is a more of a promotional movie for Persona 3 than an actual "Film". Don't watch this if you want a deep drama. Watch this for the desu anime friendship squad.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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