Persona 3 The Movie will appear on midnight channels - or cinemas, to be specific - all across Japan starting November 23. The animated adaptation of the Atlus PS2 RPG is labelled #1: Spring of Birth, and as such is expected to be the first in a series of films, although there's been no confirmation of that.

A new trailer shows the game's male protagonist - no sign of P3 Portable's leading lady - alongside the familiar SEES faces of Mitsuru, Fuka, Junpei, and Yukari among others. Tickets go on sale in Japan on August 10, while on this side of the ocean there's no news regarding possible localization. Fans shouldn't lose all hope, though, given the western arrival of anime series Persona 4: The Animation last year, a localization we feel set an appreciably high standard.

trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YDyDg76rcw

Awesome.

Too bad there's no market for these kinds of movies in NA and EU theaters.

I hope it gets a blu-ray release at least.

Hype! First day on the first medium I can watch it on... (the medium will clearly not be cinema).

My heart is a slave to Persona 3. Still can't decide if I like FFX or P3 more.

....Yes!

Nice! Can't wait for this :)

Wait you mean to say you guys didn't know about this like mouths ago xD

My fav persona without a doubt, hopefully it get's dubbed/released soon :)

GREAT!!

I will try to go watch it on Cinema.

If you don't already have P3FES its $5 on the NA PS Store.

I'll definitely watch it