Persona 4: The Golden Animation OP 1 - 'Shadow World'

The opening theme for the first episode of Persona 4: The Golden Animation, the 2014 remake animated series of Persona 4: The Animation. Shadow World is also used as the opening theme for the game, Persona 4: Golden. The original song is found in the Persona 4: The Golden Original Soundtrack.

[brandonmikell]

Who else wouldn't mind a slice-of-life featuring these guys? Even without the Personas?

[cjcduck]

0:44 Look at that smirk on his face. Yu knows exactly what’s going on, like he’s been here before. Undoubtedly a NG+ Yu.

[hyde]

0:44 - 0:45
those smug face, Yu must have play a New game plus with full social links and LV 99 with some of a hella strong personas

[mattriarchal]

The way all the characters look like theyre living their lives clueless while yu is smirking all cocky like he knows everything going on already where he's going
Thats exactly what NG+ feels like HAHAHA

[Bedhead_Brodi]

For those wondering: Teddie is referred to as Kuma because it litterally means 'bear'.

[aifebriyani]

1:17
The damn smile that he knew he will make sure a whole town fall in love with him

[animeotaku]

1:10 So THAT'S why the fox wants money!

[alchemike]

1:12 aaaand in that moment...the town exploded

[orpheus_]

This whole anime is already on new game+ from the get go

[MrBreakthewalls]

I love the moment with Nanako and her dad. The way she is drawn, her face, it looks so serious and like, respectful.

[reflex_]

This opening is literally like a sitcom opening and I'm all for it

[abhiramchilakamarri]

I'm trying my hardest to spot all the confidants in the background here:
0:10: Daisuke and Kou are sitting next to Yosuke, Yumi is to the right of them, and Eri and her kid are to the left
0:13: Yosuke
0:18: Ayane practicing trumpet on the river bank
0:21: Chie
0:24: Yukiko Amagi
0:29: Kanji and his mom
0:35: Rise
0:42: Teddie
0:48: Naoto
0:52 - 0:55: Saki Konishi runs out of the store with Naoki yelling at her, the Nurse (Sayoka) is shopping at the store, Mitsou walks up from the left
0:57 - Ai yelling at Adachi
1:00 - Nanako and Dojima
1:08 - Fox
1:18 - Yu Narukami
* I could not find Hisano or Shu anywhere in the background.
Edit - could not find Namatame either

[Jarock]

Hold up, how can a fox order take-out? I know it can afford it, but how did Aika know what it wanted?

[artofthepossible]

I just noticed that a good number of the background characters in the opening are the social link characters.

[Imactuallymute]

I actually liked this better than the normal op

[Walter-W-Gaming]

i don’t care if someone says this opening is lazy
i enjoy it every time i watch it

[boomdx]

I think this op really just shows how small Inaba is, just your typical little town in the middle of nowhere

[namursyid]

If you guys wondered why people commented something like "New Game+" thing? Well, this anime only focuses on Yu's bond (Social Link) with Marie and Adachi, as well as highlighting the exclusive features like bike date, Okina City, and Ski Resort. So the total episode is like around 12-ish (unlike the main anime adaptation, which has 25 broadcast episode + 1 direct-to-video episode).

[themadhatter]

The golden anime is basically the main game on new game plus. Cuss all his stats are maxed

[kyrieespayos]

0:44
Yu Narukami:Ah shit here we go again