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Persona 4, 2011 Prince of Tennis Film's Promos Streamed
posted on by Egan Loo
The Mayonaka TV teaser website for the Persona 4 The Animation project began officially streaming a new promotional video this week. Director Seiji Kishi (Angel Beats!, My Bride is a Mermaid) and the anime studio AIC ASTA are adapting the Persona 4 role-playing game from Atlus into a television series. Persona concept designer Kazuma Kaneko, original character designer Shigenori Soejima, musical composer Shoji Meguro, and the main cast of Daisuke Namikawa (Yu Narukami), Showtaro Morikubo (Yōsuke Hanamura), Yui Horie (Chie Satōnaka), and Ami Koshimizu (Yukiko Amagi) are reprising their respective roles from the game for the anime.
The official website for The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen! film began streaming a 30-second teaser trailer on Saturday. The website also noted that participating theaters began distributing the first poster and flyer for the film. In the all-original story, the cast of Takeshi Konomi's original manga and subsequent anime franchise head to Wimbledon in England for a junior tennis tournament. Shunsuke Tada and Production I.G's film will open in Japan on September 3.
[Via Saishin Anime Jōhō, Moon Phase]
Images © Index Corporation/P4A Committee
© Takeshi Konomi/Shueisha, NAS, The Prince of Tennis Movie Project 2011
