History YMMV / Persona4TheAnimation

---> '''Japanese:''' B-But I'm the king.\\

---> ''''Japanese:'''' B-But I'm the king.\\
''''English:'''' I can, 'cause I'm the king.

---> ''''Japanese:'''' B-But I'm the king.

* MemeticSexGod: Yu Narukami himself might be the TropeCodifier thanks to episode 15. The fandom in particular loves to play up Narukami as the ultimate gigachad.

* MemeticSexGod: Yu Narukami himself might be the TropeCodifier thanks to episode 15 and the way he hogs all the girls for himself.

** In Episode 12, during the battle with [[spoiler:Shadow Mitsuo]] and after the YouAreNotAlone moment, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyNanTAsU3s an upgraded version of the game's battle theme kicks in]], full of vibrant strings as Yu summons all the Arcana he's developed (save Star) and singlehandedly defeats the Shadow.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In Episode 22, after Yosuke gets' emotional, Yu, jokingly, tells him it's okay to cry. Yosuke flips out and yells "it's not like I'm a girl!" Just another wacky comedy moment, right? Come the start of the next episode and [[spoiler: Yosuke is the first to cry at Nanako's death and naturally everyone thinks this is okay.]]
* HilariousInHindsight:
** The dub marks the start of Creator/ErinFitzgerald voicing Chie, a spunky suburban girl with short blondish/brown hair. Erin Fitzgerald's first notable role was voicing Nazz in ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', another spunky suburban girl with short blondish brown hair who even has a small tomboy side. Aware of the hilarity, Erin herself uses a photo of Chie drawn as Nazz, or Nazz drawn as Chie, [[https://imgur.com/a/xZ03Y6F as her twitter profile picture.]]
** In the dub of episode 15, Yosuke is quick to demand "Don't you [[GoshDangItToHeck effin']] dare!" as he sees Yu about to take a picture of him, Kanji, and Teddie on a bed together. Cut to ''VideoGame/Persona5'''s dub with Ryuji who constantly uses "eff" in his swearing bank.
** One of the attacks from [[spoiler:[[BonusBoss Margaret]]]] is using Cu Chulain's skill Narukami. Now, what was the last name of our protagonist again?
** The battle against [[spoiler:Ameno-Sagiri ends with Yu summoning a persona that is an {{Expy}} of Satan to defeat it before Christmas.]] The same thing happens in ''VideoGame/Persona5'' [[spoiler:in the FinalBoss battle.]]
** Creator/AoiYuki and Creator/CassandraLeeMorris voice Aika Nakamura in Japanese and English respectively. Come ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Aoi voices Futaba Sakura in Japanese and Cassandra voices Morgana in the English dub.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Aika Nakamura, a side character introduced in the anime, saw a sudden spike in popularity after a scene in episode 6 where she stoically delivers Chinese takeout to [[BigEater Chie]] ''in the middle of a chase sequence''.

** Creator/AoiYuki and Creator/CassandraLee voice Aika Nakamura in Japanese and English respectively. Come ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Aoi voices Futaba Sakura in Japanese and Cassandra voices Morgana in the English dub.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgabwpHNj5M "Beauty of Destiny]], the first ending song.

** When the series began its run, it was pretty divisive amongst the fanbase with detractors pointing out its creative liberties and various cases of OffModel in its animation. Over time however, it gained a larger fan following as people start to appreciate it for being both a faithful adaptation as well as taking liberties to make the story more engaging, alongside being a great entry point to the ''Persona 4'' universe. It helps that it was the only ''Persona'' anime to have an English dub at the time (until the ''P5'' anime) and that its successors in the ''Golden'' anime adaptation and Anime/Persona5TheAnimation were [[{{Sequelitis}} not as well-received]].
** The handling of the Protagonist in particular has been praised, with the Animation making Narukami far more expressive and rolling with the eccentric dialogue options to make him a more memorable character. In essence, especially after more mixed reviews of subsequent anime adaptations, Persona 4's anime is sometimes considered one of the best ways to adapt a game, or at least on how to adapt a silent MC.

* SuperlativeDubbing: No surprise given that this trope was very notable with the main game. Therefore, this anime is one of the handfuls where the fandom tends to prefer the dubbed version, given that most played the game with English voices. Many clips and moments posted by fans that one finds online tend to be dubbed, and aren't even usually titled as such, averting the normal situation where fans put "dub" in the title to warn sub fans, since the expectation is to default to dub.
* VindicatedByHistory: When the series began its run, it was pretty divisive amongst the fanbase with detractors pointing out its creative liberties and various cases of OffModel in its animation. Over time however, it gained a larger fan following as people start to appreciate it for being both a faithful adaptation as well as taking liberties to make the story more engaging, alongside being a great entry point to the ''Persona 4'' universe. It helps that it's currently the only ''Persona'' anime to have an English dub and that its successors in the ''Golden'' anime adaptation and Anime/Persona5TheAnimation were [[{{Sequelitis}} not as well-received]]. The handling of the Protagonist in particular has been praised, with the Animation making Narukami far more expressive and rolling with the eccentric dialogue options to make him a more memorable character.

* VindicatedByHistory: When the series began its run, it was pretty divisive amongst the fanbase with detractors pointing out its creative liberties and various cases of OffModel in its animation. Over time however, it gained a larger fan following as people start to appreciate it for being both a faithful adaptation as well as taking liberties to make the story more engaging, alongside being a great entry point to the ''Persona 4'' universe. It helps that it's currently the only ''Persona'' anime to have an English dub and that its successors in the ''Golden'' anime adaptation and Anime/Persona5TheAnimation were [[{{Sequelitis}} not as well-received]].

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* VindicatedByHistory: When the series began its run, it was pretty divisive amongst the fanbase with detractors pointing out its creative liberties and various cases of OffModel in its animation. Over time however, it gained a larger fan following as people start to appreciate it for being both a faithful adaptation as well as taking liberties to make the story more engaging, alongside being a great entry point to the ''Persona 4'' universe. It helps that its currently the only ''Persona'' anime to have an English dub and that its successors in the ''Golden'' anime adaptation and Anime/Persona5TheAnimation were [[{{Sequelitis}} not as well-received]].

* VindicatedByHistory: When the series began its run, it was pretty divisive amongst the fanbase with detractors pointing out its creative liberties and various cases of OffModel in its animation. Over time however, it gained a larger fan following as people start to appreciate it for being both a faithful adaptation as well as taking liberties to make the story more engaging, alongside being a great entry point to the ''Persona 4'' universe. It helps that its successors in the ''Golden'' anime adaptation and Anime/Persona5TheAnimation was [[{{Sequelitis}} not as well-received]].

* VindicatedByHistory: When the series began its run, it was pretty divisive amongst the fanbase with detractors pointing out its creative liberties and various cases of OffModel in its animation. Over time however, it gained a larger fan following as people start to appreciate it for being both a faithful adaptation as well as taking liberties to make the story more engaging. It helps that its successor Anime/Persona5TheAnimation was [[{{Sequelitis}} not as well-received]].

* DesignatedHero: The Investigation Team was already debatably this in the original game, but Yosuke and Yu's ribbing on Kanji's sexuality gets [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] by suggesting they just leave him to rot in the TV world.

** Kanji's [[ButtMonkey treatment]] in Episodes 7 and 8, specifically Yosuke and Narukami's reactions to Shadow Kanji as well as the tent scene. Was it [[RefugeInAudacity really funny]] or really homophobic?

* DesignatedHero: The Investigation Team was already debatably this in the original game, but Yosuke and Yu's ribbing on Kanji's sexuality gets [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] to borderline homophobia by suggesting they just leave him to rot in the TV world.