While not a lot of details were revealed, the official site for the Persona 3 film series has updated with its first key visual, a look at some of the changes to the staff and the plan for the film to debut in the spring of 2015. Persona 3 the Movie #3 Falling Down is largely keeping the same cast and staff in the positions they were in, though Keitaro Motonaga is taking over as director while Seiji Kishi comes back as a supervisor. Jun Kumagi continues on as handling the script. Keisuke Watabe is handling the character designs while Toshihiro Kohama serves as the only art director this time around. Tomomi Ishikawa and Yae Ootsuka are on board as the chief animation directors.
Plot concept: “I kind of understand now… You’re afraid of losing things, right?”
The season turns to autumn. The fight of the protagonist and his group S.E.E.S. with the strange monsters Shadows is getting closer to an end. Makoto and his allies engage in life-or-death battles with Shadows in order to end the Dark Hour. Through the battles, some must face the deaths of friends and family, some must notice what precious things must be protected, and some must find meaning in the battles that have occured.
In front of Makoto, the mysterious transfer student Ryōji Mochizuki appears. When the group greets a new morning, the gears of fate begin to turn. A fight revolving around each of the heroes’ bonds begins…
[Source: ANN]
