Persona: A Day In The Life of Ann Takamaki

Persona: A Day In The Life of Ann Takamaki is a 2021 animated film based on the Persona video game series. The film is directed by Thurop Van Orman who recently directed The Angry Birds Movie 2. The movie was released on March 26, 2021.

## Plot

Ann Takamaki is an ordinary girl in the streets of Japan. One day, when she finds out that an atomic bomb is hidden in a festival ball before Friendship Day, she, Joker and the rest of their friends must work together to stop Governor Miyazaki from causing Doomsday in Japan.

## Why It Rocks

1. Like any movie based on a video game, TV show or whatnot, this film manages to stay faithful to the original Persona game series.
2. Ming-Na Wen does a good job voicing Ann Takamaki.
3. The direction from Thurop Van Orman is splendid.
4. Ann gets a serious character development that she must know what she can do right of all time.
5. The action scenes are entertaining, most notably the fight against Ann and Governor Miyazaki.
6. The characters use their super powers just like in the games.
7. It's not afraid to do shower scenes in the film.
8. Very good voice acting, with good performances from other actors like Adam Devine and Ralph Fiennes. Ralph managed to sound like Rameses from The Prince of Egypt.
9. A very good quote from Joker. "Even if we end up being too late, we still could see each other after we die."
10. A stellar blend of action, adventure, humor, and drama.
11. It can help people and especially younger viewers (Mainly because the film is rated PG) understand more about the Persona game series.
12. They do manage to avoid product placement just like Spider-Man: Into The Spider Verse. An example is when Minute Maid becomes Lemon-Maid.
13. Amazing soundtrack composed by Tom Holkenborg who also composed for Sonic The Hedgehog.

## Bad Qualities

1. At times, the film can be like a ripoff of The Angry Birds Movie franchise mainly cause there are scenes that parody those films.
2. Baby Shark is heard during the final battle at the dancing part as this movie may be trying to pander younger audiences.
3. **False Advertising:** Unfortunately, one scene that was in the first trailer such as Joker jumping out of the school window isn't shown in the final version. But it is likely because of the fact that Thurop Van Orman thought it looked like Joker was committing suicide.
4. The scene where Ann Takamaki strips to have a shower seems kind of inappropriate for audiences. Thankfully, there isn't nudity shown in this besides Ann's shoulders and arm.

## Box Office

Persona: A Day In The Life of Ann Takamaki grossed $64.5 million in the United States & Canada and $56 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $125.5 million.

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Nobody and was projected to gross $12 million during it's opening weekend. After making $8.5 million on it's first day (Including $1.4 million from Thursday night previews), estimates were raised to $15 million. It went on to debut to $19.7 million, finishing in first place. In it's second weekend, the film finished in 2nd place behind Godzilla vs Kong while grossing $13 million.