Unboxing [UK]: Persona 3 the Movie -#3 Falling Down- - Collector's Edition (BD/DVD)

The third instalment of the Persona 3 movie series has arrived. The fourth film is also coming very soon in a few weeks so they are all nearly out for the UK.

Persona 3 the Movie is a series of films based on the awesome game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 released back on the PlayStation 2. The Persona 3 movies follow the story of the game but each film is set in each season, so for example Falling Down is set during the Autumn (Fall) part of the story.

There are four films in the Persona 3 anime series:

 - #1 Spring of Birth -

 - #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream -

 - #3 Falling Down -

 - #4 Winter of Rebirth -

Aniplex hold the license to these films in Japan and North America, but have only released them using the Japanese Blu-ray sets with English subtitles, so there's sadly no English dub offered whatsoever. A very missed opportunity I would say, considering the PS2 game has a very good dub cast.

This release from Anime Limited is the collector's edition Blu-ray and DVD combo, using art from the Japanese Blu-ray limited edition plus housing the discs with a digipack and sturdy box. While the Japanese release includes commentary, original soundtrack and other goodies; this release has no bonus features and its physical extra is a 36 page booklet. The regions are B and 2 only. The subtitles are unlockable, and the colours are Yellow for main dialogue and White for on-screen stuff.

Much like the previous films released, the booklet for this set also has similar content and for the most part is pretty much identical to the Japanese release with some stuff cut out.

Blu-ray Specs:

Languages: Japanese

Audio: DTS-HD MA 5.1

Video: 1080p HD Native 16:9

Region: B

Subtitles: English

Subtitles Locked: No

Discs: 1

DVD Specs:

Languages: Japanese

Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1

Video: SD NTSC 16:9

Region: 2

Subtitles: English

Subtitles Locked: No

Discs: 1

Plot Synopsis (via All the Anime):

"I kind of understand it now. You're afraid of losing something, aren't you?”

The season is now autumn. The days of battling the Shadows for Makoto Yuki and the members of the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad were nearing their end.

Determined to bring an end to the Dark Hour, Makoto and his team engage in countless life-or-death battles. As they continue to fight, some members face the death of their beloved friends and family, while some come to realize what they must fight for and others struggle to make sense out of all the bloodshed.

Then one day, Makoto encounters the mysterious transfer student, Ryoji Mochizuki. The wheels of fate begin turning as they reach the dawn of a new day…

And so begins a new battle to find their connections to one another."

On-Disc Extra Content:

Trailer Collection
Promo Collection

Collector's Edition Extras:

Chipboard Artbox with Clean Art (no logos, title on spine, no info), info on paper and Digipack for the discs

40-page Booklet

Persona 3 the Movie -#3 Falling Down- is available on Blu-ray and DVD from Anime Limited. Aniplex hold the license for North America but at the time of this post there is no news on a domestic home release.