Persona Music Live 2012

Persona Music Live 2012 -Mayonaka TV- ~in TOKYO International Forum was a concert held on April 8, 2012. It was simultaneously live broadcasted 24 movie theatres across Japan. It featured songs from Persona 3/FES/Portable, Persona -trinity soul-, Persona 4, Persona 4 The Animation and Persona 4 Arena.

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The concert was held in Tokyo International Forum Hall A, doors opened at 5:00 pm and the concert itself started at 6:00 pm. Tickets could either be bought for 3,500 yen and merchandise is already included in the cost or won through Lawson's Lottery. Alongside the actual concert, the performance was broadcasted live simultaneously in venues located in these cities: Hokkaido/Tohoku= Kanto= Chubu= Kinki= Chugoku/Shikoku= Kyushu/Okinawa Islands= Overseas= The stage is designed like the main hub of the TV world, even sporting it's own TV stack in the middle of the stage. Performing on stage are: Vocals= Band= Dance=
 * Sapporo - Dinos Cinemas Sapporo Theater
 * Miyagi - 109 Cinemas Tomiya
 * Yamagata - Forum Yamagata
 * Tokyo - TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills, TOHO Cinemas Shibuya, Odaiba Cinema Mediage, Shinjuku Baltic 9, TOHO Cinemas Fuchu
 * Kanegawa - TOHO Cinemas Kawasaki & Yokohama Burg 13
 * Chiba - Cineplex Makuhari
 * Saitama - Aeon Cinema Koshigaya Lake Town & Cineplex Wakaba
 * Ibaraki - Cineplex Mito
 * Niigata - T Joy Niigata Manyo
 * Shizuoka - Shizuoka Toho Kaikan
 * Aichi - 109 Cinemas Nagoya & TOHO Cinemas Nagoya Bay City
 * Osaka - TOHO Cinemas Namba, TOHO Cinemas Namba (Annex), TOHO Cinemas Umeda & Umeda Burg 7
 * Hyogo - TOHO Cinemas Nishinomiya OS
 * Hiroshima - Hiroshima Baltic 11
 * Fukuoka - T. Joy Hakata
 * Kagoshima - Kagoshima Mitte 10
 * Okinawa - Cinema Q
 * Taiwan - Vie Show Cinemas Taipei Hsin Yi
 * Yumi Kawamura
 * Shuhei Kita
 * Shihoko Hirata
 * Lotus Juice
 * Shoji Meguro (Lead Guitar)
 * DJ WAKA
 * Takatomo Hamaguchi (Guitar)
 * Motohiro Kuroda (Bass)
 * Takeshi Endoh (Drums)
 * Tetsuya Kobayashi (Keyboard)
 * Tomonari Harada (Saxophone & Flute)
 * Takamichi Tsugei (Manipulation)
 * Misato
 * Ryu
 * Sachie
 * Miyo
 * Hide
 * Mayuki

VTR
The VTRs are animated in the style of Persona 4 The Animation. The intro VTR starts off with a short recap of the events of the anime. From March 21, it fast forwards to April 8, the day of the concert. The Investigation Team, sans the protagonist and Teddie, are gathered in the Junes' Electronics department. Yosuke shows them a text message he received from Teddie telling them to come find him. They don their glasses and enter the TV World only to find the protagonist, Yu Narukami. A real life Teddie mascot appears on the stage to greet and blow kisses to the audience and explains the reason why he gathered the Team is because he wanted to have a solo concert. The Team finds the TV World filled with the audience. Teddie then explains the do's and don'ts's while in the concert hall and explains that since they're in the TV World, the concert can be broadcasted all over Japan. Teddie hypes up the crowd before the concert officially starts.

The Encore VTR is done in the style of TV channels. Teddie starts flipping through the channel so he can find the party, and while flipping through, we are given glimpses of the ordinary lives of various Social Links in Persona 4. It first starts with Nanako and Dojima at their home, the former singing the Junes' theme song before Dojima interrupts her to show her the letter they received from Yu. Teddie flips the channel to Kou, Daisuke and Ai at Aiya's, Aika serving them their beef bowls. Teddie flips the channel again to Margaret and Elizabeth inside the Velvet Room. Igor is absent and Elizabeth is singing the Long Nose Song. Margaret asks her what she's doing and Elizabeth responds that she's performing for the concert. She is interrupted from her singing when Teddie starts flipping through the channels much faster, showing glimpses of scenery from the anime. It briefly shows a closeup of Adachi in his cell before landing back on the Investigation Team. Teddie and the others rile up the audience once more for the encore.

The Ending VTR has the Investigation Team saying their goodbyes before leaving the TV World, and Teddie thanks the audience for coming to the concert.

Merchandise
Announced Concert goods that could be ordered beforehand include:


 * Persona Live 2012 B2 sized poster
 * Persona Live 2012 Pamphlet
 * Persona Live 2012 Original T-shirt (Black), has a print of the key art in front
 * Persona Live 2012 Original T-shirt (Yellow), has a print of Teddie in front
 * Persona Live 2012 Original Multipurpose pouch
 * Persona Live 2012 Cover case for iPhone 4/4S

Merchandise you can buy on site at the venue includes everything except for the tote bag and t-shirts. In addition are:


 * Various CDs and DVDs related to Persona
 * Bonus Special A5 sized poster if reserved or purchased

Merchandise that were included with your ticket were handed out by cosplayers dressed up as Yukiko and Chie before you entered the concert hall are:


 * Persona Live 2012 Original Tote Bag
 * Persona Live 2012 LED Penlight
 * Persona Live 2012 Print

The concert is available in DVD format in both standard and limited editions as well as limited Blu-Ray release produced by Aniplex. The limited edition contains a bonus CD filled with 4 select tracks from the concert that differ by store. The regular limited edition contain the tracks "Sky's the Limit", "Ain't Nobody can Hold me Down", "Mass Destruction" and "Found Me". The Lawson's limited edition contain the tracks "Time for True Revelation", "Alone in this World", "Heaven", "Burn My Dread" and is only a Lawson's retailer exclusive.

Trivia

 * The DVD and Blu-ray releases uses an upbeat jazz-like rendition of Aria of the Soul for its credits.