Top 10 Best Persona Openings - What's in an OP? 

Holy shit Geoff also played Persona 2, there must be a combined total of at least 8 of us now.

"Lotus juice makes everything better" that's it. The series in one sentence.

Can I mention Yusuke is LITERALLY painting the town (or at least walls) red in the Persona 5 OP?

I always felt like the count down on the P3 opening was referring to Minato's time running out like what happens all through out the game

Call me Akihiko because I've been waiting for this!

Who the hell is arguing against the half-hour videos? If people don't come here for beyond-surface-level analysis, I don't know why they'd be here.

PERSONA 5'S OPENING: The rain is also symbolic of a specific spoiler you see by the end of the game. People who have beaten the game will know what i mean.

PQ2 : *Adds lotus juice* Mother's Basement : "I like that."

Geez, they sure milked P4... I hope they do the same for P5

i would happily watch a full video for every persona opening

“P4D dropped the ball by not including any P3 songs” Yeah..... that got its own game.

personally, i believe that p3 portable opening deserved to replace p4 golden’s op. it was clever , because you could turn it over and see it from the femc’s character and its amazing :))) and theres a whole lot of symbolism and borrows the ideas of quotes of philosophy from the original persona 3.

5 really get's some subtle info there, from the fact Ryuji is always favoring a leg except when running, Ann's more complicated pose which seems to allude to her modeling, and of course there's the opening of the prison gates as the wardens shift color, also SPOILER ALERT: P4 original OP showcases who the killer is by having him be the only character no looking at the screen.

I never saw this coming.

"5 game series" yeah i'm almost two years late, but i'm pretty sure you left out one of the Persona 2s

Fun Fact: the dancing in Persona 4 isn't rotoscoped, Norimtsu Suzuki is just an insane animator who frequently relies on 1's (a new frame every second)

What kind of casuals would be against half hour videos? There's this thing called a pause button guys, you don't have to watch it all at once! We need a hashtag for this, because let's face it, nothing gets done these days without a hashtag. #NoShameForHalfHours

Persona 2?! My man, you've just made my day. Cheers!

2:54 Hardly considerable as a 'production team'. Norimitsu Suzuki completed the whole thing by himself. Directed, Story-boarded, and entirely Key Animated. This is a massive point of praise which was omitted.

S P O I L E R . Don't worry about PQ, it retcons itself.

WHO THE HELL COMPLAINS ABOUT JEFF HAVING A 30 MINUTE VIDEO??? Those longer vids make my day!!! XD

FULL ANALYSIS OF PERSONA 5 OP PLS

Makes me wonder his opinions on Q2, Dancing in Moonlight, Dancing in Starlight, and Persona 5 Royal's openings

P3 OP gives me goosebumps every time.

What type of connectivity does Yu get on his cell-phone plan!? 4.G!! That was dumb I'm sorry

I honestly want to know your Opinions on P3P's opening.

I really love how smooth the transitions between the choices on the list are, it really makes the video feel less like a stagnant list and more like someone talking in a nice fluid way about their favorite persona openings. Great work!

Persona Q2: I'm pretty sure I'm at least number 3 now.

Persona > Your favorite anime

The moment when you beat P3, you be like "there's no way anyone can top this RPG..." Then P4 comes out, you be like "Ok, lucky 2nd shot, but no way you can make it a thir..." P5 comes out: "Fuck you ATLUS, take my wallet!"

My fav op is P2:IS. I mean, P3's is cool to look at and i love Burn My Bread but P2:IS has Lotus Juice, and the ending gives me the feels T______T

I love how every single cutscene and animated sequence in P3 were so unique and subtle. It kind of had to, as the animation quality was very poor. Interestingly, I think the poor art actually helped in many cases.

I gotta give it up to Burn my dread. Persona 3 was my 1st Persona and burn my dread is the most memorable to me. I'd really like to see a full breakdown of Burn my dread and the OP for innocent sins.

Full video for each opening nooooooooooow

21:56 UMMM... SPOILER ALERT??!!

Despite the poor addition of clips of cutscenes and gameplay, Persona 3 FES' opening is still one of my favorites. The music is just so good, it instantly stomps every other op beneath it.

I'm a little sad the opening of Persona 3 Portable didn't make the top 10, but i'm willing to admit it's probably my bias since it was the first Persona I ever played. It gave me a sense of melancholy seeing my future teammates die, but still getting back up to fight filled me with hope the more I played it. Cheesy, I know, but there you go haha.

Surprised Persona 3 Portable didn't make the list somewhere

At the very least, you could have put a spoiler warning in the description instead of catching people off guard by telling them the ending of persona 3 without warning.

I know it won't happen, but I wish he would comment about how he feels about the OP for Dancing Moon Night. It's practically serves double duty as the characters describing how they feel after the end of Persona 3 and as a love letter to the fans. Even if it isn't a full video and just a tweet, it would be interesting to know

Surprised Persona 1 PSP's opening didn't make the cut. It's fascinating to watch.

Please do anything more on the Persona series! I'd especially love to hear in depth stuff, but I'd love anything regarding the series!

Persona Q has my favorite OP and favorite opening song of the persona Franchise. (Not all of SMT mind you... Just Persona.) And I'm so happy it's on this list.

I prefer P5's opening over P3. But ultimately I can recognize that P3 deserves it's spot on the list. Gorgeous.

Persona 3's OP is my favorite, and my favorite game of the series. Best characters ever. And yes, I would like to see a deeper breakdown of that OP.

FSTEAK

Go ahead and do all of them for analysis. As a definite fellow Persona fan, it'll be great to hear each one of the OP's for what we as a casual viewer/gamer tend to miss.

Honestly, I really liked Portable's opening. It has a nice theme of duality, reflecting the two main characters, along with keeping the death imagery from the original

Do in-depth analysis please, people who do not want you to make long videos are most likely filthy casuals anyway.

No P3P though? That opening is filled to the brim with references you can't catch without rewatches.

Dude, your content is of such fuckin outstanding quality from it's slick writing to its seamless editing it blows most other channels out of the water. Seriously. Keep up the great work!

honestly i would adore in depth talk about any of these, i love hearing everything frame by frame that i cant catch, but if you want to at least go into the top 5 i would be ecstatic!

P3P was my first and favorite persona so I'm biased with that. But I totally want to see individual analysis videos of persona in the future

"you all complain about 30 minute video" 27:00...

Please make more in-depth analysis of the OPs!! This was fantastic!

This was an awesome review my bro I enjoyed every second of it.

I also love Persona 3's OP the most. It pulled me in insanely well, unlike anything I'd ever seen in a game before. It's also my favourite game of all time.

Review all of them. ALL OF THEM!! Every. Single. Persona OP ever. Kidding, I know you would lose subscribers if you did that but it would make me a very happy man. You should review 3, 4 and 5's ops. I realize that IS placed higher than 4 but I doubt that many would watch it besides me and the few Megaten fans out there who have played games besides 3,4 and 5. By the way my favorite op is P4Arena which was so good that when I saw it during E3 2013 it got me to buy the game despite having never played a single game in the series before and I think you can tell from my name how good of a decision that was.

a full analysis vid of any of the persona ops would be fantastic to watch!

i bet if persona 6 comes out everyone's gonna comment on this video like "where is persona 6's opening"

Geoff's ridiculously long videos are why we come to this channel! I want my 4 and half hour podcasts and 30+ minute analyses please!

You could do a video comparing and analyzing all of Persona 3 Ops (original, fes, portable), or just...analyze any of them really, I'm super interested in what you think of them

While Persona 3 was my first Persona game, Persona 4 and Persona 4 Golden's openings will always have that highest place in my heart. Persona 3 showed me the song which would influence me to find my calling in voice acting and composing (Poem for Everyone's Souls), and the game itself lead me to P4 which (along with Okami, and without any sort of hyperbole) saved my life. Even now, five years later, though Persona 3 is still a beautiful and poignant game, it's Persona 4 Golden which inspired me to write my musical, and what continues to inspire me as I write chord after chord and line after line. All of that being said, I would be incredibly happy to see you dissect each and every OP for the Persona games! And I do mean ALL OF THEM. In whichever order you'd prefer to create and release them, I would watch every single one, and pass them on to my friends as well! I love these videos, and I love that your sharp eyes pick out things that even *I* didn't notice in these scenes (the Personas appearing on the frames while zooming into Izanagi actually blew my mind, I had no idea they were there). Equal parts educational and entertaining, your videos are something that I always look forward to being released. I don't know why I wasn't already subscribed (I could have sworn I had before, damn you RU-vid!), but I am certainly subscribed now! I look forward to more of your work (hopefully some on Persona) soon! :)

Innocent Sin and 5 are my favorite openings, full analysis of the P2 OP's would be awesome!

I'd love to see a full analysis of both the P5 and P3 openings. Maybe if you do a video on P3's opening you can chuck in some quick thoughts on P3P's opening too? I actually never finished P3, by the time I got into Persona P3 already felt a bit dated to me mechanics-wise. That said, P3's opening is still my favourite for how creative it is and Burn My Dread is my fav opening song from the series too. I adore everything about P5 but P3's OP still edges it in those aspects..

More long-ass videos please

Me: Don't worry, self, it's just an opening. P2.5 opening: *Happens* Me: *Excited noises*

As an Opening: Wake Up Get Up Get Out There As an overall song: Burn My Dread (Movies version)

I think Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town is my favorite P4 OP

I love the Shit Mega Man Ten Shoes series

I would love to see you do Sket Dance what's in an op!! I know it's not still on, but i for one love how much work they put into their openings! Plus its both hilarious and heartbreaking- the best combination.

Persona 3 is just a gem. A true classic. *chefs kiss*

I always really liked P3P's opening, but it was also my first game in the series.

Shin Megami Tensei: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.

i love the long form videos you make! id love to see more persona content!

I would love to see more videos on Persona from you especially your opinion on The Answer! Love Persona and all of your videos!

I still think the P3P remake opening is a lot better. The duology of it is really interesting and fun to watch.

Honestly I'd like to see an analysis of the persona 3 portable opening but my favorite on your list is a three way tie between 3 5 and 2

I have to say Innocent Sin PSP is my favorite. The visuals, aside from the credit shots, are amazing... the fish to butterfly transition is beautiful.

When I saw this video, I was expecting to be a little angry with what you thought belonged at the top, but you NAILED IT. These are exactly how I'd rate them. Also, loved the video. Editing and everything was on point as well!

Lol I knew that at least one of P3s openings would come in at #1. Personally, I enjoy all of the Persona openings and find that each of them has their own unique charm and style that aptly suits the game/anime which they're connected to. If I had to narrow down some favorites though, I'd probably go with Persona 1 (PSP), Persona 3, and Persona 3 Portable. [On another note though, I really don't see why Mother's Basement seems to dislike The Answer so much? The gameplay may be a BIG turnoff for many considering how extremely grind-heavy, unforgiving, and tedious it is, but I feel that on their own merit the story bits in it are very good and provide essential character growth for the entire cast (especially Aigis), - overall giving us much better insight into the all characters & their motivations.]

My favorite is 5, and I'd really like an in-depth analysis of... well... any of these openings, but I think 5 just has so much going for it myself

My favorite is my first opening, P3FES, i still get the chills when i listen to it, also i think i'm the only person in the world that likes the "Answer" storyline... well, at least we can all agree Yusuke painting is wonderfull in the P5 opening

I love P3 but the so tiring and almost empty dungeons makes me very annoyed that I have to do 200 floors of this dungeon. Burn my Bre-- ahem, Burn my Dread is one of my top songs all time. Burn my Breaaaddd-- ahem, Dreaaddd!!

Another good point I've heard about P5's Figure Skating is that since the protagonists are Phantom Thieves, they're... on thin ice. (Though this is probably unintentional, since it's an English pun, it's still cool)

As for would I like to see you do a more in depth "what's in an op?" for persona? Of course˜! I'd love to see that; as for which one I can't for the life of me choose. (Maybe persona 3 portable's theme?) And my favorite persona op I like by music so I don't think I have a least favorite you know?

god i love this analysis video sooo much,, I've rewatched it so many times!! I would love an in depth video for literally any of these (tho I'm really curious about one for p2's op) also I'd love your opinion on the newer persona ops! (pq2 and p5r)💕💕💕💕

I would love to see you do a full-blown analysis of Persona 3's original opening. When I first played P3P, the opening had me absolutely captivated. And even though I know you don't usually do games (even though I'd love to see you review/analyze them more), it would be even cooler to see you do an analysis video of P3P and its different playthroughs between Minato and Hamuko. That or the writing quality (especially for party characters and villains because I'd love to know your opinion on them) for P5 and how they could or could not have done better. Thank you for all your awesome content!!

I want a what's in an op for persona 3 burn my dread.

It'd be really cool if you did an in depth analysis of P3's opening. I feel like there's a lot more you can delve into with this opening.

Dude, great video! If there were any specific Persona opening I'd like to see analyzed, it'd totally be either P3P's Soul Phrase or P4UU's Break Out of...

dude...this video was gold...earned a sub!! thoroughly entertaining!!

the 30 mins or longer deep analysis videos are the absolute best (and the reason i subbed to this channel)) pls keep doing them!!

Would love to hear your analysis of Persona 3...PSP opening :P. I honestly liked it more than original persona 3.

I need more of this with how P3DMN and P4DSN openings are out. PLEEEEEASEE. I can live with you just talking about the openings of Persona for however long. I NEED SOMEONE TO GUSH WITH HOW BEAUTIFUL THOSE TWO OPENINGS ARE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. ESPECIALLY P3. The song lyrics. The movement and where it leads your eyes. just...aaaah.

I was scared Persona 3 would not appear in the video at some point so when I saw you placed it first in the list I got so excited. That was my first SMT game so it's kinda special for me.💕

Please do a full video of the Persona OP's. I am all about Persona, bro. This brought joy to my heart.

I haven't even finished watching this video just yet, and I already know I want to see you give long-form analysis to some of your favorites AND a bottom 5 list. I'm also a tremendous fan of the series. 4 got me into the series, but I've since played each major entry in the series save for the original Persona.

I felt some persona Q shade

DUDE IM BEGGING!!! Please make a full analysis for the P3 OP, I live for this shit so much. I'm actually really surprised that the P3P opening didn't make the list but definitely P3P and the P3 are my top 2 for sure!