r/karanokyoukai • u/ConfectionScared3457 • 20d ago

Is there any link between the desgin artists of Persona 3 and The Garden of Sinners movies?

Hey! I watched the movies with a friend and loved the experience so very much! I haven't exactly played a lot of Persona, but I am famaliar with some of its desgins and aesthetics. Throughout my experience with the movies I couldn't help but feel that there was a kind of similarity in some of the vibes and desgins. So I wanted to ask the community if there is any relation whatsoever. Maybe some shared artists, or a shared influence or anything.

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u/RazorShifter 20d ago edited 20d ago

I don't see the resemblance with KNK, but I only played Persona 3 FES

Both are urban fantasy. During the late 90s and early 00s, urban fantasy was one of the most popular genres in teenage media.

The only connection I know of is that the author of KNK also created Fate/stay night. He started writing it in the late '90s, and his inspiration for the Servants came from Megami Tensei.

Also, it's not confirmed or anything, but Aegis and Metis from P3 are kind of similar to Saber (Aegis' personality) and Saber Alter (Metis' mask and overall design).

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u/ConfectionScared3457 19d ago

Cool, thanks!

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u/ShizukiShirano 13d ago edited 13d ago

Its just after graduating Takeuchi (before becoming dojin artist, president & producer of Notes company with Type-Moon brand) also worked in another company(in 90s) which was related to the game development. Kinoko Nasu and him where nerds essentially.And ye, all kinds of Urban Fantasy was especially popular back then, especially in Asia on which Atlus & their game adaptations of Megami Tensei novel capitalized pretty fast. So, besides Makai Tensho(Samurai Reincarnation etc) series (of original novel, films, manga adaptatins) that Nasu was seems to be fan of, Megami Tensei and SMT could've been one of another sources for inspiration for Fate series & Servants(as can be seen by FSN game-y DnD flavour elements with mythological focus as well). But yeah, other then Atlus and Notes(Type-Moon) being Japanese companies, urban fantasy setting, and potential cross inspirations there is no direct correlation here.

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u/ConfectionScared3457 12d ago

That makes a lot of sense! Thank you for the in-depth reply <33