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PERSONA 4 the Animation S1E2 — The Contractor's Key
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PERSONA 4 the Animation•Season 1•Episode 2

The Contractor's Key

8.1/10 · 78 votesOct 14, 201125 min

Ranked #11 of 25 in Season 1•matches the season avg

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The strange deaths continue, with the most recent victim discovered hanging from a telephone pole. Yu, Chie, and Yosuke begin piecing things together and determine that these grisly murders are connected to that other world inside the TV. Yu and Yosuke decide to go back

Directed byTakehiko Matsumoto
Written byYuko Kakihara, Mitsutaka Hirota
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No One Sees the Real Me stillE9 8.2

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It's Not Empty at All stillE12 8.5

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A Stormy Summer Vacation (1) stillE13 8.0

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A Stormy Summer Vacation (2) stillE14 8.5

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Cast10

Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Yu Narukami (voice)

Showtaro Morikubo

Showtaro Morikubo

Yosuke Hanamura (voice)

Yui Horie

Yui Horie

Chie Satonaka (voice)

Ami Koshimizu

Ami Koshimizu

Yukiko Amagi (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Kanji Tatsumi (voice)

Rie Kugimiya

Rie Kugimiya

Rise Kujikawa (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi

Kappei Yamaguchi

Teddie (voice)

Romi Park

Romi Park

Naoto Shirogane (voice)

Isamu Tanonaka

Isamu Tanonaka

Igor (voice)

Sayaka Ohara

Sayaka Ohara

Margaret (voice)

Crew12

Y

Yoichi Ueda

Storyboard Artist

T

Tatsuya Urano

Key Animation

Y

Yukari Watabe

Key Animation

K

Kazuya Saito

Key Animation

K

Koichi Usami

Key Animation

Y

Yuko Kakihara

Writer

R

Ryo Tanaka

Key Animation

M

Mitsutaka Hirota

Writer

Y

Yuuichi Furuichi

Special Effects

M

Misato Takikawa

Assistant Editor

Tomohisa Taguchi

Tomohisa Taguchi

Opening/Ending Animation

Tomohisa Taguchi

Tomohisa Taguchi

Opening Title Sequence

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Episode Summary

"The Contractor's Key" is episode 2 of PERSONA 4 the Animation season 1. It scored 8.1/10 from 78 votes, ranking #11 of 25 episodes this season (season average 8.1). Directed by Takehiko Matsumoto and written by Yuko Kakihara, Mitsutaka Hirota, it aired on October 14, 2011.

Next: E3 · We Are Friends, Aren't We?Best of Season 1