Aigis (Shin Megami Tensei: Persona)
| Aigis | |
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| Persona character | |
Aigis in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
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| First game | Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (2006) |
| Created by | Shigenori Soejima |
| Designed by | Shigenori Soejima |
| Voiced by (English) | Karen Strassman |
| Voiced by (Japanese) | Maaya Sakamoto |
Aigis (アイギス Aigisu?, "Aegis" in The Episode of Aegis) is a character introduced in the 2006 role-playing game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 by Atlus. She is an android created by the Kirijo Group, and the last surviving model of their experimental anti-Shadow weapon. Besides possessing a wide variety of high-tech weapons, from machine guns and rocket launchers to long-range guns and "rocket punches," Aigis also has access to the power of Persona she uses alongside the main cast to defeat the Shadows attacking mankind. Across the game, Aigis starts showing human-like traits and it is revealed the reason for her attachment to the game's protagonist whom she seeks to be safe.
Aigis was created by Shigenori Soejima who despite being bothered by her inclusion in the game as a result of being android, came to find her design one of his favorites due to the amount of freedom he was provided in creating her. Aigis is voiced by Maaya Sakamoto in Japanese and Karen Strassman in English. Critical reception to the character has ranged from mixed to positive with criticism aimed to Strassman's voice work and praise at her character development.
Aigis was created to remind people of the robots being used in manga, though character designer Shigenori Soejima said that he did not want to create her since a robot like her does not exist currently in the modern world. However, Aigis' existence served to give Persona 3 its manga feel that differentiated it from its sequel, Persona 4. Despite Aigis looking out of place, Soejima took extra time when designing her as he believes she was one of the game's most important characters.
Of all the characters he has ever illustrated, Soejima believes Aigis to be most easily identifiable character. As a result, she was used in the cover of the artbook Shigenori Soejima Art Works 2004-2010 over the Persona 3 and Persona 4 protagonists. He said Aigis was always a special character to him, especially with regards to her level of design. This meant Soejima had noticeable amount of freedom when designing her as he was not asked to make a realistic character, such as Yukiko Amagi from Persona 4. All of the Aigis illustration he has done have had to be altered to better suit the anime. By removing all of those external constraints from the picture, he was able to draw Aigis however he wanted, with as much detail as he wanted. She is voiced by Maaya Sakamoto in Japanese and Karen Strassman in English.
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