The background score is music from the video game.
Viewers are often reminded that Spring of Birth is an adaption of a video game, whereas Junpei makes remarks like "levelled up my character!" and refers to a quote by Akihiko that he sounds "just like a video game character."
The main character, Makoto Yuki, does not have an official name and is also known as Minato Arisato/Sakuya Shiomi in other media.
The movie takes place in 2009, which is when the story for the game took place.
The team that worked on Persona 4: The Animation were chosen to work on this series of films.