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Persona 5: The Animation
An illustration of Ren Amamiya, a high school student, standing in the middle of a crosswalk while people walk past him in both directions
Key visual, featuring Ren Amamiya
ペルソナ5 ジ・アニメーション
(Perusona Faibu: Ji Animēshon)
Anime television film
Persona 5: The Animation – The Day Breakers
Directed byTakaharu Ozaki
Produced by
  • Kazunori Adachi
  • Yoshikazu Tanaka
Written byShinichi Inotsume
Music byShoji Meguro
StudioA-1 Pictures
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2016
Runtime24 minutes
Anime television series
Directed byMasashi Ishihama
Written by
  • Shinichi Inotsume
  • Katsura Hashino
Music byShoji Meguro
StudioCloverWorks
Licensed by
  • NA: Aniplex of America
Original networkTokyo MX, GTV, GYT, MBS, BS11
Original run April 8, 2018 – present
Episodes24 (List of episodes)

Persona 5: The Animation (Japanese: ペルソナ5 ジ・アニメーション, Hepburn: Perusona Faibu: Ji Animēshon) is an anime television series produced by CloverWorks, based on the Persona 5 video game by Atlus. The anime series is directed by Masashi Ishihama and written by Shinichi Inotsume, with Tomomi Ishikawa adapting Shigenori Soejima's original character designs for animation. Atlus employee Kazuma Kaneko created the original demon designs, while composer Shoji Meguro reprised his role from the game. The anime is licensed by Aniplex of America in North America, and premiered on April 8, 2018.

A standalone anime special, titled Persona 5: The Animation – The Day Breakers, aired prior to the game's release in Japan.

Voice cast

See also: List of Persona 5 characters
Character Japanese voice actor[1]
Ren Amamiya Jun Fukuyama
Ryuji Sakamoto Mamoru Miyano
Morgana Ikue Ōtani
Ann Takamaki Nana Mizuki
Yusuke Kitagawa Tomokazu Sugita
Makoto Niijima Rina Satō
Futaba Sakura Aoi Yūki
Haru Okumura Haruka Tomatsu
Goro Akechi Sōichirō Hoshi

Production

The anime television special The Day Breakers was announced in September 2015 during Atlus' stage event at the 2015 Tokyo Game Show.[2] In July 2016, the title of the special was revealed as Persona 5: The Animation – The Day Breakers with Takaharu Ozaki as the director, Shinichi Inotsume as the series composer, Toshiyuki Yahagi and Keita Matsumoto as the character designers and A-1 Pictures as the studio. It premiered on September 3, 2016 with a runtime of 24 minutes on Tokyo MX, later airing on GTV, GYT and BS11.[3][4] Aniplex of America licensed the special in North America in October 2016.[5]

The anime television series adaptation was announced in July 2017 for a 2018 premiere, with CloverWorks animating the series.[1] The anime series is directed by Masashi Ishihama and written by Inotsume, and features adapted character and demon designs from the game by Tomomi Ishikawa and Kazuma Kaneko, respectively.[6] The soundtrack was written by the game's original lead composer Shoji Meguro, who wrote both new material and arranged music from the game. The opening and ending themes, respectively titled "Break in to Break Out" and "Infinity", were performed by Lyn.[7][8] The series began airing on Tokyo MX and other networks on April 7, 2018.[9] Aniplex of America has also licensed the series in North America. Crunchyroll, AnimeLab and Hulu are simulcasting the series.[10]

Episode list

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No. Original Japanese title Director[11] Original air date[12]

References

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  2. ^ "Persona 5 RPG Gets TV Anime Special, Opening Song by Lyn". Anime News Network. September 19, 2015. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Persona 5 TV Anime Special & Manga's Launch Dates Announced". Anime News Network. July 19, 2016. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Persona 5 Anime Special's Preview Video Reveals A-1 Pictures Animation". Anime News Network. July 19, 2016. Archived from the original on December 25, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Aniplex USA to Release Import of Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers- Special". Anime News Network. October 16, 2016. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Persona 5 TV Anime Reveals Staff, Promo Video, April Premiere". Anime News Network. December 24, 2017. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Farrell, Reilly. "Shoji Meguro returning for Persona 5 anime". Video Game Music Online. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Persona 5 Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Lyn's Opening Song". Anime News Network. March 25, 2018. Archived from the original on March 31, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Persona 5 TV Anime Reveals April 7 Premiere, Makoto Visual". Anime News Network. February 28, 2018. Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Aniplex USA Licenses Persona 5 Anime". Anime News Network. February 16, 2018. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "STORY - PERSONA5 the Animation". p5a.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  12. ^ TVアニメ「ペルソナ５」- アニメ - TOKYO MX (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Retrieved April 10, 2018.

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