Persona 5: The Animation


Persona 5: The Animation 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 the animation. Atlus employee Kazuma Kaneko created the original demon designs, while music composer Shoji Meguro reprised his role from the game.
The 26-episode series aired in Japan between April and September 2018, followed by four special episodes; one aired in December 2018, a second in March 2019, and two more releases bundled with the Blu-Ray releases in May and June 2019. Additionally, an animated television special by A-1 Pictures, The Day Breakers, aired prior to the game's Japanese release in September 2016. The series was licensed in North America by Aniplex of America.

Production

The anime television special The Day Breakers was announced in September 2015 during Atlus' stage event at the Tokyo Game Show. 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 writer, 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. Aniplex of America licensed the special in North America in October 2016.
The 26-episode anime television series adaptation was announced in July 2017 for a 2018 premiere, with CloverWorks animating the series. 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. The soundtrack was written by the game's original lead composer Shoji Meguro, who wrote both new material and arranged music from the game. Lyn performs the series' opening and ending themes; the opening themes are "Break In to Break Out" and "Dark Sun", while the ending themes are "Infinity", "Found a Light", and "Autonomy". The series aired on Tokyo MX and other networks from April 7 to September 30, 2018. The first half of the epilogue to the series, titled Dark Sun..., aired on December 30, 2018. A second TV special, titled Stars and Ours and listed as the second half of the epilogue, was aired on March 23, 2019. Two final special episodes were announced to be included as extras with the 11th and 12th Blu-Ray/DVD volumes of the series.
Aniplex of America has also licensed the series in North America with Crunchyroll, AnimeLab and Hulu simulcasting it. Aniplex of America will release the complete series on Blu-ray on September 29, 2020, including an English dub with the cast from the game reprising their roles. Anime Limited acquired the home video and digital rights to the series for the United Kingdom, while Madman Entertainment will release the series in Australia and New Zealand.

Voice cast

CharacterJapaneseEnglish
Ren AmamiyaJun FukuyamaXander Mobus
MorganaIkue ŌtaniCassandra Lee Morris
Ryuji SakamotoMamoru MiyanoMax Mittelman
Ann TakamakiNana MizukiErika Harlacher
Yusuke KitagawaTomokazu SugitaMatthew Mercer
Makoto NiijimaRina SatōCherami Leigh
Futaba SakuraAoi YūkiErica Lindbeck
Haru OkumuraHaruka TomatsuXanthe Huynh
Goro AkechiSōichirō HoshiRobbie Daymond
Sae NiijimaYūko KaidaElizabeth Maxwell
Sojiro SakuraJouji NakataJamieson Price
Tae TakemiYuka Saitō
Munehisa IwaiHisao Egawa
Yuuki MishimaDaisuke Sakaguchi
Sadayo KawakamiMai Fuchigami
Toranosuke YoshidaKeiichi Noda
Ichiko OhyaYumi Uchiyama
Chihaya MifuneHaruka Terui
Hifumi TogoTomomi Isomura
Shinya OdaAki Kanada
Caroline and Justine / LavenzaAki ToyosakiCarrie Keranen
Suguru KamoshidaYūji MitsuyaD. C. Douglas
Ichiryusai MadarameYukitoshi Hori
Junya KaneshiroTakahiro Fujimoto
Wakaba IsshikiMinako Arakawa
Kunikazu OkumuraHirohiko Kakegawa
Masayoshi ShidoShūichi Ikeda
"Igor" / YaldabaothMasane TsukayamaDavid Lodge

Episode list