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Jul 30, 2017 2:38 AM
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Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers special event Junkissa LeBlanc Yaneura Sakusen Kaigi was held on Sunday and announced that a TV anime series of the previously broadcast TV special will be aired in 2018. The game cast members will reprise in the TV anime series, in addition to the cast members that already appeared in the TV special. A-1 Pictures will be animating the series.

Cast
Makoto Niijima: Rina Satou (Mahou Sensei Negima!)
Futaba Sakura: Aoi Yuuki (Aho Girl)
Haru Okumura: Haruka Tomatsu (Sword Art Online)

Persona 5 is the latest game in the Persona series. The TV special aired in September 2016 to commemorate the game released a few weeks prior. The game itself has sold 1.5 million copies worldwide.

Teaser

Note: The video is region-locked; click here for an alternative link.

Official site: http://www.aniplex.co.jp/p5a/

Source: Moca News

Persona 5 the Animation on MAL
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Jul 30, 2017 2:41 AM
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This could be interesting.
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Jul 30, 2017 2:44 AM
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Can't deny it, I'm hyped.
Jul 30, 2017 2:46 AM
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Meh, the special was kinda lame. Atlus, just bring Persona 5 into PC.
Jul 30, 2017 2:50 AM
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DAMN! I'm hyped! I saw this coming though.
Jul 30, 2017 2:58 AM
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You'll truly never see it coming.... :)




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Jul 30, 2017 3:14 AM
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Damn, I was waiting for this. So hyped now! :D
Jul 30, 2017 3:15 AM
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I hope the quality is just the same as Persona 4 tv series not the golden one.
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Jul 30, 2017 3:17 AM
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Super excited! Hope the anime does justice to the game
Jul 30, 2017 3:20 AM

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Wow I really hope it's a decent adaptation, can't say I'm not hyped.
Jul 30, 2017 3:27 AM

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do you have to watch the other persona anime to watch this?
Jul 30, 2017 3:27 AM
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I hope the TV series will be as stylistic as the game. So maybe Rie Matsumoto as a director? She has stylish directing style.


j0x said:
do you have to watch the other persona anime to watch this?

I think every numbered Persona is a standalone. Just like FF.


EDIT: Wrong choice of words.
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Jul 30, 2017 3:29 AM

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TheServant said:

j0x said:
do you have to watch the other persona anime to watch this?

I think every numbered Persona is a standalone. Just like FF.


cool then i will watch this one, heard good things about this Persona 5 game so i might as well watch its anime
Jul 30, 2017 3:34 AM

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That was fast. Beware the pancake.

Jul 30, 2017 3:44 AM

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I'll never see see it coming!

Nah, no. Just kidding, just after daybreaker OVA I know it will eventually get TV series.

I hope P5 Anime get same seiyuu as the game.
Edited : It is :D
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Pretty loved and enjoyed most of the Persona shows I've seen so far, will watch this as well.

Looking forward to it for sure.
Jul 30, 2017 3:50 AM

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can't wait to hear about an EVIL ADULTS again, this time in anime
Jul 30, 2017 3:53 AM
*hug noises*

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Uhh okay

Video game adaptations rarely tend to turn out well though..
Jul 30, 2017 4:18 AM

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Hopefully the MC picks best girl and not leave anyone hanging like in Persona 4. No one plays a mainstream Persona games and not pick a girl, it's bible at this point, yet they don't want to include it in the anime.
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Jul 30, 2017 4:51 AM

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Persona 5 is a filler fest, so compressed version should be good. I hope.
Jul 30, 2017 4:56 AM
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As long as Last Surprise plays once every episode, then this we be lit. Given how long the game has been out, I truly never saw this coming.
Jul 30, 2017 5:02 AM

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I wasn't really impressed with the special, so I hope this is going to be better.
Jul 30, 2017 5:06 AM

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Knew it would come someday.

Good for the fans. I'll definitely give this a try too.
Jul 30, 2017 5:28 AM

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I quite enjoyed P4 anime so I would go for another one but seeing as it's going to be made by A1... to say the least it will probably look as bland and anime can get with really lazy fight animation. Not really something that you would want from Persona anime I guess. Even A1 can get out of their bland safe zone of mediocrity and make something decent like Grimgar by accident so maybe it will happen again.
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Jul 30, 2017 5:44 AM

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Hope the MC goes for the best grill teacher.
Jul 30, 2017 5:54 AM

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so there is a waifu war .... interesting
count me in

best girl wins or 0/10
Jul 30, 2017 6:06 AM

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I want to watch him sweat his way through the burger challenge 60fps.
Jul 30, 2017 6:10 AM
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Liked the game but I can't say I'm hyped about this. Video games adaptations are rarely good.
Jul 30, 2017 6:15 AM

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tragedydesu said:
so there is a waifu war .... interesting
count me in

best girl wins or 0/10


And who are you rooting for BTW :D?




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Jul 30, 2017 6:26 AM

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RnDNEET021 said:
tragedydesu said:
so there is a waifu war .... interesting
count me in

best girl wins or 0/10


And who are you rooting for BTW :D?

Futaba Sakura ofc
Jul 30, 2017 6:36 AM

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Having already beaten the game a few weeks ago, I'm VERY happy that Persona 5 will be getting a TV animation series. As long as it has a 2-cour run and with consistent animation from A-1, then I'll be satisfied. =)
Jul 30, 2017 6:37 AM

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This has made me so happy

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Jul 30, 2017 6:39 AM

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The game's visual style probably won't translate well into anime, at least I don't remember Daybreakers being the level of stylistic that the game was unless they change it up for the anime and that's not something I see A-1 doing, the opening maybe. Though we still need more details on production.
Jul 30, 2017 6:39 AM

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I knew this was coming, but why...

Can't wait to watch A-1 defile yet another Persona game for a quick buck.
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I really liked the Persona 4 anime so I'm hyped for this!
Jul 30, 2017 6:46 AM

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an't even mad expected this stuff from all the name copyrights shown a few months ago as long as it's as enjoyable like p4 for the fans we good ,no way they can fix 90+ hours in a 2 cour without a some rushing

time to see ma girl Makato and Becky !

also as always A-1 is a roll of dice unless you know the people working on it .
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Jul 30, 2017 6:49 AM

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YOU'LL NEVER SEE IT COMING
Jul 30, 2017 6:50 AM

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i'm excited for this, i love the game
Makoto is best girl
Jul 30, 2017 6:55 AM

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Good thing it'll be adapted so I won't need to play the game.


Jul 30, 2017 7:00 AM
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I'm excited! Not because of the anime, but because we'll be getting a canon name for the MC. That being said, we'll probably get that once the unavoidable Persona 5 Dancing All Night comes out XD

I would've said "You'll never see it coming" here, but I did see this coming. A-1 did a decent job with the Persona 3 movies, but messed up the Golden anime. Ehh, as long as it's 2 cour, they can get through the story. Tbh, there's not much story to cover since main story moments come ever so often. As long as they adapt Morgana forcing the MC got to sleep, or the MC "button-mashing" Morgana, I'll be satisfied with the adaptation. They should adapt the game like how I play it, romancing all of the female characters... only to get trashed on Valentine's Day XD

Also, please don't make the character designs as shitty as it was in the special.
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Loved the game and i hope the anime lives up to it!
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GoldenDevilGamer said:
I'm excited! Not because of the anime, but because we'll be getting a canon name for the MC.


The MC has already a canon name, Akira Kurusu.
Jul 30, 2017 7:20 AM

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Tennouji said:
Good thing it'll be adapted so I won't need to play the game.
I seriously hope you guys don't do this.
Play the game. This anime will definitely not be a substitute for it.

As someone else pointed out, this is a 90+ hour game that will be condensed into 12 episodes. It's simply impossible to fit any meaningful scenes into that space. I can almost guarantee they'll mess up the reveal of the villain, too. The writing of the story is completely different from Persona 4's to the point where making it a proper anime would already be somewhat difficult unless you were following the game to a T.

edit: even if they do a two cour (which isn't likely, if we look at how they handled previous adaptations), 24 episodes is only 8 hours. Yes, I realize 90+ hours comes somewhat from the dungeon crawling aspect of the game. However, as someone who has completed the game 100%, I can say that the time comes mostly from listening to dialogue, as most of the game is fully voice acted. This is not something you can just "skip" in an anime, like you can with a video game/VN.
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Jul 30, 2017 7:25 AM
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SupremeEdgelord said:
GoldenDevilGamer said:
I'm excited! Not because of the anime, but because we'll be getting a canon name for the MC.


The MC has already a canon name, Akira Kurusu.
Manga name is almost never the canon name. P4's MC was called Souji Seta in the manga, but the anime and spin-off games called him Yu Narukami. P3's MC was called Minato Arisato in the manga, but the anime called him Makoto Yuuki. That being said, Atlus never made a spin-off game for Persona 3, so maybe Makoto isn't the true canon name.
Jul 30, 2017 7:25 AM
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Yes! I waited so long for this. Let's hope they won't delay it.
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It was just a matter of time, I knew this was coming. Hopefully they won't screw up the adaptation.

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Jul 30, 2017 7:39 AM

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I want to watch this. But i need to play the game first. Or at least watch a let's play of it.
Jul 30, 2017 7:44 AM

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I can't say I didn't see this coming, but man... I have mixed feelings about this!

On one hand, I really want to see my favorite characters appear in animated form and see one of my favorite video games be adapted into a proper TV series and I do like how the PV looks... BUT on the other hand, I don't see how they're going to be able to cram 100+ hours of gameplay into a 24 episode TV series without rushing things, especially since this game has more content than both P3 and P4. What bothers me the most is that A–1 pictures of all studios are adapting this, they did a decent job with the P3 movies but Persona 4 Golden The Animation was nothing short of a catastrophe and they've got too many shitty shows under their belt overall in order for me to be able to trust them.
Paul said:
The game's visual style probably won't translate well into anime, at least I don't remember Daybreakers being the level of stylistic that the game was unless they change it up for the anime and that's not something I see A-1 doing, the opening maybe. Though we still need more details on production.
I agree with this, not to mention that the art style looked weird. Some of the characters looked okay (e.g. Anne) but both Akira and Akechi looked extremely weird. I don't understand why they couldn't just get Production I.G. to adapt the game instead because the art style was much better.
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oh hey finally we got canon protagonist name
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