{"id":3631,"date":"2018-08-21T21:37:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T04:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=3631"},"modified":"2024-09-13T23:41:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T06:41:02","slug":"interview-persona5-the-animation-director-producer-anime-expo-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2018\/08\/21\/interview-persona5-the-animation-director-producer-anime-expo-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: PERSONA5 the ANIMATION Director &#038; Producer (Anime Expo 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>PERSONA5 the Animation<\/em> swiped into Anime Expo after its first twelve episodes simulcast during the Spring 2018 anime season. We had the fortunate chance to sit down with Director Masashi Ishihama and Producer Kazuki Adachi of <em>PERSONA5 the ANIMATION<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/anitrendz.net\\\/news\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/21\\\/interview-persona5-the-animation-director-producer-anime-expo-2018\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3631 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kazuki-Adachi-Spotlight.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kazuki-Adachi-Spotlight.png?fit=696%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kazuki-Adachi-Spotlight.png?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kazuki-Adachi-Spotlight.png?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kazuki-Adachi-Spotlight.png?resize=768%2C556&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" data-attachment-id=\"3634\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2018\/08\/21\/interview-persona5-the-animation-director-producer-anime-expo-2018\/kazuki-adachi-spotlight\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kazuki-Adachi-Spotlight.png?fit=900%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,652\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kazuki Adachi Spotlight\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kazuki-Adachi-Spotlight.png?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kazuki-Adachi-Spotlight.png?fit=696%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama.png?fit=696%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama.png?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama.png?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama.png?resize=768%2C556&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" data-attachment-id=\"3635\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2018\/08\/21\/interview-persona5-the-animation-director-producer-anime-expo-2018\/masashi-ishihama\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama.png?fit=900%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,652\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Masashi Ishihama\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama.png?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama.png?fit=696%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Anime Trending: Thank you for sitting down with us today. What were some of the challenges with adapting this video game into an anime series? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Masashi Ishihama<\/strong>: From a production standpoint, as the ones that make it into an anime, the biggest challenge was taking the game\u2019s character illustrations, putting them on a cel and making them move. I admit we thought about dropping the quality and making it easier to draw, but I couldn\u2019t bring myself to do that. So the biggest challenge was to have Soejima-san\u2019s (Character Designer of Persona 5) style moving within the anime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>In addition to the game being very stylized there are also a lot of player options. How a player makes choices in the game can affect the outcome. When it came to that, how did you decide to approach player choice in the anime, as you can only tell the story once?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3642\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3642\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2018\/08\/21\/interview-persona5-the-animation-director-producer-anime-expo-2018\/masashi-ishihama-d-and-adachi-p-of-p5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama-D-and-Adachi-P-of-P5.jpg?fit=1020%2C735&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1020,735\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Makino, Aiko&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1534365489&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Masashi Ishihama D and Adachi P of P5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;via Aniplex of America&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama-D-and-Adachi-P-of-P5.jpg?fit=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama-D-and-Adachi-P-of-P5.jpg?fit=696%2C502&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3642\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama-D-and-Adachi-P-of-P5.jpg?resize=300%2C216&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama-D-and-Adachi-P-of-P5.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama-D-and-Adachi-P-of-P5.jpg?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Masashi-Ishihama-D-and-Adachi-P-of-P5.jpg?w=1020&amp;ssl=1 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">via Aniplex of America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Kazuki Adachi<\/strong>: Within the game, yes there are many choices a player can choose from, but there is a main storyline that\u2019s linear. And there are times within the anime where we chose one of the three options available in the game. In deciding which one to choose, we took into consideration which outcome was the most memorable to the users or the most popular choice. Often times, the route chosen in the anime were the ones that we thought most players selected as well. In doing so, we wanted as many people to be able to enjoy the show and relate to the anime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>This is not the first animation for the franchise. With that in mind, what did you want fans to get out of this when they watch the <em>PERSONA5 the ANIMATION<\/em>, as opposed to the other <em>Persona <\/em>titles such as <em>Persona 3<\/em> and <em>4<\/em>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Adachi<\/strong>: Each variation of the Persona series has a message or a theme that is conveyed to the audience. <em>Persona 3<\/em> has its own, which is unique from <em>Persona 4\u2019s<\/em> and the same goes with <em>Persona 5<\/em>. People who have played the game understand that theme, so we wanted to make sure to carry that message to the anime, so that regardless of if you played the game or not, everyone has the same experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>That is great to hear, because Adachi-san, you have worked on the <em>Persona 3<\/em> and <em>4<\/em> anime as well.\u00a0 How was it coming back to work on <em>PERSONA5 the Animation<\/em>? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3638\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2018\/08\/21\/interview-persona5-the-animation-director-producer-anime-expo-2018\/img_0996\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0996.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0996\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0996.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0996.jpg?fit=696%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-3638 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0996.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0996.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0996.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0996.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0996.jpg?resize=715%2C400&amp;ssl=1 715w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">via Aniplex of America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Adachi<\/strong>: For <em>Persona 3<\/em> and <em>4<\/em>, the game was released, people played the game, and then a few years after that we started the anime.\u00a0 However for <em>PERSONA5 the Animation<\/em>, the discussion about making the anime series happened around the same time Atlus was making the game. So as a result when the game was released, we were able to also release the OVA <em>PERSONA5 the Animation \u2013 THE<\/em> <em>DAYBREAKERS \u2013<\/em> at the same time<em>. <\/em>Because we were working closely together from the beginning, <em>PERSONA5 the Animation<\/em> was the closest we got to feeling like we were creating something from zero much like the game developpers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Since the game was developed along with the animation, was the adaptation a challenge since you couldn\u2019t actually play the game while making the anime?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3643\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3643\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2018\/08\/21\/interview-persona5-the-animation-director-producer-anime-expo-2018\/morgana-and-phantoms\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Morgana-and-Phantoms.jpg?fit=1015%2C765&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1015,765\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Makino, Aiko&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1531505583&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Morgana and Phantoms\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;via Aniplex of America&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Morgana-and-Phantoms.jpg?fit=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Morgana-and-Phantoms.jpg?fit=696%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3643\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Morgana-and-Phantoms.jpg?resize=300%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Morgana-and-Phantoms.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Morgana-and-Phantoms.jpg?resize=768%2C579&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Morgana-and-Phantoms.jpg?w=1015&amp;ssl=1 1015w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">via Aniplex of America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Adachi<\/strong>: Yes. At the same time we were working on <em>PERSONA5 the Animation \u2013 THE DAYBREAKERS-<\/em>, Atlus was busy working on the game, so we were going in to the project pretty blind. Because we couldn\u2019t play the game, it was a lot of asking Atlus \u201cAre we doing this right?\u201d and \u201cIs this OK?\u201d.\u00a0 We had to rely a lot on the Sound Director who was working with the voice actors for the game as well.\u00a0 Because we don\u2019t know how the scenes are playing out within the game, we would constantly be confirming things with the Sound Director. The whole process was a lot of confirmations as well as trial and error. With that being said, having a game that is already done and then working on the anime is definitely much simpler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Ishihama-san has directed other titles such as <em>From the New World<\/em> and <em>Night Raid 1931<\/em>. Can you tell us how directing <em>PERSONA5<\/em> <em>the Animation <\/em>differs from directing these other shows?\u00a0 Have these past shows had any influence on <em>PERSONA5 the Animation<\/em>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Ishihama<\/strong>: I guess I could say these past experiences have been a good influence in that they have expanded my field of vision in terms of how to show something or portray things in an anime; however, each project is very different and unique, so if I\u2019m asked if I am influenced by past works, I would say no.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>With the second-cour of the anime coming out, what should fans look forward to when they continue to watch the anime series? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3641\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3641\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2018\/08\/21\/interview-persona5-the-animation-director-producer-anime-expo-2018\/img_4380\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4380.jpg?fit=1706%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1706,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4380\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4380.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4380.jpg?fit=696%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-3641 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4380.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4380.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4380.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4380.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4380.jpg?resize=715%2C400&amp;ssl=1 715w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4380.jpg?w=1706&amp;ssl=1 1706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4380.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">via Aniplex of America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Adachi<\/strong>: At last all of the members of the Phantoms will come together (laughs) the cases will become bigger, and their biggest rival, Akechi the detective, will start playing a bigger role as he starts putting the pressure on the Phantoms. How the Phantoms react and deal with these problems is something I\u2019d love everyone to look forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Ishihama<\/strong>: In the second cour, we have a big and somewhat shocking plot twist, so please look forward to that.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Special thanks to Aniplex of America for the amazing opportunity to talk to the director and producer of <em>PERSONA5 the Animation<\/em>. Look forward to the second half of the series! The anime is simulcasting on Hulu and Crunchyroll.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out what they shared on the creation of the game&#8217;s anime adaptation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,137,138],"tags":[85,79,142,307,231],"class_list":["post-3631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","category-feature","category-interview","tag-anime-expo","tag-aniplex-of-america","tag-interview","tag-persona5","tag-persona5-the-animation"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/PERSONA5-the-Animation.png?fit=1070%2C470&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-Wz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3631"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3868,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3631\/revisions\/3868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}