{"id":663,"date":"2017-07-30T23:57:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T06:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=663"},"modified":"2024-09-13T23:41:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T06:41:09","slug":"persona-5-tv-anime-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2017\/07\/30\/persona-5-tv-anime-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Persona 5 TV Anime Series Set for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A TV-anime series for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aniplex.co.jp\/p5a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Persona 5<\/em><\/a> was announced during the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> special event in Japan. A-1 Pictures will be animating the series, which is set to release in 2018.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300cPERSONA5 the Animation\u300d\u30c6\u30a3\u30b6\u30fcPV\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jeXeQFIzkwE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Note: The video is region-locked to Japan. It can be viewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x5vb9al\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A TV special celebrating the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persona 5<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> game release was previously released in September 2016. Several of the cast from the special renewed their roles for the anime, along with several new cast members, including:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Jun Fukuyama as Hero (Protagonist) <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mamoru Miyano as Ryuji Sakamoto <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Ikue Otani as Morgana <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Nana Mizuki as Anne Takamaki<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Tomokasu Sugita as Yusuke Kitagawa<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Rina Sato as Makoto Niijima<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Aoi Yuki as Futaba Sakura <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Haruka Tomatsu as Haru Okumura<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Soichiro Honshi as Goro Akechi<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The TV special was streamed by Crunchyroll, and it is currently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/persona5-the-animation-the-day-breakers-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available <\/a>for viewing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persona 5<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the latest role-playing video game of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persona <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">franchise, was developed by Atlus and is available on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. It was originally released in Japan on September 15, 2016, but the world-wide release was delayed until April 4, 2017.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-664\" style=\"width: 715px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"664\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2017\/07\/30\/persona-5-tv-anime-series\/persona-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Persona-5.png?fit=1800%2C1736&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1736\" 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=\"Persona 5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Persona-5.png?fit=300%2C289&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Persona-5.png?fit=696%2C672&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-664 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Persona-5.png?resize=696%2C672&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Persona-5.png?resize=1024%2C988&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Persona-5.png?resize=300%2C289&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Persona-5.png?resize=768%2C741&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Persona-5.png?resize=500%2C482&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Persona-5.png?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Persona-5.png?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Persona 5 TV Anime Series Announcement Visual<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/moca-news.net\/article\/20170730\/2017073018090a_\/01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moca News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TV-anime series for Persona 5 was announced during the Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers special event in Japan. A-1 Pictures will be animating the series, which is set to release in 2018. Note: The video is region-locked to Japan. It can be viewed here. A TV special celebrating the Persona 5 game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":665,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Persona-5-TV-Anime-Feature-Image.png?fit=1070%2C470&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-aH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663"}],"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=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions\/669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}