Aniplex of America revealed at the digital Aniplex Online Fest occasion on Saturday that it will launch PERSONA 5 the Animation on Blu-ray Disc as a “Complete Blu-ray Set” on September 29.
Set includes English
dub with cast repeating functions from game
The English dub of the anime series will debut in the Blu-ray Disc set, with the following cast, repeating their functions from the video game:
The PERSONA 5 the Animations “Complete Blu-ray Set” will include 6 discs with 26 episodes of the anime series as well as 2 anime specials PERSONA 5 the Animation: Dark Sun and PERSONA 5 the Animation: Stars and Ours. Additionals consist of an illustration card set, commercials, trailers, and textless versions of the series opening and ending sequences.
Aniplex of America describes the animes story:
Ren Amamiya will enter his second year of high school after moving to Shujin
Academy in Tokyo. An odd incident sets off the awakening of his Persona, and along with
his good friends, he forms the “Phantom Thieves of Hearts” to change the hearts of corrupt
grownups by stealing the source of their distorted desires. Cases of psychotic
breakdowns have been appearing one after another … Living their regular high school
lives in Tokyo throughout the day, the group stalks the bustling metropolis of Tokyo as the
Phantom Thieves by night.
Its time for the drapes to increase on this grand, picaresque story!
Satomi Ishikawa (Convenience Store Boy Friends) adapted Shigenori Soejimas original video game character styles for animation. Shinichi Inotsume (Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers-, Hayate the Combat Butler, Sket Dance) was in charge of the series scripts. Shōji Meguro returned from the game to compose the animes music.
Aniplex of America first announced that it had actually certified the anime adjustment of Atlus Persona 5 game on February 2018. The anime premiered in Japan in April 2018. Aniplex of America streamed the series on Crunchyroll and Hulu as it aired. Crunchyroll began streaming the 50-minute PERSONA 5 the Animation: Stars and Ours anime special in March 2019. The first anime unique, PERSONA 5 the Animation: Dark Sun, aired on December 30. Crunchyroll is streaming the very first unique.
Sources: Email correspondence, press release
Aniplex of America initially announced that it had accredited the anime adjustment of Atlus Persona 5 game on February 2018. Crunchyroll started streaming the 50-minute PERSONA 5 the Animation: Stars and Ours anime special in March 2019. The first anime special, PERSONA 5 the Animation: Dark Sun, aired on December 30. Satomi Ishikawa (Convenience Store Boy Friends) adjusted Shigenori Soejimas initial video game character designs for animation. Shinichi Inotsume (Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers-, Hayate the Combat Butler, Sket Dance) was in charge of the series scripts.
