TV anime "Persona 5" to start airing in April 2018, first key visual (Ryuji ver.) released! New Year RT Campaign also started!

The first key visual (Ryuji Sakamoto ver.) from the TV anime "PERSONA5 the Animation," which will start airing in April 2018, has been released.

Persona 5" is the latest in Atlus' popular juvenile RPG "Persona" series. In July 2017, it was announced that the long-awaited TV anime series "PERSONA5 the Animation" would be produced. was announced. Directed by Masashi Ishihama, who has worked on OPs for "Shinkage no Kyojin" and "PSYCHO-PASS: Psycho-Pass 2," among others. Production will be handled by A-1Pictures, which has been in charge of animation for numerous "Persona" series.

In addition, on Christmas Eve night, December 24, 2017 (Sun.), alive TV special program "TV Animation 'Persona 5' Super Secret Information Release!　Something will happen in Shibuya on Christmas Eve! The new information about "PERSONA5 the Animation" and the latest PV using footage from the full-length anime were shown simultaneously to the world at the live TV program "Something will happen in Shibuya on Christmas Eve!

Following the first key visual (Rin Amamiya ver.) released on December 24, 2011, the first key visual (Ryuji Sakamoto ver.) depicting Ryuji in gym clothes tying his shoelaces on the stairs has been released. A poster featuring this visual will also be posted in stores in the near future!

In addition, a "New Year RT Campaign" is now underway: follow the official Twitter account of the TV anime and retweet the target tweet during the period, and 55 people will be selected in a drawing to win a set of the promotional posters using the first key visual (Ren ver. and Ryuji ver.). The application period is until 23:59 on January 17 (Wed.), 2018, so don't forget to apply if you want one. For more information on the campaign, please check the official website ( # ).

Campaign Information】】
■New Year RT Campaign
Application period: January 10, 2018 (Wed.) 12:00 - January 17, 2018 (Wed.) 23:59
Prizes: 55 winners of the first key visual poster (Ren Amamiya ver.) & (Ryuji Sakamoto ver.)

＜How to apply
Follow the official Twitter account of the TV anime "Persona 5" (@P5_anime)
Retweet the target tweet during the application period
Winners will receive an individual DM.
Please follow the instructions and enter your shipping address and other information.


Information on the works (titles omitted)
PERSONA5 the Animation
Broadcasting period: April 2018 on
・Broadcasting stations: TOKYO MX, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, MBS, BS11

＜Introduction
In the spring of his second year of high school, Ren Amamiya transfers to Tokyo's Shusei Academy. An incident awakens him as a "persona" user, and he forms the "Phantom Thieves of the Heart" with his new friends. The group steals the "twisted desires" of adults, who are covered in evil desires, and reforms them. Meanwhile, in the city, unexplainable incidents of mental outbursts are happening one after another. ......
While living their daily lives as high school students in the metropolis of Tokyo, after school they act in the dark as the "Phantom Thieves of the Mind" - a group of thieves who steal the hearts and minds of the people. The curtain is about to be cut on a spectacular picaresque romance!

<Staff> Orig inal Story
Original Story : "Persona 5" (Atlus)
Original Story Design : Katsura Hashino
Character Design : Shigeki Soejima
Character Design : Shigeki Soejima
Director: Masashi Ishihama
Series Composition: Shinichi Inozume
Character Design: Tomomi Ishikawa
Music: Shoji Meguro
Music: Shoji Meguro Production: A-1 Pictures

＜ Casting: Jun Fukuyama
Ren Amamiya: Jun Fukuyama
Ryuji Sakamoto: Mamoru Miyano
Anne Takamaki: Nana Mizuki
Morgana: Ikue Otani
Yusuke Kitagawa: Tomokazu Sugita
Makoto Niijima: Rina Sato
Futaba Sakura: Aoi Yuuki
Haru Okumura: Haruka Tomatsu
Goro Akechi: Soichiro Hoshi