Anime "Persona 5", fastest broadcast date set for April 7 (Sat.)! The first key visual of the true picture is revealed!

The fastest broadcast date for the TV anime "PERSONA5 the Animation," which will start airing in April 2018, has been set for April 7 (Saturday), and the first key visual with a true picture has been released.

Persona 5" is the latest title 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-1 Pictures, which has been in charge of animation for numerous "Persona" series.
⇒ The popular juvenile RPG "Persona 5" will be adapted into a TV anime! Teaser visual and PV have been released!
⇒2018 Spring Anime List

In the program "PERSONA5 the Animation JUNSAFE Leblanc Rooftop Broadcasting Station" broadcast on Abema TV on February 28, it was announced that the TV anime "Persona 5" will be simultaneously distributed on Abema TV via terrestrial wave, and that the earliest date for terrestrial wave broadcasting will be April 7 (Sat).

In addition, the first key visual of the true picture was also revealed in the program. In commemoration of this, an RT campaign will be held.

If you follow the official Twitter account ( # ) of TV anime "Persona 5" and RT the target tweet during the period, 10 people will be selected by lottery to receive a promotional poster of the first key visual of the TV anime "Persona 5" in Shin Niijima's version.

The new visual and details of the campaign can be found on the official website of the TV anime ( # ), so please be sure to check it out.

Campaign Information
RT Campaign to Commemorate the Release of the New Visual
Application period: February 28, 2018 (Wed) 22:30 - March 6, 2018 (Tue) 23:59
Prizes: 10 people will receive a promotional poster (Makoto Niijima ver.) using the first key visual.

<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 be individually DM'd. Please follow the instructions and enter your shipping address and other information.
Official Twitter account URL ( # )

Application Information

PERSONA O.A.", the official support application for the "PERSONA" series
Pre-registration campaign is underway!
How to register: Follow the official Twitter account ( # )
For more information, please visit ( #app/ ).
The image is under development. The images are under development and may be subject to change.

Broadcast Information

PERSONA5 the Animation Junshocha Leblanc Attic Broadcasting Station" 2nd
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 21:30-22:30
　AbemaTV "New TV Anime Channel
Cast
　Jun Fukuyama as Ren Amamiya
　MC: Yuuki Iwai (Haraiichi)

Broadcast page: #

Event Information]

AnimeJapan2018 "PERSONA5 the Animation" Special Stage
Date: March 25 (Sun.), 2018 from 13:25
Location: Tokyo Big Sight, East Exhibition Hall East 1-8 AnimeJapan2018 RED Stage
Speakers:
　Jun Fukuyama (Ren Amamiya), Mamoru Miyano (Ryuji Sakamoto), Nana Mizuki (Anne Takamaki), Ikue Otani (Morgana), Tomokazu Sugita (Yusuke Kitagawa), Rina Sato (Makoto Niijima), Aoi Yuki (Futaba Sakura), Haruka Tomatsu (Haru Okumura), Soichiro Hoshi (Goro Akechi)
For more information, please visit the official AnimeJapan2018 website ( # )!

Production Information
PERSONA5 the Animation
＜Broadcast date and time
TOKYO MX: From April 7, every Saturday from 24:30
Gunma TV: From April 7, every Saturday at 24:30~.
Tochigi TV: From April 7, every Saturday at 24:30
MBS: From April 7, every Saturday from 26:08
BS11: From April 7, every Saturday at 24:30
AbemaTV: From April 7, every Saturday at 24:30 *Simultaneous terrestrial distribution
GYAO: From April 9, every Monday at 12:00~.
The broadcast start date and time may be subject to change due to programming reasons or other reasons. Please be forewarned.

<Staff> Original story: "Persona 5
Original story: "Persona 5" (Atlus)
Original Story Design： Katsura Hashino
Character Design： Shigeki Soejima
Devil Design Designer : Kazuma Kaneko
Director： Masashi Ishihama
Series composition: Shinichi Inozume
Character Design： Tomomi Ishikawa
Music: Shoji Meguro
Production: A-1 Pictures

＜Cast
Ren Amamiya: Jun Fukuyama
SAKAMOTO Ryuji: MAMORI MIYANO
TAKAMAKI Anne: MIZUKI Nana
Morgana: Ikue Otani
Yusuke Kitagawa: Tomokazu Sugita
Niijima Makoto: Sato Rina
Futaba Sakura: Aoi Yuuki
Haru Okumura: Haruka Tomatsu
Goro Akechi: Soichiro Hoshi

＜Introduction
In the spring of his second year of high school, Ren Amemiya transfers to Shusei Academy in Tokyo. An incident awakens him as a "persona" user, and he and his new friends form the "Phantom Thieves of the Heart". The group steals the "twisted desires" of adults, who are filled with 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 in the city. The curtain is about to be cut on a spectacular picaresque romance!

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