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Persona 5 Anime Episode 1's 1st 6 Minutes Streamed
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The official website for the anime series began streaming the first six minutes of the first episode on Wednesday. (The video at the linked website above is region-locked to Japan. A region-free version is below.)
The first six minutes of the first episode had a special advance streaming within the PERSONA 5 the Animation online radio AbemaTV service in Japan on March 28.
The anime will premiere on April 7 at 24:30 (effectively April 8 at 12:30 a.m.) on the GyaO! will begin streaming on April 9 at 12:00 p.m.
The voice cast from the game are reprising their roles for the anime:
- Jun Fukuyama as the protagonist Ren Amamiya
- Mamoru Miyano as Ryuji Sakamoto
- Ikue Ōtani as Morgana
- Nana Mizuki as Anne Takamaki
- Tomokazu Sugita as Yusuke Kitagawa
- Rina Satō as Makoto Niijima
- Aoi Yūki as Futaba Sakura
- Haruka Tomatsu as Haru Okumura
- Sōichirō Hoshi as Goro Akechi
song "Break in to Break Out" and the ending theme song "Infinity."
Aniplex of America announced in February that it has licensed the anime.
The latest entry in the Persona role-playing game series shipped for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 in Japan on September 15, 2016. The game shipped in North America on April 4, 2017 after a delay.
The game Production I.G studio.
The Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers- television released it on an import Blu-ray Disc of the Collector's Edition in February 2017.
Thanks to Dennis R. for the embedded video.
