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Persona 5 Anime Episode 1's 1st 6 Minutes Streamed

The official website for the PERSONA 5 the Animation television 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 program on the 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 Tokyo MX, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, and BS11 channels. It will also stream at that time simultaneously in Japan on the AbemaTV service. MBS will then air the anime at 26:08 (2:08 a.m.), and GyaO! will begin streaming on April 9 at 12:00 p.m.

The voice cast members 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
• Sōichiro Hoshi as Goro Akechi

Masashi Ishihama (From the New World, Kamichu!) is directing PERSONA 5 the Animation, and the game franchise's producer Katsura Hashino is credited with the original story concept. Satomi Ishikawa (Convenience Store Boy Friends) is adapting Shigenori Soejima's original game character designs for animation. Kazuma Kaneko is credited for having drawn the original demon designs from the game. Shinichi Inotsume (Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers-, Hayate the Combat Butler, Sket Dance) is in charge of the series scripts. Shoji Meguro is returning from the game to compose the anime's music. Lyn is performing the opening theme 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 featured animation sequences from the Production I.G studio.

The Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers- television anime special by A-1 Pictures aired on September 3, 2016. The special recounts the prologue story of the young thief organization at the center of the game. Crunchyroll streamed the television special, and Aniplex of America released it on an import Blu-ray Disc of the Collector's Edition in February 2017.

Thanks to Dennis R. for the embedded video.