Persona 5 the Animation

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Synonyms: P5A, Persona 5 the Anime
Japanese: TVアニメ「ペルソナ5」
English: Persona 5 the Animation
German: Persona 5 The Animation
Spanish: Persona 5 The Animation
French: Persona 5 The Animation
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Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 8, 2018 to Sep 30, 2018
Premiered: Spring 2018
Broadcast: Sundays at 00:30 (JST)
Licensors: Aniplex of America
Studios: CloverWorks
Source: Game
Genre: ActionAction
Themes: SchoolSchool, Super PowerSuper Power
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 6.441 (scored by 102050102,050 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #74142
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #959
Members: 265,532
Favorites: 985

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Synopsis

Ren Amamiya, a new transfer student at Shujin Academy, is sent to Tokyo to live with his family friend Sojiro Sakura after wrongly being put on probation for defending a woman from sexual assault. While on the way to attend his first day at his new school, Ren notices a strange app has appeared on his phone, transferring him to a world known as the Metaverse, which contains people's "shadows": distorted depictions of their true selves. In the Metaverse, he awakens his Persona, a power from deep within that gives him the strength to fight the shadows. With the help of similarly troubled students, he forms the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, attempting to save people from their sinful desires by "taking their heart," making evildoers regret their actions and turn over a new leaf. The group's reputation continues to grow explosively, bringing along fame both positive and negative.

However, during the peak of their popularity, Ren gets captured and taken into custody. Here, he wakes up to a harsh interrogation, but this is cut short by the arrival of Sae Niijima—a prosecutor seeking answers. Just how will she react to his story, and what will become of the Phantom Thieves?

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Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Tsuji, Toshikazu
Producer
Ishihama, Masashi
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard


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1: "BREAK IN TO BREAK OUT" by Lyn (eps 2, 4-13)
2: "Dark Sun..." by Lyn (eps 14-26)
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Ending Theme

1: "BREAK IN TO BREAK OUT" by Lyn (eps 1)
2: "INFINITY" by Lyn (eps 2-7, 9-16)
3: "Found a Light" by Lyn (eps 8)
4: "Autonomy" by Lyn (eps 17-25)

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Reviews

Mar 7, 2024
Trust me, this show is definitely worth spending time to watch. P5 is so underrated, i mean that it's so goodddd. I've through many anime and Persona series some of the greatest in my heart.
The story is pretty interesting and the animation was good, they are cool to me. The main character isnt as fire as other mc but his personality hits well, he isnt smart and powerful as I expected but give it a try, why not?
Gotta say, stay calm and patient watching the whole show, some scene was boring af and they continue on every single episode but if you put your imagination ...
Oct 27, 2023
Mixed Feelings
This one I watched more as background noise than an attentive, active content consumption™. Therefore, this is not a full blown analysis more than it is a impression that may help you decide to watch it or not (no spoilers)

I never played the Persona 5 game, and it's obvious that the history, world, combat and characters are better suited for a videogame rather than an anime, but the story holds up pretty well still and it's a fun watch. The character's are fun, if not very deep, and the way it utilizes many aspects of japanese society into villains and character arcs are pretty cool.

The ...
Nov 12, 2022
Just watch Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica, it doesn't look like much on first sight but it can hit very hard, the story is really interesting and builds up well, while Persona is really boring and keeps repeating, the characters are so predictable. It wasn't possible to connect to the Characters because their Emotions were too weak. The Labyrinths designs weren't very creative. The Soundtrack was very good because the songs were the same to the Game. When I first saw the Anime I gave it a better rating because I didn't see something comparable yet, I was still bored from it but I lied to myself, ...

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