Original/sub: 4/10 overall
Story: 9/10 Condenses the game's 100+ hours very well for a 26 episode series.
Art: 3/10 The art is pretty bad. But it's comically bad - which isn't necessarily a detriment to the anime. The problem, though, is that the animation doesn't carry the same feeling of maturity as the game does.
Sound: 9/10 No complaints here. It's of high quality like the game.
Character: 5/10 Ren does not get enough lines. Ryuji carries the series because he's voiced by Mamoru Miyano, so any words or sounds he makes is pleasing to hear. Especially "Renren". And him calling out Akechi's name in a questionably sexual tone lmao.
Enjoyment: 8/10 The sub almost completely fails to deliver the weight of the game, but it makes up for that with fanservice and moments of hilariously bad animation, firmly establishing itself as a fun, campy anime. It's like Ex-Arm in that it's popularity as a bad anime actually makes it good.
Dub: 7/10 overall
Story: 9/10
Art: 5/10 A fair amount of scenes have been improved, and it feels more consistent and smooth. Some of the bad animation is still there.
Sound: 9/10
Character: 9/10 Ren has a lot more lines and expression. And the dub for the game was wonderful, so as expected the cast sounds great here.
Enjoyment: 8/10 Essentially, it's the Persona 5 experience with Medium graphics. It's carried over 4 out of 5 good qualities associated with the game. Art is still lacking but you won't be finishing the series thinking "hey, this was trash" like the sub.
What the anime adaptation does exceptionally well here is that it fleshes out Akechi's character, some of which would later be added in to Royal.
The Dark Sun OVAs are a step up in quality and tone, but it's set up to be considered more as a movie, and is not representative to the overall series.
