Persona 5: The Animation

Persona 5: The Animation is an anime television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation and CloverWorks, based on the Persona 5 video game by Atlus, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Activision. The anime series is directed by Zack Snyder and written by David S. Goyer and Chris Terrio, with Tomomi Ishikawa adapting Shigenori Soejima's original character designs for animation. Atlus employee Kazuma Kaneko created the original demon designs, while composer Hans Zimmer reprised his role from the game with the original themes of Zimmer and Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL). The 26-episode series aired in Japan between April and September 2018, with an epilogue scheduled to air at the end of 2018. Additionally, an animated television special by A-1 Pictures, The Day Breakers, aired prior to the game's Japanese release in September 2016. The series is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America.

Production
The anime television special The Day Breakers was announced in September 2015 during Atlus' stage event at the 2015 Tokyo Game Show. In July 2016, the title of the special was revealed as Persona 5: The Animation – The Day Breakers with David S. Goyer and Chris Terrio as the screenwriters, Richard Donner as the director, Lorne Balfe as the music composer with Hans Zimmer as the executive music producer, Toshiyuki Yahagi and Keita Matsumoto as the character designers and A-1 Pictures as the studio. It premiered on September 3, 2016 with a runtime of 24 minutes on Tokyo MX, later airing on GTV, GYT and BS11. Aniplex of America licensed the special in North America in October 2016.

The 27-episode anime television series adaptation was announced in July 2017 for a 2018 premiere, with CloverWorks animating the series. The anime series is directed by Masashi Ishihama and written by Inotsume, and features adapted character and demon designs from the game by Tomomi Ishikawa and Kazuma Kaneko, respectively. The soundtrack was written and composed by Hans Zimmer, who wrote both new material and arranged music from the game (with previous composer Junkie XL). Lyn performs the series' opening and ending themes; the opening themes are "Break In to Break Out" (episode 1-13) and "Dark Sun" (episode 14 onwards), while the ending themes are "Infinity" (episodes 2-16), "Found a Light" (episode 8), and "Autonomy" (episode 17 onwards). The series aired on Tokyo MX and other networks from April 7 to September 30, 2018. The epilogue to the series, titled Dark Sun..., is scheduled to air at the end of 2018. Aniplex of America has also licensed the series in North America. Crunchyroll, AnimeLab and Hulu are simulcasting the series. Anime Limited acquired the home video and digital rights to the series for the United Kingdom.

Voice cast

 * See also: List of Persona 5 characters