Persona 5: The Animation is certainly coming into the spring 2018 season with a ton of hype. Now, the anime’s official website has started streaming its first six minutes. The original video is region-locked, but don’t worry, here’s a non-region-locked version:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6gzhcw

The website also revealed that the anime will be making its premiere on 7th April. A-1 Pictures, which previously animated the Persona 5 TV special anime, is once again animating the project. Meanwhile, Masashi Ishihama (From the New World) is directing the anime, with Shinichi Inotsune doing the scripts. Finally, Satomi Ishikawa (Convenience Store Boy Friends) is adapting Shigenori Soejima’s original game character designs for the anime.  The cast will include:

  • Jun Fukuyama as Ren Amamiya
  • Aoi Yuuki as Futaba Sakura
  • Souichirou Hoshi as Goro Akechi
  • Mamoru Miyano as Ryuji Sakamoto
  • Ikue Otani as Morgana
  • Nana Mizuki as Anne Takamaki
  • Tomokazu Sugita as Yusuke Kitagawa
  • Rina Satou as Makoto Niijima
  • Haruka Tomatsu as Haru Okumura

So, who here is excited to watch this video game-based anime finally premiere next month?