Get ready Persona5 fans to re-experience the Phantom Thieves story in Persona5 the Animation on Funimation. Starting August 18th, the streaming service is offering viewers to watch the show with the original English cast from the game as they reprise their roles.
The anime adaptation first released in April, 2018 on sites like Crunchyroll and Hulu, but only as subbed with the Japanese voice actors. Now, Funimation members can binge the all 26 episodes in either subbed or dubbed without a week to week wait.
Cloverworks & Aniplex of America handled the anime adaptation of the original Persona5 game that was released in 2015 for PS5. Other games in the Persona series had adaptations developed by 1-A Pictures; Persona: Trinity Soul, four films based on Persona 3 (Spring of Birth, Midsummer Knight's Dream, Falling Down, Winter of Rebirth), and Persona 4 the Golden Animation, while Studio AIC A.S.T.A.worked Persona 4 the Animation.
There is no word on if Persona 5 Royal or Persona Q2 will receive an anime adaption of any sort.
Ren Amamiya is about to enter his second year after transferring to Shujin Academy in Tokyo. Following a particular incident, his Persona awakens, and together with his friends they form the “Phantom Thieves of Hearts” to reform hearts of corrupt adults by stealing the source of their distorted desires. Meanwhile, bizarre and inexplicable crimes have been popping up one after another… Living an ordinary high school life in Tokyo during the day, the group maneuvers the metropolitan city as Phantom Thieves after hours. Let the curtain rise for this grand, picaresque story!