A-1 Pictures' anime for Atlus' RPG premieres September 3

A new television commercial for Persona 5 the Animation -The Day Breakers- , the tie-in television special for Atlus' upcoming Persona 5 RPG, began streaming on Friday. The video previews the animation and characters.

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Unlike the game's opening animation, which is animated by Production I.G, the special is animated at A-1 Pictures.

The special will premiere on September 3 from 7:00 to 7:55 p.m. on Tokyo MX, followed by airings on Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, and BS11. The first half will feature interviews with the cast and staff and the second half will be an original animation that recounts the prologue story of the young thief organization at the center of the game.

Takaharu Ozaki (director of photography on Occult Academy, Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW) is directing the animation at A-1 Pictures. Shinichi Inotsume (Yona of the Dawn, Gangsta.) is writing the script and Toshiyuki Yahagi (Joker Game) and Keita Matsumoto (Bungaku Shōjo) are adapting the character designs for animation.