Attendees flocked to Petree Hall on Day Ii of Anime Expo to see what surprise Aniplex had in shop for their "Persona5 the Animation" panel.

Manager Masashi Ishihama and producer Kazuki Adachi joined a packed room of fans to discuss favorite portions about the first half of the evidence. The panel notwithstanding started with a special video message from Jun Fukuyama, protagonist Ren Amamiya voice actor.

Earlier the result, Aniplex U.Southward. asked fans to vote on their favorite moments of the testify, male characters and female characters via their social media. The height scene voted by the fans was also Adachi's favorite. It was the awkward moment between Ren and Sadayo Kawakami or "Becky" the maid. Ishihama'due south favorite moment was when the Phantom Thieves enjoyed a hot pot together. The crowd shouted their favorite guys and ladies and roared as the results came in. Regarding the men, the top three were Goro Akechi, Yusuke Kitagawa and Ren (in reverse order of poll placement). Producer Adachi shared the aforementioned sentiment with Ren as his favorite, proverb he was a "perfect person" while Ishihama liked Ryuji more because he felt he could be the bestest friend. When it was the women'due south plow, Adachi's choice of Futaba Sakura was the fan's third selection while Ann Takamaki came in second and was Ishihama's pick. The audience exclaimed when school nurse Makoto Niijima took the top spot of the poll.

The console then shifted to gain some insight well-nigh making "Persona5 the Animation." Since Adachi worked on the previous projects in the franchise, he was asked how different was it working on P5 compared to the others. He answered that with Persona3 and Persona4 had years worth of gaps between making the game and the anime. P5's adaptation was simultaneously fabricated with the game. Ishihama answered a question about his interest and he said "Maybe I looked bored plenty," and explained he was handed the part as manager.

Apropos translating the game to episodes, Adachi said that players went through equally the protagonist simply the anime provided its main character and then he had to discover ways to give a similar experience like the game. The two then were asked how they chose the protagonist's name of Ren since information technology is customizable in the game. Adachi responded that there was a lot of time put in and found the kanji of his name very cute and fitting for the character. Ishihama in turn asked the audience what they felt on Ren'southward surname which some mentioned "rain". Adachi talked how Ren'southward personality was developed, making him a tranquillity outcast in daytime and a "hot" or attractive phantom at night. Ishihama answered the research virtually Goro's extra attention in the testify, saying that he is a cool character with a darkside and without him would possible a irksome series.

In Persona5 the game, there are many side stories with small-scale characters. Adachi said he tried to put as much as he could without going overboard. He added that Becky was a must. Ishihama continued by explaining that there was no irrelevant story but some were more of import to the main 1. Adachi said that they could never give all the ladies to Ren.

The Aniplex US hostesses asked the 2 who would they want in a Hollywood fancast. Ishihama said he didn't know who was interim now just liked River Phoenix. Adachi let the audience throw suggestions and when someone yelled out "Brad Pitt" he responded that he was an old man. They then shared brief behind-the-scenes information nigh the voice actors.

When asked how the 2nd portion of the show will unfold, Adachi responded that fans will but take to scout, though gamers will know how it played out.

Before the panel concluded, Morgana stepped onto the phase and played the trailers to the upcoming games "Persona5: Dancing in Starlight" and "Persona3: Dancing in Moonlight". Both are available currently in Japanese and the translated versions are slated for 2019.

"Persona5 the Animation" recently resumed ambulation its episodes and are on Crunchyroll.