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Persona 5 Stage Play Unveils Character Visuals
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official Twitter account for the stage play adaptation of Atlus' Persona 5 role-playing game unveiled photographs of the cast in costume on Saturday.
Kouhei Shiota as Ryūji Sakamoto (left in image above) and Yuki Odera as Ann Takamaki
Yoshihide Sasaki as Gorō Akechi (left in image above), Kōji Kominami as Yūsuke Kitagawa (center), Kaoru Marimura as Sae Niijima (right)
Taishū Nukanobu as Yūki Mishima (leftmost in image above), Yū Saotome as Shiho Suzui (second from left), Takuo Yamagishi as Principal (third from left), Shun Takagi as Suguru Kamoshida (right)
The stage play's website also streamed a video showing the shooting of the visuals.
Hiroki Ino will play the protagonist (seen below).
The play, titled Persona 5 the Stage, will run at Hotel Mielparque Osaka from December 13 to 15, followed by The Galaxy Theatre from December 19 to 29. Hideyuki Nishimori (Danganronpa, My Hero Academia stage plays) is directing the play and writing the script.
Persona 5 shipped for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 in Japan on September 15, 2016. The game shipped in North America on April 4, 2017 after a delay. The game features animation sequences from the Production I.G studio.
The 26-episode television anime series based on the game premiered in April 2018 and aired through September. Aniplex of America streamed the series on Crunchyroll and Hulu as it aired.
A special, PERSONA 5 the Animation: Dark Sun, aired in December. Crunchyroll is streaming the first special. The show's second special, PERSONA 5 the Animation: Stars and Ours, aired in March. The anime's 11th home video release, which shipped on May 29 in Japan, included both PERSONA 5 the Animation: Dark Sun and an unaired episode.
The Persona 5 Royal (Persona 5 The Royale in Japan) role-playing game will launch for PS4 in Japan on October 31. The game will then launch in the Americas, Europe, and Asia in 2020.
Atlus is also working with Koei Tecmo Games' Omega-Force subsidiary on a separate new game in the franchise titled Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers. The game will be the series' first action role-playing game.
Sources: Persona 4 stage play's Twitter account and website, Famitsu.com
