Persona 5: The Animation (Japanese: ペルソナ5 ジ・アニメーション, Hepburn: Perusona Faibu: Ji Animēshon) is an anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures, based on the Persona 5 video game by Atlus. The anime series is directed by Masashi Ishihama and written by Shinichi Inotsume, with Tomomi Ishikawa adapting Shigenori Soejima's original character designs for animation, Kazuma Kaneko credited for the original demon designs and Shoji Meguro returning from the game to compose the soundtrack. It is scheduled to premiere on April 7, 2018 and has been licensed by Aniplex of America in North America.