Persona 5 the Animation TV Specials (2025)

Mario_OGz

Recommended

For me the game is a masterpiece.
This one was just "good". The pacing was rushed which I was expecting and the animations were not consistent during the episode. Some segments felt like they had very good quality and some felt like average.
Glad they are sticking with the same scenarios as the game too and that they kept the finale for another special ep coming in march.
I recommend it for all persona 5 fans that already played the game, yea it won't be as iconic as the game but you will relive the memories that the game left in you.

OH AND THEY HAD A CLOSE UP ...

TheGostoso

Mixed Feelings

WeeabooHunter101

Recommended

I decided to watch this series after seeing a letsplay by Lost Pause for Persona5 and was curious at how well it would do compared to Persona4: the Animation. I have not played any of the Persona games, full disclaimer, so I can not compare whether this was a good adaptation of the game. Overall, this is a decent anime, and this review assumes you'll be watching the actual series prior to the specials.

The story and characters have to be summarized for a project of this nature, so there is a sense that a lot of the minor characters are sort of shoved into the ...

samidskynird

Mixed Feelings

DARK SUN GOING FULL SPEED AHEAD!!!

At least that's what i feel when i watch this OVA, yes it feels like you're in a passenger seat and the driver steps on the acceleration pedal like the world's end is behind you and go as fast as they can to reach the destination, and you can't enjoy the trip.

Even though i was quite surprised with the earlier part which are quite decent, but my expectation soon betrayed. It feels like a summary of the most important arc in Persona 5 rather than proper episode. Nothing is explained properly, every confidant characters were forcefully appear despite the short ...

LegendAqua

Mixed Feelings

The original season's ending was a copout, Persona 5 the Animation: Dark Sun... was rushed to all hell.

LA will give some positives at the very least before tearing this one down. Well we find out who the mastermind is and how he orchestrated EVERYTHING from all the previous mental shutdown incidents all the way back to Madarame!. LA will say this but the animation by CloverWorks did get.."slightly" better and LA says "slightly" loosely but still and though the plot does almost a half the runtime to be exposition in how the Phantom Thieves as well as the mastermind and his dragon to exposition everything ...

Shuyaku

Not Recommended

Ok guys, I really tried to be positive, I went open minded to see the episode but... Is P5A what are we talking about.
This is my first review and I never feel the need to write one but...
Let's start with the positives: they made it 50 minutes long and Rivers in the Desert. That's it, now with the negatives...

*inhales*

The direction and the pace were as bad as always. The animation wasn't that bad but it's still nothing remarkable and impressing and has the same problems that the original series had. Then we have the clip collection of the group exploring the palace. I hate this ...