Persona 5 Archives

Atlus Censors Classic Demon Designs For China-Exclusive Gacha Game ‘Persona 5: The Phantom X’

April 6, 2023

Persona 5: The Phantom X appears to be censored in China, removing some gory and sexual elements of the game's demons and shadows. The protagonist, code named Wonder, looks back at the owl Luffy on the...

Artist NeoArtCorE Turns Persona 5’s Ann Takamaki Into Harley Quinn and Catwoman

John F. Trent

July 28, 2020

Video Games

Artist NeoArtCorE transformed Persona 5's Ann Takamaki into both DC Comics' Harley Quinn and Catwoman. For those unfamiliar with Ann Takamaki, she is one of the primary characters in Atlus' Persona 5. ...

UDON Reveals New Persona 5 T-Shirts and Pins For San Diego Comic-Con

John F. Trent

July 24, 2020

Collectibles and Toys, Video Games

UDON Entertainment announced a number of new Persona 5 and Persona 4 gear including T-shirts and pins for San Diego Comic-Con. First, they revealed three new T-shirts from Persona 5 featuring Futaba, Joker, ...

Stanley “Artgerm” Lau Shows Off His Persona 5 Artwork and Pinups

John F. Trent

July 8, 2020

Video Games

Artist Stanley "Artgerm" Lau who has made a name for himself doing variant covers for Marvel Comics and DC Comics recently shared a number of Persona pieces he's completed. Artgerm's variant covers primarily...

Polygon Remains Unsatisfied With Changes to Persona 5 Royal’s Ryuji Scene: “It’s Still An Uncomfortable Sequence.”

Spencer Baculi

April 2, 2020

Video Games

Despite Atlus’ efforts to change certain scenes in Persona 5 Royal after receiving complaints of homophobia regarding the original release, their efforts have failed to satisfy video game news outlet Polygon, w...

Persona 5 Royal Changes “Homophobic” Scenes For Unsatisfied Critics, Ryuji Now Encouraged to Join ‘Drag Scene’

Spencer Baculi

March 18, 2020

Video Games

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The previously announced changes to “homophobic” scenes in the Western release of Persona 5 Royal have now been discovered, with the localization changing the two men hitting on Ryuji into crossdressers. The...

Total War: Three Kingdoms Writer Pete Stewart: Persona 5 “RIDDLED With Outdated Thinking And Offensive Stereotypes”

John F. Trent

February 18, 2020

Video Games

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Total War: Three Kingdoms writer and Total War writer and narrative designer at Creative Assembly Pete Stewart weighed in on the recent Persona 5 controversy by declaring the game "riddled with outdated thinkin...

Western Release Of Persona 5 Royal To Censor Scenes Featuring Two Gay Men

Drew Taylor

February 18, 2020

Censorship, Video Games

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Persona 5 Royal, the latest game in the Persona series, which adds quite a bit of new content to the previously released Persona 5, will censor multiple scenes featuring two gay men. In an interview with Gam...

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Review: Persona 5 The Manga: Should You Seal A Pact with This Adaptation?

Spencer Baculi

January 24, 2020

Manga

Releasing in 2016 to critical and audience acclaim, Persona 5 has gone on to become one of the most popular entries in the Persona sub-series of the Shin Megami Tensei franchise. Unsurprisingly, as a result of ...

Cosplay of the Day: Enji Night as Persona 5’s Ann Takamaki

John F. Trent

May 20, 2019

Cosplay

Today's cosplay of the day is cosplayer Enji Night as Persona 5's Ann Takamaki. Enji Night debuted the cosplay at Freak Con in Spain back in March. Enji Night captioned her first look at Ann Takamaki writ...

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