Persona 5 + Persona 5 Royal: Official Design Works (Hardcover)

Persona 5 + Persona 5 Royal: Official Design Works (Hardcover)

In Tokyo, a group of high school students have awakened the power of one’s true self – their Personas. Taking on the role of the Phantom Thieves, these students tackle the goal of saving people from the twisted desires of those around them.

PERSONA 5 + PERSONA 5 ROYAL: OFFICIAL DESIGN WORKS collects the artwork behind the hit game Persona 5 and its updated edition Persona 5 Royal. Inside you’ll find a hefty 544 pages of character illustrations, promotional art, rough concepts, detailed creator commentary, and an interview with series artist Shigenori Soejima.

Biographical Notes:

Atlus is best known for being the author of Dragon’s Crown, Devil Survivor 2: Show Your Free Will, Devil Survivor, and Devil Summoner: Kuzuha Raidou Tai Kodoku no Marebito. Also known for being the author & artist of Persona 5 Dengeki Comic Anthology.

Shigenori Soejima is a Japanese character artist best known for his work in the Persona series of role-playing video games by Atlus. He initially worked in minor roles on several games after joining Atlus and took over as series art director from his mentor Kazuma Kaneko with Persona 3 in 2006.

Title Notes:

Persona 5 and its updated version, Persona 5: Royale have sold over 7 million copies since its release on Playstation consoles.

The Persona franchise in total has sold over 18 million copies.

The “Persona 5: The Animation” 28-episode anime series has been released in North America by Aniplex

The most recent game in the franchise, Persona 3: Reload, released in February 2024 to much fanfare.

A new mobile game, Persona 5: The Phantom X, is currently in development