Persona 5has recently announced that the anime based on the game will be coming out with a dubbed version this summer. However, fans may be surprised at the cost that thePersonaanime’s dubbed box setwill be.
While thePersona 5animation has been out in Japan for over two years, English-speaking viewers have only been able to understand what’s going via subtitles. Soon, fans can watch the anime based on theJRPGwith its English voice actors, and many are excited to see this. However, there is a catch that may leave fans hesitant to jump into pre-ordering the boxed set.
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ThePersona 5anime contains 28 episodes, which is around 14.5 hours of content. While that may not be as long as it would take to play through the adventure withJokerin the games, many fans are eager to watch the story play out in their own language. However, the box set may be set at a price that some fans aren’t willing to pay. The show’s distributor Aniplex will be selling thePersona 5anime boxed set for $300. To put this in perspective, this would be around $11 per episode or about $20 per hour of content. While this may be normal for this anime distributor, some fans are not willing to pay that price.
SincePersona 5 Royalrecently came out, fans have been able to play through much of the same storyline for a fraction of the price that the dubbed anime boxed set will be sold for. While the re-release of the game changes up some things about the story and adds new characters into the mix, the new game still closely follows main plot of the first one. While fans may have to put more hours into following the story through the game, there are more aspects to be explored that give the player a fuller experience with the narrative.
WhilePersonafans are hoping to see more content from the franchise, this may not be the most economically sound choice, especially since there are less expensive alternatives with more to explore. However, Atlus has told fans thatPersona 6is currently in the works, so gamers may not have to wait as long as they think to get a newPersonastory.
Persona 5 the Animation Dubwill be available September 29.
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