PERSONA5 the Animation (Season 1)

Persona5 the Animation (2018) is an anime series based on Atlus's cult Japanese role-playing game, and you can watch online on iFILM. High schooler Ren Amamiya moves to Tokyo under an unfair criminal record and settles into a quiet backstreet café.

By day he's an ordinary student at Shujin Academy. But once his Persona awakens, Ren and his friends slip into Palaces — warped realities born from the twisted desires of corrupt adults. They become the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, stealing the rotten core of crooked teachers, politicians and criminals so the villains confess in the real world. Meanwhile a string of inexplicable crimes keeps rattling the city.

The original game drew a devoted following for its jazzy soundtrack, slick stylized menus and its theme of revolt against a broken system, and the show carries all of that into animation, retelling the story episode by episode. It works for players who finished the game and want a refresher, and for newcomers curious about the Metaverse. Stream every episode of Persona 5 online on iFILM.