Status update; there's a bit more missing from the book than I initially thought. Noticeably absent is a multi page interview with Soejima which I would really like to read so if anybody has a translation please send it my way. Also gone are all the Battle UI things, and the occasional odd sketch is gone. If you care purely about having the art you might want to look into getting the Japanese version, but if you're more interested in Soejimas comments on the art probably get the english version.
@JojoDigitalArtist7 жыл бұрын
The only other big thing that's gone is the storyboard for the intro. But I agree with if you just want the art get the Japanese but his comments are enough to justify getting the English version.
@JojoDigitalArtist7 жыл бұрын
Also this page has the translation further down blog.lhyeung.net/2017/02/25/persona-5-official-design-works-artbook-review/
@SmokeyOwOs6 жыл бұрын
Fither one of the many time the english version is superior
@arcerus226 жыл бұрын
oh i am glad you typed out the artist name because I thought you said Somejima and not Soejima (two completely different artists)
@MrRhysReviews6 жыл бұрын
Luckily I Imported the Japanese Art Book along with the Guide and OST a month or so after the Japanese 20th Anniversary Edition launched (I also grabbed that, couldn't wait the extra months for the English Release at the time lol)
@Mishimachine7 жыл бұрын
"Characters with their hair up need a scene with her hair down." True words of wisdom.
@zero91126 жыл бұрын
That is my favorite sketch of the entire book, love it. I feel it should have been used in the animated scene when the protag meets her. Since it was raining she could have undone her hair to fix it.
@GearGearRingLeader6 жыл бұрын
I was honestly expecting that kind of moment with Ann to happen at some point in the game.
@Evil_Beauty5 жыл бұрын
I swear to god if they don't let me see Anne with her down somewhere in persona 5 royal there will be blood...
@drpeppers28673 жыл бұрын
@@Evil_Beauty do have you killed anyone yet?
@fisheywashington18792 жыл бұрын
@@Evil_Beauty don't misuse Father God's beautiful name
@OneColdRepublican7 жыл бұрын
"Futaba...huge weeb who loves aliens and lives off of junk food" Clearly the most grounded and realistic character out of the entire cast.
@johnlawful22725 жыл бұрын
You can't be a weeb if your Japanese
@johnlawful22723 жыл бұрын
@JOHN SELFRIDGE I thought a weeb was a non Japanese who wants to be Japanese futaba is an otaku right?
@Sabrosas3 жыл бұрын
Futaba's favorite food is organic
@setaentertainment43117 жыл бұрын
Haru - The child Atlus doesn't want talk about. It hurts me...
@tywarren68107 жыл бұрын
I'm disappointed, I thought this was going to be 45 minutes of seeing your small hands
@tatsumitwi3487 жыл бұрын
"Devoid of all the protagonists grace" It that why Ryuji always fucking misses?
@jobonogo35477 жыл бұрын
Tatsumi Twi so true it hurts 😂
@VideoGameLedgen7 жыл бұрын
“Ugh Skull your pathetic.
@crazycrash54346 жыл бұрын
Advent Of Sloth "I won't miss" *misses so bad that she trips*
@lightningechidna1477 жыл бұрын
Yusuke's wearing the same shoes as the persona 3 protagonist.
@jouheikisaragi60757 жыл бұрын
Lightning takashi he looks like Door-san as a whole
@peachfroggg_6 жыл бұрын
Lightning takashi I like to imagine that when he's not wearing the glasses outside of palaces he's just blind as shit. Like during the rained in festival when they insisted he didn't wear his glasses. Can't see a thing.
@sazamin45084 жыл бұрын
@@jouheikisaragi6075 you mean Door-kun
@hashi2584 жыл бұрын
i can see Yusuke attending Gekkoukan. Would he live in Iwatodai Dorm though?
@surike4 жыл бұрын
@@peachfroggg_ mc's glasses are fake though
@MistermistTheOne7 жыл бұрын
40:30 I think that's suppose to be an early sketch of Caroline and Justine. You have a more free style character with the white dress (plus she has Lavensa's butterfly hairpiece) and the more business type character giving it that duality. Also glad to see my donations went to more weeb stuff. Keep it up.
@rxincandy_V7 жыл бұрын
I complettely guessed that Akechi was supposed to be a Nijima:the red eyes,the manners...at one point I thought it was gonna be a plot twist along with the true culprit thing
@thebrightcube78177 жыл бұрын
Also Kawakami officially being in her 30s is uh....interesting
@mandoloriansoju38416 жыл бұрын
The Bright Cube whaaa ... I thought she was mid to late 20s
@jamaldavis8316 жыл бұрын
The Bright Cube. That's hot.
@kara-mari99094 жыл бұрын
"That's the best part."
@kana226934 жыл бұрын
@@kara-mari9909 They gotta be either 12 or 35, there's no in between when it comes to waifus.
@meghankirby92524 жыл бұрын
@@kana22693 yikes
@DeadRebornKid7 жыл бұрын
Nah, fuck that. As soon as I saw Goro's nasty ass wet mop haircut I got Vietnam flashbacks to Adachi and instantly knew *evil was a foot!*
@averyaustin14 жыл бұрын
It's quite telling of Goro's true view of his "justice" that Robin Hood and his Prince attire more say "Look at me do good" rather than "I am a good person". If i'm not mistaken, the true reason he is a "Detective Prince" is to get admiration and love from others, a more "Look at me, i'm a good guy! Love me!" sort of image than someone like Naoto who is a Detective Prince due to her genuine desire to find the truth and be a good person. I like Akechi's true personality more myself due to how honest and raw it is; he's no longer "Prince of Justice" with a superhero-like Persona, he's more a "Dark Knight" with a Persona representing chaos and disorder, which is more fitting for him. I always loved that subtle detail about the contrast between Robin Hood and Loki: One represents not only what he pretends to be, but what he wants to be, while the other represents what he truly is. In the Thieves Den, he says that he doesn't like Loki being on display, which shows he's ashamed of it; A persona is a manifestation of someone's shadow turned into power, so the fact that Goro hates others seeing Loki shows that he is shameful of his true self. Sorry for going on so long, but i felt the need to share that.
@cibor077 жыл бұрын
Wait, Makoto has a hairband? it looks like her hair!
@MexicanDragon20005 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's a transparent hairband. That's why it has the same color as her hair.
@remyremt4 жыл бұрын
@@MexicanDragon2000 Late reply but headband like that do exist and the braids made from fake hair i think?
@vr86524 жыл бұрын
@@remyremt probably just the same color
@lala_444273 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a braid
@thebrightcube78177 жыл бұрын
Beta Iwai looks like Eraser Head from My Hero Academia
@protagonist-kunspersona58607 жыл бұрын
My first time seeing yusuke in the intro I thought he was a pervy teacher and then I got, Kamoshida
@thebrightcube78177 жыл бұрын
Also Haru originally being male was very interesting
@zierin7053 жыл бұрын
TRANS HARU CONFIRMED
@RoboticBomber7 жыл бұрын
The Japanese one isn't hard cover either
@biogundam65417 жыл бұрын
RoboticBomber dam lazy Japanese
@vr86524 жыл бұрын
Fither, about the whole "Yusuke was initially going be from a previous game's highschool, look at his shoes": The Gekkoukan Highschool students have the same shoe type, at least the main cast, you can never really get a good look at the other students. I noticed while examining P3 Dancing's models and happened to recall what was said in this video. The main entrance in Gekkoukan even specializes in storing those types of dress shoes in an oriental fashion. Maybe the Bay Area isn't that far from Tokyo in-universe, or Kosei was really gonna be Gekkoukan at one point. However, I think everyone would've lost their shit if they saw a blue hair, bob-cut trimmed student in a Gekkoukan uniform approaching Ann, if you get what I'm saying.
@dragonkid93327 жыл бұрын
scan harder
@dragonkid93327 жыл бұрын
FUCK
@Eric-9767 жыл бұрын
get fuckin roasted my dude
@landmineradio7 жыл бұрын
Personally I believe they avoid saying fictional female characters' weights because people with eating disorders obsess over weight numbers and such thin bodies, and seeing these already unrealistic females really messes with the mind of someone with an eating disorder i know its like "why specifically female?" and because its mostly females who are prone to developing one (sorry for bad english)
@karinaguardia51596 жыл бұрын
True, if you calculate the BMI of some girls they are clearly underweight. For example, in the anime Lovely Complex the protagonist is 172cm tall and 50kg. When i had depression i didn't almost eat and measured just the same, with the same weight they almost send me to a mental hospital (BMI=16,9!).
@Trakesh5 жыл бұрын
Personally I believe we shouldn't create anything and put all people into little sensory deprivation boxes to protect them from anything the world has to offer. PS: There is nothing unrealistic about the figures of any of these girls.
@johnlawful22725 жыл бұрын
@@Trakesh law suits exist
@Trakesh5 жыл бұрын
?????????? are you gonna try to sue me? Go ahead lmfao
@mammothplant4 жыл бұрын
@@Trakesh preach.
@jjkeeler13887 жыл бұрын
"Yusuke my boyfriend" NO HE'S MINE
@2112fonzie6 жыл бұрын
$106 FOR A BOOK?! TOTALLY WORTH IT! *ryuji voice* FOR REAL!
@aurafox13 жыл бұрын
I've really gotta wonder what a Persona game would be like of Soejima had free reign to do whatever he wanted with the art design. I feel like we'd have a pretty cracked out cast.
@pramiltonblarpus18737 жыл бұрын
10:15 carmen has exposed skin
@mutantmecha7 жыл бұрын
Great video. i kinda like when you truly show an earnest love for the series but your ironic dising is also quite hilarious
@DoomPickle4905 жыл бұрын
Fither: None of the Persona have skin Carmen: Am I a joke to you?
@snil45 жыл бұрын
The cover of this artbook is my desktop wallpaper, which makes watching this video so hard without wondering "what is this huge thing on desktop?!". love this art to death, true comic book vibe while "steal" looking like persona (yeah, I should be ashamed of that pun).
@SkyflyNB7 жыл бұрын
I really wanted a scene where Ann had her hair down too
@ArtWithSR6 жыл бұрын
I still think Kaneshiro is based on Cartman from South Park hahaha
@hli54577 жыл бұрын
6:57 no dude the mc was ment to be a trap
@kamilleallen90097 жыл бұрын
But does the protagonist actually need glasses or what that's what I really want to know
@matthewcoyle41317 жыл бұрын
I thought it was know that he wears them too look less intimidating since he has a criminal record.
@kenansabic29017 жыл бұрын
Matthew Coyle Yep. Pretty much uses them to make himself harder to notice and less intimidating.
@arielmartinez946 жыл бұрын
I allways though he never really needs glasses,but they are prescripted like to rest his eyesight
@averyaustin15 жыл бұрын
He doesn't wear his glasses during the Fireworks festival or (Spoiler Alert) when he goes home at the end, so it's kinda assumed he doesn't need them and simply wears them to look inconspicuous during his probation. That's also why his hair is unkempt: It's thought that he keeps it that way to, again, keep himself inconspicuous, he's not exactly looking to stand out while in the real world, that's why while in the metaverse, he's a flamboyant show off; he's able to be his "real self" while steal hearts.
@vr86524 жыл бұрын
The description for the eyeglasses accessory you get as a placeholder item in the start of the game says that they are "hipster glasses" meant to look attractive
@DessawHD6 жыл бұрын
I heard the Japanese version has a extra 100 pages so what did this version take out?
@arielmartinez946 жыл бұрын
In P5 Yusuke seems to be hated by the shadows of the Game and disliked because of his eccentricity by other people
@hashi2584 жыл бұрын
20:20 that top sketch of Futaba radiates the same energy as *{GASP} THE ENEMY!*
@Nom6037 жыл бұрын
8:20 he looks like a looney tune imo 16:35 Don't fuck with me Fither, you know how much fanart I see with that drawn as her hair?! Unbelievable.
@Fitherfith7 жыл бұрын
its all true
@Nom6037 жыл бұрын
Fither NOOOOOOO! The braids!
@fullcrackalchemist5 жыл бұрын
I think Soejima identifies with Yusuke
@doubledewdagod4 жыл бұрын
Yusuke shirt symbol is actually a fleur de lie
@gyromane14884 жыл бұрын
Makoto looking like a Fist if the North Star character is now a thing in P5R which I find to be cool
@casuallectures26554 жыл бұрын
Joker with a scarf and top hat is the silliest and somehow coolest thing that I've ever seen, now I just feel cheated that we don't have gentleman thief Joker fight cowboy gunslinger Akechi.
@xidrybonesix4 жыл бұрын
This is great. I bought the Japanese version online a while back without knowing there was an English release, and looking at the art is good enough but hearing all this stuff is actually great, Thanks.
@personanerd89337 жыл бұрын
I always knew the Protag was really similar to the Phantom
@VasalisErretti7 жыл бұрын
I wish we got some ult costumes using the concepts used in this book!
@doodoobrah6 жыл бұрын
i literally thought adachi was not to be trusted specifically because he was an idiot.... they dont make idiots detectives so i always thought he was hiding something. i remember thinking to myself "this guys silly smile is going to turn into an evil smirk i bet" and when it did i was so hype that i called it, i still accidentally got the bad ending though..... but i literally did not see akechi being a traitor ... i knew adachi was not to be trusted but for some reason couldn't tell akechi was the black mask lol. I also based my judment of adachi on duffy from scary movie 1 lmaoo, its always the guys that want you to THINK their dumb, at least thats how i saw it....
@koolbiscuit74346 жыл бұрын
I'd personally fund a persona 5 spinoff where the phantom thieves Rob banks in the real world
@jasonhubbard67757 жыл бұрын
BTW, who's totally stoked for the Persona 5 digital Ultimate Edition ... for $115!!!!!!??????
@k4nette6 жыл бұрын
80 pages removed. Don't buy this edition and punish Prima Games for being lazy AF.
@leninthebeaniesouhacker.24594 жыл бұрын
33:50 her design reminds me of that nocturne character.
@minoid7 жыл бұрын
Catch these Fither hands
@MegamiTensei27 жыл бұрын
the nazca lines are in perú!
@spydersoup84473 жыл бұрын
It looks like they were planning a female protagonist route in Persona 5, which similarly, Persona 3 had the same idea when the orignal game was in development, but unlike P3 where they were able to incorporated the idea for a future rerelease, the idea for P5 however never ended up seeing the light of day due to the final story and game being finalized with only the male protagonist in mind. So, when it came to the expanded rereleased, Persona 5 Royal, what was included instead is a brand new female character who is a new party member whom her appearance is taken a lot from Joker, mostly, her Phantom Thief form, and that is Kasumi Yoshizawa.
@ryanthenarrator19662 жыл бұрын
from what i can tell 15:04 yusuke's shoes being a reference to a previous persona game is probably a reference to persona 1
@matthewcoyle41317 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Shido in the English version of P5 is the English voice of Char.
@Forumbug747 жыл бұрын
Matthew Coyle That explains so much
@aljinolambino25337 жыл бұрын
same with the japanese voice too
@matthewcoyle41317 жыл бұрын
aljino lambino Huh really? That's kinda neat. I almost find it hard to imagine though. I wonder if they intentionally cast the English voice of Char as a reference to the Japanese casting.
@aljinolambino25337 жыл бұрын
actually i recognized it first in the japanese audio. then saw his boss fight, right he's definitely char. and then when i heard his english voice, wait a minute, this is char's voice too!
@matthewcoyle41317 жыл бұрын
aljino lambino Same for me and the English voice. I like to follow him on Twitter because he likes to do cool stuff with his fans like live tweet during Toonami airings.
@2112fonzie6 жыл бұрын
nice that he said thicc when he was at Ann's pages
@HikaniKun6 жыл бұрын
I feel like that beta art of the garage could've been the concept for P5's Velvet Room cuz the figure behind the car kinda looks like a scribble of Igor.
@somerandomguy19702 жыл бұрын
it's been a year and i still can't belive that i got spoiled persona 4's true culprit plot twist because of this innocent video dammit youtube, why must you reccomend this
@manos73802 жыл бұрын
Same, I thought I was safe in persona 5 territory...I was wrong Still enjoyed persona 4 tho
@amarum.26247 жыл бұрын
yusuke's shoes,,, they're from persona 1,,, damn soejima...
@ScaraBrush6 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to add in that Nazca lines are in Peru, in the Nazca desert, which is located in the Peruvian department of Ica (zones here are diveded in departments, something similar to states I guess)
@Joyoboyogomu5 жыл бұрын
I actually prefer Morgana's original design. Idk why but it just looks a lot nicer
@sofaris5764 жыл бұрын
Since I have a soft spot fore cutness I prefer his Design in the end produkt.
@PinkelotjeArt6 жыл бұрын
Omg Makoto’s braid in her hair is a headband !? Finally my question has bin answered on how she does it, because if it where real hair it would be impossible to get a braid like that
@moe55416 жыл бұрын
The Japanese version looks so much better. Prima really fucked up this release.
@adamescamilla13427 жыл бұрын
It’s so beautiful
@brandonslomski18365 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to get it for Christmas one year and was surprised to discover that the first 15 pages of the book were printed twice(!!) So it’s like I have an extra rare version of an already uncommon art book
@TheSubscriberWithNothing7 жыл бұрын
I need to buy this.
@redlock13535 жыл бұрын
I always suspected Yusuke to be the traitor.
@Garbageday6666 жыл бұрын
Adachi was very obvious because it is such a cliché to have the goofy inconspicupus guy be the killer.
@shadow38156 жыл бұрын
Fucking what’s up Fucking had a awesome day Fucking reading a good book Fucking bought chips Fucking awesome game
@NrXJupiter4 жыл бұрын
Who designed makoto yuki if soejima hadn’t had much experience drawing sexy male characters
@marcusbullock27533 жыл бұрын
Hopefully in persona 6 he’ll actually make a scary mascot that I’ll like.
@spritebee8812 жыл бұрын
This video inspired me to make a new art piece today, and I really want this book now! Where can you purchase it? Is it still available or do I have to resort to...ebay.
@TheDaphinator2 жыл бұрын
29:32 DUDE! AKECHI LITERALLY HAS A PINOCCHIO NOSE! I JUST REALIZED!
@Mana_Transfer6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this! Because of you I was finally able to decide which to get between the Japanese and English versions, and unsurprisingly I chose the former
@jack23044 жыл бұрын
big p4 spoilers =(
@gigan10545 жыл бұрын
I fuckin knew the Crow mask was suppose to be a plague Doctor
@jacen8844 жыл бұрын
I think it's better that it's soft cover because it's easier for people who want to use it as references, then it will allow it to do it easier and stuff.
@CrowAkechi_The_Luminary4 жыл бұрын
To me akechi's innitial costume looks like a theif in disguies as a guard to me
@ErickGarcia-oi2bu Жыл бұрын
Awesome scans, thank you for sharing !
@erickurquidez8944 Жыл бұрын
It would've been cool for them to release costumes based on the concept art as dlc
@elviraisais6 жыл бұрын
When you said that akechi mask was inspired by plague doctors I was spazzing the fuck out because if i was a phantom thief I would also want a Black Plague doctor mask and I also love akechi as a character
@epicsauce26475 жыл бұрын
where can i get the pdf of the art of persona 5 book?
@mickzero3 жыл бұрын
Madarame is Dr. Anthony Fauci
@xFer96 жыл бұрын
Man, did you really needed to spoil persona 4? I am playing it right now and now I got it ruined
@excessiveone99526 жыл бұрын
Fernando Woodman he is talking about the next game in the chronological series, plus the game is old as fuck
@renegade11b455 жыл бұрын
Nazca feom peruuuu. Im from there!
@raidev_3 жыл бұрын
40:50 the right one looks like the p5s cover
@nobunobu39807 жыл бұрын
Shitty Soejima drawings is my new favorite thing
@bickerysebastian3 жыл бұрын
33:54 ngl the expression mainly reminds me of ms. ideal from P2:IS (mainly from her insane portrait) they're both adults who get in the main plot, sae being the prosecutor who helps joker and ms. ideal being one of the candidates for the ln lak'ech (which states that if a woman who's named maya, she'll be the factor of the world's end) and insists maya to be the candidate for the book
@thinkkirby90255 жыл бұрын
I always wanted that
@Lubble-5 жыл бұрын
"Cus I read the wiki" ugh casual....
@undergonejohn5 жыл бұрын
14:02 all I can hear is yusuke saying you sicken me
@thrillhouse41514 жыл бұрын
35:05 hey look it’s Donald Trump with his hair slicked back! He even gets the Hitler mustache in the palace.
@aoiyoru946 жыл бұрын
Atlus' choice on never releasing a bata of their most anticipating game is a good thing. We here in the west should take note from them. I think it's crucial to make sure your developing team and testers do not betray the companies wishes for a quick buck by posting sneak peeks online. Working on 3d models, physics, and actions coded into the game NOW has to be changed because all of our characters are finished inside and out. The team would be like Mad Houses' during the making of REDLINE. That movie took a decade to animate.
@CrowAkechi_The_Luminary4 жыл бұрын
Akechi is my boi
@JoJo-xp6wr4 жыл бұрын
This guy's voice is so good at talking about flaws and problems in things, seriously, hearing his voice talking about the failing attempts of showing us the book, so seriously, he should be a diplomat!
@StrugglePen2 жыл бұрын
The idea of persona’s not showing skin is very much a consistent patern (not including the wildcards) throughout the series… until we get to Ann
@silverman16014 жыл бұрын
thanks for making me look up teddie concept art now I’m horrified
@JoJo-xp6wr4 жыл бұрын
15:03 so he wanted to implement that he's creepy by designing a specific pair of shoes, I honestly don't know what Soejima was drinking while designing these characters.. But I want it!
@shintori28084 жыл бұрын
Adachi was fucking obvious
@DamienStarry0w02 жыл бұрын
I'm so mad that there was never any offical art or even concept art for Satanael in the book seriously Altus come on!
@angel__king4 жыл бұрын
“None of the personas have visible skins” Most female personas: Angel, Succubus etc 🤔
@ggvv7774 жыл бұрын
Those are not personas, they are demons from SMT drawn by Kaneko long before Persona 5 was a thing.
@angel__king4 жыл бұрын
Gab Vicente it was a joke
@JoJo-xp6wr4 жыл бұрын
Goro Akechi nearly killed you in game twice "goro is best buddy"
@ryanb51274 жыл бұрын
So sad watching this video right after purchasing p4g on steam, spoiled me bad