How Persona 5 Royal’s New Character Was Made

How Persona 5 Royal’s New Character Was Made | Audio Logs

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4 жыл бұрын

Persona's longtime character designer, Shigenori Soejima, walks us through how he gave life to the newest member of the Phantom Thieves, Kasumi Yoshizawa. He also discusses the fairy tale influences behind her Persona, Cendrillon.
It doesn't feel like four years have passed since Persona 5 was originally released in 2016. Atlus' PlayStation 4-exclusive RPG developed a fervent fanbase and, thanks to their efforts, the title has remained an ever-present part of gaming culture. Persona 5 is a game that, in more than a few ways, was built to linger in the mind and stay in conversations. It's themes and subject matter are complex and its characters are nuanced. Everything from their visual design, to their personalities and their place within the story resonated with people on a meaningful level.
It can't be easy, then, to go back and introduce something new. Changing something that such a huge number of people have fallen deeply in love with is a daunting challenge, but to have that change be a brand new character placed at the center of the story is a potentially overwhelming one. But that's exactly what Atlus has done for Persona 5 Royal, and the task of designing the new character fell upon Shigenori Soejima.
Soejima has defined the Persona series as we know it and, many of gaming's most recognizable characters are from his mind. In this episode of Audio Logs, Soejima shows us exactly how he approaches creating a new character. More specifically, how he created Kasumi, the newest member of the Phantom Thieves, who makes her debut in Persona 5 Royal.
From the inspirations for her profile, to the fairy tale aesthetic of her Persona, Cendrillon, Soejima breaks it all down. The legendary designer puts a great deal of thought into even the smallest details and to be given insight into the thinking behind them is a rare treat, check it out above.
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@Christian_Kim 4 жыл бұрын

Shigenori Soejima is one of my favorite artists and this interview was amazing! I loved his explanation on his process on designing Kasumi and all of the details put into her Persona like the clock and ivy decorations!

@cyberqueen7784 4 жыл бұрын

That's amazing how Soejima-san thinks on such a detailed level for all his character designs! I love how he also refers to his previous designs to show how his way of thinking traces even all the way to back then. Essentially, it's confirmed that Kasumi's Phantom Thief was intentionally made to be a feminine take on Joker's outfit even if she's not a protagonist like the female protagonist from P3P. Even with Cendrillon's design, that's so cool he would place the pumpkin carriage's intricate designs into the Persona's dress.

@MultiEpicepicepic 4 жыл бұрын

soejima really is a genius, His stuff is always gorgeous to look at. i would have never gotten into this series if it wasn’t for its art and its music.

@godfatheralexander 4 жыл бұрын

his dream came true ;)

@kahntrast 4 жыл бұрын

Interview Kaneko so we can know if he's still alive.

@user-gk6nt5gi5n 4 жыл бұрын

This is dope they took so many aspects from Cinderella to make a cool persona

@guilhermejrmarin 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations everyone at Atlus

@legendarylitening 4 жыл бұрын

Cendrillon is one of my favourite personas, up there with Arsene and Robin Hood

@Gunman0803 4 жыл бұрын

Used to joke that the line about characters resembling people was there for me, (look like joker irl) and then they add the spitting image of my Ex In Royal. Does atlus have my house bugged?