Persona 30th Anniversary Movie Gets A Shadow Version
The anniversary push is running on new art rather than reissued art: the Shadow illustrations now carry both the commemorative movie and the second merchandise wave, which puts the same visual concept at the center of the campaign.
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The official Persona account released a "Shadow ver." of the Persona 30th Anniversary Commemorative Movie on September 20, the day the series marked 30 years. The video centers on newly drawn illustrations built around the theme of what the protagonists' Shadows would look like. The second wave of official 30th anniversary merchandise opened preorders the same day, including goods that use the Shadow illustrations.
The Shadow illustrations are doing double duty. The "Shadow ver." movie arrived on the same day the second wave of anniversary merchandise opened preorders, and the goods lineup includes items built on the same art shown in the video. The anniversary movie itself went out in January, and the Shadow cut reuses its format with newly drawn material. Both posts came from the Persona PR account, which tied the September 20 date to the series turning 30.
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