At least to me, over the last few years Persona 3 and Persona 4 have received all the attention with manga series, HD game remakes and many other media forms, however after their PSP re-releases, Persona 1 and 2 have not received as much attention even if I would love to see an anime series based on either one of the two. However, Index Holdings / ATLUS have recently released a number of shirts in Japan sporting designs taken from the series. The four shirts above are based off the release of Persona 1 on the PSP, with a shirt with Satomi Tadashi’s face on it (TL) who is the recurring pharmacist in the game who has a catchy theme song. As well, three shirts based on the opening sequence (TR, BL and BR) are also available.
In terms of the four shirts for Persona 2, there is a much greater variety. The first is for “Squadron Phoenix Feather Man” (TL), which appears in the game as a mask and through several references. Also included was a shirt based on the blue butterfly (TR), a form of Philemon which to the more recent releases still appears, a “Gas Chamber” band logo, which is based on main character Eikichi Mishina and finally a rabbit doll shirt which is based on one of Maya Amano’s charms.
To take a look at the different designs and colours, you can visit the website HERE. These shirts cost 3,990 yen each so they are not the cheapest around, and unfortunately not purchasable outside of Japan yet.
