Persona 4 Revival lead said Atlus wanted "a whole new cast," but one actor

Before Persona 4 Revival was even announced, we found out that the game existed because a trio of voice actors from the game tweeted that they had been replaced in what was either the most widespread 'official' remake leak in recent memory or some very strange marketing.

Series producer Kazuhisa Wada told GamesRadar+ the reason for this was mostly down to not being able to get everyone back, so the team decided to completely recast everyone. He recalls thinking "let's start over. Let's get a whole new cast in and let's do our best."

Given the original cast featured the likes of Yuri Lowenthal (who has said he wanted to return), Troy Baker, and Laura Bailey, whose stocks have significantly risen in the time since, it's maybe not a surprise. However, Baker and Bailey were recast with Matthew Mercer and Ashly Burch taking over the roles in past Persona 4 projects.

However, a new cast reveal dropped this week revealing that Judy Alice Lee will be playing Aika, Courtney Shaw will be playing Nanako, Ray Chase will be Detective Dojima, and that Johnny Yong Bosch will be Dojima's partner Adachi, the role he played in the original game (alongside protagonist Yu Narukami). While Nazeeh Tarsha is taking over the protagonist's role, Atlus has contradicted its all-or-nothing reasoning with the Devil May Cry actor returning as Adachi.

Bosch posted on Twitter following the announcement with the "TRUE!" Adachi meme that I've never quite understood the meaning of (which he has also changed his Instagram profile picture to), saying, "I know. You guys are NEVER going to trust me again. In my defense, I was told to keep my mouth shut. See you in Persona 4 Revival!"

After Bosch's complete laughter breakdown when Vergil actor Dan Southworth casually leaked Devil May Cry 5 years in advance, maybe he's more careful about giving anything away.

Persona 4 Revival adds a fan-favorite character from the anime as a social link, hinting we might get new Personas in the remake.