Yup! Yup!

Updated the OP with a scan.
Damn! Pretty excited for this game.

Not only are Akihiko and Mitsuru older (and wiser), both of these Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 veterans bring their ultimate personas to Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena.

While Akihiko has a knife strapped on his belt, he still fights with his fists. When he’s not pummeling his opponent with some kind of Shoryuken, Akihiko can call out Caesar.

Mitsuru is equipped with a rapier and a fancy fur coat. Her persona is Artemisia and just like Persona 3 she specializes in ice attacks.

WHOA to above pictures *drools*.

This looks SICK, my MOST anticipated game of 2012 besides persona 4 golden. Both Mitsuru and Akihiko look bigger, better and more badass.

As for the 10th character, I feel it could be Koromaru from the P3 side, just to have a dog and a teddy bear in the mix of humans. As this is meant to carry on the story, maybe perhaps Minato makes an appearance as a hidden boss character or something. I mean Arc like to have 1 or 2 hidden characters in there for the ending, like they did with v-13 in Blazblue Calamity trigger and u-12 in BB Continuum Shift. Possible future dlc characters could be Junpei, Yukari and Ken.

We can only hope for now. Minato vs Yu would insane, although imo Minato would wipe the floor with pretty much the whole roster lol.

Wow! Those pictures are amazing, i absolutely LOVE the characters artwork. Pretty sick design from Akihiko and Mitsuru. Can't wait for this game (and to beat the crap out of Yukiko xD)