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Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima

Also known as HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Half H.P Studio , Aniplex , Dazed
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Music , Sci-Fi

After the war, women have taken over ruling politics in the Chuo ward and have banned and destroyed weapons. This has caused men to fight through rap battles using Hypnosis Mics, which can be used to affect people's sympathetic nerves and influence their thought process. However, the legendary rap group, The Dirty Dawg, has split up into four groups, each representing a division of Tokyo, Japan and are engaging in territorial battles using words and the HypMics.



Tags: Band , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Urban , Gangs , Delinquents , Episodic , War , Matriarchy , Primarily Adult Cast , Henshin , Idol , Slapstick , CGI , Parody , Hip-hop Music , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Medicine , Clone , Politics

Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima+

Also known as HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima PLUS.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Dazed , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Music , Sci-Fi

The second season of Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle - Rhyme Anima. Unlike the first season, which depicted the first division rap battle, it will be set after the second Division Rap Battle.

Tags: Hip-hop Music , Primarily Adult Cast , Idol , Parody , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Band , Urban , Chuunibyou , Clone , Matriarchy , Gangs , Boys' Love , Henshin , Delinquents , Amnesia , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Politics , Police , Memory Manipulation , Yakuza , Artificial Intelligence , CGI , Tragedy , Slapstick

IDOLiSH7

Also known as IDOLiSH7.

Studio: TROYCA , Bandai Visual , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Slice of Life

A group of aspiring idols gather at Takanashi Productions and are entrusted with the company's future. The seven men who have just met represent a variety of totally different personalities. However, they each have their own charm and possess unknown potential as idols. Forming a group, they take their first step together as "IDOLiSH7." Their brilliantly shining dancing forms onstage eventually begin captivating the hearts of the people.



Episodes 1-2 were pre-streamed on November 3, 2017.

Tags: Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Found Family , Shoujo , Work , Disability , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Otaku Culture , Dancing , Twins , Estranged Family , Acting , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Kuudere , Revenge , Orphan , Tsundere

TECHNOROID: OVERMIND

Also known as Technoroid OVERMIND.

Studio: Doga Kobo , CyberAgent , Avex Pictures , TV Tokyo , CMI , Sotsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Sci-Fi

The story of "wretched, beautiful androids" is set on the entertainment tower Babel, the new source of hope for humanity after climate change has submerged the world underwater. Several unique musical units compete to rise to the top of Babel, by moving the hearts of both humans and androids with their performances.



Note: Originally scheduled for July 2022, the release date has been postponed until January 2023 for the health and safety of production staff due to rising cases of in-house coronavirus infections.

Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Idol , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , CGI , Orphan , Police , Urban , Conspiracy

Carole & Tuesday

Also known as Carole & Tuesday.

Studio: bones , flying DOG , Fuji TV , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Sci-Fi

Fifty years have passed since mankind began migrating to the new frontier: Mars.
It's an age where most culture is produced by AI, and people are content to be passive consumers.

There's a girl.
Scrapping a living in the metropolis of Alba City, she's working part-time while trying to become a musician. She's always felt like something is missing.
Her name is Carole.

There's a girl.
Born to a wealthy family in the provincial town of Herschel City, she dreams of becoming a musician, but nobody around her understands. She feels like the loneliest person in the world.
Her name is Tuesday.

A chance meeting brings them together.
They want to sing.
They want to make music.
Together, they feel like they just might have a chance.

The two of them may only create a tiny wave.
But that wave will eventually grow into something larger...



Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Artificial Intelligence , Urban , Politics , Tanned Skin , Foreign , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Drugs , Rotoscoping , Gender Bending , LGBTQ+ Themes , Terrorism , Bisexual , Agender , Anachronism

IDOLiSH7: Third BEAT! Part 2

Also known as IDOLiSH7 Third BEAT! Part 2.

Studio: TROYCA , Bandai Namco Online , Bandai Namco Filmworks , Bandai Namco Music Live
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Psychological

The second cour of the third season of IDOLiSH7.

Tags: Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Work , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Revenge , Found Family , Conspiracy , Otaku Culture , Ensemble Cast , Dancing , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Twins , Crime , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Foreign , Royal Affairs

Bocchi the Rock!

Also known as BOCCHI THE ROCK!.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Houbunsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Hitori Gotou, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah...”

During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even someone shy like her to also shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself. After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar to the internet under the name “Guitar Hero” and fantasized about performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn’t able to make a single friend!

She was really close to becoming a shut-in, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life started to change little by little...



Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , Hikikomori , Rock Music , Rehabilitation , Surreal Comedy , Meta , Slapstick , Work , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rotoscoping , Chibi , Yuri

BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!

Also known as BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!.

Studio: SANZIGEN , Bushiroad , Ultra Super Pictures , Horipro , Good Smile Company , TOKYO MX
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

The best way to fit in at a new school? Start a band! Anon has just transferred to Haneoka Girls’ Academy where girl bands are all the rage. But she started school late, so there aren’t many girls left to recruit. Then she meets her first friend and Haneoka’s misfit, Tomori, who’s hesitant to join. Still, Anon is determined to persuade Tomori and experience the true power of friendship and music.



Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , Rock Music , Full CGI , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Disability , School , Found Family , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Yuri , Kuudere , POV , Ojou-sama

Visual Prison

Also known as VISUAL PRISON.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , WOWOW , ABC Animation , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , TOKYO MX , Bushiroad , Contents Seed , CMI
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Supernatural

Beautiful immortals have gathered in Harajuku to compete for a grand prize: Immense power! For years now the artists behind worldly culture and music have secretly been vampires, including those who produce Visual Kei. Now, they perform their most beautiful songs in the hallowed grounds of the Prison under the Scarlet Moon.



Tags: Vampire , Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Band , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , CGI , Boys' Love , Urban , Dissociative Identities , Orphan

Kawagoe Boys Sing

Also known as KAWAGOE BOYS SING -Now or Never-.

Studio: evg , Telecom Animation Film , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , dugout
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

Tenshi is a former choirboy who loves to sing, but can’t muster the courage to sing in front of people. So, he settles for a quiet, stress-free academic life. But his peaceful plans turn chaotic after meeting Haruo, an ex-conductor forming a boys choir to restore his name. Tenshi and others reluctantly join. Despite Haruo’s antics, they grow to love performing and aim to win the national contest!



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Ensemble Cast , Twins , Femboy , Skateboarding