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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 , Urban , Dissociative Identities , Orphan

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

Paradox Live THE ANIMATION

Also known as Paradox Live THE ANIMATION.

Studio: PINE JAM , Avex Pictures , GCrest , MAGNET , Animax Broadcast Japan , TOKYO MX , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Sci-Fi

Saturated in hip hop culture comes the birth of a new movement known as “Phantom Live ”. Each of the artists have a metal accessory known as “Phantom Metal” which chemically reacts to the wearer’s emotions to produce an image, setting a magnificent stage for enthusiastic youths. With legendary club “CLUB paradox” hosting the mysterious Paradox Live, four teams: BAE, The Cat’s Whiskers, cozmez and Akanyatsura each receive an invitation to participate, each with their own genre of music in a race to the top. Each of the four teams go into the competition for a reason. As the competition heats up, so do the unimaginably large motives each of them hides…

The curtain now rises on a swirling illusory stage battle between light and darkness–!



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , Hip-hop Music , Ensemble Cast , Idol , Found Family , Urban , Tragedy , Suicide , CGI , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Memory Manipulation , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bar , Bullying , Cyberpunk

ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream!

Studio: SANZIGEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

Ren Nanahoshi is a lonely college student who isn't good at communicating with others. He remembers the thrill of watching a live band perform when he was young, and spent most of his days searching for his own identity. One day, while singing karaoke alone, two boys named Yuuto and Wataru discover Ren's singing ability. The two agree: "This is fate. Let's start a band!" Ren promptly runs away, but fate indeed steps in, and their journey begins.

Tags: Band , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Rock Music , Full CGI , College , Urban , Disability , Rehabilitation , Bar

Opus.COLORs

Also known as Opus.COLORs.

Studio: C-Station , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

--What color is your world?

It has been about 10 years since "Perception Art" was born in the art world. Nowadays, it has completely permeated the world and is a colorful part of people's lives. Kazuya Yamanashi, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Yamanashi, the creators of Perception Art and also famous "artists," has just entered Eisen High School, a prestigious art school, with his childhood friend Jun Tsuzuki, with the dream of becoming a Perception Artist himself.

Kazuya had another goal in mind. It is to regain friendship with "another childhood friend" who started avoiding him after "an incident" that occurred 10 years ago...

Kyou Takise, whose father is also the creator of Perception Art and a well-known "grader," is a junior grader majoring in Perception Art at Eisei High School. He is a childhood friend of Kazuya and Jun, but has been avoiding them for years. Kyou's heart had scars that could never be revealed.



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , CGI , School , Boys' Love , Primarily Teen Cast , Orphan , Augmented Reality , Drawing

Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song

Also known as Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Aniplex of America , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Music , Sci-Fi , Thriller

An AI named Matsumoto appears before Vivy, the world’s first autonomous humanoid AI. Matsumoto’s mission is to rewrite history together with Vivy, in order to stop the war between AI and humans that will happen one century later.



Tags: Artificial Intelligence , Robots , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Time Skip , Philosophy , War , Guns , Terrorism , Dystopian , Musical Theater , Cyberpunk , Primarily Female Cast , Kuudere , Memory Manipulation , Conspiracy , Anthropomorphism , Idol , Politics , Dissociative Identities , Rehabilitation , Amnesia , Primarily Adult Cast , Martial Arts , Suicide , Body Swapping , Nudity , Heterosexual , Marriage , Space , CGI , Gangs

ACTORS: Songs Connection

Also known as Actors: Songs Connection.

Studio: Drive
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Mystery , Slice of Life

The story of the franchise centers on the everyday lives of students and teachers at the Private Amaka Academy, a school established by the the large university town group Slive Central.



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , Idol , Virtual World , School , Male Protagonist , Video Games , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Ensemble Cast

Tokyo 24-ku

Also known as Tokyo 24th Ward.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , ABC Animation , BS11 , TOKYO MX , Nagoya Broadcasting Network , Movic , Nitroplus
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Sci-Fi

Enter the 24th Ward, a man-made island inside Tokyo Bay. Three of its inhabitants: Shuuta, Ran, and Kouki, have been best friends since childhood, but after a deadly incident, everything changed. A year later, reunited for the first time, they receive a mysterious phone call. On the other line is a familiar voice—from a friend who’s supposed to be dead. Together, they’ll have to save their home.



Note: The first episode was a 1-hour special.

Tags: Urban , Super Power , Primarily Male Cast , Dystopian , Ensemble Cast , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Chuunibyou , Tragedy , Drugs , Philosophy , Politics , Time Skip

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 , CGI , Urban , Work , Male Protagonist , Disability , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Dancing , Otaku Culture , Twins , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Kuudere , Acting , Estranged Family , Orphan , Tsundere , Revenge

CLASSIC★STARS

Also known as Classic★Stars.

Studio: Platinum Vision , King Records , TOKYO MX , BS11 , MIGHTY MEDIA , Aria Entertainment , Movic , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

At Gloria Private Academy, where stars are born, Beethoven was a fighter, until music chose him. In the prestigious music department, students who match the talent of legendary musicians inherit their gifts and names. Trading his gloves for melodies, he steps into a world where notes hit harder than fists, determined to win the ultimate competition.



Tags: Classical Music , School , Primarily Male Cast , Idol , Boys' Love , Ice Skating , LGBTQ+ Themes