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Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima (TV)

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Alternative title:
Hypnosis Mic
ヒプノシスマイク-Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama, tournament
Plot Summary: After a third World War that killed a third of the human population, history as we know it came to an end at the hands of women. In this new age, rather than fighting using traditional weapons, people use a special microphone that attacks the human spirit called a "Hypnosis Mic." Lyrics uttered on this microphone act on the human nervous system and can produce altered states. Rap battles are now the main way to establish dominance as gangs of men fight in the districts of Tokyo to defend their territory.
User Ratings: 20 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: -
 Very good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Decent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 82 users, rank: #5581 (of 9585)
Median rating: So-so
Arithmetic mean: 4.550 (So-so−), std. dev.: 1.8835, rank: #9250 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 4.775 (So-so−), rank: #9160 (of 9708) (seen all: 5.03 / seen some: 3.00 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 5.888 (Decent), rank: #6607 (of 7289)
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage: 2020-10-02
Opening Theme:
"Hypnosis Mic -Rhyme Anima-" by Division All Stars
Ending Theme:
#1: "Kizuna -IKEBUKURO ver.-" by Buster Bros!!! (eps 1-3)
#2: "Kizuna -YOKOHAMA ver.-" by MAD TRIGGER CREW (eps 4-6)
#3: "Kizuna -SHIBUYA ver.-" by Fling Posse (eps 7-9)
#4: "Kizuna -SHINJUKU ver.-" by Matenrou (eps 10-12)
#5: "Rhyme Anima's Mixtape" by Division All Stars (ep 13)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima - The Complete Season (Sub.Blu-ray) 2022-04-26 (from $34.90)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Katsumi Ono
Series Composition: Shin Yoshida
Script:
Shin Yoshida (5 episodes
eps 3, 6-7, 12-13
)

Yasuyuki Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 10-11
)

Yūichirō Momose (eps 1, 4, 9)
Storyboard:
Cagetzu Aizawa (eps 6, 10-11)
Katsumi Ono (eps 1, 5, 9, 13)
Naoki Kotani (ep 4)
Takeshi Furuta (eps 2, 7, 12)
Yūsuke Maruyama (ep 3)
Yūsuke Shibata (ep 8)
Episode Director:
Akiko Seki (eps 5, 10)
Katsumi Ono (eps 1, 13)
Kazuo Nogami (ep 9)
Naoki Kotani (ep 4)
Ryūta Yamamoto (eps 2, 7, 12)
Satoshi Saga (ep 6)
Yūsuke Maruyama (ep 3)
Yūsuke Shibata (eps 8, 11)
Music: R.O.N
Character Design: Minako Shiba
Art Director: Ayano Okamoto
Chief Animation Director:
Hitomi Ochiai (8 episodes
eps 2, 4-5, 8, 10-13
)

Minako Shiba (OP; eps 1, 4, 11)
Yukari Takeuchi (eps 6-7, 9-13)
Yumi Kuroiwa (ep 3)
Animation Director:
Gakushi Maeda (eps 5, 9, 12-13)
Kanetoshi Kamimoto (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 13
)

Kouji Akitaka (4 episodes
eps 7, 10, 12-13
)

Misaki Kaneko (ep 11)
Rina Morita (eps 7, 10, 13)
Rui Matsui (eps 12-13)
Sana Komatsu (eps 3, 6, 8, 12)
Seiko Asai (eps 1, 6, 9)
Shinpei Wada (ep 13)
Takumi Onuki (ep 10)
Yukari Takeuchi (OP; eps 1, 7)
Yumi Kuroiwa (eps 3, 11)
Sound Director: Tetsu Motoyama
Cgi Director: Yuusuke Noma
Director of Photography: Yohei Miyawaki

2nd Key Animation:
Ayaka Tsuji (eps 1, 3)
Gakushi Maeda (ep 9)
Leo Kawamoto (ep 5)
Mitsue Mori (ep 1)
Rui Matsui (ep 6)
Yui Kobayashi (Lapin Track; eps 1-2)
3D Layout: Nobuhisa Ogiso (Kusanagi; eps 1-6)
Animation producer: Kyōko Kitamura
Assistant Animation Director:
Kanetoshi Kamimoto (ep 4)
Sana Komatsu (ep 4)
Assistant Director of Photography: Akihito Suzuki
Assistant Episode Director: Takehiro Shimizu (ep 13)
Background Art: Nobuhisa Ogiso (Kusanagi; eps 1-3)
Color design: Kanako Hokari
Editing: Eiichi Nishimura
Finish Animation: Rumi Igarashi (CloverWorks; eps 4, 6)
In-Between Animation: Yui Kobayashi (Lapin Track; ep 2)
Key Animation:
Asaka Yokoyama (ep 8)
Eiichi Tominaga (ep 3)
Gakushi Maeda (ep 5)
Hikaru Asami (eps 2, 9)
Katsushi Morita (eps 7, 9)
Kenji Sawada (OP; 9 episodes
eps 1, 4-6, 9-13
)

Kurisu Ogawa (eps 6, 12)
Manami Nakamura (eps 3, 10, 13)
Manami Tatsuno (ep 5)
Miko Nakashita (eps 6-7, 10)
Mitsue Mori (ep 2)
Osamu Sakata (OP)
Rina Morita (eps 1, 7)
Sana Komatsu (ep 1)
Seiko Asai (OP; eps 2, 6, 9, 12)
Shinpei Wada (ep 13)
Takumi Onuki (eps 3, 9-10)
Yasuho Tamura (eps 7, 10)
Yumi Kuroiwa (ep 1)
Photography: Akihito Suzuki (ED1-4)
Production Advancement:
Isamu Kasahara (eps 4, 11)
Isamu Nagakura (ep 12)
Shōta Uchibori (eps 1, 7)
Takahiro Mochizuki (OP; ep 8)
Yū Sasaki (ED)
Yuka Tsuchiya (eps 2, 9)
Yūta Hotta (eps 3, 10)
Production Advancement Assistant:
Daiki Muronosono (ep 7)
Shū Mori (ep 6)
Production Desk:
Akinori Ōyama
Yū Sasaki
Prop Design: Kazutaka Ema
Sub-Character Design:
Chisato Kawaguchi
Mahiru Shinya
Shintarō Asanuma as Samatoki Aohitsugi (Mad Trigger Crew)
Shō Hayami as Jakurai Jinguji (Matenro)
Subaru Kimura as Ichiro Yamada (Buster Bros!!!)
Yusuke Shirai as Ramuda Amemura (Fling Posse)

Chiaki Takahashi as Ichijiku Kadenokoji
Daiki Hamano as Rex Taromaru (Secret Aliens)
Haruki Ishiya as Jiro Yamada (Buster Bros!!!)
Kazumasa Fukagawa as Tom Whisper Weathercock (Secret Aliens)
Kent Itō as Doppo Kannonzaka (Matenro)
Kōhei Amasaki as Saburo Yamada (Buster Bros!!!)
Lynn as Iris Innocent Traiter (Secret Aliens)
Ryūichi Kijima as Hifumi Izanami (Matenro)
Shin'ichirō Kamio as Rio Mason Busujima (Mad Trigger Crew)
Sōma Saitō as Gentaro Yumeno (Fling Posse)
Wataru Komada as Jyuto Iruma (Mad Trigger Crew)
Yū Kobayashi as Otome Tohoten
Yukihiro Nozuyama as Dice Arisugawa (Fling Posse)

Ayaka Fujii as
Chuohku Party Member B (ep 12)
Girl C (ep 5)
Guard B (ep 11)
Hostage (ep 2)
Nurse B (eps 1, 3)
Rentei's Younger Sister (ep 4)
Spectator B (ep 10)
Fumitake Ishiguro as
Kaminari Denbou (ep 6)
Old Shopkeeper (ep 4)
Police Inspector (ep 2)
Section Chief (eps 3, 7)
Seoizuru (ep 8)
Hana Tamegai as Girl D (ep 5)
Hayato Kimura as
Chairman (ep 8)
Co-Worker B (ep 3)
Jin Denbou (ep 6)
Punk A (ep 4)
Security Guard (ep 7)
Space Colony B (ep 5)
Terrorist (ep 1)
Hiroaki Okuda as Nagatsuda (eps 6-8)
Hiroya Eto as Heilong (ep 3)
Junji Majima as Kuroya Sabasu (ep 5)
Karin Nanami as
Caster (ep 2)
Chuohku Party Member A (ep 12)
Girl A (ep 5)
Guard A (ep 11)
Nurse A (eps 1, 3)
Spectator A (ep 10)
Keiichi Nakagawa as Rentei Gakushige (ep 4)
Kenji Hamada as Gennou Nouzenkazura (ep 4)
Kenjiro Tsuda as Tenseki Sadamezuka (eps 2, 6)
Kento Shiraishi as
Co-Worker A (eps 3, 7)
Leader (ep 1)
Murasaki Denbou (ep 6)
Punk B (ep 4)
Relay Broadcast Voice (ep 2)
Space Colony A (ep 5)
Student (ep 8)
Kosuke Miyoshi as Kazuha Rurikawa (ep 7)
Masaaki Ihara as Odorimeshi (ep 8)
Minami Iba as Girl E (ep 5)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Captain Degarashi (eps 3, 7)
Mutsuki Iwanaka as Detective Irihatoma (eps 3, 7)
Nozomi Yamamoto as Nemu Aohitsugi (eps 4, 9)
Riho Sugiyama as Mimimi Hibakari (ep 3)
Ryouta Akazawa as Utashiro (ep 1)
Sally Amaki as Girl B (ep 1)
Shōhei Kajikawa as Space Colony Leader (ep 5)
Shugo Nakamura as Jaginja Uwabami (ep 3)
Songhwa as
Chuohku Party Member C (ep 12)
Female Patron (ep 3)
Girl A (ep 1)
Girl B (ep 5)
Ring Announcer (eps 9-11)
Takaya Kuroda as Rei Amayado (ep 13)
Takuya Eguchi as Page Gotoyama (ep 2)
Yuuki Sanpei as Hotogaya (eps 6-8)
Japanese companies
3D Layout:
Kusanagi (eps 1-6)
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Art Direction: Kusanagi
Art Setting: Kusanagi
Background Art: Kusanagi
Background Art Assistance:
CygamesPictures
Nam Hai
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2020-10-04, 1:20)
Animax (2020-10-17, 23:00)
Gunma TV (2020-10-03, 0:00)
Mainichi Broadcasting System (2020-10-04, 2:08)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (as BS11; 2020-10-03, 0:00)
Tochigi TV (2020-10-03, 0:00)
Tokyo MX (2020-10-03, 0:00)
Character Modeling: Project Studio Q (eps 1, 9-11, 13)
Internet Streaming: AbemaTV (2020-10-03, 0:00)
Key Animation: Triple A (ep 6)
Music Production: Evil Line Records
Original Concept: Evil Line Records
Production:
Aniplex
King Records
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
English staff
English cast
Translation: Josh Cole

Additional Translation: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Original English Rap Lyrics:
Bicky Byrd (Kotonoha Consulting)
Chika Kumaki (Kotonoha Consulting)
M. Nishino (Kotonoha Consulting)
T. Emerson (Kotonoha Consulting)
Subtitle Timing: Krzysztof Kunc (Aniplus Asia)
Subtitling: Ashley Hayward
(none)
English companies
Broadcaster: Aniplus Asia
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
FUNimation Entertainment
Wakanim (Nordic countries and the Netherlands)
Licensed by:
Aniplex of America 
FUNimation Entertainment (via Aniplex)
Original English Rap Lyrics: Kotonoha Consulting
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Wakanim
French cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Wakanim (German-speaking countries)
German cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Wakanim (Russian-speaking countries)
Russian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Licensed by: Aniplex of America (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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