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Hypnosis Mic -Alternative Rap Battle- Smartphone Game Reveals Music Video, December Release
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The official website of the Hypnosis Mic rap battle project revealed on Wednesday that Idea Factory's Otomate brand's Hypnosis Mic -Alternative Rap Battle- smartphone game will launch in December. The website also began streaming a music video of the game's main theme "Hypnosis Mic -Alternative Rap Battle-" performed by the Division All Stars.
Daisuke Hirayama and Sei Fukuyama of the musical unit invisible manners composed, arranged, and wrote the lyrics for the song. Pink Janakutemo created the music video.
The voice actors rap in the personas of original characters designed by Idea Factory and Otomate. The Hypnosis Mic performers are Ikebukuro Division Buster Bros (Subaru Kimura, Haruki Ishiya, Kōhei Amasaki), Yokohama Division Mad Trigger Crew (Shintarō Asanuma, Shin'ichirō Kamio, Wataru Komada), Shinjuku Division Matenrō (Shō Hayami, Ryūichi Kijima, Kent Itō), and Shibuya Division Fling Posse (Yusuke Shirai, Sōma Saitō, Yukihiro Nozuyama).
Hypnosis Mic's first full album Enter the Hypnosis Microphone launched on April 24. The group earned the top spot as the most popular voice actor Twitter account in Japan for 2018. The project includes multiple manga tie-ins and live events.
Sources: Hypnosis Mic project's website, Comic Natalie
