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Anime Times Adds Paradox Live, Bikkuri-Men Anime in India
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Paradox Live The Animation premiered in Japan on October 3. The anime had an advance screening event titled "Paradox Live The Animation Special Start Event" on September 30 at Westa Kawagoe in Saitama.
Naoya Ando (episode or unit director on Aikatsu!, Love Live! Sunshine!!, PriPara) directed Paradox Live The Animation at PINE JAM. Takayo Ikami (Beautiful Bones -Sakurako's Investigation-, Dances with the Dragons, Penguindrum) oversaw and wrote the series scripts, and Koji Haneda (The Faraway Paladin, Initial D: Legend films) designed the characters.
The four teams BAE, The Cat's Whiskers, cozmez, and Akan Yatsura performed the opening theme song "RISE UP."
Avex and GCREST's hip-hop-themed multimedia project takes place in the near future, where rappers wear accessories that contain a metallic substance called Phantom Metal. Through the Phantom Metal's chemical reaction with the rappers' own DNA, the rapper can create illusions linked to their emotions during their performance. The result is a new type of spectacular concert.
A Paradox Live event at the Club Paradox featured four hip-hop teams: BAE, The Cat's Whiskers, cozmez, and Akan Yatsura. Their battle at the event inspired the legendary hip-hop team Buraikan, who are holding a new contest titled Phantom Live, this time featuring eight teams.
The franchise includes CDs, merchandise, and events. The franchise also includes a smartphone game.
Lotte is credited for the original work, and Shaman King manga creator Hiroyuki Takei drafted the original characters and mechanical designs.
Tomohiro Tsukimisato (How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno, Anime Kapibarasan) directed the anime at Shinei Animation and Lesprit. Yuniko Ayana (BanG Dream!, The Idolm@ster SideM) was in charge of series scripts, Ayano Ōwada (How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno) designed the characters, and Yasuhiro Misawa (Hinamatsuri, How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno) was in charge of music. Dannie May performs the opening theme song "Collection," and the anime's cast including Daishi Kajita, Shūta Morishima, and Tatsumaru Tachibana perform the ending theme song "Seishun☆Whatcha Gonna Do."
The anime features characters who appear on the collectable stickers packaged with the snacks. The story is set in a world where the value of Bikkuri-Man stickers are so high that they have to be transported in a cash transport vehicle. There was also the famous robbery case one year ago, called the "300 million Bikkuri-Man sticker case." One day, a high-school delivery part-timer named Yamato gets involved in a battle over stickers between two competing convenience stores. The Angel Mart owned by the Phoenix store manager is famous for its easy-to-use glitter stickers. The Devil Store across the street also tries to attract Bikkuri-Man fans to their store. Former comrades are divided into allies and foes, and the battle of destiny begins.
The anime's announcement coincided with "Bikkuri-Man Day" in Japan on April 1. Bikkuri-Man snacks became a huge success in Japan since their 1977 launch, and they have inspired various tie-ins, including five television anime and two films. The original Bikkuri-Man television anime premiered in 1987.
The second season premiered on October 7. Crunchyroll streamed the season as it aired in Japan.
Shueisha is simulpublishing the manga in English on its MANGA Plus service. Viz Media added the manga to its app as part of its Shonen Jump subscription in September 2019. The company is also publishing the manga in print.
The Gekijōban SPY×FAMILY Code: White film opened on December 22. The film is an all-new work with an original story.
Anime Times launched in India on December 13 with SPY×FAMILY as one of its launch titles. The channel is available as an add-on subscription with Prime Video for ₹899 per year.
Source: Anime Times' Instagram account
