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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]
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 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)
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Seen in part or in whole by 82 users, rank: #5583 (of 9589)
Median rating: So-so
Arithmetic mean: 4.550 (So-so−), std. dev.: 1.8835, rank: #9251 (of 9714)
Weighted mean: 4.775 (So-so−), rank: #9163 (of 9714) (seen all: 5.03 / seen some: 3.00 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 5.840 (Decent), rank: #6719 (of 7370)
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 (OP, ED1-4; 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)
Unit Director: Katsumi Ono (OP, ED1-4)
Music: R.O.N
Original Character Design: Kazui Otomeito
Character Design: Minako Shiba
Art Director: Ayano Okamoto (Kusanagi)
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:
Airi Ishikawa (ep 12)
Arisa Kumagawa (ep 12)
Asami Gouda (eps 8-9, 11)
Ayaka Hakkaku (eps 7, 11)
Chie Saito (eps 9, 12)
Ena Nishikawa (8 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 9-13
)

Eri Sano (ep 12)
Gakushi Maeda (eps 5, 9, 12-13)
Hisashi Nakamoto (eps 8, 12)
Jie Qiong Chen (ep 13)
Jin Qiu Gu (eps 4, 11, 13)
Junko Yoshigai (ep 11)
Kanetoshi Kamimoto (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 13
)

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

Kyung Eun Kim (eps 12-13)
Ling Zhao (ep 11)
Maki Fujioka (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 11, 13
)

Maki Todaka (eps 3, 10, 12)
Manami Fukuyo (eps 4, 9)
Miharu Nagano (ep 13)
Minako Shiba (ED1-4)
Misaki Kaneko (ep 11)
Miyuki Matsumoto (eps 6, 10, 13)
Nanako Ninomiya (ep 10)
Natsuko Suzuki (ep 13)
Neri Nerima (ep 11)
Qing Hua Hang (eps 4, 11, 13)
Rina Morita (eps 7, 10, 13)
Rio (ep 12)
Risa Suzuki (eps 12-13)
Rui Matsui (eps 12-13)
Saeko Takahashi (ep 13)
Sana Komatsu (eps 3, 6, 8, 12)
Seiko Asai (eps 1, 6, 9)
Shino Ikeda (ep 12)
Shinpei Wada (ep 13)
Takeru Nakajima (ep 13)
Takumi Onuki (ep 10)
Tian Xiang Yu (eps 4, 11)
Tomoe Nishio (eps 8, 13)
Toshie Kawamura (ep 12)
Yoo-Sun Kim (ep 12)
Yu Feng Chen (eps 4, 11, 13)
Yukari Takeuchi (OP; eps 1, 7)
Yukiko Nakatani (ep 12)
Yumi Kuroiwa (eps 3, 11)
Zhen Ye Wang (eps 4, 11)
Art design: Midori Iwasawa (Kusanagi)
Sound Director: Tetsu Motoyama
Cgi Director: Yuusuke Noma
Director of Photography: Yohei Miyawaki
Producer:
Kenta Suzuki (Aniplex)
Soichiro Hirano (Dazed Co., Ltd.)

2D Work: Ryōhei Matsuda
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 (A-1 Pictures)
Assistant Animation Director:
Ena Nishikawa (ep 4)
Honoka Yokoyama (ep 7)
Kanetoshi Kamimoto (ep 4)
Maki Todaka (ep 7)
Miyuki Matsumoto (ep 3)
Sana Komatsu (ep 4)
Yukari Takeuchi (ep 3)
Assistant Art Director: Maiko Ikeda (Kusanagi; eps 6-13)
Assistant Director of Photography: Akihito Suzuki
Assistant Episode Director: Takehiro Shimizu (ep 13)
Assistant Key Animation Director: Neri Nerima (ep 8)
Assistant producer:
Misaki Shibata (Aniplex)
Sae Nishikawa (Aniplex)
Shunsuke Iwakoshi (Dazed Co., Ltd.)
Souta Furuhashi (Aniplex)
Background Art: Nobuhisa Ogiso (Kusanagi; eps 1-3)
CG Cooperation: Yoshiki Kashima (Fellows; eps 1, 9-11, 13)
CG Producer: Shigeru Horiguchi
CG Production: Ryō Sekizawa
Character Modeling Supervisor: Shoko Kanaya
Color design: Kanako Hokari
Color Design Assistant: Michiko Kado
Editing: Eiichi Nishimura (TAVAC)
Finish Animation: Rumi Igarashi (CloverWorks; eps 4, 6)
General Producer: Junnosuke Miyamoto (Evil Line Records)
Guest Prop Design: Yūsuke Shibata (eps 9, 11, 13)
Image Board Cooperation: Shinichi Miyazaki
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)
Toshie Kawamura (OP)
Yasuho Tamura (eps 7, 10)
Yumi Kuroiwa (ep 1)
Merchandising Manager:
Yūki Ishii
Yuu Watanabe
Motion Capture Actor:
HILOMU (Division Dance Battle “D.D.B”)
Takeshi Ueki (PaniCreW)
Toyotaka (Beat Buddy Boi)
Online Editor:
Kōsuke Yoshihara (Sony PCL Koenji Studio; ep 9)
Moe Suzuki (Sony PCL Koenji Studio; eps 8-9, 13)
Shinya Katō (Sony PCL Koenji Studio; eps 1-7, 10-13)
Yuri Takahashi (Sony PCL Koenji Studio)
Original Character Setting: Yūichirō Momose (EVIL LINE RECORDS)
Photography: Akihito Suzuki (ED1-4)
Planning:
Atsuhiro Iwakami (Aniplex)
Kiyoshi Murakami (Dazed Co., Ltd.)
Plug-In Cooperation: Hirohisa Kitamura (SILVER LINK.)
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 Affairs Manager: Yūji Tanaka
Production Business: Kazuko Yamamoto
Production Desk:
Akinori Ōyama
Yū Sasaki
Production General:
Jun Katou (Aniplex)
Shinitirou Kashiwada (Aniplex)
Prop Design: Kazutaka Ema
Publicity Producer: Satomi Takahashi
Rap Part Manager:
Keita Katō
Takehiro Shimizu
Rap Part Storyboard:
Chika Nagaoka (ep 10)
Katsumi Ono (ep 3)
Pink ja Nakutemo (eps 6-8)
Takeshi Furuta (eps 4, 11)
Recording Adjustment: Ayumu Anzai
Recording Assistant: Reina Nunira
Setting Production: Taikan Nakagami
Sound Effects: Ryūta Nakahara
Sound Production Manager:
Daisuke Ihara
Yūsuke Watanabe
Special Effects: Takatoshi Abe
Sub-Character Design:
Chisato Kawaguchi
Mahiru Shinya
Systems Management: Masayoshi Yoshioka
Theme Song Arrangement:
Daisuke Hirayama (invisible manners; OP, ED5)
invisible manners (OP, ED5)
Sei Fukuyama (invisible manners; OP, ED5)
Theme Song Composition:
Daisuke Hirayama (invisible manners; OP, ED5)
invisible manners (OP, ED5)
Sei Fukuyama (invisible manners; OP, ED5)
tofubeats (ED1-4)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Cypress Ueno (ED2)
Daisuke Hirayama (invisible manners; OP, ED5)
invisible manners (OP, ED5)
Mr. Q (Rappagariya; ED4)
Potemkin (Gaki Rangers; ED1)
Sei Fukuyama (invisible manners; OP, ED5)
tofubeats (ED1-4)
Yamadaman (Rappagariya; ED4)
Yanosuke (AFRO PARKER; ED3)
Yoshi (Gaki Rangers; ED1)
Theme Song Performance:
Haruki Ishiya (as Division All Stars/Buster Bros!!!; OP, ED1&5)
Kent Itō (as Division All Stars/Matenro; OP, ED4&5)
Kōhei Amasaki (as Division All Stars/Buster Bros!!!; OP, ED1&5)
Ryūichi Kijima (as Division All Stars/Matenro; OP, ED4&5)
Shin'ichirō Kamio (as Division All Stars/MAD TRIGGER CREW; OP, ED2&5)
Shintarō Asanuma (as Division All Stars/MAD TRIGGER CREW; OP, ED2&5)
Shō Hayami (as Division All Stars/Matenro; OP, ED4&5)
Sōma Saitō (as Division All Stars/Fling Posse; OP, ED3&5)
Subaru Kimura (as Division All Stars/Buster Bros!!!; OP, ED1&5)
Wataru Komada (as Division All Stars/MAD TRIGGER CREW; OP, ED2&5)
Yukihiro Nozuyama (as Division All Stars/Fling Posse; OP, ED3&5)
Yusuke Shirai (as Division All Stars/Fling Posse; OP, ED3&5)
World Design Setting: Yūichirō Momose (EVIL LINE RECORDS)
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)
CG Cooperation: FELLOWS (eps 1, 9-11, 13)
Character Modeling: Project Studio Q (eps 1, 9-11, 13)
Internet Streaming: AbemaTV (2020-10-03, 0:00)
Key Animation: Triple A (ep 6)
Motion Capture: Division Dance Battle (D.D.B)
Music Production: Evil Line Records
Online Editing:
PixelShake (by Sony PCL)
Sony PCL Kōenji Studio
Original Character Setting: Evil Line Records
Original Concept: Evil Line Records
Plug-In Cooperation: SILVER LINK.
Recording Studio: Three S Studio
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
Visual Supervision: BALCOLONY.
World Design Setting: Evil Line Records
English cast
English staff
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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