The HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- interactive anime film continues to tease its new “Second Stage” songs—one every other day—leading up to the release of the movie. Today, Matenrou takes the stage with their new track “Bless You.”The soulful new track is composed and arranged by SALU and JIGG, two big names in the Japanese hip-hop scene who have collaborated together on prior projects. Check out out:
Only three of the “second stage” tracks will be heard at any given screening of the interactive film, and will be shown based on who clears the first round of rap battles according to a live audience vote. Other second stage tracks previewed so far include:
Buster Bros!!!: “Three Kings”
MAD TRIGGER CREW: “Choice Is Yours”
Fling Posse: “Bara no Taba”
Adding to the multimedia franchise developed by King Records and Idea Factory since 2017, Takanori Tsujimoto (Resident Evil: Vendetta) directs the HYPNOSISMIC -Divison Rap Battle- anime film at studio Polygon Pictures (Kaina of the Great Snow Sea), with a script by Yuichiro Momose (The Witch and the Beast) and character designs by Kazui.The first anime season, which premiered in October 2020 with a simulcast on Funimation, was directed by Katsumi Ono at studio A-1 Pictures. Crunchyroll streams the series and its 2023 sequel, describing the overall story like so:
Legendary rap group The Dirty Dawg could have taken Japan by storm, but then they broke up. Now each member fights in one of the four rival groups. Battles for turf are fought with rap and the Hypnosis Mic, a microphone that can affect the human spirit.
Source: HYPNOSISMIC YouTube Channel
