The trailers for the upcoming HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- interactive anime film continue. Today, we get a taste of the new track from Osaka’s Dotsuitare Hompo. And the beat comes from a name that anime fans may already know!The new track, “Shomon Raifuku,” takes its title from a Japanese proverb that roughly translates to “fortune comes through the gates of laughter.” The track was written and composed by R-Shitei and DJ Matsunaga—better known collectively as Creepy Nuts, the duo behind the hit openings to MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES and DAN DA DAN.
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”
Matenrou: “BLESS YOU”
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
