The Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle in AGF2024 event announced a movie for the franchise on Sunday, revealing the main staff, an announcement trailer, and a poster visual (pictured). The movie, dubbed as “the first interactive movie in Japan,” will open in theaters on February 21, 2025.
The “interactive movie” would allow the audience to decide the outcome of the rap battles unfolding on screen through a voting system conducted within the theater. Each audience member casts their vote in real-time during the screening via a smartphone app, and the story progresses based on the choice with the most votes. This results in the storyline and ending shift with each screening according to the audience’s decisions.
Staff
Original Story, Music Production: Evil Line Records
Original Character Design, World Design: Evil Line Records, Yuuichiro Momose (Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle – Rhyme Anima)
Director: Takanori Tsujimoto (Biohazard: Vendetta)
Script: Yuuichiro Momose
Character Design: Kazui
Studio: Polygon Pictures
Distribution: TOHO NEXT
King Records launched the Hypnosis Mic multimedia project under its Evil Line Records label in September 2017. The project includes manga adaptations, a smartphone game, radio shows, web programs, and stage plays.
A-1 Pictures produced two television anime seasons in Fall 2020 and Fall 2023. Funimation and Crunchyroll simulcast the first and second season with subtitles, respectively.
Announcement
Official site: https://hypnosismic-movie.com/
Official X: @hyp_mv
Source: animate Times
