The upcoming hip hop anime features an all-star cast of prominent voice actors.
By: Nicole S. Castro on May 28, 2022 at 22:22 PHT
Teaser promotions have been released for a TV anime adaptation of hip hop mixed media project Paradox Live, slated for 2023.
Paradox Live is a mixed media project that began in 2019. The story is set in a futuristic version of Japan where people form teams that compete on stage to become number one in their music. The series focuses on four of the teams: BAE, The Cat's Whiskers, cozmez, and Akanyatsura. Their profiles are written in detail in both Japanese and English on the official website.
Cast (BAE)
Allen Sugasano (CV: Gakuto Kajiwara)
Yeon Hajun (CV: Ayumu Murase)
Anne Faulkner (CV: 96Neko)
Cast (The Cat's Whiskers)
Naoakira Saimon (CV: Ryota Takeuchi)
Yohei Kanbayashi (CV: Yuu Hayashi)
Ryu Natsume (CV: Natsuki Hanae)
Shiki Ando (CV: Jyunta Terashima)
Cast (cozmez)
Kanata Yatonokami (CV: Yusuke Kobayashi)
Nayuta Yatonokami (CV: Toshiyuki Toyonaga)
Cast (Akanyatsura)
Iori Suiseki (CV: Takayuki Kondo)
Zen Gaho (CV: Shima)
Hokusai Masaki (CV: Shunichi Toki)
Satsuki Ito (CV: Tasuku Hatanaka)
Reo Maruyama (CV: Shogo Yano)
Staff
Character design (BAE): AKIAKANE
Character design (The Cat's Whiskers): Kuniharu Komiya
Character design (cozmez): Kinako
Character design (Akanyatsura): Harada
Music production: D.O.C -Division Of Creators- (NEW WORLD PRODUCTIONS INC.)
Source: Paradox Live official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
NICOLE S. CASTRO
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Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.
