is an original Japanese

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television series produced by

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. The series aired from October to December 2021.

Premise

In the story,

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s masquerade as

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musicians. Once a year, they gather together in

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at an event known as "Visual Prison". When Ange Yuki travels to Harajuku to see his favorite act, he witnesses a musical battle between the bands Eclipse and Lost Eden.

Characters

Oz

; : ; : ; : ; :

Lost Eden

; : ; : ; : ; :

Eclipse

; : ; :

Mascot

; : :Despite his color and name, Panya is in fact, a cat. He lives around Harajuku.

Production and release

The

project was announced during

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's panel at

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2021. The series is created by

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and animated by

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composes the series' music, while Ikumi Katagiri takes charge of the original character designs. Tomoya Tanaka is directing the series, with Jouji Furuta serving as chief director, Yukie Sugawara penning the series' scripts, and

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designing the characters. It aired from October 9 to December 25, 2021 on

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and other channels. The band Oz performed the series' opening theme song "Zankoku Shangri-la", while the band Lost Eden performed the series' ending theme song "Bloody Kiss".

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licensed the series outside of Asia.

Episode list

References

External links

* * {{A-1 Pictures television series A-1 Pictures Anime with original screenplays Funimation Music in anime and manga Tokyo MX original programming Vampires in anime and manga Visual kei