During the second broadcast dedicated to the Visual Prison anime , the first full promotional video for the anime was revealed. The video then reveals some of the characters' voices, as well as the song "Guilty † Cross" by the rock band Eclipse .
Check it out:
It's worth noting that "Guilty † Cross" is now available on several digital music services. The next special featuring the cast will air next month.
Aniplex itself states that the project portrays "visual kei" musicians as vampires. Visual kei is a subgenre of Japanese rock characterized by elaborate visual presentations, gothic aesthetics, ballad composition, and androgynous musicians. In the anime's story, vampires play visual kei music and gather in Harajuku for an event known as "Visual Prison" under the red moon once a year, performing visual kei songs to attract audiences and provide the best possible music for the red moon.
The story begins when Ange Yuki, a lonely boy with no family, travels to Harajuku to see his favorite artist, and there he sees an intense musical battle between the bands Eclipse and Lost Eden, their energetic performance touching his heart.
Voice actors divided by their respective bands:
Oz (center in the image above):
- Shouya Chiba as Ange Yuki (center left in visual)
- Makoto Furukawa Guiltia Brion (center right in visual)
- Hiroki Nanami as Eve Louise (far right in the visual)
- Shun Horie as Robin Laffite (far left in visual)
Los † Eden (right in the image above):
- Takuya Eguchi as Latour Saga (direct visual)
- Shimazaki Nobunaga as Mist Flaive (top look)
- Takuma Nagatsuka as Veuve Elizabeth (bottom part of visual)
- Shougo Yano as Jack Mouton (left in visual)
Eclipse (left in the image above):
- Toshiki Masuda as Dmitri Romanee (left in visual)
- Shouta Aoi as HYDE Jayer (direct visual)
Staff
- Chief Directors: Takeshi Furuta and Tomoya Tanaka
- Studio: A-1 Pictures
- Script supervision: Yukie Sugawara
- Design Adaptation: Minako Shiba
- Supporting character designs: Jinshichi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Yakou, and Honoka Yokoyama
- Animation Directors: Yakou, Yamaguchi and Reina Kawasaki
- Prop Designer: Takayuki Kidou
- Art Supervisor: Hiroshi Katou
- Art Director: Hirofumi Sakagami
- Art designers: Mitsuki Maeda and Hiroshi Katou
- Color artists: Kanako Hokari and Mayu Morita
- CG: Ryuta Undo
- Director of Photography: Akito Suzuki
- Editing: Eiichi Nishimura
- Sound: Satoshi Motoyama
- Music: Elements Garden
The Visual Prison anime premieres later this year in October.
Source: ANN
