GKIDS has announced that Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Interactive Movie is coming to 15 Regal theaters on February 27 across several U.S. states, including Georgia, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Nevada. The anime movie uses CtrlMovie’s in-theater polling technology, which utilizes the audience’s votes to determine which of the 48 routes, 16 songs, and seven endings that will be played.
Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Interactive Movie initially opened in theaters on February 21, 2025 in Japan. It was described as “Japan’s first interactive film.”
Takanori Tsujimoto directs the film at Polygon Pictures. Yūichirō Momose wrote the script, and Kazui Kazui will return as character designer while TOHO NEXT will distribute the film.
The cast includes:
- Subaru Kimura as Ichiro Yamaha
- Haruki Ishiya as Jiro Yamada
- Kohei Amasaki as Saburo Yamada
- Shintaro Asanuma as Samatoki Aohitsugi
- Wataru Komada as Jyuto Iruma
- Shinichiro Kamio as Rio Mason Busujima
- Yusuke Shirai as Ramuda Amemura
- Soma Saito as Gentaro Yumeno
- Yukihiro Nozuyama as Dice Arisugawa
- Sho Hayami as Jakurai Jinguji
- Ryuichi Kijima as Hifumi Izanami
- Kent Ito as Doppo Kannonzaka
- Ryota Iwasaki as Nurude Sasara
- Kengo Kawanishi as Rosho Tsutsujimori
- Takaya Kuroda as Rei Amayado
- Shouta Hayama as Kuko Harai
- Yuki Sakakihara as Yushi Aimono
- Eiji Takeuchi as Hitoya Amaguni
In the meantime, an anime adaptation titled HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima is available on Crunchyroll.
