Rhapsody, an original multimedia project by the Japanese music publishing company Rockin’on Group, unveiled its first trailer, key visual, and cast members for the four featured bands.
Rhapsody is a multifaceted anime music project that tells the stories of four bands through songs, live performances, voice dramas, and animation.
The project is composed of four bands: the 4-piece rock band Pink Flag, the high school loud rock band Spring Cross, the childhood friends unit Bluebird, and finally, the brothers’ EDM band, System of Romance. The original character design is by Yuki Kodama, and the character design is by Momoko Kawai.
▍Rhapsody Trailer
▍Rhapsody Cast
The cast of 13 characters from each of the four bands was revealed on the official website.
■ Pink Flag – “A four-member band with full of scars who rock their destiny”
- Kazuma Mochino (vocal/guitar) – CV: Jun Suetsugu
- Istuki Mikai (guitar/chorus) – CV: Junta Terashima
- Taku Kitase (bass) – CV: Kohei Yanagi
- Arata Kosegawa (drums) – CV: Takuya Masumoto
■ Haru no Juujika (The Cross in Spring) – “Explosive Sound that will surely kill: a high school loud rock band”
- Nijiro Shisui (vocal) – CV: Tatsuya Sugawara
- Touji Tsukishima (guitar) – CV: Souma Saito
- Shion Kagami (bass) – CV: Hiromu Mineta
- Kousei Tayou (drums) – CV: Shuichiro Umeda
■ Bluebird – “A childhood friend folk unit who goes over the rainbow”
- Rakki Kokonoe (vocal/guitar) – CV: Reon Tanie
- Souten Natsume (guitar/vocal) – CV: Haruki Asada
- Nazuna Chikarashi (keyboad) – CV: Katsuyuki Miura
■ SOR (System Of Romance) – “A sibling EDM unit spinning dreams in digital form”
- Kinji Abiko (vocal) – CV: Yuri Yamamoto
- Ginji Abiko (DJ/composer) – CV: Taiki Kawamoto
▍“I Believe” Now Available On Streaming Services!
An MV featuring the main theme song “I Believe” and songs from each band was teased. The song, sung by Sing 4 Rhapsody, a special unit formed by each band’s vocalist, is now available on major music streaming sites including Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube Music.
▍Rhapsody Synopsis
“Rock music is a music that confronts sadness, and that leads to hope.” There was once an artist in Japan who died with this intention in mind.
Four bands: Pink Flag, Spring Cross, Bluebird and System of Romance, are following in his footsteps. And the label “Rhapsody”, which distributes their music, will open the first page of their story of sorrow and their hope of rock music.
