Paradox Live the Animation (2025)

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: Paradox Live THE ANIMATION

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 3, 2023 to Dec 26, 2023

Premiered: Fall 2023

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 23:00 (JST)

Producers: Animax, BS Fuji, Tokyo MX, Avex Pictures, MAGNET

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: PINE JAM

Source: Mixed media

Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi

Theme: Music

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.86¹ (scored by 8,711 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #5006²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #3718

Members: 39,509

Favorites: 429

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Paradox Live the Animation

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Ranked #5006Popularity #3718Members 39,509

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Synopsis

In a future where hip-hop reigns supreme, skilled rappers put on shows known as Phantom Lives. There they turn their powerful emotions into captivating illusions for their audiences through the usage of "Phantometal"—a material that reacts to the rapper's DNA to create the fantastic imagery. However, usage of Phantometal causes rappers to relive past traumas and painful memories in so-called Trap Reactions. Depending on the strength of the rapper's emotions, these reactions can be debilitating and even affect their psyche.

After disappearing without a trace 10 years prior, the legendary CLUB Paradox mysteriously returns to announce the start of a new Phantom Live competition called Paradox Live. With 10 billion yen on the line, four established groups—BAE, The Cat's Whiskers, cozmez, and Akanyatsura—are invited to take center stage. Though wary of the strange circumstances, each of these groups have their own reasons for throwing themselves into the competition. Unfortunately, the path to glory may be more ruthless than they could imagine.

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Background

Paradox Live the Animation is an anime adaptation that is a part of the Paradox Live mixed-media project by Avex Pictures and GCREST.

The Blu-ray was released in six volumes from December 22, 2023, to May 31, 2024.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Yatonokami, Kanata

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Kobayashi, Yuusuke
Japanese

Yatonokami, Nayuta

Main

Toyonaga, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Faulkner, Anne

Main

96neko
Japanese

Sugasano, Allen

Main

Kajiwara, Gakuto
Japanese

Yeon, Hajun

Main

Murase, Ayumu
Japanese

Natsume, Ryuu

Main

Hanae, Natsuki
Japanese

Masaki, Hokusai

Main

Toki, Shunichi
Japanese

Suiseki, Iori

Main

Kondou, Takayuki
Japanese

Kanbayashi, Youhei

Main

Hayashi, Yuu
Japanese

Maruyama, Reo

Main

Yano, Shougo
Japanese

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Staff

Kurashima, Youichi

Producer

Hashimoto, Kyouka

Producer

Mukaitouge, Kazuki

Producer, Planning

Andou, Naoya

Director, Episode Director

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Opening Theme

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"RISE UP" by BAE, The Cat's Whiskers, cozmez, Akanyatsura

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Ending Theme

	1:"BaNG!!!" by BAE(eps 1)
	2:"Every Day Every Night" by BURAIKAN (武雷管)(eps 2-6)
	3:"Fadeaway" by Rooftop Friends (Shiki Andou, Nayuta Yatonokami) (屋上のトモダチ)(eps 7)

Episode Videos

Episode 12
Episode 11
Episode 10
Episode 9

Reviews

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2 Recommended

5 Mixed Feelings

4 Not Recommended

All reviews (11)

Dec 26, 2023

Omarumba

Recommended

Paradox Live - let's set our hearts on fire with music, just don't take it literally!

If you're even a little bit interested in Japanese hip-hop, you've probably heard about such a great project as Paradox Live, aka Paralive, created jointly by Avex Pictures and GCREST recently, in 2019. The project is essentially a rap battle between members of different teams, voiced by 29 (so far) voice actors including Gakuto Kajiwara, Ayumu Murase, Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro Komado and Kousei Arima), Yusuke Kobayashi, and many others. The teams themselves, as well as their members, have their own characteristics, song styles, history, but the most important thing that ...

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Oct 30, 2023

i-like-this

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

Epic Cyberpunk Rap Battles of History.

Whenever an anime has “the Animation” as a part of its title, I immediately brace myself and assume that the anime will be bad. However, Paradox Live the Animation completely blew my expectations out of the water with its first episode.

Set in a cyberpunk future, rappers use accessories that can create almost magical illusionary phantoms linked to their emotions to enhance their performances. Unfortunately these “Phantom Metals” have the nasty side effect of subjecting the user to intense versions of their past traumas possibly destroying them psychologically.

The show follows hip-hop unit BAE made up of music lover Allen, rich ...

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Jan 7, 2024

denkisoda

Not Recommended

Preliminary (5/12 eps)

A promising concept, but a mediocre anime. If you are interested in the music itself (some of them were actually great), you might as well watch the past music videos from Paradox Live official YouTube channel - no need to waste time on this anime.

With high-quality character design and music already in place, the anime should have injected soul into the characters by telling great backstories - which arguably is the hardest part, of course. This show clearly fell short, trying to juggle the large number of characters (>10!) only led to flat storytelling that are difficult to empathize with. Despite a stunning ep.1, production ...

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Poll: Paradox Live the Animation Episode 12 Discussion IzanaSolos - Dec 26, 2023	32 replies	by AgiiChan »» Aug 11, 4:10 PM
Poll: Paradox Live the Animation Episode 2 Discussion Heiize - Oct 10, 2023	42 replies	by Ittan_Momen »» Jun 14, 9:55 AM
Poll: Paradox Live the Animation Episode 11 Discussion IzanaSolos - Dec 19, 2023	18 replies	by Swiggy »» Feb 7, 12:55 AM
Poll: Paradox Live the Animation Episode 10 Discussion IzanaSolos - Dec 12, 2023	13 replies	by Swiggy »» Feb 4, 10:13 PM
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References

https://myanimelist.net/anime/51956/Paradox_Live_the_Animation