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Rhapsody Music Anime Project's Trailer Reveals 3 New Cast Members, Summer 2023 'Live' Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the rockin'on group's Rhapsody music anime project began streaming a new trailer for the project on Friday. The trailer introduces three new cast members, and also reveals that the project will have a "live" anime in summer 2023.
The new cast all play members of the Tōsaka family, who are involved behind the scenes with the in-story Rhapsody music label, and will be the central characters in an upcoming voice drama titled "Rhapsody Episode 0," which will chronicle the creation of the music label. The new cast members include:
Kenjiro Tsuda as Kyōji Tōsaka, Junya's late father, and a legendary rock singer
Aya Endō as Akari Tōsaka, Junya's older sister who works at a law firm
The cast in their respective bands includes:
Pink Flag
- Jun Suetsugu as Kazuma Mochino (vocalist/guitarist)
- Junta Terashima as Itsuki Mikai (guitarist)
- Kōhei Yanagi as Taku Kitase (bassist)
- Takuya Masumoto as Arata Kosegawa (drummer)
Haru no Jūjika (Spring Cross):
- Tatsuya Sugawara as Nijiro Shisui (vocalist)
- Sōma Saitō as Toji Tsukishima (guitarist)
- Hiromu Mineta as Shion Kagami (bassist)
- Shūichirō Umeda as Kosei Tayo (drummer)
Bluebird:
- Reon Tanie as Rakki Kokonoe (vocalist/guitarist)
- Haruki Asada as Soten Natsume (vocalist/guitarist)
- Katsuyuki Miura as Nazuna Chikarashi (keyboardist)
System of Romance
- Yuri Yamamoto as Kinji Abiko (vocalist)
- Daiki Kawamoto as Ginji Abiko (DJ/composer)
The tagline of the project is, "…Rock is a story of grief and hope." The story depicts the dedication and drive of four bands under the Rhapsody label: the four-member rock band Pink Flag with personal trauma, the loud rock band Haru no Jūjika (Spring Cross) of high school students, the folk unit Bluebird composed of childhood friends, and the EDM brother duo System of Romance (SOR).
The project will feature music tracks, live concerts, voice dramas, and anime.
The rockin'on group had planned to launch its first music anime project in summer of 2020, after holding auditions from August to September 2019.
Sources: Rhapsody project's website, Comic Natalie
