Saturated in hip hop culture comes the birth of a new movement known as “Phantom Live”. Each of the artists have a metal accessory known as “Phantom Metal” which chemically reacts to the wearer’s emotions to produce an image, setting a magnificent stage for enthusiastic youths. With legendary club “CLUB paradox” hosting the mysterious Paradox Live, four teams: BAE, The Cat’s Whiskers, cozmez and Akanyatsura each receive an invitation to participate, each with their own genre of music in a race to the top. Each of the four teams go into the competition for a reason. As the competition heats up, so do the unimaginably large motives each of them hides…
The curtain now rises on a swirling illusory stage battle between light and darkness–!
(Source: Paradox Live THE ANIMATION Site)
Maybe I should stop watching shows *just* because a vocalist from my second favourite show is in it...
Hm, all the reviews I've written so far have been for music anime, except one show I mostly watched for the fact my absolute favourite male VA was in a main role.
Here's a review on a show that is both of those~
It also feels like a really good show to be my 150th completed entry too... such a music…
The Paradox Live adaptation disappoints with unconvincing drama and might have been better off as a parody.
To be frank, even though I have started to warm up to the music genre, idol generally isn’t for me. Hypnosis Mic was a big exception to that, and Paradox Live has a very similar premise. I have been aware of the franchise for some time, but I never really bothered to dig deeper, partially because of…