Hypnosis mic samatoki x juto dj

Autor(a) : Tore ( Kazu )Casal : Samatoki Aohitsugi x Jyuto Iruma x Riou Mason Busujima

DJ: Hypnosis Mic Dj – Until We Become Stars; Hoshi ni Naru Made

Asanuma: First, I thought “Aohitsugi Samatoki” was such a cool name (laughs). The impact is amazing. And his explosive relationship with Buster Bros!!!’s Yamada Ichiro has a lot of weight to it. Anyways, it’s because Ichiro is played by Kimura Subaru who has always been into Hip-Hop even until now. To be on par with Subaru’s outstanding skills is hard, but at the very least I’d like to deliver something that’ll make me think “not bad”. Every time during recording I would confirm with the production team, “Is it okay?” or “Can you see the rivalry with Ichiro?”. To be honest, I am still unsure if I am doing this properly.

Asanuma: Even though Samatoki is the leader, it feels like the older Juto is the one who brings the team together.  And Riou is a wonder boy (laughs).  I think it’s a gathering of very masculine men. Yokohama’s lineup is of a policeman, an ex-navy, and a yakuza member, if this wasn’t a Hypnosis Mic battle but hand to hand combat this division would be the strongest (laughs).

Asanuma: While acting, build up was a big part. Samatoki gradually changes. When I first got the script, I noticed there was a lot of yelling lines ending with exclamation marks. Although he’s always seen angry and yelling, it’s actually the reverse, he’s not scary. In the first CD drama track of MAD TRIGGER CREW (henceforth MTC), there was this scene where Samatoki snapped after Juto mentioned Ichiro, but I suggested “Is it okay if I show a calm angry here?” I wanted to deliver a different kind of anger since he has a different level of intensity for Ichiro. Besides that, I ad-libbed lines not in the script and added “that bastard” after the lines. It gave an “outrageous” like feeling (laughs).

Asanuma: Ichiro’s and Samatoki’s opening lines are our ad-libs. I recorded before him so at that time I also recorded some ad-lib patterns.. For example, “I don’t need a mic check you bastard!” The producer Hirano Souichirou-san told me “Ichiro has to do a mic check or the performance can’t start” so the idea got rejected (laughs). So out of all the ad-libs, “Let me hear your last words, punk!” was chosen. I was shouting a lot of swear words during recording, so I was impressed when our mixer said “I feel dispirited… ”. Certainly, if I’m always cursing and attacking you wouldn’t feel good… (laughs).

Is there anything you want to do with Hypnosis Mic in the future?

Asanuma: I think it would be fun to have a big club event for “Hypnosis Mic”. A real Hip-Hop event and no cast talk whatsoever. DJ will surely play Hypnosis Mic’s songs, dancers dancing according to each division’s image, do something like a dance battle, and make graffiti art there on the spot. That should cover Hip-Hop’s four major elements: MC, DJ, breakdance, graffiti. Also, it’d be nice to expand the apparel.

Asanuma: Instead of using the character illustrations or logos, it would be nice if the designs draw inspiration from the project. Collaborate with street brands. Even if it’s just T-shirts or caps, something for fans and for us to wear everyday, would be wonderful. Of the four divisions, only Buster Bros!!! can pull off the B-Boy fashion. As for MTC, I wonder what design they can pull off for slim-fitted suits, military, and aloha. Ah, and I would want a rhythm game. Bring back Beatmania and then make a collaboration game with Hypnosis Mic, I’d like to try that… (laughs). It seems like there is a lot that you can do to Hypnosis Mic. Just thinking about it a bit gets me really inspired, I am excited.

An adult team that shoulders the most general image of Hip-Hop’s “scary” and “badass sounding music”. MTC’s 1st CD opened up with Samatoki and Juto smoking. Both of them smoke too much. Also, Juto you stub out the cigarette too soon, it’s a waste! You ought to smoke them more carefully! (laughs).

Casal : Samatoki Aohitsugi x Jyuto Iruma x Riou Mason Busujima