Visual Prison

Visual Prison (Japanese: ヴィジュアルプリズン, Hepburn: Vijuaru Purizun) is an original Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures. The series aired from October to December 2021.

Visual Prison
Key visual
ヴィジュアルプリズン (Vijuaru Purizun)
Genre	Supernatural, music
Created by	Noriyasu Agematsu (Elements Garden)
Anime television series
Directed by	Jouji Furuta (Chief) Tomoya Tanaka
Produced by	Hideo Itou Shuko Yokoyama
Written by	Yukie Sugawara
Music by	Elements Garden
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Licensed by	Funimation
Original network	Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, ABC TV, Mētele, WOWOW
Original run	October 9, 2021 – December 25, 2021
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

Premise

In the story, vampires masquerade as visual kei musicians. Once a year, they gather together in Harajuku at an event known as "Visual Prison". When Ange Yuki travels to Harajuku to see his favorite act, he witnesses a musical battle between the bands Eclipse and Lost Eden.^[1]

Characters

Oz

Ange Yuki (結希アンジュ, Yuki Anju)

Voiced by: Shōya Chiba^[2]

Guiltia Brion (ギルティア・ブリオン, Girutia Burion)

Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa^[2]

Eve Louise (イヴ・ルイーズ, Ivu Ruīzu)

Voiced by: Hiroki Nanami^[2]

Robin Laffite (ロビン・ラフィット, Robin Rafitto)

Voiced by: Shun Horie^[2]

Lost Eden

Saga Latour (サガ・ラトゥール, Saga Ratoūru)

Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi^[2]

Mist Flaive (ミスト・フレーヴ, Misuto Furēvu)

Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki^[2]

Veuve Elizabeth (ヴーヴ・エリザベス, Vūvu Erizabesu)

Voiced by: Takuma Nagatsuka^[2]

Jack Mouton (ジャック・ムートン, Jakku Mūton)

Voiced by: Shōgo Yano^[2]

Eclipse

Dmitri Romanee (ディミトリ・ロマネ, Dimitori Romane)

Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda^[2]

Hyde Jayer (ハイド・ジャイエ, Haido Jaie)

Voiced by: Shouta Aoi^[2]

Mascot

Panya (パンニャ, Pannya)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita^[1]

Despite his color and name, Panya is in fact, a cat. He lives around Harajuku.

Production and release

Visual Prison official logo

The anime project was announced during Aniplex's panel at AnimeJapan 2021. The series is created by Noriyasu Agematsu and animated by A-1 Pictures. Elements Garden composes the series' music, while Ikumi Katagiri takes charge of the original character designs. Tomoya Tanaka is directing the series, with Jouji Furuta serving as chief director, Yukie Sugawara penning the series' scripts, and Minako Shiba designing the characters.^[3] It aired from October 9 to December 25, 2021 on Tokyo MX and other channels.^[4][2] The band Oz performed the series' opening theme song "Zankoku Shangri-la", while the band Lost Eden performed the series' ending theme song "Bloody Kiss".^[1] Funimation licensed the series outside of Asia.^[5]

Episode list

No.	Title [6][7]	Directed by [6]	Written by [6]	Storyboarded by [6]	Original release date [8]
1	"Guilty Cross" Transliteration: "Giruti † Kurosu" (Japanese: ギルティ†クロス)	Tsuyoshi Tobita	Yukie Sugawara	Takeshi Furuta	October 9, 2021 (2021-10-09)
2	"Charme's Metempsychosis" Transliteration: "Sharumu no Rinne" (Japanese: シャルムの輪廻)	Aya Ikeda	Yukie Sugawara	Tomoya Tanaka	October 16, 2021 (2021-10-16)
3	"AI=ZO"	Yuki Watanabe	Yukie Sugawara	Shinichi Omata	October 23, 2021 (2021-10-23)
4	"Nemesis"	Takayuki Kikuchi	Hitomi Ogawa, Yukie Sugawara	Takayuki Kikuchi	October 30, 2021 (2021-10-30)
5	"Wing with wind"	Takahiro Tanaka	Yukie Sugawara	Kagetsu Aizawa	November 6, 2021 (2021-11-06)
6	"Shangri-La of Cruelty" Transliteration: "Zankoku Shangurira" (Japanese: 残酷シャングリラ)	Kudaka Wakabori	Daisuke Watanabe	Toshinori Watanabe	November 13, 2021 (2021-11-13)
7	"My Principal"	Tsuyoshi Tobita	Daisuke Watanabe	Tsuyoshi Tobita	November 20, 2021 (2021-11-20)
8	"Galaxy Tiara" Transliteration: "Ginga Tiara" (Japanese: 銀河ティアラ)	Yuki Watanabe	Yukie Sugawara, Daisuke Watanabe	Kagetsu Aizawa	November 27, 2021 (2021-11-27)
9	"ROYAL CROWN"	Aya Ikeda	Yukie Sugawara	Aya Ikeda	December 4, 2021 (2021-12-04)
10	"K or K"	Mizu Watanabe	Yukie Sugawara	Tomoyuki Munehiro	December 11, 2021 (2021-12-11)
11	"SKY"	Shōtarō Kitamura	Yukie Sugawara	Shōtarō Kitamura	December 18, 2021 (2021-12-18)
12	"ANGELIST"	Aya Ikeda	Yukie Sugawara	Tomoya Tanaka	December 25, 2021 (2021-12-25)