An 80s rock star faces the ultimate sellout: fame or your found family?
GASP is a popular alternative band. Conflict arises when the lead singer To-Y is offered a pop idol contract that stipulates he leave the rest of the band behind.
Direction
Hamatsu's music video aesthetic before music videos were mainstream.
Sound
Original tracks that slap harder than most 'real' 80s bands.
Cinematography
Hand-painted cel animation dripping with Tokyo neon noir.
Director
Mamoru Hamatsu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's 80s 'band boom,' this OVA captures the tension between underground rock and manufactured idol culture that defined the era.
Voice actor Kaneto Shiozawa was a legendary casting choice—he also voiced Griffith in Berserk, making him cinema's patron saint of pretty boys with terrible decisions.
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