ARP Backstage Pass

2020 - 2020

The Show Must Go On

13th January 2020

Episode 1

ARP is the hottest augmented reality band around, a collection of some of Japan's top singers and dancers. Follow their rise to fame in ARP Backstage Pass!

The World Is Mine

20th January 2020

Episode 2

This episode highlights the dark past of the dreamy Shinji, and how he went from being an isolated and introverted loner to a member of the most popular band around.

THE KISS

27th January 2020

Episode 3

Diamond and Reiji were popular mainly at live houses in Yokohama. The two, who are childhood friends and have been together since childhood, will begin their activities on a new stage called "ARP". However, due to the unfamiliar environment and production, he gradually lost his balance and started to lack energy. For these two who have always supported each other, they are forced to reconsider what it means to sing together and perform live.

Logical Dreamer

10th February 2020

Episode 4

Leon, who has a four-octave singing voice and exceptional dancing skills, makes a spectacular debut by joining the coveted ARP midway through and immediately winning a battle song with Shinji. The reason why he decided to leave his loving parents and enter ISM and his smile. What is the origin of genius?

D.O.A

17th February 2020

Episode 5

A beautiful woman who calls herself the embodiment of beauty and music is Reiji from Level Cross. He joins ARP with his childhood friend Dia in search of a new stage, but as he begins to share time with members who have different values than them, he gradually changes... What do ARP members look like to him?

Tender Blue

24th February 2020

Episode 6

Shinji received the right to self-produce as a reward for the battle song. Around the same time, his father Eiji Kanou, who is active as a conductor, returns to Japan. Shinji, who had a complex about his father and music, decides to form a collaborative unit with Level Cross with the theme of "rebellion against the past" in order to express himself now.

Fantasista

Episode 7

Leon is best described as always smiling and innocent. ...But is that his true intention? When something that claims to be the embodiment of the heart appears in front of him, what is Leon's true intentions revealed? The scariest series from MC Leon? The strangest TV show in the world!

rrRrride On!!

16th March 2020

Episode 8

Dia is conflicted about not being able to win the battle song. Thinking that the only way to get rid of it is to train himself, he devotes himself to training, but it doesn't go well. What were the words told to him by a senior from his Crossbone days when he met him again in the city?

Read Your Mind

23rd March 2020

Episode 9

Shinji and Reiji have teamed up to form "Super R RARE". The two rebel against each other, and even have separate lessons, unable to improve their level of perfection as a unit. The two become increasingly irritated and cause a commotion within the school, which ultimately leads to a recommendation that the unit be canceled? ! What conclusion did the two come to for the unit?

A'LIVE

30th March 2020

Episode 10

The four people had different positions, backgrounds, and ways of thinking. ARP members have accumulated a lot of experience in live performances, battles, and as a unit while colliding with each other. The final episode is a compilation that depicts the backstage of the live performance, with plenty of stage scenes and interviews with them!

Paradise

Episode 11

The guys from ARP are supposed to organize a concert themselves in the summer. But first they have to get the choreography for their new song right. And then they still need a concept for their concert...

Top Cast

Wataru Komada•Daisuke Namikawa•Kazuhiko Inoue

ARP: A 4-member dance and vocal group created by the latest AR technology. This popular group got their start with Avex, and are unique for their interactive concerts which combine highly-skilled song and dance routines with a format that changes based on how much the fans are cheering them on.

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Full Cast

Wataru Komada Image

Wataru Komada

Haruomi Matsumoto (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa Image

Daisuke Namikawa

Eiji Kanou (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue Image

Kazuhiko Inoue

Rijichou (voice)

Takuya Eguchi Image

Takuya Eguchi

Rijichou no Hisho (voice)