Black Light Sugar Press

Otome and music-inspired Zines, Anthologies & Multimedia Projects

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[- ATTENTION, CITIZENS -]

Live at Katsucon 2026, BlackLight Sugar Pro presents:

Hypnosis Mic: CHUOKU TAKEOVER

During the Rap Idols! timeslot, AKKISlayer (@the-insanity-of-mojiru) & @mouna-bat of BlackLight Sugar Pro will be rapping English covers of two songs from Hypnosis Mic Division Rap Battle, focusing on the ruling ladies-- the Party Of Words!

WHEN: Saturday, February 14th, 4pm

WHERE: National Harbor Gaylord's Cherry Blossom Ballroom (doors across from gazebo)

RSVP to the event on FB

The Party of Words awaits your attendance. Be there... or else. 🀄

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Live at Katsucon 2025, BlackLight Sugar Pro presents:

The HypMic Block Party!🔥🎤

@mouna-bat & @the-insanity-of-mojiru will be rapping their English covers of songs from Hypnosis Mic Division Rap Battle. Witness the idol show where only the illest survive!

When: Friday, February 14th, 1pm

Where: National Harbor Gaylord's Cherry Blossom Ballroom (doors across from gazebo)

Seeya there!

(chibi art by Ruby)

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🔥🎤VIDEO EDITOR APPS OPEN!🎤🔥

We need additional video editors for Hoodstar+EN, our Hypnosis Mic fan-project!

You must be 18 or older to apply.

>>Details & Agreement<< >> APPLY HERE<<

Applications close OCTOBER 20th.

Head project mod is @mouna-bat, Ask here if you have questions about the project!

You can find/contact us on other platforms too: Twitter | instagram | YouTube | Facebook | TikTok

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HypMic East Coast Rap Battle: a fan-concert of English covers!

Watch the premiere together on Saturday, July 20th, 6PM (Eastern US time) and join the live chat!

Rappers @mouna-bat & AKKISlayer ( @the-insanity-of-mojiru ) performed their English adaptations of various Hypnosis Mic songs at Katsucon 2024. Here's your opportunity to watch the concert!

Be sure to subscribe to click the bell to be notified of the premiere, and subscribe to see our future projects!

SETLIST:

💀 "Scarface" - Mad Trigger Crew - EN lyrics by MounaBat & AKKISlayer

🍭 "drops" - Ramuda Amemura - EN lyrics by MounaBat

🌙 "Moonlight Shadow" - Jyushi Aimono - EN lyrics by AKKISlayer

🐶 "TDD Legend" - The Dirty Dawg - EN lyrics by MounaBat & AKKISlayer

⚖ "One and Two and Law" - Hitoya Amaguni - EN lyrics by AKKISlayer

🍾 "Champagne Gold" - Hifumi Izanami - EN lyrics by MounaBat

⭐ "Hoodstar+" - Division All Stars - EN lyrics by MounaBat

Seeya there, homies 🔥

(ARB-style chibi art was drawn by AKKISlayer~)

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Visit the 2024 @americanlibraryassoc Zine Pavilion in San Diego, CA #ALAAC24, booth 2742 in the Exhibit Hall, to meet zine makers tabling in person THIS Friday, June 28th at 5:30pm -Monday, July 1st at 2pm! See the full list here: https://zinepavilion.tumblr.com/zinemakers

Meet zine maker Sybil “Mouna” Touré / BLSP

Mouna is a Black+Queer+AuDHD artist, musician, and youth librarian. She has a passion for zines, fighting censorship, synthesizing visual media with music, and using art to bring communities together!

As a librarian, Mouna runs programs teaching zine-making to teens, and recently a co-writer/artist of Manga Goes To School, published by ALA Editions.

Mouna is the founder/head of BlackLight Sugar Press, (BLS for short). Shoujo manga, otome games, and idol-singer anime are the driving inspirations for BLS, where Mouna moderates and directs collaborative creative projects such as fanzines, anthologies, music collaborations, and multimedia projects.

Social media:

Twitter/X

@MounaMoonBat

@BlackLightSugar

Tumblr:

@Mouna-Bat

@BlacklightSugarPress

Bluesky:

Mouna: https://bsky.app/profile/mounabat.bsky.social

Blacklight Sugar: https://bsky.app/profile/blacklightsugar.bsky.social

Threads:

Mouna: https://www.threads.net/@moonbatmouna

Blacklight Sugar: https://www.threads.net/@blacklightsugar

Insta:

Mouna: moonbatmouna

Blacklight Sugar: https://www.instagram.com/blacklightsugar/

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It's us!!! Making our San Diego appearance~

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🔥🎤Live Show at Katsucon 2024!🎤🔥

MounaBat (aka @mounalunabat) & AKKISlayer (@the-insanity-of-mojiru) will be performing their own English adaptations of raps from Hypnosis Mic Division Rap Battle at Katsucon's idol dance lounge!

Get ready for fire rhymes, good vibes, cool zines... and maybe even win a prize in our raffle!?

WHERE: Cherry Blossom Ballroom (doors across from the Gazebo)

WHEN: Saturday February 17th, 5pm

[RSVP to the event on FB]

We better see you there! ✌🏾

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Wanna rep your division? We got something for you, homies. 👀

📢OPEN CALL FOR VOICE ACTORS, SINGERS, AND RAPPERS📢

🎤Auditions for the "HOODSTAR+" English cover are now OPEN!🎤

We're looking for 18 vocalists to sing/rap for this English cover. Send us your best examples of your singing in English (and rapping, if you have any experience with it)!

Submit your audition on Google Forms or on Casting Call Club

To get an idea of what the project will look like, check out our previous fandub/MV project @hypmic-battlex3 on YouTube!

Auditions close on September 11, 2022.

we're looking forward to your rhymes~🔥

this project is organized by @blacklightsugarpress!

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@zine-scene

@zineapps

@zinefeed

@fandomzines

@all-zine-apps (Music)

@podcastingcalls-blog

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@blacklightsugarpress presents an upcoming Hypnosis Mic fan-project...

"Hoodstar+" English cover & music video!

The English lyrics are fully written. Now we need 18 vocalists, 18 character artists, and one video editor to bring this project to life!

🎤Vocalist auditions on Casting Call Club : 9/12 to 9/11

🎨Artist & Vid Editor applications: 9/9 to 10/10

Follow BlackLight Sugar Press online to spread the word and stay updated! https://blacklightsugarpress.carrd.co/

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Our new fan-project is now in motion!!

@zine-scene @zineapps @zinefeed @fandomzines @atozines @all-zine-apps

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https://www.tiktok.com/@blacklightsugar

Now that TikTok allows longer videos, our English fandub MV for "BATTLE BATTLE BATTLE" will be posted there too! Please give us a follow and share! 💖🍭🐺🔥

Voice cast | Sprite artist crew

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English cover of BATTLE BATTLE BATTLE from Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle!

6 vocalists, 6 artists, and 1 lyricist collaborated to create this English-language rap and music video of the Fling Posse vs Matenro battle rap! Project organized by @blacklightsugarpress

Please enjoy~🎵🐺🍭

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this is our first multimedia project, and our second project over-all! The artists and vocalists all worked very hard to make this project come together. We hope you enjoy it! ^o^

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the English cover and music-video of "BATTLE BATTLE BATTLE" will be released THIS SATURDAY, August 21st!

Check out our talented team of character artists and vocalists, and follow us on YouTube to be notified of the premiere!

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💖Interest checks OPEN! 💖

I’m currently gauging interest for two anthologies that will feature black creators influenced by shoujo, BL, and otome! (you don’t have to be black to fill out the form) ✨ Glitter in the Night ✨ original bishounen art/comics (and perhaps prose and audio) by black creators. 🌸 Otomelanin 🌸 Fanart, cosplay, and writing by black fans of joseimuke and otome games.

If you’re interested in either of these projects, please fill out the form and share!

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The cast and crew for an English fan-rap and video of Hypnosis Mic’s “BATTLE BATTLE BATTLE”, presented by @blacklightsugarpress​!

🔥Project organizers: Mouna & Ruby

🎤English Lyrics: Mouna

🎵Vocal Cast:

maruten as Ramuda Amemura

Remi as Gentaro Yumeno

AKKISlayer as Dice Arisugawa

SKETCH as Jakurai Jinguji

Korin as Hifumi Izanami

Microphona Sing! as Doppo Kannonzaka

🎨Character Artists:

Alice Vermillion drawing Ramuda

Zozo drawing Gentaro

GraphiteGuardianStudios drawing Dice

Ars drawing Jakurai

Comik Tragedy drawing Hifumi

Ruby drawing Doppo

🎦Video Editor: Microphona Sing!

Follow us online to stay updated and learn more about the cast!

Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

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@blacklightsugarpress presents its first ever audio-visual project…

An English-language rap and music video of “BATTLE BATTLE BATTLE” from Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle!

The project is currently in progress, and the lineup will be announced this weekend.

Follow BlackLight Sugar Press online for updates!

@blacklightsugarpress / Twitter / Instagram / Facebook

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✊🏾 Black Lives Matter. ✊🏾

We will be opening preorders for the HypMic Homage zine through donations to:

The BLM Fund

The Bail Project

The Okra Project

Take a screenshot of your donation receipt/confirmation and send it to [email protected]. If you donate $6 or more, you’ll receive a bundle of mobile & desktop wallpapers drawn by the zine’s contributors!

Please reblog, retweet, and share to get the word out– We’re in this together!

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🎤 all 34 artists in the HypMic Homage project! 🎤

We’re recreating album art of rap/R&B using characters from Hypnosis Mic– Whether it’s Samatoki referencing Kendrick Lamar, or Fling Posse posed like Salt N’ Pepa– these artists got it covered! 🎤🎶💿

Our lineup includes….

¼: Mouna @moon-toons | @adrianeringmarc | Mich P. @michurrasart | Mousa the 14 @mousart | Ribbon @ribbonnyao | @monikunii | LauwDany @lauwdany

2/4: Meeran @meeran1337  |  Ruby @the-insanity-of-mojiru | @bubba-draws | @graphiteguardianstudios | @katzcandraw | Taro @weeniekishibe 

¾: YUU @artoyu | @migi47 | Shades @shadesdraws | Soap @soapyakships

4/4: Charu @charuchiicreates | Shuu @shuubaba

For updates on the project, follow us!

@hypmichomage | @blacklightsugarpress | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

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Applications are OPEN!

Illustrators and cosplayers of all styles and skill levels are welcome!

Theme: Real-life album covers of rap, hiphop, and R&B– recreated with the characters from Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle!

Follow this project blog or @blacklightsugarpress​ for more updates and info!

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