Dan Da Dan season 2 has consecutively turn out to be the discuss of the anime group on-line, with every passing episode turning into one other grand second in its rise to turn out to be the primary character of the web. Its newest anime feat sees the present go full demise steel in a raucous exorcism. In Dan Da Dan episode 6, titled “We Turned A Household,” Okarun, Momo, and crew are fairly actually selecting up the items from Evil Eye’s sudden assault contained in the Ayase home. Within the earlier episode, which featured the anime utilizing live-action photographs of meals, the crew found that Evil Eye’s possession of their resident goofball, Jiji Enjoji (performed by Aleks Le), adheres to the foundations of the Ranma 1/2 anime. If chilly water touches him, he transforms into Evil Eye, and vice versa with sizzling water. To assist circumvent this, Aira and Okarun transfer into the Ayase family alongside Momo and Seiko to help in stopping Evil Eye from taking up Jiji solely. The final episode climaxed when Okarun by accident spilled soy sauce on Jiji, prompting him to flip their desk of meals and rework. Nonetheless, whereas the gang managed to diffuse the state of affairs between the opening and shutting credit of final episode and this week’s, whereas the Ayases and their new company start arguing amongst themselves over the incident, a demise steel band exhibits up at their entrance door.
Seems, they’re the HAYASii, musicians that had been name-dropped within the earlier episode, who might help with exorcisms (impressed by Hayashi, musicians utilized in conventional Japanese theater). In typical Dan Da Dan style, their exorcism comes within the type of a reside efficiency. Their musical prowess is robust sufficient to shake the souls of the useless regardless of the band not having any non secular powers. In brief, this episode provides one other musical dub to Dan Da Dan‘s rising anime resume. Dan Da Dan has constructed a profession on doing absolutely the most it could actually, and this episode isn’t any exception. The primary half of the episode contains a free anime live performance—one you can additionally watch on YouTube, permitting you to affix Aira, Okarun, Momo, and Seiko in some collective headbanging. In keeping with Japanese leisure web site Comedian Natalie, HAYASii’s exorcism music, “Searching Soul,” was written by Nagai Seiichi and produced by Ushio Kensuke. Its vocals had been carried out by Taniyama Kisho, who was accompanied by guitarist Marty Friedman, with drums by Chargeeeeee (sure, they’ve that many e’s) and bass by Wakazaemon. Ought to their music transfer you to need to add it to your exercise playlist, Comedian Natalie says the music will probably be out there to obtain on August ninth. Whereas the music feels prefer it skirts the road between steel parody and a for-real anthem, vocalist Taniyama hopes followers get pleasure from it whether or not it provides them laughs or they take it as a loving homage to the style.
“I suppose you may say it’s a critical joke, however when the individual doing an homage or parody does it in a flippant method, the viewers senses it and it places them off,” Taniyama instructed Comics Natalie. “It’s as a result of we’re doing it severely that folks can chortle, so I feel we’re all proud that this music has turned out to be one thing that feels satisfying consistent with our intentions, from the music manufacturing to the singing. For now, we’ve accomplished every part I can, so all that’s left is for everybody to get pleasure from it.” For these following together with the present’s dub, the official Dan Da Dan English X/Twitter account shared the English model of the raucous anthem, confirming that it was sung by Marc Hudson—sure, DragonForce singer Marc Hudson!—because the English voice of HAYASii’s lead vocalist, Toshiro.
Was your spirit electrified by HAYASii’s soul-shaking vocals in #DANDADAN episode 18?! Please welcome to the stage Marc Hudson (DragonForce) because the English voice of Toshiro, lead singer of HAYASii! 🎤🎶 pic.twitter.com/TVp8bAGVfy — DAN DA DAN Anime EN (@animeDANDADANen) August 7, 2025 Apart from the rock live performance spectacle, the episode nonetheless managed to coalesce Dan Da Dan‘s capability for outstanding emotional beats, with Jiji begging the gang to maintain Evil Eye round after listening to his tragic backstory. Between the drama and the aforementioned live performance, the episode is already getting people on-line misty-eyed over how its launch additionally inadvertently serves as a touching tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne. Whereas the Godfather of Heavy Steel possible by no means knew a lot Dan Da Dan existed earlier than his passing, followers are taking the anime’s over-the-top tribute to the style as an unofficial tribute to the Prince of Darkness, who handed away simply weeks after Black Sabbath’s farewell present on July 5. Pure coincidence or not, it’s superior to see anime followers embracing the brand new it-show’s nod to Heavy Steel and channeling that power to maintain Ozzy’s spirit alive in their very own method.
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