As the second season reaches its midpoint, Dan Da Dan studio Science Saru has been unapologetic about its abundant references to pop culture and music as it adapts Yukunobi Tatsu’s manga , which is also pretty heavy-handed with similar nods and homages. However, the studio recently issued an apology to the Japanese rock band, X Japan, following an homage featured in an episode centered around a power metal exorcism song that may have homaged too close to the sun.

In a post on its official X/Twitter page , the Japanese Dan Da Dan account released a statement about last week’s episode debuting a fictional rock group called Hayasii. Inspired by traditional Japanese Hayashi musicians, Hayasii is a group of glam-metal exorcists hired by Momo’s grandmother, Seiko, to assist her in

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