Subaru Kimura and Shinnosuke Tokudome feat. Tomokazu Sugita -- Dancing to Night ~ Kimi e Saitan Warp Kouro（君への最短ワープ航路）

It is indeed Easter Monday and so it seems rather appropriate the above still image for the video has a bunny. Yesterday was the usual anime-and-food outing so with the new Spring 2019 season upon us, I got to see quite a few fresh shows including the heartwarming baseball-themed "Hachi-gatsu no Cinderella Nine"（八月のシンデレラナイン...The Cinderella Nine of August）, the mystical horror-adventure "Kimetsu no Yaiba"（鬼滅の刃...Demon Slayer）, and the sequel to "One Punch Man".

Another new anime is "RobiHachi" which my anime buddy has described as a mix between "Ixion Saga" and "Space Dandy". I could surely see the comparisons with the latter show but I also view it as another in the long line of squabbling buddy road trip features going all the way back to Hope and Crosby. I've enjoyed these future-based anime series, and anime can certainly make them as gritty or as day-glo as they can. "RobiHachi" has been OK so far although I do agree with one commenter that the humour may not be to all tastes. That first episode just seemed to have one long never-ending scene of Robby and Hatchi bickering before things finally got started with the escape from Earth.

However, although it's no "Love Dramatic"（ラブ・ドラマティック）, the first earworm of the season for me has been the ending theme for "RobiHachi", "Dancing to Night ~ Kimi e Saitan Warp Kouro" (The Shortest Warp Corridor to You) as performed by the local crime lord Yang and his two henchfolk, Allo and Gras.

Allo and Gras are portrayed by Subaru Kimura（木村昴）and Shinnosuke Tokudome（徳留慎乃佑）respectively but it's indeed Tomokazu Sugita（杉田智和）as Yang that has gotten my attention. Besides, I'm always a sucker for disco tunes and "Dancing to Night" pays some tribute to Earth Wind & Fire's "September" and it also reminds me of some of the music in the aforementioned "Space Dandy". yamazo took care of the lyrics, music and arrangement. Will be looking forward to the full version in the coming weeks.