s**t kingz -- Suudara Bushi feat. BUSINESS FISH（スーダラ節）

 

A few months before the pandemic rushed in and destroyed the Routine that my anime buddy and I had every couple of Sundays, the two of us had been watching a Fall 2019 anime called "Africa no Salaryman"（アフリカのサラリーマン...African Office Worker）, a slice-of-life show featuring the indigenous animals of that continent involved as cogs in the corporate machine. I wasn't aware that there had been something similar earlier in the year called "Business Fish" adapted from a web comic series which had a more ichthyic emphasis.

Never saw an episode of "Business Fish" which isn't only the title but also the name of the main character, but I was drawn to what was probably the special ending theme for the final episode. After all, "Sudara Bushi" (The Suudara Song) is one of the classic kayo originally done back in 1961 by the late Hitoshi Ueki（植木等）of comical band Crazy Cats, and it had a resurgence in popularity one year in the 1990s to the extent that Ueki showed up on NHK's Kohaku Utagassen.

Well, "Sudara Bushi" got a rap/hip-hop update for "Business Fish" courtesy of XLII and Dotama as that special ending theme with Ueki still helping out and the snappy choreography by four-man group s**t kingz. I wrote about the guys several months ago because of their "Egao!"（えがお！）and their dancing keeps me coming back for more.

But it wasn't enough for Business Fish to get all of the dancing glory. s**t kingz themselves also got to do the live-action version of the dance in their own video, and it is quite glorious to see them bust a move while dressed in those 60s sober-sided suits and hairdos.

As for the original ending theme and credits, the song is "Don't Stop Moving" by Sarah Kelly.