Jigoku no Sata All-Stars -- Haikei, Jigoku yori（拝啓、地獄より）

I've been going through the 2nd cour of the 2nd season of the anime "Hoozuki no Reitetsu"（鬼灯の冷徹...Hozuki's Coolheadedness）(2018), the slice-of-life comedy that takes place in Hell. It still hasn't struck me as one of my all-time favourites, as I mentioned in the article for the opening theme of the 1st cour, but at least, it's made for some more comfortable viewing.

Recently, there have been warnings about the dangers of contracting hookworms when walking on those tropical beaches barefoot. Well, one episode from this latest cour of "Hoozuki no Reitetsu" illustrated that caveat abundantly clear. Simply said...simply DON'T.

I couldn't find any video for the opening credits for the 2nd cour, but I was able to track down the full version of the opening theme song, "Haikei, Jigoku yori" (Greetings From Hell) performed by the main cast as the Jigoku no Sata All-Stars（地獄の沙汰オールスターズ）. Like the opener for the 1st cour in 2017, it's pretty catchy but most of it is done in an enka style this time compared to the country-style hoedown of "Dai! Jigo Jigo Bushi"（大！地獄地獄節）, although there is a semi-reprise of sorts from that song, along with a Vaudevillian "Coming Home" type of finish.

"Haikei, Jigoku yori" was created by the same folks behind "Dai! Jigo Jigo Bushi", Jun "JxJx" Saito（サイトウ "JxJx" ジュン）and Gokusotsu Ongaku Renmei（獄卒音楽連盟...Devils Music Alliance）. The premise behind the song seems to take on the feeling after a night of engorging eating and drinking during a typical enkai....something that I'd had personal experience with for many years. Yup, all of the emotions of satisfaction, shame and debauchery rolled up into one large ball.

Jigoku no Sata All-Stars -- Dai! Jigo Jigo Bushi（大！地獄地獄節）

I've been watching the second season of the anime "Hoozuki no Reitetsu"（鬼灯の冷徹...Hozuki's Coolheadedness）, a sardonic poke at the afterlife in Hell. I caught the first couple of episodes at my anime buddy's place last year and he even gave me a copy of the season. Frankly it hasn't been my cup of ocha after 4 episodes but it's OK enough for me to get through the entire run. Never saw the first season.

Having said that, the opening theme for that second season has become a fair earworm (Ji~go, ji~go). "Dai! Jigo Jigo Bushi" (Great! Hell Hell Dance) sounds like a countrified Japanese festival tune that the cast had a fun time recording. It was done by the Jigoku no Sata All-Stars（地獄の沙汰オールスターズ...Hell's Affairs All-Stars）consisting of seiyuu Hiroki Yasumoto（安元洋貴）, Takashi Nagasako（長嶝高士）, Yumiko Kobayashi（小林由美子）, Hiroki Goto（後藤ヒロキ）, Takashi Matsuyama（松山鷹志）, Satomi Sato（佐藤聡美）, Yui Ogura（小倉唯）, Atsumi Tanezaki（種崎敦美）and the Japanese ska band YOUR SONG IS GOOD.

Was trying to find the full version but even seeing some of the cover versions and karaoke takes, it seems like "Dai! Jigo Jigo Bushi" was only meant to be a minute-and-a-half. Perhaps the full version was too devilishly taxing for everyone involved. Anyways, it was written and composed by YOUR SONG IS GOOD member Jun "JxJx" Saito（サイトウ "JxJx" ジュン）with further work on the lyrics by Gokusotsu Ongaku Renmei（獄卒音楽連盟...Devils Music Alliance）.

This version was uploaded by the Anison Kan Copy MIDI Seisaku (Omage)（アニソン完コピMIDI製作「おまげ」）.