Best Anime OPs

Started by derozio October 10th, 2015 10:14 AM
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I really like listening to and coming across new OPs all the time. Often, it is actually the OP that grabs me and makes me wanna try an anime out.

So I thought I'd go ahead and make this thread so you guys could post your faves and we could (mostly the selfish 'ol me lel) enjoy listening to 'em. Of course, it is not easy to remember all of them in one go so take your time and post here if you come across/remember one of your faves later on.

In fact, it'd be better if you limit your post to have only 2-3 OPs at any point of time. Avoids crowding and makes it easier for other users to go through them all one at a time, in my opinion.

For now, I'll leave this here. This became a fave after I finished the Second Season of Monogatari Series. :3

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This isn't funny.

You know the pain these topics bring me.

You know how much I love openings.

You know I can't choose.

You're a monster.

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So instead, I'll be turning this around a bit. Gonna be going by series, because many, many youtube vids of anime openings are marred by copyright claim dodging. Don't want that.

So, I'll go with my favorite 3 Gintama openings for this one. In no particular order.

3. Light Infection


3. Dilemma


3. Wonderland


Special Mention to the runner ups: Kasanaru Kage, Stairway Generation, and Pride Kakumei. But really, Gintama openings in general are ****ing great.

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This isn't funny.

You know the pain these topics bring me.

You know how much I love openings.

You know I can't choose.

You're a monster.

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That's not true, though. I merely asked y'all to post your faves. Never specified the number. You can post like 50 songs and I wouldn't mind as long as you consider them excellent and just love them to death. :D I mean, an OP lover like myself can definitely understand the pain of making to choose top 5 or 10 or whatever. So yeah, go wild! :D

But really, Gintama openings in general are ****ing great.
True, true. In all of my time watching Gintama, there have been like only two instances where I came across OPs that I didn't necessarily like. Rest of them were pretty good or just downright fantastic. Incidentally, the latest OP is one of those. I am not a big fan of that. BUT, to make up for it, we have a downright amazing ED song this time around (which I can't post here cuz no video available for it). But here's a link to an extended version of the song here anyway just in case you'd like to listen to it...

I'm curious though - did you not like Sakura Mitsutsuki and Tougenkyou Alien as much as these? I loved those two a lot too!

I'll post another one of my all time faves:


And this masterpiece:


Both. SO. GOOD.

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I'm curious though - did you not like Sakura Mitsutsuki and Tougenkyou Alien as much as these? I loved those two a lot too!
Oh no, I love both of those. A lot. It's not so much that I don't like them as much and, heck, I think it'd be pretty appropriate to replace Tougenkyou with Pride Kakumei.

The thing about Sakura Mitsutsuki is...I thought about it, and apparently I have this thing against 2 word phrases repeated in succession. "Shizuka ni", "Bokura wa", "Oshiete yo". Ironically, I do like the songs these lines are from (and their respective openings), but apparently my ears aren't too keen on those specific parts (though Sakura's, specifically, I don't mind as much). That's super silly, though, so I'm sure that's not it, and in the case of Sakura I don't even mind it all that much (if at all), but considering how popular these three openings are, there's gotta be something to the trend, and I'd love to believe it's not me being contrarian.

But still, I do love it. For me, it's in the "just outside of Runner's Up" group, which is basically all of the other openings. Except opening 2. He's in time out.

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I copied part of my response from a similar thread earlier this year, but with some additional selections.

Some of my faves, in no particular order.

-Tank! from Cowboy Bebop. Dat brass... I love this theme to death.
-Way of the Samurai from Samurai Champloo. Love me some Nujabes. The visuals are nice, too.
-A Cruel Angel's Thesis from Neon Genesis Evangelion. There was a time in my life I knew how to play this song on piano... Perhaps it's nostalgia, but this opening will probably always have a place in my heart.
-Sakura Kiss from Ouran High School Host Club. ♫ KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE~♪
-This is a Secret from Princess Jellyfish. It's a cute song with heartfelt lyrics, and I like the films references in the animation, haha.
-Never Say Never from Danganronpa: The Animation. *dancing sensually* ♫ The search is so very long. We late it fade away. There's a ray of hope beyoooond despair. ♫
-Ready Steady Go! from Fullmetal Alchemist. I think this was probably my fave anime song back when I was in middle school, haha! Good times... Though the newer FMA; Brotherhood is an overall much better anime, this opening song is still one of my faves.
-Lilum from Elfen Lied. (I chose not to link to tv version to keep away from the animu noodity.) A very beautiful hymnal-like song... In the tv size version of the song, I like how the visuals take inspiration from famous artist Gustav Klimpt's paintings.
-Rinbu Revolution from Revolutionary Girl Utena. Another classic. If you look up the lyrics, it's basically the meaning of the show... I think.
-Kuusou Mesorogiwi from Mirai Nikki. Y'know, I never even watched this anime, but was exposed to this song because a friend of mine used to play it in her car. It's very catchy and also a damn fun beatmap on osu!
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Mmm... in recent memory...

Unlimited Blade Works (Part 1 & 2)



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Full song since I couldn't find the actual opening used for the anime.


Let it be known I'm a sucker for Kalafina despite all their songs sounding practically the same.

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*insert all the HanaKanas*

But well, let's throw something else =D


I gotta rewatch Onii-sama again...

And because AmaSora is AmaSora =D
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Enclosing the responses in a spoiler and removing the videos to prevent clutter.

Spoiler:
Oh no, I love both of those. A lot. It's not so much that I don't like them as much and, heck, I think it'd be pretty appropriate to replace Tougenkyou with Pride Kakumei.

The thing about Sakura Mitsutsuki is...I thought about it, and apparently I have this thing against 2 word phrases repeated in succession. "Shizuka ni", "Bokura wa", "Oshiete yo". Ironically, I do like the songs these lines are from (and their respective openings), but apparently my ears aren't too keen on those specific parts (though Sakura's, specifically, I don't mind as much). That's super silly, though, so I'm sure that's not it, and in the case of Sakura I don't even mind it all that much (if at all), but considering how popular these three openings are, there's gotta be something to the trend, and I'd love to believe it's not me being contrarian.

But still, I do love it. For me, it's in the "just outside of Runner's Up" group, which is basically all of the other openings. Except opening 2. He's in time out.
Ah, fair enough. I remember you talking about your dislike for those specific kinds of OPs, the ones containing those kinds of phrase usage I mean, so I guess that's understandable. I was just wondering, y'know, since Sakura Mitsutsuki is probably one of my fave OPs of ALL time. Not just from Gintama as a series. XD; But yeah, I get it.

I copied part of my response from a similar thread earlier this year, but with some additional selections.

Some of my faves, in no particular order.

-Tank! from Cowboy Bebop. Dat brass... I love this theme to death.
-Way of the Samurai from Samurai Champloo. Love me some Nujabes. The visuals are nice, too.
-A Cruel Angel's Thesis from Neon Genesis Evangelion. There was a time in my life I knew how to play this song on piano... Perhaps it's nostalgia, but this opening will probably always have a place in my heart.
-Sakura Kiss from Ouran High School Host Club. ♫ KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE~♪
-This is a Secret from Princess Jellyfish. It's a cute song with heartfelt lyrics, and I like the films references in the animation, haha.
-Never Say Never from Danganronpa: The Animation. *dancing sensually* ♫ The search is so very long. We late it fade away. There's a ray of hope beyoooond despair. ♫
-Ready Steady Go! from Fullmetal Alchemist. I think this was probably my fave anime song back when I was in middle school, haha! Good times... Though the newer FMA; Brotherhood is an overall much better anime, this opening song is still one of my faves.
-Lilum from Elfen Lied. (I chose not to link to tv version to keep away from the animu noodity.) A very beautiful hymnal-like song... In the tv size version of the song, I like how the visuals take inspiration from famous artist Gustav Klimpt's paintings.
-Rinbu Revolution from Revolutionary Girl Utena. Another classic. If you look up the lyrics, it's basically the meaning of the show... I think.
-Kuusou Mesorogiwi from Mirai Nikki. Y'know, I never even watched this anime, but was exposed to this song because a friend of mine used to play it in her car. It's very catchy and also a damn fun beatmap on osu!
Tank is tank. What to say about it? <3;
Samurai Champloo OP is just so damn different. Very memorable and sounds just damn cool. I agree with your views. :3
A cruel angel's thesis is probably one of the MOST well known OPs of all time. So yeah.
I liked Sakura Kiss. Maybe not as much as you but yeah.
Ready Steady Go!, on other hand, is that song that screams "FMA (2003)" to me. That, and REWRITE were just downright amazing and I've listened to them on loop god knows how many times. :p
Utena's OP, even though I had not seen the anime, seemed familiar. Just goes to show how popular it was. You JUST have to have heard the OP somehow, somewhere. I liked the sound and the visuals were top notch for the time.
Not as big of a Mirai Nikki OP fan as you but yeah, it was catchy, definitely.

All in all, a really cool list and a lot of titles who definitely come under my fave OP list too <3;

Mmm... in recent memory...

Unlimited Blade Works (Part 1 & 2)
-snip-

Aldnoah.Zero
Full song since I couldn't find the actual opening used for the anime.
-snip-

Let it be known I'm a sucker for Kalafina despite all their songs sounding practically the same.
Not a fan of A.Z song but I've been in love with both UBW OPs since they came out. UBW OPs are both downright gorgeous to look at and eargasmic to listen to. <3;

*insert all the HanaKanas*

But well, let's throw something else =D
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I gotta rewatch Onii-sama again...

And because AmaSora is AmaSora =D
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Neither of the video loads for me, Satoshi. But I'm guessing one of them is Onii-sama OP, yeah? :p

I actually have too many favorites, but they're mostly classics, so I'll be more original.

Spoiler:
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I really like Hard Knock Days. As for Shippudden, I much prefer the previous OP by KANA-BOOM than this one. This one is nice too, though! Oh, and the second video didn't load. So I couldn't see which one that was. :(



I came across some more today:


Gakuen Toshi Asterisk OP: This one just sounds REALLY nice. The voice is fantastic. Visuals are not exceptional but good enough. It is a treat as far as the audio goes for me, at least. :p


Kantai Collection OP: Another example of an OP where the audio is just so good I ended up loving the OP despite the merely okay-ish visuals.


Nagi no Asukara OP2: This one is an exceptional audio-visual experience imo. Just love it to bits. And fits the anime SO GODDAMN WELL too. <3; Definitely top-class stuff!


Barakamon OP: I just...there's something about this I just can't point my finger at. I just love this. Idk. Just too dang good.

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Neither of the video loads for me, Satoshi. But I'm guessing one of them is Onii-sama OP, yeah? :p
Weird, the forum formatted it as URL encapsulated in YT tag instead of video.
Well, fixed now.
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I don't listen to OP usually although Gekkan shoujo Nozaki kun's OP is so catchy that it can honestly brighten up any day.
Oh and from last season Gakkou Gurashi's OP is great visually, as you can see all the different changes they make throughout the series.

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Weird, the forum formatted it as URL encapsulated in YT tag instead of video.
Well, fixed now.
Strange. Anyway, heard both. I like Onii-sama's OP. ClassRoom Crisis OP not so much. Sounds generic for the most part, man. ;____;

I fixed my video's broken link too; dunno why it didn't work.

EDIT - DISUKOOOOO

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OOOHH MAGI <333 It has some REALLY great OPs. I especially love S1's first OP and both of S2's OPs. They're all great!

And Platinum Disco is Platinum Disco. So friggin cute and hnnnngggh <33

I don't listen to OP usually although Gekkan shoujo Nozaki kun's OP is so catchy that it can honestly brighten up any day.
Oh and from last season Gakkou Gurashi's OP is great visually, as you can see all the different changes they make throughout the series.
Nozaki-kun's was downright catchy, yes. Never managed to skip it. XD;

Anyway, some moar!


This one is just so amazing it sold me on the anime. REALLY. I started the anime because this OP is so friggin amazing. <3;

And another really, really catchy song by the same band "Rookiez is Punk'd" in Ao no Exorcist:

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When it comes to my favorite anime OPs, these happen to be my top three:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbksWvNv-fU A Cruel Angel's Thesis - Neon Genesis Evangelion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_t47BVtPuE Sorairo Days - Gurren Lagann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmyn0MbwxJU Cosmic Love - Rosario + Vampire
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^ Really love Sora Iro Days. That's like one of the best OPs ever for me. Top 10 Material. <3;

A Cruel Angel's thesis, while not that high in my list, is still an exceptional song and there's no further testament to the legendary status of that song than the fact that her songwriter still gets hundreds of thousands of dollars each year just as a part of royalties for it. :3

Anyway, here's one more. Yowapedal has some TOP quality OPs. This is another from the show!

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Barakamon OP: I just...there's something about this I just can't point my finger at. I just love this. Idk. Just too dang good.
yeah! i know exactly what you mean haha! i forgot how awesome the barakamon op is! thanks for sharing it.

i suppose i could contribute a couple of op's myself while i'm here, but i'll put a disclaimer here and say that this is only out of the anime i've seen, and i haven't seen nearly as much as most of you probably have since i just recently got back into anime. c: but, i really like these op's out of the ones i've seen and i don't think they've been shared in this thread yet.



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hihi, here are some of my favorites

Spoiler:



the 2nd op is great too but i liked this one more

https://vimeo.com/40669909 (couldn't find it on youtube with good sound quality so have this instead?)

and here's one from this season (this was also the only video that had the actual visuals, that i could find anyways)

for those curious, here is the anime because it's not in the title http://myanimelist.net/anime/30901/Utawarerumono:_Itsuwari_no_Kamen

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Theres so many to choose from alot of openings are epic but then watching the anime could seem long and tedious but a few OP come to mind elfen lied was singing that catchy tune for like forever and i cant remember the other anime but ii remember she had a giant gun and flaming blue eye and her friend was kinda messed up in a unreal yet real world where they harbour their emotions. I have memory of goldfish so please excuse me if i cant remember straight of the bat
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I didn't read any of the other posts because all these un-spoilered YouTube videos are making my computer have a fit. So here's a few of my favourites, regardless of whether they've been posted here before or not. Youtube video in spoilers.

Hanasaku Iroha Opening 1 - Hana no Iro
https://soundcloud.com/light323/hanasaku-iroha-opening-hana-no
Hanasaku Iroha Opening 2 - Omokage Warp
Spoiler:

Psycho-Pass Opening 2 - Out of Control
https://soundcloud.com/killuauchiha-1/psycho-pass-op2-out-of-control
Durarara! Opening 2 - Complication
https://soundcloud.com/sunnrcrakr/complication-durarara-opening