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Title: Favourite Anime Openings
Post by: Chara on November 16, 2008, 07:26:50 PM

 :cheerleader: I tried to get openings that not only had good songs but had good animation that suited it well. I don't have a set number of OPs, just post however many you like (but not more than ten). Feel free to re-post.

In no particular order:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Q3N3cJnyA&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Q3N3cJnyA&feature=related)
Tank! by The Seatbelts
Cowboy Bebop (this is compulsory, no?)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo4EcTjxn_E&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo4EcTjxn_E&feature=related)
For Fruits Basket by Ritsuko Okazaki
Fruits Basket


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl5pbu94Px8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl5pbu94Px8)
Free Bird by Kou Ohtani
Haibane Renmei


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z49tbHaWMwg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z49tbHaWMwg)
The Sore Feet Song by Ally Kerr
Mushishi


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiUUdnUAcTc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiUUdnUAcTc)
Duvet by Boa
Serial Experiments Lain (funny now 'present day, present time' no longer applies-- this is 1998)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VygpHybhTz0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VygpHybhTz0)
Cloud Age Symphony by Shuntaro Okino
Last Exile


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VTpsfru0ak&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VTpsfru0ak&feature=related)
Poltergeist by Kojima Mayumi
Ghost Hound

Title: Re: Favourite Anime Openings
Post by: Halumbooka on November 17, 2008, 04:32:21 AM

I won't repost the one's you've already listed because there'd be too much overlap. But Tank, For Fruits Basket, Free Bird, The Sore Feet Song, Duvet, and Cloud Age Symphony would be on my list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntA6sb51Uzc&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntA6sb51Uzc&feature=related)
Last Regrets by Shinji Orito/Jun Magi (Performed by Ayana)
Kanon (2006)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCf0TIfR7pk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCf0TIfR7pk)
Undine by Makino Yui
ARIA The ANIMATION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-XOe5CI8gI&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-XOe5CI8gI&feature=related)
Euforia by Makino Yui
ARIA The NATURAL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS0nIHtVJDY&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS0nIHtVJDY&feature=related)
Spirale by Makino Yui
ARIA The ORIGINATION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ9LD0FEq08 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ9LD0FEq08)
Prism by Ikeda Ayako
Dennou Coil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MUFQnkGAco&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MUFQnkGAco&feature=related)
Lilium by Konishi Kayo & Kondoo Yukio
Elfen Lied

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftMuloNJGnY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftMuloNJGnY)
Puzzle by Round Table feat. Nino
N.H.K. ni Youkoso

don't know if this one counts...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQQfKI7RDlk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQQfKI7RDlk)
Byakkoya no Musume by Hirasawa Susumu
Paprika

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahU-mkc_zSA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahU-mkc_zSA)
Curriculum by Ifu Sarasa
Moyashimon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKxACHIfQf0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKxACHIfQf0)
Tobe!Gundam! by Ikeda Koh
GUNDAM! FUCK YEAH!

Title: Re: Favourite Anime Openings
Post by: kiwiish on November 17, 2008, 05:51:27 AM

These would be on my list as well:
Serial Experiments Lain
Ghost Hound <- loved this one
NHK ni Youkoso

Roughly in backwards chronological order... Roughly.

Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora - Fly Away by THYME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pi2XSmlOPg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pi2XSmlOPg)

Kaiba - Never by Seira
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OH1ObXl1NI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OH1ObXl1NI)

Spice and Wolf - Tabi no Tochuu by Kiyoura Natsumi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiWhovYVmDM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiWhovYVmDM)

Lucky Star - Motteike! Sailor Fuku by the seiyuu (xD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdERUrLvIW4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdERUrLvIW4)

Bokurano - Uninstall by Ishikawa Chiaki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05p646nlYS0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05p646nlYS0)

Kamichu - Hare nochi hare! by Tomita Maho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrIHyw6q0lQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrIHyw6q0lQ)

Speed Grapher - Girls on Film by Duran Duran
(minor parts towards the end are NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSTphPlzZp4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSTphPlzZp4)

Blood+ - Colors of the Heart by Uverworld
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6c8rTtt0KQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6c8rTtt0KQ)

Bleach - Asterisk by Orange Range
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ty-Nqm4Pdc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ty-Nqm4Pdc)

EDIT: Full Metal Alchemist - Ready Steady Go by L'Arc~en~Ciel
(Rewrite by Asian Kung-Fu Generation was good too, but I like this one better :3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIyQdMxUmkA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIyQdMxUmkA)

Densha Otoko - Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra
(show is not anime, but the OP is ;) )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJHRtklMRwc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJHRtklMRwc)

There are also quite a few EDs that I like, but I suppose that is for another post or thread.
e.g. I like Moyashimon ED over the OP. ~gimon gimon gimon~
  Also Spice and Wolf ED :)
  etc.

Title: Re: Favourite Anime Openings
Post by: da1legend on November 18, 2008, 03:57:28 AM

Heres a couple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPX8TTRaK1U (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPX8TTRaK1U)
Resonance, by. T.M.Revolution
Soul Eater

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIGsdNLtGOM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIGsdNLtGOM)
Paradise Lost, by Minori Chihara
Ga Rei Zero


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0JGKhsTqG4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0JGKhsTqG4)
Colorless Wind, by. Aira Yuki
Sola

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge6QQ5h7XYs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge6QQ5h7XYs)
Kakusei Heroism ~The Hero Without A Name~, from An Cafe
Darker than Black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgATlhZFAfs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgATlhZFAfs)
Zankoku na Tenshi no Teize, by. Yoko Takahashi
Evangelion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz8gH44PKpc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz8gH44PKpc)
Arashi no Naka de Kagayaite, by. Chihiro Yonekura
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBV3jpToBqA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBV3jpToBqA)
"PSI-missing", by Mami Kawada
To Aru Majutsu no Index

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObgRk0ruWbQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObgRk0ruWbQ)
Tori no Uta, by. Lia
Air

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97j86qH91Nk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97j86qH91Nk)
"King Gainer Over!" by Yoshiki Fukuyama
Overman King Gainer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxSibLE-Iw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxSibLE-Iw)
Turn A Turn, by Hideki Saijo
∀ Gundam ( I just like this one )

Title: Re: Favourite Anime Openings
Post by: tai on November 19, 2008, 04:59:04 AM

Slower, more peaceful songs:

Clannad After Story OP: Toki wo Kizamu Uta by Lia
TV Version (HQ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh9NLcKUhtc)

Natsume Yuujinchou OP: Issei no Sei by Kita Shuuhei
TV Version (HQ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgZX406CkJs)

True Tears OP: Reflectier by Riya/euphonius
TV Version (HQ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baqvKN4d0jE)

Faster, more upbeat songs:

Blood+ 1st OP: Aozora no Namida by Hitomi Takahashi
TV Version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRoBJN6HmLc)
AWESOME PV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HLUu6VcUaI)

Death Note 1st OP: The WORLD by Nightmare
TV Version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEdG1LLlWAE)

Minami-ke OP: Keikenchi Joushouchuu by Rina Satou, Marina Inuoue and Minori Chihara
TV Version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFD-PVIbDyc)

Toshokan Sensou OP: Atashi no Machi, Ashita no Machi by Hitomi Takahashi
Full song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-APpNAQ7eDs)

Title: Re: Favourite Anime Openings
Post by: SenoWaffle on November 20, 2008, 01:51:20 PM

It's saddening that Ritsuko Okazaki died not to long ago. She was one of my favorite J-artists :(.

Title: Re: Favourite Anime Openings
Post by: Soma on January 29, 2009, 12:26:43 AM

My really old-school list from...5 years or so ago.

Battle Programmer Shirase: Suddenly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9IejLR8p7s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9IejLR8p7s)

Scrapped Princess: Little Wing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m13qCJ2J4_E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m13qCJ2J4_E)

Futatsu no Spica: Venus Say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmv6JPU_rcY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmv6JPU_rcY)

Uchuu no Stellvia: Asu e Brilliant Road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEpTbSMXxO0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEpTbSMXxO0)

Kaleido Star: Yakusoku no Basho e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tme31MAE70 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tme31MAE70)

Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai: Metamorphose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmVOdIOmlgc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmVOdIOmlgc)

Witch Hunter Robin: Shell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS1-7CV_t1s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS1-7CV_t1s)

Rahxephon: Hemisphere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxfIJr1RYwc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxfIJr1RYwc)

MADLAX: Hitomi no Kakera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h45wt46N-fg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h45wt46N-fg)

Piano: ...to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP-X5W8zeB8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP-X5W8zeB8)

Title: Re: Favourite Anime Openings
Post by: Chara on January 29, 2009, 01:21:28 PM

Hahaha I didn't know you watched Battle Programmer Shirase

EDIT: That's the Madlax OP?! I never knew!