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Chara

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Favourite Anime Openings
« 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
Tank! by The Seatbelts
Cowboy Bebop (this is compulsory, no?)


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
Free Bird by Kou Ohtani
Haibane Renmei


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


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
Cloud Age Symphony by Shuntaro Okino
Last Exile


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VTpsfru0ak&feature=related
Poltergeist by Kojima Mayumi
Ghost Hound
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Re: Favourite Anime Openings
« Reply #1 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
Last Regrets by Shinji Orito/Jun Magi (Performed by Ayana)
Kanon (2006)

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

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
Spirale by Makino Yui
ARIA The ORIGINATION

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

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

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
Byakkoya no Musume by Hirasawa Susumu
Paprika

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKxACHIfQf0
Tobe!Gundam! by Ikeda Koh
GUNDAM! FUCK YEAH!
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Re: Favourite Anime Openings
« Reply #2 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

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

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

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

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

Kamichu - Hare nochi hare! by Tomita Maho
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

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

Bleach - Asterisk by Orange Range
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

Densha Otoko - Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra
(show is not anime, but the OP is ;) )
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.
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Re: Favourite Anime Openings
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2008, 03:57:28 AM »
Heres a couple

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

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


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

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
Zankoku na Tenshi no Teize, by. Yoko Takahashi
Evangelion

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
"PSI-missing", by Mami Kawada
To Aru Majutsu no Index

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

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxSibLE-Iw
Turn A Turn, by Hideki Saijo
∀ Gundam ( I just like this one )
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Re: Favourite Anime Openings
« Reply #4 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)

Natsume Yuujinchou OP: Issei no Sei by Kita Shuuhei
TV Version (HQ)

True Tears OP: Reflectier by Riya/euphonius
TV Version (HQ)

Faster, more upbeat songs:

Blood+ 1st OP: Aozora no Namida by Hitomi Takahashi
TV Version
AWESOME PV

Death Note 1st OP: The WORLD by Nightmare
TV Version

Minami-ke OP: Keikenchi Joushouchuu by Rina Satou, Marina Inuoue and Minori Chihara
TV Version

Toshokan Sensou OP: Atashi no Machi, Ashita no Machi by Hitomi Takahashi
Full song
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Re: Favourite Anime Openings
« Reply #5 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 :(.
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Re: Favourite Anime Openings
« Reply #6 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Piano: ...to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP-X5W8zeB8
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Re: Favourite Anime Openings
« Reply #7 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!
« Last Edit: January 29, 2009, 01:44:29 PM by Chara »
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