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Favorite Anime Openings & Endings

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Sanctuary, Aug 21, 2015.

  1. Sanctuary

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    When it comes to anime, we all have those openings that we immediately skip, and those that we absolutely cannot skip.
    Same thing goes for endings.
    What are some of your favorite anime openings and endings, and is there a main reason as to why they're your favorites?

    My favorite opening would be the 2nd ever Naruto opening.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkyOM4GpkRw

    Honestly, I just love the soundtrack and how it goes well with the scenes played in the opening. I remember seeing this intro so many damn times as a kid, and I always loved it so much.

    And for my favorite ending, it would be from Ano Natsu de Matteru.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB-OF_geyKc

    I especially love the song itself. The singer has a really nice sounding voice, there's something about it that I can't put my finger on, but it just sounds really amazing to me.
    Aside from the song, one of the things I really like how it shows a colored outline of each character, and then a silhouette reflection, and then has all characters standing around in a circle facing away from each other, looking at the stars. It's so simple, yet so awesome.
     
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wh8FgsEtNQ
    Flyers - Bradio (Death Parade)

    I love so much about this song. It's so energetic and the motown-jazz licks from the horn section is so amazing. Then the song's tone actually contradicts the show in a hilariously ironic way. Plus I love this style of music anyway.
    Other candidates are Hacking to the Gate by Itou Kanako, Tank! by The Seatbelts, Gun's and Roses by Paradise Lunch and Colours by Flow.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY04WPLTGbc
    Don't think, Feel - Idoling (FT ED 8)

    I usually don't like end themes because they always feel weirdly rushed and it feels like not much effort was put in because they feel like people won't care. However, the way they do this it sounds like it would fit at the start of the anime instead of the end, I honestly forget that this way put at the end. It's just so beautiful sounding that it makes you forget that the anime has ended.
    Other candidates are Shirushi by LiSa, Brave Song by Aoi Tada, Tutti! by Kitauji Quartet and Daisy by Stereo Dive Foundation
     
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  3. Nauris

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    I have few opening and endings that I like.

    For the openings currently the op I like the most is
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKOQFz8PDbw

    I prefer the TV size to full song in this case. Other ops I like are

    2. GATE: Sore wa Akatsuki no you ni by Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets - Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
    3. No Buts! by Mami Kawada - To Aru Majutsu no Index â…¡
    4. Database by Man with a Mission ft. Takuma - Log Horizon
    5. Spirit Inspiration by Nothing's Carved In Stone - Zetsuen no Tempest

    For the endings, the current favorite is
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL7Rixlqku4

    and here are the 2 to 5 for the eds.

    2. L.L.L. by MYTH&ROID - Overlord
    3. Hey! Smith!! by Yuu KobayashiRei Mochizuki, Momo Asakura, Yurika Kubo, Saori Oonishi - Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou
    4. Sugar Song and Bitter Step by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN - Kekkai Sensen
    5. Uso by SID - Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
     
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    My all time favourite anime opening theme:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgOyB4yyeV8​
    And my all time favourite ending theme is:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X16VLYXEwjo​
     
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  5. WavePearl

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    Must it be the Japanese version, or can we count English and foreign OPs and EDs too?


    Okay then--just wanted to check and make sure, cause I have a few English and Italian OPs I wanted to share
     
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  6. Nauris

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    I'm pretty sure it's fine as long it is anime opening and/or ending.
     
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    Here are some of my favorite openings:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWlliOkY0is
    Amnesia's opening is really amazing. I love how rock elements are incorporated into the melody. I mean it kind of doesn't suit the anime itself, but it's a pretty good opening.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWZfnlYUB_4
    Brother's Conflict has one of the most cheerful openings. It really shows off the really cute and bubbly side of the show.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uq34TeWEdQ
    Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood's opening is intense. The slow, mellow beat soon becomes a really fast rap with a really powerful beat, very suiting towards the song. The voals aren't too bad either haha.
     
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  8. Azazel

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    Fairy Tail Openings 9 & 10
    Ichirin No Hana from Bleach (ESPECIALLY as ichigo's face fades into his hollow forms it's just amazing to me)
    The Gangsta. OP
     
  9. Sanctuary

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    I'm not sure if I like this one more than the one I posted in the OP, or if I like them the same.
    Regardless, I love this ending for a various amount of reasons.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBwRJudIOIo

    The way I see it, it seems to portray how Isla was during the beginning of the anime, and then transitions to how she ends up in the final few episodes. Thinking about it like that makes me appreciate it much more than I already did.
     
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    Two of my favorite openings are both Attack on Titan openings haha. I love them so much aaahhh.
    I recently started watching (and finished tonight) Tokyo Ghoul. And Unravel is just so amazing. I love it.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aMOurgDB-o

    I also really love Zankyou No Terror's ending. It's so beautiful. ;A;
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV7QjFdNkUk
     
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    THIS IS MY POST

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na1k-Jn4HBQ
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9opZi6PluKI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pffz3UqKnWU
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7jQcAwmR98
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwIqQeAj81I
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2IwwyJUerk
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vZAo6plIzw
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFwIWmX5pc
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5brpC_JNz0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCswvr8eRNk
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRwiHjf1N50
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yqnWZJ3xl8
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S1GwLepo1o
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if0KXNEx_WQ
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTZ9BmlVslY
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3UcHkj4wI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFbU8uSDfPI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRzyZdU_rI4
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ0ymYGQNa8
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNjHxhljAck
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjmg_2FTz6A

    These are just a few, not all of my favs are on Youtube sadly :c
     
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    My favourite anime openings are;
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7MMMNTQ7H0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx1-t_HEkvE

    My favourite anime endings are;
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPLEbAVjiLA
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DshAow74tLI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV31EHwtayo
     
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    I don't have links, but I really enjoy these openings.

    Yugioh Arc V Opening 4: Trump Card
    Pokémon XY Openings 1-2 as well as Pokémon XY & Z Openining
    One Punch Man's Opening
    Ben-To's Opening

    Regarding Endings, I honestly don't have any ending favorites. For me ending themes always feel slow, and unsatisfying for me, as it's usually around the time I leave the video. I guess really the only ending I ever sticked around for was Naruto's original ending number 3.
     
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    these two of fairy tail will slay you​
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=watQgRTHDhs​
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-1jW3mykDU​
    strike back and believe in myself​
    best songs of anime omg​
     
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  15. DIO

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    These two openings are my favorite.

    Code Geass: Colors
    Toradora!: Pre-Parade (sorry about the video, but this is literally the only version of the opening I could find on YouTube)

    I don't really watch the ending songs very often, so they don't stick with me.
     
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    Fave Openings

    Death Parade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DwbXmr70C0
    Noragami (Season 1+2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyyuV-gkavg
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZP9KRAls2E (I love the style of the the opening, glad that they kept it like in S2 as well)
    FMA:B (Op 1 and 4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZjkweY8hHo
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vx69Pe7Ncs
    Blue Exocist (op 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjysGlj-Glw (I hated this one and preferred the first one at the beginning, it turned out to be my fave XD)
    Gintama (op 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgy1PB4UxQ0


    Not much of fave endings tho
    Soul Eater (2nd) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNuH09BzawI
    Beyond the Boundary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMlwer-lbow


    That's pretty much it..........for now anyway ^_^
     
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    The only opening that really matters now is One Punch Man, and this is coming from a guy who usually sticks to his nostalgic old shows when it comes to openings and stuff.

    That being said, Parasyte's opening is also a recent favorite of mine.
     
  18. Sanctuary

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    Alright, I got a couple more openings to add to my list. A couple of them came from 2015 Fall anime.

    Noragami Aragoto:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhPtHEyFt2Q

    K: Return of Kings (FUCK, this gets me hyped up every time I listen to it):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xTEksnrmEw

    Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLQ4xvDTLS4

    Rokka no Yuusha:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBxFQkLWSg0

    Zankyou no Terror (I can't believe I forgot about this one. Every time I watch it, I wanna rewatch the entire anime):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc00ABaD4cI
     
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