Favorite Anime Opening and Endings

[Tenkage]

My favourite openings are




Favourite closing themes are:


There are more, but I don't want to get too carried away, and they are the first ones that spring to my mind.

Black Butler's opening, I love it, I also love how they don't really change the opening mid season but just use the same song but the verses they didn't use the first time round. The visuals are pretty good but I think Soul Eater's far exceeds it. Still good.

 

[Artina89]

Black Butler's opening, I love it, I also love how they don't really change the opening mid season but just use the same song but the verses they didn't use the first time round. The visuals are pretty good but I think Soul Eater's far exceeds it. Still good.

I have never seen Soul eater, but I have heard good things about it, I am going to have to check it out sometime.

 

[Tenkage]

Black Butler's opening, I love it, I also love how they don't really change the opening mid season but just use the same song but the verses they didn't use the first time round. The visuals are pretty good but I think Soul Eater's far exceeds it. Still good.

I have never seen Soul eater, but I have heard good things about it, I am going to have to check it out sometime.

Check out the review of Arkada, he does a good review of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRpY0DpwhVA

 

[Vykrel]

im not capable of skipping the intros to Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo or Trigun.

 

[shadowxvii]

Can't settle on one opening, but as for the ending, Kimi no shiranai monogatari from Bakemonogatari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jegn-uLNSE

P.S. Special mention to Jojo's Bizzare Adventure 2012 for using Roundabout by Yes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKr46XveL6w

 

[Cerebrawl]

Oh and this thread is seriously missing out on dancing samurai.

(I figured out how to embed videos here, wee!)
(Note the best song, but great visuals).

 

[Fox12]

There are several great ones, but Serial Experiments Lain wins this handily. It's absolutely beautiful. Here's the video, and a link to the full acoustic version (which is somehow even better).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6t-rqR2GoU

Narutaru has the single greatest troll opening in history. The actual story is basically pokemon meets Neon Genesis. The opening even managed to get the show past the sensors in a few countries. The manga is much better though:

Honorable mentions go to Ghost in the Shell and Elfen Lied, for their gorgeous soundtracks, and Samurai Champloo, for its gorgeous animation.

 

[Someone Depressing]

SHAFT are without a doubt the best makers of openings. Here are my top five favourites from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking, by Kouji Kumeta. All of the openings themselves are animated by Gendaku Inu curry, who do various odd jobs around the anime business. Knowing my amaing programming skills, I'll leave the ULRs.

Spoiler: Kuusou Rumba

Here, the song sings about a man trying to get a rumba. Naturally, i's all a metaphor (it's a manga about a pessimist falling in love with an optimistic murderer... what do you expect?). (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frMPayj2KgU)

Spoiler: Zesseji beijin

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDHqR7iYm8E) This one sings about the murder of some rather annoying people that the famel lead wants to dispose of. It also depicts the female lead leaving the world and crossing the Sanzu because lul symolism

Spoiler: Ringo! Mogire! Bimu!

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZzsfyWU33I) It sings about a man trying to tell his love to a woman (it's actually a duet. Technically) but he fears humiliation, and wants to know if his love's mutual. So, he asks for a password: "ringo mogire beam". (here's an alternate version:

Spoiler: Koiji Romanesque

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QMEdjpa_5g0 This one sings about the heartbreak of each and every single one of the titular character's pupils, all of whom have fallen hopelessly in love with him. Naturally, they're all very ill. And it's all played for humour. Awesome humour

Spoiler: Omamori

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QMEdjpa_5g) It's hard to tell what this one's about but considering what it sings about, how the entire class of 2-E is spiraling into insanity, not like they were sane to begin with.

 

[gagagaga]

Openings:

Evangelion and Serial Experiments Lain both have great openings. Fate/Zero's first opening was good as well. And of course, the first Bleach opening makes it in purely due to nostalgia.

As for endings, Madoka Magica's wins handily. Ain't even a contest.

 

[Alcamonic]

Openings!

Spoiler: Free! - Such happiness and joy, if only the show lasted forever.

Spoiler: Watamote - Both great soundtrack and an intro that would leave you clueless as to what the series is actually about!

Spoiler: Code Geass opening nr 3 - Absolutely fantastic and upbeat.

Spoiler: Sailor moon S opening - catchy, cute, and generally rather nice.

Spoiler: Future Diary - I dare say it even beats the Attack on Titan one! Hell, even the animation is great, showing her madness.

Endings!

Spoiler: Free! - Need not say more.

Spoiler: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood ending 4 - It's just catchy.

Spoiler: Sailor moon ending - such a nostalgic tearjerker for me

I have to say that I don't often come across credit songs that are so great I will listen to them every time.

 

[Tenkage]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ga0eoBoavI
Anyone remember this one, Out of all the Pokemon Openings, this one is my favorite, followed by the original, I like this one better because it sucks me into the world, makes me want to go in a little more and have an adventure...good times....still want to know what ever happened to Brock with Professor Ivy though....

 

[Palademon]

Spoiler: Well who couldn't see this one coming...

Spoiler: Also...

Spoiler: And this one just for the sake of weirdness.

I don't really have a favourite closing, since that's when I usually stop watching or skip to the next episode.

I saw that upload of Azumanga Daioh's Opening and was like "Is it? It is! It's the weirdo opening on youtube where someone edited in anti-vaccine propaganda!"

Spoiler: Openings

I like most opening's I list to so this'll be hard

Well I really like Arpeggio of Blue Steel's opening. It's got good lyrics and a strong belt out chorus phrase.
I really like Gundam Wing's opening. At least the lyrics. The lyrics are quite sexy in English, buried under ridiculous 90s pop with needless backing. If this was a solo, more melancholic song, it'd totally be what I'd want my wife to sing for "come hither". But my favourite translation, the one on my DVDs, can not be found on the internet apparently.
Just know that the chorus is "I want to show you my undying love with my entire body tonight"
Penguindrum's opening was great. So energy filled yet so melancholic, tons of orchestra. And the lyrics really hit when you hear "Sorry, I have the feeling we won't meet again".
But youtube hates that opening so here's a slightly sped up full version.

Spoiler: Endings

Sunday Without God's ending better be good, since they seem to plan all the shows only plot points around this song starting just to try to force emotion.
I love Baka and Test's first ending. All of their openings and endings flood you with intense colour, but this was also has cool designs for the male characters, and the song is so fun, fitting, and quite hilarious when you know the lyrics.
All about being proud to be an idiot
"The sun is rising in the west"
"I thought that parking sign was a company"
"Dog eat Dog food world", anyone?

 

[Storm Dragon]

Baccano!, no contest.
Introduces you to all the most important characters, smoothly integrates a concise summary of relevant previous episodes, and the music just speaks for itself.

 

[Objectable]

Spice and Wolf's OP and EP are so damn perfect. Season one only. The season 2 OP and EP can jump off a cliff.
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Best show about economics I have ever seen.

And I can't believe there is no Attack on Titan on here. Seriously.
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[zehydra]

My favorite intro by far is the intro for Monster, and then the intro for Cowboy Bebop.

All other anime intros I've seen are laughable (to me at least). I usually skip them.

I understand that's it the norm in this industry to put japanese pop music as intro titles, but I really don't care for it.

 

[mitchell271]

Spoiler: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Opening 4

Spoiler: Bleach Ending 28

Man, I need to rewatch Brotherhood...

 

[Casual Shinji]

I saw that upload of Azumanga Daioh's Opening and was like "Is it? It is! It's the weirdo opening on youtube where someone edited in anti-vaccine propaganda!"

Yeah, I didn't even realize that till after I posted it and watched it all the way through.

Ah, the good old days when swine flu was still a thing...

 

[DucksFTW]

It just gets you so pumped for the series and it does an amazing job mirroring the tone of the show.

As for endings umm

 

[JadeWah]

Can't believe anyone hasn't mentioned Rainbow: Nisha Rokub&#333; no Shichinin, by Coldrain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGGCdbwKaXw

Something more new and catchy: Samurai Flamenco Op 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fza_WIbjTdI

Wolf's rain - Stray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoQuu7GPxAI

Darker then Black's - Yin's piano is not a OP or ED, but good nonethless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQq6mU3OxZE

 

[VeneratedWulfen93]

Gotta go with Gurren Lagann as my favourite opening ever. There are some other ones that came close, like both openings for Jojo's Bizarre adventure but Gurren Lagann has such an amazing opening.

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As for ending its close between, surprise surprise Gurren Lagann for its ending after the timeskip. But I think that Elfen Lied is my favourite out of any of my top endings.

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