Winter 2010 Anime OPs
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jan 23, 2010 22:28 JST
- Tags: Dance in the Vampire Bund, Moe, Music, OP, Sora no Woto, TV, Video Gallery
A compilation of most of the latest season’s OP sequences, this article might prove useful to those that are still searching for new shows to add to their current anime line-up, or should at least provide some entertainment to fans of the frenetic, typically genki sequences that have graced anime series for decades…
Please note that the list below is nowhere near a complete line-up of all the OPs of all newly airing shows, but just a collection of the most notable series that have reasonably high quality OP videos online.
Sora no Woto
光の旋律 / Hikari no Senritsu
By: Kalafina
The Sora no Woto OP delivers some lovely animation quality along with an equally enchanting song to go with it, although the the nearly completely static animation of the girls and backround art do make it rather subdued for an anime OP.
Watch for the highlight starting around 1:06 of all the main girls conveniently pre-bent onto their knees, with Kanata even giving the viewer a coy glance over her shoulder.
Ladies Vs. Butlers!
Love x Heaven
By: Seiyuu CVs (Character Voices)
This OP gives us a good look at the show’s luscious female character roster, done in studio Xebec’s easy to identify Kanokon style.
Look for the permanently erect nipples visible throughout the girl’s seifuku for the entire sequence.
Omamori Himari
押しちゃうぞっ!! / Oshichauzo!!
By: AyaRuko
Studio Zexcs ‘s offering gives another us a good dose of ecchi done in a colorfully moe presentation.
The size of the oppai presented by Lizlet and Kuesu is indeed impressive, but likely loses out to the next show’s OP…
Seikon no Qwaser
Errand
By: 飛蘭 / Faylan
Considering that this is the show that provides us with the spectacle of huge oppai breast feeding, this OP strangely doesn’t show us much of the girls, instead being one of the most action-heavy sequences this Winter season.
Hidamari Sketch Hoshimittsu
できるかなって☆☆☆ / Dekirukanatte☆☆☆
By: Seiyuu (Yui, Miyako, Hiro and Sae)
This version of the OP that aired with the third (this week’s) episode appears to be the final full version, including freshman newcomers Nazuna and Nori to the Hidamari Apartments in all their loli-moe resplendence.
Studio Shaft certainly made it the best looking of all Hidamari OPs so far, although determine the catchiest song from all three seasons is likely just a matter of preference.
Nodame Cantabile Finale
Manazashi Daydream
By: Yuu Sakai
The third season of yet another series, Nodame’s final season’s OP is once again definitely the best looking so far, although the song doesn’t quite match up to the sheer exuberance of the original season’s first OP.
Pardon the subtitles, finding an uncropped raw version proved to be a challenge…
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun
LEVEL5 -judgelight-
By: fripside
This is cheating – this show does come from last season, but it did recently start a new OP so its inclusion might be semi-justifiable…
This second OP probably ranks a bit further down for most viewers compared to the first OP, but is still nice to look at.
Watch for a lightning quick cameo by Index and Touma at 0:39!
Durarara!!
裏切りの夕焼け /Uragiri no Yuuyake
By: Theatre brook
Durarara!! has a rather unique, stylized OP that’s somewhat reminiscent of the Baccano, and should be appealing to fans of more action-oriented J-Rock OPs.
Excuse the mirrored video making everything nearly illegible – most uploads of this OP online are so modified in an interesting method of getting around copyright violation…
COBRA The Animation
Cobra The Space Pirate
By: サシャ アントニス (Sasha Antonius?)
This OP is certainly the most unique of the entire season, with its decidedly old-school character styles and English language lyrics sung by an actual English speaker.
It almost reminds one of the air of an old James Bond opening, which is appropriate for the show as it is part of the classic series’ 30th Anniversary celebration.
Hanamaru Kindergarten
青空トライアングル / Aozora Triangle
By: Seiyuu CVs
The OP for this kindergarten slice-of-life comedy series is mainly included because of the seeming oddness of the makers behind the show – it comes from famed studio Gainax and is directed by Seiji Mizushima, the director of Gundam 00 and both original Fullmetal Alchemist.
Anyone that was present at the Anime Expo 2009 Gainax panel following the Gurren Lagann movie screening might remember Mizushima introducing this show and mentioning his concern of just how he was going to live up to Gainax’s history of lovely bishoujo schoolgirl fanservice in a show that mainly features preschool aged schoolgirls (!).
Dance in The Vampire Bund
フレンズ / Friends
By: Aiko Nakano
Speaking of loli service, the OP for vampire loli show Dance in the Vampire Bund is a beautiful enough spectacle to earn mention both here and in a previous article. This one is a highly recommended watch, as Mina’s odd dance is something hard to get across with just still images.
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0:16 of Dance in the vampire bund's OP reminded me that psp commercial "I'm playing nuts!"
Cobra TV series does show Nudity I guess Quen didn't bother to show the Oppi in that series.
So other than COBRA are there any promising shows to watch?
Theatre Brook is win, and therefore the Durarara!! OP is win.
Uragiri no Yuuyake is the best opening overall. Hell, Durarara!! is the best new show this season.
I'm loving Durarara's OP the best.
Lolis no longer cool, giant breasts are. Milking MILF breasts, if possible.
Index FTW!
huh? Index? o_O; I see no loli nuns in these OPS...
in railgun op
I would say that bests are Durarara!! for originality (I find very cool also ending theme), and as for eye catching of course Dance in The Vampire Bund (we all know why..).
As for anime ranking in general it's yet another story.
durarara!! op = Baccano OP [Same style , different people ,,,]
Durarara!! ED = Yozakura Quartet ED + Persona ED
[Same style, diferrent flow]
Holy cow dude you are totally right. It was total troll from my side, saying it's original :P
I didn't see Baccano yet, and I didn't actually remember Persona ED.
Did you see this one yet? Gintama FTW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0k3WqEwUTE&feature=related [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0k3WqEwUTE&feature=related] LOL
"..ranked further down.."?
Tbh, although I still prefer Only My Railgun over Judgelight, I have to say this 2nd OP clip is made of 100% WIN; the animations are so smooth and superbly well done, more cameos (yay for loli sensei) and finally Konori gets to finally show her face in the OP.
And as for Sora No Woto; it instantly become the most underrated show of the season mainly because ppl think it's K-on in military, which is exactly NOT.
PS: Phylicia and Noel are my waifu candidates..
original '85 version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjL3rpJoY_I&feature=related [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjL3rpJoY_I&feature=related]
Very good article. Especially for those lazy people like me u_u
I at least found 2-3 series wich i'm going to watch.
thx <3
Haramu Kindergarten,
Durarara
and maybe Nodame Cantabile
I would have to say my fav is hanamaru kindergarten. Really interesting chord progression and the counter melodies going on are also really nice.
Can't take Sora no Woto's song of my mind!
Really beautiful! 5/5
Vampire in the Bunda and To Aru Kagaku no Railgun has the best OP.
i think the point system is so juvinile~, but thats just my opinion..and my opinion can be frowned upon and publically critisized i guess(in way~) *cringes in corner, knowing the nega votes r comming*
I like the visual style and music of the "Durarara!!" OP.
WTF is with the character design of the blonde girl shown at the start of the "Ladies x Butlers" OP? Her hair "tails" are shaped like huge insect bodies with stingers on the ends.
Creepy/repulsive.
Umm, it's Yuno not Yui.
I love Hanamaru's OP.
..But it feels kinda sad.
Hanamaru Kindergarten is EXCELLENT!!!
Sora no Woto's intro is totally based on Gustav Klimt's art. Just like Elfen Lied, lol
The only season I'm interested this year is the spring season; I can't wait and see what Angel Beats opening will be like.
I seem to think that Dance in The Vampire Bund's OP song is kinda like a oldies type. It's quite a nice song... :D
I like hidamari sketch the most which is ca bit of a disapointment because I liked the first seasons op more.
Dance in the Vampire Bund wins.
Lady VS Butlers is my favourite this season :3
Loli action ftw! ^_^
Third'd ^_^
loser
cant enjoy loli?
THEN GTFO!
AND FAST
Perfect Area Complete :D
No BakaTest?
I left it out as I was having trouble finding a good version, or perhaps I ran out of time, I can't remember exactly...
*is in rage face*
What, it's a good show, with a good op.
Exactly!
Shuwa Shuwa
Shuwa Shuwa
Nanairo
Golden Showah~
Its Morning, not golden. That just sounds wrong.
Makes me wonder what caused Hidamari's mangaka to use heads like that. It's amusing, seems like you could squish character heads to make a final "mold" by touch.
('____'x)
I'm am disappoint to see that many failed to acknowledge Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi Mittsu has the best OP of this season.
OPs of Hidamari Sketch series are all good!
Durarara!! is the best, no question.
Kinda weird to see Friends used as the OP for Bund. I was not expecting that.
Also, I protest the lack of Baka Test inclusion :(
People need to distinguish the difference between animation and graphics.
I know I'm being anal right here, but I must disagree that the OP for Sora no Woto is "well-animated", as Quen suggested. However, I do agree that the graphics were stylish.
Animation, as the word already says, is to indicate somethings that's "animated", somethings that is dynamic. In this OP, nothing actually moves, except for those flowers spinning around.
A pretty good solution to save budget, and it also gives people the illusion that things are actually moving.
Sorry Rethardus, although I did at least mention the staticness of the visuals at least.
Yay!
Now I have a chanse to get hooked up by something I'v yet checked out ^^
Seiji Mizushima is not the director of the new FMA
I must've slipped up there, thanks Anonymous.
Butlers is HUGE!!!
you forgot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdZ_ibcE_LM
Btw
/Best show is baka btw every should watch it!
Then
Durara
and Cobra
Qwaser has lulz Factor so watch that too
Coolest op is kindergarden btw
uh sorry I run out of time
oh and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ed7voSUVA
best show of season !
As much as you might dislike unellmay02, stop downvoting his posts, he has a valid point. Baka to Test and Ookamikakushi are two of the most popular shows this season and their OPs should be added to the article.
Copypasting because unellmay02's posts are hidden:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ed7voSUVA - Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdZ_ibcE_LM - Ookamikakushi
dammit unell! we have and edit button for a reason!
stop replying to yourself!
it's kinda freaky
I sense down fag 8O
About the dance in vampire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRyEbtePZ7U
those are the vids yes
Baka Test?
Ookami Kakushi?
Durarara!! FTW!!
FTW indeed!!
Excellent article, sankaku should have more of these.
I think a lot of these series could be good if it weren't for the huge amounts of ecchi poured into them to seemingly "make them more popular". Am I the only one that sees this as a turn off?
@Anon 22:52:
I like ecchi animes, but sometimes, putting/keeping ecchi in an anime just fucks it up.
IMHO, there should have been three separate Mahoromatic anime story lines:
* Purely serious
* Jokes
* Ecchi
Not the only one, but in the minority by far. In fact, I don't agree with you...
Yes you faggot
....No hard feelings though?
YES PLZ!!!!
Err... ladies first.
Followed by that fgt then me. =D
Says the one wif a trap avatar =)
I'm also turned off. The loli fanservice makes me feel ashamed to be an anime fan.
It may "make them more popular" among dedicated otaku, but I think it turns off mainstream audiences. At the very least, I think it's scared away Cartoon Network in the U.S. and YTV in Canada, who have pretty much dropped all the anime from their lineups. The style of action-anime they used to show (which included GitS:SAC, Cowboy Bebop, etc) has become nearly extinct, replaced by moe.
Agreed.
The wonderful action orientated stories that used to populate the anime scene like Noir, Madlax, Evangelion, Kino no Tabi, Gasaraki, R.O.D., Neo Ranga, Elfen Lied, Rahxephon, and others too numerous to count, seem to be extinct, with a few embattled titles fighting to stay in the fans' consciousness, leaving the field open for the more perverted sex-obsessed series to dominate, that more often than not involve underage characters in adult situations that would never, ever happen in the real world. There is a difference between harmless flirting amongst perceived adults in the context of a story, and what appears to be loli and shota in sexual situations that seem to define the story's existence which will be perceived as perverted by any sane individual with a life.
Ecchi=sex=bearable
Loli ecchi=perverted sex=2D paedophilia.
Tell that to the companies.
I have no taste for it, yes, but I'm not shooting you down. I care not for studios making overdrive ecchi filled nonsense. The fact remains that my "minority" has almost no shows which cater for us anymore. I suspect this is why anime has become less popular of late and many turn to older anime that they may have missed instead.
Please, having a flat-chested girl in a show isn't pedophilia. Sure, the characters look young, but that doesn't mean they are. Some could be older than you, however old you happen to be.
You just happen to not have the taste for that sort of thing. Don't attempt to shoot down those who do.
The Sora no Woto OP seems to be a homage to Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) Look him up if you are unsure.
The director of Sora no Woto is Mamoru Kanbe, the same guy that made Elfen Lied, so no wonder his love for Gustav Klimt shows up again. Some of the poses the girls have in the OP are almost direct copys of some of his paintings.
The last Gustav Klimt inspired anime OP I know of would that be of "Elfen Lied." First time I saw it, the art style was immediately noticeable, and it was definitely confirmed during the segment of the OP that was similar the Klimt's "The Kiss."
That the same thing I thought when I saw that opening.
Also Elfen Lied's opening played a homage to Klimt too.
I can see that.
I also see a little Miyazaki style OP in Sora no Woto's OP.
(In particular, Laputa -- in both the art style and music/song).
Despite it fully contains of still frames, i found it as well as the song addictive to watch and listen.. despite the shot with Rio holding the demon's head still creeping me out..
It's also worth mentioning that OP of dance in the vampire's bund was an old song that was requested by the mangaka to use as OP and a big hit back in the 80s originally sung by Rebecca,and I'm calling it here,it could easily be the best OP of 2010. Hard to beat a classic
I love you.
Yeah it's a nice song.
At lest the mangaka did something right because his request to make the anime different than the manga didn't prove much of a success.
Sora no Woto OP for the best OP (just judging by the music, not the animation). Second goes To Aru Kagaku no Railgun. I guess I am one of those few that like it better than the 1st OP.
What make it soo good?
The fact that it is (at least picturally speaking) a total rip off from Elfenlied? (who even ripped it before from G Klimt but with a reaseon: The original manga has a strong link with germany
The fact it ripped its character design from Moe-blob anime K-on?
The fact that for once we have real music and not some overly genki Jpop song?
Must I continue?
It's not the first/second time that an anime uses the style of Gustav Klimt. It seems he is fairly popular in Japan and I've seen copies of his style in quite a few anime, like for example Gankutsuou.
Btw: Klimt is from Austria, not Germany.
You do know that Sora no Woto and Elfen Lied has the same director right? And he is credited with both OP's. So its not as much SnW ripping of EL as it is the director having a thing for G. Klimt. Oh, and like Elfen Lied the music in the SnW opening is fantastic.
Don't forget Yuki Kajiura.
Definitely the Best!
Mina Tepes FTW !!!
Damn fine article.
Of those I've seen Nodame's OP is definitely the best, followed by Durarara!!. Railgun's new OP is sort of bland. I don't know if it's just my internet connection or what, but I can never get youtube videos to load in a timely matter. All other streaming sites work fine though.
The 'Sora no Woto' OP reminds me a lot of the Elfen Lied Op in terms of style and presentation.
nice compilation!
FMA? D:
YES! DURARARA! ROAR OUT LOUDER.
Can't wait to see the loli dance in BD
What the hell is the point of this post?
Presenting sankaku.com readers the OPs of the newest anime of this season.
Cpt. Obvious
I love Durarara like Baccano style