2ch has rendered its verdict as to which 2011 anime openings and endings provided the best audio-visual experience, proving once again that it not wise to judge an anime by its OP or ED…
The ranking:
1. C3 (Opening 1) [141]
2. Steins;Gate (Opening) [125]
3. Ano Hana (Ending) [116]
4. To Aru Majutsu no Index II (Ending 2) [99]
5. Gosick (Opening) [85]
6. Beelzebub (Ending 2) [83]
7. Kamisama no Memo-chou (Opening) [82]
8. Kamisama Dolls (Opening) [81]
9. Nekogami Yaoyorozu (Opening) [75]
10. C3 (Opening 2) [71]
11. UN-GO OP [69]
12. Persona 4 OP [65]
13. TIGER & BUNNY OP1 [63]
14. To Aru Index II OP2 [54]
15. A Channel OP [53]
16. Future Diary OP [48]
17. Mashiroiro Symphony OP [47]
18. Fate/Zero ED [46]
19. Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ ED [44]
19. Sacred 7 OP1 [44]
21. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica OP [39]
22. Mawaru Penguin Drum OP1 [38]
22. Ro-Kyu-Bu! OP [38]
24. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica ED [37]
25. Guilty Crown OP [35]
26. THE IDOLM@STER OP1 [32]
27. Ben-to OP [27]
28. Mawaru Penguin Drum OP2 [27]
29. DOG DAYS OP [23]
30. UN-GO ED [21]
30. Shakugan no Shana OP [21]
where’s fate zero op?
WHERE’S GINTAMA?!!!!!
This list sucks. This song owns every song on this list:
Soulja Boy tell ’em!
Hopped up out the bed,
Turn my swag on,
Took a look in the mirror said what’s up
Yeah I’m getting money
Turn my swag on,
It’s my turn, now turn it up
Yeah, yeah
I put my team on, and my theme song
Now it’s time to turn it up
Yeah, yeah
I got a question why they hating on me,
I got a question why they hating on me
I ain’t did nothing to ’em, but count this money
And put my team on, now my whole clic stunning
Boy what’s up, yeah
Boy what’s up, yeah
When I was 9 years old I put it in my head
That I’m gonna die for this gold
(Soulja Boy tell ’em)
Boy what’s up, yeah
Hopped up out the bed
Turn my swag on
Took a look in the mirror said what’s up
Yeah I’m gettin money (ooh)
I’m back again,
I know a lot of you all thought I wasn’t coming back…
Yeah, yeah
I had to prove them wrong,
Got back in the studio and came up with another hit
Yeah, yeah
I told the world my story, the world where I’m from
Souljaboy X L dot com, boy what’s up
Yeah, yeah
Now everytime you see me spit
Every time you hear me rhyme
Everytime you see me in your state or town
Say what’s up
Yeah, yeah
Hopped up out the bed
Turn my swag on
Took a look in the mirror said what’s up
Yeah I’m gettin money
Don’t see Toriko’s OP or WE GO! from One Piece
FIGURES
NO FRACTALE OP?
LIST NO GOOD
C3 is really decent anime, only the OP is the good point.
No Nichijou? No Deadman Wonderland? No Mirani Nikki? No usagi Drop? Whatever, another useless list.
I’M GONNA START WATCHING STEIN’S GATE TODAY!!!
Holy shit. Even I don’t suck as much as this fucking list. Most of these titles suck. The reason you otaku watch these shows is because you’re all fucking losers with no lives other than to fap to that slut Anaru, who’d be better off getting her teeth pulled out and choking on an old guys dick. Then her corpse would get repeatedly shitted on by a bear.
I think Only My Railgun and Samurai Heart (Some Like Hot) should be on the list…
The Only My Railgun OP was from 2010.
Did it make it to a top 10 list?
Yup, back in 2009/2010 it topped quite a few lists.
2011 was a shitty year for animu. Especially Asshole Hana and c3 which was garbage. Why are you guys still watching this bullshit. Watch some gachi muchi shit. Waste 30 minutes of your life watching shit that doesn’t suck.
Those two shows you listed were great.
2011 had my most favorite show, Index II.
*In Sean Connery’s voice* If you don’t like it… LEAVE!!!
FUCK YOU!
http://www.gayforit.eu/video/109430/Mark-Wolff-muscle-wrestling
Yah Trick Yah! You do that. Fucking losers.
Cripes, looking at your comments, all you do is bitch, complain, and troll about everything. Just stick to your gay wrestling videos and I’ll stick to my Anime.
I personally don’t understand how the first ending of the new Gintama (200-215 or so) isn’t on the list.
Even though I didn’t like C3, I loved the opening
Does anyone know what the song that plays in the first 12 seconds are? I keep hearing it, mainly used as an introduction theme (Perhaps it’s a traditional song?), I can’t figure out what the name of it is!
I wish Mawaru-Penguindrum got ranked higher, Etsuko Yakushimaru’s voice is heavenly
This list is one of the weakest ones I can remember here.
How did they pick ED2 from Beelzebub but miss ED1 or ED3? This choice was inept.
Denpa Onna’s OP is missing, as is Azazel-kun’s OP.
The only good choice I see is Gosick’s OP but the ED should be here too.
12. Persona 4
Not even on the damn list. Moretsu Pirates
Japan confirmed for shit taste. You’ve disappointed Marty Friedman, Japan.
Wrong year, dude.
You’re an idiot for holding a Country accountable for this trivial list. Besides, they’re the ones who made these shows, dumbass.
Love that picture but sadly Fear’s chest isn’t that big.
Yep, anime’s not getting out of the black hole anytime soon…
Typical ignorance.
I like s;g OP better. >.>
No gundam unicorn B-Bird?
bullshit list! No fate/zero op!?
theres barely any votes
No deadman wonderland OP?
Penguindrum’s should’ve been rated higher 🙂
Sad to see that Index II’s second opening and Guilty Crown’s opening aren’t higher. I really liked both of them.
ALL HAIL C3
ME WANT SEASON 2.
for me Index II OP 1(or OP 2 at least) instead of ED2, Gosick ED1 instead of OP
Most with a loli heroine
C3 no, everything else yes!
But the second opening in C3 is gorgeous.
C3? #1? Wut? Are you fucking kidding me? It must be the loli
I notice that the top ten had their own loli. I don’t know about baby-beel though. My favorite this year would be Dog Days, Ben-to and To Aru Index OP1.
Guys, post your top three too.
Mine would be:
IndexII OP2
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko OP
Persona 4 OP
And I’ll add one more: C3 OP2
as for me, i love the rock song from Gintama 2… Tougenkyou Alien.. THAT ROCK!!!!
That’s Ano Hana’s Op…not ending…
well best ed 2012 already goes to highschool dxd so nothing exciting in the next poll
My 2 favorites is not there 2ch choose all the fails if we talk just for song then my favorite OP for 2011 is the one from Kimi to Boku (Bye Bye from 7!!) best OP by far for 2011 and for ED best imo is from Steins;Gate (Tokitsukasadoru Juuni no Meiyaku from Sakakibara Yui) I have listen this 2 songs more than any other the previous year it’s my 2 favorite by far.
By top anime OP/ED, i thought they meant the song instead of the animation.
What Guilty Crown OP so low! :O
Probably because the overall terribleness of the show brings it down.
you mean episodes 1-12 bring it down, it gets good around episode 13 since a *cough* main character dies, but it’s starting to wander back into shit bit by bit since they’re attempting to “revive” said dead character…
it’s bad plot ideas like these that kill shows. I really hope it doesn’t go down the shit… I was starting to like it once it picked up REAL well at episode 13.
For the hell of it, just to show how bad 1-12 were… you CAN, yes… CAN start wacthing the show around episode 13… it almost 100% feels like episode 13 onward was tailor made to be a stand along product… the plot dump wraps up real nice to get a “story” going in a way that allows a good narrative without any knowledge of 1-12.
A guy dies, some peeps are sad, others don’t care. Bam, begin episode 13, I kid you not it’s EXACTLY like that XD
Well that may be your opinion, but i enjoyed it from beginning to end.
No Hourou Musuko ? The ED and OP were quite good, especially the ED
Was this list made before High School DxD? Because the ED from episode 2 and on are #1 in any list, hands down.
I personally didn’t like C3’s opening… It felt tedious with a good chunk being re-used animation.
Complete opposite for me. The second opening was gorgeous and the song was great.
No CORE PRIDE, Ao no exorcist op?
i don’t really like any of those opening pretty much…
No Usagi Drop OP.. :'(
I am disappoint.
1. C3 (Opening 1) [141] – youtube views 42,695
14. To Aru Index II OP2 [54] – youtube views 278,597
seems quite pointless this “audio-visual experience”
This list looks trolled…
No yuru yuri? WTF
Where’s Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko’s OP.
Also Nichijou’s OP & ED’s?
Alleluia seeing C-“Loli + Busty Meganekko + Ponytailed Girl dancing cutely only to give you blood in the actual show itself”-3 there~
And then Victorique getting #5 is simply something that put a grin on my face.
Ben-To seriously needs to be on the top 5 though..
I liked the to aru no index II op with the tsundere bird that doesn’t know how to fly but that’s ok it doesn’t want to fly :P.
No “Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko” ?!
Can’t be
This! That opening was excellent.
Steins;Gate’s OP is awesome and really fits the overall tone of the show. It also avoids a lot of cliches in anime openings like listing off the characters’ names or showing random clips of them running around aimlessly…
Also, Kamisama Dolls’ is pretty cool. And I’m not a fan of Shakugan no Shana, but the season 3 OP had a great song backing it up.
Wtf, why is there no HxH ED1? That one rocks!
El Psy Congroo
Good lord, is that picture HOT.
Yes, Hacking to the Gate <3 Listened to the C3 OPs, they are gorgeous looking, that's for sure, and the songs aren't bad at all, but I doubt I'd ever watch the anime.
I watched this c3 opening just now. A girl standing with flow-y hair, a girl running with said hair.
It’s pretty but lacks any substance. I don’t see how the plot of this could be any interesting. Definitely doesn’t make me want to watch it.
Its actually quite good. I was like you, kind of put off by it, so didn’t watch it until the series was almost over.
Give it a shot, you might enjoy it.
Happy to see Kamisama Dolls up there
C3 is number one? I just listened it but it was nothing special. Do I need to listen that song many times?
I think you are getting confused between “OP and ED” and “OP and ED songs”. It is not just about the song, but the animation sequence etc as well…so it is more about the two things combined together and how well received it is. But do bare in mind this is 2ch results, so you don’t really have to agree with it. And if you look at the vote counts, it is probably only a samply of around 1000 or less.
like you i really don’t get it
I don’t know. I watched it just now and i thought it had 0 substance. Somehow I don’t see how the plot could be any interesting if half of the opening is about girl and her flow-y hair standing between trees… and the other half is running through those trees.
Certainly not going to be watching this.
Nichijou nowhere on the List. 2chan i am seriously disappoint.
somebody tell me why Gintama 2011 OP2 and ED1, Denpa Onna ED, Sengoku Otome ED, Un-Go ED, Blood-C OP, and Guilty Crown ED isn’t up here?
Yeah, no Gintama OP at all makes this list = pure shit.
seems legit
Are they on drugs? No “Denpa Onna” OP? And the AnoHana “ED” was the “OP,” much less good
THIS.
No Denpa Onna OP or ED = shit list.
Also, Madoka ED needs to be WAY higher on the list than #24. It was Top Ten, easily.
No The World God Only Knows? RAAAAAGEEEE!11!1!1one!1one
No DEAR FUTURE from Mawaru Penguindrum? Friggin’ 2chan and their crap taste
there sure was a lot of running in those.
I thought that Fairy Tail OP 8 “Rock City Boy” was good> At first I hated it.
Blue Exorcist ED 2 “Wired Life” was awesome too.
Wired Life might a good song, but visually it wasn’t pretty at all. It’s practically just a slideshow.
Where’s Tabi no Tochuu?
Ungo’s op was pretty damn good
Don’t give a flying fuck. No wait…………………………………………………………………………..still don’t give a flying fuck.
Not from 2011 but I still love the intros to Love Hina and Lucky Star. They just pick me up every time I hear them.
Why isn’t there any love for Boku Wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai’s ED? With the visuals showing Yozora as a nun and Sena as a white angel? And Yozora producing some mad riffs on her air guitar? I remember how I never once skipped the ending. Somehow, I never seemed to tire enjoying hearing Marina Inoue singing it after each episode ended.
Yes I love that song, couldn’t stand the OP though.
Only Synthetized Shit
no highschool dxd ending im dissapointed.
Top OP/ED of 2011.
Shit taste. No Nichijou nullifies this list.
Why the heck is the Ano Hana ED video the OP one?
Though I have to say, lots of good OPs and EDs in 2011. Gosick, Ano Hana, Index II, Fate/Zero, Kamimemo and Mirai Nikki are my personal favorites.
Gosick’s OP was really memorable because it was a good song, the art style stood out as unique and the OP was actually relevant to the story.
I liked Mirai Nikki’s OP because it’s just creepy enough for a show that is just that creepy. I literally saw the OP and went “Ok, I’m watching this.”
Steins; Gate was a major WTF moment. But it’s a good song, plus it fits the show perfectly.
Kinda disappointed that Dantalian no Shoka didn’t get a mention.
youtu.be/F2FGCFKFz3A
Then again, that might just be my love for classical music talking.
I don’t hold an opinion in this matter. Although I like some and prever to skip them.
But personally I liked the ED of Venus Versus Virus the most.
Fix Ano Hana from OP to ED, you have the wrong video.
Agree with this list for once 🙂
Ano Hana ED was my favourite of 2011, and it fitted the mood of the anime very well.
I second that. The ending was way better than the OP.
Yup. Video is wrong, that’s Ano Hana’s OP not ED.
ED is better than the OP.
They both suck as equally as the actual show, which is the most gayest thing ever made. If you like Ano Hana, fucking kill yourself! :3
http://www.gayforit.eu/static_view_video/109430.html
Sorry, I have to agree with the troll here. Asshole Hana was bullshit. Watching a dog take a shit is more better than Ano Hana.
and you’re a huge fag for saying so.
Seriously, kill yourself.
So you’re Sancoms legendary troll, huh.
And by the way, Ano Hana was excellent!
Clearly 1th should’ve been Level E OP, closely followed by Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera OP as 2nd. Not to mention Deadman Wonderland OP, Hen-Zemi OAD ED and Horou Musuko ED should be on that list as well.
Fate/Zero so low on the list?
Do you remember this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFtirVKx2gY
Ore no imouto… ep14 “There is no way my kouhai can be this rotten” ending.
C3 looks pretty, but surely it didn’t deserve 1st place.
Where the hell is the gorgeous A Channel ED? Such a heartwarming setting being forgotten ;_;
Slice of life FTW!
mmm number 16 shouldve been higher imo
I loved the first Kamisama No Memo-chou ED. Sadly it was only used in the first EP… :-/
Colorado Bulldog! I personally think the ending with Asurano was great.
disagree with C3 =___=
agree with #3 #5 #7 & #12
A Loli disagreeing with a Loli OP….
c3 opening is cool, but it sounds too chinky. 😐
Slap up arid senki’s original ending was something else. yeah its all 8 bit but they did some amazing things with it and tailored it to the anime. i think it should at the very least get an honorable mention for originality.
No “The world god only knows”? What a shame…
liked a lot all the OP/ED of this series, strange it’s not listed at all
yeah this list only applies to like straight out rock OPs i guess?
2ch is not a fan of songs in engrish perhaps?
I’m more inclined towards the Nodame Cantabile Finale ED, or the first season of Natusme Yuujincho’s ED 😀
There may be better, but that’s all I can think of off the top of my head >_<
Sry I know it's a 2011 bracket, but those ED LIVE ON FOREVER
finale OP was pretty good 😀
I don’t often watch anime OPs, but when I do they are fucking epic.
My fav that are not listed are Nura:Rise of the yokai clan S2(OP1), Dantalian No shoka(ED) and Dororon Enma-kun(both OP/ED)
Some OP/ED’s have to be heard a few tiems for them to grow on you, particualrly if you’re a hater hating from the very start.
I can’t wait for the top 10 ultimate worst OP/ED list for spring 2012.
Wanna bet that “Kill Me Baby” will be a unaminous number one “worst OP’ of 2012” on 2ch?
There are already haters of that OP in the forum here in SanCom. Me being one of them.
😛
Agreed for once. The C3 openings really are nice – and the entire show is a visual treat. Too bad the plot is generic, the characters don’t really develop and the whole thing was boring as hell.
This kind of reminds me of how I get sucked into eroge openings. Even if the plot seems downright stupid, if the opening video is good, I usually end up getting it…
Nearly all anime fit that description, so I don’t understand why it’s suddenly such a bad thing when one at least does it with style.
It’s usually always like that. The openings/endings of any anime tend to be the best thing about it in terms of quality and animation.
K-On! anyone?
yeah sounded liek chipmunks being tortured to death by having their little arms and legs twisted off.
Its too bad that there is no consistency with the K’On songs.
K-On!’s opening songs are as if they are sung by Alvin and the Chipmunks.
he was talking about animation not songs. I mildly agree.
neh, the 2nd and 3rd k-on openings were mediocre, if not almost edging towards annoying. The ending songs were more pleasant.
Both of C3’s opening songs got me hooked.
In 1st one, Fear.
In 2nd one, Kirika.
<3
Especially that 2nd opening. The animation was beautiful and hearing Eri Kitamura’s song Shirushi was sheer bliss!
so why didn’t those faggots buy C3 instead of shit like Horizon
Maybe because they did. You do know this list is only around 1000 people or less who voted and that’s hardly accountable for any sales.
glad to see memories last up high though I prefer second C³ OP
It should be no surprise that 2ch voted for C3 – it gets right to the point and shows the girl’s panties before showing the girl’s face.
Upon further review, I had missed those panties. I knew I saw something white but now I just saw the shimapan.
is it me or does it sound like some one else is singing the beelzebub one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g05_a7i-6Og&feature=player_embedded
lol you sir are correct
Man, another loli heroine? Don’t get me wrong, lolis are nice, but something has to be said for moderation. It feels like for the past several years I’ve seen either lolis or tsunderes, if not both in one package. As for the protagonists, I swear they all, look, the same. They can only be differentiated by how badly they need a haircut.
Mouretsu Uchuu Kaizoku it looks pretty good, but the OP kinda sucks – however the ED is pretty good.
I don’t like the bridge set ups though – its so much like Last Exile, that its getting to be cliche’.
But you have to admit, it’s damn well animated panties.
I still feel that many other intro’s are much better, and a lot of these are new anime. Personally I think that some of the FMA intros for example I find to be much better. However i haven’t several of these as well, so these are just my thoughts for the few i have seen from this list
Oh my god!!! Where’s Mousou Senshi Miyamae Kanako (Maria + Holic Alive Op) in this list, it’s far the best OP in 2011 (or the most hilarious XD)
What bothers me so much about these videos is that a lot of the songs (for instance the Kami dolls one), even if they’re kind of new and refreshing, aren’t used to their full potential. It’s the same old boring shit. Showing some characters standing around, or running around, or something stupid.
For instance, the C3 opening is basically…
Fanservice->People Running to the right -> Single shots -> Fanservice (iirc, I only bothered to watch it once).
These people just make really terrible use of the songs. It’s like they’ve got a few formulas for anime openings and they do nothing but follow those (kinda like some harem shows and whatnot). It’s very disappointing.
13:37 keep in mind this is a list for 2011
If it was an all-time list, I’d naysay any list without the ToS op.
Hmmm, those animated panties~
@Anon 12:58 17/02/2012 – If by “great anime” you mean cheap S&M anime with no story then yeah
Go back to your fucking english dub crap and duel master shit.
Fuck you guys it was a fucking great anime. Don’t know wtf you guys are on.
“proving once again that it not wise to judge an anime by its OP or ED…”
Exactly, only reason I saw the show was BECAUSE of the great opening… how I regretted that… should’ve stopped right after the song finished but I gave it 5 episodes and then dropped it.
On another note, #8 Kamisama Dolls should’ve been higher. Song wasn’t like anything I’ve ever heard before in an anime OP or ED, it deserves much more praise than that and it badly needs a second season. Good Stuff in that show.
but this ranking isn’t about storyline…
Yeah,but the storyline sucks..
but this is about song
The article states ‘audio visual’. They could have the best song ever but sometimes it just isn’t animated enough I guess.
I’m surprised there’s no Precure ones. A lot of anime fans have been buzzing for the Precure dance EDs the past several years.
Nichijou has 2 amazing openings!
I agree the only OP/ED i remember from 2011 is Nichijou and the ED of Ano Hana
Japan hated Nichijou though..
That’s pretty ignorant of you to say a COUNTRY hated it. Sure the sales may be low, but there are still some people who liked it enough to buy it.
Yukari Tamura is still kicking when it comes to singing anime song, glad to see her C3 OP made it to the top list
The Ano Hana ED is the wrong. What was posted was the Ano Hana OP.
Is there a reason why the video shows Ano Hana’s OP instead of ED? It should be “secret base” by ZONE (covered by Ano Hana VAs).
C3 obviously. What’s better than a loli dancing under sakura flashing stripped panties briefly?
Edit : and the song is fitting too.
what about first mirai nikki OP ….
NO BERSERK???????????????
Hunter x Hunter 2011 Ending should be nr1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can name 30 top anime op and ed better than these…
more proof 2ch are complete idiots.
Nope, this list is pretty good.
I don’t know if it’s more telling that I’ve watched none of these shows, or that I don’t actually think a lot of these OPs/EDs are all that good. The C3 ones were surprisingly good and I was reminded that I did mean to see AnoHana but kept forgetting.
Ahahah the first are they serious what a shit
hmmmm, 1.3.5.6.7.10.12.17.21.22.24.25.28.30
haha…. uhm…i never watch opening in any anime. am i a bad person ? i always fast foward pass opening and skip ending
Yes, you will burn for it.
Depends on the anime.
I have to agree with C3, that OP was awesome. Best thing in the whole show actually.
Its a pity when the only saving grace of a series is its OP/ED themes.
Kind of liek Amaenaideyo,… Among the many long forgotten animu that aren’t memorable. For weak plot, story, tired memes & heavily milked gags.
ANIME IS DEAD.
It’s more like your brain is dead.