Anime music lovers have sought to determine which shows have the best theme music, and the results certainly provide an anison tour de force – for once with musical merit rather than the show’s sheer popularity helping settle matters.
1. Lion (Macross F)
2. Don’t say Lazy (K-ON!)
3. Only My Railgun (A Certain Scientific Railgun)
4. Chase the world (Accel World)
5. Scarlet Ballet (Aria the Scarlet Ammo)
6. Crossing Field (Sword Art Online)
7. Tori no Uta (Air)
8. Connect (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
9. My Soul, Your Beats! (Angel Beats!)
10. Little Busters! (Little Busters!)
11. Sparkling Daydream (Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!)
12. Irony (Ore no Imouto ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!)
13. Hare Hare Yukai (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
14. Taiyou Iwaku Moeyo Chaos (Haiyore! Nyaruko-san)
15. Platinum (Card Captor Sakura)
16. Karma (Tales Of The Abyss)
17. Pre-Parade (Toradora!)
18. To Be Beginning (Fate/Zero)
19. Happy Girl (Papa no Iu Koto Wo Kikinasai!)
20. Motteke! Sailor Fuku (Lucky Star)
21. Hyadain no Kakakata Kataomoi-C (Nichijou)
22. Secret Base ~ Kimi ga Kureta Mono 10 years after version (Ano Hana)
23. Naisho no Hanashi (Nisemonogatari)
24. Motto Hade ni Ne! (Kannagi)
25. Nirvana (Inu x Boku SS)
The only thing I have to say is why has nobody pointed out that “Karma” the “Tales of the Abyss” intro isn’t even an anime, it’s an intro real to the game and the actual song used in game is an instrumental with a guitar taking the vocals.
Well, there are several good songs in this list, though the order is all wrong. I’m also stumped as to why they put Hare Hare Yukai up there rather than Bouken Desho Desho, and Connect rather than Magia. More importantly, the list is missing several other fantastic songs. In no particular order, from series I know:
– Shiawase no Iro (Ah! My Goddess)
– Period, Rain, and Uso (all 3 from FMA:Brotherhood)
– Higurashi (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) The lack of this one on this list is an atrocity!
– Re-Sublimity (Kannazuki no Miko)
– Toki wo Kizamu Uta (Clannad After Story) This one also really should be on the list.
– YOU (SHUFFLE!)
– Disillusion ( Fate/stay night)
– Oblivious (Kara no Kyoukai) Really, I can hardly believe they didn’t include this one!
– Musou Uta(Musouka) (Utawarerumono) This one should be on here as well.
Ah! my Goddess OP 1. Just AAAHHHH~~!! That definitely needs to be on this list.
I really dont get why people like “Only my railgun” so much. Theres so many songs much better, even on the Aru Majutsu series, like “Masterpiece” or “No Buts”.
Also I hope this list isnt meant to be “Top 25 anime theme songs of all time”, because most of those are from really recent anime and I dont think they even deserve to be on top 25 list.
Another epic fail auspiciated for:
Biglove. Yearsss making the most totally DUMBASS tops in the history…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy7oZEYQ2cA
where’s Kimi no shiranai monogatari!!!???
Clannad is older, if good= affecting just a few bars of it can affect me. Good to mix with it is Hannamaru Kindergarden, to cheer you back up. A Little Fairy called Sugar has lots of good music within.
Excell saga is older, but I like the OP. To Love Ru had a good one also.
Am I the only one that thinks Spice and Wolf’s first OP Tabi no Tochuu should be on the list? What about Hollow Men from High School of the Dead?
whatever is the name to the intro track for ghost in the shell stand alone complex should be in the top 5 if not #1 jesus nips have shit taste
Kimi no shiranai monogatari(Supercell) nowhere to be seen?
Now granted I only cared about Supercell because of Nagi(don’t give a shit about them now Nagi is solo), but this is pathetic.
Meh.
I’ll just take my “Anime Ja Nai” and go with it.
the list is invalid for excluding Tank!
Fucking hell, it’s like a line up of DDR’s hardmode
Yasashii Kuso (ED of Koucocku no Regios [Chrome Shelled Penis])
CHA LA HEAD CHA LA
Someone forgot about Gintama’s Samurai Heart.
Where the hell is the JoJo op? It beats the piss out of this list.
There are other anime…………
How come 99% of these “top w/e” list are only moe/school life anime lol.
Y no Cha La Head Cha La?
Also, y no:
GTO – Driver’s High
1/3, Sobakasu – Rurouni Kenshin
And so many other songs?
No Toki wo Kizamu Uta? This list is invalid.
I’m not saying I am a huge fan of this song, but…
Sazae-san OP/ED anyone?
It’s a reasonable list. The abundance of more recent titles is typical, if a bit saddening, but oh well.
Too bad “Pure Snow” by Sasaki Yuko (OP for Himiko0den anime) isn’t on here. It’s still one of my top songs for OPs/EDs. Too bad the anime itself pretty much sucked (seems they invested most o fthe funding fo rthat series into the OP production…)
Also, “I’ll Be There (Ballad Version)” by Hayashibara Megumi for the Saber Marionette J Again OAV. (The original version never felt right to me…)
Those would’ve been tow of my votes for top anime OPs/EDs, at least for older stuff. (SMJ Again OAV was mid/late 90’s. Himiko-den was around 2001/2002 IIRC. The damn “Pure Snow” single was a bitch to find; Took me about 5 years to find a physical copy. It cost me like 2500 Yen … USED, though in decent condition. The original retail price was about 1300 Yen.)
Too bad MM!’s theme isnt on there. Probably one of my favorites. Tsukimeki moon phase too.
no baccano and no Noir.
Damn, the oldest one goes back to Cardcaptor Sakura. I could name a few that go further back than 1999. The sampling age group for this survey was (relatively) pretty young, I take it.
I find it sad that most of these are rather… recent…
I do like a lot of the things here, and even though SAO is the in thing, I actually love Crossing Field a whole lot.
Still, there is quite a lot of good ones, so it’s hard to even make such a list with many different opinions around.
Pyon!
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Ooh, it’s make a random favorite anime theme song list day? nice~
-Lilium (Elfen Lied)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA3oPpH7KVg
-The Light Before we Land (Gunslinger Girl)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NSvaT6h52s
-Junigenmukyoku(Twelve Kingdoms)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMDf9T8NE8o
-Inner Universe (Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIVgSuuUTwQ
-Kugutsuuta ura mite chiru (Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXnVr7huEhY
-Tori no Uta (Air TV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daB2y9kh1Ec
-Duvet (Serial Experiments Lain)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-PkAQcuZOw
-Wind (Naruto 1st ED)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urRQN2VIcmU
-Aria (Kara no Kyoukai)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djUfggYm0Jg
-Mizu no Madoromi (Fantastic Children)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96EHMNCFfGo
-Gravity (Wolf’s Rain)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEhrGLdrRuA
-Paranoid Android (Ergo Proxy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQv1Lc7n3aI
-Sky-2-High (Air Gear)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpwjTx37DYs
-Mori no Kioku (Orgin – Spirits of the past)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0bsu4Sh8H4
-Tabi no Tochiuu (Spice and Wolf)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6q1AWnjNiU
Yikes, I got carried away, and could probably carry on further, lol.
A big thx goes to the wonderful artists who make the anime songs!
1 – Naruto – Rocks!
2 – One Piece – We are!
3 – Bleach – Asterisk
4 – Fairy Tail – Snow fairy
5 – Toriko – Guts
The best.
How could that even be anywhere near other more memorable classics like Butterfly from Digimon…? Heck, I don’t even recall how it starts for all of these 5 songs even though I watch them all.
Especially for One Piece. It was painful for me to even watch the first 100 episodes before I dropped it for being poisonous to me.
Neon Genesis Evangelion….. cmon
top 5, with 3 May’N songs? What happened to these people’s god Mizuki Nana?
No Cowboy Bebop or Slayers or Gundam.
k-on sucks ass so hard it’s not funny
how does anyone like their stuff?
It very well may suck, but none of us are losing any sleep over it.
How does anyone like you? It’s mind-boggling.
i see the top 5 are the worst ones i’ve heard where as 6 is where it starts getting good
Kanon 2006 should’ve been on this list. Absolutely nostalgic!
Theres is Kannagi?
Son, I’m… actually quite pleased.
Motteke! Sailor Fuku should be higher than 20.
no Hajime no Ippo – Inner Light… THE FUCK JAPAN!
Another fanboy whining because your favorite music isn’t on the list.
>fanboy
You keep using that word, but I do not think you know what it means.
No Rurouni Kenshin???
Seriously the anime has classic songs from some of the most important bands of japan like l’arc en ciel,Siam Shade,The Yellow Monkey,T.M.Revolution,Judy and Mary.This is really a shame!!
Evangelion op and Clannad After Story should be in the list too
Damn, now I’m in the mood to rewatch Macross Frontier.
It’s missing RahXephon’s Hemisphere…
As a rule of thumb in this kinda of ranking the only thing worth looking is from anime 4/5+ years old.
FUCK YEAH Platinum
I think the Yoko Kanno density in this list is still too low (absence of Tank! is ridiculous), but at least she’s taken the top spot.
I’m also pleased that
– Tori no Uta (that was a given until a few years back, but recently otaku seem to forget…)
– Irony
– Naisho no Hanashi
– Motto Hade ni ne
made the list.
Lack of
– KARMA (Requiem for the Phantom)
– Do You Remember Love (Macross)
– Adesso e Fortuna (Record of Lodoss War)
– Kirei na Kanjou (Noir)
– Let Me Be With You (Chobits)
is very regrettable.
I am very impressed you mentioned “Adesso e Fortuna”. That’s also one of my favourite.
If it’s any consolation, Yoko Kanno did compose Platinum for Maaya Sakamoto.
I agree here. Anything Yoko Kanno + Maaya Sakamoto is a big thumbs up in my book.
Oh I know that, in case that wasn’t clear. I wouldn’t have used the word “density” if it was only one title (probably).
All the themes she composed for Maaya are gorgeous, and the lack of Kiseki no Umi, Yakusoku wa Iranai, Hemisphere, Tune the Rainbow etc. is disappointing. But Platinum is as worthy a representative as any of them I guess.
I would have at least expected Sousei no Aquarion to appear somewhere though, since it’s been a NicoNico favorite back in the day, but oh well.
Didn’t know that. I’m also surprised that not even anything from Aquarion Evol made it as well.
This guy knows what he’s talking about.
At least they made it right somewhat by putting Macross in there.
Kiseki no Umi (Lodoss War TV OP)
Pink (Seikai no Senki ED)
Toki Tsukasadoru Juuni no Meiyaku (Steins Gate ED)
Also Onegai Teacher OP & ED
Onegai Twins OP
Listen!! and No Thank You were just as good as Don’t Say Lazy. And this list is pretty much moe songs anyway, there ar emuch better anime themes out there.
No, seriously, no CAS? No Paradise Lost? Nothing from all the awsome Higurashi openings? Seriously?
Cowboy Beebop had the best music of any anime, and its not even on the list because these twits have never heard of anything older than 2009.
Of course, if you are a jazz/blues tard, or trying to be “cult” here.
No Sword Summit either D= I love that song still all in all a good list
Top 25 Anime Theme Songs.. as voted by young teens with “discriminating tastes”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8okVPx2LpCc
nuff said
SOMBRERO!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nu6tYHDUXc
http://youtu.be/zd1eDAxf6uY
http://youtu.be/dJvIeN6QcQQ
http://youtu.be/FGbVNSFVW_Q
http://youtu.be/I0IFhpJtlhU
http://youtu.be/y0EI3G4PvTM
http://youtu.be/00Rcey3NOrc
http://youtu.be/FQEJQ3pubIE
http://youtu.be/Wc5vPDaOmhI
http://youtu.be/eVNR6SaUiOo
http://youtu.be/HvXXlRmeHx8
http://youtu.be/JecldTpq2m0
http://youtu.be/9Hbd1QeI1Og
http://youtu.be/a9T5-h1_c_4
http://youtu.be/sdW5-Ss6C4s
http://youtu.be/InV_A0oU1io
http://youtu.be/NBXeQeJ9w1Y
http://youtu.be/XjzY-JkLJQo
http://youtu.be/6mDeAkjHMxg
lol whaever
http://youtu.be/Wg_DiRp_ANY
Pegasus Fantasy beats the shit out of those songs.
Well, I do find it suprising that the opening to Uchuu Senkan Yamato didn’t make the list. They could also have added the themes from Gatchaman, Lupin the Third, Ashita No Joe, and Mazinga Z.
No one has mentioned “Guns & Roses” by Paradise Lunch, the opening to Baccano. I am disappoint. Isaac and Maria will probably egg your homes.
Can’t believe I wasted the time to listen to these.. ICK.
Soo, they voted for the anime they like and not the theme.
Looks that way from my view.
Plenty of good songs but AIR cannot be beaten.
Goddamn otakus, where is Ai wo Torimodose on that list? At least someone remembered Card Captor Sakura, but still
Second Ai wo Torimodose, made FotNS one of few animes i repeatedly watched the full opening credits.
Missing the greatest anime song of all time. OF ALL TIME
Here you go Sankaku: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdFy2lWc3lo
For the first time I see a ranking list that is nearly all correct…
So, there is K-On, but no Beck or DMC, which ARE about music and actually HAVE some good music?
Gurren Lagann songs destroys anythings of this list, except Lion from Macross F.
To THE Beginning. Not To BE Beginning.
3 – Only My Railgun?
Don’t make me laugh! This song is average, at the best. To Aru fanboys desperate in making anything from this series appear in the rankings.
Also, except Lion, which is a very good song, the rest is a “top songs from moe animes”.
What? No Azumanga Daioh Sora Mimi Cake?! It’s a lie!!
“Only My Railgun” and “Tori no Uta” are the only ones i like in this list, the latter mostly for nostalgic reasons.
I really would liked to have seen these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pdqeu9LW2c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuI3qw2WkR8
>7. Tori no Uta (Air)
looks like japanese still have common sense. I AGREE!
What’s with this terrible choice of songs?!
Where are the awesome songs of NHK ni Youkoso, such as Odoru Akachan Ningen and Odoru Dame Ningen 2006? Or Seto no Hanayome’s Shi no Uta and Hageshii Uta for that matter? And don’t get me startet with the absence of Detroit Metal City. >_>
Butterfly, Hirari, an Endless Tale. Why no love for Digimon songs?
Detective Conan – Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de, Shoudou, Don´t Wanna Lie, Growing of my heart, Magic, Namida no Yesterday.
One Piece – Kokoro no Chizu, Fight together,Kaze wo Sagashite.
Street Fighter II V – Kaze Fuiteru.
The Secret of Blue Water – Blue Water.
Ookiku Furikabutte – Shisou Densha, Natsuzora.
Megane no Shoujo – Megane na Riyuu.
Amagami SS – Kimi no mama de, Check my soul.
Fullmetal Alchemist – Rewrite.
Beelzebub – Answer, Tsuyogari, Nanairo namida.
Ao no Exorcist – Core Pride
Tales of the Abyss – Bouken suisei.
And many more…….
Irony, Karma and Kimi ga Kureta mono on that list is nice but others might be catchy but got bored in them quickly
Seriously! No Re-sublimity!!!?????
>10. Little Busters!
I prefer this version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvqeW9FMafw
lol, nice video. xD
Seriously, where the hell is Hunter x Hunter (2011) 2nd ED, Hunting for Your Dream by GALNERYUS? Now that’s a good ending.
I totally agree with you, the best ending of the year so far
HxH is shit, get out!
holy shit, this list insults any musician that has ever lived!
Anyone notice how 3 of the top 5 songs are all done by May’n? Coincidence?
well at least LION is here
the rest
WTF…
No Wada Kouji? No Eva? No Trigun? No Cowboy Bebop? No sell.
Just looked to see if sailor moon was at the top of the list. If not this is void.
I’m not quite sure what music was allowed in the list, but…
Tonari no Totoro?
One of the more recognizable anime songs ever. And damn if you won’t hear it at least once at every convent. Not to say anything about the certainty that you’ll see cosplays…
No Evangelion? No Death Not?
At least Haruhi, Lucky Star, Nichijou, and ToraDora made it to the list… Those amnesic otaku…
I don’t recognize this list simply for one reason, no Haibane Renmei OP.
I’m mostly ok with this list.
Whoa, No Arakawa OP? sadness 🙁
Butterfly where? -.-
Cowboy Bebop OP
Ghost in the Shell:SAC OP
Evangelion OP
Azumanga Daioh OP
Darker than Black OP
All deserve to be on the list.
Cowboy and Ghost should be 1 and 2. Yoko Kanno is a musical god.
Wat, no Moretsu Pirates?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcBXhDCQNJE&feature=related
Yes number 3 My railgun…My Avatar!
What a stupid list.
Texhnolyze OP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENkscDllpHg
and Kuuchuu Buranko ED would be on my list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvXbRB-BJQA
Where’s darker than black? I like that song so much..
Seriously, any one of Hajime no Ippo’s themes would/should easily make this list.
http://youtu.be/baFzdQiv6Gs
Ergo Proxy? Best opening & closing ever!
Valkyria Chronicles’ Asu e no kizuna… where is it?!
days flow eureka seven
kiseki birdy decode
ITS YOUR PAIN OR MY PAIN OR SOMEBODY’S PAIN
That was a good list indeed.
Geez, thanks, now I want to rewatch Card Captor Sakura, even though I’ve already seen every episodes and read the manga.
bleach and naruto too….
first 3 OK… ^^ (imho first place Opening Gurren laggan!*^*)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44n_vmLuI98
So why is JIBUN WOO posts being deleted here huh?
You guys cant handle its awesomeness
My Dearest…
Yea I was hoping for that too the Guilty Crown OP touched my penis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UjgahRsh9w
Makka na Chikai by Fukuyama Yoshiki.
Busou Renkin <3
I would have expected Howling from Darker Than Black by Abingdon Boys School. But no most of it is the “moe” anime.
Gravely missing the theme from Zetsuen no Tempest
Spirit Inspiration : Nothing’s Carved in Stone
(Do note: All their songs are in English… huh…)
A few good ones mentioned.
Missing the one from Haiyore! Nyarlko…
Seemed pretty energetic
It isn’t a good theme unless you can take the song out of the show that it was plugged into and listen to the full 4-6 minutes without finding any discomfort.
Most of the themes by Mami Kawada… surprised not even mentioned… (Joint, No Buts!…….)
Best ending of an anime is Roundabout.
Unquestionably undoubtedly veritably proven scientific fact™.
can’t help but agree
WE RUN, SMOKEY!
does licensed western songs even count?
“Platinum”
YES YES YES YES! Thank you based poll fags. I couldn’t care less about the number as long as you remembered it.
Cruel Moon (Moonlight Lady ED) ^^
I kind of liked these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwzRthT7jsw
(The dub may suck, but the intro music is wise)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLTlH7KB0Xk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4knyLQjYcn0
this list lacks some really good songs
Barairo no Sekai Get Backers
Heart of the Sword from samurai X
Ready Steady go FMA
Pegasus Fantasy Saint Seiya
Double Dear
Minna no Peace TTGL
Kuchizuke Shiki
Jikuu Ryokou Pet Shop of Horros
Stray Wolf’s rain
Hikari Sasuhou Monster Princess
Illussion El hazard
In my Dream Brain Powered.
and well as mentioned by others song from Cowboy Bebop Saber J, Utena, etc.
Sorry. I can’t remember the song from Brain Powered. BUT I remember the VISUALS from the opening very clearly!!! ^_^
Where’s Platinum Disco (Nisemonogatari) and Bomb a Head! (Tenjou Tenge)?
did everyone forget http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0N3L-pcGdc ?
No Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (君の知らない物語)?
🙁
+10000
Clicked this site as usual.
Saw what were the 5 recent news.
Saw “Top” in one of them.
Got ready for laughs with the comments.
After “top”, saw “25 anime SONGS” as title.
Got ready for total shitstorm on comments.
Clicked this article.
Scrolled down.
My day was made.
P.S.: Am I the only one on this site who remembers/watched Digimon…? I mean… it is a top about anime music, no…? So, I was wondering…
>Digimon
That’s a funny way of spelling Pokemon.
And no, nobody remembers(or wants to remember) that failed Pokemon ripoff.
ClariS – irony.
SMH LIST
Where the FK is JIBUN WOOOOOOOOOO and Zan cock ku na Tenshi no te ze
Where is Hellsing ED “shine”?
First time I knew Mr. Big was successful outside the US.
No moe. no lilis, no pantsu = doesnt exist for thse sheeps.
Throw some off the list, and put these:
Hitotoshite jiku ga bureteiru
Ringo mogire beam
(Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)
Someone else
(Working!!)
Shura
Tougenkyo alien
(Gintama)
Future gazer
(Railgun OVA)
Nippon egao hyakkei
(Joshiraku)
Ai wo torimodose! movie version
(Hokuto no ken OVA)
Successful mission
(Saber marionette J)
Even with these added it wont be a perfect list yet, but I got a hunch that at least another person will agree it’ll be a lil’ bit better.
Scarlet Bullet… I can’t deny it, that’s a pretty catchy song. But why, oh why did it have to go to such a shitty anime?
Yeah, the series could’ve been better. If it got a second season to make for that horrid cliffhanger ending, it might have had a chance to be something good.
to hell with that. Right now, I’m just hoping the rumors that it’s not getting a second season due to poor reception are true. Last thing the anime industry needs is more Kugimiya type-casting (just let the Shana clones die already).
Also, what cliffhanger? All I remember is Riko’s plotline being pretty much resolved, then some dumb scene where Aria smacks Kenji because SHE couldn’t hide her breast pads properly (J.C. Staff and their usual “Hur hur! Everyone loves filler with Kugimiya acting abusive!”)… and I guess that pointlessly confusing OVA. But yeah, forget a continuation. If anyone’s really badly interested, they could just read the damn novels.
Looks like the video to accompany the songs is making an impact on the list, i mean lucky star’s i wouldn’t listen to at all but with the video i like it.
Oh come on… A top 25 list where almost everything went unremembered after few months?
16. Karma (Tales Of The Abyss)
I agree with this so much. I love this song.
Karma is in there.
My life is complete.
This one may not be great, it’s a personal favorite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbSl7O16fqs&feature=share&list=PLAC380AA3AEA6CC3C
And the Norio Wakamoto version is fifty times better:
http://youtu.be/Gn9W87eDAac
If we’re mentioning theme songs from anime we shouldn’t admit to liking in polite company, I adore the theme song from the original KODOMO NO JIKAN OVA special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPZb9wRq4jc
Even better than the TV theme.
“Period” -Chemistry, for FMA Brotherhood is good
so is ‘sore feet song’ for Mushishi…
the OP for Dennou Coil, and the OP for Jormungand stick in the head..
Things have improved the last few years…
“period” is good but i prefer “rain”-SID that op was EPIC!
Good choice. I like “Golden Time Lover” by Sukima Switch as well.
Wow… you know, I understand the lack of Bebop/FLCL/any show that was big in American but not in Japan, but shame on you Japanese otaku for putting “Naisho no Hanashi” at #23 and completely dismissing the infinitely superior “Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari” from the list altogether. SHAME.
Only OPs and EDs? I still thing that “God Knows” is one of the most godly anime songs ever. I love most of the songs here! It’d kind of funny how the only ones I disagree with are the ones that are thriving off the popularity of being broadcast this season. I had no idea the Nisemonogatari ED was so popular…
Nisemonogatari songs sucks hard. As well, the anime sucks too.
No Yakusoku wa Iranai. What is this shit?
Good list but i have chose others titles like:
– Tank! – Cowboy Bepop
– Colors – Code Geass
– Gravity – Wolf’s Rain
– Hikari no Senritsu – Sora no Woto
– Ano Hi Time Machine – Natsume
– Kuroi Namida – Nana
– Lost in Blue – Mouryou no Hako
– Modern Strange Cowboy – Needless
– What`s Up, People?! – Death Note
– Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
add the guren lagann intro and the hajime no ippo: new challenger and your list is perfect 🙂
I like your list
higurashi for sure….great opening song.
also im surprised that Cruel Angel Thesis – Evangelion, isnt here, but i guess to eavh his/her own.
Last kiss – Orphen. Ending
You get to burning – Nadesico
PSI-missing – touru majustu no index
no limit – basquash
Message 9 – Gasaraki
Heart of sword – Rurouni Kenshin
Dress (Bloody Trinity Ver.) – Trinity Blood
Just few of my favs
FCK GASARAKI AND NADIESCO ROCKS~~
agree with him Cruel Angel Thesis – Evangelion,Heart of sword – Rurouni Kenshin
Dress (Bloody Trinity Ver.) – Trinity Blood, opening for cowboy bepop, opening for heat guy j,openings for full metal alchemist and brotherhood, opening for spice and wolf, opening for samurai champloo opening for 1season, the 1st movie 2 second of ghost in the shell, opening for hellsing, Ride on a Shooting Star (FLCL, R.O.D read or die series and movie, buso renkin, Yu Yu Hakusho, blood plus, Moon Phase, My Bride is a Mermaid, Full Metal Panic! Chaos; Head, outlaw star by the one
JIBUN WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
How dare they miss this legendary song for the 2000’s decade
Oath Sign>To be Beginning
Let us not forget the Norio Wakamoto version of the Lucky Star opening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-UV69j1Lw
Schrödinger’s fuku – under neath lies a male penis and a female penis, existing in parallel til the sailor fuku is removed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYDO2-wVimA&list=LP6axNg4_l6TE&index=5&feature=plcp
Much better than the original.
May’n took 3 of the top 5 slots…can’t say I’m surprised though.
No Addeso e Fortuna or Rinbu Revolution?
can only agree 10% of them~~
btw fight together of One piece is not in there !! how could it happens?!!
My Soul, Your Beats! is definitely my favorite but this list needs some GiTS.
So generic.
You sir know your stuff. THis is awfullly generic, except for CCS and Macross that is.
End credits for Kore wa Zombie Desu ka~!!!
SO ADDICTIVE, THAT SOFT MANLY VOICE..
I actually sat there and watched the end credits for every episode.. I shit you not..
my how far haruhi and LS have fallen down the list. at least they’re still on it. But serious Maduka and Sword are Online don’t deserve any place on this list.
aw shit man, when someone like you trash talk Yuki Kajiura’s works, it’s fucking personal
The only thing is that the song for SAO is actually fairly good. The anime on the other hand, well… it is what it is.
With that being said, there’s a lot of stuff on the list purely because it’s recent. (No surprise.) This should be a testament to some of the older titles that do survive the test of time, like you have mentioned.
My personal picks from this list would have to be Angel Beats and AnoHana.
Gunslinger Girl:
The Delgados – The Light Before We Land
One fantastic anime OP and I’ve got an entirely new favorite band.
GREAT ANIME, GREAT SONG 🙂
I really enjoy the music from Gunslinger Girl, but my preference is the second season’s opening: Kokia – Tatta Hitotsu no Omoi.
^I agree to this
Most of this list is pretty solid this time. I don’t question its quality, but I still don’t get Lion’s popularity though. It never really grew on me.
Replace “Connect” with “Magia” and this list is fine.
I missed that. Seems like the more i look at this list, the more Claris songs are removed, Kalafina is good too.
i prefer Sousei no Aquarion.
WOOT, SOUSEI NO AQUARION
AWESOME SOUND TRACK~~~~~~~~~~~~~
theres actually some quality songs on here. Ill have to accept this list kinda.
I dont accept:
Chuunibyou,
Naisho no hanashi (as much to my dismay <3 Claris),
and Scarlet Bullet (again, much to my dismay <3 May'n)
These lists are invalid by default.
Firstly, judging just music is faulty. It’s extremely subjective, and in a lot of cases a good opening involves a good video to go with it. As for what makes a good video, it depends. I liked Kannagi’s opening because it had nothing to do with the show and looked more like a spinoff.
Also, a lot of times the song is made good by how they use it. An excellent example here would be Ano Hana, where the ending song was used to power up the emotional scenes throughout the series. Or My Soul, Your Beats, which was used in a very similar manner.
I like the KANNAGI opening but I’d disagree that it had nothing to do with the show. It’s symbolic of the personalities of the art club, showing what they’d be like in a different context, and it’s a good indicator as to what the series overall would be like for people who found the shift in focus away from it being primarily a magical girlfriend comedy after the first few episodes a little jarring.
But wedding angel peach’s OP is so addictive….
best anime ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIfuaUTH9Y4
“I pity da foo!” Lol
I have to say, this list was just about the best list I’ve seen on Sankaku Complex, I agree with about 90% of it being awesome songs. In my personal opinion, the only things I would have changed myself were…
1. K-ON S1 OP rather than ED. (The first season’s OP was imo the best song of the series.)
2. Haruhi S1 OP rather than ED (Even though Hare Hare Yukai is iconic as fuck, I still think the S1 Haruhi OP is one of the greatest anime themes of all time.)
3. Cardcaptor Sakura OP 1.
(It was rather coincidental that I preferred all the first OPs over any of the others, for that matter, I prefer OP 2 over OP 1 for Accel World, lol (even though I don’t like ALTIMA, I think the OP 1 to Accel World is probably the only KOTOKO song I’ve heard so far that I really don’t like.)
Anyways, other than that, this was a kickass list, I can understand why a lot of this was chosen, the tracks that embody the series perfectly, lol.
Actually, KOTOKO performed the first ED for Accel World, “→unfinished→”. The first OP was performed by May’n.
moetard detected!!
Shame on you, repent!!!
Aww, had a good run of about a half an hour before an anon came by and said something meeaaan. 😛
I dont think i liked any of Yui/Aki’s singing solo, her pitch is too high for my enjoyment. Singing along with Sphere though is fine, levels off.
I’m surprised the first CCS op wasn’t already in there. It seems to be the most unanimously preferred. I’m more fond of the second honestly, but I’m just glad CCS is still being remembered.
Remember memory of type b otaku is very small and short, probbaly rhir brain is filled with:
kawaiii … mome moe kyuuuun! —– uguuu —– moooooeeeee ———-
I certainly agree about the first HARUHI opening song (well, first opening song excluding episode 0) being better than the iconic ending. I think there’s a reason they used “Bouken Deshou Deshou” and not “Hare Hare Yukai” in the DISAPPEARANCE OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA movie.
More moetards detected!!
Moetards > You
>…I think the OP 1 to Accel World is probably the only KOTOKO song I’ve heard so far that I really don’t like.)
except its not KOTOKO. She did the first ED, May’n did the first OP (as listed above).
I see, that makes sense as to why I did not like it as much, thank you for correcting my error. 😛
Don’t Say Lazy should be first.
Some good K.on songs, but there no fucking way they can be top in anything!
06:37 29/11/2012 # !
Xavier, best comment Ive seen fron someone that likes moe (and not only moe, noted).
Whatt you speak of is one of the main grips, the BALANCE is totally broken, if there was a balance again there would not be much criticism /(rather than hate)
Wish moe lovers had more your mentality, sadly no, most of them care only about moe, just see what are the top seller, they dont care about anyhting else even if its good, no moe = no sales.
That and if only ther were more objective and did not out their moe anime in the “top” xxx EVER!
You know, like this “top” theme songs.
But I agree with you.
You’re saying this to someone who not only watches “moe” anime, I will admit, there definitely ARE “moetards”, but just because someone is a fan of “moe anime” and “moe characters” does not mean they are a “moetard”. That is like saying someone who likes a specific genre of music has no taste in music when meanwhile he’s also a fan of classical composition. I will admit, “moe” has become a pretty big thing in the industry, but a lot of the hate for it is misconstrued a lot of the time. Like people who think Robotics;Notes is a shit anime because of the art-style being too “moe” or the “moe references” (for a very rough, recent example). Unfortunately, this kind of mentality is everywhere, it is like these people want every anime to be the next Evangelion, which is all well and good, because that was a great and revolutionary anime for it’s time (for another really basic and obvious example.) I can agree that anime like Sword Art Online this season are rather bogged down by the service aspect, it could have been more serious, there were only a few anime that I had a legitimate gripe about the amount of service though. It isn’t always an obsession, however the fanbase does give “moe” a bad name, it was once a cute, nice thing, and people DO obsess over it. However, I hope that the anime industry reaches a healthy balance between the fanbase, where “moe” anime is available, anime similar to what’s out now, which has “moe” elements as well as the usual, serious tones; as well as anime that are gripping, dark, psychological, dramatic, or just story driven without any real service for those who prefer that kind of thing. If they could find that kind of balance within each season, I don’t think anyone would argue about an anime where colorful girls talk about which side of the chocolate coronet is the top or the bottom.
In all honestly. I don’t really like K-ON!, nor do I believe it’s music should be on this list. However, I do think the anime elitists should really just go away, they won’t though, because there will always be that type in every form of media. The kind who for some strange reason insist on bashing people for their different interests in the media instead of actually learning to enjoy it themselves. Anime is meant to be enjoyed, and it is a shame that people insist on turning it into a competition of “Who’s the biggest fan” or “Who’s the most hardcore”. Fun is what it is, and people like that sap it. Enough said.
14:42 28/11/2012
Fair enough, problem is when it affects the entire anime, and its overexpose to ANYONE not just moe fans.
Biggest grip is that moe and faservice have infested the lot of anime, you see those elements in most series in order to win you obsessive fan over and get you to buy it.
In the past there was balance, shoujo was shoujo, shounen shounen, psychological psychological, drama drama, etc, what I meant there was a clear distinction, if you did not like it you skipped those and you would not fin its various elemts in all anime, today anime ALL is infested with moe and fanservice, while some of you insist moe its not a genre its has evolved into becoming a genre.
Another grip is that you are obsessed with it, this very site shows you that, heck, check today YUI BIRTHDAY topic. That o0bession has lead first to invading all anime regardless of genres, second it has lead to companies to basically do 100% moe series OR as said included its elements all the time, so there hardly series made for those that dont like it, and while you insist on “buy it” “we buy” “buy whenever you have a chance” your obsession is so big and the overexposure is so big that your are guaranteed targets, that leaves the rest of us with not much options to choose, let alone find something we like to buy, because honestly the rest of os non moe fans dont buy just for the hell of it or because of a cute character, so its harder to appeal to us, granted, iof we had option we would buy but since companies dedicate all their time on you….
You are obsesses, many times its said you are blind, and its true, you like moe, you dont see it, but you have affected how the entire industry works and broke a healthy balance, that why you guys are so very criticized, and nits not only fans but even the industry in the voice of directors, producers that have pointed out your obsession, which you seem to believe its harmless, again, all would be fin if your tastes had not infested all anime and affected other fans too and being exposed against their will to your taste.
Mysterios Eyes – Cats Eye by Anri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_qmAwaYF84
The MILLION seller anime song!
How much your moe song sell today? microscopic 20 – 30k tops?
more moetards, how about REAL MMEMORABLE songs, so grea that even made it to maisnrream shores:
– Cats eye OP – Cats Eye by Anri, in an era in which qiality = sales and viversa this song sold 800,000 copies.
I dont expect the lot of you to know and have idea anyway.
– How about memorable Touch OP Yoshimi Iwasaki
Of course ignorance its bliss, rejoice in moeness!
Aww no When They Cry ? Thats my fav op by far. There is barely anything in here that is over 2 years old. Anime fans in japan have a short memory.
ADHD + autism = anime viewers
Eh? Lucky star should be at least one of the top 10. Also they should add R-15 ending theme song. That shit is catchy as fuck.
Still detecting a strong moeblob bias. The second fate/zero opening sucked compared to Oath Sign. No me gusta.
When there no meocrap bias?
The lists are voted and made by our wise, gran connoisseurs moe sheep.
No 20th century anime songs other than one CARDCAPTOR SAKURA song (barely 20th century)?
80s & 90s anime songs I’d list (limiting myself to one song per franchise, not a complete list of worthy songs, just off the top of my head):
“Dancing Star” URUSEI YATSURA
“Kanashii Heart wa Moete Iru Wa” (My sad heart is burning) KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD
“Condition Green” MOBILE POLICE PATLABOR
“Moonlight Legend” SAILOR MOON
“Ren’Ai no Sainou” TENCHI MUYO RYO-OHKI
“Inori no Asa” SHAMANIC PRINCESS (the opening theme is probably the best thing about that weird-ass confusing OVA series)
“Blurry Eyes” DNA^2
“Yakusoku wa Iranai” VISION OF ESCAFLOWNE
“Rinbu Revolution” REVOLUTIONTIONARY GIRL UTENA
hell yea to kimagure orange road. what about some ranma songs? or YAT and YUA
Also, I can’t say I’d even heard of YAT. I was thinking about it for a few minutes figuring it was some really obvious and super-popular 90s anime I was just having a mental block over, still couldn’t think of anything, so I Googled it and found… uhh… YAT Anshin! Uchū Ryokō.
Nope, never heard of it, and I was in an anime club in the 1990s. Not saying it doesn’t have a fanbase, but the VHS fansubs of it obviously didn’t make it to our club.
I thought about putting either “100mph no Yuuki” or “Love Somebody” from YOU’RE UNDER ARREST, but I didn’t want to make the list too long.
I gotta agree with a lot of those picks, esp. Escaflowne, but any love for Eva’s “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis”?
http://youtu.be/KAdbpAaTc2U
My guilty pleasure for the early 2000s has gotta be one of Mizuiro’s OP
http://youtu.be/ZZVApTcz09U
For Yoko Kanno-composed songs, I prefer the ESCAFLOWNE theme to the EVANGELION theme, but if I were to name just one Gainax theme, it’d be “Yume no Naka e” from KARE KANO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iojo0M_giaQ I should’ve included that for an even 10. (Yeah, I know it’s not a Kanno-composed song.)
Thank god, I’m not the only one who feels some of the more older anime songs were more easily singled out as being amazing.
Escaflowne had one of the most majestic tunes and vocals that really set the mood for the series, but then again that whole series has an amazing soundtrack.(although I’m very biased here since Escaflowne is my all time favourite anime, as I view it a pinnacle of animation in general)
Cowboy Beepbop full of jazzy catchy tunes. Who here has not hummed that tune?
Even Evangelion, an anime I don’t really like or dislike, I can admit has a great intro.
In this day and age I’m rather tired of the J-Pop vocals most anime seem obligated to have, that really don’t set any mood and mostly skippable.
Good picks.
This is the best anime opening ever created: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDfncktzPH0
Amazing animation, fantastic music, and it just pumps you up for the newest episode you are about to watch.
I’ve watched, maybe a handful of Seinfeld episodes in my life. It’s a good show and that is a very catchy tune.
http://youtu.be/thEbQkcjUWk
Fuck, that’s awesome!
Excellent List! But Haruhi Season 1 destroys all!!!
Educate yourself kiddo, series pre 2004 and back to the 90s, 80s. 70s. 60 beats the crap out of today sorry excuse of anime.
Igborance is bliss, nuff said.
Educate yourself kiddo, today anime beats the crap out pre 2004, 90s, 80s, and 70s sorry excuse of anime.
Igborance is bliss, nuff said.
Karma needs to be higher.
without Tank (Cowboy Bebop) or Ride on a Shooting Star (FLCL) this list is full of crap
OP here, a few more SONGS i add to my list would be the english version of “Smile Bomb” from Yu Yu Hakusho, similarly the first english ending as well “Homework Ga Owaranai”
Angel Beats! “Lia ~ My Soul, Your Beats”
Blue Exorcist’s first opening (Ao no Exorcist)
Soul Eater’s “Resonance” and 3rd ending “Bakusau yume uta”
Whoops, forgot Big O’s original theme which was heavily influenced by Queen, lovingly titled “Big-O!”
Agreed.
Only Macross F deserves to be in the top 25, I doubt at first but the rest is what you expect o the voters of this shitty list, type o moe otaku.
Lion at top makes me happies.
Always… someone complaining Cowboy Bebop not getting into the list
lets see..if someone is ALWAYS complaining about cowboy bebop not getting into the list, doesnt that means that its good so thats why ppl think its weird not seeing it on the list?
@14:14
good is a subject thing.
@ anon 15:15. I dont agree. For example, im not from america and i can tell for sure that a lot of ppl like and think it has one of the best OST of all times.
I wont say there is no nostalgia in it coz there always is but good songs are good no matter of time or age or era or whatever place in time you lived.
Id say the same for a lot of other animes out there. Also, I agree with anon 13:42. Even now, ppl say NOIR and .Hack were one of the best OST ever created, thanks to fictionJunction, i must say.
Anyways, I do agree that just because something is popular doesnt mean strictly good but also means its not bad nor on average by all means.
I’m seconding Anon 13:43. Also, everyone seems to be forgetting that these anime (while I won’t deny that they’re good) are mainly popular in America, and that’s mostly because they’ve been re-run to death on Adult Swim (FLCL less so, but I recall it airing more than twice).
These lists are made by Japanese otaku, and Bebop wasn’t all that popular in Japan.
Hahaha as expected of our wise, well conseuurs moetard fans.
Only Macross deserves a spot in the top.
Real awesome icons:
Touch – Che che
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSXIJWURSQ8
Cast Eye – Mysteriosu Eyes –> 800,000 copies sold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V079fmpc5_4
Touch op 1: One of the most iconic in anime history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOdGXe8F1H8
Of course I dont expet the moe hordes to like this not even know them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOdGXe8F1H8
Popular and good are not always the same thing.
Nostalgia. There are better songs now.
Sorry, but I’m just not that fond of the blues/jazz style used in Cowboy Bebop.
Always… americans complaining Cowboy Bepop not getting into the list.
fixed.
Cowboy Bebop is shit and you should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting it.
a song is a song because someone sings it. Tank has no vocals so its not a “song” mmk?
You disrespect all jazz and classical music, sir.
No if no one sings it’s still a song and it’s called an instrumental you Philistine.
Tank!’s lack of lyrics means it’s an instrumental. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a “song.”
And it isn’t even a “proper” instrumental since there’s a bit of spoken word at the start. It’s kind of like To Live Is To Die in that regard, except that the words in Tank! have yet to appear on their author’s memorial plaque (I’m loathe to use “tombstone” or “grave marker” here since Cliff was cremated and his ashes spread across his family’s farm in California, and said plaque is in Sweden)
Nope. Hate to burst your bubble but a song must have lyrics to be sung, otherwise it’s a musical piece. A song is always music, but music is not always a song.
This may be the stupidest thing I have ever read.
Tank! has lyrics.
Get everybody the stuff together
Ok now
3,2,1, let’s jam!
Dadun darun da da da da!
Dadun darun da da da da!
Vocals without tune can be a song, but a tune without can’t be a song because its called music.
While I have most of these songs, I have to say, a number of the songs listed are only here because of the series they come from.
Still nice to see a lot of it is actual good songs. A nice change from the usual fail listings.
LION is so good!
Yeah I’m really pleasantly surprised to see Lion at #1.
Even better, Karma is on the list, and it was one of the best video game OPs ever (imo).
A decent list. I’m going to go update my will, clearly the universe has mischief afoot.
I actually prefer Triangler over Lion.
While we’re at the topic of Macross theme songs…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvkJ1ISTfo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX4BzEMEZbM
02:57 apparently, it’s been made for some pachinko machine… pretty sad that those parasites are the only ones investing quality money in the true Macross universe 🙁
I wonder if we’ll ever get to see a Macross anime with the true UN Spacy emblem again… and to stay on topic, preferably with Yoko Kanno.
ZOMG. Where is this from?
Holy… was that zettai ryouiki cat girl Minmei!?
Damn, this is how Frontier should have been (the CGI is easily on par too…) There needs to be an official SDF Macross remake with this guy as the chief animator made like RIGHT NOW
FUCK YEAH MACROSS
all these anime otakus with memory problems…. obviously they don’t remember love…. 😉
I knows what you did there 😉
I cannot sure that song can be categorized as a theme song or not, but, that’s by far the best anime song in my list and it’s already 30 years old.
couldn’t agree more with the above
hahah… great, at least someone picked it up.
sure it was a theme song. it was the main song for the original macross movie.
Hahahahahaha, another list by shitty hardcore otaku tastes.
But at least in the top its a series that is king in music: MACROSS.
The rest are what you expect of moetards.
I was hoping to see Last Exile
Well, its awesome, but hits is supposedly “TOP” there are better and memorable songs to boot, problem here is the short memory of certain fans that vote for this lists.
To vote any “TOP” you cannot conveniently pick the series you know or are form of from the last 10 or so years only, but look at the history of anime to then make a valid “TOP” since the 60s and till now.
If it was “top” in the last 10 or 15 years, then no problem.
If you were to make a “top” sports cars, would you only pick those form the last 5 years?
Mainstream rock music, a top 10 top 20, top 50, would you pick only those form the last 5 or 10 years? Leaving Nirvana, Motley Crue, Scoprions, etc, etc, tect out?
Mad because Mr.Elitist’s songs aren’t in the top.
Cry more, your tears sustain me
@1300 Your ignorance keeps sustaining me.
>fate zero opening 2 is not in top 5
>list invalid
Fate/Zero ED 1 > OP 2 > OP 1 > ED 2
The music reflects the show.
Gate of Babylon only holds the best in OP/ED!
Madoka’s Magia > Connect.
And where is Light my Fire/Serment/I’ll Believe/One/Hishoku no Sora/Tenjou wo Kakeru Monotachi?
As someone put it, too much moeblob crap.
I don’t see how ‘moeblob’ has anything to do with how good the songs are.
Ah, elitists.
fucking motard sheep
He’s not an elitist, but a sheep. They hate on things without knowing what the fuck they’re talking about… just like the rest of the herd.
It’s not even that good.
Sheesh, not good?
Are you deaf?
Go away you pleb
overrated opening by madoka fantards who praise anything from kalafina.
No cowboy bebop? No Noir/.hack/megumi hayashibara?
THIS LIST FAILS EPICLY
The list is how shall I put it a steaming pile of dog flop.
spoiler: these polls only exist to boost sales
You Don’t Say.
Agreed. Cruel Angel’s Thesis duhhhh.
(」・ω・)」うー！(／・ω・)／にゃー！
(／・ω・)／Lets にゃー！
o yeah~ Lion is No. 1…
but no Platinum Disco 🙁
Escape – Eureka Seven Ao
Trust You – Gundam 00
Another crappy top list…
butthurt cb fanboy detected.
Cowboy bebop is SHIT stop trying to get it into lists already
cb is overrated, I agree. Americans praise it because is an anime inspired in american culture.
Rahxephon – Hemisphere
Slayers next – Give a reason
Neon genesis evangelion – Zankoku na Tenshi no These
Inuyasha – Every little thing
Chobits – Ningyo hime
None of these LEGENDARY songs were listed, this list is invalid.
What scares me is that there’s also no gundam songs..
When did gundam fans die out?
IMO Mirai Nikki’s first OP was well executed for a cruddy anime. Personally I’d favor some of this lists OP’s rather than their ED’s such as Bakemonogatari or AnoHana.
But second was a lot better. Still carp.
Not a single Go Nagai anime… Fuck this list.
who?
Of Mazinger fame dude.
ಠ_ಠ
(/trollsnark)
Go Dai
Don’t Say Lazy and Platinum are the best of this list. Hare Hare Yukai is really good.
Can’t argue
No Lucky Star? That was one of the cutest moeblob openings ever.
Also no Record of Lodoss War TV opening makes this list invalid.
The point is cowboy bebop have already been on the top of every single anime song list on Earth, it really need to make way for newer songs
You have to be the stupidest fucking retard in the history of the Internet.
So in essence you would say Shakespeare should not be considered for the top of a ranking for best playwright because he is too old?
You are sooooooooooooooooooooo fucking dumb.
Only My Railgun, ugh… are there really so many people who think that song is good? I don’t see anything special in it, and save for the part from 0:26 to 0:39 the melody and rhythm sound really clumsy to me… I’d say it’s definitely one of the worse anime songs I’ve heard.
Actually, none of the top 6 sound very interesting to me, except maybe Don’t say Lazy. I guess that’s my personal taste, but i find it interesting that they’re all lumped together at the top.
Connect gets 8th place, but Madoka’s ED isn’t even in the list? wth
Songs that I think are missing:
– Toki wo Kizamu Uta (Clannad After Story OP) – deserves a top spot imo.
– The Light Before We Land (Gunslinger Girl OP) – as mentioned by EndlessGr8
– Duvet (Serial Experiments Lain OP)
– Hyadain no Joujou Yuujou (Nichijou’s 2nd OP) – they’re both great, but I like this one better
– any of Higurashi’s OPs, as mentioned by Aardbark
Nothing composed by Yoko Kanno? This list has failed, forever.
Lion is Yoko Kano
And so is Platinum
Lion has her fingerprints on it, but largely agree with you…
Don’t forget Platinum.
Yoko Kanno fantard?