Anime songs featuring female vocalists (the most overwhelming popular kind for some reason) have starred as the subject of this new ranking, tasking voters with ascertaining the song they believe to be the best – though the results may prove unsatisfactorily unoriginal as a highly popular song once again manages to obtain first place.
1. Only My Railgun (To Aru Kagaku no Railgun)
2. Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (Monogatari)
3. Rising Hope (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)
4. Crossing Field (Sword Art Online)
5. This Game (No Game No Life)
6. Connect (Madoka Magica)
7. Tori no Uta (Air)
8. God Knows (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
9. Oath Sign (Fate/Zero)
10. Renai Circulation (Monogatari)
11. Namae no nai Kaibutsu (Psycho-Pass)
12. IGNITE (Sword Art Online)
13. Cruel Angel’s Thesis (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
14. Pride Kakumei (Gintama)
15. To the Beginning (Fate/Zero)
16. Sisters’ Noise (To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S)
17. secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ (Ano Hana)
18. Red Fraction (Black Lagoon)
19. Yukitoki (Oregairu)
20. Don’t Say “Lazy” (K-ON!)
Absolutely need the sauce of that Monogatari pic.
Must have sauce of that monogatari pic…
Chobits!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwO0Vz2pUZo
Waiting for the Rain
Sakamoto Maaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNyuwT13fz4
Thats crazy every one knows the Klannad songs by heart the moment they start.
wtf no AIMER???!
No Macross-related songs? I quite liked Frontier’s in general, especially “Lion” *sadface*
Also DYRL.
[comment about why my favorite song isn’t on the list]
No mention of Inner Universe (Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex) by Origa (R.I.P.)? For shame.
Because mnay people prefer Rise, so the votes get split. Same thing that happens with Claris openings, really…
Missing Uninstall, the Bokurano OP imo. Also Lilium from Elfen Lied…
I liked Scramble from School Rumble too, but that’s a bit more generic J-Pop and not as solidly strong as the 2 above.
The opening song from Steins:Gate deserves to be on this list…IMO…and just saying…
Have men got banned from anime op songs? because while I do like quite a few from the list, I do miss those J-pop and Metal bands. and every time there are fewer and fewer of those.
Hey, girl can have metal bands too! Senkou Strings was literally the best thing about Saint Seiya Omega. Even the only good thing it had!
I see you missed the point of the list, read the title again. There have been great songs by men too, they should do a list for them as well. Check out the Kiznaiver opening “Lay Your Hands on Me” by Boom Boom Satellites for a recent great anime opening song with male vocals.
Not a single Mizuki Nana song? ::Sadface::
PRAISE NANA!!!
agreed
I know and love every single one of those songs. This is one of the few “lists” I’ve seen posted here that I actually agree with.
Every morning:
alarm 1: Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari
alarm 2 (15 minutes later): Only my Railgun
I’ve been using these for years as alarms
Same here, but with Give A Reason before both of them (I only set them 5 minuts after another).
One big miss on this list is IMO opening absence from Clannad After Story by Lia: Toki wo Kizamu Uta.
Hears Air opening song – cries.
“Opening de Madoka magica”
Yeah, some of the videos posted here are from spanish channels, I don’t know why, but well… I speak spanish, so it’s ok for me :3.
I agree with most of what’s on this list, but not the ordering. I’m a bit surprised that Angel Beats doesn’t appear anywhere, though.
I’m surprised “Irony” ClariS (Oreimo OP) didn’t make the list either.
It’s not suprising, Connect has always ranked better among Claris openings…
At this point I can only assume that voting Only my railgun on any anisong list is some kind of troll meme in Japan.
It’s not. It is consistently among the top 5 songs for karaoke in Japan. Not for anisongs, but in general.
It’s ridiculously popular both among otakus and normalfags.
I guess it is pretty easy to sing. 0 emotion, 0 power, you could probably do it just after getting up in the morning.
Japanese have shitty taste after all.
Well it did sell very well at release and got some awards even back then so it’s not only meme I think.
Platinum Disco>Renai Circulation
Pfft. What about the cute dancing girls all over youtube.
Sugar Sweet Nightmare>Platinum Disco
+1