
Haruhi-chan gets an unusual, and very high-quality, MAD adaptation in this rather meticulously edited video. Its Nico performance is correspondingly high…
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Eroge gamer Nagato Yuki can be seen singing the catchy Ga-rei Zero OP, Paradise Lost, in the new episode 6 of Haruhi-chan.
Fans with in-depth seiyuu knowledge will immediately get the joke – 茅原実里 / Minori Chihara voiced both Nagato and Ga-rei’s main character Kagura Tsuchimiya, as well as singing the show’s OP.
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A video compilation of many memorable OPs from anime that were originally derived from eroge.
Many favorites such as To Heart, Nanoha, and Key series make an appearance, spanning over a decade’s worth of eroge anime.
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This video displays a large troupe of men in black suits and sunglasses dancing most energetically to Evangelion‘s classic OP theme “Cruel Angel’s Thesis”, in what appears to be a park, before a sizable crowd of onlookers.
It makes for quite the spectacle…
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Quality loli tsundere and loli moe nun anime Toradora! and A Certain Magical Index (or To Aru Majutsu no Index) have introduced new OPs for their second cours, both starting at episodes #17.
You may see both below in HD and compare/contrast to the original OPs…

The OP of defunct mecha anime ジンキ・エクステンド /Jinki Extend is compared to classic mecha anime 機動戦士ガンダム / Mobile Suit Gundam. You could be forgiven for noticing some similarities.
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Whether by way of deliberate tribute, sheer lack of originality or otherwise, the similarities between the new Gundam 00 2nd Season OP and the OP for magical girl anime Precure (Pretty Cure) have not escaped the notice of the comparative engine that is 2ch. You can view the OPs below.
It’s not clear why such extreme (beyond coincidental we might think, though still perhaps not deliberate) similarity should exist.
In related news, the nudity of the participating characters did not escape 2ch’s attention either:
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The opening to Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is here given a rather entertaining Kannagi reworking, with Nagi-sama and company being carefully synchronised with the original opening.
See it below, along with a comparison to the original:
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An over-eager user of NicoNico Douga has stunned Toradora fans (let us not say in what way) with a rendition of the Toradora OP made using only the spreadsheet functionality of Microsoft Excel.
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This series of videos offers a variety of stylish anime OPs, but unlike the previous series, the proportion of easily recognisable classics is much lower – you’re sure to see some interesting new material I’d wager, and in fact you may have an experence similar to mine and barely have even heard of some of the titles, let alone have seen the OPs in question.
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As with the first, he we see a compilation of more stylish and interesting anime openings:
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Here we see a select compilation of some of the most stylish and well executed anime opening sequences; as you might expect, the proportion of popular classics featured is high…
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