We just had a thread for "best JoJo OP", it is known, JoJo is a beast all its own.
Course we can always have threads like this for the runners up ;D
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What are the best Anime intro of all time?
- Thread starter Makoto Yuki
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We just had a thread for "best JoJo OP", it is known, JoJo is a beast all its own.
Course we can always have threads like this for the runners up ;D
I don't mean to be nitpicky, and I agree with your point about studio budget, but your specific example of Yoko Kanno is a bit revisionist. She wasn't the big name she is now and built up her cachet precisely through composing anime music. In fact, she composed the opening for Record of Lodoss War before she composed for Cowboy Bebop, which I think is where most people know her from.
That Dominion Tank Police Intro gets me every time. My friends brother had it on VHS it was one of my first.
Not surprised to see Lain on here. It's not too often we hear English OPs. so that one's particularly memorable.
As for something from me... where do I even start? There's already a lot of good ones here. I can't think of anything as stylish and deliberate as Cowboy Bebop, so I'll focus more on the music.
D.N.Angel was actually good enough that I learned how to play this on the piano back in high school.
Chrno Crusade is nostalgic too.
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino was so so so not what I wanted or expected from a second season of GSG, but I liked the feeling that the OP delivered.
Would Witch Hunter Robin be considered a one hit wonder?
Everyone praised the theme for Kimi no Na wa, but Radwimps only made me think of a messy version this.
I should stop...
Also, on the topic of OPs, did anyone find that ALL the Rozen Maiden OPs sounded very familiar when they first listened to them? Is there a name for that style of music? It makes me think of... opera... that can't be right.
Thank you. I love that intro. One of the few shows that got me back into anime.
I didn't see it posted but Space Brothers OP1. I always feel so moon:
I'll even go as far as to say that JoJo openings that even don't fucking exist yet are guaranteed to be great, simply because future manga parts that haven't been adapted yet contain sick ass characters and story themes, they'd have to make the opening/ending bad on purpose if they wanna fuck it up, and even then it'll probably still be good.
Yep, the one and only.
Yeah, this one's real good at getting you hyped to watch.
For those who are only getting their Opening/Ending fix via Youtube, may I suggest visiting https://openings.moe to get your high quality video fix.
While I'm on the subject of streaming quality, I've seen some unfortunately low-quality videos of Record of the Lodsoss War TV linked in here. For shame. You can look here for a higher quality video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Ea2q-kqmL_NkVBSl9qNzRrTzg/view
Now, on to the main event - opening credits. There's a long history of excellent title credits in anime dating back many decades, which means that it's quite difficult to list anything like the 'best' credits around. Many opening sequences have cool music, or do a great job setting up the tone of the series, or make you 'hype' - so what makes an opening "one of the best", beyond simply personal preference? It's very hard to say, but certain sequences are so iconic that they influence dozes of others. Other opening are extremely original in their visual message, or execute on an idea in very effective way.
Here's my list, in no particular order:
Ping Pong
Mob Psycho 100
Re: Cutie Honey
Garo Divine Flame
Kyousougiga TV
Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Tiger Mask
Record of the Lodoss War TV-
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Kiznaiver
Cowboy Bebop
Dirty Pair
Dirty Pair Project Eden
Gunsmith Cats
City Hunter (OP 2)
Kimagurae Orange Road (OP3)
Baccano!
Death Parade
Sailor Moon (OP 2)
Blood+ (OP3)
Gundam 08th MS Team
Maria Holic
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Space Adventure Cobra
FMA Brotherhood (OP1)
Pyscho Pass (Opening 2)
Nadia: Secret of Blue Water
Subete ga F ni Naru:The Perfect Insider
Concrete Revolutio - The Last Song
Michiko to Hatchin
Paranoia Agent
Welcome to the NHK
Gatchaman Crowds
Serial Experiments Lain
Nichijou
While I'm on the subject of streaming quality, I've seen some unfortunately low-quality videos of Record of the Lodsoss War TV linked in here. For shame. You can look here for a higher quality video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Ea2q-kqmL_NkVBSl9qNzRrTzg/view
Now, on to the main event - opening credits. There's a long history of excellent title credits in anime dating back many decades, which means that it's quite difficult to list anything like the 'best' credits around. Many opening sequences have cool music, or do a great job setting up the tone of the series, or make you 'hype' - so what makes an opening "one of the best", beyond simply personal preference? It's very hard to say, but certain sequences are so iconic that they influence dozes of others. Other opening are extremely original in their visual message, or execute on an idea in very effective way.
Here's my list, in no particular order:
Ping Pong
Mob Psycho 100
Re: Cutie Honey
Garo Divine Flame
Kyousougiga TV
Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Tiger Mask
Record of the Lodoss War TV-
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Kiznaiver
Cowboy Bebop
Dirty Pair
Dirty Pair Project Eden
Gunsmith Cats
City Hunter (OP 2)
Kimagurae Orange Road (OP3)
Baccano!
Death Parade
Sailor Moon (OP 2)
Blood+ (OP3)
Gundam 08th MS Team
Maria Holic
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Space Adventure Cobra
FMA Brotherhood (OP1)
Pyscho Pass (Opening 2)
Nadia: Secret of Blue Water
Subete ga F ni Naru:The Perfect Insider
Concrete Revolutio - The Last Song
Michiko to Hatchin
Paranoia Agent
Welcome to the NHK
Gatchaman Crowds
Serial Experiments Lain
Nichijou
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Oh yeah, one of the latest opening im really enjoyings thanks to the music and imagery is Pop Team Epic.
As crazy as the anime itself.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6d2bys
No youtube because japanese studios usually kill any new anime media fast.
As crazy as the anime itself.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6d2bys
No youtube because japanese studios usually kill any new anime media fast.
Nope; you have it backwards. Cowboy Bebop is probably the most enduringly popular 1990s work she was involved in so it's possible anime fans TODAY mostly know her from that. But if you're saying she got famous because of Cowboy Bebop, that's the revisionist take. She was already well-known by then.
It was Macross Plus (1994) that put her on the map -- among anime enthusiasts at the time, anyway -- and she followed that up with Escaflowne (1996). The latter alone made her the hottest composer in the anime industry. This was all before Cowboy Bebop (1998) or Lodoss TV (1998).
No anime intro is as great as it is random as these 2:
Both capture really well the insanity that is Nichijou.
Both capture really well the insanity that is Nichijou.
Obviously it's Pop Team Epic.
Alternatively, 3-Gatsu no Lion.
Bonus: Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K28Lcc-MdJs
Alternatively, 3-Gatsu no Lion.
Bonus: Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K28Lcc-MdJs
I'll be frank, the Shiotani OPs (Blood+ OP3 and Psycho-Pass OP2) are probably the best. The visual symbolism, color usage, framing, and art direction are out of this world. I'm going through a lot of the high end ones and those two still smoke everything else.
Yeah this is another really great one for a more recent series. It's a damn shame Fafner isn't more popular its such a damn great show with amazingly well done characters and a richly engrossing story.
Anyone remember this one?
Remember how we were all hopeful this was going to be awesome? Remember how "awesome" it turned out to be in the end? lol
Bleach had so many fantastic OPs
Remember how we were all hopeful this was going to be awesome? Remember how "awesome" it turned out to be in the end? lol
Bleach had so many fantastic OPs
OH GOD, YES.
It's a shame that this OP turned out better than the actual show did...
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Naw man, We Got Power is lame. They tried to make Gohan the star and it failed. Cha-La Head-Cha-La at least highlights Gohans growth from youth to fighter. It also balances the cheerful nature of Goku with the serious battles he has in the future. Also, it changes with the series in tiny, but appealing ways.
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The only mistake of We Got Power is that it focused on Gohan and thought he was the main character. Everything else including the actual song is better than Head Cha La.
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We Got Power sounds generic. Cha-La sounds like the late 1980s anime carefree anthems of excitement and fun. It's lyrics are nonsensical, which makes it even more charming. Whenever I listen to it, I think, oh shit Dragon Ball Z is gonna be fun. I listen to We Got Power and I think, oh Dragon Ball Z is trying too hard.
There is honestly way too many good anime intros but here are a few favs:
Xabungle
Attack No.1
Also the the 4Kids One Piece rapis so good I don't give a shit what anyone says that shit gets me pumped!
Xabungle
Attack No.1
Also the the 4Kids One Piece rapis so good I don't give a shit what anyone says that shit gets me pumped!
Nothing sounds generic to me, and it fits the actual show while Head Cha La is good I can't help, but laugh at the lyrics like teaching a dinosaur riding a ball and other stuff.
I doubt I feel as strongly about it as you though.