Great Anime OP/ED Music

[TrepieGroupie#1]

Some of my favorite songs featured in Anime. I didn't necessarily watched every anime out there even the ones featured here but I listened to these songs countless of times. They just that good!

Totsugeki Love Heart [Fire Bomber] (Macross 7)​

Great song when feeling a little down or need to get pumped to do something.

Tough Boy [Tom Cat] (Hokuto no Ken)​

Driver's High [L'Arc-en-Ciel] (Great Teacher Onizuka)​

Blurry Eyes [L'Arc-en-Ciel] (DNA²)​

Others...
Which one do you find coming back to over the years?

 

[Sheep]

I like most of the music in Attack on Titan. But my favorite is Yuugure no Tori, It's a ED music from season 2.
While listening to this music may give me a strange feeling.

 

[PaleFolklore]

I'd have to go with this one. Brings me wonderful memories, for sure.

It does feel a bit strange to see it in such a high resolution, though...makes me appreciate the quality of the animation that much more.

 

[Kyyo]

My all-time favorite. Not only it's an amazing song but the opening itself brings me such amazing memories.

 

[RaHoWa]

An ending, but not a song, from my favorite animated film :
Honnêamise no Tsubasa - Royal Space Force - Ending

 

[RaHoWa]

I've known them for almost 30 years.
Dangaioh Opening

Sonic Soldier Borgman OVA The Borgman Last Battle OP

Sonic Soldier Borgman Lover's Rain OP

City Hunter - Opening 1 | "Love, Don't Leave Me!" by Kahoru Kohiruimaki

City Hunter 2 (1988) Opening 1 - Angel Night

 

[VampireLord1024]

The Air opening

 

[Gorse]

I've always felt strongly that an excellent OP and ED are essential to an anime series' quality. (Actually, I think that way for all TV shows.) I judge these elements of each series quite critically – when a series just re-uses animation from the main show itself set to a bland bit of overproduced filler music or rolls white credit text over an all-black background, I turn my nose up at it. I've heard that many people skip OPs and EDs entirely when they watch anime, which baffles me – that's the best part!

A few months ago, I tried to think of what my favourite OPs ever were. Typically, I like colourful, peppy, up-tempo stuff that gets me in the mood to watch the show, so I wanted to showcase videos from the mid-2000s series I grew up with. Unfortunately, most of them AREN'T ON YOUTUBE ANYMORE! Here are the ones that were (and aren't NSFW):

A Lost Dog and the Beats of the Rain (Asian Kung-Fu Generation) for The Tatami Galaxy:

Puzzle (Round Table) for Welcome to the NHK:

Boku wa Gakeppuchi (Hideo Suwa) for Bomberman Jetters:

Bartender (Natural High) for Bartender:

Q&A Recital (Haruka Tomatsu) for My Little Monster:

See next post for EDs, because I can only link five pieces of media at once.

 

[Gorse]

I really like EDs that are silly, playful, or chillaxed to help you come down from the high of the episode, so my choices are a bit more eclectic:

Afro Gunso (DANCE☆MAN) for Sgt. Frog:

School Girl (Bennie K) for Parappa the Rapper:

Wareta Ringo (Risa Taneda) for From the New World:

Yume no Iro Basho (Jun Yoyena) for Beast Wars II:

Kyougen ma Washi (NoisyCell) for Mr. Tonegawa:

And that's that! Actually, it isn't, because I had to leave out a ton of stuff that wasn't on YouTube. Expect more posts from me in this thread soon, often, and poorly-formatted!

 

[TrepieGroupie#1]

Great tunes thanks guys!

 

[Kyyo]

After making a post on another thread, I remembered an awesome vocalist that I must mention here. KOTOKO certainly rocks every anime theme made by her.

(this one is from a game but it's still pretty good)

 

[lucasgvse]

i don't know maaany different animes, the ones i've watched are mostly mainstream. I don't know if Nana can be considered as such, but anyway, seeing this thread made me remember how much i love it's second opening:

and my eternally favourite opening:

everything sounds so deliciously

 

[RaHoWa]

Street Fighter 2 Movie.
It's not an OP/ED but a song you can hear in the film and it's good.
Street Fighter II Movie - Itoshisato Setsunasato Kokoro Tsuyosato (English / Español)

Top o Nerae! Gunbuster - Opening ''Active Heart'' HD

Top o Nerae! Gunbuster - Ending "Try Again...!"

 

[RaHoWa]

God Bless Dancouga Opening - "Ai wa Kiseki" HD (English Captions)

"An Angel's Paints" Lynn Minmay, from "SDF Macross: Do You Remember Love?"

 

[RaHoWa]

Record of Lodoss War Opening [HD]

Record of Lodoss War - Credits - Kaze no Fantasia 風のファンタジア

 

[MajesticSiN]

Through The Night [Masahiko Arimatsu] (Outlaw Star)​

Smile Bomb [Sara White] (Yu Yu Hakusho)​

Tank! [Seatbelts] (Cowboy Bebop)​

 

[StMil]

So, other than the increadible Evengelion opening/closing songs (which are both legendary at this point of course), the first thing that came to my mind regarding this topic was this...

Keep in mind I've always been a huge Ayumi fan, so I'm kinda biased. Hehe

Also, I play piano, so this solo piano version blows me away...

And for anyone not familiar with the original, here it is...

 

[Gorse]

This song just randomly got stuck in my head, so it's only fair I share it here:

Be Somewhere (Buzy) for Rockman.EXE Stream:

In a weird twist I've never heard before, this opening isn't just a cut-down version of the full song – it's an entirely different recording, made specifically to fit into a 90-second TV show intro. As a result, despite having the same lyrics and singer, it sounds "off" from the actual Be Somewhere single (and, for some reason, starts at the song's second stanza). I WONDER WHY THEY DID THAT???

 

[lucasgvse]

Supreme ending song. RIP Nujabes... .