Worst anime opening

[rocklobster]

OK, we've argued quite a bit about which shows have the best openings. But which ones have the worst? And no, the One piece Rap:banned: doesn't count:thumb:
My vote goes to Big O.

[Scarecrow]

Easily Berserk. I was expecting something cool and what you got was a crappy song with some guy who can't sing. I actually thought it was in Japanese the first time I saw it and I was like.. man this song sucks. Then I listened closer and figured out he was actually singing in English... and WOW he REALLY sucks!!

Plus it was a boring opening, bad song just all around crappy opening.

I don't understand why they didn't use the music they used during the "next episode" clips. Would have been much better. Or heck even the opening song from game for Sega Dreamcast (part of the reason I was expecting something good for the series since I loved the game opening)

[KhakiBlueSocks]

[font="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][color="RoyalBlue"]The later episodes of Death Note...I have no clue what kind of mind-altering substance the creators were on, but a theme song composed of blood curdling screams does not a popular opening make.[/color][/SIZE][/font]

[bigsleepj]

The Black Jack anime (the OVA, I think) has some terrible opening songs.

[Scarecrow]

Oh ya... I forgot about the second season of Death Note... oh man that was horrible. That said, at least the video was just as crazy and synced well with the music. Still a horrible opening though (Berserk still is the worse though IMO... bad song, bad video and didn't sync at all)

[Fish and Chips]

Big O isn't the worst Anime opening, but it is the laziest. It shows the titular Big Guy Himself, Big O, and the supporting cast of humans and androids that him relevant, but that's about it. The rest is a cut and paste flash animation with rotating silhouettes of stuff. Nothing too special. At the very least, I refuse to say anything that can be arguably compared with Queen's Flash is the Worst of Anything.

Berserk's opening is downright "Meh." Just Guts standing around with ill fitting music.

Death Note's second opening is definitely pretty terrible though.

[ShiroiHikari]

This.

The animation is okay but that song is just...not so hot.

[ADXC]

Im not going to call this a "bad" opening, but just the fact that it weirded me out gains something in a negative shading.
Paranoia Agent. I mean I maybe missing something, but I don't get it.

And also the OP from the second season of DN.

[KhakiBlueSocks]

Big O isn't the worst Anime opening, but it is the laziest. It shows the titular Big Guy Himself, Big O, and the supporting cast of humans and androids that him relevant, but that's about it. The rest is a cut and paste flash animation with rotating silhouettes of stuff. Nothing too special. At the very least, I refuse to say anything that can be arguably compared with Queen's Flash is the Worst of Anything.

Big O is more funny to me than completely bad. What got on MY nerves was the way they repeated "Big O" over and over again during the opening. Rui Nagai, the composer, must've been laughing to the bank...

I would also like to add the AMERICAN opening of "Digimon: Digital Monsters." Why? Becuase of all the cuts they made...

Here's the original japanese with the opening theme "Butterfly" by the always cool Koji Wada - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRt8ZqBoR1g

And here's the version WE were given as composed by Paul Gordon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gBU2Ry0i0o

Granted, I do like both songs, but the fact that they cut out SO much of the opening in the english dub when they really didn't need to leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[Tsukuyomi]

The NA Naruto openers u_u

Ok, not the worst, but I wish they would've gone with the actual openers u_u

[Roy Mustang]

For an english made opening, it has to be the one that Fox kids did for Visions of Escaflowne.

Fox kids version


I have agree with Death Note's second opening, it was just bad.

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[the_wolfs_howl]

Rurouni Kenshin opening

There's a reason I always skipped through the intro while watching Rurouni Kenshin.

[eternalprincess]

Rurouni Kenshin opening

There's a reason I always skipped through the intro while watching Rurouni Kenshin.

Okay. That just made me ROFL. XD The music is so not fitting . . .


Beserk opening defiantly tops my list, as well as Death Note Season 2's opening.

[KhakiBlueSocks]

Rurouni Kenshin opening

There's a reason I always skipped through the intro while watching Rurouni Kenshin.

Hey, say what you will about "Sobasaku (Freckles)", but I got my highest score on Dance Dance Revolution (and some curious stares) from that song in the arcade.

[Raiden no Kishi]

Hey, say what you will about "Sobasaku (Freckles)", but I got my highest score on Dance Dance Revolution (and some curious stares) from that song in the arcade.

Dude, next time, don't sing it at the top of your lungs. You'll get fewer curious stares that way. ^_~

And yeah, I'm not too fond of "Sobakasu (Freckles)" myself. It starts out promising with heavily distorted guitars . . . and then devolves into saccharine J-pop. : : twitch : : The series deserved something better . . . like "Heart of Sword".

I'm also with the OP on Big O. Great series, weak opening theme. I also agree that the 4Kids One Piece rap doesn't count, as it would win by default. BLEGH.

.rai//

[ShiroiHikari]

Yeah, I never liked Sobakasu (Freckles) either. Totally doesn't fit the series. I didn't like the second opening either.

Hey, I actually kind of like the Big O opening. It pays homage to Queen's Flash Gordon, which is awesome.

[soul alive]

Oh, by far the worst I've seen is the German OP to Naruto : here

*twitch*

[ADXC]

Okay never have I felt such sympathy for the Germans. Oh wait after WW2, I think they deserve it. JK

If this posts offends any Germans or anyone else on CAA, then I'll edit it.