Best Openings In Anime Series?

[Ichigo_89]

Which animes series do you think has the best opening (animation & song).
I know this is pretty tough once you think about it, but try anyways.

For me it'd have to be GITS:Stand Alone Complex and Last Exile.

[Rev. Doc]

I'll have to agree Last Exile is very good. I'd throw in Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar's opening "Sugar Baby Love" as one of my favorites.

[Sephiroth]

hmm.. i'll need to have a think about this one and post later

[Joshua Christopher]

Gundam Wing.

I'm not a huge fan, but the Fullmetal Alchemist intro is cool.

Big O.

Speed Racer.

The second Shin Getter intro.

[Kkun]

Gundam Seed, third opening song/animation is one of my favorites. I'm also rather partial to the first Rurouni Kenshin opening. Finally, I think Blue Gender's opening song (in English, no less) and animation are wonderful.

[Sesshoumaru]

Inuyasha has good openings

[Kenshin17]

Gundam Seed - Beleive
Last Exile - Cloud Age Symphony
Gundam Seed - Moment
Ghost in the Shell:SAC - Inner Universe

[Rocketshipper]

My favorite anime openings:
Revolutionary Girl Utena (Round Dance Revolution)
Slayers Next (Give a Reason)
Cardcaptor Sakura season 3 (Platinum)
Magic Knight Rayearth 2 opening 2 (Forgot the name ^^)
Pokemon japanese opening 4 (Mezasei Pokemon Master, Whiteberry Mix)
Pokemon english openings 1 and 2 (Pokemon theme and Pokemon World)
Yugioh DM opening 5 (Overlap)
Digimon Tamers japanese op (The Biggest Dreamer)
Ai Yori Aoshi (forgot the name of the opening ^^)

[K. Ayato]

Trigun, baby!!

[Nightshade X]

Actually, the opening for Lain was pretty cool. I also liked the opening for Azumanga Daioh and Chrno Crusade.

Serial Experiments Lain: Duvet
Azumanga Daioh: Soramimi Cake
Chrno Crusade: Tsubasa wa Pleasure Line

[Maledicte]

Ghost in the Shell: SAC (Inner universe)
Cowboy Bebop (Tank!)
Trigun (H.T.)
RahXephon (Hemisphere)
Hellsing (A World Without Logos)

[Roy Mustang]

Can we pick best ending themes too?


Here are ones that I think are good.

Kiseki no Umi- Maaya Sakamoto (Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight)

Yakusoku wa Iranai- Maaya Sakamoto (Escaflowne)

Stray- Steve Conte (Wolf's Rain) Note: Steve Conte did the song Call Me Call Me for CB.

Shell- Bana (Witch Hunter Robin)

Blue Water- Miho Morikawa (Nadia - Secret of Blue Water)

Soramimi Cake-Oranges & Lemons (Azumanga Daioh (TV)

Be My Angel- Atsuko Enomoto (Angelic Layer)

Rhythm Emotion by TWO-MIX (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing)

Tobira wo Akete by ANZA (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Yuzurenai Negai by Naomi Tamura (Magic Knight Rayearth)

Zankoku na Tenshi no Te-ze (Thesis of a Cruel Angel) by Yoko Takahashi (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Pure Blue by Atsuko Enomoto, Mayumi Iizuka, and Maria Yamamo (Chance! Pop Sessions)

Y'know by Akira Sudou (Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040)

Wingzero22

[Nate]

Best openings...

Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight

Slayers Next

Saber Marionette J

That's all I can think of at the moment.

[indyrocker]

best that i have ever seen or heard
Last Exile
Heat guy J
Chobits

[Saint Kevin]

I have to agree that Ghost in the Shell's opening is pretty awesome. Nice song too.

A few more:
Dual: Parallel Trouble Adventure - Bubblegummy...almost too much so
Eden's Bowy - Very catchy piano part, also interesting artwork there too.

[Ashley]

Full Moon wo Sagashite (season 1-- "I <3 U" not "Rock'n Roll Princess")
DNAngel (True Light)
Cowboy Bebop (Tank!)
Angelic Layer (Be My Only Angel---the second ending "aemaertu" I believe was also EXTREMELY good--it was so cute to see all the deuses asleep with their angels)

Kiseki no Umi- Maaya Sakamoto (Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight)

Oooo, I LOVE this song!

[Debitt]

DNAngel's OP is abso-freakin'-lutely beautiful. Other OPs that top my list would be Kyou Kara Maou (can't remember the name of the song, but it fits the mood of the series perfectly), Escaflowne (Yakusoku wa Iranai), and Outlaw Star (Through the Night). But my favorite anime OP, in both musi cand visuals, would go to Tactics. xD; The first time I saw it I was on the floor seizuring in joy.

For EDs, my vote for best ending sequence goes to Matantei Loki Ragnarok. Believe in Heaven is such a pretty song! *o*/

[AngelSakura]

<<Trigun, baby!!>>
Wheee, I agree! Also, GITS: SAC, Wolf's Rain, and Azumanga Daioh. Endings, I like Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain ("Been a long road to follow/Been there and back tomorrow..."), and FLCL. Did you know that Vespa is the director's? ^^

[heero yuy 95]

Rythym Emotion(mobile suit gundam wing)
Just wild beat(also gundam wing)
The opening theme to Robotech(Hey, it's a classic!)
The ending themes to Gundam Wing(movie and OVA)

Those are the only ones I can think of right now.

[Hitokiri]

Stand Alone Complex (my friend told me that was a mix between Latin, Greek, and English). The best opening sequence ever in my opinion.
Cowboy Bebop - Tank rocks
Witch Hunter Robin - Shell
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Zankoku na Tenshi no Te-ze (Thesis of a Cruel Angel)
and
RahXephon - Hemisphere

[Sync]

Stand Alone Complex (my friend told me that was a mix between Latin, Greek, and English).

Russian, Latin, and English

on the TV versions, i'd say Inner Universe and Rise (from 2nd GIG) are pretty equal in awesomeness, but for the full version I prefer Rise.

and you cant go wrong with Asterik (*) from BLEACH.

[shadowblade]

The openings from Cowboy Bebop, Full Metal Panic, Stand Alone Complex, and Trigun, but I think Cowboy Bebop has gotta be my favorite. ^_^

[Yeshua-Knight]

i'd have to say i do like fullmetal alchemist opener, never heard much in the way of japanese hard rock before, that one sounds pretty cool

cowboy bebop, the whole package between the way the opening is layed out and the music, it just goes perfectly

those are my two picks, later

'nuff said

[Elric_kun]

Elfen Lied - Lilium
Fullmetal Alchemist - Melissa
Fullmetal Alchemist - Ready Steady Go
Fullmetal Alchemist - Undo
Fullmetal Alchemist - Rewrite
Gundam SEED - Invoke
Gundam SEED - Believe
Gundam SEED Destiny - Ignited
Gundam SEED Destiny - Pride
Last Exile - Cloud Age Symphony

[Jeikobu]

From best to least:
-Pocket Monsters Opening 1 (Mezase Pokemon Masutaa)
-Ai Yori Aoshi (Eternal Flower)
-Pocket Monsters Opening 8 (Pokemon Symphonic Medley)
-Pocket Monsters Opening 5 (Ready Go!)
-Inu Yasha Opening 1 (Change the World)
-Fullmetal Alchemist Opening 1 (Melissa)
-Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi (Treasure)
-Pocket Monsters Opening 2 (Rival)
-Pocket Monsters Opening 6 (Advance Adventure)
-Pocket Monsters Opening 3 (OK!)
-Pocket Monsters Opening 7 (Challenger!!)
-Rurouni Kenshin Opening 2 (1/2)
-Pocket Monsters Opening 4 (Mezase Pokemon Masutaa 2001)
-Rurouni Kenshin Opening 1 (Sobakasu)
-Trigun (H.T.)
-Rurouni Kenshin Opening 3 (Kimi Ni Fureru Dake De)
-Cowboy Bebop (Tank)

That's all that comes to mind.

[Mangafanatic]

Yeah, Last Exile had a rockin' opening song. But I must admit, while it may have lacked the artistic merit of some of hte aforementioned titles, there's a special place in my heart for the opening theme to Full Moon. Rock on, "Rockin' Roll Princess!"

[mitsuki lover]

I would have to say that my list would include the following:
Silent Mobius
Dual!Paralllel Trouble Adventure
Inuyasha end theme Every Heart(I like BoA)
GITS:SAC
Cowboy Bebop
Serial Experiments:Lain
Read or Die and ROD The Tv
Big O,but more for the end theme than the opening
FMA
Digimon,in particuliar the original season and the season with the Tamers
Pokemon
Gad Guard,a really cool jazz style opening

[FunkerVGirl]

Hemisphere is a good one.

"ready steady go" is AWESSSSSOMMME!! I love that song!! Anyone go to otakon and see Larc perform?

"Inner Universe" from Stand alone complex gives me the chills.

The gundam seed song that TM revolution sings is also very cool!

[Yojimbo]

Cowboy Bebop
GiTS: Stand Alone Complex
Read or Die TV

[heero yuy 95]

Gundam Wing(both)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083( Can't stand the series, but both openings were nice)
Robotech(hey, it's a classic!)

Errrr... that's all I can come up with. Maybe I should watch some more anime.