fav anime openings

[GrubbTheFragger]

ok so i don't now if this subject has been talked about but any way i was wondering what are your top 5 favirote anime opening songs

for me it goes like
1.inner universe (ghost in the shell SOC)
2. Ready steady Go ( FMA)
3. record of lodoss war chronicles of a heroic night intro
4. Gundam seed intro
5. tie between super galls intro and pretear intro

[Tarnish]

"READY STEADY GO" Opening for FMA
"Obsession" Opening for .hack//SIGN
"Tank!" Opening for Cowboy Bebop (forgot this one)

[eva-boy7985]

"Inner Universe" opening for GITS: Stand Alone Complex and the "Hemisphere" opening for RahXephon

[Rocketshipper]

*is shocked that "Give a Reason" hasn't shown up yet.* ^^ in every other "best openings" topic I've seen at least 10 people vote for that one. including me.

my favorite openings:
1. Round Dance Revolution (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
2. Give a Reason (Slayers Next)
3. Embracing the Light and Shadow (Magic Knight Rayearth 3rd opening)
4. Grip (Inuyasha 4th opening)
5. Overlap (Yugioh DM 5th opening)

[Maledicte]

Hmm..

*discards "Top five"*

"Inner Universe" and "Rise" from the two GITS series.
"Hemisphere" from RahXephon.
The opening themes of Giant Robo. Lots of different robots each time! 8D heheh.
"A World Without Logos" from Hellsing. Vampires and jazz--gotta love it.
"TANK!" from Cowboy Bebop, a classic.
"Gessakai" from Nightwalker. A fourth-rate anime with a dark, bluesy opening.
"Yuudachi" from Boogiepop Phantom. Japanese 70's pop funk? 8D yes. More please.

[starwarsboy90]

Mine is definity Ready, Steady, Go (FMA) and the last season opening of FMA (UNDO) that was good to!
Inner Universe is also good as well!

[mitsuki lover]

Here's mine:
1.the opening to Silent Mobius
2.Change The World opening to Inuyasha
3.Crest/Banner of the Stars opening
4.Betterman opening
5.Tank opening of Cowboy Bebop
6.opening of NGE
7.Lain opening
8.Hemipshere from RahXephon
9.opening to .hack//sign and .hack//legend
10.Excel Saga opening

[rocklobster]

Okay, I agree with and add the following:
Silent Mobius, .hack (both), Lain, Cowboy Bebop, GITS: SAC 1, Tenchi Muyo! (very haunting) and Neon Genesis Evangelion.

[Fantasy Dreamer]

Ready Steady Go (FMA)
Reckless Fire (S-CRY-Ed)

[GrubbTheFragger]

i recently just saw ghost in the shell 2nd gig and I feel in love with the beginning so thats at the top of my list

[Sennin]

1. The opening for Chrono Crusade
2. The opening for Outlaw Star
3. The first opening for Full Metal Alchemist
4. The opening for Noir
5. The opening for Gokudo

[Myoti]

"Kokoro no Chizu", "Hikari e", "We Are" -One Piece

Also, "Obsession" from .hack//sign and the theme from Outlaw Star.

[lj1958]

Well, I tend to throw out songs that sound too much like sterotypical j-pop, so that would leave out NGE, for example. Although I like .hack//sign's opening theme, and that's somewhat typical j-pop.

Visually - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, although I thought the first time I saw it that the entire series would follow in 3D animation.

Music - Cowboy Bebop, Witch Hunter Robin, and Serial Experiments Lain.

[Mangafanatic]

The opening for AIR TV is a favorite of mine.

[Hitokiri]

1. "Inner Universe" - Origa/Yoko Kanno (GitS: SAC)
2. "Inner Universe" - Origa/Yoko Kanno (GitS: SAC)
3. "Inner Universe" - Origa/Yoko Kanno (GitS: SAC)
4. "Inner Universe" - Origa/Yoko Kanno (GitS: SAC)
5. "Inner Universe" - Origa/Yoko Kanno (GitS: SAC)
6. "Inner Universe" - Origa/Yoko Kanno (GitS: SAC)
8. "Inner Universe" - Origa/Yoko Kanno (GitS: SAC)

I think you get the idea I have that song on repeat basically the entire day when I am school when not in class. And the animation during the sequence - words cannot describe it.

For real now:

1. "Inner Universe" - Origa/Yoko Kanno (GitS: SAC)
2. "Cruel Angel Thesis" - Shrio Sagisu (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
3. "Hemisphere" - Maaya Sakamato (RahXephon)
4. "Cloud Age Symphony" - Shuntaro Okino (Last Exile)
5. "Shell" - Bana (Witch Hunter Robin)
6. "Let Me be With You" - ROUND TABLE feat. Nin (Chobits)
7. "World without Logos" - Yasushi Ishii (Hellsing)
8. "Arashi no Naka de Kagayaite" - Chihiro Yonekura (Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team)
9. "Through the Night" by Masahiko Arimatsu (Outlaw Star)
10. "Tank!" by Seatbelts (Cowboy Bebop)

[Debitt]

In no particular order:

1. Secret World - Tactics
2. Obsession - .hack//SIGN
3. Tsuki no Curse - Loveless
4. Rakuen no Tobira - Matantei Loki Ragnarok
5. Hateshinaku Tooi Sora ni - Kyou Kara Maou
6. ROCKS - Naruto
7. Rewrite - Full Metal Alchemist (XD STILL not an FMA fan, though...)
8. Super Drive - Gravitation
9. Barairo no Sekai - GetBackers
10. TANK! - Cowboy Bebop

[heero yuy 95]

I like the original opening to Macross. I'm not too crazy about the opening animation to Big O, but I love the theme song.

[Godly Paladin]

Rurouni Kenshin (Freckles/Sobakasu)
Gundam Wing - Just Communication
Gundam Wing - Rhythm Emotion
Big O (just because the music is so hilarious)

[paradigm_shift]

The ROD TV opening is pretty snazzy (loved the music and the animation that went with it).

[Ichigo_89]

That I can recall...

Cowboy Bebop
S.A.C openings
Trigun
Samurai Champloo
Naruto (can't remember which season, if it changes)

[Eastkun]

Stray by Steve Conte(Wolf's Rain)
Haruka Kanata by Asian Kung-fu Generation(Naruto)
Big O!
D~technolife by UVERworld(Bleach)
Samurai Champloo
Inner Universe by Origa (Ghost in The Shell SAC)
Rewrite by Asian Kung-fu Generation(Full Metal Alchemist)
Wing of Words(Gundam Seed Destiny)

[jon_jinn]

second opening for full metal alchemist (dunno what it's called).

[Mr. SmartyPants]

second opening for full metal alchemist (dunno what it's called).

Which one? The one on Cartoon network (rewrite by AKFG) or the "real" ones (Ready Steady Go)

For me it's:
Grain - Monster
Kanashimi wo yasashisa ni - Naruto 3rd Opener
Shell - Witch Hunter Robin

[chimera189]

Shinigami no Ballad OP "no one"
Karin ED "Mou hitotsu no birthday"

[Sami_jane]

second opening on FMA has got to be one of my favorites. the music and the way tehy put the whole thing togather just fits so good.

i also like the music on the GITS series and Fruits Basket

[KhakiBlueSocks]

Rurouni Kenshin (Freckles/Sobakasu)

Big O (just because the music is so hilarious)

You know, "Freckles" is one of my favorite songs to play while doing Dance, Dance Revolution! One time, I was playing against this guy, and I picked "Freckles"...after he finished laughing, I lost miserably...

Back on the subject! My favorite opening sequence has to be the new FMA title sequence. I think the creators were in the room saying:

"Look, we have extra money in the budget after paying the writers their $250,000 per script salary, why don't we go all out with a new title sequence?"

The computer animation is beautiful--especially the scene when Ed is jumping off the cliff...the colors are beautiful!

[GrubbTheFragger]

whoa this thread lives on wow but anyway i am gonna add
Final fantasys unlimited's over the fantasy to my list and FMA's 1st beginning (real one but not sure what its called)

[TriezGamer]

My top ten

#1 Elfen Lied - "Lilium"
#2 ROD TV - "R.O.D"
#3 AIR TV - "Bird's Poem"
#4 Crest of the Stars - "Seikai no Monshou"
#5 Jubei-chan The Ninja Girl - "Main Theme"
#6 Aishiteruze Baby - "Sunny Side Up"
#7 Last Exile - "Cloud Age Symphony"
#8 Cowboy Bebop - "TANK!"
#9 Chobits - "Let Me Be With You"
#10 Rune Soldier - "Twinkle Trick"

[mechana2015]

hmmm...
not in particular order
Rise: GITS SAC 2nd gig
Inner Universe: GITS SAC
* By Orange Range from Bleach
Ready Steady Go: FMA
Freckles: Ruroni Kenshin

[Splitter 2.0]

In no particular order...

Tori no Uta (Air TV)
Lilium (Elfen Lied)
Tank! (Cowboy Bebop)
Shining Days (Mai HiME)
Rewrite (Fullmetal Alchemist)
No Boy No Cry (Naruto)
Yakusoku no Basho e (Kaleido Star)
Re-sublimity (Kannazuki no Miko)
The Light Before We Land (Gunslinger Girl)
Catch You Catch Me (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Sore ga Ai Deshou (Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu)
Ultra Relax (Kodocha)
Innocent Starter (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
Wake Up Angel (Pita Ten)