favorite anime opening and ending theme songs

[Akikaze]

Asterisk by Orange Range - Bleach op #1
The World by Nightmare - Death Note op #1
Ready Steady Go - Full Metal Alchemist op #2
Ichirin no Hana - By HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR Bleach op #3


Alumna by Nightmare - Death Note ed #?

[the_wolfs_howl]

<_< Is it okay if I revive this thread? I figure most people will have seen enough new animes to get a few new favorites. For me:

FMA: Brotherhood - Again (opening), Uso/Lie (ending), Period (opening), Shunkan Sentimental (opening)
Claymore - Danzai no Hana (ending) (the only anime where I like the ending but not the opening!)

[Rusty Claymore]

Asura Cryin' Season 2 OP
Lucky Star OP
All the Way, Kino's Journey OP
CLANNAD OP
Elemental Gelade OP
H.T. Trigun OP
Durarara Season 1&2 OP
Ear-Playing-Tricks Cake & Rasberry Heaven Azumanga Daioh OP & ED

[Anime4Ever]

My favorite ending theme was
School Rumble: Futari Wa Wasurechau
It was awesome!!

[Atria35]

The entire soundtrack to Aria.
The EDs to the KnK movies.
"Rolling Star" ED to Bleach
OP to Spice and Wolf
FMA: Brotherhood OP
First OP to Tantei Gakuen Q
OPs to Ah! My Goddess (tv series)
OP to Baccano!
OPs to Durarara!
Ghost in the Shell soundtrack
OP to Higashi no Eden
Macross Frontier soundtrack
OP and ED to Ouran Host Club

[Falx]

Haibane Renmei's "Free Bird" is a new favourite.

[TheSubtleDoctor]

I've probably already mentioned Eureka 7 ending #2.

Sengoku Basara (1st season) OP...incredible. Always gets me pumped for the show.

On this same score, TTGL OP is brilliant.

DRRR's 1st OP and ED were amazing.

I really dig the Claymore ED as well, especially the first part.

...And you can hear these and more by following the my playlist link in my sig!

[blkmage]

Alright, I'll bite.


Lia - 鳥の詩 (AIR OP): friggin classic
Lia - My Soul, Your Beats! (Angel Beats! (OP): the only good thing to come out of that show
Makino Yui - Undine (ARIA the ANIMATION OP)
Makino Yui - Euforia (ARIA the NATURAL OP)
Makino Yui - Spirale (ARIA the ORIGINATION OP): Just about every piece of music from ARIA is fantastic
Saito Chiwa - staple stable (Bakemonogatari OP)
Hanazawa Kana - 恋愛サーキュレーション (Bakemonogatari OP)
supercell - 君の知らない物語 (Bakemonogatari ED): BEST SONG OF ALL TIME
supercell - LOVE & ROLL (CENCOROLL ED)
Chata - だんご大家族 (CLANNAD ED): the saddest song in the world
Lia - 時を刻む唄 (CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ OP): KIMI DAKEEEEEE WOOOOOOO
Theatre Brook - 裏切りの夕焼け (Durarara!! OP): fits
ELISA - euphoric field (ef - a tale of memories OP)
ELISA - ebullient future (ef - a tale of melodies OP): composed by TENMON, no more words needed
FLOW - Days (Eureka Seven OP): distinctly Eureka Seven
iLL - Space Rock (Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows ED): by the remants of supercar
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - Rewrite (Fullmetal Alchemist OP)
YUI - again (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OP): marked the triumphant return of YUI from her hiatus
Hayashibara Megumi - A Happy Life (Manabi Straight OP): aw yeah, graffitiing the school grounds
V.A. - Sketch Switch (Hidamari Sketch OP)
V.A. - Hatena de Wasshoi! (Hidamari Sketch x365 OP)
V.A. - できるかなって☆☆☆ (Hidamari Sketch x☆☆☆ OP): HidaSketch OPs are earworms
marble - Mebae Drive (Hidamari Sketch ED)
marble - Ryuusei Record (Hidamari Sketch x365 ED)
marble - さくらさくら咲く 〜あの日君を待つ 空と同じで〜 (Hidamari Sketch x☆☆☆ ED): HidaSketch EDs are marble
school food punishment - futuristic imagination (Eden of the East ED)
school food punishment - light prayer (Eden of the East I: The King of Eden ED)
school food punishment - future nova (Eden of the East II: Paradise Lost ED): oh hey, it's my favourite band
Shimamiya Eiko - ひぐらしのなく頃に (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni OP)
Shimamiya Eiko - 奈落の花 (Higurashi no Naku Koro in Kai OP)
Shimamiya Eiko - Superscription of Data (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei OP): haunting
V.A. - Don't Say Lazy! (K-ON! ED)
V.A. - NO, Thank You! (K-ON!! ED): pretty great
Seira - Never (Kaiba OP): DAT ANIMATION
Kalafina - oblivious (Kara no Kyoukai 1 ED)
Kalafina - 君が光に変えて行く (Kara no Kyoukai 2 ED)
Kalafina - 傷跡 (Kara no Kyoukai 3 ED)
Kalafina - ARIA (Kara no Kyoukai 4 ED)
Kalafina - sprinter (Kara no Kyoukai 5 ED)
Kalafina - fairytale (Kara no Kyoukai 6 ED)
Kalafina - seventh heaven (Kara no Kyoukai 7 ED): Yuki Kajiura is a magician
Sakamoto Maaya - Triangler (Macross F OP)
May'n and Nakajima Megumi - LION (Macross F OP)
May'n - Northern Cross (Macross F ED)
May'n - Diamond Crevasse (Macross F ED): Macross is about robots and music
Mizuki Nana - ETERNAL BLAZE (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's OP): the most GAR magical girl
V.A. - Kimi ni Mune Kyun (MARIA+HOLIC ED): chiptune remix of the 80's song
L'Arc~en~Ciel - DAYBREAK'S BELL (Gundam 00 OP)
the brilliant green - Ash Like Snow (Gundam 00 OP)
UVERworld - 儚くも永久のカナシ (Gundam 00 S2 OP): Gundam 00 was a nice departure from the UNTZ UNTZ music of SEED
V.A. - 1000%SPARKING (Negima!? OP): BURNING
Utada Hikaru - Beautful World (Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0: YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE ED): I like Utada Hikaru
SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH - Allegro Cantabile Sound (Nodame Cantabile OP): lots of piano, just like the show
Ootsuki Kenji - 人として軸がぶれている (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OP)
Ootsuki Kenji - 空想ルンバ (Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OP)
Ootsuki Kenji - 林檎もぎれビーム! (Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OP): twisted
Shikata Akiko - 片翼の鳥 (Umineko no Naku Koro ni OP): sounds just like うみねこのなく頃に!

[Roy Mustang]

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)

Now for fav ED for TV anime.

Mystic Eyes by Hiroki Wada (Escaflowne)

The Starry Sky" by HAL (Angelic Layer)

Love Forever by by Atsuko Enomoto, Mayumi Iizuka, and Maria Yamamoto (Chance! Pop Sessions)

Half Pain by Bana (Witch Hunter Robin)

Shell (instrumental)by bana (ep 26) (Witch Hunter Robin)

Gravity by Maaya Sakamoto (Wolf's Rain TV)

Hikari no Suashi by Chie Ishibashi (Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight)

From my old list that I posted years ago on another thread like this.

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[Yamamaya]

Umineko no naku koro ni-Umineko no naku koro ni visual novel EP 1-4

Occultics no Majo-Umineko no naku koro ni Chiru visual novel EP 5-6

1st op to Blood+
1st op to Higurashi no naku koro ni.
1st op to Darker than Black
And of course Cruel Angel's Thesis-Neon Genesis Evangelion.

[blkmage]

Oh man, Yamamaya's presence reminded me of one I left off.

JIMANG - La divina tragedia ~魔曲~ (Umineko no Naku Koro ni ED)

[Cadence]

Seira - Never (Kaiba OP): DAT ANIMATION

blkmage speaks the truth. This is possibly my favorite OP ever.

I also love all of the openings sung by Lia (Angel Beats!, AIR, and Clannad~After Story~), as well as the OP for Kanon (2006).

The Dennou Coil OP really grew on me after I finished the series (I didn't notice all the cool details and foreshadowing in it until I was finished with the series...but when I did, I was impressed).

The Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou OP is another favorite of mine (the music annoys me, but I love what they did with the animation), as is Card Captor Sakura's first OP.

As far as EDS go, I love the EDs for both seasons of Natusme Yuujinchou (both are lovely songs, and the art is soft, warm and beautiful). The Clannad ED never fails to touch my heart, even though I haven't finished the series yet. I never get tired of the first ED of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and the EDs for Last Exile and Ghost Hound are also personal favorites

[Yamamaya]

Oh man, Yamamaya's presence reminded me of one I left off.

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I was about to mention that one.

OH DESIRE

Also OP to the Umineko anime
Dango Family-Clannad ED
Op to Gurren Lagann.

[Juliannesan]

VERY FAVORITE 1: Howl's Moving Castle - The Merry Go Round of Life by Joe Hisashi & Sekai No Yakusoku by Chieko Baisho [ED]
Rurouni Kenshin - Heart of Sword [ED]
La Corda D'Oro - Brand New Breeze by Kanon [OP] & Crescendo by Stella Quintet [ED]
S-Cry-Ed - Reckless Fire by Ide Yasuaki [OP] (Seriously, who has heard this song and hated it? I would really like to know)
InuYasha - Fukai Mori [ED(?)]
CLANNAD - Megumeru [OP] and Dango Daikazoku [ED]
CLANNAD AFTER STORY - Toki wo Kizamu Uta by Lia [OP] and Torch by Lia [ED]
Kanon - Last Regrets by Key & Ayana [OP] and Kaze no Tadori Tsuku Basho by Ayana [ED]
Busou Renkin - Makka na Chikai/Blood Red Oath by Yoshiki Fukuyama[OP] & Hoshi Akari by Jyukai [ED] (Which she also has her own real life music video for too, its pretty cool)
Weiss Kreuz - Velvet Underground [OP] & Beautiful Alone [ED] (Mostly because all the main seiyuu's sing them) ^_^
Witch Hunter Robin - Shell & Half Pain by Bana [OP & ED]
Saiunkoku Monogatari - Hajimari no kaze by Ayaka Hirahara Saikou no Kataomoi by Sachi Tainaka [ED]
Samurai 7 - Unlimited by Nanase Aikawa [OP]
Yukikaze - RTB by Monsieur Kamayatsu [ED]


And there's many more but I don't have time to list the rest.

[KhakiBlueSocks]

Hmm...I have quite a few favorite openings:

Pilot Candidate (Yes, I know I ripped it a new one with regards to it's dub, but I still like the orchestral music and the opening animation, and because the show ends so abruptly, it's actually nice to see that the protagonist gets his hearts desire...even if the outfit kinda sucks.) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktnFQ7CSZc

Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad - (Beck has Engrish and it's not afraid to use it...and that's what I love about the opening sequence. "Hit in the USA" has found a home in my truck's CD player from now on--right next to Greg Ayres "All the Same", Otis Redding "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" and Vic Mignogna's "Far From Home" [don't give me that look; you know you liked it too]. I also love the fact that we see our protagonists sing the song in the opening sequence and that, if you listen to the song one way, it sounds like the group is saying "I was made to hit an American". Rock on Beck.) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYy5nEdkRBg

Planetes - (The reason I like this one so much is because, aside from the fact that it's historically correct in the progression of the space program, it also introduces all the main characters just in case you forgot their names! I find that cool as I have the memory of a goldfish. Also, if you notice, the creators make small changes as the series progresses which is noticeable on the DVD's as they give you all the openers to compare.) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktnFQ7CSZc

Aria: The Origination - (I am an all around fanboy of the "Aria" series, and all the opening and closing titles rock my socks, but it's something about the last season opening song "Spiral" that really gives me a warm, relaxed feeling. I especially love it when it's played over the opening sequence on the 2nd to last episode.) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnkQKpMZAuw&feature=related

Lucky Star - (Yes, yes, I know. But it's my list, so deal with it.) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViEH57xQu1c