Do you watch the OPs & EDs?

[Cloud]

I think it was in San Francisco.

[kira]

it just depends on the anime for me.

if it's an anime i like and it has a nice song(doesnt have to be catchy), good art, and good grahics. i watch it more then then once.

[sugarcels]

Like others have said, it really depends. If it's catchy and has cute and/or fun action, I can watch it again and again. UNLESS I'm in a hurry to find out what happens next, or I'm just too tired.


Good OPs that I watch again and again:

Ouran High School
Slayers TRY
Vision of Escaflowne
Snow Fairy Sugar
His and Her Circumstances
Nadia: Secret of Blue Water
Boys Over Flowers

OPs I tend to skip over:

Inuyasha (2nd)
Trigun
Pokemon (ALL)
The Wallflower
Da! Da! Da!
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

[Sparta101]

I usually watch them the first time then skip them the rest accept if I really like them like the newest bleach opening I always watch that.

[wuchild1]

I have a system for op/ed. Usually I watch the entire first episode, and for longer series like naruto/bleach/IY etc.. I'll watch the new op/ed when they appear. Then as a rule I always watch the next to last episode in its entirety, for example if the series has 26 eps. I make sure to watch all of ep25. I noticed that sometimes they don't run openings to "extend" the final episode. Its weird I know, but its something I've done since anime was new and exciting, and everything I watched was good. That not being the case anymore (I've sat through a lot of crappy anime since then), I still feel the need to keep that practice. My all time favorites are YYH opening and Rahxephon ending. I could watch/listen to those all day, which I plan on doing once I get back home. Other notables are nadesico op, and several of the IY and Naruto op/ed.

[Mat4226]

I usually watch them the first time then skip them the rest accept if I really like them like the newest bleach opening I always watch that.

Quoted for truth! The new Bleach OP is great; the endings, however, all are starting to sound the same .

[JWR]

Time to bring back a thread from a while back now that a few years have passed.

One OP that has stuck in my head for the last several weeks it from Yuyushiki
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qafPIWzJPuM

Any new OP /ED Animation & Songs you enjoy?

[Keropi]

I haven't been enjoying too many Ops and EDs lately, but the ones I can recall that I enjoyed more recently were:

Devil Survivor 2 ED:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKnbKLdAm54

I liked how the ED kept changing. It only showed the characters that were still alive in the show. This video shows all of the characters before they started disappearing. It was a good closing song to end the anime episodes on too.

Red Data Girl ED:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=423VTWIa7wE

A nice relaxing song.

I can't even remember many others from the last year. I got spoiled on Gosick's ED and Deadman Wonderland OP from 2011.

[GuyvarIII]

A lot of time has passed since I last posted in this thread... 2007. Some newer OP/ED (2011-13) standouts for me were:


Level E - 1/11
http://videos.sapo.pt/cZSZHf92TDuN348SPsyG
Really great looking opening, with a Pop Art style.
It gives you the setting: just beneath the normal surface of our daily lives, there's a world of aliens.
But, its menacing feel of "Prince Baka - Alien Hunter", is the polar opposite of the show... which points to the anime's punking, "I got you", humor.


Hyouge Mono - 4/11
http://www.v2-studios.se/AFX/Videos/hyo ... g-karaoke/
The combination of the smooth music and Sengoku-jidai battle scenes, with the modern city scenes, and traditional Japanese clothing and artifacts was really unique.
It matched with the dichotomy of the show's lead character, a warrior aesthete.


Dororon Enma-Kun Mera Mera - 4/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9XL35b9OjI
It has the old school sound of 1970s Japanese super hero anime, but the animation itself shows that it's going for a more lighthearted, fun, comedy feel.


Un-Go - 10/11
http://vimeo.com/31288461
http://vimeo.com/57063093 (I like the ED even better)
The cool stylized look and music matched well with the show of a detective looking for the truth, but finding that a lie is sometimes more needed and believable.


Zetman - 4/12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF7bbCInpMw
Classic, dark, super hero opening, with strong jawed leads and hyper detailed mechanical and monster designs.
The funky dance soundtrack that breaks the 4th wall also made it stand out.


Space Brothers - 4/12
Op1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS4d-KQ2QvE
It makes me "feel so moon." A funny, good natured, and brightly colored à la Peter Max , opening.

Op4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDN_eoGQ6As
The fourth opening smartly references the 1902 silent film, "Le voyage dans la lune".
It's able to tell its own self contained mini story, and it showed an interesting way of running through the show's characters.


Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (Warning: Nudity) - 4/12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh7zO8nSnFg
The use of a monologue with an insistent musical score (along with monochrome bondage and nudity) differentiates it from other openings.
Also, the dialog helped to define Fujiko's character as a strong, unscrupulous woman, who uses men as she pleases, as she follows her desires.


Psycho Pass Op 2 - 10/12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj6d6-4z5gQ
An opening with lots of action, quick cutting, and slick transitions.
Everyone walks in one direction, but the hero walks back.


JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - 10/12
Op1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lnsY4vmDm4
Really showcases the idea of a comic book come to life.
It combines manga panels with 3D animation, and matches its music exactly, while going over the entire first story arc in microcosm.

Op2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAFlUwh6KUw
Colorful and fast moving opening with a lot of style and flair.


Ixion Saga DT ED1 - 10/12
http://vimeo.com/64335383
A very silly ending punning on the meaning of "ED".
ED's martini has no olive.

Gyrozetter ED1 - 10/12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uICQLOlDFZY
The moves that usually are performed by Idol-singers are incongruously cute and fun when done by big battle 'bots.


The Unlimited - 1/13
http://vimeo.com/62154268
This opening has the feeling of one of those team action shows like 1960's "Mission Impossible".
I really enjoyed it in the later episodes when the colors and patterns went psychedelic, and the CG ship was changed to a see-through texture.

Attack on Titan Op1 - 4/13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMXgHfHxKVM
"They are the food, and we are the hunters."
The opening everyone was talking about.


Free! ED - 7/13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KObdodO_Ae0
A beautifully rendered faux-Arabian fantasy world used in the service of a wink-wink gag.
It bears repeated watching to catch all the minute details, but I wouldn't recommend the full hour this Youtube post provides.
(Looks like they killed that link) -- here's another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uomsEhfkAJ8