Top 20 Anime OP's

Post by **JWR** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:54 pm

I was checking out youtube today and came across this work that was put up as a result of some polling as to the 20 best Anime Op.

What in your mind makes the best Op sequences. To me giving a feel for the anime without giving the plot away , Introducing the characters , and the theme music are all important elements. A good Op can hook you into a series.
Here is what this group came up with.

20-16

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZUtn0F ... ed&search=

15-11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LCRfqig ... ed&search=

10-6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM7wk2ei ... er&search=

5-1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLw9I52A ... ed&search=

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:12 pm

Wah! Do you have the link to 20-16?

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:13 pm

Is there only one link to 20-16?

syan · Post by **syan** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:17 pm

Found it off of one of the other links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZUtn0F ... ed&search=

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:17 pm

Try saying that with less context.

Post by **JWR** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:20 pm

Link should be fixed.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:58 pm

Heck...aren't there any I've Sound Openings in there at all? I was kind of hoping for at least one. Maybe there's one there that I just don't think of as being "I've Sound".

I thought that at least Higurashi's first season Opening might be there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hHKmiRwyBU

but I apparently not.

Interesting choices they made. Most of the anime are fairly recent as expected. Older anime Openings tend to be forgotten and a number of fans weren't around when those anime were popular.

Out of those twenty Ops they picked, the ones I re-listened to at all back-in-the-day just for the heck of it (not because I was watching the anime episodes themselves) were:

Chobits, Full Moon, Ai Yori Aoshi, Happy Lesson OVA, Maburaho, Suzumiya and Evagelion.

I liked the Gatekeepers TV series OP more than the OVA's and I liked the Kurumi first series Op more than the Kurumi 2 Op.

JWR wrote:What in your mind makes the best Op sequences. To me giving a feel for the anime without giving the plot away , Introducing the characters , and the theme music are all important elements. A good Op can hook you into a series.

Sorry, but I'm a poor judge when it comes to what makes a good Opening.

I'm completely subjective when it comes to Openings. The reasons I've liked Openings are:

50 percent because I like the song

20 percent because I like the animation that went with the song
15 percent because I like the anime, characters and artwork in the Opening.
15 percent because I like the way they put everything together.

syan · Post by **syan** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:47 pm

Keropi wrote:I thought that at least Higurashi's first season Opening might be there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hHKmiRwyBU

but I apparently not.

I agree - both the music and animation in it are great.

Interesting choices they made. Most of the anime are fairly recent as expected. Older anime Openings tend to be forgotten and a number of fans weren't around when those anime were popular.

Agreed on this point too. When doing a quick list off the top of my head, I realized I picked 90s anime first (Escaflowne, Bebop, Fushigi Yuugi). With the series in recent years I would have added Champloo, Tactics, GitS SAC: 2nd Gig, Saiunkoku Monogatari. I was glad to see Elfen Lied on this list though.

ZombieBunny · Post by **ZombieBunny** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:04 pm

It was good but seriously....there are a lot better openings than some that they listed. I did not agree with Number one big time.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:07 am

RX78GP02AGUNDAM · Post by **RX78GP02AGUNDAM** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:07 am

Hmmm..wonder what the criteria was for this...
Thought this was an all "best cg anime op", but then the #1 spot wouldve been out of place.
90s had so much better OPs.
Things I thought were going to be on the list that I didn't see were like
Magic Knight Rayearth (esp 3rd OP)
Rurouni Kenshin (esp 2nd OP)
Bakuretsu Hunter
Himikoden
and so on.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:49 am

RX78GP02AGUNDAM wrote:90s had so much better OPs.

Yeah...it seems that way doesn't it? Doesn't seem like I feel like rewatching many anime OPs the last several years. Or maybe I just need to be reminded more of the ones I liked from 2002 to 2007. By 2002 fansubs were coming in file form and it's easier for me to forget about those.

Yeah! Himiko-den who could forget that OP (Pure Snow):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9vCCWyapZs

...although the first time I seen Himiko-den was in file form (around Oct-Dec. 2002). I recall I was trying to watch all the gaming anime I could during that time.

GuyvarIII · Post by **GuyvarIII** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:08 am

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:04 pm

I've definitely watched Speed Garpher and the Death Note 2nd OP more than a few times.

Sadamitsu has one of my favorite OPs too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQrt8TnyW98

How could I forget that one.

Grico · Post by **Grico** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:17 pm

Lain should be on any top 20 list of anime openings. Great song, great opening animation that set the series mood. Wolf's Rain as well. Some omissions were baffling but it is a random you tube thing after all...

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