Favorite Opening/Ending

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Favorite Opening/Ending

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What is your favorite opening and or ending music from and anime. My current favioret opening is from the 5th bleach opening. Yui rolling star. I like how they used it in the anime and I also like the full video version. As far as ending I really like the one from the 6th ending of Rurouni Kenshin Saim Shade's No junou na kanjou, but I love Inuyasha ending 5 Shinjitsu no uta's Do as infinity. It is the ehru in the beginning of that song that puts it over the top for me, and I like the video better. So what are your favorites?

Bleach opening 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk62EuBgJBU
Full
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRcUh33Hbts

Kenshin ending 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI5gv4xHndk

InuYasha ending 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCAk8MCDOss
Full
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAf5JDcJ_Iw&translated=1
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As sad as it is, sometimes an anime's opening is the starting point for me to get interested in a series. If the opening catches my interest, I usually will go an rent it.

I will just name off a few.

Coyote Ragtime Show Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8ZD_Ll-7AA

Dirty Pair Flash Opening 1
(couldnt find one with the credits in it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpDFTCev0Pc

El-Hazard TV Opening 2
(they used this opening for the Saturn video game also, but added in extra sound effect which are on this video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De3AxQsk0EQ

Black Lagoon Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re8bIzbcu5w

Shaman King Opening 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JvcAjDQ6Ao

Transformers 2010 (G1) Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21p48QqU9Ng

US Xmen Opening 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8HkDMht3d4

Bleach Ending 17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehHw41dZqok
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I hadn't thought of that.
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I really like the first Ranma opening:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGVsTir-My8
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I have several favorite music from Openings and Endings.

There is one Opening that has been one of my favorites since the late 90s and that's the Opening from
THE Hakkenden.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQYLVLnP7Sk
I absolutely love the OP


One of my favorite Endings is the 3rd Ending Heart of Sword from
Rurouni Kenshin and it's been also been since the late 90s one of my favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eetqnO91W-o

There are more Opening and Endings that I love, especially since there are so many anime out. It's not easy to decide which one is a favorite. The ones above are the two that straight come to my head without having to think. lol

Well ok there are a few more that stand out right now and that's Bleach the 10th OP "ShÅ
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There sure is.
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[quote="Kata"]Well ok there are a few more that stand out right now and that's Bleach the 10th OP "ShÅ
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My favorite opening would probably be the one from GitS SAC 2nd Gig. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2_9epHxhhA) Something's just really cool about it. :)

Blue Gender's opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmMVZObsUB8) and Gunsmith Cat's opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naMSbyMpcPs) are up there too.

If I can include an opening made by the 4Kids company I'd add the Cardcaptor's theme too...(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjapZAa9VVM) Instead of just using the original opening and animation they thought it was better to write a whole new song and record it. Then they slap together some scenes used in the anime and mixed it in with some of their very own 3D animation they made just for the opening. Which made people catching the opening probably think they were going to watch a Shonen type action series instead of a magical girl show. XD Just for the insane amount of needless effort on 4Kids part I feel it should get a nod. :D
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The opening from Utena is my all time favorite^_^
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Do robots have top 5 Samurai 7 Opening - httpwww dotyoutubedot comwatch?
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fave openings...

Vampire Knight (first opening)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbt-xusiKc4

Inuyasha first opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKWUPUz9OUI

sixth opening...salsa! (japanese style) :bny 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G83drUzuk84

first saiunkoku opening.... when i heard that song it just hooked me ounto the series. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPWYiuzX5J4

and
AMG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znLsSy6WZS4

Endings...

first inuyasha ending (very lovely)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcdTQ-RHcrg
and
7th ending (just very haunting & beautiful)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZUC6Swg01U

i havent really found many endings i like more than openings.
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Armored Police Metal Jack Op
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYQM8xCt4wc

Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto Op
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqkuG8XEag

Bleach Op 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8SJU35uPok

Casshern Sins Op
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAuJAKxbGVY

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I like a lot of Opening and Closing songs. But excluding some of the ones already mentioned these are the songs I most often listen to just for the heck of it. Most of them I find fun to lip sinc to also. I often listen to them on YT when I'm bored. :)

Shamanic Princess OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mivlAGzG_MY

You're Under Arrest OVA OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u3fFJg0ngA

You're Under Arrest TV 1st OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJaWY22weYs

Mahou Tsukai Tai OVA OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzR7g53jMg

Ah My Goddess OVA OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0ne4MV8KQI

Kare Kano OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mR0C-E4XUI

Kare Kano ED:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymEw7Nwk2HE

KOR 2nd OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj-23d82gU0

Marmalade Boy 1st ED:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USEXyHJfeaw

Himiko-den OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crLPwg0a_Kg

And of course...the I've Sound OPs. Can't do without those:

AIR OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDTSvPyOuKw

Higurashi OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hHKmiRwyBU

Kannaduki no Miko OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpIjFt2DpNw
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