best anime opening!!!

[Balmung]

i personally think "no boy! no cry!" for naruto is absolutely thi best:p

[Clawn]

I think that Fighting Dreamers from Naruto is the best! :-)

[Zentron]

I forget the name of the track, but the 'Sexy Commando Gaiden Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san' opening rocks

[Rukia]

D-tecnolife "UVERworld"..the 2nd opening of Bleach :love:

[Anchyyy]

The opening song from Gravitation was the best for me! :-)

[Ma Cherie]

Inner Universe from Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex :cool:

[Clawn]

Inner Universe from Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex :cool:

I love that song! Good choice.:-) :cool:

[ryushin]

i think gundam seed and destiny not bad too!

[sahmeer]

Samurai Champloo - No competition.

[-rika- shinya`]

i like faruko - Shimatani Hitomi from Ueki no Housoku :-)

[Immortal_h0nk]

Sentimental, the Midori no Hibi opening is great, and my pace or what it's called, genshikens opening theme. The best Naruto theme is without doubts Haruka Kanata.

[Clawn]

The best Naruto theme is without doubts Haruka Kanata.

That's also a good one!

[nice gaijin]

Cowboy Bebop definately had one of the best openings of any show I've seen. Well designed and went with the music perfectly. Most other shows seem to just tape cutscenes together and work more like a music video than a real opener for the show. Bebop was original and well-designed, and worked well with the theme of the story as well as the soundtrack. Samurai Champloo was done by the same people, I believe, and follows in the same vein, but reversed the anachronisms found in bebop, and although I think it was an alright show, I don't think it did as good a job as the original.

[Tsukimiya]

.hack//Liminality - Kimi ga ita monogatari :souka:

[Flashjeff]

Well, the opening to Excel Saga with it's awesomely goofy theme song, "Ai (Chuuseishin)" by The Excel Girls may not be the best in anime, but, for my money, it was damn sure the funniest by light years!
:D

[hamutha]

my heart still fallin' the opening "Elfen Lied" anime...MOKA : Lilium ( great song :p )

[Da Monstar]

The 3 openings I have heard for Bleach so far has to be the best... Especially High And Mighty Color - Ichirin no Hana


Risin Fighting spirit from Naruto is also very cool, though not an opening

[Hanza]

I liked full metal alchemists new one-the name was something like "remake" or "redo" Done by asiankungfu generation... It was great! also liked the old one to. :cool:

[Dekamaster]

FMA's Melissa and Ready,Steady Go !

[Hot_Gazette_Hiroto]

My favourite openings
Full Metal Alchemist Opening-Ready Steady Go
Gundam Seed 2nd Opening-Moment
DNAngel Opening-Byakuya True Light
Saiyuki 1st and 2nd Opening

[Kye-Jin Jiro]

Fullmetal Alchemist-Riraito(Rewrite) Asian Kung Fu Generation
YuYu Hakusho-the current opening
BoBoBo-Bo-BoBoBo- why? well...i just like it!!

[Morrow]

I for one really enjoyed the FMP:F opening

[Reiku]

"The Legend of Black Heaven" (Kachou Ouji)

That's still my favorite anime to date--although I haven't had a chance to see to much of Samurai Champloo yet, and suspect that one might be able to surpass it.

It's a shame it was marketed so poorly. Just about every review or synopsis I've ever seen for Black Heaven focuses on the (admittedly lame sounding) plot, without mentioning the deeper subtext that the show is actually about:

An artist's struggle to survive in a world that has no place for him.

Sadly, most people only hear the words: "Hard Rock Saves The Space?" and start running the other way...

[Takaryo]

I like...

all Saiyuki op and end songs...:p

Other anime...

DNAngel-True Light
Naruto-Haruka Kanata, Harmonia
Digimon *swatdrops*- Biggest dreamer

the Gundam Seed 1st op, Shaman King op...
I love all Japanese songs! :D :D :D :D

[Nannou]

Samurai Champloo - No competition.

Bro, my sentiments exactly!

On a related note, the Nujabes album is killer.

[Mifune]

excel saga for pure goofiness , and i love the music on G.I.T.S...and also Naruto....But the one that gets me everytime (i also have it as my ringtone) is Evangelion.

[Mifune]

And as an addition Gunsmith Cats as well has a great intro great animation and design and music too

[lastmagi]

The opening (animation and music) for Last Exile immediately got me hooked. Beautiful CG and smooth animation. The music track isn't what I'd normally listen to, but it works.

[tomokazuginko]

alot of sounds from beck were good
and evangelion's opening is catchy
any opening from naruto was good and bleach
driver's high from GTO was good and blurry eyes from DNA^2

[Takaryo]

Is final fantasy counted as an anime or game? 'cause I like (not really love) the songs. I love seiyuu songs though.

[Haru-san`sTeiraa]

which Final Fantasy?cause there is about to be 12 if they ever get this one out....

[Kei Kusanagi]

GITS SAC has the greatest opening... Motoko-chan... how i miss u :sad:

[Kei Kusanagi]

GITS SAC has the greatest opening... Motoko-chan... how i miss u :sad:

[Izumi-kun]

I'm debating between the opening to "Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok" and "Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan" :relief:

[Takaryo]

which Final Fantasy?cause there is about to be 12 if they ever get this one out....

Oh, I forgot that they are 12 FFs...how many animated ones are there?

[ghettocities]

Priss live - Konya wa hurricane (from Bubble gum crisis.) And any of that 90s anime with it's 90s JPOP. How come they don't make it like they used to? Sheesh. A lot of you people are talking about televised anime. When I was 13 the only anime on television was Sailor Moon and I used to have to wake up at 5am before school to watch it (and Tokyo news which was on before I had to go to middle school too.) I'm kind of glad we didn't have anything else though, I watch Bobobobobobobo on Cartoon Network on Saturday if I have the time and if I had been raised on that I think I would have most likely turned out to be same egg different bird.


Josh

[Noelle Anonymous]

Personally, I think one of the best openings is from Death Note.
It's so idealistic; both the song and animation:cool:!

[yumeitsumo]

Well, my favorite anime beginning is... Ready Steady Go.. I guess

my fav ending is "I Do" from Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi.

[XCrisX]

I think my favorite is Ichirin no Hana, 3rd Bleach opening. I also love the opening of X1999 (the tv series) and I NEVER get tired of watching the opening of Evangelion, it never gets old!!!

[Derfel]

Hellsing is quite good, If it wasn't for the crappy lyrics Claymore would own too, Devil May Cry is nice. Zombie Loan too.

[Yunie971]

My favourite opening it's from "D-Gray Man" :) i really like it and I looveee the opening of "Noir" so awesome :cool:

[Homerduff]

I've always liked the 2nd opening of Bleach. Especially because of the song; Uverworld - D-tecnolife. Unfortunately I wasn't really into the anime itself.

[Geostigma]

There's so many great anime openings that I've heard. I could probably go on and on listing them, but if I had to choose one I'd say the song that plays at the beginning of Kariosutoro no Shiro called Honoo no Takaramono. That song is just magical and pretty much got me into anime.

[Crimson Sand]

I like alot of Naruto, Fruits Basket, and the DN Angel OP is nice too. an oh Death Note's "The World"

[Sweet.Junkie.Girl]

Vampire Knight opening by on/off.... I luvs cello so hard

[Incognito69]

Gundam Seed Special's opening Vestige by TMR is so touching and brave. I lvoe it!

I can't deny that D-technolife by UVERworld is one of the coolest songs too ^^

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Ga-rei Zero
Though it is not an opening song, I like it.

Ga-rei Zero Ep1 Full Insert Song "Dark Side of the Light"

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Ga-rei Zero OP "Paladise Lost" / Minori Chihara

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Ga-rei Zero ED "yume no asiotoga kikoeru" / Kaoru Mizuhara

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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

higurashi no naku koro ni
This is popular in YouTube,
This has access more than 1 million.

OP
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Naraku no Hana
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[AMIGO]

higurashi no naku koro ni
This is popular in YouTube,
This has access more than 1 million.
OP
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You
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Naraku no Hana
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I like this ANIME. It's based on a fictitious village called "Hinamizawa" which indeed is an allusion to the famous an real village Shirakawago. I've been there so it brings me back nice regards.
The title is written in KANA, so it could have two different literal translations:
"When the cicadas cry" or "When there isn't any life day to day".

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I love the following OP from "Nodame Cantabile"
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The following is the complete song by "Suemitsu and the Suemith".
Btw, I sang this song in a Karaoke in Japan. It was very difficult but I managed to do it!
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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Real Hinamizawa sightseeing
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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Elfen Lied lilium - MOKA Version

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I think that a beautiful melody is extremely interesting against a brutal story.

[AMIGO]

Real Hinamizawa sightseeing
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Thank you, I enjoyed watching it!
Elfen Lied lilium - MOKA Version
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I think that a beautiful melody is extremely interesting against a brutal story.
:blush: When I first whatched the opening I thought it was going about "little angels", "little fairies", "sweet stories" and something like that... nothing farther than the true... it was a brutal story as you pinted. Nonetheless I liked it a lot.

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A nice and funny opening I liked very much was "Azumanga daioh" 's:
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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

The world of the Manga of AZUMA KIYOHIKO is very interesting.:-)
"YOTUBATO" is recommended, too

Gothic & Lolita? :relief:
Rozen Maiden OP & ED
ALI PROJECT
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Project

[AMIGO]

This isn't an opening but an ending. However I was so delighted with this song :cute: that I couldn't resist to show it.
It's from "Interlude", a mysterious mini-serial composed of 4 OVAs.

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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

This isn't an opening but an ending. However I was so delighted with this song :cute: that I couldn't resist to show it.
It's from "Interlude", a mysterious mini-serial composed of 4 OVAs.

Because "Interlude" was extremely minor Anime, I was surprised that you knew this.:relief:
Ending expressed the outline of the story indirectly.
Perhaps I sing the song which an infant learned in a nursery school in front of the television,
However, I can see another world fight on the other side of the television.
Though it is the separate world,
It may be that the world where the child is is the virtual world.

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[AMIGO]

Because "Interlude" was extremely minor Anime, I was surprised that you knew this.:relief:
Well, I'm very fond of Japanese animation. It's an enjoyable way to learn Japanese. I watch them with subtitle. Thanks to Internet I can get many different kind of them. :relief:
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Wow! I couldn't avoid watching this video a few times. It's an awesome version of Chopin's Revolutionary Etude Op.10 - N12.

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Other ANIME whose opening I really liked was "Ghost Hunt".
It isn't a song. It's a very good orchestra soundtruck.

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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

The author of "Ghost Hunt" is Fuyumi Ono.
Her most famous novel "The Twelve Kingdoms"
Digest

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[AMIGO]

The author of "Ghost Hunt" is Fuyumi Ono.
Her most famous novel "The Twelve Kingdoms"
Digest
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I've heard about "The Twelve Kingdoms", but I haven't watched it (yet).
Of course, I don't have enough time to watch every ANIME :relief:
I didn't know it was by the same author of "Ghost Hunt".

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Another ANIME I've watched and liked very much is "Yakitate Japan!!".
Also I adore its opening. ホウキ雲　「"Houki gumo"」 by RYTHEM.　A lovely song.
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"Yakitte Japan!!" starts very funny and interesting, however when the characters go to France for an international competition it becomes too surrealist.

[AMIGO]

I'm sorry but I couldn't avoid to add one of the funniest ending I've never watched.

The second ending of "Yakitate Japan!!"

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[Derfel]

Although it is an ending, I think it is still bloody amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqUZ65GQcY4

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Ending of "Welcome to NHK "was abnormal indeed.
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But,
How about this?
Inukami Normal ED
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boy version......!!:(
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Japan finished .:bawling:

[AMIGO]

"NHK ni youkoso!"... quite interesting ANIME serial about "hikikomori" affected people. I learned a lot about this kind of illness that I don't know how to say in English.
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I was about to start a new thread about endings, but I wondered what for?
I think it's OK if we use this thread for OP and ED as well...
I want to show my personal favourite ED. I love this song and I sang it in a Karaoke in Japan as well. I know the lyric by heart.
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This is the second opening of the same serial, "Hajime no ippo"

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[Derfel]

Its called Acute Social Withdrawal. Note though that this may be a "lay" translation, im not sure if this term exists in medicine in English.

The NHK ending is one of the few proper heavy metal anime songs, so yeah, its pretty damn refreshing.

Oh yeah rofl, Inukami, I laughed my arse off. Really liked the series as retarded that may sound.

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Then,
Favorite Opening
Web ANIME
Xam'd: Lost Memories (Bonen no Zamudo)
Opening theme: "Shut Up And Explode"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xam%27d:_Lost_Memories

Favorite ending
Eureka7 ED3 "Tip Taps Tip "
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[AMIGO]

I can't leave out the following opening... I enjoyed a lot this ANIME five or six years ago...

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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Other Akamatsu Manga
Negima!? - 1000% SPARKING!(version 1)
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[AMIGO]

Other Akamatsu Manga
Negima!?

I didn't know about "Negima!". Nice to know it.

By Ken Akamatsu I've read two Mangas, "Love Hina" and "AI ga tomaranai". As far as I know there aren't any ANIME version of "AI ga tomaranai", are there?.

It's said, by the way, that Ken Akamatsu didn't pass the entrance examination for twice for TODAI, like Love Hina's Keitaro character.
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"Lovely complex" is another ANIME I enjoyed a lot; more recently.
A little time after watching this ANIME I went to Osaka for the first time to meet some friends and I could experience the OSAKA BEN by myself...
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[AMIGO]

Crazy and funny "Rizelmine"


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[AMIGO]

I watched the following ANIME a long time ago and I enjoyed it a lot.
That's the sort of mini-serial I wouldn't mind to watch again...


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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

I try to introduce MAD of ANIME opening.:relief:

Toradora x Gundam 00 OP3
Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi
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ZOOME
http://zoome.jp/kyzne/diary/2



from rihoko2-san

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

[MAD] Toradora X HIGURASHI NO NAKUKORO NI

Naraku no Hana

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Nico Nico Douga
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6155303

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Though it is not ANIME OP, I introduce it because, however, this is cool.
NEW world is mine
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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

[MAD] Toradora X Kimi Kiss

Negaiboshi / Kimi Kiss ED


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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

GAREI-ZERO Songs
"If&AI"

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I found it when I watched a link of Toradora.
Because I know a story of GAREI-ZERO,
It is a song to feel to be very sad.

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Because I have finished watching GINTAMA episode 146,
I introduce ENDING of this episode.
special ending(ep.146)
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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Starship Operators Opening - radiance

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Starship Operators Ending -on the Earth

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ANIME which only OP and ED were superior in. :relief:

[AMIGO]

Interesting ANIMEs "Toradora", "Gairei Zero", "Gintama".... but those are too recent for me :relief: I cannot watch Japanese Tv, so I have to wait a bit to manage to watch them here.

About "Starship operators" the ED is by KOTOKO, isn't it? I like very much KOTOKO's songs, like in the ANIMEs "Onegai teacher" and "Onegai twins".
There're many other no ANIME songs by KOTOKO that I love, like "Namida no chikai".

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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Yes, this song is Kotoko.
KOTOKO (コトコ ?) is a female J-pop singer who has released five albums (three associated with Geneon and two associated with I've Sound), twelve maxi singles (seventeen overall) and two DVD that are scheduled for a US Domestic release. She also composes and writes lyrics (not just for herself, but for other singers in I've Sound) for numerous other song collections. She frequently works with the producers I've Sound, and has contributed songs to numerous anime and video games including Onegai Teacher, Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu, Onegai Twins, Ren'ai CHU!, Maria-sama ga Miteru, Hayate the Combat Butler, Colorful Kiss, Kannazuki no Miko, Starship Operators and Shakugan no Shana.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOTOKO


She sings the song of various types.
Special Life! / Kamen no Maid Guy
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_no_Maid_Guy

[AMIGO]

Oh, thank you for the information.
A friend of mine gave me a CD of KOTOKO as a present, but I didn't know much about her.

Another anime's singer I really like is Mikuni Shimokawa.

Here we have the Full Metal Panic's opening...

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By the way, she is very beautiful! :love:

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[AMIGO]

Its respective ending is a very nice song...

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[AMIGO]

"Fumoffu". Very enjoyable anime!
I laughed to dead with my friends with this ANIME!!

Opening
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Ending
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[AMIGO]

By the way, have you ever noticed the awesome similarities between these two songs?

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Incredible or suspicious :okashii:

[AMIGO]

Second raid OP

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Second raid ED
This song is very beautiful...
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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Anime-song of other Mikuni Shimokawa
Gensomaden Saiyuki ED
"Alone"

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Kino no tabi - Opening
All the way / Mikuni Shimokawa

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Kino no Tabi Movie 2 Country of Disease -For You - Opening
Bird / Mikuni Shimokawa

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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Dragon Drive FirstOP / Mikuni Shimokawa

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dragon drive ending - Tattuta ,hitoyuno / Mikuni Shimokawa

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BLUE DRAGON ending 3 - Ii Janai / Mikuni Shimokawa

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BLUE DRAGON ending4 - tsubomi / Mikuni Shimokawa

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BLUE DRAGON ending1 - tsubomi / JiLL-Decoy association
Because it is a good song
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[Kirie_Maiden]

Hands down, the opening to "Sayonara Zetsubo-sensei" has to be the best.

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

In response to a request and......

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OP -
hitotosite jikuga burete iru / ootukikendi to zetubou siyoujyotati

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Though I think that you cannot read the kanji, please do not examine it,

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei OP 2
gouin ni mai yeah -- /zetubou siyoujyotati

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Please compare it with negiMa OP and paniponi OP, and there is a similarity with them.

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 -creditless- "Zessei Bijin"

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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Aquarian Age Creditless Opening and Ending

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ＡＡＡ ＯＰ

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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

ANIME which I liked in 80's,
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS OVA #8 SCOOP DHASE OPENING

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Bubblegum Crisis - Victory - Priss and the Replicants

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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

ANIME which I liked in 80's,

Bubblegum Crisis AMV - Say Yes!

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Bubblegum Crisis AMV - Devil and Angel's Kiss

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[AMIGO]

This ANIME "Dash Kappei" was broadcasted in Spain in the early 80's by the name of "Chicho Terremoto" (Chicho earthquake) It reminds me my childhood since I was 8 years old.

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[AMIGO]

Now in my 32 I watch ANIME like this one:
"Black lagoon"

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[Sirius2B]

Good openings. :D

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

【MAD】　BLACK LAGOON - Broken Glass Syndrome

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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

A new ANIME program starts in April.
ANIME of the now topic.]

K-ON


OP "Cagayake!GIRLS"

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ED　- Don't say "lazy"-

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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

It starts on April 5

Fullmetal Alchemist 2ndSeason OP

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FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST ED

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This animated cartoon seems to be seen in a net at the same time all over the world.

[justin]

The best anime opening has to be Robotech. Cool music and lots of action!

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Because Robotech is not broadcasted in Japan.
Because I have not watched Robotech, I do not understand it.:relief:

I liked Robot ANIME of 80's
As for the then robot ANIME, stories always argued with a friend in complexity.

Aura Battler Dunbine
Fantasy and Robot ANIME
OP 1
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OP 2
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ED
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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Robot ANIME of 80's

Heavy Metal L-Gaim
Space opera　Robot ANIME
OP 1
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OP 2
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ED
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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

This ANIME made boys a trauma in those days.
IDEON

OP
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ED
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IDEON remix １ -Deathes- [Ver.2.1]
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[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

found cool MAD
[MAD] Psalms of Planets Eureka seveN "DEAD SET" / angela
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Nico Nico Douga
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5260967

ZOOME
vhttp://circle.zoome.jp/nicovideo/media/741

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

[MAD] Psalms of Planets Eureka seveN - Agape- / UFO Princes Warukyure

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