TZ's top 25 Anime OP song nominations

10. We Were Lovers, by Jean-Jacques Burnel, from Gankutsuou.
9. Edge, by See-Saw, from .hack//Liminality.
8. Hohoemi no Bakudan, by Matsuko Mawatari, from Yu Yu Hakusho.
7. Gravitation, by angela, from Heroic Age.
6. Reckless Fire, by Yasuaki Ide, from s-CRY-ed.
5. Shout it Loud, by Scudelia Electro, from King of Bandit Jing.
4. Yusha-Oh Tanjou - Mythology Version by Masaaki Endo, from GaoGaiGar Final.
3. Just Communication, by Two-Mix, from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.
2. Brighter Side, by SaGa, from Viewtiful Joe.
1. Marui Taiyou, by Taiyou to Ciscomoon, from Orphen Revenge.
 
...Let's see, I guess it would be something like this:

10 - Ready, Steady, Go! (Fullmetal Alchemist OP 2)
9 - Eternal Blaze (Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's OP)
8 - Sorairo Days (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann OP)
7 - Tori no Uta (Air OP)
6 - euphoric field (ef - a tale of memories OP)
5 - Doubt & Trust (D.Gray-man OP 3)
4 - CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (Dragon Ball Z OP 1)
3 - We Are! (One Piece OP 1)
2 - Brand New World (One Piece OP 6)
1 - Toki wo Kizamu Uta (Clannad After Story OP)
 
Hm... When we make our Top 10, are we factoring ONLY the music, or are we also factoring the visuals as well? Regardless, using that standard, here's mine.

10. Rise (Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex: 2nd GiG)
9. Rhythm Emotion (Gundam Wing)
8. H.T. (Trigun)
7. Cruel Angel's Thesis (Evangelion)
6. Plenty of Grit (Slayers Revolution)
5. Hemisphere (Rahxephon)
4. Rinbu Revolution (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
3. Tank! (Cowboy Bebop)
2. Promises Not Needed (Escaflowne)
1. Cha-La Head Cha-La (Dragonball Z)
 
1 Xamd op1 Shut Up and Explode
2. Cowboy Bebop Tank!
3 Maison Ikkoku op 3 Suki Sa
4. Last Exile op Cloud Age Symphony
5. Dragonball Cha -La head Chala
6. Macross II op Hush of 200 million Years
7. Evangelion Op (Thesis of a Cruel Angel)
8. Gundam 00 Daybreak's bell
9. Ranma op 1 Jaja Uma ni Sasenai de
10. Azumanga Daioh Soramimi Cake
 
10. Tell Me Why by Penpals (Berserk*)
9. Sorairo Days by Shoko Nakagawa (Gurren Lagann)
8. Papermoon by Tommy heavenly (Soul Eater, 2nd OP)
7. Trust by Salia (Vandread season 1 OP)
6. Rewrite by Asian Kung-Fu Generation (Fullmetal Alchemist, 4th OP)
5. A Song to Pass the Time (or Toki o Kizamu Uta) by Lia (Clannad After Story)
4. Ash Like Snow by The Brilliant Green (Gundam 00, 2nd OP)
3. Again by Yui (FMA: Brotherhood, 1st OP)
2. Naraku no Hana by Eiko Shimamiya (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai)
1. Rise by Origa (Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig)

*I originally hated this song, but my girlfriend and I both often find ourselves singing it randomly. Love the engrish. Just so silly. Guilty pleasure, I guess.

Some of my choices were hard to make. I was tempted to put in Tank and Cruel Angel's Thesis like a nuraber of others, but while I do like them and find them both very iconic, they're just...dunno, not my favorites, heh.
 
1. One Piece opening 6 - Brand New World
2. Gegege No Kitaro (2007) opening - Gegege no Kitaro
3. Ranma 1/2 opening 1 - Don't Make Me Wild Like You
4. Inuyasha opening 4 - Grip
5. Fresh Pretty Cure Opening 2 - Let's Fresh Pretty Cure -Hybrid Verison-
6. Outlaw Star opening - Through the Night
7. Sailor Moon Stars opening - Sailor Stars
8. Bleach Opening 3 - Ichirin no Hana
9. Heartcatch Pretty Cure opening - Alright! Heartcatch Pretty Cure!
10. Rurouni Kenshin opening 2 - 1/2
 
Hm, this is going to be tricky.

10. "Hero's Come Back" - nobodyknows+ (Naruto Shippuden OP01)
9. "Kakusei Heroism" - Antic Cafe (Darker Than Black OP02)
8. "Pride" - High and Mighty Color (Gundam SEED Destiny OP02)
7. "GO!!!" - Flow (Naruto OP04)
6. "Falling Down" - Oasis (Eden of the East OP01)
5. "Believe" - Folder 5 (One Piece OP02)
4. "Paper Moon" - Tommy Heavenly6 (Soul Eater OP02)
3. "Ash Like Snow" - the brilliant green (Gundam 00 OP02)
2. "Rise" - Origa (Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2nd Gig OP01)
1. "World End" - Flow (Code Geass R2 OP02)

I tried to keep it to one OP per series just for variety. Lots of songs that I like didn't make the list, alas.
 
After some long and painfull hours of choosing between songs that are like honey to my ears, ive got this:

1) "Jouhou" by Suitei-Shojo, from E's Otherwise
2) "The Tears of the Blue Sky" (Aozora no Namida) by Hitomi Takahashi, from Blood+ (Opening 1)
3) "Masterpiece" by Mami Kawada, from Toaru Majutsu no Index (opening 2)
4) "After Dark" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation, from Bleach (Opening 7)
5) "PSI-missing" by Mami Kawada, from Toaru Majutsu no Index (opening 1)
6) "Rakuen no Tobira (A Paradise Door)" by YAMATO from White Bound, from Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
7) "Shout It Loud" by Scudelia Electro, from Jing: King of Bandits
8) "Kasumi (霞; Mist)" by 369, from The Daughter of Twenty Faces
9) "Alones" by Aqua Timez, from Bleach (opening 6)
10) "Rewrite" by Asian Kung-fu Generation, from Fullmetal Alchemist (opening 4)

I dont know what the english translatuions for some of these are (never bothered to find out).
 
My current top ten, which will probably be a lot different than anybody else's in this thread:

Agent Aika: "Silent City" by Mari Sasaki (first OP)
Air Gear: "Chain" by Back-on
Azumanga Daioh: "Soramimi Cake" by Oranges & Lemons
Cowboy Bebop: "Tank!" by Yoko Kanno
Excel Saga: "Ai Chuuseishin" by Excel Girls
Godannar: "Shinkon Gattai Godannar!!" by Akira Kushida (first opening)
Ikki Tousen: "Flying Through The Night" by m.o.v.e.
Najica: Blitz Tactics: "Najica" by Junichi Kanezaki (for my money, this is AS good as "Tank!" when it comes to jazzy instrumental themes)
Ninja Nonsense: "Shinobu Sanjou!" by Kumano Kiyomi
Speed Grapher: "Shutter Speed" by Shinkichi Mitsumune (dub opening)

Honorable mentions:
Ah My Buddha: "Afurete yuku no wa kono kimochi" by Amae-tai! (Shut up. It's quite relaxing)
Baccano!: "Gun's&Roses" by Paradise Lunch
Black Lagoon: "Red Fraction" by MELL
Burst Angel: "Loosey" by The Stripes
Coyote Ragtime Show: "COYOTE" by Naoki with Power Sound (mediocre show, great opening)
Galaxy Angel: "Galaxy Bang! Bang!" by Angel-tai (pretty sugary, but still catchy)
Hare+Guu: "Love Tropicana" by Sister Mayo
Kodocha: "Ultra Relax" by Tomoe Shinohara
Martian Successor Nadesico: "You Get Burning" by Yumi Matsuzawa
Mouse: "Mouse Chu Mouse" by UNDER17 (say what you will about the show, but the opening song is catchy)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: "Cruel Angel Thesis" by Yoko Takahashi (I'm not a huge fan of the song, but it's hard to deny how famous and memorable it is)
 
Lets see here... I have a varied taste in music.

1. Tank - Cowboy Bebop
2. Donten - DOES, Gintama
3. Seishun Kyosokyoku - Sarabomaster, Naruto
4. Anata Magic - Monobright, Gintama (the song's annoying as hell at first, but dammit it grows on ya! XD)
4. Hito Toshite Jiku ga Bureteiru - I forget who it's by... Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei
5. Asterix - Orange Range, Bleach
6. Go!!! - Flow, Naruto
7. D-Technolife, UVERworld, Bleach
8. Shell, Bana - Witch Hunter Robin
9. Stray, Steve Conte - Wolfs Rain
 
This is gonna be a hard one, but I'll try:
1. Chala Head Chala - Hironobu Kageyama (DBZ OP 1)
2. Get Along - Megumi Hayashibara and Masami Okui (Slayers OP 1)
3. Nekketsu! Yuusha Lamuness- Takeshi Kusao (NG Knight Lamune & 40 OP 1)
4. Koi da! Panic! - YAWMIN/Yoko Takahashi (Ranma 1/2 OVA OP 1)
5. Moonlight Densetsu (1st version) - DALI (Sailor Moon OP)
6. Ghost Sweeper - Chie Harada (Ghost Sweeper Mikami OP)- also Masami Okui's cover of it
7. Kishin Douji ZENKI - Hironobu Kageyama (ZENKI OP 1)
8. Yuzurenai Negai - Naomi Tamura (Magic Knight Rayearth OP 1)
9. Flying Through The Night - m.o.v.e. (Ikki Tousen season 1 OP)
10. Pajama Jama Da - Kanako Narikiyo (Urusei Yatsura OP 3)

Honorable Mentions:
Just Communication - TWO-MIX (Gundam Wing OP 1)
Cruel Angel Thesis - Yoko Takahashi (Evangelion OP)
Ijigen Story -Poplar (Yume Senshi Wingman OP)
Super Voyager - Cyber Nation Network (Transformers Beast Wars II OP)
Angel Blue - Naoko Hamasaki (Those Who Hunt Elves OP)
Future Hero - Satoko Shimizu (Tetsu-jin 28 Go FX OP 2)
Hesitation - Megumi Hayashibara (Saber Marionette J Again OP)


I like many OP's but that's all I can think of for nominations
 
Hard list to pick but . . .

10. "Ash Like Snow" - the brilliant green, Gundam 00 OP 2
9. "HOWLING" - abingdon boys school, Darker Than Black OP 1
8. "ALONES" - Aqua Timez, Bleach OP 6
7. "Hitomi no Tsubasa" - ACCESS, Code Geass OP 3
6. "COLORS" - FLOW, Code Geass OP 1
5. "Sakura" - NIRGILIS, Eureka Seven OP 4
4. "Through the Night" - Masahiko Arimachi, Outlaw Star
3. "Sign" - FLOW, Naruto Shippuden OP 6
2. "Karma" - KOKIA, Requiem for the Phantom OP 1
1. "Falling Down" - Oasis, Eden of the East

EDIT: Honorable mentions:

"Link" - L'Arc~en~Ciel, Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Sharaballa
"Pride" - HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR, Gundam SEED Destiny OP 2
"Blaze" - KINYA, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles OP 1
"What's Up People?" - Maximum The Hormone, Death Note OP 2
"Re:meraber" - FLOW, Naruto OP 8
"Closer" - Joe Inoue, Naruto Shippuden OP 4
 
I knew I had forgotten something. Bee Train can't be wrong, they use Ali Project so many times. I must substitute all of my choices for Ali Project immediately.

. . .

Oh God with the pitchforks and tar and feathers!

Aka, just kidding.
 
1 Wings of WorRAB - Gundam Seed Destiny
2 Cruel Angel's Thesis -Neon Genesis Evangelion
3 Just Communication - Gundam Wing
4 Lupin III main theme
5 Ai Chuuseishin - Excel Saga
6 Dan Dan Kokoro - Dragon Ball GT
7 Ready Steady Go - Fullmetal Alchemist
8 i am - InuYasha
9 Dreams - Gundam X
10 Flow - Code Geass


Surprised that this has gotten no love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZJYxy2060c
 
I'll take a crack at this.

10. Go by FLOW (Naruto 4)
9. Kinnikuman Go Fight by Akira Kushida (Kinnikuman)
8. Yatterman's Song (Yatterman)
7. KERO! to MARCH (Platoon Version) by Keroro Platoon
6. Rewrite by Asian Kung Fu Generation (Fullmetal Alchemist)
5. Sonic Drive by Hironobu Kageyama (Sonic X)
4. Cha La Head Cha La by Hironobu Kageyama (Dragon Ball Z)
3. We Are by Hiroshi Kitadani (One Piece)
2. Saikou Everyday By Fumie Akiyoshi (Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Opening 3)
1. Ai wo Torimodose by Crystal King (Fist of the North Star Opening 1)
 
FLOW is the name of the band not the song. And that could be either COLORS or WORLD END but I'm going to assume you meant COLORS. This is why you should put the band with the choices.
Well, I guess. I kinda wanted to do voice actors next though but I probably could afterward.
 
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