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Cowboy Bebop's entire soundtrack is incredible, and Tank! has got to be the greatest OP.
I'm kind of biased but I really love Haibane Renmei's OP. It's really different, nothing like your standard J-pop tune, and sets the mood for the show perfectly. The ending song really fits, too; it's a bit more like what you'd expect from an anime (it has singing, for one) but still really unusual.
I also like Lain's OP a lot. At first it seems like a strange choice, but it comes to weirdly embody the show after just a few episodes.
EDIT: Oh, and the Neon Genesis Evangelion OP, regardless of its actual quality as a song (I find the production kind of cheesy), is one of the most ridiculously catchy things ever written.
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Great thread! Well done Arren!
Agreed on Bebop - the graphics of the OP song are stunning too.
One song I'll always adore because it was the first anime show I ever watched, the ED of Kare Kano. Different, and curious, camera work for each episode as well, until the money ran out.
Much of what I like is just J-Pop but I like the happy funky sounds and it cheers me up. Good examples:
The first ED theme from K-ON!. The first and second ED themes of the second series were just as much fun.
The ending theme of Bakemonogatari is stunning. Supercell can almost do nothing wrong and the voice of Ryo in the quiet section from 03:48 to 4:10 is so gorgeous it makes my toes curl.
Almost all the soundtrack from Beck
Finally, and maybe my favourite, AIR, another anime that had thoroughly beautiful music throughout:
Giniro
Giniro, Orgel Version
Natsukage
And the haunting and incomparable Aozora
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So randomly, because I thought the OP was pretty cool, I gave the first episode of Revolutionary Girl Utena a shot. And . . . I think I actually like it, maybe enough to try watching the whole thing. It's a little more, well, a little more anime-style than what I usually like, and kind of dated, but the imagery and weirdness are really cool. I'm intrigued.
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quote: Originally posted by Saddletank
The first ED theme from K-ON!. The first and second ED themes of the second series were just as much fun.
Good shout! I've never felt that the actual series was up my street, but the music is so catchy. Of those ones, I really like No Thank You. I'm also a big fan of Don't Say "Lazy". (edit: thanks to Saddles for the new link after the original was taken down!)
Out of the series I mentioned in the first post, ones that have generally great soundtracks are Cowboy Bebop (as everyone has said ), Utena, Madoka Magica and Panty and Stocking, each for very different reasons.
Some more songs that have occurred to me:
Ben-To OP - Live for Life (the full version because I couldn't find the OP itself)
Bakemonogatari OP 4 - Ren'ai Circulation (as cutesy as it is, I can't help liking it)
Ranma 1/2 OP 1 - Jajauma ni Sasenaide
Dirty Pair OP - Russian Roulette
Mirai Nikki OP 1 - Kusou Merosogiwi
God Knows, from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (not an OP or ED)
quote: Originally posted by Orphic Okapi
So randomly, because I thought the OP was pretty cool, I gave the first episode of Revolutionary Girl Utena a shot. And . . . I think I actually like it, maybe enough to try watching the whole thing. It's a little more, well, a little more anime-style than what I usually like, and kind of dated, but the imagery and weirdness are really cool. I'm intrigued.
I'm glad to hear it! Inevitably there are a lot of typical shoujo tropes, but it... doesn't exactly play out as one might expect. I was a little uncertain at the start, but a few episodes in I was hooked.
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quote: Originally posted by arren18
God Knows, from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (not an OP or ED)
Oh, my, how could I have forgotten that? Its one of the strongest highlights of one of the best anime series of all time. Good call for linking one of the best video versions of it as well (this is the full song which we don't hear in the anime but with various clips for the sequence used over to fill out the full track length).
Kyon's reaction at 1:14 is classic.
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WOW, that song from Tsubasa is something else.
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Yuki Kajiura knows her stuff xD Other stuff she did that I'm fond of: Madoka, Pandora Hearts, and Chrono Crusade... oh and My-hiME!
Ohh one of the best OST in recent years, I think, has been from Mawaru Penguindrum (which is also a really neat anime). I'd recommend listening to all of it xD
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Speaking of TRC, "You are my love" is a very sweet song, both the English and Japanese version
English version
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It's especially beautiful not just because of the lyrics but because it is the only scene in the whole of the series where Sakura could remember her times with Syaoran.
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This thread has so much concentrated awesomeness. I love so many of these! And so many that I haven't heard!
The Fruits Basket theme has such a comforting lullaby feel.
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but just don't pay mush attention to it...
Thanks Husky, I'll take that as my cue to enter!
For now I'll just contribute this one...
Uninstall (from Bokurano) by Chiaki Ishikawa
Cruel Angel's Thesis never really caught on with me (something about the synth trumpets maybe). I couldn't enjoy it until I watched Evangelion recently, and whether it's due to mental association with the anime, or just the familiarity that comes with repetitive exposure, I'm not sure. But I enjoy it now ^^
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quote: Originally posted by arren18 I've never felt that the actual series was up my street, but the music is so catchy. Of those ones, I really like No Thank You. I'm also a big fan of Don't Say "Lazy".
That link is already dead due to copyright action. Lots of anime music gets untouched on less popular sites
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