Anime is only as good as it's opening song.

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There are some shows that have not so great openings, that are completely awesome.

Crest of the Stars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJEBcXIqNp0

Twelve Kingdoms:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iPaj4XqAW0


There are other shows with amazing openings that are total garbage

Record of Lodoss War TV: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blICu7KsmyA
-This is seriously the best part of the show. Never watch this.

So, while I think the opening is a good barometer for trying a show, never completely write something off just because of it.
 
DrForester said:
Free Bird The greatest opening ever, for the greatest anime ever.

It's so good they scream for it at rock concerts!
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You can only imagine how excited I was when I found out Ko Otani was composing for Shadow of The Colossus.

And yeah, Haibane is an excellent anime. One of the very few I watched twice actually.
 
I dare anyone in this thread to post a better opening song than Ninja Robots'.

His name is a mystery
He came from space to save the race of another galaxy

Only the Earth's teenage warriors
Can unleash the great Ninja Power

Our hero Joe will always go
To wherever greatest dangers lay

Fight for right, defeat Zaboom
And chase the evil ones awayyyyy!

Ninja Robots Ninja Robots

I sometimes troll L4D2 multiplayer games with this song. Great tension cutter.
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Narutos second opening. Only time I havent used the fast forward button.
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My personal favorites.

Trust You Forever -- G Gundam Opening Theme 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7FXe1bQQxw

City Hunter 2 - Sara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE2zdDUydCk

City Hunter 2 - Angel Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVKqS7hkxTQ

City Hunter 3 - Running to Horizon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07uUSEPeP4A

They are excellent because of their songs, late 80s early 90s. City Hunter is especially awesome cause he takes out an attack chopper with a single shot from his .357 magnum.
 
DrForester said:
I don't know. Freckles and Heart of Sword were pretty awesome.

Freckles was so good they even got a great dub out of it. Though I guess that has more to do with getting someone who near matched the pitch of the Japanese singer...
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Freckles was an opening, but Heart of Sword was an ending theme! The second Kenshin theme was 1/2.

DrForester said:
Free Bird The greatest opening ever, for the greatest anime ever.

It's so good they scream for it at rock concerts!
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<3!

Haibane Renmei was one of the first anime I saw back when I actually started getting into more anime besides Kenshin, DBZ, and Miyazaki films. It was around 2003, not long after Haibane had finished airing. Years later I read Murakami's Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World, and I had thought that the "End of the World" stuff vaguely reminded me of Haibane, though it had been so long since I'd seen it that I couldn't really remember specifics.

But recently I was at a store and saw Haibane Renmei on DVD. I looked at the back of the case, and it mentioned that as an influence.
 
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo's first opening fits the show pretty well. Considering they pretty much left it as is in the USA television airing, outside of changing the logo to the English logo, I think they agreed.

Now the second opening isn't bad either, but the song fits it better than the animation. I'm guessing that's why they just kept the first in the USA television airing.

This reminds me I need to buy the DVD sets as soon as I get a job. Or sooner.

I DON'T CARE WHETHER Y'ALL AGREE WITH ME OR NOT
 
Shaft is really good at opening songs. They're usually a visual treat, too.

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Needless isn't by Shaft, but the opening is good stuff.

Big O has a pretty terrible opening song--until you hear the entire thing. It's amazing, and a much better homage to Queen's "Flash."

Ezalc said:
I've seen some anime with awesome openings that are actually godawful, on the other hand some awesome anime with godawful openings.
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Buso Renkin is like the poster child for awesome opening/shitty series.

Parappa the Rapper
 
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