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Warrick
 Posts: 13 Location: Seattle, WA, USA |
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The GitS and Lain opening themes are excellent. Some others I particularly enjoyed:
"Shell" by Bana from Witch Hunter Robin "Cloud Age Symphony" by Shuntaro Okino from Last Exile "R.O.D" by YKZ from R.O.D -The TV- "Yume no Shima Shinen Kouen" by Susumu Hirasawa from Paranoia Agent |
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skyesage
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Oh, yes, really awesome  . Especially Death Note #2. Hooray?
Personally I totally agree with the GitS openings--I also like Bleach OP 1&3, Fullmetal Alchemist OP 4, Eureka Seven (All Four), the X OP (eh heh heh), Cardcaptor Sakura OP 1 (aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh) aaand uhhhh I personally like the Samurai Champloo OP a lot .
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WorldofElegance
 Posts: 42 Location: St. Joseph, Missouri |
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Great column this week Answerman! I agreed with all of your anime opening choices...they're all amazing openings that I have on my MP3 player and listen to pretty frequently. Anime music is my favorite part of any series, so it was cool to see you explore that topic.
It's tough for me to name my 5 favorite openings of all time, so I'll go with my favorites of right now: Lucky Star Air Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai Love Hina OP Azumanga Daioh And one more because I forgot it...be warned though, the main girl is naked through the whole thing... Elfen Lied It's awesome because it's in Latin. 
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8JF
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WorldofElegance, you have extra characters //url in each link that is preventing Youtube from finding your video links.
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WorldofElegance
Posts: 42 Location: St. Joseph, Missouri |
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Thanks.
I'm kinda bad at the whole linking thing in forums, so I usually just ramble on in text. Kinda sad for a college student. =p
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marklungo
 Posts: 80 Location: Berea, Ohio |
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Oh, Zac. Your naivete is truly touching.
Anyway: First, about favorite OPs. Several of my faves (Paranoia Agent, Gantz, Death Note #2, Full Metal Alchemist #4) have already been mentioned, so let me just add that Naruto has had three theme songs that I like a lot, the aforementioned "No Boy, No Cry" and these two: #2: "Haruka Kanata" by Asian Kung Fu Generation #4: "Fighting Dreamers" by FLOW It may be off topic, but I also enjoy the seventh Naruto ending, "Mountain a Go Go Too" by Captain Stridum. And for those who are willing to kick it old school, I recommend the classic Speed Racer/Mach Go! Go! Go! theme by a sadly unknown artist. As for the Question of the Week: I grew up watching Kimba and the aforementioned Speed Racer in the late 60s and early 70s. What has kept me coming back to anime is its ability to use animation for adult, dramatic storytelling. In America, so far adult animation has consisted of either sitcoms or the 15-minute random humor Adult Swim series, and while I enjoy many of those shows, I'm hoping for an American equivalent to Cowboy Bebop or Ghost in the Shell. But that's another topic for another time... P.S. Can someone please post a link to "Koko Made Oide"? I can't find it on You Tube. |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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edit---God my computer hates me
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UtenaAnthy
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Fresh baked Niea_7 Opening right here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHbSXOrmOoQ |
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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I don't know, I think anything that isn't "industry vs. just about everything/anything else" talk is a welcome change. But don't worry I am with you on the cranky part. 
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Vicserr
 Posts: 480 Location: Carolina, Puerto Rico USA |
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Anime stoped having theme songs as soon as the Anime OP and Ed became spotlights to whatever band was hot in the pop charts, top anime OPs with feelings and Burning Spirits are what populated Giant Robot shows in the 70's, those are the BOMB people
Some awesome examples: Mazinger Z Great Mazinger Ufo Robo Grendizer Magno Robo Gakeen Daiku Maryu Gaiking Kotetsu Jeeg Getter Robo Getter Robo G Voltes V Tosho Daimos Why do you think people fill up JAM Project concerts?...
As the anime that got me into fandom... Go Nagai Mazinger Z: The Original and the Best!!!!!!! Full blast action adventure, an all out orgy of destruction that western animation didn;t dare to emulate, kick ass music that pumped you up.. From there the rest is history 
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BrothersElric
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If I were to make a favorite ED list, that one would definitely be up there for sure! But since, as Psycho pointed out, it seems like we're getting too much into listing things here (and the fact that this is about OPs in the first place) we'll just leave it at that.
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indrik
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I really liked the ending to Niea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVzE9NXsf48 I watched the show for the first time staying up at odd hours of the night with a sick baby- somehow that song always calmed her down enough to go back to sleep, even if she'd wake right back up and start screaming again when it was over. |
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calawain
Posts: 192 Location: New York, NY |
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To be honest I've never seen anyone seriously argue that they are entitled to completely free anime that wasn't a pre-teen/teenager who just downloads Bleach and Naruto, or a troll. So I think this second group of yours is kind of in your head and doesn't really exist. I think there are people that don't think much of pirating in general, but to opine that they think they are somehow entitled is wrong in my opinion.
Plus, you are kind of ignorant as to the communities of people that watch subs/raws of shows as they air. You claim that they have no investment but that's incorrect, which I think is because you aren't involved in the community. It's hard to know how the community really is if your only exposure to it is trolls on this board. A good amount of them buy DVDs, both R1 and R2, but they also purchase things like figures, VNs, doujin, manga, etc. I know that people here enjoy predicting the apocalypse, but it's really unwarranted. |
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8JF
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Other openings that I like and haven't been mentioned yet include:
Paranoia Agent, Dream Island Contemplation Park I liked this even more after I tracked down the lyrics. So cheery and morbid! Gilgamesh A depressing, drab series with an unusually upbeat opening. Mushishi, The Sore Feet Song I've always liked folk music and this opening is just so fitting to the anime. Gankutsuou Jean-Jacques Burnel's We Were Lovers is paired so well here. Texhnolyze, Guardian Angel This opening has possibly more talking than the entire first episode. The choice of song only made sense after I'd watched most of this series. Much like the series itself. |
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ikillchicken
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I'm inclined to agree at least to some extent. I think there are people who think that way but they are definitely the vast minority of pro-fansubbers. I think the reason for this confusion is that people against fansubs often feel that way because they think you are not entitled to something unless you pay for it. Therefore, when someone tells these people that they think fansubs are okay they ask: Why do you think you're entitled to it if you didn't pay for it? However, most pro-fansubers just don't view it as an issue of entitlement. They neither feel entitled to it, nor do they feel that you need to be entitled to something for it to be okay. |
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