What are you favourite Anime Intros and Outros?

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For only the best intros and outros of anime!

magicrabbit

sanner This is a difficult thread for me. I'm autistic enough that 95% of the songs I have saved locally are Anime OPs and EDs, I fear I'll end up making a huge post flooding the thread. I thought I'd take a peek at my Music folder and only name my "absolute best" but that's already gone astray.

Howling - abigdon boys school
The first Darker than Black Opening, so good people forget DtB also has a great ED. More than that, this is a damn fun song to listen to, probably because it contains some English lyrics and some "interesting" lines as a result, that and the "DARKER THAN BLACK" sliding across the screen is goddamn iconic. NOW I'VE LOST IT

Hikari no Senritsu - Kalafina
The Sora no Woto Opening. Kalafina my beloved, I've never thought any of your songs were bad but this one takes the cake. This is easily one of my most listened songs ever since I found it and I'm starting to get scared of how I don't seem to get tired of it unlike other songs I've listened to dozens of times.
It fits the anime it was made for quite perfectly, although maybe it should have been swapped with the ED? The visuals are some of my favorite as well.

Database - Man With a Mission
Counteraction Rising. Yeah, we are ready for the punchline. There's no use with all your gimmicks. SO CHECK THIS OUT!
The first Log Horizon Opening. This is the pinnacle of a fun OP for me, just as iconic if not more iconic than Howling, the first guitar riff at the beginning, all the stupid English lines, how overkill it is - it's amusing as much as it is great.

Your Song - Yunchi
Log Horizon gets two mentions. The Ending this time, and also a reversal of the OP. It works really nicely as an ED, it's not my favorite ED song ever and probably not my favorite ED visually but it just works.
I couldn't find a video of it unfortunately.

And other OPs and EDs I absolutely have to mention but won't talk about or link to in order not to bloat my post:
Yake Ochinai Tsubasa - Tada Aoi Charlotte ED
Harvest Moon Night - Shino Shimoji & Aoi Yuuki Hakumei to Mikochi ED
The Light Before We Land - The Delgados Gunslinger Girl OP
More One Night - Minase Inori & Kubo Yurika Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou ED
Asayake no Starmine - Imai Asami Plastic Memories ED I cri every tiem

Lumeinshin I thought we'd already had a thread on this
SHOCKING that we didn't

You might be confusing it with the OSTs thread.
Also bumping Melissa.

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For an intro i'd like to nominate Boogiepop Phantom:

Its so catchy and the mix of irl and animation is pretty cool i think... also denpa points +10

For my outro i will nominate Full Metal Panic Fumoffu!:

oh its just so beautiful. her voice is so pleasant and it just reminds you of all the relaxing days with the sun shining... also the bass line is nice.
its a little short so here is a fan extension, they added a collage and lyrics too. the also have the characters moving to the clap which is just so cute.

Lumeinshin

I am shocked, I thought we'd already had a thread on this
SHOCKING that we didn't

Full Metal Panic was great and had good OP/EDs. Generally I am just a sucker for all of the anime OPs from when I was younger. I have a massive bias so I could probably list every single one I can remember as being a favourite.

Fullmetal Alchemist OP

Red Balloon - Melissa

It's a classic 00s opening with great visuals which didn't give too much away. It might be a bit generic by some standards and the anime has been replaced in a lot of peoples eyes by Brotherhood, but its definitely iconic. For some reason as well i've always been convinced there was a song we sung in primary school assemblies that had a very similar instrumentation/chorus.

Steins:Gate ED

Yui Sakakibara - Toki Tsukasadoru Juuni no Meiyaku

I hadn't heard anything about Steins:gate until i went into a HMV and impulse bought the anime on DVD. I watched it all very quickly and the ending had the perfect mood for when the any number of plot reveals happened and you just had to sit there and let it sink in.
I did once the vita version of the VN released play through it then and get mindblown by it as well.. and that has a fantastic soundtrack too.

Bakuman ED 3

Tommy Heavenly6 - Monochrome Rainbow

Aside from me loving Tommy Heavenly6, I think the ending song was perfect for the events of the story and the visuals also kept that either hopeful or melancholic tone well.

Eden of the East ED

School Food Punishment - Futuristic Imagination

I don't have too much to say on this one, the visuals are great, the song is great and I remember spending probably too long figuring out what the band was called. I actually own the CD for this and their Riff Rain album. Eden of the East is great and definitely overdue for a rewatch, even if you haven't seen it before!

Pedestrian

I feel like for most people (including me) favorite OP/EDs are picked based upon the general feelings on the show after they have completed it not on the qualities of the OP itself

Overman King Gainer

This one however was the OP that sold me the show i dont remember how i came across it but its so energetic and powerful the small bits of lore dump here and there, the little dancing title to the tune of the show...it really impressed me i instantly had to torrent and watch it.

Now that im re-watching the OP i kinda want to go back and re-watch the whole show now lol
do the banana

Megaloschemos

Ouran High School Host Club and Shuffle!.

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