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Message: <blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 3325541" data-attributes="member: 40123">Just what the title says, what are your favorite anime openings? Please share, and post examples if you can. The criteria doesn't have to be limited to Japanimation alone, American cartoons also count (although personally I couldn't think of any, having watched said openings at <a href="http://www.youtube.com" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, I find most of them unbearable. THE CHEESE! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> ). Anyway, here are my choices:<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFwGwXQYwJM" target="_blank">TANK! (Cowboy Bebop)</a> - You need to ask? Quite possibly the coolest opening ever. But then again, it's by Yoko Kanno, so it's cool by default. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKtv0Wt772s" target="_blank">Kiri (Ergo Proxy)</a> - Was quite stunned by this when I first came across it. It actually encouraged me to seek out the series proper.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pSEr6itMpk" target="_blank">Let me be with you (Chobits)</a> - One of the more upbeat intros to a series that I've seen. The animation is very catching, as is the song.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttn_EMCzOPE" target="_blank">Ai (Excel Saga)</a> - One of the more wacky intros to a series that I've come across. If all the surreal imagery in the vid didn't clue you in on just how completely deranged this show is, I feel sorry for you. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naMSbyMpcPs" target="_blank">Gunsmith Cats</a> - Another stylized opening in the vein of Bebop (in fact, Cats predates Bebop by a few years). Has the feel and beat of a 70's cop show, which was probably what they were aiming for.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OuRajFzMYI" target="_blank">Battlecry (Samurai Champloo)</a> - Now I know more than a few people here will complain that the song isn't real hiphop. While I don't know much about hiphop in general, I do know that I like this song and all the imagery that goes along with it. It totally clues you in on what the show is all about.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2ePlKrBFGs" target="_blank">Driver's High (Great Teacher Onizuka)</a> - One of those rare cases where a song and video are a perfect match. It also gives you more than a hint of the show's take no s#!t attitude. GURETO! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Anyway, that's enough for one post. I have more favorites that I want to share but I'll save 'em for later. For now, why don't all you share faves? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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