I mean, I like Death Note for example, but the opening is so… “Meh”, IMO. I want something that not only has a good story but also has an Opening that is epic. Like Steins;Gate, for example.

  • Speiser0@feddit.org
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    4 hours ago

    If you like some music you heard in an anime, look up the artist and do some snowballing. That way you can easily find more music that you like.

    If you want to find animes where the music is good, and not only find music to listen to, maybe (just some examples, definitely not complete):

    • Hunter x Hunter (2011): Awesome endings (ed 2 for example), as well as ost. (Old pre-2011 hxh adaptation also has good music afaik.)
    • Call of the Night: The op (or ed?) inspired the manga, and then in the adaptation they took the song. And the other op/ed music was then also made by creepy nuts.
    • Yamato: Op goes hard, and fits great to the space fights.
    • Terror in Tokyo: More sad than epic, ed/op and ost fit well.
  • Lokoschade@feddit.org
    3·
    4 days ago

    I absolutely love Dungeon Meshi both openings get me in a cheerful mood. Ranking of Kings also has a beautiful story and the intro gets better the more you know about the story. Both are not particularly ‘epic’ though.

    The intros of Chainsawman, Heavenly Delusion and Dandadan (both of them) are also some of my favorites. Mob Psycho 100 intros (I think all of them) are absolute bangers.

    Here is my anime intro playlist

  • missingno@fedia.io
    11·
    7 days ago

    Man, hard to narrow down favorites. Just a few picks that come to mind:

    • Anohana ED
    • Bocchi the Rock! OP
    • CITY: The Animation OP
    • Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End ED
    • I’m in Love with the Villainess! OP
    • Kaguya-Sama: Love is War OP1
    • Steins;Gate / Zero OP1 OP2
    • Spy x Family OP2 ED2
    • Violet Evergarden OP ED
      • impudentmortal@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        You haven’t heard of the songs or the anime? Almost all of them are pretty main stream.

        I forgot how much the animation for Spy X Family improved in season 2 for the opening and ending. They’re super beautiful

        • Victor@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 days ago

          Haven’t heard of the animes. But I don’t watch much anime. Only the most popular, Death Note, Attack on Titan, the likes of them.

  • impudentmortal@lemmy.world
    10·
    6 days ago

    Some of my personal favorite openings:

    • Elfen Lied: the anime itself was kind of ok but the opening and first like 10 minutes are so memorable. Been decades since I’ve seen it so maybe the plot is better than what I remember. Doesn’t change the fact that this opening is hauntingly beautiful
    • One Punch Man: such a good hype up song. The song makes you feel like you can do anything
    • Pokémon (Kanto League): another great hype up song though I think a large part of it is how nostalgic it makes me since it was my first anime

    And Endings:

    • Inuyasha (Every Heart by BoA): like Pokémon, I think a good reason I like this song so much is the nostalgia. But even taking that out, the ending is a great example of jpop from the early 2000s. Fun fact, the singer is actually a kpop star and has also released this song in English and Korean. Growing up only hearing the Japanese version, it’s super weird to hear it in any other language especially from the same voice.
    • Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1: the chill hip hop vibes and cool animation are such a fun way to palate cleanse all the gore and seriousness of each episode
    • Asobi Asobase: everything about this ending is great. The psychotic visuals, the cute anime girl vocals, the heavy metal backdrop. What makes it even better is just how much it contrasts with the show’s opening. Many of the comments for both videos point out this hilarious disparity.
    • Caesium@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 days ago

      dude I love elfen lied it’s like a corner stone for my anime history. it sucks that the anime was only like a third of the Manga. and that the artist is a fucking creep with a piss kink I’m p sure but doesn’t stop me from loving elfen lied

  • nandeEbisu@lemmy.world
    6·
    6 days ago

    Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei had banger after banger for its openings.

    One Piece OP1 is a classic

    Gintama’s early openings and endings are also really good. Pray and Mr. Raindrop are great.

    Would be remiss if I didn’t honorable mention Eden of the East just straight up using Falling Down by the band Oasis (the guys who wrote Wonderwall).

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
      2·
      6 days ago

      The ending guitar riff was the message sound on my phone for years.

      It got recognized a few times, too!

  • ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org
    8·
    7 days ago

    It’s not epic (maybe epically sad) but the Dango Song intro from Clannad slaps!

    Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood had a lot of nice intro songs imho with “Again” being the best one.

    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.worksOP
      3·
      7 days ago

      Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood had a lot of nice intro songs imho with “Again” being the best one.

      That’s the first one right? I think I see a pattern across Anime, the Opening-1 almost always seem like the better one.