Your Favorite Anime theme song

[ma55ter_fett]

I have liked all the opening songs for the fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood series.

 

[John Funk]

Aw crap, just one? Screw that! (It goes without saying that the Cowboy Bebop and Trigun OPs are here, but let's branch out a bit).

Spoiler: Sora Iro Days (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)

Spoiler: Shounen Heart (Eureka 7 OP 2)

Spoiler: Cruel Angel Thesis (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Spoiler: Eternal Blaze (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's)

Spoiler: Turn A Turn (Turn A Gundam OP 1)

Spoiler: Believe (Gundam SEED OP 3)

Spoiler: Invoke (Gundam SEED OP 1)

Spoiler: Howling (Darker Than BLACK OP 1)

Spoiler: Black Paper Moon (Soul Eater OP 2)

And the first three Gundam 00 OPs were all fantastic, with my favorite being the third one:

Spoiler: Daybreak's Bell (Gundam 00 OP 1)

Spoiler: Ash Like Snow (Gundam 00 OP 2)

Spoiler: Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi (Gundam 00 OP 3)

Surprised I haven't seen any JIBUN WOOOOO yet, actually.

Hard choice, of course, but so far Eternal Blaze hasn't gripped me as much as Innocent Starter...'cept the opening animation, of course, A's is much cooler in that regard. I like the first one a lot because it's a good song, and because it described the Nanoha/Fate dynamic (my favorite part of the show) so well. I'm only five episodes into A's so far, so that might change.

...come to think of it, I also like "Make a Little Wish" more than "Spiritual Garden," but I think that might be simply because of the first season's last episode.

Oh man, A's gets so much better than the first series, it's not even funny. Keep watching! And if you read the lyrics to Eternal Blaze, they're still a perfect capture of the dynamic that you said you liked - all of the series theme songs are sung by Nana Mizuki (Fate's VA) so they're kind of all a reflection of that.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

Hm... that's difficult. Recently though I've been rather enjoying the opening music from Umineko no Naku Koro ni.

Spoiler

I love you. <3
*Ahem*

anyway... I quite like the opening to Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai.

Spoiler

 

[Marik2]

I like this intro
and my favorite ending

 

[RockTalk21]

Yes Inuyasha, but the ending music from I think season three. There was some English in it in the chorus. I believe it was called "Come with me" or at least those were the words that were in English.

 

[VGCATZ]

Samurai Champloo theme tune or the theme tune from the second third of Rurouni Kenshin are mine

 

[JRShield]

Gundam seed destiny (the second one)

 

[curtmack]

The second theme to Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, "Eternal Blaze." The Blood+ theme (Aozora no Namida) is a close second.

 

[spikespiegel]

Fullmetal Alchemist: Asian Kung Fu Generation "Rewrite" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHkT_fHd_n0
Cowboy Bebop: "tank" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zDfxZ4NcE
Cowboy Bebop The Movie: "Ask DNA" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs3pYBQhtkM
Naruto: Asian Kung Fu Generasion "HAruka Kanata" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtG2NHwHkKA
Naruto: Sambomaster "Seishun kyousoukyoku" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn_DcAj62lQ

Also Love the first One Piece opening "We Are!" .Allot of nostalgia there ^^

Other great ones are:
Baccano opening themes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45H5jdwT2UE So damn catchy +sexy sax ^^
And last but not least.
TRIGUN!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzHe4U5c5Oc

edit: Used to love the second Bleach opening. Back when bleach was enjoyable. It did get me very psyked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtloNvtGXX4

 

[mikecoulter]

The original Pokemon theme song.

 

[Lambi]

The opening song to Elfen Lied. Especially since I found an extended version which is extra sad and beautiful.
[sup]Note that this is not the extended version I'm talking about, but it's beautiful non the less.
Also, just to show how beautiful and sad it is, I almost cried when I listened to it just now.[/sup]

Spoiler: Elfen Lied.

Also, I know it's not anime per se, but the anime intro to Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice always gets me in the mood for fun things.

 

[gamefreakbsp]

Smile Bomb from Yu-Yu-Hakusho

 

[Xeros]

Wasn't a big fan of the show, but Escaflowne's music was just amazing.

EDIT: Ghost in the Shell had amazing music too.

 

[Viking Incognito]

The ending in the second season of Death Note and I know it isn't technically an anime but I love the song in the KH2 opening.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

Do they have to be theme songs for the show as a whole? Because I'm thinking some of the insert songs for K-On! are better than the opening/closing themes.

 

[Distazo]

I know its not exactly anime and is so Americanized its not even funny, but I can still recite the Pokemon theme song word or word and love it even after all these years.

How is it not anime? It's a cartoon from Japan, doesn't that make it anime? The style of drawing isn't exactly un-anime-like either.

Idk, I guess I always held anime up on this artistic pedistal to actually have some kind of introspective meaning, the good ones at least. Pokemon was great fun in the day, but its not something that I can maturely watch now without giggleing.

 

[GloatingSwine]

I know its not exactly anime and is so Americanized its not even funny, but I can still recite the Pokemon theme song word or word and love it even after all these years.

The Pokemon theme is probably the only theme that gets *better* in the english version.

I suppose that depends on your tolerance for dire pretend hair-rock. Mine is low. (That said, the only adequate description of the first Japanese op for Pokemon is "offensively bland".)

 

[Zeetchmen]

I don't think its possible to pick one...

Lucky Star, Haruhi, Gurren Lagann, Outlaw Star, K-on, Rozen Maiden

The list goes on

 

[Xelt]

The opening to Lucky Star. As weird as it is, it just has a special place in my heart.

 

[Siegreich]

Cruel angel's thesis, and the intro to higurashi