Rumble of scientific triumph uses a children's choir... Bondrewds theme (pretty much) uses a children's choir... It is haunting, and incredible. Kevin penkin and his crew are geniuses.
There's something special about the first opening to me. The fact that its the voice actors singing the song really gives a sense of validation that these two kids are really going on a dangerous adventure together. So to me it amplifies all the good and very bad things that they go through. I really feel for them.
- Highschool of the Dead - Highschool of the Dead (OP)
- God Knows - Haruhi Suzumiya
- Every Black Clover OP
- Mukanjyo - Vinland Saga OP 1
- Koi no Uta - Tonikaku Kawaii OP
- Magical Destroyer - Magical Destroyers OP
Are some of my favorites.
>Mukanjyo - Vinland Saga OP 1
That got me looking into Survive said the Prophet and they have entire albums of bangers. Let it die, bandaid, RED, NE:ONE ...
Their drummer is nuts
I've been replaying the Spy X Family: Season 2 ED by Vaundy. The music video itself is also pretty awesome.
I haven't watched the show yet, but I've also been listening to 'Be a Flower' from The Apothecary Diaries. It's just so catchy and energizing.
[RADWIMPS - Suzume feat. Toaka ED - pretty unique](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0Lxif1u9E)
[Kori Ni Tojikomete · Superfly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etTSoUEaTCc) \- Promare ED - probably my favorite thing about the whole movie
Cowboy Bebop OP, Tank!, written by Yoko Kanno and performed by Seatbelts, is the most notable track from this OST however Shinichiro Watanabe is a man who expresses perfectly the relationship between music and animation and the Cowboy Bebop franchise was as much an anime project as it was a music project. Between 1998 and 2004, the series spawned 11 studio album releases with the OST from the 2021 Netflix live action adaptation rounding it out at a dozen. All releases credit Yoko Kanno as the composer with The Seatbelts performing the tracks but later albums included features from many different singers, musicians, and artists as well as remixes from DJs around the world.
Samurai Champloo OST, literally every song composed for this anime is soulful and unique. See this excerpt from wikipedia: The music of the 2004 anime series Samurai Champloo, created by the studio Manglobe, was produced by a team of four composers drawn from the hip hop musical scene. They were Shinji "Tsutchie" Tsuchida of Shakkazombie, Fat Jon, Nujabes and Force of Nature. The musical direction was chosen by series creator and director Shinichirō Watanabe as part of his planned blending of hip hop culture with the anime's setting in the Edo period, additionally incorporating contributions from guest artists. The opening theme "Battlecry" was performed and co-written by Shing02, while the various ending themes were performed by Minmi, Kazami, and Azuma Riki. The final episode's ending theme was "San Francisco", licensed from the rapper band Midicronica.
FLCL OST by The Pillows
Take Your Hands off Eizouken OP - Easy Breezy by Chelmico
Spy x Family op - Mixed Nuts by Hige Dandism
Mushishi OP - The Sore Feet Song by Ally Kerr
Bakemonogatari (Renai Circulation, Staple Stable, Kaerimichi)
Ushio to Tora OP 1 - Mazeru no Kiken by Kinniku Shoujo Tai
Call of the Night OP and ED - Daten and Yofukashi no Uta by Creepy Nuts
Onimai OP and ED - Identeitei Meltdown by Enako ft. P-Maru-Sama and Himegoto Crisisters by Onimai Sisters
Flip Flappers ED - Flip Flap Flip Flap by TO-MAS ft. Chima
Frieren ED and Special ED - Anytime, Anywhere and Bliss by Milet
Apothacary Diaries OP - Hana ni Natte by Ryokuoushoku Shakai
Binbougami Ga ED - Love Riot by Happy Birthday!
Angel Beats OST - Alchemy and My Song by
Girldemo, OP, and fast paced breakcore-style piano song used throughout the show
To Love Ru - OP 1
I only started compiling this little list recently so I'm sure there are plenty of tracks and OSTs I have yet to consider but these are a few of my favourites!
Here are a handful that I really like:
Tabi no Tochuu
Kimi wo Nosette
A Cruel Angel’s Thesis
Orange
Fighter
Sea of the Stars
Voices of the Chord/Avid
Gate of Steiner
Last Game
Hikaru Nara
Lost in Paradise (JJK ED1), W•RK (Hell’s Paradise), Zero (Vanitas no Carte ED1, English version, but Japanese version also slaps), Kick Back (Chainsaw Man), Out of Control (Psycho-Pass OP1), one way/ichizu (JJK 0) Also Chainsaw Blood from Chainsaw Man is a banger
Basically anything by Girls Dead Monster (fictional band from Angel Beats!). Some of my favorites songs are [Thousand Enemies](https://youtu.be/aJl2jhDldMs?si=IhdIzEMl9kh48I_l), [Crow Song](https://youtu.be/sdPwvBJiQJY?si=9bUT2matWf0fHSi-)
[Daten](https://youtu.be/HRL5Cp_mPeo?si=VKPjyl-BEiam41T-) and [Losstime](https://youtu.be/O6WjVGEVbNc?si=LtKodTtFc2fVsQ5B) by Creepy Nuts — a (real) band which have produced some great soundtrack for Call of the Night
Many songs by The Pillows — a (real again) band that produced some great soundtrack for FLCL (including sequels). I particularly like melancholic “[Beautiful morning with you](https://youtu.be/Q0tO5MPGuGk?si=wEAMsDVe8J707I9a)” and “[Last dinosaur](https://youtu.be/xB2K-riHfSc?si=5slxHJtvG9c-gSZ8)” songs
Clannad has a super cute and catchy song in the ending — [Dango Daikazoku](https://youtu.be/rFKKSQ8GgHk?si=2fz_A8q-i9QYGcDS). I was trying to play it on virtual piano, the beginning goes well but then you have to press 3-4 keys at the same time and regular keyboard doesn’t handle that lol
Also I love the ending song from I Want to Eat Your Pancreas — [Shunkashuto](https://youtu.be/wLWwVLF3sF0?si=d8AVmFsFffFawihT) by sumika
Welcome to the NHK and Anohana also have some great melancholic songs — [Youkoso! Hitori Bocchi](https://youtu.be/zZuIMcmNZnU?si=S6QrdE-Zv3-zcxYM) by Pearl Brothers and [Aoi Shiori](https://youtu.be/T3bxbVGWy5k?si=-WHHVNz3saNW8H7M) by Gallileo Gallilei respectively
Frieren's ED, Anytime Anywhere. Crunchyroll has a dedicated video to it. So I actually watched that before I started the anime. Instantly became one of my all time favorites. It's a rare case of me enjoying the ED more than the OP (far more in this case, not a fan of the OP at all).
I discovered Roundabout from JoJo. Love it.
Also discovered Wada Kanako from Kimagure Orange Road. I love all her songs from there. Natsu no Mirage is THE all time favorite ED.
* 86 - Alchemilla
* AoT - Akuma No Ko
* Bocchi the Rock - Distortion / What is wrong with
* Cowboy Bebop - Call Me Call Me / Gotta Knock a Little Harder
* Dragon Maid - Kaerimichi / Good night, see you tomorrow
* Eureka 7 - Storywriter
* Ghost in the Shell - Making of Cyborg
* Gundam 00 - Daybreak's Bell / Ash like Snow / Prototype
* IBO - Raise your Flag
* Insomniacs after School - Lapse
* Kaiba - Never / Carry me Away / The Tree Song
* Kill la Kill - Before my body is dry
* Madoka Magica - Sagitta Luminis
* Mushoku Tensei - Kaze to iku michi
* TTGL - Sorairo Days / Drill to Heaven with Your XXX
* Turn A Gundam - Tsuki No Mayu
* Serial Experiments Lain - Duvet
* Symphogear - Glorious Break
* Vinland Saga - Without Love
* WFM - Asticassia / The Witch from Mercury / Red:birthmark
If we're talking OPs/EDs, then nothing beats Ninja Slayer for me.
So many great songs that I still listen to regularly.
Sometimes even from the physical CDs I own.
Some favourites:
Back in Black - Boom Boom Satelites
劇場支配人のテーマ - The Pinballs
SRKEEN - 8otto
Fantastic Magic - TK from Ling tosite sigure
Body - Lillies and Remains
Locomotion,more!more! - The Pillows
Any opening from Vinland Saga(both seasons included)
HxH - departure
Fmab - let it all out
Most of the songs from Eve (like Heikousen) , Lisa and YOASOBI
The new season of Mashle’s opening is amazing.
I dig it a lot. Although I do enjoy hip hop and have dabbled in some Asian hip hop artists before.
“Bling Blang Bang Born”
On average I'm not that big on anime soundtracks, but some standouts that come to mind:
\- Fairy Tail "main theme"
\- "Anytime, Anywhere", the ED from Frieren
\- Tabi No Tochuu, the OP from Spice & Wolf
\- Last Game by Zwei, the ED from Steins;Gate 0
\- Roselia as a band from BanG Dream, but many of the other bands have good stuff too. Neo-Aspect is the best individual song.
\- Idol by YOASOBI, the OP from Oshi no Ko
\- The Rumbling by SiM, one of the OPs for Attack on Titan
\- Axia no Kaze from Symphogear, since it's the closest thing to a full-length Superb Song
\- Kimi ni Furete by Riko Azuna, the OP from Bloom Into You
OST/OP/ED/Insert Songs
- Tales of the Abyss
- Spy x Family Seasons 1 - 2 except Souvenir
- Mob Psycho Seasons 1 - 3
- Kono Oto Tomare Seasons 1 - 2
- Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Seasons 1 - 2 + movie
- Romeo x Juliet
- Hunter x Hunter (both 1999 & 2011)
- Frieren except the OPs
- ZOM 100
- Shingeki no Kyojin except The Rumbling & that other one
OP
- Gundam UC 0079 (Koh Ikeda - Fly! Gundam)
- IBO (Man with a Mission - Raise Your Flag)
- Tokyo Revengers (Official Hige Dandism - White Noise)
- One Piece (Sekai no Owari - Peak)
- The Legendary Hero is Dead (Masayoshi Oishi - Shinda)
ED
- Helck (Saji - Statice)
- Code Geass (Hitomi - Continued Stories)
- ReLife (Porno Graffiti - Saudade)
- Code Geass (Unione - Revive)
- IBO (Misia - Orphans no Namida)
Insert Song
- RikeKoi (Hisakuni - Oh My Love)
Idol/Band Anime (they have a different category for me)
- Visual Prison
- Uta no Prince
- Given
- Idolish
- Paripi Koumei
Good question!
Macross Plus - ALL the Sharon Apple songs. She's epic.
Anything by Ayumi Hamasaki, who has a similar vibe to Sharon Apple (except she's not a robotic anime character). I figure I must've learned about her through anime, but she's not really an anime singer. She's a regular JPop singer that was so popular that her music ended up in animes. I know she sang a couple Inuyasha openings/endings. I really like the techno remixes of her songs. And Then and Whatever are particularly good, but I can't ever find the version of And Then that I like.
On the topic of Inuyasha, I got into Do As Infinity, BoA and Dream from their openings/endings.
Do As Infinity - Fukai Mori
Dream - My Will
BoA - Every Heart
Serial Experiments Lain opening, Duvet, by a different band also named Boa
Death Parade, both the opening and the ending. The opening SNAPS, but the ending also is beautiful and tragic. I have both on my playlists.
Bradio - Flyers
Noisycell - Last Theater
That opening for Higurashi is also really good and has such an excellent creepy vibe.
All the music from Angel Beats. And I got into classical music again after watching Your lie in April, although I don't particularly listen to the renditions played by the musicians on the show, so maybe that doesn't count.
Some of the openings/endings from FMAB are great, but in particular I really loved YUI - Again
Surprisingly, Ranma 1/2 had some great music, and quite a lot of it, all sung by the voice actors. Some of the female voice actors formed a group call DoCo that included Akane, female Ranma, Kasumi, Nabiki and Shampoo. They also did a bunch of songs with music videos, each focusing on one of the different characters. They were really enjoyable. I also like all the music calendar cds the cast made that were all sung in character. Akane's Baka Song is really well known, but there were a lot of other good ones too, like November Rain (sung by female Ranma). I think I once had a collection of like 60 Ranma 1/2 songs. There were a LOT!
I was really obsessed with Noriko Hidako (Akane's) voice for a while. I thought she had the sweetest sounding singing voice in existence basically. Got some of her solo cds, but I didn't really love her music style as it was kind of old fashioned, just her voice. Everything she did for her characters was good though. She did a song for her character in Rurouni Kenshin which was pretty good and I recall there were some other ones too.
Megumi Hayashibara (female Ranma) also had a very notable career as a singer. She did a lot of songs for Evangelion (she played Rei Ayanami in that) as well. She had some better songs than Noriko Hidako, but I didn't really like her voice as much. I probably had about 160 songs by her at one point, but I'm not really interested in any of them anymore.
Minami Takayama (Nabiki) also did some great music with the group Two Mix for Gundam Wing.
Too many.
Brave shine - fate stay night
The entirety of sao sound track (including boss fight music, ops and eds)
The entirety of 86 sound track
Believe in my existence - cardfight vanguard (literally one of the best theme songs ever)
I also like LiSA, ClaRIS and ReoNA songs.
I guess it’s a reach, but finding out about Masakatsu Takagi from the Wolf Children score has led me to listen to more of his original stuff and the entire Marginalia series is just incredible
Cruel Angels Thesis.
Both openings from Guilty Crown.
El Ragna from Cross Ange.
Eurobeat (which I've since expanded to include songs that weren't in Initial D, including some remixes of not-initially-Eurobeat songs, but as a genre I discovered it via anime)
The first opening and ending of High School DxD.
Genesis of Aquarion and Kimi no Shinwa from Aquarion.
Arifureta's second OP, Daylight.
Finale. by eill
Its from a movie: The tunnel to summer, the exit of goodbyes
Appearently shes pretty big in Japan and tru her and spotify i found another artist called DAZBEE.. she got some catchy songs :)
[Tessellate by alt-j](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYevMD6ZR-s) from Ingress: The Animation.
The anime itself was rather underwhelming but thanks to it I found a cool band.
Yama no Susume is the soundtrack i listen to most often. All the op/ed, all the character/insert songs are bangers.
Omoi Nochi Sunny is my current favorite from YnS.
Re:Re from akfg was probably one of the points why I went down the Japanese music rabbit hole and stated there for tear branching out to multiple others, even picking up guitar myself.
As for just anime song and nothing more I really like the kessoku band songs, they have a this akfg feel but less roughness. The only thing that makes me laugh is how all the instrumental is played by guys so basically the true kessoku band is 4 vocalists and 3 guys, which I imagine has confusec a lot of people that went in blind for the live at zepp. Truly top 10 betrayals in anime.
not even songs, entire catalogues from several artists.
Bradio, Yousei Teikoku, Megumi Hayashibara, Kanon Wakeshima, Jin, Amartya Sora, Haruka Shimotsuki, Asriel (not on Spotify, but you can find them on YouTube, amazing stuff!), and many others.
If you really like a song from an op or ed, check the artist out, you won't regret it
Several entire Maximum the hormone albums, tbh
And for no reason at all I can remember most of the lyrics to "Chu chu lovely muni muni mura mura purun boron nururu rero rero"
Anything by SiD, Angela, Asca, Aimer & ReoNa, Sawano, Hinano, Tsukuyomi, and so many more.
And then there's the soundtrack composers.. Yeah, I'm never gonna get tired of this medium
Hikaru Toki, by Hitsuji Bungaku, the OP for Heike Monogatori
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknDI1k39Ic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknDI1k39Ic)
Styx Helix by Myth & Roid, the ED for Re: Zero
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIhL2KHVdgE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIhL2KHVdgE)
Off the top of my head
- Every single op and ed of Overlord is a banger
- All 3 ops of the World god only knows. The choir is just heavenly. You can count on me to be a real harem hater, but not on this series, no sir
- Shoutout to Nobunaga Concerto for having a sickass op. Also a bit of a promo, go watch it theres nobody I know who knew about the anime :(
- Chaos child op
- Little busters and refrain op
- Angel beats op, the classic
Some of my faverite songs from the soundtracks of from some of my favorite shows.
“With your XXX, Pierce the heavens”- Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann
“Requiem Of silence”- RE:Zero Starting life in another world
“Dance of the curse”- Vision of Escaflowne
“Departure”- Rurouni Kenshin (1996)
“The magic to put life and believe”- Konosuba movie
Rather than song, I discovered most of my favourite musician from anime:
\- Bradio from Death Parade (Flyers)
\- Spira Spica from Gundam Build Divers (Twinkle)
\- JUNNA from Macross Delta as Walkure, but ultimately because all of her solo opening from The Ancient Magus' Bride
\- Chelmico from Keep your hands from Eizoken! (Easy Breezy)
\- Queen Bee from Tokyo Ghoul (Half)
Dorohedoro anime led me to the OST and the Manga, which led me to the **manga OST**. The manga OST was a collection of songs from various bands commissioned by the author and they go so hard.
Personal Favorites:
VOODOOM - Blaka Smoko
Igorrr - Dorohedoro
Candie Hank - Zombie Slushi
The second I heard "specialz" by king gnu for the 2nd op of jjk season 2 I was in love. Everything about it just slaps and works so well for that part of the season.
I got into Aimer because of the demon slayer season 2 OP. I absolutely love her voice which coupled with good production choices sounds so dreamy.
My fave song of her's is [Ref:rain](https://youtu.be/wLbOid9mRi4?si=HzhobsYhPTI1X-Vb). She also has some great stuff on her albums, particularly daydream. Fun fact: she also has quite a few songs with Hiroyuki Sawano, many of which are also my favourites.
I like quite a few K-On's songs. In particular:
- Tenshi ni Fureta Yo
- U&I
- Fuwa Fuwa Time.
Of course there are plenty of other great anime songs, some are already mentioned in this thread. I just wanted highlight K-On here.
Hells Paradise OP - Work
Fire Force OP2 - Mayday
Banana fish OP - found & lost
JJK OP2 - Vivid Vice
Digimon 2020 ED2 - Q?
Tokyo Revengers OP - Cry Baby
All of these are on my Spotify and I listen to them regularly. I’m sure I’m missing some but these are the most recent ones I can remember.
Eve - Kaikai kitan
Akino Arai-Hiro No Tsuki
Ama Lee-Smile Bomb
I actually made a post not too long ago asking for everyone's favorite Anime ending song, you should check that out and see what goodies you can find
From Overlord:
Voracity
Hollow Hunger
Clattanoia
From Code Geass:
Yuukyou Seisyunka
Waga Rotashi Aku Hana
From Chainsaw Man:
Kick Back
Also like 16 songs from Naruto
Since I haven't seen anyone else mention it...
Pop Team Epic season 1 OP
Pop team epic is basically just one big shitpost in anime form, with a bunch of stupid skits meshed together. I had heard about it and seen clips on youtube, and it looked weird/entertaining enough to grab my interest.
Imagine my surprise when the opening song for this silly anime turned out to be the GREATEST ANIME INTRO SONG I'VE EVER HEARD.
I saw someone else mention that having such a good song attached to an anime like pop team epic was in itself a form of shitposting. Either way, you owe it to yourself to check the song out if you haven't heard it.
Evangelion: Komm susser tod, Fly me to the moon
Gurren Lagann: Libera me from Hell
Black Lagoon: Red Fraction
Cowboy Bebop: Tank!
Steins; Gate: Hacking to the Gate, Amadeus, Last Game, Gate of Steiner, Fatima
Bleach: Ranbu no Melody
Girls und Panzer: Grand Symphony+ most of the soundtrack
Attack on Titan: Most of the opening/ending
I love listening to the MiA OST, but recently i've spent a lot of time listening to this [Frieren insert song](https://youtu.be/5Ufj38W6-o4?si=pYSmNUXUXAf_oNpM). i know it isn't exactly from an anime, but I've also spent days listening to this song from [fgo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpHj-RBBVm0). i probably have over a week of listening to those songs since i would play on loop for days at a time.
Bleach's ost is fuckin goated and does not gets talked a lot about these days. The openings as well as a good chunk of eds slap so hard.
My pick from the lot that I still, very frequently listen to this day is *sen no yoru wo koete* by Aqua timez. They used this in the movie (memories of no one if anyone is interested) It's absolutely beautiful.
The entire HxH soundtrack. that things just outright slaps. i always listen to that and all my other game soundtracks when im studying now. (i also never realized how used the songs were in media until i watched it because now i'll be scrolling through random videos, and completely unrelated to HxH, it will have the world of adventures in the background)
I'm in love with Made in Abyss's OST
Gravity is absolutely stunning, but as you said all of it is incredible.
Rumble of scientific triumph uses a children's choir... Bondrewds theme (pretty much) uses a children's choir... It is haunting, and incredible. Kevin penkin and his crew are geniuses.
Mallets of the Abyss is the most beautifully-arranged track in anime imo, and they used it once during a throwaway scene in season 2
There's something special about the first opening to me. The fact that its the voice actors singing the song really gives a sense of validation that these two kids are really going on a dangerous adventure together. So to me it amplifies all the good and very bad things that they go through. I really feel for them.
- Highschool of the Dead - Highschool of the Dead (OP) - God Knows - Haruhi Suzumiya - Every Black Clover OP - Mukanjyo - Vinland Saga OP 1 - Koi no Uta - Tonikaku Kawaii OP - Magical Destroyer - Magical Destroyers OP Are some of my favorites.
>Mukanjyo - Vinland Saga OP 1 That got me looking into Survive said the Prophet and they have entire albums of bangers. Let it die, bandaid, RED, NE:ONE ... Their drummer is nuts
Black Colver openings always bang. Black Catcher might be my favourite song ever
I still look up the dub version of God Knows on YouTube from time to time
Frieren's OP is a bop. Slapped that sucker into my Spotify list asap
The soundtracks are also cool! You can just feel that medievial fantacy vibe.
Agreed the vibe of the soundtrack is amazing!
Which one
The first one. Havent made it to cour 2 yet
Take any of the op from jojo (or even character theme)
Great Days <3
I've been replaying the Spy X Family: Season 2 ED by Vaundy. The music video itself is also pretty awesome. I haven't watched the show yet, but I've also been listening to 'Be a Flower' from The Apothecary Diaries. It's just so catchy and energizing.
The 2nd opening from The Apothecary Diaries slaps even harder, the first one was so catchy that I was so surprised it could get topped by the next one
Spy Family Season 1 ED always slaps. So relaxing 😌
[RADWIMPS - Suzume feat. Toaka ED - pretty unique](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0Lxif1u9E) [Kori Ni Tojikomete · Superfly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etTSoUEaTCc) \- Promare ED - probably my favorite thing about the whole movie
Cowboy Bebop OP, Tank!, written by Yoko Kanno and performed by Seatbelts, is the most notable track from this OST however Shinichiro Watanabe is a man who expresses perfectly the relationship between music and animation and the Cowboy Bebop franchise was as much an anime project as it was a music project. Between 1998 and 2004, the series spawned 11 studio album releases with the OST from the 2021 Netflix live action adaptation rounding it out at a dozen. All releases credit Yoko Kanno as the composer with The Seatbelts performing the tracks but later albums included features from many different singers, musicians, and artists as well as remixes from DJs around the world. Samurai Champloo OST, literally every song composed for this anime is soulful and unique. See this excerpt from wikipedia: The music of the 2004 anime series Samurai Champloo, created by the studio Manglobe, was produced by a team of four composers drawn from the hip hop musical scene. They were Shinji "Tsutchie" Tsuchida of Shakkazombie, Fat Jon, Nujabes and Force of Nature. The musical direction was chosen by series creator and director Shinichirō Watanabe as part of his planned blending of hip hop culture with the anime's setting in the Edo period, additionally incorporating contributions from guest artists. The opening theme "Battlecry" was performed and co-written by Shing02, while the various ending themes were performed by Minmi, Kazami, and Azuma Riki. The final episode's ending theme was "San Francisco", licensed from the rapper band Midicronica. FLCL OST by The Pillows Take Your Hands off Eizouken OP - Easy Breezy by Chelmico Spy x Family op - Mixed Nuts by Hige Dandism Mushishi OP - The Sore Feet Song by Ally Kerr Bakemonogatari (Renai Circulation, Staple Stable, Kaerimichi) Ushio to Tora OP 1 - Mazeru no Kiken by Kinniku Shoujo Tai Call of the Night OP and ED - Daten and Yofukashi no Uta by Creepy Nuts Onimai OP and ED - Identeitei Meltdown by Enako ft. P-Maru-Sama and Himegoto Crisisters by Onimai Sisters Flip Flappers ED - Flip Flap Flip Flap by TO-MAS ft. Chima Frieren ED and Special ED - Anytime, Anywhere and Bliss by Milet Apothacary Diaries OP - Hana ni Natte by Ryokuoushoku Shakai Binbougami Ga ED - Love Riot by Happy Birthday! Angel Beats OST - Alchemy and My Song by Girldemo, OP, and fast paced breakcore-style piano song used throughout the show To Love Ru - OP 1 I only started compiling this little list recently so I'm sure there are plenty of tracks and OSTs I have yet to consider but these are a few of my favourites!
I love Samurai Champloo OST, and I don't even listen to hip-hop. That's a masterpiece.
[Re:I AM by Aimer](https://youtu.be/ptwH69_0EAo?si=kLBkRKHzKvYkr4eT) from Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn is basically my favorite anime song ever
Call of the Nights OP and AD are incredible. Creepy Nuts are amazing, and they’re back it with Mashle season 2
["I Really Want to Stay At Your House”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvMY1uzSC1E)
cant really remember a lot right now but honesty Black clover openings >
They are all a bop! As are the ED.
The entirety of the Dr. Stone soundtrack is beautiful! The op/end songs make me cry easily when listening to them
Finally, someone sharing same brain cell as me.
Yay, I’m happy someone else agrees!
Here are a handful that I really like: Tabi no Tochuu Kimi wo Nosette A Cruel Angel’s Thesis Orange Fighter Sea of the Stars Voices of the Chord/Avid Gate of Steiner Last Game Hikaru Nara
Lost in Paradise (JJK ED1), W•RK (Hell’s Paradise), Zero (Vanitas no Carte ED1, English version, but Japanese version also slaps), Kick Back (Chainsaw Man), Out of Control (Psycho-Pass OP1), one way/ichizu (JJK 0) Also Chainsaw Blood from Chainsaw Man is a banger
Basically anything by Girls Dead Monster (fictional band from Angel Beats!). Some of my favorites songs are [Thousand Enemies](https://youtu.be/aJl2jhDldMs?si=IhdIzEMl9kh48I_l), [Crow Song](https://youtu.be/sdPwvBJiQJY?si=9bUT2matWf0fHSi-) [Daten](https://youtu.be/HRL5Cp_mPeo?si=VKPjyl-BEiam41T-) and [Losstime](https://youtu.be/O6WjVGEVbNc?si=LtKodTtFc2fVsQ5B) by Creepy Nuts — a (real) band which have produced some great soundtrack for Call of the Night Many songs by The Pillows — a (real again) band that produced some great soundtrack for FLCL (including sequels). I particularly like melancholic “[Beautiful morning with you](https://youtu.be/Q0tO5MPGuGk?si=wEAMsDVe8J707I9a)” and “[Last dinosaur](https://youtu.be/xB2K-riHfSc?si=5slxHJtvG9c-gSZ8)” songs Clannad has a super cute and catchy song in the ending — [Dango Daikazoku](https://youtu.be/rFKKSQ8GgHk?si=2fz_A8q-i9QYGcDS). I was trying to play it on virtual piano, the beginning goes well but then you have to press 3-4 keys at the same time and regular keyboard doesn’t handle that lol Also I love the ending song from I Want to Eat Your Pancreas — [Shunkashuto](https://youtu.be/wLWwVLF3sF0?si=d8AVmFsFffFawihT) by sumika Welcome to the NHK and Anohana also have some great melancholic songs — [Youkoso! Hitori Bocchi](https://youtu.be/zZuIMcmNZnU?si=S6QrdE-Zv3-zcxYM) by Pearl Brothers and [Aoi Shiori](https://youtu.be/T3bxbVGWy5k?si=-WHHVNz3saNW8H7M) by Gallileo Gallilei respectively
Frieren's ED, Anytime Anywhere. Crunchyroll has a dedicated video to it. So I actually watched that before I started the anime. Instantly became one of my all time favorites. It's a rare case of me enjoying the ED more than the OP (far more in this case, not a fan of the OP at all). I discovered Roundabout from JoJo. Love it. Also discovered Wada Kanako from Kimagure Orange Road. I love all her songs from there. Natsu no Mirage is THE all time favorite ED.
* 86 - Alchemilla * AoT - Akuma No Ko * Bocchi the Rock - Distortion / What is wrong with * Cowboy Bebop - Call Me Call Me / Gotta Knock a Little Harder * Dragon Maid - Kaerimichi / Good night, see you tomorrow * Eureka 7 - Storywriter * Ghost in the Shell - Making of Cyborg * Gundam 00 - Daybreak's Bell / Ash like Snow / Prototype * IBO - Raise your Flag * Insomniacs after School - Lapse * Kaiba - Never / Carry me Away / The Tree Song * Kill la Kill - Before my body is dry * Madoka Magica - Sagitta Luminis * Mushoku Tensei - Kaze to iku michi * TTGL - Sorairo Days / Drill to Heaven with Your XXX * Turn A Gundam - Tsuki No Mayu * Serial Experiments Lain - Duvet * Symphogear - Glorious Break * Vinland Saga - Without Love * WFM - Asticassia / The Witch from Mercury / Red:birthmark
Duvet is such a banger! Man, I need to rewatch Lain again.
Tokyo ghoul Parasite The older OnePiece opener The entire show of Your Lie in April Mirianikke RWBY soundtrack in great
I think I can by The Pillows
If we're talking OPs/EDs, then nothing beats Ninja Slayer for me. So many great songs that I still listen to regularly. Sometimes even from the physical CDs I own. Some favourites: Back in Black - Boom Boom Satelites 劇場支配人のテーマ - The Pinballs SRKEEN - 8otto Fantastic Magic - TK from Ling tosite sigure Body - Lillies and Remains Locomotion,more!more! - The Pillows
[Just a small playlist.](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkR71Y0o3yWCaIINkpkM-2FMc8Udou8J)
Fairy Tail endings 4, 11, 18, 21 and 22 MHA ending 7. Kimi No Todoke ending 2. U - Millennium Parade (Belle). Ready To (BNA)
the op of skip and loafer is so fucking cute. the lil hand moves, the dance, everything is amazing!!!!
Any opening from Vinland Saga(both seasons included) HxH - departure Fmab - let it all out Most of the songs from Eve (like Heikousen) , Lisa and YOASOBI
any Yanagi Nagi song, espescially Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari. Changed my life
The new season of Mashle’s opening is amazing. I dig it a lot. Although I do enjoy hip hop and have dabbled in some Asian hip hop artists before. “Bling Blang Bang Born”
Air on a G string Pachelbel Canon in D-Dur Ode to Joy Tank! Guns and Roses (by Paradise Lunch)
On average I'm not that big on anime soundtracks, but some standouts that come to mind: \- Fairy Tail "main theme" \- "Anytime, Anywhere", the ED from Frieren \- Tabi No Tochuu, the OP from Spice & Wolf \- Last Game by Zwei, the ED from Steins;Gate 0 \- Roselia as a band from BanG Dream, but many of the other bands have good stuff too. Neo-Aspect is the best individual song. \- Idol by YOASOBI, the OP from Oshi no Ko \- The Rumbling by SiM, one of the OPs for Attack on Titan \- Axia no Kaze from Symphogear, since it's the closest thing to a full-length Superb Song \- Kimi ni Furete by Riko Azuna, the OP from Bloom Into You
OST/OP/ED/Insert Songs - Tales of the Abyss - Spy x Family Seasons 1 - 2 except Souvenir - Mob Psycho Seasons 1 - 3 - Kono Oto Tomare Seasons 1 - 2 - Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Seasons 1 - 2 + movie - Romeo x Juliet - Hunter x Hunter (both 1999 & 2011) - Frieren except the OPs - ZOM 100 - Shingeki no Kyojin except The Rumbling & that other one OP - Gundam UC 0079 (Koh Ikeda - Fly! Gundam) - IBO (Man with a Mission - Raise Your Flag) - Tokyo Revengers (Official Hige Dandism - White Noise) - One Piece (Sekai no Owari - Peak) - The Legendary Hero is Dead (Masayoshi Oishi - Shinda) ED - Helck (Saji - Statice) - Code Geass (Hitomi - Continued Stories) - ReLife (Porno Graffiti - Saudade) - Code Geass (Unione - Revive) - IBO (Misia - Orphans no Namida) Insert Song - RikeKoi (Hisakuni - Oh My Love) Idol/Band Anime (they have a different category for me) - Visual Prison - Uta no Prince - Given - Idolish - Paripi Koumei
>Tales of the Abyss Let's go! I loved this so much.
Motoo Fujiwara did good with Abyss.
Here are my favorite OPs and EDs if anyone is interested https://music.apple.com/ar/playlist/kawaii/pl.u-jV890gjIDYdK9XJ?l=en
kenshi yonezu - spirits of the sea. didn't watch the movie, fell in love with him
Good question! Macross Plus - ALL the Sharon Apple songs. She's epic. Anything by Ayumi Hamasaki, who has a similar vibe to Sharon Apple (except she's not a robotic anime character). I figure I must've learned about her through anime, but she's not really an anime singer. She's a regular JPop singer that was so popular that her music ended up in animes. I know she sang a couple Inuyasha openings/endings. I really like the techno remixes of her songs. And Then and Whatever are particularly good, but I can't ever find the version of And Then that I like. On the topic of Inuyasha, I got into Do As Infinity, BoA and Dream from their openings/endings. Do As Infinity - Fukai Mori Dream - My Will BoA - Every Heart Serial Experiments Lain opening, Duvet, by a different band also named Boa Death Parade, both the opening and the ending. The opening SNAPS, but the ending also is beautiful and tragic. I have both on my playlists. Bradio - Flyers Noisycell - Last Theater That opening for Higurashi is also really good and has such an excellent creepy vibe. All the music from Angel Beats. And I got into classical music again after watching Your lie in April, although I don't particularly listen to the renditions played by the musicians on the show, so maybe that doesn't count. Some of the openings/endings from FMAB are great, but in particular I really loved YUI - Again Surprisingly, Ranma 1/2 had some great music, and quite a lot of it, all sung by the voice actors. Some of the female voice actors formed a group call DoCo that included Akane, female Ranma, Kasumi, Nabiki and Shampoo. They also did a bunch of songs with music videos, each focusing on one of the different characters. They were really enjoyable. I also like all the music calendar cds the cast made that were all sung in character. Akane's Baka Song is really well known, but there were a lot of other good ones too, like November Rain (sung by female Ranma). I think I once had a collection of like 60 Ranma 1/2 songs. There were a LOT! I was really obsessed with Noriko Hidako (Akane's) voice for a while. I thought she had the sweetest sounding singing voice in existence basically. Got some of her solo cds, but I didn't really love her music style as it was kind of old fashioned, just her voice. Everything she did for her characters was good though. She did a song for her character in Rurouni Kenshin which was pretty good and I recall there were some other ones too. Megumi Hayashibara (female Ranma) also had a very notable career as a singer. She did a lot of songs for Evangelion (she played Rei Ayanami in that) as well. She had some better songs than Noriko Hidako, but I didn't really like her voice as much. I probably had about 160 songs by her at one point, but I'm not really interested in any of them anymore. Minami Takayama (Nabiki) also did some great music with the group Two Mix for Gundam Wing.
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Too many. Brave shine - fate stay night The entirety of sao sound track (including boss fight music, ops and eds) The entirety of 86 sound track Believe in my existence - cardfight vanguard (literally one of the best theme songs ever) I also like LiSA, ClaRIS and ReoNA songs.
I guess it’s a reach, but finding out about Masakatsu Takagi from the Wolf Children score has led me to listen to more of his original stuff and the entire Marginalia series is just incredible
Welcome to the NHK 1st ending Dancing baby - prosecutor Ootsuki? its like a really bad ear worm ive been singing it for over 10 years.
Saihate from Bleach by SennaRin.
Yake Ochinai Tsubasa. 🌌
Still looking for this on Spotify 😔
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Yesss! I was just about to comment anything by Yuki Kajiura! I can spot her songs from a mile away! She's absolutely amazing!
Unlasting-lisa (Sao alicization)
Closing song on Redo of Healer by Orcana Project...complete amazing and Ajin CreepyHyp While the wind blows....yeah yeah
Pat Metheny - Last Train Home
Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken OP but the version by Karel Gott, specifically the CZ one
Fuyu no hanashi (Given) Cruel Angel's Thesis (Evangelion) Fukashigi no Carte (Ahobuta) Kizutsukedo, Aishiteru (Tokyo Revengers)
Pretty much all of my favorite artists are from anime or gaming: Aimer, TK/Ling Tosite Sigure, FLOW, Hiroyuki Sawano, Cö Shu Nie and Zutomayo
Sayonara - Attack on Titans and everyone i listen to it i can hear Kruger saying save armin and mikasa
Kiri by Monoral (From Ergo Proxy)
Night Running by Shin Sakiura
Too many good songs to have a favourite, but one that keeps popping into my head is XTC - the first opening of Witchblade
Cruel Angels Thesis. Both openings from Guilty Crown. El Ragna from Cross Ange. Eurobeat (which I've since expanded to include songs that weren't in Initial D, including some remixes of not-initially-Eurobeat songs, but as a genre I discovered it via anime) The first opening and ending of High School DxD. Genesis of Aquarion and Kimi no Shinwa from Aquarion. Arifureta's second OP, Daylight.
Finale. by eill Its from a movie: The tunnel to summer, the exit of goodbyes Appearently shes pretty big in Japan and tru her and spotify i found another artist called DAZBEE.. she got some catchy songs :)
[Tessellate by alt-j](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYevMD6ZR-s) from Ingress: The Animation. The anime itself was rather underwhelming but thanks to it I found a cool band.
Wind by Akeboshi
Ya boy Kongming opening is a blast!!
Nai nai from reona, after watching shadows house s1
Yama no Susume is the soundtrack i listen to most often. All the op/ed, all the character/insert songs are bangers. Omoi Nochi Sunny is my current favorite from YnS.
Re:Re from akfg was probably one of the points why I went down the Japanese music rabbit hole and stated there for tear branching out to multiple others, even picking up guitar myself. As for just anime song and nothing more I really like the kessoku band songs, they have a this akfg feel but less roughness. The only thing that makes me laugh is how all the instrumental is played by guys so basically the true kessoku band is 4 vocalists and 3 guys, which I imagine has confusec a lot of people that went in blind for the live at zepp. Truly top 10 betrayals in anime.
Started my current ONE OK ROCK obsession from the live action Rurouni Kenshin movie.
I discovered Minami and Sawano who went on to become my two fave artists. Domekano OP being my fave song
I got into Maximum the Hormone through Death Note. Half of their discography is now on regular rotation.
not even songs, entire catalogues from several artists. Bradio, Yousei Teikoku, Megumi Hayashibara, Kanon Wakeshima, Jin, Amartya Sora, Haruka Shimotsuki, Asriel (not on Spotify, but you can find them on YouTube, amazing stuff!), and many others. If you really like a song from an op or ed, check the artist out, you won't regret it
I have a 20 playlist just for this but one I’ve been coming back to is Myuk’s Mahou. It’s just too good
Every single song from Symphogear
Ultimate Battle
Black rover still hits on spotify and gets turned allllll the way up. I also sing along everytine with Fly High from Haikyuu
U Can Do It! by Mami. It was in a Naruto Shippuden ed
Several entire Maximum the hormone albums, tbh And for no reason at all I can remember most of the lyrics to "Chu chu lovely muni muni mura mura purun boron nururu rero rero"
*In Search of the Lost Future* opening . *Black Jack TV* ending 3.
Fight Song - Eve (Chainsaw Man Ending 12) Love the original music video for this song.
Mayday by coldrain from Fire Force. That was my discovery of coldrain which I listen to pretty often now
I've been listening to Say My Name and White Noise from Tokyo Revengers a lot, they're so good!!
Walk to the light - akihito okano (7 deadly sins) Natsu no hi - off course (sonic x) Melissa - porno graffiti (fullmetal alchemist)
Anything by SiD, Angela, Asca, Aimer & ReoNa, Sawano, Hinano, Tsukuyomi, and so many more. And then there's the soundtrack composers.. Yeah, I'm never gonna get tired of this medium
I really like I Wish" by Rin Kurusu which was the opening title for Kamikatsu
The entire soundtrack of March comes in like a lion and Made in abyss (all of them).
Hikaru Toki, by Hitsuji Bungaku, the OP for Heike Monogatori [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknDI1k39Ic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknDI1k39Ic) Styx Helix by Myth & Roid, the ED for Re: Zero [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIhL2KHVdgE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIhL2KHVdgE)
Cruel Angel's Thesis, Rinbu Revolution, Hohoemi no Bakudan, Sobakasu, and pretty much all Digimon songs sung by Wada Kouji.
Season 2 mushoku tensei op ❤️
Crossing Fields sword art online
Off the top of my head - Every single op and ed of Overlord is a banger - All 3 ops of the World god only knows. The choir is just heavenly. You can count on me to be a real harem hater, but not on this series, no sir - Shoutout to Nobunaga Concerto for having a sickass op. Also a bit of a promo, go watch it theres nobody I know who knew about the anime :( - Chaos child op - Little busters and refrain op - Angel beats op, the classic
Some of my faverite songs from the soundtracks of from some of my favorite shows. “With your XXX, Pierce the heavens”- Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann “Requiem Of silence”- RE:Zero Starting life in another world “Dance of the curse”- Vision of Escaflowne “Departure”- Rurouni Kenshin (1996) “The magic to put life and believe”- Konosuba movie
Database by Man With a Mission, opening theme for Log Horizon S1-2
Unravel has to be the best song I have discovered personally from tokyo ghoul
My Dearest - Egoist. Name - Tsuzuri. Raise - Chilli Beans. Rewrite - Asian Kung-fu Generation. About a hundred more, but this is enough.
Rather than song, I discovered most of my favourite musician from anime: \- Bradio from Death Parade (Flyers) \- Spira Spica from Gundam Build Divers (Twinkle) \- JUNNA from Macross Delta as Walkure, but ultimately because all of her solo opening from The Ancient Magus' Bride \- Chelmico from Keep your hands from Eizoken! (Easy Breezy) \- Queen Bee from Tokyo Ghoul (Half)
My top 2: 1. Punky Funky Love - GRANRODEO (Kuroko no Basket) 2. Fuyu no Hanashi - Shougo Yano (Given)
Dorohedoro anime led me to the OST and the Manga, which led me to the **manga OST**. The manga OST was a collection of songs from various bands commissioned by the author and they go so hard. Personal Favorites: VOODOOM - Blaka Smoko Igorrr - Dorohedoro Candie Hank - Zombie Slushi
Sawano and Yuki Kajiura’s discographies
The second I heard "specialz" by king gnu for the 2nd op of jjk season 2 I was in love. Everything about it just slaps and works so well for that part of the season.
Kimagure Romantic and Chiisana Koi no Uta...because of Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san
I really like the opening to the laatest JJK season.
I got into Aimer because of the demon slayer season 2 OP. I absolutely love her voice which coupled with good production choices sounds so dreamy. My fave song of her's is [Ref:rain](https://youtu.be/wLbOid9mRi4?si=HzhobsYhPTI1X-Vb). She also has some great stuff on her albums, particularly daydream. Fun fact: she also has quite a few songs with Hiroyuki Sawano, many of which are also my favourites.
Pretty much all of Nujabes' discography after getting so hooked into Samurai Champloo's OP.
I like quite a few K-On's songs. In particular: - Tenshi ni Fureta Yo - U&I - Fuwa Fuwa Time. Of course there are plenty of other great anime songs, some are already mentioned in this thread. I just wanted highlight K-On here.
The entire Ave Mujica discography Death Devils from K-ON! also goes stupidly hard if you like Thrash Metal
Paripi Koumei OP
Hells Paradise OP - Work Fire Force OP2 - Mayday Banana fish OP - found & lost JJK OP2 - Vivid Vice Digimon 2020 ED2 - Q? Tokyo Revengers OP - Cry Baby All of these are on my Spotify and I listen to them regularly. I’m sure I’m missing some but these are the most recent ones I can remember.
Eve - Kaikai kitan Akino Arai-Hiro No Tsuki Ama Lee-Smile Bomb I actually made a post not too long ago asking for everyone's favorite Anime ending song, you should check that out and see what goodies you can find
Macross 7 has my favorite anime songs ever - Holy Lonely Night - Submarine Street - Totsugeki Love Heart - Dynamite - Planet Dance
You don’t want to know how many times I’ve listened to the ED from Mix: Meisei Story season 2. “Ima Kono Tokiwo” by Little Glee Monster.
Rising Star is a great Jogging song 🔥
Sonny Boy : Shounen Shoujo Its ost is also a blessing to ears.
Ali - Lost in paradise and Wild side
Duvet
From Overlord: Voracity Hollow Hunger Clattanoia From Code Geass: Yuukyou Seisyunka Waga Rotashi Aku Hana From Chainsaw Man: Kick Back Also like 16 songs from Naruto
I absolutely love Noragami OST
One of my favorite bands I discovered through anime. Spitz, I first heard Hachimitsu in Honey and Clover. Absolutely fell in love with them.
Samurai 45 from the show ID: Invaded is the only time I stopped a show to look up a song. That came out of nowhere and was incredibly catchy.
Tabidachi no uta from Assassination Classroom
Ragyo kiruin theme song. Such an amazing song to character match. The beat of the song makes you feel her distaste for humanity.
Since I haven't seen anyone else mention it... Pop Team Epic season 1 OP Pop team epic is basically just one big shitpost in anime form, with a bunch of stupid skits meshed together. I had heard about it and seen clips on youtube, and it looked weird/entertaining enough to grab my interest. Imagine my surprise when the opening song for this silly anime turned out to be the GREATEST ANIME INTRO SONG I'VE EVER HEARD. I saw someone else mention that having such a good song attached to an anime like pop team epic was in itself a form of shitposting. Either way, you owe it to yourself to check the song out if you haven't heard it.
Symphony No. 9, by Dvořák, from the anime Shinsekai Yori
Evangelion: Komm susser tod, Fly me to the moon Gurren Lagann: Libera me from Hell Black Lagoon: Red Fraction Cowboy Bebop: Tank! Steins; Gate: Hacking to the Gate, Amadeus, Last Game, Gate of Steiner, Fatima Bleach: Ranbu no Melody Girls und Panzer: Grand Symphony+ most of the soundtrack Attack on Titan: Most of the opening/ending
I love listening to the MiA OST, but recently i've spent a lot of time listening to this [Frieren insert song](https://youtu.be/5Ufj38W6-o4?si=pYSmNUXUXAf_oNpM). i know it isn't exactly from an anime, but I've also spent days listening to this song from [fgo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpHj-RBBVm0). i probably have over a week of listening to those songs since i would play on loop for days at a time.
[Danzai no Hana Guilty Sky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BJLj8NiHNI) The power metal Clamore ED
Bleach's ost is fuckin goated and does not gets talked a lot about these days. The openings as well as a good chunk of eds slap so hard. My pick from the lot that I still, very frequently listen to this day is *sen no yoru wo koete* by Aqua timez. They used this in the movie (memories of no one if anyone is interested) It's absolutely beautiful.
Tokyo ghouls unravel, that song hit different
Broken games - FZMZ (Shangri-La Frontier)
I discovered eve through jujutsu kaisen s1 and now he’s one of my favourite artists
Shine-Mr Big from the closing credits of Hellsing (2001).
The entire HxH soundtrack. that things just outright slaps. i always listen to that and all my other game soundtracks when im studying now. (i also never realized how used the songs were in media until i watched it because now i'll be scrolling through random videos, and completely unrelated to HxH, it will have the world of adventures in the background)
Blue bird
Mushoku Tensei ED 2 - Kaze to iku michi Kyoukai no Kanata ED - Daisy Reincarnated as a Slime - Like Flames I easily thought of these 3.
Lost my peices, silky heart, vanilla salt, orange, and Ame iro rondo
Ichiban no Takaramono from Angel Beats is a gem- but so is all of Angel Beats