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One thing I love about anime are the theme songs. They're so cool to listen to, especially if they fit the show.
So, let's post our favorite anime themes. But there's a catch: although you can post as many times as you like, you can only post one theme song per post!
I'll start with the first one I ever fell in love with:
.hack//sign: "Obsession"

Free Bird from Haibane Renmei

I have many. XDD

Caged Bird from DN Angel.

EDIT:Ugh, geez rock I posted many and I didn't read your statement.

Because I went through the trouble, I'll post the rest in a spoiler.

[SPOILER] [color="Silver"][color="DimGray"]Paranoia Agent opening.

Houki Boshi from Bleach.

Cha-la Head-cha-la from DBZ. But NOT this version. XD

Tank from Cowboy Bebop, of course.

Hit in the USA from Beck.

Open Your Mind from Ah! My Goddess.

Ready Steady Go from FMA.

Yu Yu Hakasho opening.

Guns & Roses from Baccano.

Excell Saga opening. This one's for the lolz.

Love Hina op.

1st Ranma 1/2 op.

Someone Else from Working!

Death Note Op 1.

FLCL op.

Case Closed op 1.

Kanon op.

Hare Hare Yukai from Haruhi.

Every Heart from Inuyasha.

Go!! from Naruto.

Dragon Ball op and ed.[/color][/color] [/SPOILER]

'Boy', by The Alfee was the opening theme for Figure 17. It seemed incongruously exciting until I reached the first fight scene.

According to Wikipedia, The Alfee have been making music since '74, and have done songs for a tonne of TV shows.

"First Kiss" by Ichiko, from Zero no Tsukaima.

[font="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][color="RoyalBlue"]Well, if I can only pick one:

Aria: The Origination ("Spirale" by Yui Makino) - I love ALL the "Aria" Opening title sequences, but the opening song in Season 3 gets a few extra points in my book![/color][/SIZE][/font]

ADXC (post: 1484337) wrote:[spoiler]
Cha-la Head-cha-la from DBZ. But NOT this version. XD
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[color="Plum"][spoiler]I had no idea Cha la Head Cha la was in another anime. That's so cool.[/spoiler][/color]

[color="Plum"]Sailor Moon OP 6[/color]

Tori No Uta - Air
Guns & Roses - Baccano
Tank! - Cowboy Bebop
Stand Alone Complex - Ghost in the Shell
Inner Universe - Also from Ghost in the Shell
Bouken Desho Desho - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Overman King Gainer - By...Overman King Gainer (whenever I hear this, I think of giant robots doing the monkey)
Rain - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Silly Go Round - .Hack//Roots
Soramimi Cake - Azumanga Daioh

To be onest, this isn't even scratching the surface, but these are definately my top 10.

Lilium - Elfen Lied

The entire soundtrack is a masterpiece.

This wasn't the first anime opening I ever heard/saw, but it was the first one I paid attention to, the first one that evoked an entire show for me, and the first one I memorized the short version of completely:

"Melissa" from Full Metal Alchemist

I see Guns & Roses, Tank!, and Inner Universe were already posted...

Let's see... Can I post two if they're technically the same song, but different versions? The reasoning behind that is because one is pretty spoiler-ish, but I personally think it's the best rendition of the song.

This Illusion. (Fate/Stay Night, Visual Novel, OP1.)
Contains Spoilers. Disillusion 2010. (Fate/stay night TV Reproduction OP) Contains Spoilers.

The first version is pretty haunting, actually. The second feels... More up-beat? It's got slow moments, sure, but...

Some discerning people have already posted some of the best ones there are, but with two glaring omissions:

"Gravity" by Yoko Kanno, sung by Maaya Sakamoto (could you ask for more?) Wolf's Rain ED
"It's Gonna Rain" by Bonnie Pink, Rurouni Kenshin 4th ED

Wile I didn't care much for the show, New World from .HACK/Legend of the Twilight is a favorite of mine

Here are the Top 3 most memorable (and that translates to my faves) for me.

Blood+ Colors of the Heart by UVERworld. (there are like...only two vids of this on youtube, and they both are terrible...)

Eureka 7: Shonen Heart by Home Made Kazokuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILokHXPGDvg

Rurouni Kenshin: Heart of Sword by T.M. Revolution

EDIT: I think I'm noticing a pattern here... woah.

Experiments Lain Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnGppxxyN94

Mushishi Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AapZE-LHUdI

And this is my all time favorite one :3
Cowboy bebop opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zDfxZ4NcE

There is not enough room on CAA for me to post them all. The site would crash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoplnxPv-J0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l8zX6AGJeI&feature=related

So I picked two of my most favorite Gundam openings.
Sorry I did more then one. It takes to much time to do two seperate ones.

How do I choose? o_O Here are a few, but I don't think I could ever post them all.

Logos Naki World - Hellsing
Life is Like a Boat - Bleach
Resuscitated Hope - Gosick

It's indeed very hard to choose. Though since a lot of you posted some that would be on my list, that makes my job easier.

One I never get tired of listening to is the first ED to Casshern Sins: Reason - KANA

My absolute favourite anison is supercell's Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari, the ED for Bakemonogatari. While I do love Bakemonogatari, I'm also a huge supercell fan and this song is the epitome of everything I love about them. The album art for the single is a fantastic piece by Miwa Shirow that's been my desktop background forever. The composition and instrumentation is a mix of my favourite supercell Vocaloid songs, Melt and Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki, displaying ryo's awesome piano rock style. Being supercell's first non-Vocaloid song, there's the beautiful vocals by yanaginagi. And of course, the Bakemonogatari ED animation and the tie-in to episode 12 were both masterful.

I see a lot of my favorites have already been mentioned. =3

I also really like,
Triangular - Macross Frontier
Yakusokushita Yasashī Ano Basho Made - Detective Conan
And
Night of Summer Side - Kimagure Orange Road

Wow, there are so many themes here. I honestly love every single one I hear, even if I don't at first. But, for the first theme I post I will have to do Grip from Inuyasha. It was the first real anime I saw and this was the first anime theme I liked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfgYW5xxUuQ

Still think this is the best FMA ending ^_^

"Tobira no Mukou He" from Full Metal Alchemist

rocklobster (post: 1484317) wrote:One thing I love about anime are the theme songs. They're so cool to listen to, especially if they fit the show.
So, let's post our favorite anime themes. But there's a catch: although you can post as many times as you like, you can only post one theme song per post!
I'll start with the first one I ever fell in love with:
.hack//sign: "Obsession"

Mm...yes. Obsession remains to be my favorite anime theme. The graphic representation always, to me, tied into the .hack series' mysterious aura of, "Wait, what, why, what?" A close second would probably be Wolf's Rain's "Stray", though.

ChristianKitsune (post: 1485682) wrote:
Eureka 7: Shonen Heart by Home Made Kazokuhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILokHXPGDvg

Rurouni Kenshin: Heart of Sword by T.M. Revolution

You have good taste. XD I loooove Shounen Heart and Heart of Sword.

I have like a gajillion anison I could post but I'm lazy right now. So maybe later.

Has no one mentioned the Dango song from Clannad? I don't know if this is my favorite, but it's one of the most memorable.

Ok so I never really got into GITS, but I do love their second opening theme.

Rise from GITS SAC 2nd Gig.

Aoi Shiori - Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ (10 years after ver.) - Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
Kimi ni Todoke - Kimi ni Todoke
In This Life - Deltora Quest
futuristic imagination - Eden of the East
Let It Out - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Hologram - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Period - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Fiesta - Fairy Tail
Kataritsugu Koto - Blood+
Brand New Map - Blood+
The Fourth Avenue Cafe - Rurouni Kenshin
Sora e - Strange Dawn
Mizu no Madoromi - Fantastic Children
Scarlet - Ayashi no Ceres

Oh goodness, choosing one just one song is very hard, but I'm going to go with Angel Beats!'s My Soul, Your Beat. I love the entire composition and the piano is stunning.

Khaki - ARIA's themes are amazing!

@Mouse - I love the Dango song too! It's so cute and amazing!

@Crystal - Kimi ni Todoke FTW!

That Angel Beats song is awesome. The piano reminds me of some of Masashi Hamauzu's better moments on the FFX soundtrack.
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Kageyama Hironubu - Getter Robo Armageddon OST

Not an OP or ED, but by far the best theme for a final attack EVER.

Here are some more of my favorites.

Laputa Castle in the Sky Theme: Carrying You
Princess Mononoke Theme: The Legend of Ashitaka
Macross DYRL: Do you remember love?
Macross DYRL: Tenshi no Enogu