Favorite show openings

[Kjata]

The theme song of a show: Some you hate, some are okay, but mostly everyone feels they are a waste of time. But, some are so jaw-dropping, pant-crapping, ninja-fighting-a-pirate-with-lightsabers-midair-as-they-fall-of-an-airship awesome that you smile everytime they start. What is your favorite? Mine is the one to Cowboy Bebop.

[BRC]

Tank! is great, a close second is the opening to Baccano!

[Fri]

another one of this thread? Well, how about, at least make it favourite show openings and ENDINGS theme? to make it slightly different, you know?

As usual, my all time favourite is the awesome Jack of All Trades (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VNsjjYRgjc) opening

and... the heart stirring Macross (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1TfkO0Nbbk) opening.

and of course, my second favourite opening of all time, baccano

edit: why I can't found the original baccano opening in you tube in the midst of all the parodies? can someone link one for me?

[Kjata]

another one of this thread? Well, how about, at least make it favourite show openings and ENDINGS theme? to make it slightly different, you know?

As usual, my all time favourite is the awesome Jack of All Trades (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VNsjjYRgjc) opening

and... the heart stirring Macross (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1TfkO0Nbbk) opening.

and of course, my second favourite opening of all time, baccano (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUM-6dvAvSw).

Sorry, never seen one of these in the 2 1/2 years ive been here. And endings are fine. i didn't include 'em because i don't watch em.

[Shades of Gray]

Big-Bang Theory. The Office. Ooh, and Spongebob Squarepants.

[xPANCAKEx]

Big-Bang Theory.

fully backed!

[Fri]

Nah, I like these thread. But sometimes, the endings theme are even more awesome.

case in point. Zoku sayonara zetsubou sensei's

3rd ed. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws1xOZJ_NNM) (mike mignola style!)

1st ed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRfWbhmP3Uo&feature=PlayList&p=FB02FDAAC80F96EF&index=0).


1st season ed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvKzSdz0pws)

From the ed, can even someone know what kind of series is that?

[Boo]

Ducktales! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frGLMtGsotc)

As for ending themes... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8dPb7yRtBM)

As much as I love the Seatbelts, I just can't get these songs out of my head.

[Shades of Gray]

Nah, I like these thread. But sometimes, the endings theme are even more awesome.

case in point. Zoku sayonara zetsubou sensei's

3rd ed. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws1xOZJ_NNM) (mike mignola style!)

1st ed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRfWbhmP3Uo&feature=PlayList&p=FB02FDAAC80F96EF&index=0).


1st season ed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvKzSdz0pws)

From the ed, can even someone know what kind of series is that?

Ah, random yuri bondage for no apparent reason (It's nowhere in the show). Gotta love SZS. I'm only on one of the early episodes of Zoku, and apparently one of the opening themes has a magical girl theme.

[Gorgondantess]

Hmmm... I don't watch much TV, but I've always liked the opening to Lie to Me. And the opening to the Robot Chicken Star Wars special was pretty awesome too.
But the best opening of any television show ever... the one that epitomized the series, was pretty awesome, and had such a catchy theme song that you couldn't help but love it...
The opening to the first season of the Pokemon TV show. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbhbLrSQKyY) I can sing the song in its entirety from memory.

[Haven]

The first opening in Code Geass R2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAKvjORkNA4

I just love that song, it's so dynamic.

Not sure if the opening's that representative of the show, but hey.

[Athaniar]

Neon Genesis Evangelion. Enough said.

If we're also allowed to say our least favorite ones, then Star Trek: Enterprise. Why stray from a winning concept and include an absolutely awful pop-ballad thingie?

[kamikasei]

Batman: The Animated Series, of course.

[Tengu_temp]

Damn, Cowboy Bebop was already mentioned.
Damn, Evangelion was already mentioned.

However! 08th Mobile Suit Team wasn't. And it's awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpWkTfS-cK4).

[Finn Solomon]

Nothing beats Firefly.

Take my love, take my land
Take me to where I cannot stand
I don't care
I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me

[Thufir]

Take my love, take my land
Take me to where I cannot stand
I don't care
I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me

This. And Doctor Who.

[Blackjackg]

1st Place: Cheers.

2nd Place: Also Cheers.

3rd Place: Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers.

Firefly, and the first two Star Trek Series were pretty good. A couple of the Red Dwarf seasons. Maybe that episode of Buffy where Jonathan was cool.

[Berserk Monk]

Clone High. Why did they have to cancel it?:smallfrown:

Some other fictional shows:

Saturday Morning Watchmen
Rorschach & Deadpool
Limozeen...but they're in space

Strong Bad did a whole email about this. (http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail155.html)

[JMobius]

Carnivale.

[Haruki-kun]

Bartender's opening. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKUJaZGcGbY) Fits perfectly.

[Opeth_Freak]

As much as I love many, many, many of the anime openings, I think that superiority here belongs to the US contestant.

Iron Man 2nd Opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbnT-cIDVM)

God... This riff is ultimately kickass!

[TheThan]

Saterday morning awesome

Original GI JOE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YjfGex5JHY)

GI JOE the animated movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN034sBeF4c)

Original Transformers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq0ZJgb-VX4)

transformers the animated movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lo7JPLJUUU)

thundercats (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8yIXcY8HI&feature=related)

[edit]
how could i have forgotten:
The A-Team (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIfuaUTH9Y4&feature=related)

dragon ball z (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Hjf43k3Cs)

Batman the animated series (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEx9r5enZsk)

[kamikasei]

Also, the 90s Spiderman cartoon with the Aerosmith theme.

[Poison_Fish]

Here is the real Baccano Opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUjqlVt6y2A). It really is a great op.

The Eden of the East opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8LFPIF53A) is sufficiently impressive as well.

Another op that makes me laugh every time I see it is Sengoku Basara (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyERtGOqk-U).

My current favorite artsy openings is the semi-op from Kara no Kyoukai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyo1MSvsnbY). On the note of Kara no Kyoukai, these are great trailers/UFO table edits for the movies Trailer for movies 1-3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPtTpPioSN4) Trailer for movie 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRD9T_WNF0M). I highly encourage watching the last 2 in high quality.

[Aotrs Commander]

Original GI JOE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YjfGex5JHY)

GI JOE the animated movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN034sBeF4c)


I preferred the Action Force intro myself...('Course I'm English, to that's kinda to be expected, I guess. On the flip side, the fact it still sticks today, given that to my knowledge, Action Force/GI Joe never made it to UK telly (unless it was during the days of very early satelite) and I only saw it from the movie I rented once, that's pretty good going.)

Ednigs-wise I kinda have to give credit to Star Fleet's intro and ending (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zf--YjsVcY), the latter in particular. While not, perhaps visually as dynamic as more modern shows, it's more than made up for by the song being seven shades of awesome.

Also of note, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors had a catchy intro and outro.

Babylon 5's season 4 intro was quite spectacular as I recall.

And, though many of you may curl up and die when I say this, but I thought that several of the Naruto intros (the second, Haruka Kanata and the eight Re:member were the best, I think, with Go! being a notable one that grew on me and Shippuden's Hero's Come Back having the best song I think.)

I found the intros to Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's and StrikerS were both pretty darn good, too.

Almost forgot one of my other favourites: Centurions (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-q3bab938Y&feature=related)!

[Muz]

*whistles the Starblazers theme* :smallbiggrin:

And I may be strung up for merely this utterance, but while I'm a huge fan of Firefly, every time my ears get wind of that gorram song, my guts get more and more unsettled.

[Zaphrasz]

I believe there was a thread about this very topic recently. My opinion since then has not changed. I hate these overblown and loud opening themes found so often in cartoons.

The Twilight Zone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y): Iconic, memorable piece with a thought provoking statement that manages to sum up everything about the show.

MASH (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLFD5BklWk):Simple, melancholy, gets stuck in your head for years.

[Canadian]

Hockey Night In Canada.

Awesome...

Puck to the FACE!

[kpenguin]

MASH (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLFD5BklWk):Simple, melancholy, gets stuck in your head for years.

'Cause suicide is painless,
It brings on many changes,
And I can take or leave it if I please

[Fri]

I like most of the op mentioned here. Suicide is painless, the a team, man, those were good times.

some other unmentioned ones. These two are somewhat related.

Star Trek Enterprise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPn-lTytfGo&feature=related)

Planetes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-OyT4ivkM)

Both got the same idea of showcasing mankind progress to space.

[Muz]

I believe there was a thread about this very topic recently. My opinion since then has not changed. I hate these overblown and loud opening themes found so often in cartoons.

A valid point. I think my feelings for the Starblazers theme are more to do with nostalgia than actual quality of the opening.

And I'm okay with that. :smallsmile:

[Tengu_temp]

I decided to look for more openings that are awesome... and when I regained consciousness, I had a whole pile of them. That's pretty excessive, though, so I'll settle for the ones from the "can't believe nobody mentioned it yet" category. For now.

READY STEADY GO! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIyQdMxUmkA)

GA GA GA GA GA GA GAO GAI GAR! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9UX_ZxAmA)

FLYING ZA SKY! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIhSoWGgVbQ)

[Prime32]

Ones which haven't been mentioned

Gundam Wing (Op 1 Just Communication (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAGwE2ywE4g&fmt=22), Op 2 Rythm Emotion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLq7G8E9gR8&fmt=22))
Gundam SEED Destiny Op 2 PRIDE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhH93xkSXNo&fmt=22) (and some of the others (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNaDsdPNa-8&fmt=22))
Gravion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6xRVmuw5nI&fmt=18) + Gravion Zwei (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRuATsrxxNQ&fmt=18)

Claymore's OP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUuOi7swhkI&fmt=22) and ED (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A1830Bj07Q&fmt=22) fit well both with each other and the tone of the series (and the tone at the beginning of the ED is similar to the voice of a partially-awakened Claymore).

The op for Dragonball Kai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnvupMV9su4&fmt=22) manages to recall the ops of both DBZ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFZ44tBS8HY&fmt=18) and DBGT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aei6JdF5K4M&fmt=18). NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD!

Slayers had a good op (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdtEXexKns&fmt=18), and NEXT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oayXglsMryQ&fmt=18) and TRY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpG8sfkhmZ0&fmt=18) weren't bad either - Revolution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3P-2DLm-_s&fmt=18) and Evolution-R (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3PjDRdQOPs&fmt=18) have higher production values, but... I don't know, it suddenly has a robot maid, a ninja and a cute mascot - what's up with that?

[The_JJ]

*over acted dramatic stament that makes little to no sense*

*glasses* :smallcool:

Yeeeeeeahhh!!!!