{"id":2721,"date":"2011-11-27T16:37:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T21:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghostlysubstance.swgbex.com\/Blog\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2011-12-01T02:08:20","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T07:08:20","slug":"aks-top-5-favorite-anime-ops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/?p=2721","title":{"rendered":"A&#8217;K&#8217;s Top 5 favorite Anime OP&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello guys! Thought I&#8217;d borrow fellow blogger&#8217;s ideas and share my top five favorite Anime OP&#8217;s, YouTube willing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/November\/sample_dc6acf5d907ab8b99a1d97ad0dca170d52ba583e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/safebooru.org\/index.php?page=post&amp;s=view&amp;id=589190\">Safebooru<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>I shared a few of my favorite Animes, a pair of articles on fox spirits, and I might as well share some of my favorite Anime Openings with fellow Anime fans. The OP&#8217;s themselves are a form of art and beauty in itself. They can also act as a trailer for those simply searching for music, art, trailers, or whatever else.<\/p>\n<p>Time to share my top 5, Youtube willing. Youtube has a fetish for removing videos so apologies if a video embed breaks&#8230;..Also not listed in any particular order.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Otome Youkai Zakuro<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>-&gt; Video &#8211; Click to view OP:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rutube.ru\/tracks\/3645732.html\">http:\/\/rutube.ru\/tracks\/3645732.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-6NAkFq_Yu8?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>(Adding a full OP because of Youtube&#8217;s fetish to remove everything Zakuro. It may find itself purged as well now that I shared it&#8230;We&#8217;ll see.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the most beautiful openings I&#8217;ve seen. Sure, it has a shoujo anime vibe to it, but that isn&#8217;t has me interested. How it switches from light to dark and back, the beautiful song, and how everything in the OP represents something in the Anime itself is what I find interesting. The elegance of the half-fox spirits shows off well.<\/p>\n<p>What saddens me is that YouTube is bullying Zakuro with what seems like copyright issues by removing anything Zakuro. It is as if they don&#8217;t want to make Zakuro known even with the Anime given a PV and everything. For something so nice, it is being treated like a slave in a WW2 Japanese war camp&#8230;. Maybe that is a stretch, but that is what I see it as. Such beautiful OP and show needs to be shared more.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fun fact: Seiyuu who voices Yui in K-On! sings the OP.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>(&#8220;Wait a minute?! This sounds like Yui! *searches* &#8211; AH! It is Yui&#8217;s seiyuu! Awesome!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Fate\/Stay Night:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nlQmxpuWMDA?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When I first saw this OP I thought of peaceful running water running down some pipe, canal, or garden bamboo decorations in the night. The music itself sounded like was peaceful, with the nocturnal art-style adding to the whole semi-peaceful night. A peaceful, yet proud tune probably aimed at subtly hinting at Saber&#8217;s appearance in the Anime?<\/p>\n<p>With Anime OP&#8217;s being improved as years go by I find it harder and harder to feel what I used to experience back in 2006-2007 when I over-played the tune.<\/p>\n<p>Would it be cheating if I added an &#8220;updated&#8221; version of said OP for the reproduction of the said Anime-turned two part OVA?<\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/awt492r1AXM?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Either water or blood flowing down something. Those pings in the tune sound like droplets hitting water to me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Shingetsutan Tsukihime:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FSkHhtF7iJQ?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A calm, dark, peaceful, yet sad opening. I like it for the art style, the musical chanting, and the vibe of it. The dark art-style and the chanting is what I like most about this OP. Also wanted to listen to an extended piece of the chanting but was greatly disappointed&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just one of those OP&#8217;s I can&#8217;t ignore, yet like so much because of how it is presented. Yes, even with people saying the Anime is crap and while other people are using other people&#8217;s opinions to say why it sucks instead of their own. I still like it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Gundam Wing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hb33FuBnWxQ?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thought I&#8217;d share the Japanese version because it is my favorite of the whole Gundam Wing OP&#8217;s out there. And of course one of the first Anime I seen thanks to YTV. The way Wing Zero, Heero, and the Epyon fight are awesome. The added scenes of Relena and Heero made things a tad bit more interesting with their uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iGruonuNAt0\">German sounding<\/a> sung OP out there actually sounds incredibly awesome. Just randomly putting the German one out there.<\/p>\n<p>I like the OP us North Americans were given, the one YTV shared in Canada, with &#8220;Wing&#8221; fighting Tallgeese. That itself played during Christmas along with having a Tallgeese figure in your hand made watching the OP, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0JMnQMHF00I\">American OP<\/a> very special.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>FLAG:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-caJ272LFFQ?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Life and war &#8211; the things a camera sees in its life. Just seeing the OP without watching the anime made it quite thought provoking, unless you shut your mind off from such a thing. What has the camera seen? What would yours see? How would your camera tell a story about you? How will you change events around you with a click of the shutter? This is what this OP asks even before the show even starts. Or that is how I interpreted it anyways.<\/p>\n<p>The Anime itself seems to bore people, along with fansubs dropping it, from the looks of it. However, even with that I still highly recommending this Anime to people because of the way it shows life on the battlefield. Bored? Consider those currently in a warzone and what they have to deal with to even give us butchered\/twisted news on the news.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong> Honorable mentions &#8211; Other OP&#8217;s:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hope you guys don&#8217;t mind if I add a few OP&#8217;s worthy of interest that clashed with the top 5. These are OP&#8217;s that I considered with the top five and thought they needed to be shared, instead of being banished back into the void. I won&#8217;t go into detail, I&#8217;ll simply list them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wNZjHKQ-sUQ\">Pumpkin Scissors<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=omkvD2kq1uc\">Gantz<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S9LmODeAdCc\">The Skull Man<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=97j86qH91Nk\">King Gainer<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CxXGwAcHYjI\">Shounen Onmouji<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TGK3UKEoT5U\">Inukami<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VcpVvFjSA2Q\">Gundam X OP1<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y4dHZDO75Xo\">Ookami Kakushi VN OP<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4pdqeu9LW2c\">Higashi no Eden<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CxfIJr1RYwc\">RahXephon<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6q6_O0h78cM\">Deadman Wonderlan<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ql0NtjXIv_s\">Mirai Nikki<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?NR=1&amp;v=t9CXmEUwvgM\">Serial Experiments Lain<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oAXrRWLKzko\">Ergo Proxy<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cq4Tv8VKvA8\">Darker Than Black OP2<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PS5bU5VuB8c\">Basilisk<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=58kB5hk_tuM\">Angelic Layer<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u0x4gLO1-mQ\">Angel beats<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=znLsSy6WZS4\">Ah! My Goddess OP 2<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j_e7-KAvzHg\">Moonlight Mile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Short, but I guess that is it? Those are my top five with a nice list of favorite OP&#8217;s. As for an top 5 ED article? Not happening. This seems to be the only ED I seem to like, and appropriate to wrap up this article:<\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kkViPNEfqAo?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\n(Edit: Of all the videos they pull, it&#8217;s this one! God damn it! Second video.)<\/p>\n<p>Kon!~<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello guys! Thought I&#8217;d borrow fellow blogger&#8217;s ideas and share my top five favorite Anime OP&#8217;s, YouTube willing. 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