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Post by singingrulebritannia on Jul 7, 2024 22:05:06 GMT -5
boo @ me losing 3 top 10s. Though at least none of them were bottom 10 like last time
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:28:34 GMT -5
Doing this now while Amazing Race reveals are happening, unfortunately. But I'm ready to go! (and I don't think any of you are doing PAR anyway) 15 Thundercat – Unrequited Love Points: 80 SD: 5.96 khan – 10 zippy – 11 singingrulebritannia – 14 esportsanime – 15 wheatsquares33 – 25 Thundercat’s a bit of an odd choice for an anime rankdown, hey. This isn’t my favorite song of his, but it is good and such a fun addition to the list. This is an insert song from 2019 anime series Carole and Tuesday. It’s a very entertaining watch...a bit of an unfocused mess, but that’s kind of the charm. I think the most interesting thing about this show is the music—there’s a surprising amount of Western collaborators on this project that you’ve probably heard of including Flying Lotus and Denzel Curry. There’s some really good music in this show, I like the songs by the main duo as well (first opening Kiss Me is delightful, and the 2nd ED is also pretty good). It’s such a weird thing that exists, it’s worth watching though.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:30:17 GMT -5
14 Flow – Colors Points: 81 SD: 9.58 esportsanime – 5 zippy – 8 singingrulebritannia – 11 wheatsquares33 – 24 khan – 26 Another one of the most iconic anime openings of all time. The “JIBUN WO” at the beginning of Colors was an inescapable meme for the better part of the the last 15 years, it feels like. But kinda deserving honestly, Colors is absolutely classic. I think Flow would probably belong on the Mount Rushmore of anime opening artists. They have so many GOAT openings under their belt and were on every major shounen series of the mid-2000s. And yet, I do think Colors is probably their best known song (but...Days from Eureka Seven is better, I think. However, I’m obsessed with 7/8 of the openings and endings from that show + some of the insert songs, so I picked a different song from that series to represent it). Code Geass is an all-time classic show, watch it if you haven’t.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:31:52 GMT -5
13 Shikao Suga – Yuudachi Points: 83 SD: 6.07 esportsanime – 6 wheatsquares33 – 13 singingrulebritannia – 15 zippy – 15 khan – 23 Shikao Suga is another artist I want to listen to more. I’m really only familiar with his anime songs (xxxHolic OP is great, Tegamibachi music is solid), but they all sounds good. He has a really smooth voice, and you don’t hear this kind of funk and soul in anime very often. I chose Yuudachi for this list because, well it’s a really good song. But also the show that it is an opening to is a little unexpected. This is the OP for 2000 horror classic (?) Boogiepop Phantom, the first attempt to adapt the Boogiepop light novels (a notoriously difficult series to adapt) to anime. Weirdly, this season takes place between the 1st and 2nd volumes of the novel and is all original material, so it’s more an animated side story. Very cool visually, straight from the Lain era of dark, gritty, hallucinogenic horror that I’m such a big fan of. Didn’t enjoy it much on rewatch, but I still have a soft spot for it.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:34:25 GMT -5
12 Yoasobi – Kaibutsu Points: 88 SD: 10.31 khan – 3 esportsanime – 4 zippy – 13 singingrulebritannia – 20 wheatsquares33 – 27 Yoasobi are one of the biggest acts out of Japan right now, I feel. Not only are they a go-to artist for all the biggest anime airing right now, but they are consistent hit makers on the Japanese charts and their streaming numbers are insane. I like Yoasobi, but all their songs kinda sound the same. Their OP song for Beastars season 2 is by far my favorite (the Frieren opening is okay, I do not like Idol or Oshi no Ko at all). Oh, the first Beastars opening is pretty great too (Wild Side by ALI), that one actually did well in a Madness in like 2020 or so I think. Beastars is a good series too, high recommend (should read the manga for this one too).
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:36:47 GMT -5
11 Bonjour Suzuki – Ano Mori de Matteru Points: 90 SD: 12.14 esportsanime – 1 zippy – 3 wheatsquares33 – 10 singingrulebritannia – 22 khan – 29 Well, first #1 is out. I’m so so so sorry esportsanime T_T I don’t know anything about Bonjour Suzuki, but I do love this song. The anime that this is the opening for is 2014 classic (?) Yurikuma Arashi. The first of 3 anime on this list by my favorite director Kunihiko Ikuhara (who also directed Sarazanmai which I had on the first list). Yurikuma Arashi is a weird ass show that was kinda hard to follow at times, but is some of the most signature Ikuhara direction you’ll see. And I did like its commentary on gender and sexuality, it’s pretty smart once you cut away the BS like bears named Life Sexy.
Here is the top 10!!
Azumi Inoue – My Neighbor Totoro Buck-Tick – Kuchizuke coaltar of the deepers – DEAR FUTURE Gumi – Catch You Catch Me Juno Reactor – Guardian Angel Luca Yumi – Truth Paradise Lunch – Guns & Roses School Food Punishment – How to Go Susumu Hirasawa – BERSERK -Forces- Tommy Heavenly6 – PAPERMOON
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:40:32 GMT -5
10 Paradise Lunch – Guns & Roses Points: 93 SD: 8.44 khan – 1 esportsanime – 10 zippy – 10 wheatsquares33 – 18 singingrulebritannia – 23 Condolences khan . 2nd #1 lost here. Wanted to feature another instrumental jazz opening here. Though its not nearly as classic as Tank, Guns & Roses is iconic in its own right. I really like how Baccano and Durarara format their opening animations to have the little character name slides and recap during the opening, very distinct (and makes sense since they’re by the same author and I thiiiink director, but idk about that). Baccano is a buck wild dark comedy about like, serial killers and vampires and immortals and a big ass train in the 1800s, all told from like 20 perspectives in achronological order. It’s hard to follow, but I think that kind of storytelling is what makes the show so unique.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:42:17 GMT -5
9 Azumi Inoue – My Neighbor Totoro Points: 96 SD: 7.92 khan – 4 wheatsquares33 – 9 zippy – 9 singingrulebritannia – 12 esportsanime – 25 My Neighbor Totoro really needs no introduction. It’s like, THE Studio Ghibli (or maybe Spirited Away, depending on who you ask). I considered including a Joe Hisaishi instrumental here for Ghibli rep, but honestly, there aren’t many that I love so much I’d put them on a list like this. And the Totoro credits song is just so charming and adorable and delightful, I love it.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:43:53 GMT -5
8 Gumi – Catch You Catch Me Points: 99 SD: 8.23 wheatsquares33 – 3 zippy – 5 singingrulebritannia – 8 esportsanime – 20 khan – 20 Speaking of charming and adorable and delightful. I love love love Cardcaptor Sakura, one of my all-time favorite anime. So feel-good and has my favorite ensemble cast of any anime. I think I could actually stand a rewatch soon. CCS music is pretty consistent—Groovy by Kohmi Hirose is great, as mentioned. 2nd ED Honey is a really nice little downtempo track, don’t remember the other EDs but they’re probably fine. 2nd OP is garbage, but the 3rd OP by Maaya Sakamoto is one of her best. But Catch You Catch Me is easily my favorite, it’s such a fun song, I love the animation, the little slide whistle at the end of the chorus. Like, a top 10 anime opening of all-time for me.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:45:55 GMT -5
7 Buck-Tick – Kuchizuke Points: 101 SD: 10.83 wheatsquares33 – 1 esportsanime – 3 singingrulebritannia – 5 zippy – 21 khan – 24 Oh. Condolences wheatsquares33 . Kuchizuke is obviously another top 10 opening for me. Buck Tick are a classic band in 80s Japanese goth rock and visual kei (and had a pretty strong performance in Globetrotting IV as well). I really need to listen to some of their albums, I don’t know why I haven’t yet. They’re another one of those bands that are kinda too big for anime. Outside of their songs for Shiki, they also performed an xxxHolic ED and the opening for something called Trinity Blood that I’m not familiar with. But Shiki is kinda the perfect show for Buck Tick/visual kei. The character designs are over-the-top and offensively overdesigned, but the show is really dark and gothic (plus, Gackt from Malice Mizer voices one of the characters, one of his rare appearances as a voice actor). I love Shiki, one of my favorite horror anime (if not my favorite). It’s a slow burner, but extremely good all the way through, high recommend. Also, the 2nd ED Gekka Reijin is another really good Buck Tick song, I think I had that one on the 2019 list instead. But I looooove Kuchizuke.
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Post by zippy on Jul 8, 2024 20:46:44 GMT -5
I believe that My Neighbor Totoro and Catch You Catch Me are the two songs I was most familiar with before doing the rankdown. I could also say Unrequited Love to a lesser extent since I recognize the artist but I didn't know that song was used in an anime series.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:51:03 GMT -5
6 School Food Punishment – How to Go Points: 102 SD: 6.47 khan – 2 zippy – 6 singingrulebritannia – 13 wheatsquares33 – 14 esportsanime – 18 Futuristic Imagination is one of my all-time favorite songs. But since I sent that for Last Stand last year (and probably some rock tournament before that), featured in the 2019 rankdown, and chose Falling Down for the Eden of the East representation, I went with a different School Food Punishment song. This is the opening for a weirdo mystery show from 2011 called Un-Go that...seemingly no one remembers. It’s not that great. But it’s fine. Kinda miss this era of shitty early 2010s mystery shows like Ranpo Kitan and Perfect Insider, they don’t make them like they used to. (also, the ED Fantasy by Lama is GREAT, recommended)
The top 5!! coaltar of the deepers – DEAR FUTURE Juno Reactor – Guardian Angel Luca Yumi – Truth Susumu Hirasawa – BERSERK -Forces- Tommy Heavenly6 – PAPERMOON
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:54:06 GMT -5
5 Luca Yumi – Truth Points: 107 SD: 11.15 singingrulebritannia – 1 zippy – 2 khan – 5 wheatsquares33 – 12 esportsanime – 28 Condolences, singingrulebritannia (you’re the only one with a #1 still in now, zip). Here is the 2nd of the Ikuhara shows on the list. And probably his biggest (unless you wanna count Sailor Moon, but he only worked on a few episodes of that). Revolutionary Girl Utena is a legendary piece of queer anime, it’s really stood the test of time. One of those Evangelion-type shows with pages and pages of essays written about it and its symbolism. I’ve never done a DEEP dive on Utena, but I did enjoy watching it (and could probably bear a rewatch, even). Utena has some really good music too. I had honestly kinda forgotten about this ED until I overheard esportsanime listening to it and decided it was a good pick. I had originally chosen the ICONIC Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku for the Utena rep, but I don’t think that would’ve done quite as well (and wouldn't have liked having it stuck in my head for 5 months straight). Rindou Revolution is a great OP as well.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:56:40 GMT -5
4 Tommy Heavenly6 – PAPERMOON Points: 108 SD: 4.67 singingrulebritannia – 4 wheatsquares33 – 7 esportsanime – 8 zippy – 12 khan – 16 I only started watching anime in 2016, so I wasn’t there for the prime time of big shounen shows from the mid-2000s like Naruto or Bleach or whatever. I never went back for either of those, but I did watch Soul Eater a few years ago, and I really like it! The visual style is sort of underrated I think, it’s one of the most stylistic shows out there and has some great animation. Pretty standard shounen anime plot, but it’s so much fun to watch. And it’s another one with consistently memorable theme songs throughout (even if I don’t love a lot of them). Tommy Heavenly6 aka Tommy February6 aka The Brilliant Green doesn’t have a ton of anime music under her belt, but her openings are all sooooo good. Pray from Gintama, Lonely in Gorgeous from Paradise Kiss, and Ash Like Snow from 00 Gundam could all land on a list of my favorite anime songs, but Papermoon is probably her best known (and my second favorite behind Lonely in Gorgeous), so I went with that one. (but side note, even though I didn't include Lonely in Gorgeous here, Paradise Kiss is one of my favorite romance anime I've ever seen, as someone who's not crazy about the genre, I recommend that one as well)
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 20:59:11 GMT -5
3 Juno Reactor – Guardian Angel Points: 110 SD: 7.04 wheatsquares33 – 4 zippy – 4 esportsanime – 7 singingrulebritannia – 9 khan – 21 It's so cool to see this one in the top 3. I wasn’t sure how y’all would like it. 8 minute long Goa trance instrumentals definitely aren’t typical anime music fare, and that’s kind of what makes this opening for Texhnolyze so memorable. Love this song and have had Juno Reactor’s Beyond the Infinite on my planning list for way too long at this point. Texhnolyze is another one of my very favorite anime series, it’s in my top 25 for sure. There aren’t many shows whose endings hit me so hard as this one. Plus, it’s peak early 2000s cyberpunk grit, which is my favorite stuff ever. It’s a VERY slow burner, but it’s worth it in the end. Amazing directorial work from Hiroshi Hamasaki, classic Yoshitoshi Abe designs, a Chiaki Konaka script, it’s like all my favorite anime staff came together on this one, you love to see it.
TOP 2!!! BERSERK FORCES - SUSUMU HIRASAWA VS. DEAR FUTURE - COALTAR OF THE DEEPERS 112 VS. 118 POINTS ONLY ZIP'S #1 IS STILL IN LOWEST RANKING IS MY HUSBAND'S #24
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 21:03:20 GMT -5
2 Susumu Hirasawa – BERSERK -Forces- Points: 112 SD: 5.03 singingrulebritannia – 3 khan – 6 zippy – 7 wheatsquares33 – 11 esportsanime – 16 Berserk is a series that probably needs no introduction. It’s like, the most popular and most acclaimed manga of all-time (maybe One Piece beats it, depending on who you ask). I’ve never actually read Berserk, but I definitely want to. But the 1997 adaptation is quite good! Some real 90s anime grit in the art that I love, really well done. Both the opening and ending are classic in their own rights, just not songs that I go back to personally. But I do love the insert/episode preview song by Susumu Hirasawa, another composer whose work I need to listen to more. Hirasawa has a massive back catalog of work, but he’s probably best known for his contributions to Berserk and frequent collaborating with Satoshi Kon projects (Paranoia Agent OP, music for Paprika and Millennium Actress) when it comes to anime.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 21:06:06 GMT -5
1 coaltar of the deepers – DEAR FUTURE Points: 118 SD: 9.69 zippy – 1 wheatsquares33 – 2 singingrulebritannia – 2 khan – 8 esportsanime – 24 Congrats zippy ! I’m happy that this one won (and you can go rank it in 2011 RYM! Figures both winners for this series would be the only ones to appear in other rankdowns lol). Coaltar of the Deepers are a great band (The End of Summer came pretty close to winning my last personal rankdown too), great blend of shoegaze and alt metal and post-hardcore. Haven’t contributed much music to anime though just insert songs for...Beck and Un-Go (I did not know that happened in either of those shows lol). But fortunately, their one true theme song is for Mawaru Penguindrum, which is easily a top 10 anime of all time for me (maybe top 5). I could gush about this show for so long (and its music...2 amazing OPs from Etsuko Yakushimaru, one of which you can also rank in 2011 RYM + Dear Future is a great track record. Also, love Welcome to Rock & Roll Night), but I’ll keep it brief and just highly recommend it. It’s an absolute rollercoaster and, imo, Ikuhara’s best work.
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Post by zippy on Jul 8, 2024 21:27:57 GMT -5
Um, wow. I'd say at least my top 4 are excellent picks. Guardian Angel was my initial choice to be my #1, yet Dear Future had me hooked on repeated listens. It's cool that it's part of the 2011 RYM rankdown, but unfortunately I won't be sending a list for it. As the runner-up, BERSERK -Forces- also stands out for its interesting mix of genres.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 8, 2024 21:29:58 GMT -5
So that's it! For now. Kinda stumbled over the finish line here, but I did have fun doing the reveals for this honestly, I'm glad I made it happen. I do feel a bit of regret not going through with part 3, honestly. And I know that esportsanime really wants me to as well, and has even offered to take over hosting duties from me. With the caveat of replacing all my picks, so who knows what you'll get from them (I don't even known if I do...) Maybe when the pendulum swings back around to me watching anime again (or if I get enough voiced support for me to post it now), I'd do another edition of this, wouldn't count it out. Wouldn't say that my not going through with part 3 at this moment is the nail in the coffin or anything, but I have other projects I'd rather be working on right now. BUT if you're interested...here was my proposed list for list #3 (and, again, who knows, maybe you'll see some of these songs in other places). Plus the series they are featured in (off the top off my head, if any of those details are vague or wrong) Anemoneria – Sudachi no Uta (Wonder Egg Priority OP) Bakudan Johnny – Tada Hitori (Ping Pong The Animation OP) Chiwa Saitou & Shinichiro Miki – Kogarashi Sentiment (Monogatari Second Season OP...6?) Coldrain f/ Ryo from Crystal Lake – MAYDAY (Fire Force OP2) DALI – Moonlight Densetsu (Sailor Moon OP) DAOKO X Kenshi Yonezu – Uchiage Hanabi (Uchiage Hanabi uhh song) Eiko Shimamiya – Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Higurashi OP) ELISA – euphoric field (English Version) (ef a tale of memories OP) Hideki Taniuchi – L no Theme (Death Note OST) Hiroyuki Sawano – Before My Body Is Dry (Kill La Kill Insert) Houkago Tea Time – Don’t Say Lazy (K-On ED1) Izawa Asami – Fly Away (Eureka Seven ED2) Juuji Ishiwatari & Yoshinori Sunahara + Etsuko Yakushimaru – Kamisama no Iutoori (Tatami Galaxy ED) Kalafina – Magia (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica ED) KANA-BOON – talking (The Perfect Insider OP) Masayoshi Yamazaki – One More Time, One More Chance (5 Centimeters Per Second ED)
Origa – Inner Universe (Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex OP) Pat Metheny Group – Last Train Home (Jojo Part 3 ED2) sora tob sakana – New Stranger (High Score Girl OP) SID – ENAMEL (Black Butler Book of Circus OP) The Bluetones – 4-Day Weekend (music video) VELTPUNCH – Crawl (Nabari no Ou OP) YUI – again (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OP1) YURiKA – Kyoumen no Nami (Houseki no Kuni OP) Yuya Matsushita – Trust Me (Durarara ED1)
(now I wouldn't necessarily I saved the best for last intentionally, but...damn this may be my favorite of the 3 lists :sob: almost second guessing cancelling this thing, maybe I'll bring it back in a few months).
Here's the playlist if you're interested in hearing it!
Thanks everyone for sending!
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Post by janinho on Jul 11, 2024 14:13:22 GMT -5
Eiko Shimamiya – Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Higurashi OP) KANA-BOON – talking (The Perfect Insider OP)
Higurashi is actually in one of my future lists. Talking is probably my favorite Kana-Boon song. And I just love the animation in the opening.
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Post by khan on Jul 13, 2024 13:28:12 GMT -5
Dang didn't have a lot of desktop access to pay attention to reveals live, but thanks again for this series Wheat! Lots of good stuff. My main takeaway is just how much more genre variation anime songs have, certainly a lot more than I ever realized. Hell, Dear Future does not a sound I expected to ever hear in anime, let alone to win this whole thing. Really cool to see it.
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