What are some of your favorite opening themes?

I really like

Serial Experiments Lain: Duvet
Cowboy Bebop: Tank
Chobits: Let Me Be With You
Azumanga Daioh: Soramimi Cake
Excel Saga - Love (Loyalty)
Hellsing: Logos Naki World (A world without logos)

Also, the ending theme for FLCL rocks. ^^

Man, I have a ton of them...

Just counting the opening themes, a few of my favorites would be:

GTO - Driver's High
Slayers Next - Give a Reason
Kare Kano - Tenshi no Yubikiri (The Angel's Promise)
Initial D - Break into the Night

Haven't we done this already?

Oh: Evangelion and Hellsing.

Originally posted by Odin
[B]Haven't we done this already?/B]

We've done this before yeah, but not for ages. Last thread about this was made sometime last year, I think. And people's opinions change over time, so I figured it was okay to ask again. ;)

Also- I'm somewhat fond of the opening and closing themes in Detective Conan, but as I'm not a big fan of the show, I couldn't tell you the names. =/

Chibimaruko chan- I don't know the titles.

Great Mazinger - ore wa great

Zeta Gundam - toki wo koete(I think)

V Gundam - Stand up to the victory!

Goshogun - sengoku majin Go Shogun

kodomo no omocha - ultra relax

Getta Robo - Getta Robo

Xabungle - Hey you!(not sure of title)

Heavy Metal L-Gaim - Time for L-Gaim

Aura Battler Dunbine - dunbine Tobu

Combattler V - Combattler V(?)

Urusei Yatsura - Lum no love song(?)the first one.

hmmm... well, there's a bit of a theme to most of them, if you notice.

Hmm. let's see..

Cowboy Bebop - Tank!

Last Exile - Cloud Age Symphony

Final Fantasy Unlimited - Over The Fantasy

Oh, My Goddess! - My Heart, Your Heart

Love Hina - Sakura Saku

Love Hina Again - Kirari Takaramono

Gasaraki - Message #9

King of Bandit Jing - Shout it Loud

Trigun - H.T.

There are others but their names elude me at the moment!

Hellsing: Logos Naki World (A world without logos)

man cowboy bebop kiks ass

Originally posted by Shiruzo
man cowboy bebop kiks ass

Glad you like it (not really), but that's not what this thread is about. :p

More of my favorites:

Black Heaven (Kacho Oji) - Cautionary Warning (It isn't exactly an original song, but I love John Sykes)
Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey - It's an orchestral piece. Very nice.
Banner of the Stars - Another orchestral piece. This one would make John Williams proud.
DNA2 - Blurry Eyes
Tekkaman Blade 2 - Reincarnation

InuYasha = change the world
Chobits = Let Me Be With You
NeonGenisisEvangelion = opening ...dont know title ...
Cowboy Bebop = Tank
Oh, My Goddess = My Heart, Your Heart
Love Hina = Sakura Saku
King of Bandit Jing = dont know title
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some of the manga/anime i have picked i did not know title so .......... copy some of the others....... ;)


and i have mostly heard all of them in japanese...:D

mine are-

Dragon Ball Gt- Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku (Bit by Bit My Heart is Charmed)

Yu-Gi-Oh- Kawaita Sakebi (A Yell of Thirst)

Sailor Moon :) (Sailor Stars)- Motto Suteki ma Asa ga Kuru yo (A More Beautiful Morning Will Come)

Samurai X- Ashita no Kakera (A Piece of Tomorrow) I think???

Vision of Escaflowne- Yakusoku wa Iranai ( I Don't Need Promises)

I'd say Yugioh's my fave

It's been a long time since I've seen it, but I like the Lupin III theme song without vocals. ;p

also
"Fukai Mori" (by Do As Infinity), an ending song from Inuyasha, is <33333.

...dont know if i can count video games but i loved kingdom hearts opening theme simple and clean

Hellsing: Logos Naki World ( did I get it right? )

Also that Yakusoku wa iranai from Vision of Escaflowne is pretty good.

i like tenchi muyo's opening theme

I like the opening them to Magic Knights Rayearth in season one because it's about not giving up.

I also like the Utena opening theme.

Let's see...

Gundam SEED: Invoke
Mazinger Z: Fire Wars
GaoGaiGar: Yuusha Oh Tanjou!
Combatler V: Combatler V!
Getter Robo: Getter Robo
Shin Getter Robo: HEATS
V Gundam: Stand Up to The Victory
Gundam Wing: Just Communication
Gundam: (Whatever it was called...)
Tekkaman Blade: Reason

do not post in threads where the last post was 2 years old.

Mines would be Death Note 1 opening - the WORLD by Nightmare

So many...

Free Bird - Haibane Renmei
Let Me Be With You - Chobits
School Rumble 4 Ever - School Rumble
Happy Material - Negima (Season 1)
All The Way - Kino no Tabi
Theme From Patalbor - Patlabor 2
Kujibiki Unbalance - Kujibiki Unbalance
Sakura Kiss - Ouran High School Host Club

I don't know the track title, but I love the opening to Honnemaise no Tsubasa.

do not post in threads where the last post was 2 years old.

Yeah, reviving ancient threads does suck, but there's really no reason to close this one.

Some of my favorite opening themes are:

Fate/Stay Night - Disillusion
.Hack//SIGN - Obsession
Chobits - Let Me Be With You
Ouran High School Host Club - Sakura Kiss
Sailor Moon - Moonlight Densetsu
Cardcaptor Sakura - Purachina

Well, let's see.

For really good music, I like

Saiyuki - "Wild Rock"
Weiss Kreuz Gluhen - "Stone Roses"
Serial Experiments Lain - "Duvet"
Hellsing (the new version) - "Broken English"
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - "Inner Universe"

And for Super-Happy-Genki music, I like

Tenshi ni Narumon - "Datte Daisuki"
Card Captor Sakura - Any of the openings/closings. They're all adorable
Dragon Half - "Watashi no Tamagoyaki"
DiGi Charat - "Number 1 Star"

:3 Oh, anime music. You make my heart sing. In strange, strange ways.

naruto the many season themes

All Gundam Themes
Invoke
Moment
Believe
Realize
Ignited
Pride
Our Whereabouts
Rhythm Emotion
Dreams
Resolution
The Winner
Men of Destiny
Stand Up To The Victory
Beyond Time
Shine Through The Storm
Silent Voice

Everything Else
Tokihanate-Blue Gender
Break Out-Super Robot Wars: OG: Divine Wars
Boomerang Boogie-Gad Guard
Condition Green-Patlabor
Days, Young Boy's Heart, To The Center of the Sun, Cherry Blossom-All from Eureka 7
Tommorow-Full Metal Panic
Southern Wind-Full Metal Panic: TSR
Hemisphere-Rahxephon
Thesis of A Cruel Angel-Neon Genesis Evangelion
Seventh Moon-Macross 7
Rising Force-Super Robot Wars: OG: Divine Wars
Sky Blue Days-Tengen Toppa-Gurren Lagann
The Light That Faces You-Zegapain
This Is The Time-Getter Robo Armageddon
1000% Sparking-Negima!?
Adventure, Right? Right?-The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Bomb A Head! V-Tenjho Tenge
Blue Flame-Pumpkin Scissors
Born-Le Chevalier D'eon
Breakthrough-Eyeshield 21
Brilliant Road To Tommorow-Stellvia
Tank-Cowboy Bebop
Cherry Blossom Kiss-Ouran High School Host Club
Cloud Age Symphony-Last Exile
Cherry Blossom Blooming-Love Hina
d.m.c.-Devil May Cry
Deep Red Vow-Busou Renkin
Destiny Girl-009-1
Destiny of the Desert-Desert Punk
D-Technolife-Bleach
Inner Universe-Ghost in the Shell: SAC
Rise-Ghost in the Shell: SAC-2nd Gig
Get Along-The Slayers
Give A Reason-The Slayers
Go For It-IGPX
H.T.-Trigun
Neverending Dream-Inu-Yasha
I'm A Pioneer-Tenchi Muyo
Jubei-Chan Opening Theme-Jubei Chan: The Ninja Girl
Kouga Ninpochou-Basilisk
Love Is A Thrill, Shock, Suspense-Detective Conan
Memories of the Future-Kiddy Grade
Mission-Area 88
GO!-Naruto
Far-Off Distance-Naruto
Many Times Until Now-Naruto
No Need For Tenchi-Tenchi Universe
Brand New World-One Piece
Through The Night-Outlaw Star
One Flower-Bleach
Pegasus Fantasy-Saint Seiya
Freckles-Rurouni Kenshin
Dame!-Rurouni Kenshin
Reckless Fire-s-CRY-ed
Raison D'etre-Claymore
Red Fraction-Black Lagoon
Rolling Star-Bleach
Battlecry-Samurai Champloo
Sanctuary-Kiba
Scab-Zatch Bell
Shell-Witch Hunter Robin
Strongest x Inclination-Sumomo Mo Momomo
Tears of the Blue Sky-Blood+
The Moment The Cicadas Cry-The Moment the Cicadas Cry
The Night You Smiled-Steam Detectives
The World-Death Note
Theme of Gemini-Kikaider-The Animation
Theme of R.O.D.-R.O.D.-Read or Die
Tonight Tonight Tonight-Bleach
Trust-Vandread
Truth ~A Great Detective of Love~-Detective Conan
Unlimited-Samurai 7
What's Up People-Death Note
Smiling Bomb-Yu Yu Hakusho
Shuffle-Yu-Gi-Oh!
Warriors-Yu-Gi-Oh!
Y'Know-Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040

I did my manga shopping today and walking through town with the phone on shuffle gives:

Wake Up Angel - Pita-ten
Opening Theme - R.O.D. the TV
Chiisana Inori - Furuba
My Pace Daiou - Genshiken
Jidai no Kaze - Porco Rosso
Jump - Hand Maid May
Get Over _ Hikaru no Go
Have the opening to the original Read Or Die as well.

Not anime but, Welcome to Lunatea from THE PS2 Klonoa 2 OST has been stuck in my head all evening. It is an opening of sorts...

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Bouken Deshou Deshou?
Lucky Star: Motteke! Sailor Fuku
Kiddy Grade: Mirai no Kioku
Kamichama Karin: Ankoku Tengoku
Gakuen Alice: PIKAPIKA no Taiyou

Rurouni Kenshin ~ Kimi ni Furerudake de
Dual! The Parallel Trouble Adventure ~ DUAL!
Devil May Cry ~ d.m.c
Samurai 7 ~ Unlimited
Flame of Recca ~ Nanka Shiawase
You are Under Arrest ~ Boku De Aru Tame Ni

Id say, one is KARAS, oh yeah there is an opening!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW73E6oy9OM

Beside that:

Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Ninja Scroll
Full Metal Panic!
Full Metal Alchemist, last op.

Devil May Cry - d.m.c.
Darker than Black - HOWLING
D.Gray-Man - all OPs

There are many great opening themes out there. In general I enjoy themes which relate to the plot as well as how the music fits the video. One of the best examples of this is definitely "Stray" from Wolf's Rain.

The tune of "Stray" is quite catchy, and it's performed well. The backing instruments help the singer and are balanced well. The song has meaningful lyrics which actually relate a lot to the plot, and it supports the visuals.

All in all, "Stray" from Wolf's Rain does what a proper theme should do, and this is the reason why I think it's among the best anime opening themes I've heard. :)

my favourites would have to be a cruel angels thesis for neon genesis evangelion, the trigun theme (i forget what it is), rise for ghost in the shell stnad alone complex 2nd gig and probably my latest favourite would be the one for the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya ;)

also this would be my first post on these forums =D

Duvet by BOA the opening theme for Serial Experiments Lain
Not just a good opening theme but a very good song at the same time

Haruka kanata - naruto
I know - Evanglion
Deathnote OP

rayne21x has quite a list...
I would say...
Hikari e (One Piece Opening 3)
Brand New World (One Piece Opening 8)
The World (Death Note Opening 1)
What Up People (Death Note Opening 2)
Doubth and Trust (D. Gray Man Opening 3)
All of the Bleach Openings
Colors of the Heart (Blood+ Opening 2)
Others to come...
:3

Hikari e
One Piece

sorry for the double...

Triple, you mean.

Edit posts instead of stupidly posting more to add on. We'll all be happier and I won't have to rag on you for it.

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I hate you...

Oh no! However shall I sleep at night?

Ha ha...
Funny...
Not being sarcastic...
But dude...
why the hell are you tearing me down?
I'm fairly sure there are other people who are being more annoying right now..

I can hassle more than one annoying person at a time.

Ha ha...
Good for you...

Full Metal Alchemist- My favourite one!!! I�m sooo in love with Al... *cof* *cof* sorry XD
Card Captor Sakura- all of them
Death Note- All of them
Tsubasa Chronicles- Loved it!!! *o*
Sailor Moon- Just the last season. Stars.
Fruits Basket- It's soooo cuuuttteee!!

Haru Katnata - Naruto
Lilium - Elfen Lied

Here are a few of my favorite opening themes:

Driver's High - Great Teacher Onizuka
Chain - Air Gear
Galaxy - Gantz
Yume no Shima Sghnen Kouen - Paranoia Agent
World Without Logos - Hellsing
Dogfight - Initial D Fourth Stage
Bomb A Head! - Tenjou Tenge

SaGa Battle Medley (romancing Saga 1,2,3

RahXephon OP - Hemisphere..
it got me into sakamoto maaya and kanno yoko

The song from Bleach Season 1.

Excel Saga - Love (Loyalty)

you are the only other person to say this besides me. mandi, we're awesome

but yeah, my favs are excel saga - love (loyalty), all GitS:SAC themes, and the neon gen theme.

also, not really an anime, but the pgsm opening theme is awesome.

Openings from :
- Ghost In The Shell
- Evangelion
- Samurai Deeper Kyo
- Wolf's Rain
- Death Note (1st OP)
- Bleach (some of them)
and some others...

Lilium ~ Elfen Lied
Tsubasa Wa Pleasure Line ~ Chrono Crusade
A World Without Logos ~ Hellsing
D-TecnoLife ~ Bleach

Frasier is a great anime.

- First OP of Full Metal Alchemist
- Ghost in the Shell movie OP (1&2)
- Cowboy Bebop OP
- Black Lagoon OP

Here are my favorite anime opening themes which I play everyday:

"R.O.D Theme" by Taku Iwasaki (ROD OVA)

"R.O.D" by YKZ (ROD the TV)

"Scramble" by Yui Horie with UNSCANDAL (School Rumble)

"Flying In The Sky" by Yoshifumi Ushima (G Gundam)

"Just Communication" by TWO-MIX (Gundam Wing)

My favorite opening themes are

Lucky star - Sailor suit
Azumanga daioh - Soramimi cake
Neon genesis evangelion - Cruel angel thesis (not sure thats the real name:S)

Venus Verses Virus-Bravin Bad Brew
Neon Genesis Evangalian- Cruel Angel Thesis
Rosen Maid Trum-?????

Fate/Stay Night - Disillusion
Jyu-oh-Sei - Deep in Your Heart
Tsubasa Chronicle - IT'S
Tsubasa Chronicle Tokyo Revelations - Synchronicity
Paradise Kiss - Lonely in Gorgeous
Final Fantasy Unlimited - Over the Fantasy

Ghost in the shell SAC 2ND GIG - Christmas in the silent forest [terrestrial broadcast]
Haruhi Suzumiya - Its an adventure right? RIGHT?
Full Metal Panic The Second Raid - Southern Wind
Ah my goddess Fighting wings - Star of love

D-Tecnolife- Bleach
Rewrite- Full Metal Alchemist
Hit in the Usa- Beck(Mongolian Chop Squad)

Sakura Kiss - Ouran High School Host Club

kodomo no omocha - ultra relax

Getta Robo - Getta Robo

Xabungle - Hey you!(not sure of title)

There was a lot of music I loved in Ouran High School Host Club (the ending theme, Shissou, for one), but I didn't like Sakura Kiss. A bit too repetitive, didn't like the singing.

Here's a few of my favorites:

Bōken Desho Desho, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Sentimental, Midori no Hibi
Houki Kumo, Yakitate!! Japan


That's all I can think up off the top of my head.

EDIT: What? My connection shorted out and Firefox loaded the "create post" page when I restarted...

Fire at will.

Rewrite - Full metal alchemist
Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku - Dragon Ball GT
the opening song in Fullmetal panic the second raid
World - Death note

COLORS - Code Geass (It grew on me)
Pokemon Season 1 English dub op (EPIC)
Tank - Bebop
Motteke Searfuku - Lucky Star
Naraku No hana - Higurashi Season 2

Thats all I can think of for now...

So far my favorite opening theme is the one from Black Lagoon. I like the song and the opening animation looks cool.

Openings from :
Black Lagoon
Robotech
are the best.

I'd say:
Love (Loyalty) - Excel Saga
Keikenchi Joushouchuu - Minami-ke
After Dark - Bleach
Kakusei Heroism and HOWLING - Darker than Black
Ready Steady Go - Fullmetal Alchemist

by favorite opening are we talking about the audio or the video?

in any case:

permanent number 1:
haibane renmei ... both the score and the video have EPIC labeled everywhere.
s.e. lain
bt'x neo (lots of explosions)
ranma 1/2 ... for some reason, the opening's artstyle is better than in the series (in my opinion)
saint seiya (all 3 openings)
dragon quest
dragon ball z (second opening)
sentou yousei yukikaze (specially the video)
shaman king's second opening (though i like the first one's theme better)
tetsujin 28 (1980's).
parade parade (though not a REAL opening, it is the first thing you see in the episodes of this hentai, and the song is quite cool)
pocket monsters first opening
pokemon (us) third opening (specially love the part where ash is falling and a crapload of powers explode behind him)

cant think of anymore at the moment.

Trinity Blood - Dress

just stunning ~

Wow, so many. I guess I'll just put all my favorites xD

Ayashi no Ceres = Scarlet
Lucky Star = Motteke! Se-ra-fuku
Naruto = GO!
Naruto = Haruka Kanata
Ouran High School Host Club = Sakura Kiss
Slam Dunk = Kimi Ga Suki da to Sakebitai
Princess Tutu = Morning Grace
Dual! = Dual!
Ruroni Kenshin = 1/2

and the "Legend of Mermaid" insert song from Mermaid Melody Pichi Pici Pitch was pretty catchy too ;D

My personal favourites openings
* My criteria is not just the song is nice, but the overall performance of the opening/ending theme video.

Fate/stay night - disillusion
Higurashi ni naku koroni - (title of song is the same as the anime's)
Gankutsuou - We Were Lovers
Slam Dunk - Kimi Ga Suki da to Sakebitai
Tsubasa Chronicle - BLAZE & IT'S
Serial Experiments Lain - duvet
Shakugan no Shana - Hishoku no Sora
Shakugan no Shana II - JOINT
xxxholic - 19sai

Cromartie High School

Digimon Data Squad
Digimon Season 4 (Frontier)
Yeah, yeah, I like the dub themes. So sue me. XD But the dub of Season 4 has such an interesting theme, a bit refreshing sounding... but w/e.

Edit:
OH and there is always one theme I will always like. The theme from DBZ, it rocked.
DRAGON DRAGON! *stops music* Okay, I'll stop singing.

Pokemon Season 1 English dub op (EPIC)

Wait...that was DUBBED?! My life has no meaning any longer! 4Kids, how could you!!!

OK

Change!! Shin Getter Robo: Heats
EatMan 98: Tabibito
Great Teacher Onizuka: Cherished Memories
Gundam 0083 StarDust Memory: Back to Paradise
Gundam Char`s CounterAttack: Beyond the Time
Bleach: Life
City Hunter Get Wild

and games to especialy Metal Gear.

metal gear solid rules all :P

BECK's or Paniponi Dash FTW

i like

hellsing: aim4 (op in the german dub)
d.gray-man: doubbt & trust
gits sac: 'rise' and 'inner universe'
gintama: pray

Wait...that was DUBBED?! My life has no meaning any longer! 4Kids, how could you!!!

no, he meant the first opening of pokemon (in japan, the series is best known as pocket monsters) in the butchered 4shame entertainment version.

Gundam Wing.

Ghost In The Shell:Stand ALone Complex (both the 1st and the 2nd GiG):
Inner Universe and Rise

Cowboy Bebop: Tank! (tho I think the ending is way better)

RahXephon: Hemisphere

Noir: Copperia no hitsugi

Trinity Blood: Dress

Hellsing: Logos Naki World (a world without logos)

.hack//sign: obsession

ja ne \o

every OP on my stepmania blog (http://neothe0ne.wordpress.com/) lol

But in all seriousness, a couple of the standouts for me would be

1) Hayate no Gotoku! 2nd OP - ShichitenHakki☆ShijouShugi! / KOTOKO
2) Code Geass R2 1st OP - O2 / ORANGE RANGE [but the full version is kinda shitty]
3) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann OP - Sorairo Days / Shoko Nakagawa

CITY HUNTER MAN

BECK!!!

There are so many to choose from: (in no particular order)

1: Velvet Underworld: Wei� Kreuz (I know the lyrics of by Heart)
2: Ready, Steady, GO: Fullmetal Alchemist (L'arc-en-Ciel) (I know the lyrics of by Heart)
3: Rewrite: Fullmetal Alchemist (Asian Kung Fu Generation)
4: Inner Universe: Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex (Origa) (I know the lyrics of by Heart)
5: Dragon Ball Z US Openings
6: Just Communication & Rhythm Emotion: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Two Mix)
7: Not an opening but: Heart of Sword: Rurouni Kenshin (T.M.Revolution) (I know the lyrics of by Heart)
8: Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 2 US Opening
9: Piece of Heaven: Wei� Kreuz (I know the lyrics of by Heart)
10: Gluhen: Wei� Kreuz Gluhen (I know the lyrics of by Heart)

Fruits Basket opening theme (can�t remember the title)
Elfen Lied � Lilium
Ergo Proxy - Kiri
Serial Experiments Lain � Duvet
Wolf�s Rain � Stray

Death note Theme is great !!

I have to agree with many of the ones posted so far, but here are a few recent shows that (for a variety or reasons and styles) have taken a place in my head.


RD Sennou Chosashitsu - 'Wanderland' by 9mm Parabellum Bullet
Moyashimon - 'Cirriculum' by Ifu Sarasa
To Love Ru - 'Forever We Can Make It' by Thyme

and for closings add

Itazura na Kiss - 'Kataomoi Fighter' by Go Go 7188

Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (Hohoemi no Bakudan) :)

Digimon Adventure (not the dub) - Butter-fly
Most of the Bleach openings
Chobits - Let me be with you
Cowboy Bebop - Tank
Elfen Lied - Lilium
Loveless - Tsuki no Curse
Naruto/Shippudden - ALIVE, Hero's come back
Sousei no aquarion - Sousei no Aquarion (imaginative title huh?)

There're plenty of others, those are just a few of them off the top of my head.

The Tudors

i have many but i'll just take what i would mostly remember...

Bleach- Tonight Tonight
Flame Of Recca
Dragon Ball Z
Yuyu Hakusho
Voltes V
Astroboy (classic)
One Piece - We Are (R&B/Pop)
Deathnote

lets see
Russian Rollete- Dirty Pair TV
Tori No Uta- Air TV
My Soul Your Beats- Angel Beats

Beelzebub Opening 4; BABY-U! a nice song, very catchy. I rarely listen to Japanese anime music these days and I quite like it. Best opening by far, for me that is. :)

Chobits's op.

Lots.
Currently it's the Jormungand OP.

Gundam X opening theme Gundam X 1st Opening ver. 1 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsvfHAatiF8&feature=related)

fantastic

Cowboy bebop Tank. Im sure many people have said that already, but its a timeless song.
Also, Gurren lagann Sorairo days. This opening gave me goosebumps the first time I heard and saw
The opening. Its what made me watch the show. Some of the bleach and naruto themes are cool too.

Yuyu Hakusho
Voltes V

As dumb as it sounds I love the "Rock The Dragon" theme to Dragon Ball Z haha

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, the first op.

disillusion sung by Sachi Tainaka, opening theme of Fate/stay night.

Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight - Kiseki no Umi.

Wolf's Rain - Stray
Baccano! - Gun's & Roses
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Naraku no Hana
G.I.T.S. S.A.C. - Inner Universe

The Opening to Great Teacher Onizuka By Porno Graffiti that song is just so catchy.

Madoka - Magia by Kalafina
Fate/Zero Season 2 - to the beginning by Kalafina
Guilty Crown OP2 - Everlasting Guilty Crown (sadly one of the only things I enjoyed from the series...)
Gurren Lagann - Sorairo Days by Nakagawa Shouko
Haruhi OP2 - Super Driver by Hirano Aya
Oreimo - irony by ClariS
Code Geass OP1 - COLOR by FLOW (who doesn't like some JIBUNNN WOOOO)
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Cruel Angel's Thesis
Kaminomi - God Only Knows by Oratorio The World God Only Knows

Inazuma Eleven: Maji de Kansha! (OP2) and GOOD Kitaaa (OP5) by T-pistonz+KMC
Inazuma Eleven GO: Ohayo!Shining Day (OP3) by T-pistonz+KMC
Naruto: GO!! by FLOW
Pokemon: OK!! by Matsumoto Rica
Digimon: butter-fly by Wada Kouji, Never Give Up!! by Sonar Pocket and Stand Up!! by Twill
Code Geass: Colors and World End by FLOW

Baccano!'s opening, Guns and Roses, is just damn classy, and is right up there with Tank!(Cowboy Bebop) in terms of awesomeness.
Mirai Nikki's 2nd opening Dead End almost wins over Guns and Roses. Almost. Baccano! is just a better anime(imo)
Eureka Seven's opening Days is also pretty nice.

four

Bishōjo Senshi Sailormoon - Sailor Star Song.
Cardcaptor Sakura - Catch You, Catch Me.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Cruel Angel's Thesis (Zankoku na Tenshi no Teze).

Air - Tori No Uta
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles - Blaze
Fullmetal Alchemist - Ready, Steady, Go
DN Angel - byakuya ~True Light~

To name a few. :)

Alphabetically:

Cowboy Bebop
Durarara!! (First Opening)
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex - 2nd Gig
Jonny Quest
Lupin III (3rd Series)
Mission: Impossible
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Paranoia Agent
Speed Racer (English Version)
Star Trek: Voyager
Wonder Woman
UFO

JonC
(I know a lot of them aren't anime. If you wish, consider it a frame of reference.)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni"
Cardcaptor Sakura: "Catch You Catch Me"
Gintama': "Tougenkyou Alien"
Kimi ni Todoke: "Kimi ni Todoke"
Bakemonogatari: "Kaerimichi"
Nichijou: "Hyadain no Kakakata☆Kataomoi"
Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai: "irony"

Draven, music from naruto is awesome. My favourite openings are
ROCKS (by Hound Dog) from Naruto
What's Up (by Maximum The Hormone) from Death Note
Northern Lights (by Megumi Hayashibara) from Shaman King
Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku (by Field of View) from Dragon Ball
D.M.C theme (by Rungran) from Devil May Cry

1. Fate UBW opening.
2. Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) - Rewrite
3. All of the Monogatari openings, they're great!

"Tank" from Cowboy Bebop
"You Are The One" from Patlabor (the OVA's)

Sexy Adventure from Lupin III
Flying in the sky from G gundam

This guy

https://youtu.be/tEIURTJKek0

Love This :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvkJ1ISTfo
Macross ~ Opening Full Version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhUkRN4TMxI
L - Gaim ~ Time For L-Gaim (English version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PBYD7YkpF4
Ganbare Genki ! ~ Kaze ni Nare !

Probably the second Japanese opening for Kirby: Right Back At Ya!

All the Madoka Magica openings - Connect, Luminous, and Colorful

Here's some of my favorites:

Elfen Lied - Lilium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTXr9RzXE_U

Your Lie in April - Hikaru Nara:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNpkdSv6iMQ

Cowboy Bebop - Tank:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2rVnRwW0h8

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Bouken Desho Desho?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtjrB3szKR4

Angel Beats - My Soul, Your Beats:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIFV8UUs1-c

theres just so many to list them all.

here are some:

select moon - tsukihime
pegasus fantasy - saint seiya
duvet - serial experiments lain (though the original track by boa is much better)
one piece's second opening (forgot the name)
oversoul - shaman king op 1
free bird - haibane renmei
death notes first opening

cant think of more ATM

One of my personal favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DehmPOkrtRc

Death Note's first season opening is an easy choice. I find it hard to not like Attack On Titan's theme as well! Unravel from Tokyo Ghoul is all kinds of kick ass too.

hmmmm.. there's a few but the one's that always pop into my head are:

Cowboy Bebop
Mushihi
Assassination Classroom
Ergo Proxy
One Piece (1st opening)

The new Record of Lodoss war's theme was always incredible to me. It wasn't as good as the original series in my opinion, but the music is always memorable.

Departure! by Masatoshi Ono from Hunter x Hunter (2011)
Again by Yui from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Sign by Flow from Naruto: Shippuden
Crossing Field by LiSA from Sword Art Online
Ideal white by Mashiro Ayano from Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
World End by Flow from Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Lay Yours Hands On Me by Boom Boom Satellites from Kiznaiver
My Soul, Your Beats! by Lia from Angel Beats!
Alones by Aqua Timez from Bleach
Guren no Yumiya by Linked Horizon from Attack on Titan
Perfect-area Complete! by Natsuko Aso from Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts
Parallel Hearts by FictionJunction from Pandora Hearts
Musouka by Suara from Utawarerumono
Redo by Konomi Suzuki by Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World-
A Cruel Angel's Thesis by Yoko Takahashi from Neon Genesis Evangelion
Forever… by savage genius from Elemental Gelade
Connect by ClariS from Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Sakura Kiss by Chieko Kawabe by Ouran High School Host Club
Hacking to the Gate by Kanako Ito from Steins;Gate
Kaze no Uta by Flow from Tales of Zestiria the X
Yakusoku wa Iranai by Maaya Sakamoto from The Vision of Escaflowne

There might be more, who knows?

I have quite a few.

Mada Mada Mada from Eto Rangers
Moonlight Densetsu from Sailor Moon
Moon Pride from Sailor Moon Crystal
Stray from Wolf's Rain
Nagareboshi Gin from Ginga Nagareboshi Gin
Ginga Densetsu Weed theme
Mezase Pok�mon Master from the Pok�mon series
Catch You, Catch me from Card Captor Sakura
Butterfly from Digimon Adventure 01
True Light from DN Angel
Guren no Yumiya from Attack on Titan
Jajauma Ni Sasenaide from Ranma 1/2
Jungle Emperor Theme from Kimba the White Lion/Jungle Emperor Leo 1965
Past the Savanna from Jungle Emperor 1989
My Sweet Heart from Tokyo Mew Mew
GeraGera Po no Uta from Yo Kai Watch
Soramimi Cake from Azumanga Daioh
Kirby March from Hoshi no Kirby
Sailor Star Song from Sailor Moon
Kawaita Sakebi from Yu-Gi-Oh Season 0
Advance Adventure from Pok�mon series
Together from Pok�mon series

Arashi no Naka de Kagayaite - Gundam 08th MS Team

The opening theme from Chobits always enveloped me in the world and tone of the show.
It was the first anime series I cared about, and the opening theme was a big part of that.
There are others I love too, but this is the important one because for me, it was formative.

Cowboy Bebop: Tank and Chobits: Let Me Be With You

Melos no You ni -LONELY WAY- by AIRMAIL FROM NAGASAKI from Aoki Ryuusei Super-Powered Tracer Layzner
Fushigi CALL ME by MIO from Sei-juushi Bismarck

I dont have a favorite because all anime themes suck.

Colors by Flow from Code Geass always have a special place in my heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBTZ9zi3NGg

Love the upbeat them from Gundam 08th MS Team. Loaded that sucker on my phone.

Just about anything from MYTH & ROID and most of the Shingeki no Kyojin themes (especially the latest season's opening!)

My favourite one is Saiyuki - "Wild Rock" also naruto has many great openings

Successful Mission - Saber Marionette J

Cowboy Bebop - Tank!

The Biggest Dreamer - Digimon Tamers

Xabungle op
Yamato op
Tonegawa op

and all City Hunter openings

I am new to the genre so no favorite yet, and this thread really has some legs. :)

Samurai Champloo - Battlecry

Never made an extensive list of those, but Tabi no Tochuu (Spice and Wolf's 1st opening) is a solid one.

Shaman King - 2 openings

Patlabor - 2 openings

Gundams Wing - 2 openings

inuyasha - openings

Street Fighter - Victory - 1 opening

Heaj Guy J - 1 opening

Gatchaman (1972) - 1 opening

Digimon Tamers - 1 opening

Initial D - Second Stage - opening

Hungry Heart: Wild Striker - opening

- All Ghost in the Shell TV Openings.
- Attack on Titan Openings.

One of my top favorite songs of all time.

"Crying for Rain" - 美波 (Minami) MV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YF8vecQWYs)

It's the opening theme for Domestic Girlfriend, which is a shame because the song is absolutely amazing but the anime is not so great (to put it mildly).