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Top 11 Anime Openings Print E-mail
(194 votes, average 4.49 out of 5)
Written by That Dude In The Suede   
Sunday, 20 July 2008 22:09
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Comments (275)
  • SMcCall64
    I guessed the #1 song before I even started watching the video, and I've only
    seen like, three complete anime series. Not that it's a bad thing though, I'm
    usually turned off by japanese vocals and I found the vocals in that song to be
    quite catchy.
  • ThatFellowInTheCoat
    Very funny and informative video. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

    "Where's my button?" lol
  • torgospizza
    I have to say that this was a good list. though I have to disagree with you on
    the first Death Note opening theme, which I thought was good. What I liked about
    it was the symbolism in how Light was inserted into various religous themed art,
    symbolizing his goal of becoming a god.

    Anyway, I look forward to what your next video is.

    Actually I have a suggestion for an anime OVA that you can review Nostalgia
    Critic style. Garzey's Wing, considered by all who have seen it to be one of the
    worst anime OVAs to ever be released. Just read this review and mopre
    importantly watch the video that accompanies it to see scenes from this thing:

    http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2007-09-20

  • nsonic79  - What? No Gundam SEED?!?!?!??!
    But besides that this was a really good list. You even kept the swears down to
    almost nothing, and still made it funny! That's a huge plus in my book. Makes me
    wish I could do my top eleven anime list like you. *sigh* I'll just have to
    resort to blogging. Good job and great commentary!
  • Crystanna
    hmm, I don't know personally I think there were better openings you could have
    used. Then again, I don't think a lot of the "popular" series openings
    are very good. The video was still entertaining though.
  • The Hellish Gnome
    When I first started watching this video I thought "oh dear, some cheap NC
    rip off", but I actually thought you were very funny and original indeed.
    Loads of great jokes in the there, but my favourite is when you started talking
    to "yourself" :D

    HG
  • greybob
    Very nice! Now you should do top eleven closings, or maybe worst openings? Ha ha
    ah... uhm. Yeah, keep it up! I'm excited to see more stuff from you! Oh, I just
    thought of another, top eleven rpg cut-scenes! And it would have to have at
    least half of them be from final fantasy games though. However, there is also
    the awesome Wild Arms 4 opening, but I can't think of any others right now.
  • Lupin_IV
    You specified these as the top 11 recentanime openings; doe this mean there's going to be a top 11 for classic openings?
  • sporenfrosch
    it just wont load, will it?
    And why is there this other guy?
    I can only see a picture of him right now, yes i know amazing how far it loaded
    right :)
  • admin
    Quote:
    it just wont load, will it?
    And why is there this other guy?
    I can only see a picture of him right now, yes i know amazing how far it loaded
    right

    I moved the video to a different server. All should be well now. Thanks for the
    heads up!
  • blushapple
    They're showing ThatGuy "rip offs" because ThatGuy likes to showcase
    other funny guys. And this guy is pretty funny. If you haven't watched the video
    yet, don't not watch it just because it isn't Nostalgia Critic. He's plenty
    worth it.

    And I personally find the British accent very sexy. ;)
  • fettsvett201
    where's the first opening to FMA?! That song gripped me by the balls man. Also
    the closing song of FLCL.
  • woozlez  - Bo
    BoBoBo Bo BoBo >:(
  • johnlocke108  - Wow
    I truly enjoyed your video and hope to see more of you in the future. You pulled
    it off very well!
  • Protom-lad
    Great video, but awww no One Peice? I don't watch many amine but I've been
    addicted to One peice for a while, and I think the openings are pretty dang
    good(especially the Water 7 arc opening)! No harsheties though.

    But I do hope you do a video about One peice, it's just really fun and has great
    art design, and it's surprisingly emotional at parts, I swear, I cried at the
    end of the Enies Lobby arc!(You know what I'm talking about.)
  • ThatDudeInTheSuede  - Responses
    @ fettsvett201: I would have put FLCL in there, I really would have! One
    problem though: It's an ENDING Animation, And list was for OPENING ones.

    @ blushapple: thanks! it's actually a New Zealand accent.

    @ thechaowiththeglasses999: I'm not really a ripoff, I just said that to get
    your attention. It worked! XP

    and everyone else: Thanks for being mainly supportive, I'll try hard not to let
    you down, and next week: AMVs.
  • vcoffey
    Pretty good list altogether. No big complaints. Would like to see more from you.
    Oh and congratulations.

    Oh, and you should do a top eleven Anime closings. I find a lot of those are
    better than the openings on occasion.
  • Demidronik  - Interesting
    When he got down to #1 I was expecting him to say the American opening of one
    piece with him saying "one" so much. Death Note and Evangelion I do
    share as favorite openings.
    Although the 6th opening of Bleach with the song "ALONES" is my favorite
    Bleach opening. And while D. Gray Man isn't quite as popular, the 3rd opening
    with the song "Doubt & Trust" is one of my favorite anime openings.

    Overall interesting take on that guy with the glasses top 11 review.
  • Miguelitro
    Of fucking course Evangelion is the number 1!

    But, hey, I disagree with you in number 3 and 2 positions, should be inverted

    C.B. the 3rd
    2nd DN the 2nd.

    Nice review
  • scullkrusher  - shitty
    Aside from the fact that you insulted Nightmare which is one of my favorite
    bands it was fine. That song titled "the WORLD" is one of my favorites.
    But thats fine youre free to hate it.

    One question where the fuck was Full Metal Alchemist or D. Gray Man?! I know its
    impossible to cover all of them but come on!
  • King Of Some Island
    Quote:
    When has rap ever been good in an opening sequence?


    Innnnn West Philidelphia born and raised... ;D

    Need I continue
  • Enkil  - I have to admit
    I was giving you a break, and I told myself, "Hey, maybe this guy is
    good," but I just didn't like it as much as the rest of the "That
    Guy" videos. First off, you tried a little too hard to knock off The
    Nostalgia Critic, and you made it quite clear on several occasions. It just
    isn't you though. Had you been a new character with your own personality and
    your own way of doing things, I may have liked it a little bit better. For the
    next video, I suggest you do your own thing because this really isn't you.

    To my fellow viewers: Please don't vote this down, I'm trying to give some
    constructive criticism so he may have an even better video up next time.
  • Dr Dib  - Ok
    Not being a huge anime fan, I didn't really get the list. It was nice to see
    what someone else thinks about anime openings though as my list probably would
    just include DragonBall and Sonic X as those are the only animes I really
    watched.

    Speaking of Dragonball, while I'm not going to complain that it is not on the
    list, I am going to complain about what you said for Pokemon. You did say that
    it was one of the few American anime openings that didn't hurt the subject
    matter, but Dragonball pretty much had the Japanese opening translated to
    English. Well the 3rd opening is. It uses the same music and if I'm not mistaken
    more or less similar lyrics. I'm not talking about Dragonball Z or *sigh*
    Dragonball GT.
  • MG
    Yay, I thought you’d pick the Neon Genesisintro as your favourite! But you don’t think it’s ‘teh graetest ahneemay
    evar!!!!11!!1!’?. Okay, but it is for me, especially End of Evangelion. Wow, that one left me speechless!

    Oh, and thank you for what you said about the first Death Note intro, I’m grateful I’m not the only one who thought the same.
  • verkenderkraftwerk
    eh...The only anime I've ever watched are films and when I was a kid Dragonball
    Z and Pokemon, so I wasn't really familiar with the shows on the list. However I
    still found that part about the death note show funny.
  • Zetta
    If the English Pokemon theme (first one) was in Rock Band for the Wii, I'd buy
    that version just for that song.

    Srsly. Those guitar riffs are awesome.
  • blushapple
    Quote:
    @ blushapple: thanks! it's actually a New Zealand accent.


    Really? Well, shows how much I know. It's very attractive in any case. :)
  • counselor2009  - Good job
    I just wanted to say I thought you did a pretty good job with this. I did like
    the list (love Trigun, Samurai Champloo, and especially Cowboy Bebop) and I
    thought the use of the visual editing was good, especially when you criticized
    yourself during the Lucky Stars sequence. While I did like your choices, I would
    have had a few different ones, such as The various works of Rumiko Takahashi
    (Ranma 1/2 1st and 2nd seasons, Mermaid Scar, etc), Excel Saga, or The First
    Hellsing series but this is just personal preference and you did mention recent
    intros. As I mentioned, This was a good first video and I look forward for to
    the next video.
  • DarkSkyGhost
    I wonder if he thought about adding Ergo Proxy into the list.
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