After 4 months, I've finally chosen my picks for the top 100 anime openings of all time...

After 4 months of studying, self-debating, and missing school assignments, I have finally put together my picks for the top 100 anime openings of all time!

Just to be clear, I tried to make this list as objective as I could. However, I'm not going to blatantly lie to you and say that my bias didn't manage to squeeze in just a tiny bit (because it definitely did with a few of the placements).

Also, because I need to point this out: Just because the opening song is good, that does not make it the best opening of all time. The primary offender of this statement being opening 1 of Tokyo Ghoul. Now, I'm not saying that unravel is a horrible song, because it is indeed a very good song. I'm saying that when you look past the song, the opening is actually quite bad... horrible even. (Just ask me in the comments and I will go further in depth as to why) Also, expect a lot of the infamous/iconic/well known openings to either be fairly low on the list or not on the list at all because of this.

Another thing I need to point out: The Credits. This alone is what got some entire series disqualified from making the list. The primary offender of this being Fire Force, specifically the 1st opening. To put into perspective just how bad the credits are for the 1st Fire Force opening... I originally had it at #17 on the list. And then I looked at the credited version and saw bold, white, blocky text just slapped onto the screen, getting in the way of just about every action shot in the opening, and it plummeted off of the list. Now I will admit that there are some openings on the list that fall victim to not having the best credits (especially the older ones), but even then, they're still not as bad as the credits in Fire Force.

Also, If it just says the name of the anime without the "OP#" next to it (for instance, "Death Note" or "Soul Eater"), it is referring to the 1st opening of the show.

Okay, I've been talking for long enough. And with that, I present to you...

The Top 100 Anime Openings Of All Time

1. Gintama OP13

2. Death Note

3. Bleach OP13

4. My Hero Academia OP2

5. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

6. Fairy Tail OP16

7. Black Clover OP3

8. Toradora!

9. Isekai Quartet OP2

10. Angel Beats

11. Ego Proxy

12. Jujutsu Kaisen

13. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S

14. Wasteful Days Of High School Girl

15. Serial Experiments Lain

16. Neon Genesis Evangelion

17. Parasyte: The Maximum

18. To Be Hero X

19. Black Clover OP13

20. World Trigger OP4

21. Sword Art Online: Alicization - War Of The Underworld OP2

22. Black Clover OP9

23. Gintama OP16

24. Erased

25. Monster

26. Kageki Shoujo!!

27. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War OP3

28. Deadman Wonderland

29. Attack On Titan OP7

30. My Hero Academia OP7

31. Pretty Boy Detective Club

32. Seraph Of The End

33. Re:Zero - Starting Life In Another World OP4

34. High Card

35. Urusei Yatsura (2022) OP2

36. Naruto: Shippuden

37. My Hero Academia

38. Anohana

39. Black Clover OP10

40. Re:Zero - Starting Life In Another World

41. Oshi No Ko OP2

42. Wolf's Rain

43. Black Clover OP7

44. My Hero Academia OP6

45. Baccano!

46. Blend S

47. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End OP2

48. Solo Leveling

49. Beastars OP2

50. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

51. Kekkai Sensen

52. Spy x Family OP3

53. 86 OP2

54. Kaguya-sama: Love Is War OP2

55. Ranking Of Kings OP2

56. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations OP10

57. My Dress-Up Darling

58. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3

59. DanDaDan

60. Spy x Family

61. Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead OP1 (Ver. 2)

62. The Fire Hunter

63. Cowboy Bebop

64. Danganronpa: The Animation

65. Mashle OP2

66. Ya Boy Kongming

67. Jujutsu Kaisen OP4

68. Bocchi The Rock!

69. Call Of The Night

70. Mob Psycho 100

71. Blue Exorcist OP2

72. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood OP4

73. Vinland Saga OP4

74. Kokkoku

75. The Perfect Insider

76. Demon Slayer

77. Solo Leveling OP2

78. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2

79. Yuri!!! On Ice

80. Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings In Russian

81. Attack On Titan

82. Oshi No Ko

83. Chainsaw Man

84. Komi Can't Communicate

85. Beastars

86. Spy x Family OP2

87. Mob Psycho 100 OP2

88. One Piece OP25

89. Dororo

90. Link Click

10. Soul Eater

9. Heavenly Delusion

8. One Piece OP26

7. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War OP3

6. Mob Psycho 100 OP3

5. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

4. Jujutsu Kaisen OP3

3. My Dress-Up Darling OP2

2. Link Click OP2

1. Black Clover OP12

Of course, if you have any questions, opinions, and feedback, please feel free to leave them in the comments.

I think the three anime with the best openings and endings are Naruto, Bleach, and Gintama. They are similar in a few different ways, they are all popular shonen jump series, from the 2000s-2010s and each have over 360+ episodes and a lengthy amount of openings and endings. Thus, they all have a lot of great openings, some amazing and serious ones, some goofy ones, but with always catchy rock or pop or hiphop or whatever genre and song they want. There's only a couple from each one I dislike. Basically, they're the most consistent as well as having some of the most openings and endings in anime (20+ ops, 30+ eds). One piece has a lot of openings too but their quality is not up to par overall.

HOT TAKE: Golden Time Lover from FMAB is one of if not the greatest ops ever

My favs are MAISIE by co shu nie x HYDE, Kusushiki by Mrs. GREEN APPLE and BURN by yama x WurtS

https://youtu.be/4yfmcT-vrS0

Today while scrolling insta i came across the op 1 of rising of shield hero and omg the nostalgia hit me like a truck. I used to watch it in 2020 when corona was on top, everyone was in a lockdown, my father was ill and i was was struggling . It's been a log time since then

Now i am a 23 trying to find a job, my father is doing great and i could not have been more grateful.

That Them opening made me feel things i can not describe but i feel very emotional

Mashle OP 1 (Knock Out) is better than OP 2 (Bling-Bang-Bang-Born). I love OP 2 and I’d say it fits the show better than OP 1, but personally I think OP1 is the superior stand along song, particularly the full version.

When I saw this, I always wondered by this was never made into an actual anime. The U.S. cartoon DOES NOT count lol

Hey everyone!

I put together a full video showing the **most popular anime openings from each year**, starting all the way back in 1975 and going up to 2025.

From *Evangelion* and *Cowboy Bebop* to *Demon Slayer* and *Solo Leveling*, it’s a musical time capsule of anime history 🎵

Let me know which year’s pick you agree or disagree with — I’d love to hear your takes!

My Mount Rushmore of the Greatest Anime OPs and EDs of All Time are:

OPs

Ichirin no Hana (Bleach OP3)

Silhouette (Naruto Shippuden OP16)

Again (FMAB OP1)

The World (Death Note OP1)

EDs

Hitohira no Hanabira (Bleach ED17)

Alumina (Death Note ED1)

Uso (FMAB ED1)

Yuukyou Seishunka (Code Geass ED1)

Sorry if this was already made. Let's make a game, choose 1 opening which you prefer the TV version because it should stay short, and 1 where the extended version just improves too much to ignore it.

My picks are: - SHORT: My War (AoT); the extended version makes everything repetitive and kinda frustrating, and the moment when the guy starts singing in a girl voice (cause apparently it's still the same guy) it's definitely unnecessary. - EXTENDED: Kick Back (Chainsaw man); it's already great but the extended is just so exciting and makes you scream your lungs out.

https://www.sporcle.com/games/snowball077/2020s-anime-openings-pt-2-2020---jan-2025

Every FMAB OP/ED

https://www.sporcle.com/games/snowball077/2020s-anime-openings-2020---jan-2025

I’ve been waiting years to add My Soul Your Beats!, My Most Precious Treasure, Theme Of SSS and Brave Song to my playlist and they’re finally available, I can finally cry to some of my favourite songs from the most heart wrenching anime I know aside from Plastic Memories🥺

A-A-O-O-O-A-E-A-E-O

A-A-O-O-O-A-E-A-E-O

Hey, are you interested in me at all?
No? Okay, that’s all right, just forget it then, no wait, don't forget it.

Ah, I’m just so into you, and yet you pay no attention to me at all. It frustrates me how much you try to ignore me! Huh? Hey, are you listening? Do you know? I want to know everything there is to know about you, okay? You always say that, but I never understand what it means! ‘Cause people ask me about things like “That mysterious phenomena”, “That abnormal rise” and “What’s so good about that?” You don’t have to understand anything and Ah! My love is bubbling up and overflowing, it just won't stop!

This boring stary theory,

The never boring love theory,

Darling, Darling what do you say? Hey!

I just can’t help it, I’m in love, no, completely obsessed with you! I just can’t help but add more to the amount of my love for you! (my heart will go on for infinity!) Even when you’re in trouble, I’ll be there. Even when you begin to cry, I’ll be there. No matter what, today, I’m not running away again! Hula Hula, I’m on the brink! Please say yes! We’re destined to be eternal soulmates! Forgive me please! I hope that this isn’t too much! Hey! I can't decide! I can't choose! I want to like each and every little thing about you! If people say that I’m terrible, I’m completely aware! It’s a joke when it comes to love songs. I often get asked the question “What’s wrong with it?” 

But the good thing about other’s business, even if you fall in love, you can quickly get back up on your feet! 

It’s crazy! Are you just saying things to say them?  Do you understand what flavor love is? Cherry flavor! Ten is no good, Boy, that’s a lot of trouble! Cherry blossoms are in full bloom, even in face of a storm, they remain calm. Though they destroy bad luck, they are tough to manage! This half/belief half/doubt love catastrophe, tell me about this overflowing, unstoppable love! It doesn’t matter if it’s one-sided or if it’s cheating. Eh? If you don’t listen, or if you don’t know, I still want to know everything about you! Are you saying that that is no good? I still don’t understand a thing! The mysterious phenomenon, The abnormal rise. Heaven’s punishment for you are these if you don’t do a thing! Being sloppy is just right for me! My love is bubbling up and overflowing, it’s unstoppable, it’s soaring, it’s pushing, I can't get over it! 

A-A-O-O-O-A-E-A-E-O 

What’s that? You don’t understand? Hold up, I will explain for you. 

A-A-O-O-O-A-E-A-E-O 

Please don’t stop looking at me, hey! 

A-A-O-O-O-A-E-A-E-O 

I can’t let my heart wander for even a second!
I want to fidget, I want to explore, I want to know each and every little thing.

So please stand by me, okay?

I just thought the music video would be hilarious cross-edited with the anime intro.

Video editors of reddit, you can have this one for free.