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I’m a teacher and this year for my film study unit I wanted to do animation. My films would be the Spider-Man movies, but I do want to setup how unique animation can be and how it can get across ideas that just wouldn’t work live action. My idea for a day would be showing a whole bunch of anime openings/endings that have really good/unique animation and pointing that stuff. With that in mind. Post really awesome and unique OP and ED's. If you just want to dump something in, that's cool. If you want to write up a little about what you think makes the animation add to the OP/ED that would make it easier for me if I like it. What kind of stuff am I talking about? Let me post some stuff that I think is some of the best stuff. Cyberpunk Edgerunners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OifiVCnFKzM Just awesome how they have the character animation within the main character, and then the city animation on its own, combined with the ending bit. Really cool, and I like it because while it's an obvious bit of symbolism, it means it's easy to teach Tatami Galaxy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkH8ti1gakE mix of live action for background and the character work means you get that cool endless effect but the rotating character bit just wouldn't work live action. Erased https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fodAJ-1dN3I The constant "film" use and character animation morphing kid to adult. This has a lot of unique effects that just wouldn't work in live action (blood pooling across the screen) Bleach OP 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW9TwZdWpjw Use of transition effects, silhouettes to fade into characters, small use of "fast forward" this OP has always kicked rear end for the little things it does Dr.Stone New World ED 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOlDbKkvmhk I think this stands for itself. Shows how we can convey emotion, and stories using things just like sand. What does reflection look like? Shadows can be the absence of something! Dr.Stone New World ED 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvVo_gjXMEM Dr.Stone has really awesome ED's! Use of patterns to create character outlines. Haikyu OP 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBSfI10pXHM Haikyu! Being able to neat poo poo like morph a mountain into an eagle because you want to show off your cheesy symbolism. I'm all for this. (The darkened court lighting up and crows flying out is sick) I've got a giant list and I can post more if you want to see what I think is worth showing off, but post what you think is awesome here and it could help confirm my list. (Also if you think some western show has a really good OP go ahead and post it)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwF1pl0Nufc i really like this ed by how it communicates the personalities of everyone in the class, even the really minor side characters, just by how they move and interact, without dialog and in that kinda abstract style, in just two continuous shots theres also sort of a story with how the class is fairly disconnected in the first shot but everyone seems much closer and theres way more crossing over between groups and conversations in the second segment you could probabyl do the two shots thing in live action but the abstraction and the extremely static camera are things i think work better in animation. they're mo capped, but the animators clearly exaggerated the motions, which shows more character. Endorph fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Nov 17, 2023 |
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Nov 17, 2023 06:22
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOUi3uPC3Vc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzYV5kyGqwM also play the ms paint and actual op of gintama side by side
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Nov 17, 2023 06:36
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Okzra8Anr4 Brand New Animal - a really great opening and a really banger song for a really mid final product over all
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Nov 17, 2023 07:05
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X46nnCxs6wk Arguably better than the show it's attached to, IMO. It's not my favourite ED of all time but it came out of nowhere and really swept things compared to the first season's decent but not exactly unique credits. It's always gonna be a toss up for me with openings and endings because so much hinges not just upon the song or the animation but also how well they synergize. There's OPs where the animation is rad as hell and I don't care a lick for the song and other times where the song is a banger and the animation is just routine. Gotta have both. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlBLcLdTYr4 I like this one for what it suggests and then that snap at the end where time stops. It's low key and understated like the rest of the show which makes it stand out among a sea of high energy OPs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-91y7BJ8QA And this one just has gremlin teenagers and I love it. Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 07:20 on Nov 17, 2023 |
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Nov 17, 2023 07:12
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTeLGxA1rrU Yame no susume season 2 mixes some unique visual styles to give a high energy opening to the show. Love it when different styles mesh together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlSbEP4V-gI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQEA_nxLaE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ijkvUYwJhU Bochi the Rock's opening/endings fit here as well. Just some great style mixed with really great music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEVhv4eB8Q8 The new Urusei Yatsura show has the unenviable task of living up to one of the classic openings of all time and the mix of new tech with the 80's of the setting really works and makes me wish the show actually used it as a setting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rckYQnPW-wk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvyaVqfylu4 Call of the Night/Yofukashi no Uta had a great unique look due it's late night setting and both the opening and ending capture this perfectly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hgwUqC5_mM Maybe one day we'll get that Bloom into You season 2 or movie to finish the story but the opening is great/moody
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Nov 17, 2023 07:51
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The actual ED from Chainsaw Man the song is featured in is boring and generic as rear end and does it no justice at all, so I'm just gonna post the music video for Fight Song instead because it feels like it's an entire anime season itself in the span of 5 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eOg5DoYuwU
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Nov 17, 2023 08:40
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well, we already got 2 yuasa bangers in the thread, time for the realest one of the bunch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB3gc6Uc7y0
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Nov 17, 2023 12:24
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two EDs that I really like and feel a bit unique to me, are the first ones from Mob Psycho 100 and Jujutsu Kaisen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Yjk7KedVg the gloomy boring life of Reigen getting lit up as he sees Mob is great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6riDJMI-Y8U i really like the art style on this, and the way they did the dances on it. Just feels unique and fun.
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Beastars first OP is a nice stop motion piece done by Studio Dwarf the people that did Rilakkuma https://youtu.be/bgo9dJB_icw?si=mlJX8L32MgtbG71V Dorohedoro's 3rd ED turns into a DOOM wad https://youtu.be/KY3MyHAFc68?si=2uEcXH9e2cc3ZQHz The coloration, the music, and the first few seconds of the Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 OP gives a kind of moody feel I don't see at all in shonen OPs https://youtu.be/5yb2N3pnztU?si=wmfdYChMLmua8yXd Season 2 spoilers the latest episode also made me appreciate the song a lot more.
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Servant x Service has a very strange OP, where it is largely static in 2D, but has vibrant explosions of the entire scene the character is in, shattering like candy around the character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zts5MJJQ9kM&hd=1 Princess Jellyfish has an interesting OP that is almost entirely just references to hollywood movies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UVLl4aXcfI&hd=1&t=12s Dorohedoro has a very surreal OP with a marching line of characters splattering into the title as well as a character violently making gyoza. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH_YJde1yps&hd=1 Spy x Family has knocked it out of the park with every single one of its OPs and EDs, both artistically and audibly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_rWZK_8vUY&hd=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz--GkzpAf8&hd=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRKJBpFFsuI&hd=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ql6YwCTAko&hd=1 nine-gear crow posted:The actual ED from Chainsaw Man the song is featured in is boring and generic as rear end and, similar to FIGHT SONG, the OP for Record of Ragnarok has a much, much better original music video for the official upload of the song with a great style to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F86GZpO_ZeU&hd=1
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I like Frieren's ED with the flower motif throughout, flowers being an important part in a few bits of the series so far, and them making different forms referencing things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pmd0kt3FOs D4DJ First Mix's OP has a first half with more stylized graphics and lots of spinning like a DJ deck does to really tie into the fun feeling of the series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpGT0_9KcBY
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Nov 17, 2023 15:59
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From a few more years back than I like to think but Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei (So long, Mr Despair) had several amazing OPs and EDs many were almost entirely tonally off from what the actual show was and it was only years later, when the manga ended, that much of the imagery made any sense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woa9WyC7OuI Some OP's evolved as the series went on (rumours had it that it was more a case of them being completed rather than it originally being planned but who knows?) Later there's a version with additions from the studio that handled the Witch Realms in Madoka. There was also a rap remix??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V10lh3Gr_fw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx_SglPkbFQ This one is apparently a reference to some real world cult? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36esZqykH0 The EDs also had some great tracks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YK4-VH1DGQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJV8xkDuIL0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMYZyYP-gdk There was one done in the style of Mike Mignola becuase why not? This wasn't a horror series but SHAFT was on their bullshit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqywzRiMG1k drat I loved that series...
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A few of my picks have already been posted, so I'll just say what I like about 'em: Mob Psycho 100 ED 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Yjk7KedVg Paint-on-glass animation. Made exactly like it sounds. Artist is Miyo Sato. Mob Psycho 100 OP 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epZaT8B31-g References to and use of multiple animation techniques! Zoetrope, barrier grid, and rotoscope! Beastars OP 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgo9dJB_icw Stop motion! Frieren: Beyond Journey's End ED 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pmd0kt3FOs Collage animation! Chainsaw Man E05 ED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQ3wEIq84Y Lots of examples of looping walk cycles, especially notable for multiple horse animations. Not only are horses known as animator bane (animators clearly flexing here), but also references the Muybridge race horse, one of the pillars of film creation. Chainsaw Man E09 ED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giJKMtRnD20 Excellent demonstration of straight-ahead animation. Really, you're not going to go wrong selecting anything Chainsaw Man because they're all insanely unique and marvelous examples of animation technique and style. Pick your favorite and unpack! Ranking of Kings OP 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWZAH5w8jkQ Honestly, just my favorite OP ever. Uhhh, you can talk about the insane use of light/shadow, emulation of first-person perspective, that absolute flex of a lantern animation (and you can further refer to the cage animation in Disney's Pinocchio), and the pros of simple, clear character design. RoK is a powerhouse for excellent character design! Castlevania OP 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy_FWdbnvM0 I'm counting this because Spencer Wan has worked on numerous "authentic" anime, but fun fact!: The sketchy straight-ahead sequence was his first pass. Odd Taxi OP 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX-Ry1VxeDQ Wholly unique! Entirely shape-driven with a jittery liveliness and watercolor and marker texturing. Some very good hold examples and use of limited animation.
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I honestly dont pay much attention to opening or endings but the few I like have all been posted. Except one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoQfJjaoGLk My Roommate is a Cat
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmrosfxGifQ it's certainly unique
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How about an example of what not to do? look no further than the musashi gundoh op https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n06Mjjfin1o The true real version of the op is this one though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYkDP5xDoO8
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Nov 18, 2023 02:46
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Also going back to BNA and how some really great music came out of a really mid anime, Night Running is also loving incredible as an ending song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWTFfEnMCCc
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Nov 18, 2023 05:39
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Nobody mentioned Baccano? Shameful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PChfRXDAepc The Paranoia Agent OP has a really off-putting vibe to it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuncFLIR1Qw I think Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex might be one of the first shows to have a fully CG OP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxkMzn4et2U
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IShallRiseAgain posted:Nobody mentioned Baccano? Shameful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PChfRXDAepc Next up: Cowboy Bebop has a good OP! (/jk, Baccano went hard and I'm excited for season 2) Also, since we're posting the hits and Boa just re released this; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlBLcLdTYr4 PRESENT DAY, PRESENT TIME. HAHAHAHA
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Last year I watched every single OP/ED of that year to find the most interesting ones. Will do that again this year closer to the end. Here's some that weren't already mentioned that made it into my list: Dance Dance Danseur ED Isekai Ojisan OP Kuro no Shoukanshi OP Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san ED Poputepipikku 2nd Season OP2 Long time ago I also watched a few thousand OPs/EDs to find some cool ones, will have to dig through the video I made later for any. Demicol fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Nov 18, 2023 |
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Some excellent stuff that I knew I passed over! That Gintama one is gold. BNA is a good choice as well. Some other ones that’s on my list I figured I’d share https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU_Z8RKo_Ow Persona 5 anime might be middling, but holy cow did the go all out on that opening. It’s amazingly good. The use of shadows, light, playing with screen use to then mirror characters. No way live action could do this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of36Qh7WLSQ It’s not amazing but incredibly effective at what it does. Use of greyscale for the flowers and then bursting into colour at a key moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM6RhRm2GQM Kiznaiver OP. The show is poo poo. It’s incredibly bad. That OP is so good though. The song helps, but uses a lot of good CG stuff with traditional animation, love the rotating character bit at the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWxX4S42uK0 I think this one speaks for itself. I remember the show being very mid, but this is a fantastic OP.
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i love the implementation of animation/film equipment and 80s music video-rear end effects in the op of The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, which is also a bad rear end show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8W7eF49xv4
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Magical Destroyers as far as I could tell (I only got 4-5 episodes in), Magical Destroyers is just straight up kusoanime. But the opening rules. It pulls off in a minute and a half what the show itself can't do: explore the idea of otaku culture as a parasocial relationship with people who don't actually exist in "this" reality. There's a sort of loose playfulness to a lot of the character animation, but it contrasts with some very lovingly-rendered sequences (the fish in the cup of water, the really impressive film-tearing animation). The environments are weirdly evocative for how simple and sparse they are. And then it goes into the sprawling chaos of internet glitchcore and ends with Midsommar-esque imagery. Freaking rules imo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaHP_yjEb4E Maria+Holic Another kusoanime with great op/ed. Gekidan Inu Curry's digital collage style is so special. The OP is also very unique but is such a shitpost that I kind of don't want to include it lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRo1uK2NILo Honey & Clover This one really speaks for itself. Shoutouts to how absolutely horrible and disgusting some of the food art is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46YfUjm5zBI Ef - a Tale of Memories one of my favorite openings of all time. It really picks up at 45 seconds--the combination of the characters dissolving, the prose backgrounds, and the clothing animation is just so cool. The extended hand filled with text is really great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05fbwE5RMSs Revolutionary Girl Utena This ending sequence is just so bold, comes out of the gate running. The extremely narrow vertical framing is so stylish, and it conveys the idea of omission and censorship that the show deals with. While also depicting a gay kiss on screen in the mid-90s! And then there's that animation where the frame widens to Anthy's skirt billowing. Just so cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DGOKiPqMWI Sarazanmai This is pretty restrained in its scope, but I love the live action/animation combo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWY2y4D1Qks Hidamari Sketch I have a huge soft spot for the first ending of Hidamari Sketch. It's strangely affecting for how much of it is just like, graphic design shapes against solid colors. I think the thing that really impresses me with it is the key sequence where Yunochi is set against a blue sky and there's a profile closeup of her face. It's a very like, Evangelion kind of shot, so it feels very surprising to see it with this little sugar muffin of a character in a cute-girls-cute-things show. But that scene, along with the pixelated bird flying right after it, actually is very evocative of her character, since the show is very much about her growing up and learning to manage everyday life. I guess what makes this ed stand out to me is that it takes the character seriously enough to portray her mental state in a symbolic and psychological way, even though it's a very mundane and lighthearted show. I like that contrast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LReEWyE6sCI Turn A Gundam The sequence of Loran equipping his normal suit, and the sequence of the Princess reaching her hand up to Loran's. Doing them as tracking shots is so cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccTGW5ckxeQ .hack//SIGN This opening is such a banger. The timing and storyboard are really solid, and the aesthetic of fantasy characters mixed with internet-era tech is so great. The dancing rules. The sequence of the characters' clothes dissolving as they rapturously dive deeper into virtual reality always stood out to me as inspired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpOdFxTC8ZQ King Gainer This animation really speaks for itself. But the main chara equipping for combat, the ridiculously gorgeous figure skating, and the psychedelic monkey dance. I mean... Come on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZGVmKTh-mE Dirty Pair obligatory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9js5Z7wAAU Cephas fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Nov 19, 2023 |
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Nov 19, 2023 18:32
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narutaru always gets the "this opening hides how dark the show is" or "deceiving" comments and i never got it, there's not many openings which feel as uneasy as that one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIF5BLyh3Mk
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Nov 20, 2023 06:39
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Kokkoku's OP is a banger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhBA6ynorvc Ranking of King's second OP is probably my favourite OP of the 2020's so far https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWZAH5w8jkQ Skip and Loafer's OP never ceases to put a smile on my face, the dance sequence is so fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWoXl2RxdKg 86's 2nd opening really knows how to build hype, and there are some really beautiful shots throughout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA0EEJj4hU0 And lastly Vinland Saga's latest OP really hits that juxtaposition between peace and war with some stunning visuals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkTj2Hk6nEc
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Nov 20, 2023 09:53
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all the different ED treatments for aku no hana were amazing, this one and episode 7 in particularly have always stood out to me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDNj7mqOud0 someone brought up the .hack op earlier but the ED always was more affecting to me. very nostalgic sounding song even when i was a kid and it was new on tv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HHkw-gyH3c and for good measure, the best logh op of them all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUf-8aXt9Hw
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Kemonozume's OP owns https://youtu.be/hdsVUX8AoP0?si=YPUdskO8E7tLnQhY&t=29
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Paper Lion posted:someone brought up the .hack op earlier but the ED always was more affecting to me. very nostalgic sounding song even when i was a kid and it was new on tv the ED is really affecting to me, too. I think it was the first time I had ever heard music like it in my childhood, when it aired on Toonami. It's one of the strangely wonderful things about dot hack sign, how warm and alive the soundtrack is for an anime about people idling around in an online game. Just listening to the track takes me back to being little and feeling a sense of wonder at how animation can transport you to another world. For me, the great soundtrack is enough to put .hack//SIGN along side other really meaningful fantasy anime from that era for me, like Haibane Renmei and Kino's Journey. (I mostly just didn't include the ED in my list because the animation itself--while cool--isn't quite as interesting or compelling as the opening animation is, imo)
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Nov 21, 2023 03:40
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Eden of the East: One of the few anime OPs to use a western song, and its freakin Falling Down by Oasis. That combined with some really great motion graphics makes it super different from most anime ops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pdqeu9LW2c Production IG also produced a music video for the full song that keeps the same stylistic elements but omits the anime characters, so you can watch it without even knowing it comes from an anime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5BDyjgbjPU
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Just wanted to say thanks to all that posted. I grabbed a bunch of stuff and put it together to talk about anime/animation conventions and use of visual imagery. I think it came together pretty well. I’ll probably have to do some tweaking, but this is looking pretty enjoyable and educational. Don’t hesitate to throw more stuff up.
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You'll have to let us know how it goes and what the students responded to! Best of luck!
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Das Boo posted:You'll have to let us know how it goes and what the students responded to! Best of luck! Well, I did the first part today! …and I have to scrap the second! That should give an idea of how it went. Overall, most students engaged okay, the few that I knew wouldn’t, didn’t but there was some good responses at times. The Gintama OP comparison went over really well, they found the MS paint thing funny. I did a comparison of live action Bebop OP to the cartoon and it was fun to see them talk about the differences and how some preferred the anime OP because the actions came off as was originally intended vs the live action looking unnatural or just not able to replicate what anime could pull off. I teach at a very conservative school, and I showed the Birdy the Mighty Decode S2 OP. Easy way to see use of contrasting colour schemes (red/blue) except there was a comment about her outfit being incredibly inappropriate. I know it’s a bit revealing but didn’t think it was incredibly offensive, no worse than a swimsuit. Well, parent popped on over and had a chat with me about it as well and how I should be squeaky clean and whatnot. I pushed back on some things, especially that they were pissed I spent a month on animation (I spend a month on everything else, Speech, Novel, Shakespeare). I mean, I spent an entire course on animation in University. I showed the offending video to my principal and he was baffled it was an issue. Which was nice someone was on my side of it. I didn’t want to push ahead the second half of it especially as I don’t want to face angry parents and so slapped together some other activity that’s still relevant. Try again next year. I honestly think the problem is that some parents saw some borderline hentai thing and basically slapped it all with the same brush. It’s like saying all magazines are bad because Playboy exists. Part of me wants to quit, but I also have really good job security and the staff likes me, and the parents do appreciate I push writing skills.
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I've decided that I like EDs better than OPs because, at least in my view, EDs have far more variety than OPs. OPs tend to fall into that "anthem" structure with their music. Everyone's seen the twitter post talking about how anime OPs follow a similar musical structure and there's the "Every anime opening ever" video from forever ago about shared visual similarities across hundreds if not thousands of shows. Even as different as many OP songs can be after a while you notice the patterns.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2NHwqqaGpU i like one note jokes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdcddjV0l5o The second Konosuba OP is probably the best one I've seen in terms of pure storytelling. The entire thing is a mini-episode complete with full characterization of the party members and a dozen great visual gags. If you're wondering whether someone will actually like Konosuba, just show them the creditless version of the 2nd OP and they should be able to know whether they'd dig it or not.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkg_03wzNKQ Perhaps not a "unique" OP but definitely a great one that feels like a classic in the making. The fact that it's diagetic is also a hilarious positive.
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maybe this isn't quite what you're going for, but the US TV OP for "Mobile Suit Gundam" shows how you can create a totally different, and vastly more dynamic, intro for a series that actually includes the action and main characters, even if the underlying footage itself is rather primative by modern standards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6tcy3zqp8s Compare the original, which, while a whole minute longer is mostly just drawings of the main characters and robots on generic type backgrounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZszGvGAR5NU The original MSG intro gives less of a feel for what the show is frankly than the original 1960s "Speed Racer" intro, which at least included some amount of the cross country driving with lots of enemies in silly costumes that actually makes up the bulk of the show. And MSG was made over decade after that!
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Feb 18, 2024 04:44
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Yeah the original Gundam op and theme feel out of place and like more fitting for a Super Robot show than what Gundam was . Feels very much like it was for the toy company sponsor than anything else
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I don't know a lot about animation, but some (family friendly--I love the first SZS opening but it definitely wouldn't fly in a conservative school) ones I like are: Idol - Oshi no Ko s1 - The animation is really pretty and I think it shows off the characters in an interesting way. Irregular Entropy - Higurashi Gou ed2. It's one big painting! I like how the falling, rotating chandelier at the start and end reflects the Wheel of Samsara, the cyclical nature of the plot and its themes. I really like all the Higurashi OP/EDs but they have a tendency towards gore and/or skimpily dressed girls, so... Sakasama no Chou - Hell Girl OP1 - It's probably largely nostalgia talking, but I like the strong contrast between the grounded vibe of the OP and the actual contents of the show (supernatural horror). I could only find this uprezzed version, though.
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