Hey Guys and Gals,

So I thought it'd be a fun thing to do if we decided the best anime opening and ending sequences by first nominating our favorite opening and ending sequences and then voting to determine the winner.

Rules

You can nominate only ONE opening and ending sequence.
The opening and ending sequence has to be from an anime. No video games.
To nominate, you must post a link to a video of the opening and ending sequence; either via YouTube or another video streaming website.
Short versions only. No full versions.
Your nomination should be in good taste, that is, if you can't show it to your grandmother then you shouldn't post it (i.e. hentai).
Deadline for nomination will be August 31, 2011 at 11:59pm (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).


That said, you don't have to nominate both and opening and ending sequence in you choose so, but you are still limited to one each. You are NOT limited to anime from 2011, and may choose whichever (appropriate) anime you please.

That said, let's have some fun!

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*Rules subject to change as the moderation team sees fit.

In which case...
DNAngel (a personal favourite anime): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKgNPqojzlM
Clannad (a rather brilliant anime): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4k6HWcf6jM

Hm... I guess I'll participate. ^_^

Ergo Proxy Opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psq-r1qDf7Q
Maria Holic Ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZB-7SE_tVg

Ergo Proxy Opening sounds very well.

My favorites:

One Piece Opening 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iSPOq9PCqk (AFAIK only Germany had this song as the first One Piece Opening)
Detective Conan Ending 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g-8qtYKqNU

What are we rating these on, the music alone or the entire presentation?

Sorry I've got all of that beat.

Baccano! (Opening) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msg8ypnLqaw

Basquash! (Ending 1) - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8vg81_basquash-ed_shortfilms


Could not find the Basquash "tv edit" ending on YT, so Dailymotion it is. Baccano!'s opening is the top of my list out of all the animes I've seen. Basquash's Ending 1 is really nice and fits the industrial/basketball feel of the show. The background visuals are simple and in synch.

What are we rating these on, the music alone or the entire presentation?

Everything audio and visual.

Opening: Clannad AS OP 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWSXiH2621g)
Ending: Zegapain (Variant 1) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LER3WNuFt1E)

(please, someone else suggest Zam'd for an ED).

City Hunter OP:
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Wolf's Rain ED:
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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Season 2 - OP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBS0AGgGTnQ

Welcome to the NHK - ED 1:

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

OP: ef - a tale of melodies - Ebullient Future (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHPGaA0Pgec&feature=related)
ED: Kurokami - Irodori no Nai Sekai (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yzej_kurokami-the-animation-ed_shortfilms)
Couldn't find the ED on youtube.

I nominate... these.

opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_L_NsVrS1g&feature=related

ending
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCtp4VzyEnU

Well :) For my part, it should be :

Opening: Evangelion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A62011nyXNI)
Ending: Beelzebub (N° 3) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLCYQ1_D-B8)

Hurry and get your nominations in! Only a few hours left!

Man, this is hard. At least someone's already nominated the Clannad ED and the Clannad ~After Story~ OP.

Lucky Star OP (Motteke! Sailor Fuku):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqfxzj7tFB8

Toradora! ED1 (Vanilla Salt):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j00d3SpJlDs

Great! Nominations are closed. Sorry about being late on this. Look for a voting thread to come real soon!