TerresqueÜ

My vote would go for "Cowboy Bebop". I love "Tank" the intro for it and I love "The Real Folk Blues" even more. 'Bebop has good music all the way through.

What do you guys think?

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Tempboy

The end theme to Gundam Seed is really quite good.
And same with it's first opening theme (there's three)

meanSpleen

Dammit. I'm going to hate myself for saying this, but SAILOR MOON. And not the english version. The original Japanese versiono. I really can't explain it, but it is rather nice to listen to.

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Ganguro

What about Slayers, or maybe Gatekeepers, or Chobits?
hell.. i could go on and on..

Though If you have ever seen the series Hellsing.. those OST's are awesome if goth glam rock is your thing.

Bob Biter

The holy manga trilogy (Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Ninja Scroll) have excellent soundtracks, especially Akira. As for others, I like the simplicity of the "Hakkenden" soundtrack and the jazzy sounds of "Gunsmith Cats".

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TaLoN

inuyasha, never heard the intro, but i like the ending

bundy

i agree with Tantalizer - i think Spirited Away and Mononoke had great music.

and for that classic ending music...Neon Genesis.

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I gotta agree about Bebop, I love it and i'll second the Hellsing vote too since i'm an unoriginal bastard.

I liked the songs from Wing Gundam also but that might just be me.

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GTO

Bebop has got some good tunes, but what about Read or Die it has got one of the best opening themes.
Boogiepop Phantom and S. E. Lain has also got top tunes on their OSTs

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Berserk

The japanese rock band from the intro is just the best

Seriously though, maybe the outro music from Here & There, Now & Then?

Prophecy

I have to go with the endings of Rurouni Kenshin and Inuyasha. Those two just have a feel to them that I really like.

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Rurouni Kenshin! (of course )
- That 4th Avenue Cafe song rocks.

Yuyu Hakusho has an excellent openning and ending song too.

username

Too many to choose from but here are a few:

OP: Neon Genesis, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Kenshin, Lain, Boogiepop Phantom, Hellsing, Berserk

ED: Neon Genesis, Kenshin, Boogiepop Phantom, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Of course, Hellsing, Rahxephon, Cowboy Bebop and a few others have great music through the entire series.

shinji

i personally hated the hellsing soundtrack.

OP: evangelion, cowboy bebop, chobits, video girl ai, love hina, angelic layer, oh my goddess
ED: evangelion (for sheer novelty value - techno remix hah!), kenshin, cowboy bebop

for the best:
ranma season 1 opening - yappa pa
flcl ending - the pillows - ride on shooting star

hawkeye

Bebop, Trigun and I really like the music from .hack//sign

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oh yeah, the JAPANESE VERSION

They can't translate how awesome the lyrics are....they just affect me

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Gortexfogg

Like said above, Bebop and Trigun definately have awesome theme music. But how can you forget Ranma 1/2? I've gotten that stuck in my head so many times it's not funny...

Owl

All the music in Cowboy Bebop is cool, not just the ending and opening themes. Yoko Kanno really knows what she's doin'. Hell, everything about Bebop is awesome.

hilbert25

Lain, FLCL, and I liked ROTLW

LDeer

I haven't listened to much anime intros + outros, but I'll just say my favorite: Cowboy Bebop.

Halx

"Fly me to the moon..."

Isn't that a Sinatra song?

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shinji

first season, right? i listed that as my favorite. the other season's theme songs simply don't compare, although i do think the third season's is cute.

nefarious

I would have to say the greatest poppy pop song would be the Fancy La La intro ..

as for the one with the best beginning n ending .. i think Evangelion is pretty good.

i also like You're Under Arrest's songs.. there are a ton of great anime songs ^_^

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Cheers to meanSpleen for having enuff guts to admit what he said
and Tempboy - aka w/ pic of person that has kid sized shirt, cause i agree w/ his music
and if anyone has the english translation for the ending lyrics of gundam seed and shares it, ild be most thankful

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sadistikdreams

Furi Kuri.

Hands down.

Followed by Cowboy Bebop.

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Mr.Deflok

Samurai Champloo, I hate when a decent Anime has really unsuitable fruity tunes. Stand Alone Complex and Mezzo DSA are fantastic too.

ratbastid

I love the Ghost in the Shell soundtrack.

peeweesbigbong

Ghost in shell is certainly number one for me.

But recently i have really enjoyed Paranoia Agent's opening song

hafap

Some of my favorite anime music is from the series Noir. The music is done by Yuki Kajiura, who also did the music for .hack//sign.

Johnny Pyro

Oh man, I love that song! I sang that forever when I got the Beserk series. The Street Fighter movie also has a great soundtrack......................Sailor Moon too..........What!

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Lak

Hellsing intro - check out the soundtracks. Everything except the ending theme rules
Trigun intro
Ending from Paranoia Agent ("Maromi's Theme")
Both intro's from Standalone Complex.

damn, forgot about Lain. That whole soundtrack is great.

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cabbit

For beginning I'm gonna say Full Metal Alchemist with "rewrite" by Asian Kung-Fu
I agree with Beebop for ending though.

Redjake

Cowboy Bebop has by far the best soundtrack/themes/ending musics/music in general out of any anime I've ever seen. Granted, I'm not a huge anime watcher, but something about Bebop makes me tingly inside when I hear the music. It's perfect for the series and is top notch. The regular tunes from episode to episode are just as good as the scores (ex. Ballad of Fallen Angels), I can't give a vote to anything but CB on this one

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Naruto has some really good opening themes in some seasons but every season seems to have remarkably bad closing themes. Cowboy Bebop has excellent music all around, especially the opening theme. NGE has the classic opening theme that is basically immortalized on the Internet.

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Lak

Oh man, i cant STAND the opening to NGE... its just... grating. The battle theme however, its totally cool.

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snowy

Great Teacher Onizuka has some great intro music--"Driver's High" by L'arc un Ciel. It's funny because it's mostly a rock song all in Japanese, but like typical J-pop the chorus features some English phrases.

I have to agree with everyone who's mentioned the music from Cowboy Bebop. Definitely some of my favorite stuff.

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Yamato a.k.a. Starblazers

killeena

I have to agree with you whole heartedly. All the music throughout the whole series was perfect IMO. I guess I'm not too experienced in the realm of anime, but it seems a lot of the music is bubbly pop type stuff, and I can't really get into it, but with CB, it seems like they put a lot of thought into the music.

I am also really diggin the hip-hop they have going on for Samurai Champloo.

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