Top 5 anime openings

The opening of an anime can be very powerful. It can really hype you up and make you excited, or it can be terrible and you hate listening to it. Here are my top 5 favorite anime openings...

5. Death Note OP2 

Maximum the Hormone- What's up People?!?! 

This opening is a very unique opening. It has heavy metal music, the art and is almost nothing like it is in the anime, and it goes deeper than it seems. This opening is a perfect fit, because it's a great representation of Light's growing God Complex and insanity. It also has some of the most fluid and stylistic animation I've ever seen in an opening. I know some people don't like the music, but still, you can't say it doesn't fit extremely well.

4. Elfen Lied

Yukio Kondo- Lilium

This opening is one of the most beautiful openings in existence. The soothing Latin singing, the beautiful art with the style based on Gustav Klimt, a famous artist. After watching the anime, every time I hear this song, I instantly mellow out and feel a tinge of sadness. The song sounds so haunting as well, which is a fitting precursor since this anime is quite haunting and brutal. Whether this anime is good or not is very debatable, but the opening is definitely one of the better ones in existence. 

3. Attack on Titan OP1

Linked Horizon- Gurren No Yumiya

You really didn't think this would be on here? Since it's creation, this opening has been the most popular opening, by far, and it's easy to see why. This is an unskippable opening. The song is extremely catchy and fun to sing with. The Animation is clearly fantastic and vibrant. It's also epic as hell. The opening gets you pumped up for the next episode as well, which is a rare thing for me at least. Such a shame that they changed it midway through the season though.

2. Ghost in the Shell: Stand alone Complex

Origa- Inner Universe

This opening is very different from most other anime openings, as it's all in CGI instead of regular animation.  I usually don't like when everything is in CGI, but this one is done right. The backdrops look strikingly realistic, and the fighting done in the opening looks extremely fluid and top notch. It really is a visual masterpiece. The music? One of my favorite songs I've heard in anime. The singing is jaw dropping to say the least, and the lyrics are all in Latin, which sounds so much better than English or Japanese I think. Definitely an opening too, as I don't ever see people mentioning this when on the the topic of great openings. That should change.

1. Clannad After Story

Jun Maeda- A Song that ticks away Time

I hate this opening in a way. Not because it's bad. But because every time I hear it I have to fight back tears. That's how powerful this opening becomes once you've watched Clannad (which I highly recommend). The beautiful piano composition and superb singing are what make this opening special. For me, I get a sense of nostalgia as well, like this song just brings a lot of good memories up when I hear it. Which is conflicting, because it's also one of the saddest openings I've ever seen. Seriously, if you haven't watched Clannad, then DO IT. 

Top 5 Anime Characters

We all have our favorite characters in anime. Some we like because they are fearless badasses. Some we like because they have  back stories that we can empathize with. Some we like because they have big boobs. No matter the reason, some characters just hold a special place in our hearts. Now, here are my top 5 anime characters.

1. Lelouch Vi Britannia; Code Geass

The most popular anime character of all time according to myanimelist.net, is a character that I initially didn't like. He is a self absorbed, egotistical, lying, genius, traits that I wouldn't think I would like in a character. But by midway through the first season, he was already one of my favorites, and after the second season, he was firmly planted at my number one character spot. You really want him to succeed, and the way he goes about trying to change the world is nothing less than really entertaining. Despite all the morally questionable things he does to change the world for his sister, you can't help but love this very complex and interesting character.

2. Mugen; Samurai Champloo

This puffy haired badass is one of my favorites mainly because he's exactly that, a badass. His style of sword fighting is a blend of traditional sword fighting mixed in with what seems break dancing. He's rude, vulgar, and a massive womanizer, yet he's such a funny character also. Not much is known about his back story, only that he used to be a pirate and that he never knew his parents. But there is some sympathy to be had for his harsh life as well, but he doesn't let that get in the way of being a very funny, cool, and lovable character.

3. Tatsumi Saiga; Speed Grapher

A character AND anime that are very underrated. Saiga, an ex war photographer who now lives in Tokyo, is an odd, but great character. I say he's odd because his love for photography turned into a sexual fetishism. He ends up receiving the ability to explode anything he aims his camera at due to his secret fetish. Now tell me that isn't one of the most unique powers you've ever heard! Besides his power, he's a very protective character towards people  that are important to him, as most of the show is about him trying to protect
someone. Cool, calm, collected, and having awesome hair, also helps.

4. Zwei; Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom

This character is very different from the rest on my list, mainly because you know almost nothing about him for almost half the show, yet still ended up being one of my favorites even before you found out about his history. The amount of hopelessness and depression he feels throughout the anime was thrust on to me as well, which is why I rooted so hard for him to escape his terrifying situation. He's also an assassin, which made watching him very entertaining and suspenseful. Couple that with him, despite being an assassin, being one of the most caring and kind characters towards the people he loves, and you got one hell of a guy.

5. Tomoya Okazaki; Clannad

One of the most developed characters of any anime I've seen, Tomoya starts as a student in high school who regularly skips school, sleeps in class, and is regarded as a delinquent. This alone caught my attention, as the main character is usually your average high school student. As the show goes on, he goes through the struggles of growing up and the struggles of adulthood, which is something that you don't see too often in anime. Watching his struggles through his life made me cry along with him at times, that's how powerful this character, and this anime in general are.