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Which one do you like more?
Oct 12, 2019 1:00 AM
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I personally prefer female vocalist. Most of the openings/endings that I really like, and all of my favourite ones have female vocalist.
Not like I hate male ones, I just simply like female ones more.
-Aincrad-Oct 12, 2019 2:30 AM
Oct 12, 2019 1:03 AM
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I think my spotify playlist with anime openings has mostly male vocalists.
So I'm gonna say male from that. LiSA is quite noticeable though, I love her songs.
Oct 12, 2019 1:04 AM
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Generally guys for OPs, girls for EDs. But there are a ton of exceptions for me so...
Oct 12, 2019 1:13 AM
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Oh god. I think it's time for me to put this legendary quote again.

To be honest. I don't really care which one is better. And it depends on the kind of anime it is. If it's shoujo, magical girl, harem, ecchi, SoL, any isekai or any show that mostly consists of female then a female vocalist would suit better. And if it's a battle shonen/seinen, mecha, reverse harem or a show that mostly consists of males, then a male vocalist would suit better.
I like shows that use a mixture of both. But much like you, I actually do have more favorite songs sung by females. So yeah, I personally go for female vocalists a bit more than male vocalists.
Oct 12, 2019 1:19 AM
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I don't really care, but I guess male since I have more of them in my playlist
Oct 12, 2019 2:19 AM
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It doesn't matter, what kind of question is this lol.
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Oct 12, 2019 2:28 AM
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I can't believe people can actually misunderstand a simple question like this, so I edited the title, maybe it's clearer now.

Thread is simply about which one you like better, male or female vocalists, not which one is actually better, or which one should be doing all OP/ED...
-Aincrad-Oct 12, 2019 2:37 AM
Oct 12, 2019 2:36 AM
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I think it’s female artists more often the male counterparts but mind you this is just what the top of my head is suggesting atm.
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Oct 12, 2019 2:42 AM
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I don't know. I always skip op & ed of anime
Oct 12, 2019 3:08 AM

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When I don't skip the op/ed I mostly rate or care for the instrumental part than for the vocals however, there is just this one poll so, I vote for the female voice.
Oct 12, 2019 3:38 AM

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i don't really mind either, but i do have a few op/eds on my phone that are sung by females hmm
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Oct 12, 2019 3:39 AM

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Female vocals for me are better since im a fan of LiSA



Oct 12, 2019 3:49 AM

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It depends on the genre to be honest.
Male vocals sound better with shounen or and female with slice of life perhaps.

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Oct 12, 2019 4:14 AM

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I like OP/ED with only instrumental music.
Oct 12, 2019 4:49 AM

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I prefer instrumental the most,then females, then males.

It's closer between males and females in OPs, but I have a stronger preference for females in endings. Although funnily enough, I have males at the top spot for both the best sung OP and ED
Oct 12, 2019 4:52 AM

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as long as its hype and a bop i love it and theres loads of ops and eds tht have a male or female vocalist
Oct 12, 2019 5:37 AM
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Females because they have better voices.
Oct 12, 2019 6:10 AM

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Most of my favorite OPs/EDs are sung by female vocalists so I prefer them more.
Oct 12, 2019 6:50 AM
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I don't have a preference but I happen to like more OPs/EDs sung by females
Oct 12, 2019 7:23 AM
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I think female artists more often for me then male Artist
Oct 12, 2019 7:32 AM
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Watch Boruto Ending 2 that was a good combination of male and female
Oct 12, 2019 9:15 AM
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i usually like those rock songs type of OP so males but only in a slight margin like 51% compared to 49% females
Oct 12, 2019 9:21 AM

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Both are fine for me if the vocal itself is good and matches with a good music tune.

My favorite female pieces are Aliez and Breathless

My favorite male pieces are Lily and Flyers

That being said, I guess I would prefer female more since I watch a lot of sentimental/drama/romance anime that tend to have soft music with female voices to tug the heartstrings.
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Oct 12, 2019 9:23 AM

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I don´t care as long as it fits the opening itself.

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Oct 12, 2019 9:56 AM

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Oct 12, 2019 11:06 AM
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I chose secret option no.3 - don't care.
Oct 12, 2019 11:16 AM

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I never cared if the vocalist is male or female or a frog as long as the song is good.
Oct 12, 2019 11:16 AM

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To be honest, I'm to the point now where I fast forward past the OP, and turn the Anime off before the ED starts playing.

Oct 12, 2019 11:20 AM

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Always males.

I always prefer male voice in songs. Most of my favorites OPs are by male JRock bands like Bump of Chicken, Nico Touches the Walls, and KANA-Boon.

also shoutout to Frederic.



This ofc doesn't mean that I don't like female vocalists. There are many songs like Gurenge, Crossing Field, PAPERMOON that I love.
Oct 12, 2019 11:41 AM

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What is this question? I cant really say. It depends on the anime quite a lot. For JoJo openings I prefer male singers. For some comedys or romance anime Females are better.
Oct 12, 2019 2:34 PM
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where's the "other" option on the poll when needed?
Oct 12, 2019 2:50 PM
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Prefer instrumental, no vocals (Gunsmith Cats, Texhnolyze, Haibane Renmei)
But I really like when the same voice actors or actresses perform either the OP or ED song, though it is usually the latter that do this.
Oct 12, 2019 3:08 PM

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Honestly thinking about it, I'm pretty split. Like my favorite EDs from just the past few years are Sayonara Gokko from Dororo, Michi from Run with the Wind, Hectopascal from Yagate Kimi ni Naru, and Harvest Moon Night from Hakumei to Mikochi, which is a solid even split. And for openings, my favorites have been Touch Off from Promised Neverland, Odd Future from Hero Aca S3, Love Dramatic from Love is War, Crying for Rain from Domestic Girlfriend, Otome Domo yo from Araburu, and Shiny Days from Yuru Camp. I might say I'm more drawn to female vocalists because I feel like I remember them as female vocalists instead of just remembering the songs, but when it comes to actually looking at my favorites, I don't think I really have a preference
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Feb 13, 2020 6:35 AM
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I like male vocalists more, I don't like most of the female vocalists except for few, Their voices are annoying to me
Feb 13, 2020 6:40 AM

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Female vocalists can get really annoying if the voice is too high pitched,so i would go for male just to be safe.Then again there is females with deeper voices too,so yeah i´m not that picky.If I´m going to judge,then it´s going to more on how the actual voice sounds.
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Feb 13, 2020 6:41 AM

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Just what kind of question is this??
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Feb 13, 2020 6:45 AM

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This question is stupid, if you dislike an opening/ending only because the lead voice isn't the gender you prefer, there's probably something wrong with you
Feb 13, 2020 6:54 AM

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Most of the time I prefer male vocalists. Sometimes I don't like the way female vocalist sounds, for example when her voice sounds cute in the opening/ending and the anime is pretty dark themed.
Feb 13, 2020 6:56 AM

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It honestly depends on the type of song that's being used. If it were rock/heavy metal, then I would probably prefer a male singer that can go deeper if necessary. Otherwise, I would choose a female singer.
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