| Are there any Intros/Outros that stand out to you as being different from any others that you have heard. For me the ones that come to mind are the Monster Intro and first outro, they're very unusual in their almost religious feel, the outro especially being incredibly slow and almost hypnotic. Also I think Mushishi is a worthy candidate, first of all with the intros being sung by English speakers and also their styles make them stand out to me. Then I guess the weird death metal Death Note intro. That was so far away from the first one it made me laugh when I first heard it. |
| Probably the Opening of God of High School. I like the whole EDM style of it |
| Lucky Star for outro. It's very wack. |
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| Death Parade Opening is amazing but defiantly unusual especially considering what the show is like also the Alderamin op is unlike any other opening I've heard before with a pretty cool and unique instrument in the mix. |
| When I read the title I also instantly thought of Monster. The second ending was so creepy but it fit the mood perfectly. For me when I was new to anime the opening of Samurai Champloo struck me as unusual, it's just rare having hip-hop/rap openings I guess. Also instrumental openings like "Tank!" in Cowboy Bebop (although everybody knows it) are not quite common. Animation wise I loved the DRRR/Baccano openings introducing the setting and all the characters in the opening with showing off their role and relationships between the cast. |
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| Death Note's second OP isn't even remotely close to being death metal lol. Maximum the Hormone is a nu metal band |
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| Aria, bubblegum crisis and the 4th tenchi muyo ryouoki do this cool thing where they have a unique opening animation (and sometimes song) for each episode that takes place in the episode's story if that makes any sense. |
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| I'm a fan of unusual OPs. Most of my favorites are either not japanese, only instrumentals or include some fringe instruments in some capacity. There's clearly more examples of fantastic instrumental OPs, from Bebop to Baccano but I tried to pick a selection of stuff not that widely known. I just want to add two more: This is just different in terms of being the best 80s OP/soundtrack. It stands out through quality not necessarily through being that unique in its sound: And this just embodies a dead era of OPs that I love: |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Pullman said: I'm a fan of unusual OPs. Most of my favorites are either not japanese, only instrumentals or include some fringe instruments in some capacity. There's clearly more examples of fantastic instrumental OPs, from Bebop to Baccano but I tried to pick a selection of stuff not that widely known. I just want to add two more: This is just different in terms of being the best 80s OP/soundtrack. It stands out through quality not necessarily through being that unique in its sound: And this just embodies a dead era of OPs that I love: The bagpipe intro for master keaton reminded me of Dark Crow the second intro for Vinland. |
| The only unusual OP I can think of is Beastars because that is the first time I had ever seen stop motion used for an OP in anime |
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| Haibane Renmei's intro as said above. Also Ef - a tale of memories and melodies, both intros are in English but sung by Japanese artist, both also has the Japanese version for the last episode. |
| The 1st opening to Kakegurui is pretty god damn weird from a visual standpoint. |
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| For me i'd say Boogiepop Phantom. Out of all the psychological anime i've seen thus far, that opening is really groovy. |
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| Beside ones already mentioned I would say Ergo proxy op๐ค |
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| Air Gear's ED is unusual and fun. |
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| Second ending of Monster doesn't have competition in this category imo. |
| That one AOT ending that played once before the second part of Season 3 released creeped the hell out of me. |
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| ending 2 of hajime no ippo is just weird lmao, best anime ever tho |
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| Shinsekai Yori Doesn't even have a OP |
| Paranoia Agent's op is unmatched in weirdness. Maybe not unusual but ohh, when it's both jp+another language not just for aesthetic but because it's related to the story is not something we get often, like Umineko's op that uses italian or SnK's with german. Higurashi Kai's op is another that sticks out to me for how clever it was to use the op from the previous series but played backwards. |
| Zoku Owari’s vocals are literally reversed and it’s only 60 seconds not 90. Don’t know how you can get much weirder than that. Samin8098 said: Though, you gotta love how it always plays right before the show actually finishes.Black Lagoon ED. Holy hell is it creepy. |
| Ugh this page takes a while to load due to the large number of YouTube embeds. Anyhow, I've seen two instrumentals so far. While instrumental OPs/EDs are common for western TV shows, they seem quite uncommon in anime. Specifically, these two are: * Brynhildr in the Darkness OP * Yona of the Dawn OP1 * Baccano OP * Cowboy Bebop (technically not entirely instrumental, but close enough) Then there are the non-Japanese vocal songs. Off the top of my head I can think of two: * Fractale ED - "Down by the Salley Gardens" * Neon Genesis Evangelion ED - "Fly Me To The Moon" edit: somehow I forgot Baccano and Cowboy Bebop. then again, I haven't actually watched those two shows, so it's not that big a surprise. |
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| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| I can't think of " unusual " anime endings more unusual than Hellsing Ultimate ending I have never seen a credit crawl in anime before or since. and such an epic orchestral score that fits the tone of the show but strange a bit for anime |
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| Umineko's outro (YAMI WO KIRISAKU OH DESIRE) sung by Kinzo is very weird. I hated it at first because it sounded like intentionally bad singing, but I slowly grew to love it. Lucky Star's outro (from episode 13 onwards) with live action Minoru Shiraishi dancing around probably takes the cake for weirdest, though. |
| Probably every op/ed of mongatari series. The gorgeous and out of the context art style just sticks with me. |
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| the ed to Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase. https://animethemes.moe/anime/tsukuyomi_moon_phase/ED2v2-NCDVD She's not a great singer but there's something alluring about this woman's voice whispering a song slightly off key. |
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| Excel Saga ED Akiba Maid War OP For the fun |
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