| Aikatsu's OP helps me get into the mood for some fantastic idol fun. It gets me pumped up and excited. The ED also acts as like a final attack of awesomeness further solidifying my fondness of the show. Incredibly important. |
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| A great Ed theme used in the last couple minutes of the Ep makes the biggest impact imo. NANA played this to perfection. |
| @vakho777 It depends on the show. Many anime just slap something in there and roll along with it. For some anime it's incredibly important. As it handles a lot of important mood setting, or has important lyrics that are relevant to the plot (sometimes the song is even part of the story itself). A well handled opening and ending can really define your memory of a series. It's hard to forget a really good opening that fits a series extremely well. After watching that anime, every time you hear that song (if you liked it enough you'd have downloaded the song) you will be reminded of that anime. Anyone who thinks the OP/ED isn't important just hasn't figured it out yet. >Just to name a few catchy lyric ones that anyone will have stuck in their head: Churu chu chu chuchu churu chu, yes help you! Shan ran ran~ Jibun wo! Kibou ni Tsuite! Sonna yasashiku shinai de~ Oo-oh, oo-oh, yeah, oo-oh, oo-oh, yeah~ I can hear my heart bell~ ...Uchuu senkan~ YAMATO! Pipiru piru pipiru pi~ Database database! I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was! (i bet most of you can identify most of those, if you've been around any anime within the last couple decades) There's a lot more that are memorable for melody than lyric. And that's not even including endings. Some openings/endings are as or more famous than the shows themselves: ie Hare Hare Yukai. These aren't referring to ones that are really plot relevant... You'd have to look at stuff like Madoka, and AKB and others i can't think of atm, where the songs were actually made by characters in the story, or when they put the OP and the end because of lyrical significance. it always depends how it's handled. Japan takes OP's and ED's pretty seriously. They're not like western tv openings where they're just kinda there. They're joint selling music to promote the anime, and the anime to promote the music. And at times it becomes greater than the sum of it's parts. Failing to acknowledge them, is failing to fully understand what anime is about. |
GenesisAriaDec 11, 2016 11:51 AM
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KuroudoAkabane said: Werty800 said: I get some parts of what you're sayin, the 20 odd songs I do like I LOVE THEM, ok not all of em, maybe 10. they are also sung by the waifu's seiyuu, so thats why.You are using the wrong definition of filler. Find a different word. You can just skip it though, and you are complaining how it takes time away from the anime itself. It does not. For me, and a lot of other people, it's not worthless, it gets me hyped up for the episode, and I found a lot of anime through openings. And music is subjective, so because you didn't like the songs they should be gone? Come on. Don't be that guy. we're not gonna get in the what is filler mess now are we? hax// sure the fairytail ops do work the intended effect, the ones I liked, although its got better ending songs though. HOW do you find anime by openings? that makes no sense to me...... and I cant skip them , cuz I watch anime on tv I found anime by openings through youtube. It's not that hard to figure out. If you watch anime on TV, then go pee or make a sandwitch in the meantime, or check on facebook or something else. ANYTHING. I usually do that too. I just have the music playing in the background if I don't like the visuals. |
Werty800Dec 11, 2016 1:59 AM
| I think OP doesn't affect the quality of anime. I guess its kind of marketing strategy of the producers, to give some or few insights about the show, sometimes contains foreshadowings or spoilers.Contains music to set a mood for the audience, kinda like a warm up, when your about to do some work. |
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| Eh. I mean Re:Zero was arguably one of the top 3 at least this season and I really didn't like the second opening song. Didn't keep me from watching the show. I think it was the over-use of autotune that really turned me off. When you've watched enough series the openings all seem the same mostly. People running around. Someone needs help. Shots from weird angles. Though some stick out like the Serial Experiments Lain opening which is super different and great. I think that might also be nostalgia though. |
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| it's somewhat important but it doesn't really change how I think about the anime itself sometimes there is good anime with shit openings and shit anime with good openings |
zero_omarDec 11, 2016 7:29 AM
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| IMO, it is really important. Imagine mushishi opening with the one from OPM. |
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| The OP means more than the garbage that comes after. |
| For me as a watcher, no, they are not important. Sometime they are catchy and I like them, but it would do if they were "just there" as in western show. For Japanese audience, it is important though. Songs are part of things that actually sell and are inseparable part of the presentation. |
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| I can't say that I find it all that important. I've seen shows with openings that I didn't enjoy much but the show itself was great and vice versa. But having a good opening, ending, or soundtrack definitely adds to the all around beauty of an anime, at least in my opinion. |
| This is pretty accurate. Though he fails to really elaborate on it and get to the bottom of the subject. Need a Digibro video on OPs/EDs. |
GenesisAriaDec 11, 2016 12:02 PM
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| Openings are great for setting the mood, the OP of Prison School always got me hyped for the new episode. I also think it's neat when they do subtle changes like in the newest episode of Girlish Number or add in some stuff like in JoJo. Endings can be used as kind of insert songs, as they often did in Re:Zero. A bad OP doesn't affect the quality of the anime, but a great song might stick with me and I might listen to it again, which in turn will make me think about the anime again. |
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| Its not that important ..... but it can make the anime more attractive |
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vakho777 said: Does it influence the quality of the anime? For me if an anime has a good opening it gets bonus points, but if it doesn't it's not too much of a trouble. It's the same for me. Obviously if the anime is about music and it doesn't have good music then well... I don't know what that says about the entire anime... |
| 0 importance. If I like the song I watch the OP, if I don't I skip it |
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| I've skipped almost all openings after one listening, except for Shingeki no Bahamut, since it's opening was amazing and by a band a liked. So tbh I don't think it does anything to the actual anime, pretty sure Darker than Black never had an opening and I loved that since I didn't have to skip it all the time It can only add something since you can skip it otherwise |
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| Not that important, but the OP&ED songs definitely make the experience better for me. Also 90% of my music library is anime OP&EDs so. |
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| For me the opening will let you describe the type of anime and encourages you to watch anime |
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| The opening song has no relation to the anime, but sometimes it brings me in the mood it's intending to get me into.....like Mushishi or The Tatami Galaxy And the mood is unrelated then it doesn't matter If the openings not good, just skip it |
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| Definitely. Look at JoJo, where the openings can get you hyped and Steins;Gate where it prepares you for the mindfuckery. An opening can get you in the right mood. Also, for me they're like trailers but better as they don't directly take scenes from the show, instead they just give subtle hints. |
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| Not very important. But it's a nice touch. |
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| Opening if its good may make you continue to remember the anime better I guess? |
| A good opening is always a plus but a good overall soundtrack is something I look for in every anime. If A good anime has a fantastic soundtrack, chances are it'll be close to my favourites list if not in there outright e.g Madoka Magica |
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| Not very important at all, just nice addition though if it's good. |
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EGOIST said: The opening is very important, it makes you want to actually continue watching a show. I agree, the op is what brings all the hype. |
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| I sometimes watch shows because of the how good the OP is, so pretty important for me. |
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| It's not the most important thing but animes with good OPs are more memorable to me And well I have started shows because of how good the OP is (in particular 91 days) |
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| It can be striking to people, just as the opening of Tokyo Ghoul "Unravel" is of enormous importance to me. |
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| It doesn't really affect me if the OP isn't that good but when it is, it actually makes me feel more hyped up to watch an episode. e.g. Haikyuu season 1 & 2 (first show to pop in my head since I recently finished season 3 lol) |
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| It doesn't matter if the opening isn't to my liking, since I can always skip it. Of course I'd like all the series I watch to have a good op, but it's not possible, considering how many openings are being made each year. |
| Imo it just sets up the mood and because you can skip it, its not that important. Neither will a bad opening stop me from watching a good anime, nor will an awesome opening make me continue watching a garbage show. But a good opening can make me give a show a better ranking, e.g. 7,5 or 8 out of 10 instead of 7. |
| Not really.. While a good op/ed are always appreciated, it won't affect the quality as a whole for me, given that if you don't like it you can always skip it anyway.. |
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| Extremely unimportant, I skip it and get straight to the show 9 times out of 10 anyway unless I really like the song. Even then, if I like the music I'll just go buy/download the full version of the song instead of watching the opening over and over. |
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| Doesn't really matter to me if the OP and ED are good or bad. But I do prefer a good OP and ED. I'm really into music and it can be a nice motivator if its done well. The rest of the soundtrack is more important to me because I need music that fits the tone/mood of a scene. |
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| the op is important, thats the reason i was able to finish those shitty animes if those shitty animes had shitty ops, i'd drop the shit man |
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| Depends how good the opening song is..I prefer ending song more than opening song most of the time. |
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| I find that a good OP can really get me in the mood to watch something, which makes the whole experience better for me. On the other hand, I find that a bad OP can really annoy me and put me off and make watching what it's for a bit of a trudge. I consider it to be pretty important, kind of like a support character in a party. Sound quality in general could take that role, if anything, but OPs stick out the most to me. |
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