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Are Anime Opening better now or before?

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During the past few years they have become a little boring and generic.

2008-2019 + 2021 were the best years imo.

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Anime openings have certainly evolved over the years, and opinions on their impressions can vary between retro anime fans and modern day anime fans who wants everything in UHD.
I like anime openings from both past and present..
“Work” – Hell’s Paradise: The opening for the anime Hell’s Paradise features the song by Millennium Parade and Sheena Ringo. The animation is quality and the catchy tune contributed to its popularity.

I also like Battle Cry – Samurai Champloo: The hip-hop-based opening, “Battle Cry” by Nujabes feat. Shing02, stands out for me specially for a historical samurai anime.. Samurai Champloo, created by Shinichiro Watanabe (known for Cowboy Bebop), shows a distinct art style with music.

In recent years, anime openings continue to push with more graphical visuals and music by famous idol groups.. I prefer both the classics like from city hunter and also the current openings like Shikanoko koshitantan
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I mean that's just like asking what's better: 80's music or modern tunes. Both have their highs and lows, and as always it's completely subjective.

Personally, I vibe a lot with 90's and 2000's openings... probably a testament to being an early 2000's kid.
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I think I prefer the 80s to early 2010s than present it feels all song are same voice for me it's hard to tell them a part unlike in the past compare the Op Bubblegum Crisis Op to City Hunter they are very different I think stating 2017 to above where to weak for me to listen, don't get me wrong there good song I like the op of Hero is Dead that what I looking for.
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As of now, I'm not too sure, but I'll definitely have my answer in the future once I finish checking out every anime OP of every year. I'm not in any rush to do that though since it's quite a lot of OPs to go through. But yeah, it's interesting seeing how much anime music tastes and art styles have evolved over time. 👌
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i think 2010s was peak opening (and animes)
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Some japanese groups and singers (like kenshi yonezu, ado, milet, man with a mission etc.) have their on style
while some others similar to typical idol group style so I cant say the new gen ops are totally bad or good,
I also like the 2000s ops, not sure the older ones but theyre so iconic.
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I think it's just personal taste if you like the one or the other, but you can't deny that it has changed over the years. If I go through the OPs I like, there will be more OPs of newer shows than older ones, but there are plenty of OPs of older shows I really like, so it's really just preference.
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Depends on the shows you watch. There's no definitive answer to this. In fact, I can give examples of openings I think are good from every decade I've seen anime from to prove my incredibly subjective point that no particular era had better ones.

Edit: These are just the songs themselves. Not with the opening visuals. Choices might be different if I did it that way.

2000's


2010's


2020's
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I have bias towards Mitsuko Horie & Ichiro Mizuki so older lol. The post-2020 ones are a bit too flashy for me, but there's nice OPs from every season~

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Hmm, depends really. I think I prefer a lot of openings from the 2010's overall, but each era has its own bangers.
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I prefer the 80's and 90's openings over recent ones.
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The music was definitely better before. I'm not into the nasal male vocals, female vocals so high pitched they can break glass and hip hop that are prevalent these days.
As for the visuals, all eras generally follow the same tropes and conventions so it's more of a matter of visual style preferences. Personally I tend to prefer the styles that were popular during the mid to late 80s and early to mid 90s. Fuck it I'll add an extra five years and include the late 90s as the early 90s were pretty weak when it came to music.
>but muh grunge and techno and NIN
I like them but I don't think I've ever heard an anime opening theme (or Japanese music in general) in those styles. I've heard Japanese trance though. Sagittarius by Nish is pretty good although the remix by Alphazone is better than the original.
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