User:Fandyllic/Great anime series for anison


 * This is a draft...

When I think of anime songs there are some anime series that stand out for having many songs and most of them good be they openings, endings, character songs, or insert songs.

Five great series for anison
Here's a list of 5 of the best and why:
 * 1) Haruhi Suzumiya series (2 seasons and a movie)
 * The first anime series to have massive mainstream popularity with its songs. Before Haruhi, many series had great openings and endings, but they didn't spawn the kind of craze on places like Youtube with such a viral impact around the world.
 * Openings
 * Bōken Desho Desho? was near upbeat Jpop perfection.
 * Super Driver! was another very memorable rockin' JPop tune. If you didn't like Bōken Desho Desho? because it was too pop, you probably still liked Super Driver!.
 * Endings
 * Hare Hare Yukai was for a time the most dance covered ending ever. It might still be! It has a fast, catchy tune and a great dance to go with it.
 * Tomare! was completely overshadowed by Hare Hare Yukai, but it was still a good fast rock tune.
 * Insert songs
 * God knows... is a guitar-shredding, girl rock masterpiece. Still one of the sop anison karaoke tunes. Some consider it the best anime song ever.
 * Lost my music is a great rocking bookend for God knows... and they are often played back to back as in the anime. Nearly as good as the former, but not quite as popular on the karaoke circuit.


 * Character songs
 * They aren't the greatest, but you get a ton (16 singles released) with many side characters getting singles and many would say that as a group they character songs are in the top 5 all time. You also get to discover the dramatic difference between how Yuki Nagato's voice actress (Minori Chihara) voices the character and her completely different (and really good) singing voice!
 * Here are some standouts (mostly according to Youtube view counts):


 * under "Mebius" by Minori Chihara (Yuki)
 * COOL EDITION by Natsuko Kuwatani (Ryoko Asakura)
 * Tsuuka Chiten no MUSICA by Minori Chihara (Yuki)
 * 1) Katekyō Hitman Reborn! (many seasons)
 * This long running series has great openings, ending, and character songs of all varieties. Based on quantity and quality you can't go wrong.
 * 1) Monogatari series (many seasons)
 * Another long running series has some of the best female seiyu openings and so many! From Stable Staple to Renai Circulation they have great melodies and memorable lyrics.
 * 1) Kekkai Sensen (Blood Blockade Battlefront and Blood Blockade Battlefront &amp; Beyond)
 * Thanks to the jazzy, melodic compositions of Taisei Iwasaki along with some great vocalists, there are so many good songs on the soundtrack which doesn't even count the great opening Hello, world! by BUMP OF CHICKEN and the karaoke favorite ending, Sugar Song to Bitter Step by Unison Square Garden.
 * 1) Samurai Champloo
 * From the same folks how gave you the great music of Cowboy Bebop, but Samurai Champloo goes funkier with more hip hop and jazz vocal stylings especially from Nujabes feat. Shing02 and MINMI. While Cowboy Bebop had lots of great tracks, you couldn't really sing along.
 * Thanks to the jazzy, melodic compositions of Taisei Iwasaki along with some great vocalists, there are so many good songs on the soundtrack which doesn't even count the great opening Hello, world! by BUMP OF CHICKEN and the karaoke favorite ending, Sugar Song to Bitter Step by Unison Square Garden.
 * 1) Samurai Champloo
 * From the same folks how gave you the great music of Cowboy Bebop, but Samurai Champloo goes funkier with more hip hop and jazz vocal stylings especially from Nujabes feat. Shing02 and MINMI. While Cowboy Bebop had lots of great tracks, you couldn't really sing along.
 * From the same folks how gave you the great music of Cowboy Bebop, but Samurai Champloo goes funkier with more hip hop and jazz vocal stylings especially from Nujabes feat. Shing02 and MINMI. While Cowboy Bebop had lots of great tracks, you couldn't really sing along.

Honorable mentions

 * 1) K-On!
 * Rockin' moe grrls! This one probably should be in the top 5, but Samurai Champloo just beats it out, because it has more variety. Hokago Tea Time is a great band, but they still count among the gajillion girl groups that dominate anime and lacked variety for the most part.
 * 1) Fairy Tail (many seasons, OVAs, and movies)
 * Lots of upbeat openings and endings with a decent number of good character songs. Another top candidate for the top 5, but doesn't quite make it due to the dilution of such a long series (almost 280 episodes alone!).
 * 1) FLCL (3 short seasons)
 * FLCL, also known as FoolyCooly is pretty much all the band the pillows all the time, but they are such a great band, they have almost no bad songs on the FLCL soundtracks.
 * 1) Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the Slope)
 * Classic jazz music in anime FTW!
 * 1) Working!! (3 seasons and spinoff)
 * Ska music in anime FTW! This series has lots of fun upbeat music with good openings, endings, and characters songs.
 * 1) Working!! (3 seasons and spinoff)
 * Ska music in anime FTW! This series has lots of fun upbeat music with good openings, endings, and characters songs.
 * Ska music in anime FTW! This series has lots of fun upbeat music with good openings, endings, and characters songs.