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Sunday, 20 July 2008 22:09

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written by SMcCall64 , July 20, 2008
I guessed the #1 song before I even started watching the video, and I've only seen like, three complete anime series. Not that it's a bad thing though, I'm usually turned off by japanese vocals and I found the vocals in that song to be quite catchy.
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written by estefan , July 21, 2008
Very funny and informative video. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

"Where's my button?" lol
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written by torgospizza , July 21, 2008
I have to say that this was a good list. though I have to disagree with you on the first Death Note opening theme, which I thought was good. What I liked about it was the symbolism in how Light was inserted into various religous themed art, symbolizing his goal of becoming a god.

Anyway, I look forward to what your next video is.

Actually I have a suggestion for an anime OVA that you can review Nostalgia Critic style. Garzey's Wing, considered by all who have seen it to be one of the worst anime OVAs to ever be released. Just read this review and mopre importantly watch the video that accompanies it to see scenes from this thing:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2007-09-20


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What? No Gundam SEED?!?!?!??!
written by nsonic79 , July 21, 2008
But besides that this was a really good list. You even kept the swears down to almost nothing, and still made it funny! That's a huge plus in my book. Makes me wish I could do my top eleven anime list like you. *sigh* I'll just have to resort to blogging. Good job and great commentary!
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written by Crystanna , July 21, 2008
hmm, I don't know personally I think there were better openings you could have used. Then again, I don't think a lot of the "popular" series openings are very good. The video was still entertaining though.
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written by The Hellish Gnome , July 21, 2008
When I first started watching this video I thought "oh dear, some cheap NC rip off", but I actually thought you were very funny and original indeed. Loads of great jokes in the there, but my favourite is when you started talking to "yourself" smilies/cheesy.gif

HG
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written by greybob , July 21, 2008
Very nice! Now you should do top eleven closings, or maybe worst openings? Ha ha ah... uhm. Yeah, keep it up! I'm excited to see more stuff from you! Oh, I just thought of another, top eleven rpg cut-scenes! And it would have to have at least half of them be from final fantasy games though. However, there is also the awesome Wild Arms 4 opening, but I can't think of any others right now.
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written by Lupin_IV , July 21, 2008
You specified these as the top 11 recent anime openings; doe this mean there's going to be a top 11 for classic openings?
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written by sporenfrosch , July 21, 2008
it just wont load, will it?
And why is there this other guy?
I can only see a picture of him right now, yes i know amazing how far it loaded right smilies/smiley.gif
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written by admin , July 21, 2008
it just wont load, will it?
And why is there this other guy?
I can only see a picture of him right now, yes i know amazing how far it loaded right

I moved the video to a different server. All should be well now. Thanks for the heads up!
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written by blushapple , July 21, 2008
They're showing ThatGuy "rip offs" because ThatGuy likes to showcase other funny guys. And this guy is pretty funny. If you haven't watched the video yet, don't not watch it just because it isn't Nostalgia Critic. He's plenty worth it.

And I personally find the British accent very sexy. smilies/wink.gif
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written by fettsvett201 , July 21, 2008
where's the first opening to FMA?! That song gripped me by the balls man. Also the closing song of FLCL.
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written by johnlocke108 , July 21, 2008
I truly enjoyed your video and hope to see more of you in the future. You pulled it off very well!
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written by Protom-lad , July 21, 2008
Great video, but awww no One Peice? I don't watch many amine but I've been addicted to One peice for a while, and I think the openings are pretty dang good(especially the Water 7 arc opening)! No harsheties though.

But I do hope you do a video about One peice, it's just really fun and has great art design, and it's surprisingly emotional at parts, I swear, I cried at the end of the Enies Lobby arc!(You know what I'm talking about.)
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written by Aurisath , July 21, 2008
@ fettsvett201: I would have put FLCL in there, I really would have! One problem though: It's an ENDING Animation, And list was for OPENING ones.

@ blushapple: thanks! it's actually a New Zealand accent.

@ thechaowiththeglasses999: I'm not really a ripoff, I just said that to get your attention. It worked! XP

and everyone else: Thanks for being mainly supportive, I'll try hard not to let you down, and next week: AMVs.
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written by vcoffey , July 21, 2008
Pretty good list altogether. No big complaints. Would like to see more from you. Oh and congratulations.

Oh, and you should do a top eleven Anime closings. I find a lot of those are better than the openings on occasion.
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written by Demidronik , July 21, 2008
When he got down to #1 I was expecting him to say the American opening of one piece with him saying "one" so much. Death Note and Evangelion I do share as favorite openings.
Although the 6th opening of Bleach with the song "ALONES" is my favorite Bleach opening. And while D. Gray Man isn't quite as popular, the 3rd opening with the song "Doubt & Trust" is one of my favorite anime openings.

Overall interesting take on that guy with the glasses top 11 review.
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written by Miguelitro , July 21, 2008
Of fucking course Evangelion is the number 1!

But, hey, I disagree with you in number 3 and 2 positions, should be inverted

C.B. the 3rd
2nd DN the 2nd.

Nice review
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written by scullkrusher , July 21, 2008
Aside from the fact that you insulted Nightmare which is one of my favorite bands it was fine. That song titled "the WORLD" is one of my favorites. But thats fine youre free to hate it.

One question where the fuck was Full Metal Alchemist or D. Gray Man?! I know its impossible to cover all of them but come on!
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written by King Of Some Island , July 21, 2008
When has rap ever been good in an opening sequence?


Innnnn West Philidelphia born and raised... smilies/grin.gif

Need I continue
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written by Enkil , July 21, 2008
I was giving you a break, and I told myself, "Hey, maybe this guy is good," but I just didn't like it as much as the rest of the "That Guy" videos. First off, you tried a little too hard to knock off The Nostalgia Critic, and you made it quite clear on several occasions. It just isn't you though. Had you been a new character with your own personality and your own way of doing things, I may have liked it a little bit better. For the next video, I suggest you do your own thing because this really isn't you.

To my fellow viewers: Please don't vote this down, I'm trying to give some constructive criticism so he may have an even better video up next time.
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written by Dr Dib , July 21, 2008
Not being a huge anime fan, I didn't really get the list. It was nice to see what someone else thinks about anime openings though as my list probably would just include DragonBall and Sonic X as those are the only animes I really watched.

Speaking of Dragonball, while I'm not going to complain that it is not on the list, I am going to complain about what you said for Pokemon. You did say that it was one of the few American anime openings that didn't hurt the subject matter, but Dragonball pretty much had the Japanese opening translated to English. Well the 3rd opening is. It uses the same music and if I'm not mistaken more or less similar lyrics. I'm not talking about Dragonball Z or *sigh* Dragonball GT.

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written by MG , July 21, 2008
Yay, I thought you’d pick the Neon Genesis intro as your favourite! But you don’t think it’s ‘teh graetest ahneemay evar!!!!11!!1!’?. Okay, but it is for me, especially End of Evangelion. Wow, that one left me speechless!

Oh, and thank you for what you said about the first Death Note intro, I’m grateful I’m not the only one who thought the same.
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written by verkenderkraftwerk , July 21, 2008
eh...The only anime I've ever watched are films and when I was a kid Dragonball
Z and Pokemon, so I wasn't really familiar with the shows on the list. However I still found that part about the death note show funny.
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written by Zetta , July 21, 2008
If the English Pokemon theme (first one) was in Rock Band for the Wii, I'd buy that version just for that song.

Srsly. Those guitar riffs are awesome.
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written by blushapple , July 21, 2008
@ blushapple: thanks! it's actually a New Zealand accent.


Really? Well, shows how much I know. It's very attractive in any case. smilies/smiley.gif
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written by counselor2009 , July 21, 2008
I just wanted to say I thought you did a pretty good job with this. I did like the list (love Trigun, Samurai Champloo, and especially Cowboy Bebop) and I thought the use of the visual editing was good, especially when you criticized yourself during the Lucky Stars sequence. While I did like your choices, I would have had a few different ones, such as The various works of Rumiko Takahashi (Ranma 1/2 1st and 2nd seasons, Mermaid Scar, etc), Excel Saga, or The First Hellsing series but this is just personal preference and you did mention recent intros. As I mentioned, This was a good first video and I look forward for to the next video.
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written by DarkSkyGhost , July 22, 2008
I wonder if he thought about adding Ergo Proxy into the list.
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written by Black fire raven , July 22, 2008
I think he's right i mean those songs are really good i love death note and the thing i like about it is that its themes songs are great.Triguns music is a good song i love samurai champloo's song and one piece's song.Bleaches song is the best i was singing it after a week or two or a few days(even though i don't know japanese XD)Naruto i think that naruto is the best anime with every theme song of it as good as hell.
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written by PeKee , July 22, 2008
not bad video at all you could have showed some openings little longer smilies/tongue.gif The list was pretty good altough i have disacree whit some of them. I would have replaced Bebob with Blassreiter opening.
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written by HeartOfSorrow , July 22, 2008
I'm shocked you didn't pick Cowboy Beebop as the no. 1 opening.
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written by SirSigma , July 22, 2008
That was a really decent review. But I also think that the Evangelion english dub is better than the Japanese (I can list a lot of examples as to why).

Anyway, since you hate the Pokemon DP theme almost as much as I do, I think you should probably get started on Top 11 Worst Anime Openings.
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written by Kurvos , July 22, 2008
You seems to hate my number one favorite animé opening; the american opening to One Piece. And honestly, I have only heard the Lucky Star of all these you just showed.
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written by oddisnum1 , July 22, 2008
I applaud you good sir. Right off the bat with #11 I clapped cause I know that was right. Everything else I agreed 100% with though I have never herd of #1 I agree with all the ones you put in there. And yes, WHAT THE HECK DID THEY DO TO POKEMON?!?!?! lol, the opening has to be the best out of all of the series. And I agree once again, Where does rap fit in with anime opening songs? uh...NO WHERE! Though One Peice's opening has rap its still ok.
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written by reptra , July 22, 2008
i am not a fan of anime but this list was pretty cool.
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written by Oldemar , July 22, 2008
Yes... Most undoubtedly yes...
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written by raistuumum , July 22, 2008
I agree on his some of his opinions, some of the anime I know that were mentioned were really awful (especially Elfin Lied and Evangelion, blahhh) and I definitely disagree with Death N0te (generic emo to generic nu-metal? No thanks), but other than that, it's decent
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written by Lordifani , July 22, 2008
Great video! smilies/smiley.gif
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written by Quang , July 22, 2008
It was hard to listen to the theme songs when the guy is commenting.
Otherwise, I love anime! (Well in my opinion manga is better than anime)
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written by Sirion , July 22, 2008
whoa... I'm waiting for more smilies/smiley.gif that was great!! (by the way finally someone talks hire about anime... pokemon don't really counts for me xD )
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written by destructorv2 , July 22, 2008
Great review! sweet that i knew its Eva immediately cos you never mention it yet their some eva hints all over,
Bleach should be a 1 step up though, but its your list. Great job!
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written by bobabelouba , July 22, 2008
You forgot to include some old school theme in your top 11
80's anime were such a charm http://www.dailymotion.com/rel...ken_events


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written by animerocksautistic , July 22, 2008
Your reaction to Elfen Lied was priceless.

C.A.T at #1!
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written by xxxdeathprincessxxx , July 22, 2008
on numbver ten its chibi anime. no one can resist it its too cute!!!
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written by moociej , July 22, 2008
where the hell is Gun Smith Cats opening?
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written by Necromuru , July 22, 2008
Hi!

I just can't help the feeling that you all want to know my opinion on this matter, so I'll let you all hear it:

First of all:
The greatest Bleach opening is the 3rd one, with song Ichirin No Hana by HIGH and MIGHTY Color. The first one is not bad, and I actually like it quite alot. Nice animation and a cool song, but nowhere near the third opening. I'd also like to note that even though the anime adaptation of Bleach has quickly become more and more boring with it's meaningles fighting scenes, cheap philosophical lines and the horrible fillers, there has never been a single bad opening among the 8 openings the serie has had this far. (Don't ask me about the closings though)

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Second Death Note opening is just stupid. First opening wasn't anything special but it wasn't all that bad either. Also the plot started to become bit boring after you-know-what happened.

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If you wan't good opening with rap, I give you Afro Samurai. The most bad ass anime serie ever created. Who cares if it's in english? I'd take Samuel L. Jackson's sound acting over some grade-b japanese guy any day.

P.S. Some of the songs were so silent that you didn't really hear them at all.
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written by ClumsyJohan , July 22, 2008
I agree with you completely smilies/grin.gif Good video !

And That Guy, if you see this, when will you post your own top 11 video ?


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written by jkthedj , July 22, 2008
I liked it; truthfully and honestly, TGWTG could use a Foreign Corespondant or two...Or just corespondants in general, y'know, just to mix things up a little.
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written by BabyImplosion , July 22, 2008
ITS THAT DUDE IN THE SUEDE!
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written by tylerkeyisme , July 22, 2008
I WILL GET THE WORD OUT...though I believe That Guy has done and this efficietnly already. :]

While not better than the Nostalgia Critic, you are a close equal.
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written by Prodigs , July 22, 2008
Absolutely agreed with every number in that, but one thing makes me want to find this guy and rip his vocal chords from his body: Nightmare are a fucking brilliant band, so FUCK YOU!!.

Immature I know, but I thought his reasons were ridiculous. Nightmare do not sound like a teenaged angst, emotionally wrecked band. That I would point to Girugamesh, Saves the Day, Dashboard confessionals and Funeral For a Friend, you get the idea.
Yomi, the vocalist for Nightmare, sounds more suited to singing in an opera than a rock band. His contrast with the harsh rock sound of some songs is what made this band so appealing to me, and honestly, when you compare the second opening to the rest of the soundtrack in the series, it is very...VERY out of place.
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written by M.D.K.II , July 22, 2008
Nice work, although it's missing the first Ranma opening. You could do the worst 11 openings when you have the time (I think that would be more of a challenge, seeing how awful they can get...). Can I ask just how you got your own feature? Did you apply somewhere on the site?


Also, look the German opening of Naruto on Youtube, if you haven't.
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written by cloudburst452 , July 22, 2008
@rain: Actually, the animated Pokemon series is, in fact, anime.


As for the actual video, I agreed with just about everything, except for the second Death Note intro. Don't get me wrong, the animation for the second intro is much more dynamic than the first, I just can't stand all of the...the...roaring, I suppose you could call it. That kind of music has never appealed to me, but, hey, to each their own, I suppose...

Yoko Kanno FTW!
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written by Oskpet , July 22, 2008
Animes that I have seen and deserve to be on the list
11. Pokémon (who did not see this as a kid
8. Bleach (one of my favorite animes)

I saw he talk bad about rap and showed a clip from the intro for One Piece (my favorite anime)… just so you all know THE JAPANESE VERSION DOES NOT CONTAIN RAP!!! And one of the Japanese intros should really have been on this list

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written by smeagol92055 , July 22, 2008
Finally some Evangelion love!

Good job, Suede! You really sold this one!
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written by ScottyIGN , July 22, 2008
I am not an Anime fan at all but remember this tune from when I was a kid and it is great. Should have made it.
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written by xen999 , July 22, 2008
Bleh Evangelion is overrated if you ask me... I would've love to have seen the Claymore intro here but didn't expect it to be really. If you don't know Claymore than you're missing out on one of the best anime ever. It's not the most original series out there but it still amazing, the faint of heart beware though...
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written by mutantchicken14 , July 22, 2008
Great vid, though I probably would've put Cowboy Bebop above Eva.
Yoko Kanno is a freakin' genius!
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written by Lotta Cooties , July 22, 2008
Nice show!
Well done. If there has to be a ripoff, i am glad its you.
(What a cute dude smilies/wink.gif)

Hey, i personally think that most of this shows sucked. Sad they were not half as good as the intros.
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written by keelay17 , July 22, 2008
great vid
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written by GreatNocturn357 , July 22, 2008
as far as ripoffs of ripoffs go...your pretty good mate! hope to see more
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written by Lord Seth , July 22, 2008
Hrm...I did think the third Bleach opening was much superior to the first (though the screaming at the end was kind of annoying). And to be honest, while I liked the anime, I didn't really like either of the Death Note openings. The music during the credits, on the other hand, were both awesome. And of course, it's no surprise that Eva's opening was #1. I don't think Eva is the best anime ever, but I do think it's a great anime.

The biggest complaint I have with this is that a lot of times you don't really let people hear some of the openings. The music's there, but it's so quiet you don't really get to hear it. For example, in your segment on Lucky Star, while you see the visuals, you barely hear any of the music so it's hard to know (without looking it up ourselves) what the music is even like. Would've been nice if we could've heard a bit more of them.
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written by Curiosity Inc , July 22, 2008
The opening was slow and I found the accent a little hard to get through, but my big problem with this video was how the clips were used. The clips that played were terribly chosen, the title animation was terribly bland and I could barely hear the theme music over ThatDude's commentary. In some cases, the theme songs were totally inaudible throughout the entire entry! That's inexcusable in a theme music countdown.

However, I thought the writing was very clever. The gestures, the facial expressions, the jokes, the witty remarks... all of that was absolutely worthy of a Nostalgia Critic video.

You need practice with sound mixing and with figuring out how to use the clips. Other than that, I'd say this was a fine attempt at emulating the NC. Keep trying.

Oh, and don't be afraid to use profanity. The NC does constantly.
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written by Raymond T ThatDutchGuyWithTheTransformers , July 22, 2008
Not bad, Aurisath. Not bad at all. You still need to work on your timing and delivery of your punchlines, though. But you have potential, lad. smilies/wink.gif
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written by darthsketch , July 22, 2008
AGGGHHHHH....you forgot the American opening for DBZ!!! That opening MADE my Saturday morning!!! smilies/cheesy.gif
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written by joelpizzaguy , July 22, 2008
I don't know about the american or japanese opening, but the brazilian opening is the best i've heard in my whole life!
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written by SailorCardKnight , July 22, 2008
I TOTALLY agree with your top 3 there! "Whats up people!", "Tank!", and "Cruel Angels Thesis" are classics! Youtube is just full of parodies of them as well. Also, the funny thing is the opening for Evangelion is the only thing I like about that series, everything else about it confuses the hell out of me. As for the 2nd Death Note opening, honestily, I don't care for it either, but the crazy/twisted-ness of the song really does fit what is going on in that part of the series, expecially with Light and his twisted mind. I also agree about "Asterisk" being on that list, its fun upbeat, and has great visuals. But overal song wise, I like "Ichirin no Hana" (3rd opening) the best. I'm also kinda surprised that neither "Catch you Catch Me" from Cardcaptor Sakura or "Moonlight Densetsu" from Sailor Moon make the list. Those are classics as well. "exDream" from X is pretty damm cool too.

Anyways, you have great potential (love the reaction to Elfin Lied and comment on the first DN Op, I also happen to like "the WORLD" as well as the band that performs it, but I still find the comment funny). But like others have said, improve your clip editing, it could be alot better. Like in your intro you showed mostily clips from one of the InuYasha openings when you should have thrown in more of a varitey. Like the Haruhi Suzumiya opening and/or one of the ones from Fullmetal Alchemist, or something.... And work on the audio as well.

Other than those nitpicks, i'm looking forward to see what you do in the future.
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written by Nidoking , July 22, 2008
I'm going to dissent a bit as well. It looks like you didn't want to step outside the mainstream, or just haven't watched anything but the really popular series. I recommend hunting down the opening of Brigadoon (either of them)... if you want beautiful music and visuals that set the tone for a series, that's the epitome of perfection. I'm also a fan of the second season opening of Magic Knight Rayearth, but that's personal opinion. Other great ones include Jungle ha Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu (the OVA theme even made fun of the original), Princess Tutu (in its way), and if you really want to stand out from the fans in spotting brilliance, Tsukikage Ran a.k.a. Carried By the Wind. And let's not forget the original first opening of Kodocha... though it will never see U.S. commercial release, we all have a soft spot for it.

And no mention of the endless remakes of the Lucky Star opening with characters from other series? That's what makes it so great!
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written by cloudwater , July 22, 2008
I had the same reaction to Elfen Lied! But its now one of my favorite series, wish it was further up the list, such a good song.

I was kinda surprised Samurai Pizza Cats wasn't in there. A little old, granted, I haven't seen it since I was six but its STILL stuck in my head! Also for another good rap intro check out Ayakashi: Classic Japanese Horror.
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written by Kuraime , July 22, 2008
I agree most of those on the list, but I just cant stay quiet to the insult of not having Higurashi no Naku Koro ni opening on this list. It may not be the best ever, but once you have watched the series and especially the opening in the middle of the night, you will be haunted forever. The scary music just fits perfectly to this disturbing horror anime.

I didnt like Cowboy Bebop opening that much, although i loved the series. Maybe because its too much like jazz and I dont really like jazz. I would put Black Lagoon opening in its place. Red Fraction is friggin sweet. I also agree to the abovementioned about Bleach opening. I like the 3rd most of them although the first opening brings me back to the days when bleach was actually good. Now its just avarage. I also preferred the 1st Death Note opening over the second one, but thats maybe because im not into such hardcore rock. Evangelion opening is good but I wouldnt put it to the top.

One that I also see missing in the top 10 (or 11 in this case) list is the D.N.Angel opening. For me it still is one of the best openings ever and I have watched quite a lot of various animes from different genres. Hell I can prodly say I have seen all of these in the list, with the exception of Pokemon that I secretly watched occasionally on TV when the kids were watching it. Lucky Star opening is for some reason the only one im embarrased to watch when other people are around. So I pretend to dislike it, when I actually quite fancy it. That series drove my brother to near madness, the same way as Azumanga Daioh did. There are a lot of openings that I like but im too lazy to make my own top 10(11) list. Maybe Kenichi opening 1, Eureka Seven opening 1 and Seto no Hanayome opening (cause it makes my feel positive) could make their way to the list as well.

I loved your expression of Elfen Lied, since my experience was somewhat similar. Its currently the only anime that I find too sick to watch. I remember that I started to think that one girl was the main character and somewhat started to care about her, and then when she got decapitated I was emotionally scarred. Its like your parents bought you nice kitten that they put down on your lap, and then brutally sever its head while your still holding it. Thats how I felt that time. But its opening music is still great although I find it resembling christmas music. Merry Christmas, says santa with a bag full of severed kitten heads.
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Pokemon! :D
written by SaiyanKirby , July 22, 2008
I haven't really seen many different animes, but I'm really surprised that the original Pokemon opening didn't make it to the near-top of the list! That song not only is awesome on it's own, but I get the chills from the sheer nostalgia of it. smilies/tongue.gif

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I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST, LIKE NOONE EVER WAS! TO CATCH THEM IS MY REAL TEST, TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAUSE!!

...*shot*
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Noice work (yes it's spelt that way)
written by Mr Fist , July 22, 2008
Great job. Personally I would have put Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni and Paranoia Agent but your list is cool.

I hope to see more from you.

P.S. Are you Australian?
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written by xero817 , July 22, 2008
The Guyver Opening(the old and New series) has been my fav next to the Hellsing opening to top all.
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written by Xylon Lionheart , July 22, 2008
I find the lack of "Ready Steady Go" disturbing.
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written by OmegaWarrior , July 22, 2008
I don't get it; Your number 1 is Evangelion, but Nadeshiko is nowhere on the list? The song have a very similar tone, and I think they were even done by the same guy.
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written by jjthegamer , July 22, 2008
WTH?! smilies/angry.gif
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written by Ed. , July 22, 2008
great video, looking forward to your next one!
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written by TylerDirty529 , July 22, 2008
I'm not a fan of anime, but this video was still well made and I look forward to seeing more of your work!

Congrats on being accepted to the TGWTG team! smilies/smiley.gif
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written by jjthegamer , July 22, 2008
this guy should have like rich dork reviews smilies/grin.gif
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Great list
written by ChadVision , July 22, 2008
You did it perfect!
Just how I would have done it
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Hi, awesome list
written by garfield15 , July 22, 2008
Yay, you made it here. Awesome Awesome Awesome stuff.

I agree with the list entirely.

From your megafan garfield15
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Some seriously missing openings
written by SkyLynx , July 22, 2008
You put in the american opening for Pokemon but left out Vision of Escaflowne, the second japanese opening for Bleach, Himiko Den ... yeesh - now I wanna make my own video list ...
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written by kenzoil , July 22, 2008
it seems you like the mainstream shows....... personally I liked your set up ever though its kinda a NC rip off.

list of OPs to check out just in case you dont remember them or haven't seen

uta kata (omoi wo kanadete)
Eureka Seven ("Sakura" by NIRGILIS)
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written by kenzoil , July 22, 2008
^ cut off most my post (hopefully this get through if not o'well)

Monster ("Grain" by Kuniaki Haishima) great with the anime
Hajime no Ippo ("Inner Light") LOVE THIS ANIME!
Berserker ("Tell Me Why" by the Penpals)
Air ("Tori no Uta" by Lia) visually stunning, soft OP
Area 88 ("Dance in the Battlefield" by Keiko Terada) OMG (no lyrics)
Beck ("Hit in the USA" by Beat Crusaders) hehe play and stop and read everything in this OP the first time its hilarious
avenger ("Mirai no Eve" by ALI PROJECT) good OP ok show
Gundam 0083 ("The Winner" by Miki Matsubara) the most memorable OP (IMO)
City Hunter 3 ("CITY HUNTER" by Kahoru Kohiruimaki) catchy and there is a helicopter what more do you want!
DearS (Happy Cosmos" by PoppinS)
Dragonball z (english VERSION) ("Rock The Dragon") sry but this is better then the jap OP by far
Fantastic Children ("Voyage" by Inori) very soft (different then most OP)
Geneshaft ("Shaft Drive" by Akira Takasaki and Ji-Zo)
Baki the Grappler ("Child Prey" by Dir En Grey)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgMhbuELHGk
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written by 1UP , July 22, 2008
dude, how can the Lova Hina opening not be on there??? the Love Hina opening has a catchy song, great artwork, and its a funny opening to boot
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Responce to xen999 and Kuraime
written by Metroid Exterminator , July 22, 2008
At xen999
Yes NGE is Overrated, but so is Claymore. If you want to see a true masterpiece I would suggest Monster or Kimi ga Nozomu Eien.

At Kuraime
I completely agree, the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni OP should have been on the list. It was ingenius. However that anime is so satanic I dont plan on watching it.
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I Wanna hang with this guy
written by Jackalsblood , July 23, 2008
I am I gigantic Anime fan and have seen every anime he listed and I agree with almost all of the list.

This guy is pretty cool
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written by Shinigami , July 23, 2008
I liked from that but I tend to disagree with Death Note intros with you. I actually prefer first j-rock intro over second metal intro. I think that first one fits better to series. I consider it to be one of top3 anime intros with DN Angel intro and first Naruto Shippuuden intro.
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Amazing
written by JSHADOWM , July 23, 2008
Dude, PWNAGE! smilies/cheesy.gif

You are awesome, can't wait to see more of you! smilies/grin.gif

Yeah, "Lillium" is misleading... A LOT

"What's up people" uuuhhh.... Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooore Death Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooote!
Benribenri banzai benribenri banzai
Benribenri banzai ningen
Benribenri banzai benribenri banzai
Benribenri banzai ningen

that opening is hardcore, but "The world" was IN THE SPIRIT of the series, check the lyrics if you don't believe me! smilies/wink.gif

Anyhow, nice job! Waiting for MOAR! smilies/cool.gif
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ONE Complaint... only one
written by JSHADOWM , July 23, 2008
Dude, the FIRST Dragon Ball Japanese opening...
it is just BEAUTIFUL... i was a little miffed it was not in there...
FIRST opening rules... all other where...

smilies/angry.gif AUGH... huts me to talk about it! smilies/cry.gif

i am talking about the Dragon Ball NOT Dragon Ball Z first opening... smilies/cool.gif
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written by ASP84 , July 23, 2008
i wouldve put Gundam Wing "Just Communication" on there, but i'm not a hardcore anime fan. good list though
totally looking forward to more of you on this site.
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written by Gleb , July 23, 2008
Claymore.

It simply HAS to be in this list.
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My own list...don't hate me
written by AnimusNathan , July 23, 2008
Your list was alright. Don't hate me but I think mine is superior, if for one reason:

11)Turn A Gundam first opening - the british guy saying Turn A, and the movements of the characters
10)Cowboy Bebop - As you said, it's the definition of cool
9)Koutetsushin Jeeg - splicing the awesomely written japanese credits inbetween Jeeg forming. Timed perfectly to the music.
smilies/cool.gifMahoromatic First opening - Sets the mood, and it's both sorrowful and happy
7)Tengen Toppa Gurre