Current favorite anime openings

I'm doing an appended update to this post. 2018 edition!

(I'm doing this now instead of cleaning my house as I was planning to do tonight because I'm feeling restless and this house cleaning is basically a multi-week project at this rate. Ugh.)

The list:
Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi (Erased)

Asian Kung-Fu Generation is still alive? Damn.

Danganronpa 3 Despair Arc

*spoilers for the DR 1-2 games*

Sousei no Aquarion

First Youtube comment: "Giant robots fueled by the power of orgasm. Only you, Japan."

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Loving the comics x comedy theme.

Yu Yu no Hakusho (OP 2)

I don't know how I missed this the first time around.

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

(getting weird Kids on the Slope vibes)

Inuyashiki

Elderly man who basically turns into a robot. I don't know how to explain why I like this.

Shokugeki no Souma Season 3 (OP 2)

What is this show even about again? Cooking?

Yuri on Ice

I only know of this series because of the rabid fangirls at Comic Con... but I can see the appeal lol.
Also for a moment I thought the line at :26 was "Joseph you were insufferable." Engrish is weird.

Charlotte

I finally found an Angel Beats successor aka I'm a sucker for Lia.

Lupin III (2015)

Modern jazzy take on a classic theme.

Honorable Mentions:

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

Ah, so that stereotype of people running in openings has been around this long? Great song though.

Boku No Hero Academia OP 3

No real comment other than solid shounen.

Death Parade

The dancing in this one.

Soul Eater

This entire video feels like an on-rails ride.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Season 5

It's Jojo.

Guilty Pleasure:

Naruto Shippuden

For all that I’ve shit on Naruto in the past (basically ever since the rescue Sasuke arc lol), an opening like this can still give me the feels.

And finally, felt the need to make a nod to some classics (in the order they influenced me):

Digimon Adventure


Sailor Moon Sailor Stars


Dragon Ball Z


Card Captor Sakura OP 2


Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki


Detective Conan OP 8


The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya


Cowboy Bebop


Durarara!! OP 2


Clannad After Story


One Piece OP 13


Hunter x Hunter OP 6


Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Season 4 (OP 3)


Technically I'm excluding other classics (Evangelion, Naruto OP 2, FMA OP 4, etc.) since I don't feel those hold up as well for me personally anymore (and this list is long enough), but I may bring them back at a later point.

I also have a longer guilty pleasure list (including the likes of Gundam 0079 and Akazukin Cha Cha) but I'll save that for another time.

But for next time: endings.