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I will paste what I answered in a similar thread from !anime@ani.social a little while back that might be of interest to you:

I usually watch an OP once for a show and then skip it each time afterwards. That being said, there are a handful that I remember making the choice to always watch each episode. In no particular order:

• (NSFW) B Chiku Sentai SOX - "SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist" - I always laughed at the visuals of this more than anything. This show was wild.
• Onegai Muscle - "How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift?"
• Idol - "Oshi no Ko"
• Zeitaku na Saji - "Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill"
• GO!!! - "Naruto"

Some that come to mind:

Ghost in the Shell—hands down one of the best movie openings across the board.

For series:

Cowboy Bebop

Space Dandy

Chainsawman

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

I have many, but the ones I can remember are:

OPs:

• Oregairu S1-3
• Elfen Lied
• Umineko (both VN and TV)
• Violet Evergarden
• Nichijou

EDs:

• Erased
• White Album 2
• Golden Time
• Clannad (Dango Daikazoku)

One I have doubts anyone else might mention is Lupin the Third.

Gurren lagann

https://youtu.be/FwgMxjhXkKo?si=FKU4d8eDfE37fm4H

https://youtu.be/6bYFC2NSahg?si=7K9vUzk9upcOAOE-

Definitely a tie with a few:

• Mushishi (The Sore Feet song and not Shiver, which is also great)

• Logos Naki World (Hellsing)

• Kibou no Kakera by Nana Kitade (Demsahita Powerpuff Girls Z op 1)

• Rewrite by Asian Kung-fu Generation (FMA '03 op 4)

• Detective Conan op 1 (the one from the Funimation English dub)

Attack on Titan - The Rumbling for me personally, had no right going as hard as it did!

Neon Genesis Evangelion's intro is an absolute bop as well

Perfect Openings

• YuYu Hakusho - Hohoemi no Bakudan or SMILE BOMB my personal GOAT.

• G Gundam - FLYING IN THE SKY

• G Gundam - TRUST YOU FOREVER

• Naruto - Yura Yura by Hearts Grow If I had to choose one.

• Naruto Shippuden - Toumei datta Sekai by Hata Motohiro

• Nagi No Asukara - Ebb and Flow by Ray

• Sword Art Online - Crossing Field by LiSA hate the show all you want you can't deny this is a 10/10 opening

• Kill la Kill - Sirius by Eir Aoi

• Bleach - D-tecnolife by UVERworld

Good Stuff

• Saint Seiya The Lost Canvas - The Realm of Athena by EUROX

• Saint Seiya Omega - Pegasus Fantasy (Version Omega) by Make-Up

• R.O.D. the TV super underrated imo

• Tower of God - TOP by Stray Kids I'm just used to the JPN version.

• Gundam Wing - Just Communication by Two-Mix

• Noragami - Kyōran Hey Kids by The Oral Cigarettes

• Mushishi - Shiver by Lucy Rose

• Nisemonogatari - Platinum Disco performed by Yuka Iguchi because everyone already knows Renai Circulation

• Arpeggio of Blue Steel - Savior of Song by nano ナノ

• Shuffle! - YOU by Yuria

• .hack//SIGN - Obsession by SEE-SAW

• .hack//Legend of the Twilight - NEW WORLD by Round Table feat. Nino

• Highschool of the Dead by Kisida Kyodan & the Akebosi Rockets

• Ikki Tousen - Drivin Through the Night by m.o.v.e slightly NSFW

• Queens Blade Rebellion - Inochi no Uta ga Kikoeru by Tamura Naomi apparently YouTube hates this opening lol

Really making me wrack my brain here, but that's what I got for now, tried to pick a few that a lot of folks probably wouldn't be all too familiar with. Of course there's plenty more I like that have already been mentioned here like Sorairo Days and the like.

I liked how they did it with Naruto, changing it up every so often and using some pretty good songs.

Pilot Candidate. Just for the music.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CuNToaNBb1s&pp=ygUXcGlsb3QgY2FuZGlkYXRlIG9wZW5pbmc

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Never skipped it.

Might be cheating with an end credits sequence, but I would say Psycho Pass' first ending sequence

Honorable mentions:

Chill Category

Ergo Proxy

High Energy Category

Steins Gate

Vinland Saga, Initial D, Cyberpunk Edgerunners

Probably kino's journey, kino no tabi, the original. Captures the spirit of calm wanderlust perfectly. Itinerance.i love the ending too.

Going through this exercise, I really like jazzy, hip hop, and, sometimes, heavy metal openings. (Still get chills from Attack on Titan's "Rumbling" OP.) I've hyperlinked each song below for specificity (and nostalgia).

Going back 10+ years ago: Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, Cowboy Bebop, Gintama, YuYu Hakusho, and One Piece are the anime openings that come to mind.

More recently: Love is War, Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Samurai Champloo, One Punch Man, My Hero Aca, Black Clover are all top tier.

Didn't make the list, but shoutout to Bleach for having one of the most memorable soundtracks in all of anime.

Um...Sailor Moon?

Little Busters!

Zombie land saga Bochi the rock Evangelion (A cruel angels thesis)

I liked the angel bears intro enough thar I let it play I usually skip past them all honestly.

Can't choose between these openings so here's a small list:

• Golden time s2
• The worlds finest assassin
• Death parade or really any BRADIO work
• Dr. Stone s1 and s2
• OddTaxi
• The helpful fox senko

• Maria+Holic Alive OP 1
• Blood +'s Openings are good OP 1, Op 2, OP 3, & OP 4
• Trigun
• Both of Gundam Wing's openings are good OP 1 & OP 2

Fate Stay/Night UBW second opening to Brave Shine by Aimer.

Sexy Commando