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the art of the anime opening song – part 2

Series: Oshi no Ko
Title: Test Me
Music: Chanmina

Series: Oshi no Ko
Title: Burning
Music: Hitsujibungaku

A murdered doctor and his terminally ill teenage cancer patient are reincarnated as the twin children of Japan’s biggest idol singer, thus beginning their rise to stardom and mystery solving in this drama/thriller expose/indictment of Japan’s multifaceted entertainment industry.  Oshi no Ko itself is a critics and fan acclaimed media sensation with a highly successful manga (25 million copies as of 2026), anime, and live action tv drama and film series. Chanmina is a prominent Japanese/Korean rap star and music label entrepreneur. Hitsujibungaku are a grunge-inspired alt rock band from Tokyo currently rising up the pop charts.

Series: Yofukashi no Uta (Call of the Night)
Title: Mirage
Music: Creepy Nuts

A very sensitive and human story of the relationship issues of a group of vampires in suburban tokyo, Call of the Night is an award winning series with uniquely sophisticated writing and art design.  Creepy Nuts are a wildly popular hip hop duo taking rap to new directions. 

Series: Dandadan
Title: Otonoke
Music: Creepy Nuts

Widely considered the best anime series of the current decade, Dandadan is a supernatural sci-fi horror romantic action comedy that continues to delight and mystify. Produced by the highly innovative Science Saru animation studio.  Once again Creepy Nuts provides the music.

Series: Spy x Family
Title: Kura Kura
Music: Ado

Another massively popular series and now almost iconic in japanese culture, Spy x Family blends serious cold war spy drama, war and authoritarian themes with hilarious family comedy. Ado is a mysterious vocalist (she never shows her face or image) with five top 5 albums and winner of every conceivable pop music award in Japan.

the art of the anime opening song

Series: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure-Stone Ocean
Title: Stone Ocean
Music: ichigo from Kisida Kyodan & The Akebosi Rockets
One cant say enough about the JoJo series – a 133 volume action/horror/adventure/comedy/fantasy manga thats been running for nearly 40 years and in which “bizarre” is the vastest of vast understatements. Part of its charm is that the hundreds of characters are named after 1970s, 80s and 90s rock groups, musicians and songs. Its a music fans dream show. David Production has done stunning work of adapting it to an anime yet keeping all the comic-book feeling visually. Kisida Kyodan & The Akebosi Rockets are a rock band known for writing songs for popular anime series or as the genre is called in japan “Anison” (animation songs).

Series: Zom 100-Bucket List of the Dead
Title: Song of the Dead
Music: Kana-Boon
How do you take the zombie genre and make it fun and upbeat? Well just watch. A refreshing take on a tired subject! Great video with zombie choreography : ) Netflix made a live action version of this of 2023 but i really didnt think it lived up to the anime, not nearly as funny. The band Kana Boon although i dont know them, have racked up 287 million views on just one video alone

Series: Concrete Revolutio
Title: The Beginning
Music: Yamamoto Yosuke
A strange sci fi anime from Bones studio, the story is a postmodern take on Cyborg 009, a classic anime from the 60s, in a world set in an alternate 1962 where superheroes are suspect, similar to the Watchmen series in the US. Very unique animation and powerful music.

Series: Gankutsuo (The Count of Monte Cristo)
Title: We Were Lovers
Music: Jean-Jaques Burnel
Major animation studio Gonzo adapted Alexandre Dumas’ classic french novel to a sci fi setting, and to go with the watercolor-like impressionist artwork and actual costume designs by Anna Sui, they hired Jean-Jaques Burnel from The Stranglers to do the soundtrack music.

Series: Peeping Life
Title: HOTEL Alien
Music: Bradio
Bradio are a funk rock band signed to Warner Brothers Records. Theyre quite good! Very party-oriented music. Peeping Life is a animated-in-real-time improv sketch comedy series, this season here doing sketches based on classic 1960s and 70s anime characters like Astro Boy, Black Jack and Time Bokan.

Series: Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Title: D City Rock
Music: TeddyLoid feat. Debra Zeer
Gainax is one of the worlds most successful and innovative anime studios (they made Evangelion, widely considered the greatest ever anime). They decided to send their staff to America for 6 months and absorb the culture and especially watch as many american cartoons as possible, and on return created “Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt” based on what they learned. Tons of sex, foul language, extreme violence and rude and disgusting purile gags, all that look vaguely similar to american animation but just so extreme that the satire will shock and offend the staunchest cartoon fan. Its funny yes, but absolutely NOT safe for US television.