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One of them is the Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan ED. Evan Call's composition there is magical.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never seen anyone mention it, so I'll say the ending for Kyokai no Kanata (Beyond the Boundary). It's so good, and the way they lead into it at the end of the episode is great. Unfortunately you don't see that part in the linked video.

https://animethemes.moe/anime/kyoukai_no_kanata/ED-NCBD1080

Recently, the ending for How Raeliana Ended Up in the Duke's Mansion. Again, the way they lead into it every episode is great. And the one episode where they changed the song got me super emotional unexpectedly.

https://animethemes.moe/anime/kanojo_ga_koushaku_tei_ni_itta_riyuu/ED1

Alternate song (pretty big spoilers in this one): https://animethemes.moe/anime/kanojo_ga_koushaku_tei_ni_itta_riyuu/ED2

Honorable mention: All of the Eureka Seven OP/EDs. I wouldn't quite say they're underrated, but since the show is almost 20 years old now I'm guessing a lot of people haven't seen them.

https://animethemes.moe/anime/eureka_seven

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Kyoukai no Kanata ED drops even more powerfully in the film version.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not really sure what qualifies as underrated/overrated,.. BUT in terms of things I can find on YouTube and general sense of amount of discussion I've seen,.. I think the OPs get more attention than the EDs of these series when I've tended to like the EDs better

Seisenshi Dunbine's ED because power ballads are fun

Gundam IBO S1's ED feels James Bondy with the swung feel and the strings (incidentally Aria the Origination's OP Spirale, also great, kinda feels James Bondy to me but more for the chromaticism,.. ANYWAYS)

and yeah, this was a stacked season (with competition like Bocchi the Rock) but I think my favorite ED of that season was Do It Yourself's ED because of its ultimate comf (kinda gives me the same feel as Nichijou's first ED)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Seisenshi Dunbine’s ED because power ballads are fun

If you haven't seen it, check out L-Gaim's OP 1st OP as well. Same singer, great power ballad vibe.

Edit: oh, hey, and 0083's "Men of Destiny", too!

Honestly, MIO / MIQ should have been the fifth (sixth?) Knight Saber.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Paranoia Agent's OP and ED are creepy and really good. Probably not underrated but I don't know anyone else IRL who's seen it.

I also really like Haibane Renmei's ED.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Susumu Hirasawa also did the OP and ED to Kon's Paprika and I haven't managed to find clips of him performing any of Paranoia Agent live, his live shows look like a trip with him performing with a laser controller

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Synchronicity! Months later, I'm listening to a video essay about Paranoia Agent, as I search Lemmy for any actual discussions about Haibane Renmei!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope anime discussions (in general) become more popular in Lemmy. It's hard to start topics as someone who mostly watches old stuff but it's nice to know there are people interested in these around here!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been tempted to post an Old Anime Discussion thread. I don't keep up with what's new, because I like to watch an entire series at once before starting another one, so I mainly stick to older shows. I super don't watch new episodes weekly unlike most anime fans.

I miss the other website, where I could read through years of discussions about shows like Shinsekai Yori and Mushishi. The more time passes, the more I feel like breaking the strike and posting there again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love the opening song of Ergo Proxy. And the opening sequence, by the time, was on par with the new Trigun's one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call paranoid Android underrated. It is a very popular song off the widely praised OK Computer Radiohead album.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Paranoid Android was the ED. The OP was Kiri.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, my bad. I got it mixed up!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

One I never see mentioned anywhere is the ED for Asterisk War. Mediocre show but you get to hear Maaya Sakamoto sing in English.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Underrated or good? Because I have no idea how people on large perceive or rate ops/eds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't believe I've seen much discussion of the ED for Tonari no Seki Kun (https://youtu.be/oIKB7i6fcmk), and it is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cowboy Bebopesque

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Serial experiments Lain ED is one of the most underrated ones. Even its lyrics hit deep. Kinda addicted to this song for a few weeks now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You should check out the rest of the album. Bôa Twilight iirc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I really like Ancient Magus' Bride OP1. Junna just belts that song and when it comes back at the end of the first half of the season, it fits so well

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In/Spectre Season 2's OP, Yotogibanashi, doesn't get nearly enough attention, much like the show itself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolutely. It's a shame the first season's pacing was such a mess, I'd imagine many people who dropped it or decided to skip the second season due to it would have enjoyed it immensely more than the first one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People who didn't like the first season's pacing probably have had their attention spans whittled down to nothing. I loved the first season. Iwanaga is such a great protagonist and I loved the themes explored in her battles against the main antagonist and in her attempts to solve the other cases.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Kryomaani @Ghostc1212 I actually enjoyed season one and then got bored in the first ep of s2. Does it get better?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Season 2 does get better. Episode 1 is mostly for recap purposes. The low budget for season 2 does really show during one of the arcs but if you can ignore it, then the story is great. Season 2 isn't like season 1, where there's one overarching antagonist. Instead, Iwanaga goes around solving different cases over a few multi-episode arcs. The format is basically the same though, and there's still lots of talking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The ending of Asobi Asobase. Actually, scratch that, the whole anime is underrated as hell!

The ending of Konosuba S1, both OPs and EDs of Kumodesu, specially the EDs. And that Naruto ending retelling Obito's life too.

Just off the top of my head.

Oh, and I linked the anime version of all those songs, but you REALLY have to hear all of Kumodesu's ED1 for the full experience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Asobi Asobase OP: What the girls think they are Asobi Asobase ED: What they really are

Anyway, I agree with you. The KonoSuba EDs in general are too underrated. Like hell, everyone remembers the iconic Kimi to mita sekai from the first OP ("fantastic dreamer") and the opening beat from the second OP ("Tomorrow"), but they seem to forget the calm EDs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the second ED is very good too, and even the ED of the Megumin anime was that kind of ED that really grew on me, but, for me at least, the first ED was that kind of ED that just couldn't be surpassed, like Clannad's dango ending!

I love how Asobi Asobase flips the "hype OP/calm ED" trope around, and it fits like a glove. Every episode starts calm and normal like the OP, but then it slowly slips further into pure insanity and by the time the episode ends, the ED fits the mood perfectly haha.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Blame Hanako for that slip into insanity 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Asobi Asobased

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I haven't seen much recent anime, but as a connoisseur of funk I give my accolades to:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Because it amuses me to throw in something really obscure: "Genesis—to the Traveler who Wanders in 'Zero'", the OP from the first part of Genesis Survivor Gaiarth, an OAV that no one remembers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Kimino Shiranai Monogatari from Bakemonogatari.

Kawaki no Ameku from Domestic no Kanojo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Canaan's OP Mind as Judgement is really really good and I rarely hear people talking about it, much less about the anime itself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd like more people to talk about many aspects mushishi since I think it should be considered an all-time classic. Sore Feet Song is one of the few that stuck with me for nearly a decade now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh I know one. The ED from Stella no Mahou. Stella no mahou is a fairly mediocre show that you may or may not decide to watch at all, and even if you did, you probably forgot all about it once the season ends. The ED is great though, it's electronic house(might be wrong) music, rather than a standard anisong. If you're after some EDM anisong, it won't disappoint.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I saw that one. I found it a pretty cozy watch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ao-chan Can't Study. Weirdly really good OP for a short comedy ecchi anime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Funny enough, this is the first thing to come to my mind too. It's a nice little song for an otherwise quite unremarkable show.

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