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I'm starting a thread on the Greatest (the Top or the Best) anime songs of all time. Every week I'm inducting ten songs into the canon of the greatest anime songs of all time by posting its details, video and lyrics. The result would be what you call the Anime Songs Hall of Fame, basically the cream of the crop in anime songs. Of course, not any anime song will do, that's why I'm looking at anime sites polls and awards for basis and not merely my own personal taste. Also, your suggestions would be much appreciated.

CRITERIA:

Spoiler:

As suggested by Varaxis, I'm listing the standards of what songs may be considered in the Hall of Fame.

- songs should be from a television anime, anime film, original video anime (OVA), or web anime. (Songs from 18+ anime are not eligible.)
- at the latest, songs should be on an anime shown during the previous year, but feel free to suggest recent songs.
- Image/character songs are not included, songs should be incorporated in the anime. Likewise, songs from video games or live-action series/movies (even if tied-up with an anime) are not included. So basically only opening, ending and insert songs are allowed.
- A huge factor is the inclusion of a song in a Anime Song Countdown based on critical and popular consensus. A partial list of such countdowns are listed in this post.
- A song's placing in the Oricon Music Chart is also valuable. My main source of such information is at jpopstop.com & wikipedia.
- I visit the other threads in AnimeSuki Forum for songs to consider, particularly the "Favourite Opening/Ending" thread.
- I usually visit Gendou.com to find out the song's rating, especially if it is relatively new. Though not a dealbreaker, a rating of 8.500 or higher will impress.
- multiple recommendations of the same song by different posters is highly regarded.
- the end goal is to have at least 2000 songs inducted (so one has to keep in mind if the song would be considered one of the best 2000 anime songs released). From there, I will post a Top 1000 Anime Songs of All Time list. I'm compiling and ranking the songs offline as the list grows.

list of Anime Song Countdowns used as reference:

Spoiler:

Animax Anison Top 500 (2007)

2ch Top 300 Anime Songs (2007)
Pt. 1
Pt. 2
Pt. 3
Pt. 4
Pt. 5
Pt. 6

2ch Top 300 Anime Songs (2008)
Pt. 1
Pt. 2
Pt. 3
Pt. 4
Pt. 5
Pt. 6

Animage's Anime Grand Prix (yearly since 1979)
note: 2 versions here with some differences in the entries, I don't know which one is right
Ver. 1
Ver. 2

Animation Kobe Theme Song Award (yearly since 1996)

Gendou's highest rated Anime Songs in it's database

CDTV's 100 Anime OP/ED Singles Sales of 2007
Pt. 1
Pt. 2

CDTV's 100 Anime OP/ED Singles Sales of 2008
Pt. 1
Pt. 2

HeroTV's 100 Anime Singles Sales of 2009
Pt. 1
Pt. 2

HeroTV's 100 Anime Singles Sales of the 1st Half of 2010
Pt. 1
Pt. 2

1,000 Best Selling Anime/Sentai/Game Singles of the Decade (2000-2010) [It excludes tie-up artists for an anime, I don't know what that means but it in effect excludes hits from FMA, Naruto, Detective Conan, Bleach and others]:

1000-951
950-901
900-851
850-801
800-751
750-701
700-651
650-601
600-551
550-501
500-451
450-401
400-351
350-301
300-251
250-201
200-151
150-101
100-51
51-1

For Anisons which includes tie-up artists you can view CDTV's Top 20 Anime Songs Sales (from 2000-2007), which can be viewed as the Top 20 for the decade save for Ponyo's ED's 346,217 copies sold (in 2008) which would make it the 7th Anison Sales of the decade.

- please feel free to post in the thread any anime song countdown (or a link thereto) that would be helpful in this endeavor.

THE ANIME SONG HALL OF FAME
The First 1,000 Songs Inducted [A-D]
The First 1,000 Songs Inducted [E-K]
The First 1,000 Songs Inducted [L-Z]
The Second Wave

Here are my inductions into the Hall of Fame for Week 1:

"CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" by Hironobu Kageyama
Dragon Ball Z (TV) Opening Theme #1 (episodes 1-199) [1989]

Spoiler:

Hikaru kumo o tsukinuke fly away (fly away) Karadajuu ni hirogaru panorama
Kao o kerareta chikyuu ga okotte (okotte) Kazan o bakuhatsu saseru
Toketa koori no naka ni Kyouryuu ga itara tamanori shikomitai ne

Cha-la Head-cha-la Nani ga okite mo kibun wa heno-heno kappa
Cha-la Head-cha-la Mune ga pachi-pachi suru hodo Sawagu Genki-da
Cha-la Head-cha-la Atama karappo no hou ga yume tsumekomeru
Cha-la Head-cha-la Egao urutora zetto de Kyou mo ai-yai-yai-yai-yai Sparking!

"Sekai ga Owaru Made wa" by WANDS
Slam Dunk (TV) Ending Theme #2 (episodes 28-49) [1994]

Spoiler:

Daitokai ni boku wa mou hitori de Nagesuterareta akikan no you da
Tagai no subete wo shiritsukusu made ga Ai naraba isso towa ni nemurou ka

Sekai ga owaru made wa hanareru koto mo nai Sou negatte-ita ikusen no yoru to
Modoranai toki dake ga naze kagayaite wa Yatsurekitta kokoro made mo kowasu
Hakanaki omoi kono tragedy night

"Tank!" by Seatbelts
Cowboy Bebop (TV) Opening Theme (episodes 1-25) [1998]

Spoiler:

I think it's time to blow this scene Get everybody and the stuff together Okay 3-2-1 let's jam

"Mazinger Z" by Ichiro Mizuki
Mazinger Z (TV) Opening Theme [1972]

Spoiler:

Sora ni sobieru kurogane no shiro Supaa Robotto Majinga Zetto!
Muteki no chikara wa bokura no tame ni Seigi no kokoro wo Bairudaa On

Tobase tekken! Roketto Panchi! Ima da dasun da Buresto Faiyaa!
Majingoo! Majingoo! Majinga Z!

"Zankoku na Tenshi no Te-ze" by Yoko Takahashi
Shin Seiki Evangelion (TV) Opening Theme [1995]

Spoiler:

Zankoku na tenshi no you ni Shounen yo shinwa ni nare
Aoi kaze ga ima mune no Doa wo tataite mo Watashi dake wo tada mitsumete hohoenderu anata
Sotto fureru mono motomeru koto ni muchuu de Unmei sae mada shiranai itaike na hitomi
Dakedo itsuka kidzuku deshou sono senaka ni wa Haruka mirai mezasu tame no hane ga aru koto

Zankoku na tenshi no Te-ze Madobe kara yagate tobitatsu
Hotobashiru atsui Patosu de Omoide wo uragiru nara
Kono sora wo daite kagayaku Shounen yo shinwa ni nare

"Sobakasu" by Judy & Mary
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (TV) Opening Theme #1 (episodes 1-38) [1996]

Spoiler:

Daikirai datta sobakasu wo chotto Hito nadeshite tame iki wo hitotsu
Hebi ikkyuu no koi wa migoto ni Kakuzatou to issho ni toketa
Mae yori mo motto yaseta mune ni chotto Chiku-tto sasaru toge ga itai
Hoshiuranai mo ate ni naranai wa
Motto touku made issho ni yuketara nee Ureshikute sore dake de

Omoi de wa itsumo kirei dakedo Sore dake ja onaka ga suku no
Hontou wa setsunai yoru na noni Doushite kashira? Ano hito no namida mo omoi dasenai no
Omoi dasenai no ooohhhh

"Hare Hare Yukai" by Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara and Yuko Goto
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (TV) Ending Theme #1 (episodes 1-13) [2006]

Spoiler:

Nazonazo mitai ni chikyuugi wo tokiakashitara Minna de doko made mo ikeru ne Jikan no hate made Boooon!
Waapu de ruupu na kono omoi wa Nani mo kamo wo makikonda souzou de asobou

Aru hareta hi no koto Mahou ijou no yukai ga Kagirinaku furisosogu fukanou ja nai wa
Ashita mata au toki warainagara hamingu Ureshisa wo atsumeyou Kantan nanda yo konna no
Oikakete ne (oikakete ne) tsukamaete mite Ooki na yume yume suki deshou?

"Candy Candy" by Mitsuko Horie
Candy Candy (TV) Opening Theme [1976]

Spoiler:

Sobakasu nante ki ni shinai wa Hana-Pecha datte datte datte oki ni iri
Otenba itazura daisuki kakekko Sukippu daisuki watashi wa watashi wa watashi wa Candy

Hitoribocchi de iru to choppiri samishii Sonna toki kou iu no kagami wo mitsumete
Waratte waratte waratte Candy Nakibesou nante Sayonara ne Candy Candy

"Ai Senshi" by Daisuke Inoue
Kidou Senshi Gundam II: Ai Senshi (Movie) Ending Theme [1981]

Spoiler:

Ai furueruai sore wa wakareuta Hirouhonemo moetsukute nureru hada mo tsuchi ni kaeru
Kooya wo hashiru shinigami no retsu Kuroi yagande makka ni moeru
Ai inochi no ai chi no shika wa daichi ni suteru Arata naru toki wo hiraku ka iki no koru ai senshitachi
Kooya wo hashiru shinigami no retsu Kuroi yagande makka ni moeru

Shinu wuku otokotachi wa mamoru heki onnatachi ni Shinu wuku onnatachi wa aisuru otokotachi he
Nani wo kakeru no ka Nani wo nokosu no ka I pray pray to bring near the New Day

"Pegasus Fantasy" by MAKE.UP
Saint Seiya (TV) Ending Theme #1 [1986]

Spoiler:

(Saint Seiya!) Dakishimeta kokoro no Kosumo Atsuku moyase kiseki wo okose
Kizu-tsuita mama ja inai to Chikai atta haruka na ginga
Pegasasu Fantaji- sou sa yume dake wa Daremo mo ubaenai kokoro no tsubasa dakara

Saint Seiya shounen wa minna Saint Seiya ashita no yuusha oh yeah
Saint Seiya Pegasasu no you ni Saint Seiya ima koso habatake

2009-03-24, 05:09	Link #1
janfive Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Moe-land	Hall of Fame: The Greatest Anime Songs of All Time I'm starting a thread on the Greatest (the Top or the Best) anime songs of all time. Every week I'm inducting ten songs into the canon of the greatest anime songs of all time by posting its details, video and lyrics. The result would be what you call the Anime Songs Hall of Fame, basically the cream of the crop in anime songs. Of course, not any anime song will do, that's why I'm looking at anime sites polls and awards for basis and not merely my own personal taste. Also, your suggestions would be much appreciated. CRITERIA: Spoiler: As suggested by Varaxis, I'm listing the standards of what songs may be considered in the Hall of Fame. - songs should be from a television anime, anime film, original video anime (OVA), or web anime. (Songs from 18+ anime are not eligible.) - at the latest, songs should be on an anime shown during the previous year, but feel free to suggest recent songs. - Image/character songs are not included, songs should be incorporated in the anime. Likewise, songs from video games or live-action series/movies (even if tied-up with an anime) are not included. So basically only opening, ending and insert songs are allowed. - A huge factor is the inclusion of a song in a Anime Song Countdown based on critical and popular consensus. A partial list of such countdowns are listed in this post. - A song's placing in the Oricon Music Chart is also valuable. My main source of such information is at jpopstop.com & wikipedia. - I visit the other threads in AnimeSuki Forum for songs to consider, particularly the "Favourite Opening/Ending" thread. - I usually visit Gendou.com to find out the song's rating, especially if it is relatively new. Though not a dealbreaker, a rating of 8.500 or higher will impress. - multiple recommendations of the same song by different posters is highly regarded. - the end goal is to have at least 2000 songs inducted (so one has to keep in mind if the song would be considered one of the best 2000 anime songs released). From there, I will post a Top 1000 Anime Songs of All Time list. I'm compiling and ranking the songs offline as the list grows. list of Anime Song Countdowns used as reference: Spoiler: Animax Anison Top 500 (2007) 2ch Top 300 Anime Songs (2007) Pt. 1 Pt. 2 Pt. 3 Pt. 4 Pt. 5 Pt. 6 2ch Top 300 Anime Songs (2008) Pt. 1 Pt. 2 Pt. 3 Pt. 4 Pt. 5 Pt. 6 Animage's Anime Grand Prix (yearly since 1979) note: 2 versions here with some differences in the entries, I don't know which one is right Ver. 1 Ver. 2 Animation Kobe Theme Song Award (yearly since 1996) Gendou's highest rated Anime Songs in it's database CDTV's 100 Anime OP/ED Singles Sales of 2007 Pt. 1 Pt. 2 CDTV's 100 Anime OP/ED Singles Sales of 2008 Pt. 1 Pt. 2 HeroTV's 100 Anime Singles Sales of 2009 Pt. 1 Pt. 2 HeroTV's 100 Anime Singles Sales of the 1st Half of 2010 Pt. 1 Pt. 2 1,000 Best Selling Anime/Sentai/Game Singles of the Decade (2000-2010) [It excludes tie-up artists for an anime, I don't know what that means but it in effect excludes hits from FMA, Naruto, Detective Conan, Bleach and others]: 1000-951 950-901 900-851 850-801 800-751 750-701 700-651 650-601 600-551 550-501 500-451 450-401 400-351 350-301 300-251 250-201 200-151 150-101 100-51 51-1 For Anisons which includes tie-up artists you can view CDTV's Top 20 Anime Songs Sales (from 2000-2007), which can be viewed as the Top 20 for the decade save for Ponyo's ED's 346,217 copies sold (in 2008) which would make it the 7th Anison Sales of the decade. - please feel free to post in the thread any anime song countdown (or a link thereto) that would be helpful in this endeavor. THE ANIME SONG HALL OF FAME The First 1,000 Songs Inducted [A-D] The First 1,000 Songs Inducted [E-K] The First 1,000 Songs Inducted [L-Z] The Second Wave Here are my inductions into the Hall of Fame for Week 1: "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" by Hironobu Kageyama Dragon Ball Z (TV) Opening Theme #1 (episodes 1-199) [1989] Spoiler: <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/Cxi2LHdjXKc">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> Hikaru kumo o tsukinuke fly away (fly away) Karadajuu ni hirogaru panorama Kao o kerareta chikyuu ga okotte (okotte) Kazan o bakuhatsu saseru Toketa koori no naka ni Kyouryuu ga itara tamanori shikomitai ne Cha-la Head-cha-la Nani ga okite mo kibun wa heno-heno kappa Cha-la Head-cha-la Mune ga pachi-pachi suru hodo Sawagu Genki-da Cha-la Head-cha-la Atama karappo no hou ga yume tsumekomeru Cha-la Head-cha-la Egao urutora zetto de Kyou mo ai-yai-yai-yai-yai Sparking! "Sekai ga Owaru Made wa" by WANDS Slam Dunk (TV) Ending Theme #2 (episodes 28-49) [1994] Spoiler: <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/JdQ64rNmUaQ">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> Daitokai ni boku wa mou hitori de Nagesuterareta akikan no you da Tagai no subete wo shiritsukusu made ga Ai naraba isso towa ni nemurou ka Sekai ga owaru made wa hanareru koto mo nai Sou negatte-ita ikusen no yoru to Modoranai toki dake ga naze kagayaite wa Yatsurekitta kokoro made mo kowasu Hakanaki omoi kono tragedy night "Tank!" by Seatbelts Cowboy Bebop (TV) Opening Theme (episodes 1-25) [1998] Spoiler: <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/T6zDfxZ4NcE">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> I think it's time to blow this scene Get everybody and the stuff together Okay 3-2-1 let's jam "Mazinger Z" by Ichiro Mizuki Mazinger Z (TV) Opening Theme [1972] Spoiler: <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/ux3l3TAZVUI">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> Sora ni sobieru kurogane no shiro Supaa Robotto Majinga Zetto! Muteki no chikara wa bokura no tame ni Seigi no kokoro wo Bairudaa On Tobase tekken! Roketto Panchi! Ima da dasun da Buresto Faiyaa! Majingoo! Majingoo! Majinga Z! "Zankoku na Tenshi no Te-ze" by Yoko Takahashi Shin Seiki Evangelion (TV) Opening Theme [1995] Spoiler: <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/X1CHunym8NQ">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> Zankoku na tenshi no you ni Shounen yo shinwa ni nare Aoi kaze ga ima mune no Doa wo tataite mo Watashi dake wo tada mitsumete hohoenderu anata Sotto fureru mono motomeru koto ni muchuu de Unmei sae mada shiranai itaike na hitomi Dakedo itsuka kidzuku deshou sono senaka ni wa Haruka mirai mezasu tame no hane ga aru koto Zankoku na tenshi no Te-ze Madobe kara yagate tobitatsu Hotobashiru atsui Patosu de Omoide wo uragiru nara Kono sora wo daite kagayaku Shounen yo shinwa ni nare "Sobakasu" by Judy & Mary Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (TV) Opening Theme #1 (episodes 1-38) [1996] Spoiler: <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/p6aawFZj-UI">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> Daikirai datta sobakasu wo chotto Hito nadeshite tame iki wo hitotsu Hebi ikkyuu no koi wa migoto ni Kakuzatou to issho ni toketa Mae yori mo motto yaseta mune ni chotto Chiku-tto sasaru toge ga itai Hoshiuranai mo ate ni naranai wa Motto touku made issho ni yuketara nee Ureshikute sore dake de Omoi de wa itsumo kirei dakedo Sore dake ja onaka ga suku no Hontou wa setsunai yoru na noni Doushite kashira? Ano hito no namida mo omoi dasenai no Omoi dasenai no ooohhhh "Hare Hare Yukai" by Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara and Yuko Goto Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (TV) Ending Theme #1 (episodes 1-13) [2006] Spoiler: <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/2c3k9NMTAVM">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> Nazonazo mitai ni chikyuugi wo tokiakashitara Minna de doko made mo ikeru ne Jikan no hate made Boooon! Waapu de ruupu na kono omoi wa Nani mo kamo wo makikonda souzou de asobou Aru hareta hi no koto Mahou ijou no yukai ga Kagirinaku furisosogu fukanou ja nai wa Ashita mata au toki warainagara hamingu Ureshisa wo atsumeyou Kantan nanda yo konna no Oikakete ne (oikakete ne) tsukamaete mite Ooki na yume yume suki deshou? "Candy Candy" by Mitsuko Horie Candy Candy (TV) Opening Theme [1976] Spoiler: <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/LFjZjXHrLU0">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> Sobakasu nante ki ni shinai wa Hana-Pecha datte datte datte oki ni iri Otenba itazura daisuki kakekko Sukippu daisuki watashi wa watashi wa watashi wa Candy Hitoribocchi de iru to choppiri samishii Sonna toki kou iu no kagami wo mitsumete Waratte waratte waratte Candy Nakibesou nante Sayonara ne Candy Candy "Ai Senshi" by Daisuke Inoue Kidou Senshi Gundam II: Ai Senshi (Movie) Ending Theme [1981] Spoiler: <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/iqUeDJ7St-U">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> Ai furueruai sore wa wakareuta Hirouhonemo moetsukute nureru hada mo tsuchi ni kaeru Kooya wo hashiru shinigami no retsu Kuroi yagande makka ni moeru Ai inochi no ai chi no shika wa daichi ni suteru Arata naru toki wo hiraku ka iki no koru ai senshitachi Kooya wo hashiru shinigami no retsu Kuroi yagande makka ni moeru Shinu wuku otokotachi wa mamoru heki onnatachi ni Shinu wuku onnatachi wa aisuru otokotachi he Nani wo kakeru no ka Nani wo nokosu no ka I pray pray to bring near the New Day "Pegasus Fantasy" by MAKE.UP Saint Seiya (TV) Ending Theme #1 [1986] Spoiler: <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/Px2zX-M2alQ">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> (Saint Seiya!) Dakishimeta kokoro no Kosumo Atsuku moyase kiseki wo okose Kizu-tsuita mama ja inai to Chikai atta haruka na ginga Pegasasu Fantaji- sou sa yume dake wa Daremo mo ubaenai kokoro no tsubasa dakara Saint Seiya shounen wa minna Saint Seiya ashita no yuusha oh yeah Saint Seiya Pegasasu no you ni Saint Seiya ima koso habatake Last edited by janfive; 2011-03-02 at 06:49.