Questions tagged [theme-song]
Questions regarding theme songs of anime shows. This tag should NOT be used for music identification questions, as these are no longer accepted here.
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When and why did the trend of 1:30-long openings and endings begin?
I've started to notice lately that the vast majority of anime (that I can find, anyway) seems to have opening (OP) and ending (ED) sequences which are 1 minute and 30 seconds long.
Some examples (...
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About the artworks used in the Elfen Lied opening scenes (contains nudity)
The anime Elfen Lied is notorious for its one of a kind OP, featuring the mesmerizing theme song Lilium composed by MOKA and performed by Kumiko Noma, as well as sequences of art porn, a homage to ...
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What is the chorus singing during the opening of Ookami Kakushi?
The opening song of the Ookami Kakushi anime, Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora, has a chorus intro where I cannot distinguish what they are singing. It could be Japanese or Latin. The lyrics sites only ...
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Why do some anime not have an opening in the first episode?
A lot of anime I've seen don't have openings in the first episode, instead the openings start from the second episode. I cannot particularly name any of them besides Boku Dake ga Inai Machi.
Why do ...
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Do the symbols that appear in the OP of Sasami-san@Ganbaranai mean anything?
The OP starts out with this list of symbols that look like a table of kanas, except that some of those symbols are used more than once:
Many later scenes in the opening sequence can also be found to ...
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Is it common for a character to sing in OP/ED?
Some anime used their seiyuu (voice actor/actress) for their opening or ending song, I know there's some anime that used their seiyuu to sing OP/ED like The World God Only Knows, Monogatari Series, or ...
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What is the purpose of having this face in the subtitles/lyrics?
During the first verse in the second opening to Hayate no Gotoku (Shichitenhakki Shijou Shugi! by KOTOKO), this face (O_O;) appears in each version of the subtitles; the translated, romanised and ...
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Why is there no official character song for Homura and Mami?
Madoka has a character song titled "See You Tomorrow" (またあした, Mata Ashita) while Sayaka and Kyoko have a duet song titled "And I'm Home".
I just found out that Homura and Mami don't have a character ...
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Do many anime play the main theme during the final battle?
While watching an anime series with a friend, he pointed out that "all anime play their theme song during the final fight." Now, I doubt it's "all", but sure enough, the main theme song of Digimon ...
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What is this dark alleyway scene from the second opening credits of Jujutsu Kaisen?
The opening credits of Jujutsu Kaisen seem to be fairly straightforward: both openings mostly contain scenes of the major characters who will appear in the forthcoming episodes.
In the second opening, ...
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What does the black-and-white fish symbolize in the opening credits for 'Jujutsu Kaisen'?
The opening credits for Jujutsu Kaisen generally only feature scenes of the major characters who will appear in the forthcoming episodes. As far as I can tell, there is only one motif that actually ...
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Is the GoShogun OP being translated correctly?
Out of a mix of nostalgia and curiosity (since I watched Macron 1 as a kid), I started watching the ye olde GoShogun anime on Amazon, which I think uses Discotek's localization. The subtitles for the ...
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The Quintessential Quintuplets (aka 五等分の花嫁) : Is 届くんです (it reaches) a mondegreen that should be 五等分です (It's divided into five equal parts)?
In animesonglyrics, you can see in the season 1 opening (Gotoubun no Kimochi) for the anime adaptation of The Quintessential Quintuplets
the Romaji: Go-tōbundesu, demo (...) --> the Kanji of which ...
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