# Top 12 Anime Openings of All Time

> Skipping the intro was never an option with these. Karaoke staples against deep cuts.

*By YPB Team · Published August 21, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-12-anime-openings-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Tank! (Cowboy Bebop)** — score 1000/1000
   The Seatbelts' big-band blast that opens Cowboy Bebop.
2. **Cha-La Head-Cha-La (Dragon Ball Z)** — score 731/1000
   Hironobu Kageyama's Dragon Ball Z theme, the sound of every 1990s afternoon.
3. **Guren no Yumiya (Attack on Titan)** — score 577/1000
   Linked Horizon's Attack on Titan opening, all German chanting and cavalry drums.
4. **Sono Chi no Sadame (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)** — score 577/1000
   Hiroaki Tommy Tominaga's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure opening.
5. **The Hero!! (One Punch Man)** — score 500/1000
   JAM Project's One Punch Man theme, shouted rather than sung.
6. **Gurenge (Demon Slayer)** — score 500/1000
   LiSA's Demon Slayer opening, a chart hit far outside anime.
7. **Kaikai Kitan (Jujutsu Kaisen)** — score 409/1000
   Eve's Jujutsu Kaisen opening and its basketball-court visuals.
8. **Colors (Code Geass)** — score 409/1000
   Flow's Code Geass opening from the 2006 first season.
9. **A Cruel Angel's Thesis (Evangelion)** — score 300/1000
   Yoko Takahashi's Evangelion theme, the most-sung anime song in Japanese karaoke.
10. **We Are! (One Piece)** — score 167/1000
   Hiroshi Kitadani's One Piece opening, still the crew's calling card after two decades.
11. **Again (Fullmetal Alchemist)** — score 167/1000
   Yui's Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood theme.
12. **Departure! (Hunter x Hunter)** — score 167/1000
   Ono Masatoshi's Hunter x Hunter 2011 theme.

Tags: music, 90s, animation, japan