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Favorite English Dub Anime Opening?

Phire Phox

Phire Phox

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What are some of your favorite English dub openings? There are bad ones, there are good ones and everything in between. Also, it seems that English openings are a thing of the past as most Dubs just use the Japanese opening. Could be wrong as I don't watch much Anime these days. Some my favorites are:

Shaman King


Ultimate Muscle:


Digimon Frontier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eOJsm9ubGk
 
Gundam

Gundam

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Although I like the original JP of Zeta Gundam more, the version they used in the English Blu-ray release due to licensing issues is pretty good in it's own right. Not as boppin' or hype, but it has more of a sci-fi epic sound that works nicely I think.



And I guess here's the original, for the curious.

Yu-Gi-Oh! is great, too.



Bishop89 said:
Gundam Wing - the vocals are in japanese, but this is for the english opening so I will allow it :P
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This is most definitely cheating, but it's a great OP, so it almost doesn't matter.
 
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Maolfunction

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the japanese opening is far superior, but I want to get this stuck in everyone's heads because it was drilled into us when we were kids.

 
donkey

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Robotech



Say what you will about the whole Harmony Gold situation, but man, that music in the US version. Phew.
 
Lagamorph

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Memories of setting VCR timers for late night Channel 4 came flooding back when I heard this again.
 
rucury

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As a basic bitch, I gotta go with Dragon Soul. "don't stop don't stop we're in luck now" has been stuck in my head for awhile now
 
Tamanon

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I actually like the English version of this Dragon Ball Super ending. Lyrics are dumb but it's an anime song so that's normal.
 

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Can't find a video, but the UK release of Cyber City Oedo 808 had a pretty ace dub OST, with an opening theme that was nothing like the Japanese one but was still pretty bad ass. The full versions of the UK dub of the episodes are all on Youtube and are well worth watching.

Also, somewhat related... but I was directed to a Youtube channel a while back that does english dub covers of recent/classic anime themes. Some of the songs are bad (Eva, AoT ones especially), but some of them are actually pretty nice. The effort put in is impressive at least... even if some of the lyrics may make you cringe so hard you crack a rib. Here's a quick example of one I enjoyed, opening to Gurren Laggan:

 
cj_iwakura

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Oct 25, 2017
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Gundam said:
Although I like the original JP of Zeta Gundam more, the version they used in the English Blu-ray release due to licensing issues is pretty good in it's own right. Not as boppin' or hype, but it has more of a sci-fi epic sound that works nicely I think.
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Wow, I watched the entire series and didn't know that was a dub OP.

Sailor Moon's would probably be my vote. It's not as good as Moonlight Densetsu, but hot damn, that guitar solo kicks.

 
Astral

Astral

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Oct 27, 2017
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I never actually watched it but the Rave Master opening always got a smile out of me.

 
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