The plan is coming along, slowly but surely. I’m typically the time to prefer to Aim, Fire, Repeat, but I recognize that sometimes Fire, Scramble, Aim can lead to success. That’s how I started this project, and it was a good way to test my capacity. I’ve learned a lot about myself since it started. But it’s not how I want to continue, so I’m taking the time I need to put together what I feel is the best way for me to ensure my long term success.
This means a lot of thinking, and drafting up a written plan execute. While I do this, I naturally like to listen to music. During a break I happened to watch Project A-ko, and really liked a song, so I thought I’d add the ending theme to my anime songs playlist. One thing led to another, and the playlist ballooned from a bit over an hour to over six hours long.
Here it is for your listening pleasure:
Click the dots to play on Spotify, find the YouTube playlist here and full track list below
The rules were simple:
- I must have actually watched the anime, and preferably liked it.
- Multiple entries from an artist or series should be minimized.
- I should like the song, to the point of being willing to create an instrumental arrangement.
Very few songs broke rule one – none the first half, but there were a couple songs I liked much more than the show itself (*stares at domestic girlfriend*). How much I liked the show did play a big part in the selection. I was able to keep most duplicates down to two, though Creepy Nuts managed to sneak a third banger in. Finally I’ve said before that this project was initially intended to be about anime song instrumentals, and this is basically the pool of music I was thinking of drawing from. If you have any requests, I will consider giving them priority, though I am currently in another one-string training arc so it may take some time. No guarantees.
Actually, I could probably add another couple hours of music if I tried – especially if I go out of my way to watch some popular things I just happen to not have seen, and ease the dupe rules for the popular (and long running) shounen’s. I don’t watch a lot of anime movies, so there’s another source of quite a lot I could easily draw from. In fact I’ve probably only seen three or four Miyazaki films ever, and those could easily add an hour of awesome music alone. And there’s the vast sea of mediocre isekai whose songs I might want to revisit someday.
But what, six hours isn’t long enough?!
I also like that I get to share some of the music of some maybe more obscure shows that I really enjoy. And if anyone out there is already familiar, maybe it’s nice to hear that someone else likes what you like.
I ran into the wall while making this where I added something I liked but later forgot what show the song was from, then couldn’t look it up because Spotify won’t let you copy the Japanese to search. So, you may have to count, but in case you hear something you enjoy and want to check out the series, I’ve prepared a written list of the shows each song is from. I’ve also mirrored the list on YouTube so you can watch the actual title sequences too. YT quality isn’t as consistent though, and I don’t pay for premium so I get ads and issues with play-in-picture mode. The plus side is these are mostly the 1:30 min tv edits which I’d base any instrumentals on, and not everyone is on Spotify anyway. You can contact me on YT or discord if you have any questions or find mistakes.
After the anime name, “op” means opening, “ed” means ending, and “ost” means original soundtrack. A number indicates which season, if there is none, it should be the first (or only) theme. I may have messed up some of the romanji, but hopefully you can find whatever you’re looking for.
Track: Anime title op/ed/ost – Song name by Artist
- Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt ed – Fallen Angel by Mitsunori Ikeda feat Aimee B
- Call of the night ed – Yofukashino uta by Creepy Nuts
- Ya boy kongming op – chitty chitty bang bang by queendom
- Oshi no ko op – idol by yoasobi
- Spy x Family op2 – Souvenir by Bump of Chicken
- Revolutionary girl utena – Rondo Revolution by Shoko Nakagawa
- Neon Genesis Evangelion – A Cruel angels thesis by Yoko Takahashi
- Darling in the Franxx op – Kiss of Death by Mika Nakashima
- Rising of the Shield Hero op – Rise by Madkid
- Hunter x Hunter op – Departure! by Masaroshi Ono
- Humanity has declined op – Real World by Nano.ripe
- Erased op – Re: re: by Asian Kung Fu Generation
- Gintama op – Pray by Tommy Heavenly6
- Nana op – Rose by Anna Tsuchiya
- Non non biyori op – Nanairo Biyori by nano.Ripe
- Non non biyori ost – Ren-chan and a sunny road by Hiromi Mizutani
- Serial Experiments Lain – Duvet by boa
- Bakemonogatari op2 – Kaerimichi (Road Home) by Emiri Kato
- Bakemonogatari op4 – Ren’ai Circulation by Kana Hanazawa
- Red ranger in another world ed – Explosive Heart by Uchida Aya
- Is the order a rabbit? Op2 – No Points! by petit rabbit’s
- Is the order a rabbit? Ed2 – Tokimeki poporon by Chimame-tai
- Haiyore Nyaruko-San W op – Love is the servant of chaos by ushirokarahaiyoritai G
- March comes in like a lion op2 – Goodbye Bystander by YUKI
- Keep your hands off eziouken op – Easy Breezy by chelmico
- So I’m a spider, so what? ed – Ganbare! Kumoko-san by Aoi Yuuki
- Welcome to the NHK ed – Dance baby human by Otsuki Kenji and Kitsutaka Fumihiko
- Cowboy Bebop ed – The real folk blues by Mai Yamane
- Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure: phantom blood op – Jojo soon chido sadame by Hiroaki Tommy Tominaga
- Cromartie High (mechazawa’s humming song) – Ningen Nante by Takuro Yoshida
- (YT only) Cromartie High School op – Jun by Takuro Yoshida
- Ranma ½ op – (Ya) jajauma ni sasenaide by Etsuko Nishio
- Fushigi Yuugi op – itooshi hito tame ni by Satou Akemi
- Dragon Ball op – makefushigi adventure by Hiroki Takahashi
- Project A-Ko ed – Follow your dream by Valerie Stevenson
- Zeta gundam ed – Believe by Mami Ayukawa
- Armored trooper votoms op – Honoo no Sadame by TETSU
- Bubblegum Crisis op – Konia wa Hurricane by Kinuko Ohmori
- Outlaw star ed – Hiro no Tsuki by Akino Arai
- Hakumei to Mitochi op – chima by urar
- Laid back camp op3 – Laid back journey by Kimi no ne
- My deer friend shikanoko op – shikario days by Deer Club
- Let this grieving soul retire ed – Scream by pmaru sama
- Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear ed – anone by Yuna
- Catch me at the ballpark ed – Shake! Don’t shake! by ruriko, aona, and sara
- Food for the souls ed – Miso soup and butter by Reira Ushio
- Heaven’s design team op – Give it up? by kuroneko
- Shimoneta: A boring world where dirty jokes don’t exist ed – Inner Urge by Sumire Uesaka
- Go go loser ranger op – Preview of Me by Tatsuya Kitani
- Excel Saga op – Ai (chuuseishin) by Excel Girls
- Gunslinger girl op – The light before we land by The Delgados
- Escaflowne op – Yubiwa by Maaya Sakamoto
- Kino’s Journey op – all the way by mikuni shimokawa
- Domestic Girlfriend op – Kawaki to Ameku by Minami
- Your lie in April ed – wacci by kirameki
- Love, chunnibyo, and other delusions op – sparkling daydream by zaq
- Chobits op – Let me be with you by Round Table feat nino
- Konosuba op2 – tomorrow by machico
- Witch Hunter Robin op – Shell by Bana
- Ergo proxy op – kiri by Monoral
- To your eternity op – Pink Blood by Hikaru Utada
- Mushishi op – The sore feet song by Ally Kerr
- Samurai Champloo op – Battlecry by Nujabes feat Shing02
- Mashle op – Bling-bang-bang-born by Creepy Nuts
- Dan Da Dan op – Otonoke by Creepy Nuts
- Shangri-la Frontier op2 – Danger, Danger by FZMZ, icy
- Negative positive angler ed – Shonen Yokkyu by kuroneko
- Pseudo Harem ed – Ad lib by Nanakura Rin
- Apocalypse Hotel op – Skirt by aiko
- Apocalypse hotel ost – Welcome to hotel “Gingaru” by Yoshiaki Fujisawa
- Baccano! op – Guns and Roses by Super Soul Bros
- Campfire Cooking in another world with my absurd skill op – Luxury Spoon by Van de Shop
- Delicious in Dungeon op2 – unmei by sumika
- Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid op – Rhapsody of Blue Sky by fhana
- Space dandy op – Viva namida by Yasuyuki okamura
- Kaguya-sama love is war op – Daddy daddy do by Masayuki Suzuki
- Cowboy bebop op – Tank! by Seatbelts
- Birdy the Mighty Decode ed – Let’s go together by Afromania
- Great Teacher Onizuka op – Driver’s high by L’arc en Ciel
- Tsukimichi -moonlit fantasy- op – gambling by syudou
- The melancholy of haruhi suzumiya ost – god knows by Aya hirano
- Ninja and assassin under one roof op – Yarenno? Endless by Kana Hanazawa
- Re:zero ed1 – Styx Helix by Myth and Roid
- Overlord III op – Voracity by Myth and Roid
- Dorohedoro op – Welcome to Chaos by (k)now_name
- Bocchi the rock op – seishun complex by kessoku band
- Demon Slayer op – guruenge by LiSA
- Sword art online op – crossing field by LiSA
- Code Geass op – Colors by Flow
- Naruto op4 – Go by Flow
- Ping pong the animation – Tadahitori by bakudan Johnny
- Death note op – the World by nightmare
- Bleach op – Asterisk by Orange Range
- One piece op – We are! by Hiroshi Kitadani
- That time I got reincarnated as a slime op – nameless story by Takuma Tereshima
- Spice and wolf op – Tabi no Tochuu by Natsumi Kiyoura
- Made in abyss op – Deep in Abyss by Miyu Tomita
- Mushoku Tensei – Tabibito no Uta by Yuiko Ohara
- .hack//sign ed – yasashii yoake by see-saw
- .hack//sign op – obsession by see-saw
- Ghost in the shell op – the birth of a cyborg by Kenji Kawai
- Texhnolyze op – guardian angel by Juno reactor
- From Bureaucrat to villainess: Dad’s been reincarnated ed – Matsuken Samba by Inoue Kazuhiku and MAO
- Pokémon op – Pokémon Theme (Gotta catch em all!) by Jason Paige