Disclaimer: a proper OP/ED review requires watching the show to learn the story, as the OP/ED may have elements that entwines with the show. I am not going to watch every show that airs in the season, so the scores may be higher if there really are story elements within the OP/ED. Shows which I…
I have always procrastinated writing OP and ED reviews because I am not confident of my abilities to write long prose well. But I realized that that should not stop me from writing short reviews. So this will be my first seasonal OP ED review-in-brief. Disclaimer: a proper OP/ED review requires watching the show to…
Bakemonogatari has unique openings for each of its characters, and the 5th opening is for Tsubasa Cat arc. It is sung in character by Hanekawa Tsubasa, featuring Horie Yui, which is always a plus to me because it adds character familiarity to the opening. Video is available on youtube link. Right off the bat, we…
Free! ED (youtube) sent waves through the anime community when it first aired, with its bold decision to star the cast in what looks like an underwater SM dance club. But putting that aside, there are a couple of powerful symbolisms and references in the ED, which made this ED particularly enjoyable for me. Desert…
I have talked about the main features of an OP and ED that make them exceptional. In this article, I shall be talking about a couple of details that puts the shine on them, with the help of two EDs from GJ-Bu, ED1 (youtube) and ED4 (youtube). Aligning scene changes / actions to song lines…
Hidamari Sketch Hoshimittsu is the third season in its series. In addition to the main cast of 4 characters, in this season, 2 new characters join the cast to fill up all 6 places in the Hidamari apartments. Hidamari Sketch Hoshimittsu is animated by studio Shaft, who is known for their artistic creativity. In this…
Angel Beats ED and Mekaku City Actors ED have a shockingly similar storyboard, in one line: Main character has many friends appear one by one throughout the sequence. However, the difference in the way which they animate this storyboard shows the difference in artistic creativity between studios. Angel Beats ED is animated by PA Studio…
Fate⁄EXTRA Last Encore ED consists of mostly panning across beautiful stills with special particle effects, but they are stills after all. In addition, even though the vocals are acceptable, the music gets very noisy. However, the first 19 seconds of the ED was wonderfully executed. Full OP Youtube link. First 19 seconds of ED…
Nisekoi OP2 (not to be confused with Nisekoi S2 OP) first aired on the 15th episode. The OP was directed by Watanabe Akio, and his distinctive style of smooth geometric transitions is as always a pleasure to watch. In addition to that, the OP was animated by studio SHAFT, which is known for their artistic…
At first watch, Kyoukai no Kanata ED (by studio Kyoani) left me amazed with its bold move of having a singular pose for most of its storyboard. It’s definitely a challenge to limit the storyboard to mostly one pose while still being able to keep the whole ED interesting and making that one pose meaningful.…