>upbeat OP showing the heroes looking happy and cool
>music gets all sinister as they tease the villain(s)
Sends tingles up my spine
What do you like inside an OP?
Upbeat OP showing the heroes looking happy and cool
Evan Martin
Logan Sanchez
>OP hits a high note
>the name of the singer/band suddenly appears
Juan Lee
When they incorporate the credits interestingly into the images or allow the on screen action to affect them in some way
Alexander Perry
>episode nearing the end
>subtle intro to the ED starts playing in the background
>picks up right as the screen transitions to the credits
Gets me every time. I don't have many good things to say about Psycho-pass, but the one episode where they pulled that shit was 10/10
Hunter Ross
Parts where the characters "sing" the OP
Juan Rivera
I love when the OP shows a dead character that still has an influence on the cast.
Joshua Gomez
Didn't PP 1st OP or ED do this?
Caleb Cook
All of this
Nolan Sanchez
PP? I think a lot shows nowadays put the OP/ED band credits right when it gets to the good part
Eli Russell
>slice of life show with an OP like a battle shounen
Jonathan Phillips
One of the only saving graces of PP2 was they always did this in a majority of the episodes.
Juan Morales
>Characters being represented in abstract ways, especially silhouettes, and still being recognisable through their quirks
The chorus of this falls a little flat, but I fucking love the buildup in this one youtube.com
I think the sound effects make that part even better, oddly.
>Characters pop up/appear onscreen
>instead of just posing individually, they notice and react to each other
Can't think of any examples though
Also somewhat like what I said earlier, I'm a sucker for running in OPs but only if you can feel the personality from it and it's not just a generic run. I love how in this they managed to animate six different, but totally in-character runs: youtube.com
This, every time. The first anime I watched that did this was FMA '03 so it always feels a little nostalgic to me. Hearing the start of this when it was time to go off on another adventure ...
Fuck I typed so much, but I really love a good OP.
Asher Johnson
Joshua Reyes
>What do you like inside an OP?
The same thing any decent Cred Forumsnon wants in their anime in general: lots of cute girls doing cute things.
Where you do think this is, Cred Forums? Such a silly, obvious question.
Josiah Jones
OPs that shows young versions of main characters
Brandon Hill
Yui is such a cutie..
James Jones
>OP plays during the episode
Aiden Murphy
I like themes that make me want to die
William Baker
>character whistles/hums OP
Nolan Gonzalez
>OP spoils something
Cooper Flores
A well-choreographed dance.
Jose Thomas
>does is subtly enough that you only notice it while rewatching
Noah Bailey
>new OP starts before a new arc, showing off a bunch of characters and scenarios you don't recognize
Josiah Reed
>characters appear in the OP/ED only after their introductory episode
William Gutierrez
this right here is mai shit
Lincoln Miller
These bother me, I only like it if it's done like said or the spoiler-y OP airs only once we know all the scenarios that appear in it. Ex. while I like Brotherhood's 1st OP I don't like how it shows a bunch of the homunculi right away. I thought Mob Psycho 100 was a good example because the nature of the OP makes it feel like nonsense anyway so you don't recognise things until later.
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Also there's that part near the end where the sketchy just animation could make you think it's Mob using his powers again, but it's actually Ritsu.
Easton Torres
>that JC Staff OP/ED where the characters face the camera, clapping to the music with their eyes closed and wide smiles
Jeremiah Jackson
>mfw when this
William Bell
FMA Brotherhood's first OP does this by showing Ed, Al, and Hohenheim when they were younger.
Owen White
>OP/ED is slightly altered for each episode
Nathaniel Morales
Literally every one of them
Gabriel Myers
>OP plays during final battle
Call it tired, call it cliche, but humans love certain story patterns for a reason
The oldest legends were accompanied by music to help the singer remember the story
Cameron Anderson
>montage of manga panels
Connor Kelly
>well-sync'd fight choreograph
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Leo Howard
>exquisite color palette
Isaiah Cook
>they show you the girl's panties
Jonathan Howard
That's the joke
Grayson Flores
Misleading OPs are the best.
Christopher Hall
>What do you like inside an OP?
Keion jumps.
Colton Howard
Could this be the cutest shot of Yui in the show?
Michael Lopez
D-I-S-C-O
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Jordan Adams
Kyoukai no Kanata and Nagi no Asukara did this very well and I loved it.
Brody Phillips
You get me.
Jason Gomez
I like the OP to be a complete rendition of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. The entire composition. All of it. Cute girls running back and forth trying desperately to find new ways to pop into the screen for 35 minutes. There's only like a minute and ten seconds left for the actual show after that OP is finally finished. It's fucking awesome.
Ian James
This was the absolute worst for Seraph. The ending spoiled it too. The biggest plot twist at the beginning of the manga was that after it was shown and thought that Mika (the blond boy) was killed when he was a young boy, he was actually still alive and grew up to be a vampire. The anime adapts the reveal at the end of episode 3, but the opening and ending which started on episode 2 showed him as a vampire. No idea why they decided to spoil it so blatantly.
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Eli Edwards
>1st season design
Not really