Wolf actually makes a list: My favorite TV openings...

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:31 am

I've been having the idea of doing this for a while. I guess the title is pretty self explanatory. As something worth noting, I have not seen nearly as much TV shows as several (pretty much everyone) members of this place, and most of the shows I remember seeing are cartoons so... expect a few surprises. First entry soon.

Note: Also on RT: GD.

45. Pasión.
44. CSI: Criminal Scene Investigation.
43. Love Hina.
42. Danny Phantom.
41. Taz-Mania (Spanish).
40. Carddaptor Sakura.
39. Ghost Sweeper Mikami.
38. Fullmetal Alchemist.
37. Scrubs.
36. Ranma 1/2 (Spanish).
35. LOST.
34. Power Rangers (First opening).
33. The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
32. InuYasha (Motorod).
31. The Fairy Oddparents.
30. Ben 10.
29. Dexter's Laboratory.
HM. Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys.
28. The O.C.
HM. X-Files.
27. Duck Tales.
HM. Chip N' Dale: Rescue Rangers.
26. Robot Chicken.
HM. South Park.
25. Kim Possible.
24. Tiny Toon Adventures.
23. Freakazoid.
22. Epitafios (First season).
HM. Are You Afraid of the Dark?
21. Superman: The Animated Series.
20. El Vuelo del Águila.
19. Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (S1).
HM. Thundercats.
HM. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
18. ER.
17. Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
16. Pinky and the Brain.
15. The Spectacular Spider-Man.
HM. Spider-Man.
HM. X-Men.
14. The Simpsons (S2-19).
HM. Spongebob Squarepants.
13. Dragon Ball Z (First Mexican intro).
HM. Slam Dunk.
HM. G-Force: Guardians of Space.
HM. Zenki.
HM. The Centurions.
HM. Sailor Moon.
HM. Teen Titans.
HM. Godzilla.
HM. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
HM. The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries.
HM. The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo.
HM. Darkwing Duck.
HM. King of the Hill.
HM. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
12. Gargoyles.
11. Batman Beyond.
10. Angel (S3).
9. Animaniacs (Spanish intro).
8. Futurama.
7. The Adventures of Tintin.
6. Avatar: The Last Airbender.
5. Daria.
4. Firefly.
3. Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (S2).
2. Batman: The Animated Series.
1. Dexter.

Captain Oats · Post by **Captain Oats** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:32 am

Okay, 3-2-1, let's jam.

The Last Baron · Post by **The Last Baron** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:33 am

Opening title or series premiere?

Buffy and Angel's opening titles give me the warm and fuzzies.

kiddo in space · Post by **kiddo in space** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:34 am

Dexter, Cowboy Bebop, Elfen Lied, Neon Genesis Evangelion. These are the first that come to my mind right now.

Captain Oats · Post by **Captain Oats** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:35 am

True Blood

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:35 am

Flak wrote:Opening title or series premiere?

Buffy and Angel's opening titles give me the warm and fuzzies.

Opening title.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:36 am

kiddo in space wrote:Cowboy Bebop, Elfen Lied, Neon Genesis Evangelion. These are the first that come to my mind right now.

True Blood

I've not seen them.

Captain Oats · Post by **Captain Oats** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:38 am

Then every post of mine in this thread is worthless!

Trip · Post by **Trip** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:38 am

Spengler wrote:Then every post of mine in this thread is worthless!

Just this thread?

kiddo in space · Post by **kiddo in space** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:38 am

Wolf of the Winter wrote:I've not seen them.

You haven't seen the ones I've listed?

The opening titles of Elfen Lied will destroy your soul, then the show will do the rest of the work.

Captain Oats · Post by **Captain Oats** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:40 am

Trip wrote:
Just this thread?

Shut it, Love Actually.

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:43 am

Seinfeld!

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:49 am

45. Pasión.

The Show: A Mexican soap opera about mmh... pirates, mouseketeers, I don't really have an idea. My mom sisters along with 90% of the woman I know watched i.
Why is it on the list? Well, I wouldn't call the opening "good" is just... well, I find it flat out hilarious with it's cheesiness and those guys having duel swords while the poeple is just standing there doing their normal activities crack the hell out of me. Plus, the Sarah Brightman song is not bad, even if it's vastly overplayed.

Anyway, coming up next, a show you actually know.

The Last Baron · Post by **The Last Baron** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:49 am

Battlestar Galactica for the awesome music alone.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:50 am

Flak wrote:Battlestar Galactica for the awesome music alone.

I've not seen it.

kiddo in space · Post by **kiddo in space** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:50 am

Hey, I know that show!

The Last Baron · Post by **The Last Baron** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:50 am

As poorly as it ended, it was amazing.

kiddo in space · Post by **kiddo in space** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:52 am

The O.C. It's awesome and you know it.

The Last Baron · Post by **The Last Baron** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:54 am

The Chuck opening title makes me smile.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:55 am

kiddo in space wrote:The O.C. It's awesome and you know it.

Shkit, I forgot about that one! I will include it.

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:56 am

I do love the opening title and song for The Drew Carey Show, from seasons two-through-seven. "Cleveland Rocks" is so awesome.

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:00 am

Even if it is the cheapest opening title sequence ever, I have to give some props to Lost. At least it's distinctive.

kiddo in space · Post by **kiddo in space** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:03 am

Veronica Mars. Let's not foget Veronica Mars.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:05 am

44. CSI: Criminal Scene Investigation (S3).

The Show: You know, formulaic forensics procedural. I have to admit that I really like this show in stretches despite the formula. I stopped watching it after the Tarantino episode (which was incredible though).
Why do I have it here? Well, I think this theme by The Who fits really well and ist's very catchy. I really like how it ends with Warrick breaking the window and Grissom beating that dummy to see the blood spatter pattern.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:07 am

I've not seen Veronica Mars, The Drew Carrey show nor Chuck. :/

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:21 am

43. Love Hina.

The Show: A relatively short anime comedy about how this awkward dude named Keitaro who has not been able to enter college ends up as the administrator of this hotel that it's populated by just girls, fucking hot girls and how hilarity ensues.
Why do I have the opening here? The song is sticky... like really, really sticky and because I find the show hilarious.

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:23 am

Wolf of the Winter wrote:I've not seen Veronica Mars, The Drew Carrey show nor Chuck. :/

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:39 am

42. Danny Phantom.

The Show: the other Butch Hartman show, here we have the adventures of Danny Fenton a dude that has ghost powers and chases evil ghosts around with a little help from his friends Sam and Tucker. I thought it was a good show with some good character and plot development, I sepcially liked how the relationship between Danny and his sister Jazz unfolded and I thought that Martin Mull's Vlad Masters was an awesome villain (and the fact he was a hardcore Packers' fan was kinda hilarious)... plus, it had David Carradine as a time-manipulating ghost that looked awesome. Ultimately, it was a show with the potential of being a good poor-man's Spiderman but on season 3 it went downhill when they instead decided to not take more risks and for that it kinda went stale. Meh.
Why do I have the opening here? Well, I didn't hate the rap theme, and I freaking loved the show. The opening is way better in Spanish in my opinion though.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:45 am

Trevor-Trevor wrote:

That was pretty amazing...

The Last Baron · Post by **The Last Baron** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:50 am

kiddo in space wrote:Veronica Mars. Let's not foget Veronica Mars.

Season 3 title was awesome.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:14 am

41. Taz-Mania (Spanish).

The Show: The Tasmanian devil in his homeland, with new characters... and his family.
Why do I have it on my list? Well, for starters, I always saw Taz-Mania in Spanish so I have the Spanish opening. Also, the nostalgia factor.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:26 am

40. Cardcaptor Sakura.

The Show: Oh, how I remember this show, I used to watch it on High School, earlier, maybe, I don't know, but I watched it like there was no tomorrow. It's about this girl Sakura that opens a book and releases a bunch of magic cards and now has to get them back. Great, great show.
The opening. In retrospective, the theme is kinda too cutesy and all but it doesn't really bother me. The images presented in this opening are not something special to me, but oh, well.

Rdog · Post by **Rdog** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:43 am

I watched Cardcaptors when it was on.

Epistemophobia · Post by **Epistemophobia** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:44 am

Sakura! Memories.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:48 am

39. Ghost Sweeper Mikami.

The Show: Oh my! Another nostalgic show for me. I've not seen it since, I don't know, I was 12 or something like that. Oh well, Reiko Mikami is an atractive and agresive girl (she's a bitch, an awesome bitch) who hunts evil ghosts for money, with the help of a penniless, loserish guy named Yokoshima (who is her bitch) and a sweet ghost girl that was dressed as a Miko (priestess) and that always had two little blue flames next to her head. Fun show.
The opening: Taan-tan-tan-tan-tan, tan-tan-tan-tan-tan. Impossible to forget about the opening tune, is just so catchy

We also can easily see some awesome-looking ghosts, Yokoshima get bitten by a hot brunnette vampire and an always busy and active Tokyo at night. Good stuff.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:50 am

Epistemophobia wrote:Sakura! Memories.

Kero was very fun.

Björn · Post by **Björn** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:53 am

You haven't seen Cowboy Bebop?!

The Last Baron · Post by **The Last Baron** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:54 am

Birdie Num Nums wrote:You haven't seen Cowboy Bebop?!

I didn't think people like that still existed

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:56 am

Flak wrote: I didn't think people like that still existed

Someday that will be fixed. And I plan to fix it.

Björn · Post by **Björn** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:58 am

Wolf of the Winter wrote:Someday that will be fixed. And I plan to fix it.

It's got probably the coolest opening of any show I've seen. Watch this. You'll probably want to fix it sooner than later if you watch this.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:02 am

Birdie Num Nums wrote: It's got probably the coolest opening of any show I've seen. Watch this. You'll probably want to fix it sooner than later if you watch this.

Whoah... It truly does look very cool, like top three cool.

Miche' · Post by **Miche'** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:09 am

Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars...

That's an ending theme.

The Bebop theme is great. I really like the Samurai Champloo one too, Watanabe can do openings.

Miche' · Post by **Miche'** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:16 am

Also, the gender-flipped opening of Evangelion is absolutely terrifying. Especially Gendo and Fuyutsuki.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:18 am

38. Fullmetal Alchemist

The Show: I'm only ten episodes into it, but it's already looking very promising and mature... I don't planb to watch any other show besides LOST until I finish it. And I will.
The opening: Al's monologue about equivalent trade always feels very heartfelt and fits with the show perfectly, the second part of the intro, with the song, I think it doesn't fit quite well with that monologue but it grows on you.

Miche' · Post by **Miche'** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:24 am

I like the 2nd opening better. The first opening of Brotherhood is tops though.

Get going on that show!

kiddo in space · Post by **kiddo in space** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:24 am

Ghost Sweeper Mikami, oh the childhood memories.

I agree with you, danny Phantom opening theme is better in spanish.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:25 am

Miche' wrote:I like the 2nd opening better. The first opening of Brotherhood is tops though.

Get going on that show!

Tomorrow I'll watch and review the 11-12 two parter.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:25 am

kiddo in space wrote:Ghost Sweeper Mikami, oh the childhood memories.

I agree with you, danny Phantom opening theme is better in spanish.

By far.

Wolf of the Winter · Post by **Wolf of the Winter** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:31 am

37. Scrubs.

The show: Doctors in a hospital, with some comedy, JD always daydreams, Cox is awesome, the Janitor is a riot and Elliot is unbelievably hot.
The opening: Now that I think about it, it should be lower than FMA, Mikami and Sakura... at the very least. The song is catchy but not remarkable and the radiography is backwards which makes me insane.

kiddo in space · Post by **kiddo in space** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:34 am

Dragon Ball Z. Great opening or greatest opening?