First Time Reacting to "The Best ANIME Openings Of The 90s" | CLASSIC ANIME | New Anime Fan!

[@GOTGames]

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[@BlackCat0497]

I believe you've reached the point where it would be interesting to take the recommended anime openings and do polls here in the youtube community to decide the order of releasing a reacting video, just a small suggestion.

[@androyus]

10:25 I want you to react to all *Rurouni Kenshin* OPs AND EDs from 1996 shows. They are like art of the time period.

#8 Yuu Yuu Hakusho - A MUST WATCH! I have fond memories of Slayers too. Cowboy Bebop is fantastic too. Trigun! Again, great stuff! Ah, that top 50 list is pure nostalgia!

[@reanschwarzer2187]

Anime does a phenomenal job with female characters and they don’t turn them into dudes or making them ugly like western media does that’s for sure!!

[@adreannear914]

Try Reacting to Legend of the Galactic Heroes Die Neue These Opening And Endings Release in 2018 You already reacted to the opening in this video the Number 20 and 13 it is the best space opera anime in anime history the Original was released from 1980s to the 1990s great show both 1980s version and 2018 version are very underrated you would love the openings and Endings 2018 version of Legend of the Galactic Heroes Die Neue These majority of the songs are SawanoHiroyuki goated op and ed i have been recommending this anime since you started watching anime opening reactions i hope you read this hahahaah

[@DXDragon38]

Cardcaptor Sakura... that brings back memories. I never watched it, but CLAMP loved to do crossovers between all their works, and I was a fan of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and XXXHolic. Imagine my surprise when I found out all the different manga the characters of Tsubasa came from!

[@tonnybryancruzlopez866]

Amazing op 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Yggdraseed]

I also highly recommend watching the Digimon OPs! And as someone mentioned, there's multiple versions of Butter-Fly, including an updated version for the Digimon Adventure -tri- films that feature the whole cast singing. There's also a song that's used frequently in the first season called Brave Heart that's really worth looking up along with the OPs.

[@evandeane4686]

I'd say watch both sets of openings

[@GOTGames]

It's been recommended a lot! Gonna have to check them out 💯

[@SarahCornel-tu6om]

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[@degitaru]

If you used to like Digimon I would highly recommend watching the Japanese openings. The original evolution themes are also bangers. The OST means so much to so many fans. If you are thinking of rewatching the series and haven't done the original with subtitles I would also recommend it highly, if you had the American dub it feels so watered-down compared to the original. Doesn't have to be a reaction either.

[@yorukaze1400]

yeah, he should react to both Openings AND Evolution OSTs, those 2 are super bangers

[@phantombloodsoul]

na this guy made the og song look very bad kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKOoeIaDd6ZrsKc

[@captainkatsura26]

Butterfly and Braveheart are so such good songs!

[@GOTGames]

Think we definitely need to!

[@rotomer7]

Don't forget some of the German versions they slap hard too.

[@superior_matt]

If you listen to the Digimon openings, or even if you don't, I recommend listening to the full version of Butterfly. And there is also a song called Brave Heart that was used in the show, it wasn't an opening but it was very good. If I remember correctly both of these songs kind of got "remastered" for Digimon Tri (the 15th anniversary of the original season) so there might technically be multiple versions when you look them up

[@valerdi94]

You gotta do Yu Yu Hakusho now! Also the Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh ops would be awesome too

[@fzfxfcf]

Yu Yu Hakusho: openings, endings and the whole anime

[@braydenleaderofthetirkins1143]

YES! Yugioh openings are amazing! Especially Zexal openings.

[@GudetamaSit]

They have the same song syndrome like HxH 2011 had, but the sequences are cool as and there's different songs for the endings. And, as someone who isn't the biggest dub fan, the fact that the intro/eds were all dubbed into English and still sound great baffles me.

[@absolutionveil8632]

I have been begging for YuYu to happen. Jap. And Eng. Openings

[@MahtarOSeere]

Gundam Wing was defiantly my nostalgic series from these ops.Rhythm emotion and White reflection should have been on here IMO.

[@Etherspear]

The opening of Slayers (#36 5:28) -The 90's Konosuba- are really cool. There are three of them: Get Along, Give A Reason and Breeze. All sung by Megumi Hayashibara, who had quite a few anime songs in her discography. All pretty cool, especially Northern Light, Oversoul and Soul Salvation from Shaman King anime. I think you can have a good time listening to her songs / check out the artist. Her songs are really feel good, imho.

[@TheMaxCloud]

I never thought of Slayers as the 90s Konosuba, but youre right it makes fun of Fantasy tropes.

[@Etherspear]

@@TheMaxCloud Ah, thanks ^^, tho I won't say I invented it. It's a nickname for Slayers that I've seen a lot of lately, but I think it describes it well ^^. I hadn't really thought about it myself until recently.

[@szacsesz]

The Slayers openings are all great.

[@Ly_Lord]

Did you just call it KONOSUBA!? That is pure disrespect, sir.

[@naotokujikawa2751]

there are actually more with Plenty of Grit and Front Breaking from when the series returned for a bit in the late 2000s that are also still sung by Megumi Hayashibara as well

[@kamuyking551]

ooh! Pet Shop of Horrors!! I've never actually watched the anime for that one, but I remember being incredibly invested in the manga for a little bit there! I should probably go back and take a look at that again someday... idk, most of this stuff was before my time, so it's one of the few titles I recognize, other than the unmissably big ones. also, probably the most nostalgic anime OP for me is the one for Haibane Renmei... just because of how young I was when I watched that one. that or the original Fruits Basket OP, not the new one. like... the first Fruits Basket anime adaptation wasn't very good in terms of like... production value, or fully conveying all the things that were so good about that manga. but at the same time, there was something really sweet about it in a campy, old anime, of it's era sort of way. idk, I have a soft spot for anything related to Fruits Basket, it's up there with Fullmetal Alchemist in terms of stuff that I will be unapologetically biased about because of how in love with it I was when I was younger. god, and Ouran High School Host Club. tbh, Haruhi from that, Tohru from Fruits Basket, and Ed from Fullmetal Alchemist, were such formative characters that I loved so incredibly much...

[@Izy_Games]

my recommendations ∆ Gundam (+66 ops a lot material) ∆ Digimon (+ 10 op) ∆ Rurouni Kenshin (3 op + 1 from the remake ongoing) ∆ Urusei Yatsura (6 op + 2 op from remake) ∆ Ranma ½ (6 op) ∆ Inu Yasha (7 op) ∆ Saint Seiya (+10 op with the spin off) ∆ Shaman king ∆ Yu-Gi-Oh ∆ Full Metal Panic ∆ Nana

[@lareolanKFP]

I'd add: Saber Marionette J (3 op) Macross (lots) Outlaw Star Love Hina Bannou Bunka Neko-Musume (aka All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku) Bakuretsu Hunter

[@fzfxfcf]

Inu yasha, ranma and Nana are gold

[@arkavalon5347]

You're missing out on the Japanese Openings and soundtracks for Digimon and Beyblade. They're really good. I'll be waiting for you to watch the Digimon and Beyblade too. Hehehe. There's also some that I like that's not on there, but unsure if they were on the 90's. Like the Grander Musashi RV opening, Ninku opening theme, Flame of Recca opening, and maybe even Shin Hakkenden opening.

[@Shuzo667]

Lain's opening is truly one of the best ever. Perhaps my favorite opening from this era.

[@GOTGames]

🔥

[@kenanOW]

Fun fact hunter X hunter and yuyu hakusho have the same author aswell so he had 2 of the biggest animes in the 90s

[@stirret]

And both main characters have a green suit lol

[@RoseOfNight]

And he's married to Naoko Takeuchi, the creator of Sailor Moon

[@fzfxfcf]

@@stirret both animes have similarities in quite a few aspects too lol

[@levo4679]

Also about the anime Noriyuki Abe was anime director of YYH and Hunter x Hunter pilot OVA. He is now most know as director for Bleach.

[@harnageaa]

He gotta do yu yu hakusho op/ed (1 op, 4 ed kinda)

[@Attor715]

1:40 So glad to see Outlaw Star on this list!! The opening is an absolute banger and it's one of my favorite older anime openings! It's an anime that's a bit on the shorter side (26 episodes) and while it's got its ups and downs, it's an overall enjoyable show! I remember thoroughly enjoying how much of the ship and flight they showcased for a space fantasy show as most space fantasy I've seen don't really show stuff like that!

[@OOZ662]

Us old fogies here reminiscing about when 26 episodes was a short run, now that the standard is 12.

[@kasagure.]

God Luke i hope you watch Trigun someday. not even on the channel, just in your own time. it's a prime example of "classic anime." it's such a fun, carefree romp, while also having it's deeper moments. the characters are written so well, and the animation is as retro classic as it gets, for real. seriously, i think you'd really enjoy it 😅

[@AkumaItachi]

Yeah, completely different than the manga, the manga goes so much deeper I liked the anime but I also liked Stampede which I think people hated just because it was CG All 3 are good, similar but also pretty different Trigun is just good

[@RyoHazuki224]

@@AkumaItachi As a big fan of Trigun, I of course was excited for Stampede, the CGI didn't throw me off, quite the contrary it was damn impressive. Makes me laugh that the same people who would not accept the CGI of Trigun Stampede still love "western" CGI movies like the Spider-Verse movies, heck they grew up on Shrek and such. But I digress. No the thing that eventually bothered me with Stampede was that I think it took itself too serious. like the first three episodes felt like Trigun, after that it was super depressing, Vash was depressed and really didn't do anything for like the rest of the episodes. Like sure we know Vash doesn't want to shoot to kill people, but in the original he would use his gunplay to take down his enemies in inventive ways. In Stampede, he did that like twice, ever. The rest of the series he didn't do a damn thing. Wolfwood did most of everything else. Thats what bugged me about the new show.

[@raven-seven3786]

Honestly made me want to rewatch trigun again.. for like maybe the 3rd-4th time lol

[@GOTGames]

I definitely will 💯

[@AkumaItachi]

@@RyoHazuki224 Oh yeah, Orange did an amazing job, that fight towards the end was amazing I know where you are coming from and again, i would recommend reading the manga because in tone, it is much closer to Stampede It's not a comedy manga which is the aspect they ramped up the most in the og anime

[@paladincomics]

please listen to the full version of Butterfly! Digimon is my childhood nostalgic anime for sure

[@braydenleaderofthetirkins1143]

I hope he listens to the Tri All Cast version

[@nekochiyu5060]

My personal favourite and probably most nostalgic one on this list is Slayers, tied with Trigun. And Slayers would also be my vote for your reaction to all of the openings, they're so freaking good

[@hmmmmname]

A full Gundam series op reaction would be cool (from '79 - '23) especially since G.Witch just ended. Maybe the ed's in a separate video too since I don't think I've ever seen a videos of those on KZbin.

[@mommakimma]

It would be a long haul watch, that I would be glued to... bonus if he includes all the AU stories and movies.

[@cjkira7168]

Yeah, I was originally thinking Gundam 00 but there are a ton of Gundam series I would love seeing reactions for whether that be SEED, Build Fighters/Divers, Iron Blooded Orphans, heck even Age

[@VertexTuner]

I think it would be better to break it into chunks due to the sheer amount. Such as old UC 79-ZZ (Including 08th, 0083, Also War in the Pocket*, Char's Counterattack* and maybe Origin even though it's newer), old AU (G, X, Wing, Turn A), SEED & Destiny, Mid AU (00, Reconguista and Age), Build, New UC (Igloo, Unicorn, Thunderbolt* and Narrative) and New AU (IBO and Witch). *These don't have openings in the traditional sense, but have defining song based sequences. It would be far too much for someone who doesn't have any input in Gundam to dive into them all, so better to break into chunks. SEED and SEED Destiny alone have 8(9) openings between them alone. I'm also thinking it may be better to break them into decade chunks.

[@evandeane4686]

If you do watch them do note The SEED and SEED Destiny ops do contain nudity

[@lareolanKFP]

How about adding the full Macross series OP reaction as well? 😁

[@YukiFubuki.]

9:48 dark magician girl? to be fair cardcaptor sakura is a super popular magical girl anime that redefined its genre and the dark magician girl is suppose to be a parody of the genre so takahashi most likely did take some notes when designing dark magician girl considering how different her design even is compared to the dark magician despite supposedly being master and student

[@androyus]

10:25 I want you to react to all *Rurouni Kenshin* OPs AND EDs from 1996 shows. They are like art of the time period.

[@varajalka]

Yes and throw the new shows opening and ending on top of that

[@JPQuartzz]

And the OST too!!

[@androyus]

@@varajalka I think it's preferrable to let the 2023 show at least end their (24-episode) season first since no doubt there's gonna be multiple OPs & EDs for Luke to react later.

[@cmudd9788]

Throw in Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu and Warriors Suite. Two of the most beautifully orchestrated songs in any anime and Warriors Suite is just epic!

[@tvftw1]

9:20 As a kid I loved the English Cardcaptors opening, but Catch You Catch Me is real catchy. Might be fun to react to both to compare. America got its hands on a show that was very much directed at girls in Japan and let the opening and a slight title change do a lot of the heavy lifting in diversifying the target demographic

[@Krawbs]

I really want you to react to all the Rurouni Kenshin Openings and endings(including the new remake) and also all the Ranma 1/2 Openings!

[@WardOfSouls]

Absolutely seconded for the Rurouni Kenshin OPs and EDs. They featured some of the biggest musical acts in Japan at the time, especially if you include the deleted ED Fourth Avenue Cafe by L'arc~en~Ciel.

[@emeraldjaco7357]

Anyone else wanna jump on to get Luke to react to all Gundam op's? Edit- i now have a completed playlist but I couldn't get "Gundam Reconguista in G op 1" and the "Gundam Build Divers RE:RISE op 1&2" but 58/61 isn't bad kzbin.info/aero/PLr73nRMAFBy9BwkaA57pik1RD88bp_N5x&si=wKKlTWvPM0qPQKdi

[@DXDragon38]

All? That would take days lol Or imagine all the Detective Conan openings 😂

[@seaofcheese9928]

No

[@sebelumkupergi]

And macross

[@baby_r4gna628]

Let's go!! Maybe make it a two parts, the first one being older series and the second part for Seed and above.

[@tsubasahaneno]

Yes, it is long overdue here 🥲but he would deffinitely need a guide because I don't think there is a playlist of all of them on youtube 😆

[@neonseas]

The answer to both what anime would be great to hear a reaction to AND what anime is the most nostalgic for me personally is the same; Slayers. Slayers is an older anime that never gets enough love. Probaby because it was high fantasy during a time when stuff like gundams and magical girls was more popular. I feel like it's a crime now that high fantasy IS more popular as a genre that it hasn't gotten more attention.

[@shadowtheimpure]

The Sailor Stars theme song will always hold a very special place in my heart. It was my absolute favorite season and literally the first anime I ever watched on KZbin because it never got an official Western release at the time.

[@RadeticDaniel]

KZbin is later than Sailor Moon runs in mid 1990s for latin america and Sailor Moon R for USA in 1999. What do you mean with western version?

[@shadowtheimpure]

@@RadeticDaniel Sailor Stars, the final season of Sailor Moon, was not dubbed or released officially in the west until 2022. As a result, in the early days of KZbin, a lot of Japan only anime was fansubbed and posted on the site and a lot of people in the west got to watch it for the first time.

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

Man, most of these I haven't even watched because I was literally born at the start of that decade and didn't know any english, so I had to rely on portuguese dubs and portuguese fansubs, which thinned the amount I had contact with. But still, stuff like City Hunter, Slayers, Slam Dunk, Serial Experiments Lain... So many of them just transcend time. *There are also many that shaped the kind of anime fan I became too. Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin), Evangelion, Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, Sakura Card Captors... Dude, Digimon's Butter-Fly is one of my favorite anime songs ever. It's SO HYPE!!* 🤩🤩🤩

[@maddyd3422]

10:38 KUROKO NO BASKET. You’d love the guitar rift. Nostalgic: Soul Eater / Tokyo Mew Mew / Fruits Basket 🖤

[@smugsneasel]

18:36 See? Been telling you for months~ Serial Experiments Lain's opening is magical...and depressing. 19:20 See? Been telling you for months~ Digimon's openings are magical...and totally hype.

[@Zysperro]

1:55 Outlaw star was a petty fun watch, and yea, the op is a banger My most nostalgic anime is probably one of my first ones - sometimes I stumble upon some 2005-2007 anime that I didn't even remember and it gives me so much nostalgia it's crazy. Clannad is understandably nostalgic for me and Love Hina is surprisingly nostalgic

[@sierrawhite5552]

Outlaw Star was so overlooked when it came out because everyone was just being way into Cowboy Bebop which is a shame cause its def worth a watch.

[@soscobra]

Outlaw Star ending songs are amazing. Hauntingly beautiful.

[@lareolanKFP]

Yeah, I was sold on the anime from the moment I heard the OP. It's a banger for sure! That and Aisha Ctarl Ctarl....

[@TheErsu]

Love Hina's opening and ending were sung by Megumi Hayashibara. I like the ending theme more, but the opening is down right zany.

[@lareolanKFP]

@@TheErsu Megumi is amazing, I was checking up on her recently and her career is still going strong, just not in animes I usually watch. She's now got 373 anime credits to her name on IMDB. And to think that practically every one of those roles also means she sang most of the songs for that show!

[@naotokujikawa2751]

would certainly be fun to see you react to the Slayers openings in the future,they are all so good imo. nostalgia wise the one that hits the hardest for me will always be Sailor Moon since was my very first anime though.

[@TheMidnightReviewer]

it would honestly be a fresh take to hear you react to all the "city hunter openings" the vibe and the music is a added bonus with how satisfying the anime its self is

[@Red14548]

YES!!!

[@xX3deez96Xx]

agreed

[@GOTGames]

Would be happy to 💯

[@Doctor_Yiggles]

Seeing the original Trigun songs were ones I will never forget as I grew up with those. And nice to see Rurouni Kenshin & Escaflowne were some of my childhood favorites I use to consistently listen to. As well as Neon Genesis Evangelion which quite memorable. And definitely my favorite one from the list is Cowboy Bebop's OP that is one I can hear in my head without having to listen to it which I think you should react to the whole song!

[@IsenoAlpha]

Requests: Hidamari Sketch (5 openings) Girls Und Panzer (2 openings) Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (5+, though there's different versions of some) For nostalgic ones, probably early One Piece, Rurouni Kenshin opening 1, Yu Yu Hakusho, and the first few Bleach openings. Despite watching some other anime in the 90s, some of them used their own original openings in the US instead of the Japanese ones (or not even dubs of the Japanese ones).

[@joegiles7785]

Reaction: Macross/Robotech - Music/Culture literally saves everyone in every season. “Ichido Dake no Koi Nara” from Macross Delta “Seikan Hikou” from Macross Frontier “Watashi no Kare Wa Pilot” from Macross “Do You Remember Love” from Macross: Do You Remember Love? Etc Nostalgia: Slayers - I remember finding the boxset hidden on a shelf of an old Walmart.

[@WardOfSouls]

Since you asked what anime from this list give us nostalgia, for me there are three: Record of Lodoss War - This was the first anime I watched on VHS. I was really into D&D at the time, and this was exactly what I wanted, an animated D&D adventure. Both of the OPs were on this list, and I'd recommend you listen to the full version of both; they give very different feelings for what kind of adventure the show will take you on. Serial Experiments Lain - Wow, this show was a trip. I'm still not sure I really understand this show; I should go back and watch again sometime. Sailor Moon - This was the show that formed the basis of a friendship that lasted for more than two decades. I was getting into anime, and my now-best friend was a huge Sailor Moon fan. Watched the entire show from her fansubbed tapes. Probably doesn't hold up after almost 30 years, but that was a moment in my life I will always appreciate, and that second opening for the show is one of my favorites.

[@darkstorm8552]

On behalf of the beyblade dude. I recommend u react to the beyblade openings (metal and burst series).

[@GGCannon]

You should absolutely watch Yu Yu Hakusho, the full anime. That one is LEGENDARY if you haven't watched it.

[@fzfxfcf]

I second this!!! from the same creator of Hunter x Hunter, these 2 animes are similar and Yu yu hakusho is even better

[@yamiyoussouf6154]

It's so crazy how you haven't reacted the Yu-gi-oh! openings yet, you really should!

[@oscaracevedo8092]

Oh, and the japanese openings are FIRE!!

[@rob19ny]

And he needs to be told to start from the 1st series 1998 anime.

[@oscaracevedo8092]

Oh, that one actually featured on the first part of this series @@rob19ny

[@SailorSteph]

he should they are awesome.

[@braydenleaderofthetirkins1143]

@@rob19nyYES!

[@szacsesz]

All time favourite is too hard to choose, but since we are watching older anime, it would definitely be nice to see a reaction to Ah! My Goddess!. It's absolutely beautiful and heartwarming songs. One of the most wholesome romance anime I've ever seen. The whole list is nostalgic even if I watched only a small part of it. These are songs that even you don't know the anime you've probably heard it before. The most nostalgic anime for me would probably be Love Hina. It's first that I specially checked out for watching and not just seeing it being played on TV. After that there was no stopping anymore. It has been more than 10 years since then.

[@lizcywen6245]

0:58 - trigun 5:23 - vision of escaflowne 11:15 - record of lodoss war 13:28 - cowboy bebop 17:01 - neon genesis evangelion the nostalgia is kickin' hard ♥🙂

[@derekchouinard2567]

Man I grew up on so many of these... Trigun is always a nostalgia kick and a top 10 watch for me

[@faenethlorhalien]

Both Adesso e Fortuna from the early 90s OVAs for Lodoss and Kiseki no Umi, from the later series are amazing songs, very well regarded in otaku circles in Japan. Just a a remark: Record of Lodoss War was, in a way, the Critical Role animated series of Japan back then. Originally, the script was based on a series of TTRPG games that the original creator played with his friends in the 1980s, hence why classes and races fit so well with AD&D, and those books were eventually serialized into Anime. Some of its characters are still very well remembered in RPG circles here in Japan: Parn, the beautiful Deedlit, the sexy Pirotess, the stoic evil paladin Ashram... I would not have gotten into TTRPG in the 90s without this anime (and Slayers, whose main character, Lina Inverse, has been the basis for oh so many of my player characters over the years, this is how much I love her design and personality).

[@grillmeoutofhere2128]

Hearing Inuyasha's OP and ED songs definitely brings me back to my childhood days~

[@lanalewis6982]

Trigun, Slayers, Escaflowne, Card Captor Sakura, Corrector Yui, Sailor Moon, Lodoss. All great anime.

[@HaibaneRakka571]

I remember hating the Kenshin opening when I first heard it and absolutely loving it before it even ended. It felt really nostalgic to hear it again here

[@davguev]

Both are awesome! And certainly nostalgic.

[@genial24]

I love op 2 and an Spanish cover with so much heart, I love them both tho

[@baby_r4gna628]

Still hating kenshin openings. The ending was amazing though

[@Jimrod1000]

The original version of the Digimon series was serious and dramatic, as opposed to the western release where they threw Smash Mouth and DJ scratching over everything, and the openings reflected this! Butter-Fly and Seven are wonderful songs from the late and great Koji Wada, and a few years ago they did a re-recording of those openings for an anniversairy OVA, along with Brave Heart by Ayumi Miyazaki. I would love to see you do a watch along of the original series (and maybe Adventure 2.0 as well!) in Japanese, to compare how different they come across!

[@TheErsu]

Yes. The Japanese songs of Digimon Tamers are some of my favorites. Biggest Dreamer, Slash, Evo, and One Vision are great. Primary Colors is a pretty cute song. I think the digimon sing in it. Another interesting thing about Digimon Tamers is one of the main digimon is voiced by Masako Nozawa who voiced Goku in Dragon Ball/Z/GT/Super.

[@Bardic_Knowledge]

Slayers, number 36 on that list, is one of my top anime. Lina Inverse (the main character) is my second favourite fictional character and I own all the anime's DVDs.

[@lareolanKFP]

Man, thank you for the trip down memory lane. In the first half there were a few I didn't recognize, but this one there was I think 2 or 3 I didn't recognize! It's impossible to pick a favourite, but if I had to I'd probably pick either Ranma1/2 or Slayers. I hope maybe you could do a reaction to 100 Megumi Hayashibara songs. Megumi Hayashibara is a LEGENDARY VA who started in the mid 80's and still going strong, but because she's also a singer she sings in pretty much every song in every show she has a role. (You've heard her vocals a few times during this half and the previous half). Just to give you perspective, she currently sits at 373 VA credits on IMDB, and almost every one of those means that she performed at least part of the OP/ED if not every song in the show (like she does for Slayers and Saber Marionette J). You mentioned before you really like it when the VA cast sing the songs, well, she practically ALWAYS does! If you're interested, please check out HoomanityHasDeclined's video: "ajtXBpjMLEc"

[@goldmemberpb]

Number 16, Nadia - Secret of blue water, is a damn good show. It is actually made by the same creator as Evangelion before he made it. When I was watching this show back in 2014 or so, they actually released BD version of it. Pretty nice timing really. It is based on 20000 leagues under the sea by joule vernes.

[@lareolanKFP]

Nadia was definitely an interesting show. I'm glad you got to see it.

[@lizleeann5]

Wolf's Rain! It has one op and one ending, the op is "Stray" and the ed is "Gravity". The OST's are really good too like "Heaven's not enough" and "Strangers".

[@RadeticDaniel]

Yeap... the list is more of a nostalgic ranking of animes from USA perspective than an actual list of best openings and endings. Although I'm not sure now if Wolf's Rain was late 1990s or early 2000s😅

[@GudetamaSit]

​@@RadeticDanielIt was around 2009 if I remember correctly, I was kind of confused by the comment 😅

[@RadeticDaniel]

@@GudetamaSit i watched it 2006, so at least that early xD

[@yukitokamiya3238]

i remember watchin slayers when i was 14 years now im 29 years time sure flies it brings so much nostalgia that i rewatch it from time to time thank you for reacting to this along with the other anime for that i will sub to you long live the nostalgia

[@victoralves4198]

Digimon is one of the old anime of openings more nostalgic you should react and the ost too, Rurouni Kenshin is another that brings in addition to openings the endings are wonderful and to finish Yu Yu Hakusho that in addition to having two versions of openings their endings are another level

[@ChaolaoFueChi]

The anime i really wanted to recommend and let you and the people know is called, and legitimately titled as, "The World Only God Knows" the openings and endings, extra special endings mixed between. I'll recommend their best English song sung by a Japanese actor. It's gorgeous.

[@RedDawnRocker]

TWGOK openings are definitely amazing and different from just about every other anime opening of its' time. They were ahead of their time.

[@wildeyoung3943]

TWGOK OP is a masterpiece. It's in my playlist to this day.

[@GOTGames]

Could check it out 💯

[@toonamidemon2519]

You should definitely see Yu Yu Hakusho. Its made by the same author of Hunter X Hunter, and the Dark Tournament arc is considered by many to be the greatest tournament arc in anime.

[@cmudd9788]

Yu Yu Hakusho is one of my top 5 favorite anime. The fights are up there with DBZ fights and the show doesn't have all the unnecessary filler episodes that DBZ has. Especially during the Dark Tournament arc. It's just fight after fight after fight and they don't waste time moving the story along. Also I love the shows dark sense of humor.

[@kirimina9216]

Me, being hype every time I hear any of the Slayers openings. Also me, remembering the series as a whole is broken into different smaller series and would make for a great retro series to watch - Slayers, Slayers Next, Slayers Try, and the continuations I never got to watch when I was younger - Slayers Revolution and Slayers Evolution-R. Might be something to look into for the channel, as it's something that can be either split up or binged, gives older fans a nostalgia trip, and may become a new favorite for those who haven't seen the series yet! That said, highly recommend watching all the OPs for Slayers! They're all so wonderful

[@jerosiquier9985]

43, Fushigi Yuugi! I waited for it in part 1, but here it is! So happy, yaay!! Also 32, Karekano, was too good. I recognized its ending playing in Suzume's movie, it was a surprise. And, answering your question, in this list is missing an opening from an anime called "NieA 7". Give it a try. :D

[@jungkookstattoos5119]

Please react to Fushigi Yuugi’s op and ed, the anime itself is also really good and very underrated❤️

[@TheErsu]

I agree with all of the above. Star from the Fushigi Yuugi OVAs is a very good song.

[@Katirin89]

React to all Prince of Tennis openings (and endings). The music is surprisingly good! Prince of Tennis also happens to be my most nostalgic anime since it's the first anime I watched (well, technically pokemon was but didn't know it was an anime..)

[@xel1673]

You seemed to like the Slayers openings. React to the five openings to Slayers, please! It's my most nostalgic. In order of Seasons: Slayers = "Get Along" Slayers Next = "Give A Reason" Slayers Try = "Breeze" Slayers Revolution = "Plenty of Grit" Slayers Evolution-R = "Front Breaking" All the openings are performed by Megumi Hayashibara, who also does the voice of the main character in the show.

[@lareolanKFP]

Yeah, Megumi is such a legend. I found a video on YT yesterday similar to this that just shows 100 anime songs by Megumi Hayashibara. That was a massive trip down memory lane!

[@kokodin5895]

well i always wanted you react to 2000's anime openings :P mostly inuyasha + final act eureka seven, blood + hare +guu and terra e or bokurano

[@Tamatini]

16:24 yuyu hakusho was made by the author of hunterxhunter yosuke and gon look kinda the same

[@regtiangha]

I noticed how your eyes sparkled when the Macross 7 openings appeared. 😉

[@faenethlorhalien]

Two animes I'd love you to react to the op/ends are these: Ranma 1/2 ( bear in mind it's got LOTS of songs, but they all fit the theme of the anime to a point and are really good) Slayers (at least the three first seasons, the good ones)

[@haleypeddie854]

Very nice to see Escaflowne & Fushigi Yugi’s ops included in this video.

[@robin_the_red_fox4082]

Slayers, Slayers Next, and Slayers Try have great opening themes and the stories themselves are great. Lodoss War and Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight are very nostalgic, too

[@MarinMBGillette]

Hey Luke! "Inuyasha" is a great series with a lot of fantastic openings and endings you should definitely check out, as well as its sequel series, "Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon." "Serial Experiments Lain" (#3) is a major nostalgia bomb for me; it was one of the first anime series I watched and got really hooked into, and it's still so, so good even now! I also have a lot of love for "The Vision of Escaflowne" (#37), a criminally under-seen series that's got pretty much everything you could want in a 90s anime (Isekai! Fantasy! Giant mecha battles! Romance!), and "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water" (#16), which was overseen by a young Hideaki Anno; its success allowed him to create his masterwork, "Neon Genesis Evangelion."

[@Geth-Who]

There are two anime franchises I think you'd love the openings to - one's Gundam, 'cause WOW, and the other is Macross, like at 10:10 there. They both span a bunch of genres and are coupled with fantastic visual stylings in a lot of cases. The guy who led both series' animation departments was called Itano, and he basically rewrote the book on animating in the 70s and 80s, and beyond. Nostalgic series? God, probably Evangelion. What a life-changer that show was.

[@TicoMachi]

Slayers is the anime that I have the most nostalgia for, and also the one I would love to see you react to all the OPs.

[@danimartins1082]

React to ALL Digimon japanese openings please

[@homunculus7]

All the digimon and pokemon JP openings slap

[@danimartins1082]

@@homunculus7 agree

[@nakorurux7]

Mannnn so many memories 😭 Saint Seiya is one of the three most nostalgic ones for me, along with Dragon ball and Sailor moon~ good video :D Def react to the Digimon openings~~

[@AllenWalkerDaniel]

I would be very happy if you react to Cardcaptor Sakura and Rurouni Kenshin openings/endings. Those two are the most nostalgic anime for me. Cardcaptor Sakura was my first anime I watched in Japanese, so it means a lot to me.

[@projectmessiah]

If I could reccomend any set of old school openings in would have to be the Slayer ones (The 1st one shows up at spot 35) their all sang by Megumi Hayashibara (She also voices the main character) who is my favourite female va almost solely on how goated her vocal performances are. Also Gundam is a lot older than you think if 95 surprised you, the original came out I'm 1979 lol.

[@fzfxfcf]

#43 FUSHIGI YUGI!! one of the best animes to ever exist #32 Karekano is so cool. Unique anime #31 #18 Sailormoon a classic #12 SLAM DUNK!!! it was a great success in Japan when it was released and it's still for me in my top 3 anime list #8 Yu Yu Hakusho!! my number 1 anime. The same creator of Hunter x hunter. These 2 animes are so similar and both have been extremely successful

[@fzfxfcf]

If you are interested on doing some of the best animes in history, do all openings and endings of Yu Yu Hakusho and Slam Dunk!! not only they are both gems but their music is epic

[@nobody_2.0]

Day 107 of recommending the Beyblade openings. There are the Japanese ones and the English ones. The English version has one opening for a generation, and that for the 1st and 2nd generation. The 3rd gen has one op for one season. But the Japanese version has multiple ops for a season in any gen. You should definitely check both versions out. I made playlists on my channel, so you don't need to search, cause in those compilations are a few off and not in the correct order. Thanks for checking out!

[@0toko_no_ko]

Hoping to boost this by replying! 👍

[@nobody_2.0]

@@0toko_no_ko tysm

[@davidwusoftdev]

This time there were only 5 anime I didn't know. I expected to do better. 😆 My most nostalgic anime would be Rurouni Kenshin (which has a remake airing this season after... 25 years?). It was one of the first anime that aired on national TV over here and the style was very different from any other "cartoon" that I had seen at the time. You could say it was the start of my own anime journey. It would be nice to see you react to all the OP and ED from the Rurouni Kenshin 90s series.🤩

[@WWEdeadman]

Nostalgia trip part 2 LET'S GOOOO As for the questions: I'd wanna see all openings for: -Detective Conan -Inuyasha -Digimon -Ranma 1/2 As for my most nostalgic anime: Ranma 1/2, Pokemon and DragonBall/DBZ.

[@Degdreams]

DIGIMON! ...and yes, you need to watch digimon again... subbed. Its like a completely different show.

[@ShiroNekoDen]

LiSa was borning in 87 she's 36 and she started learning piano at age three and ginga eiyuu came out when she was 7

[@TheErsu]

The Korean BoA sings an ending theme for Inuyasha. The song is called Every Heart. It was the first BoA song I ever heard.

[@stirret]

I'm feeling old now lol Dragonball is my childhood and Rurouni Kenshin definitely makes me nostalgic. All Kenshin openings and endings are awesome. It would be nice if you react to them. And there's a remake on going right now, you can check those op and ed too😊

[@Degdreams]

Kenshin as a manga is very special to me. So special I have to separate art from artists.

[@Degdreams]

I love Dragon Ball too. It's probably just as important to me

[@stirret]

@@Degdreams same for me. It's sad what happened with this mangaka but that doesn't change the love I have for the show. I've never read the manga but everything else I've watched was so good, anime, ovas, movie and live action.

[@Degdreams]

@@stirret Kenshin is the first manga I ever bought. It's my literal first introduction into that world. I've actually barely watched the anime.

[@TheErsu]

Heart of Sword by TM Revolution is my favorite song from the Rurouni Kenshin anime. Sobakasu by Judy and Mary is good too.

[@veneroluigi8157]

Holy shit! I almost forgot that Red Baron existed!

[@franthehonest-eyes4883]

5:44 The Slayers opening is one of my favs, also the spanish version 8:10 Ghost Sweeper Mikami also 😍 10:55 Zenki as well!

[@otakunogitsune5999]

My dad showed me Trigun when I was in second grade and it was my first ever exposure to anime. Whenever I hear that guitar, the nostalgia hits me harder than truck-kun hits an Isekai protagonist. As for an opening I wanna see you react to, "Toilet Bound Hanako-kun." That's all I'm gonna say.

[@aKimirksnis]

Wow, this compilation is so nostalgic, even though whatever I watched out of this list I watched later on in the 00s Btw, even though it was hard for me to get into Cardcaptor Sakura because of magical girl theme the whole CLAMP-verse with their other works, like xxxHolic, Tsubasa Chronicles, X and more is an outstanding example of building a multiverse with tons of crossovers while still maintaining a plethora of genres and keeping the shows self contained. Also, to not be dry of recommendations for OPs/EDs to react: DNAngel - this one is quite nostalgic for me, early 00s Shakugan no Shana Fate Kaleid Liner - magical girl show but not really since it's Fate

[@cierabarry4191]

I second DN Angel. It’s one of the few anime I actually own in hard copy.

[@RemniStrath]

Nice to see Outlaw Star caught your eye. That is easily a cult classic series with some really cool world building.

[@Waluigiisbest99]

he should react too Slayers openings because all of them are bangers.

[@gyldean]

Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon: the "girl" animes every boy loved back then. I have a strange feeling when a guy about my age (as you, I think) doesn't recognize Sakura Kinomoto.

[@MP_004]

11:51 Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu) is something you should experience at least once in your life. 🥲

[@bugsy1328]

I think you would like the Shakugan no Shana Op

[@Rycel2001]

Awesome! Now do the "Top 200 80s anime OPs"!

[@TheErsu]

I also think he should listen to an 80s anime song list.

[@WardOfSouls]

8:42 That anime is localized into English as "The Legend of Black Heaven: Hard Rock Save the Space". Despite that title, the show itself is a fairly slow burn drama/comedy about the struggle to be an adult and take care of a family versus the loss of passion felt in youth. The song used for the opening is written and performed by John Sykes, famously a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, and Blue Murder, and shows up many times in the show itself as the theme of the titular band Black Heaven.

[@raven_espadilla]

as a major fan of the Sailor Moon series, the way you're vibing into the openings makes me smile 😊 P.S. you're cute btw 🥰

[@baby_r4gna628]

Maybe try reacting to all gundam openings? lol or maybe Macross 7 songs since you seem interested everytime it's opening pop up Most nostalgic anime... probably Doraemon, because that's my first anime.

[@xlipseheira]

Tenchi Muyo is an old anime that until now still updating the story with new anime release that connected to original story

[@kokkino_Drako96]

Please react to “The evolution of anime series (1960 - 2020)”

[@SaberTooth_TFG]

So many bangers here! Love you so much for this, Luke! 😄👍

[@GeiYin]

Third time asking for Shaman King openings reactions (all openings from 2001 - both japaneese and western versions - last one is a nostalgia for lots of people, and 2021 remake's openings) pretty please

[@Gabriel_Lima0910]

ohh the most nostalgic for me is inuyasha i remember watching when i was a little kid on the TV before going to school

[@athanasiosdemertzis8847]

Record of Lodoos , then Escaflowne right after and Slayers back to back ? Whoever made this video knows my taste so well. Going to check it later. 10:25 For recommendations: - Shakugan no Shana. Both OPs and EDs. - Magi. OPs - EDs - OSTs. - Have you reacted to the Re:Creators OPs yet Luke? 12:05 Yes Luke. That was LiSA . She was born in the 70s. And the english title of that anime is "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes" . Highly recommended. . . . Just my 2 cents.

[@RyoHazuki224]

Man, you really are hitting on some of the greats here! Slayers, Rurouni Kenshin, Macross, Gundam Wing, Fushigi Yuugi, Record of Lodoss War, Escaflowne, Mammote Shugogetten, City Hunter, DNA2, Yuyu Hakusho, and so many others! You can really tell though the difference in the early 90's to the later 90's music, definitely there is an evolution in the vibe and tones. I really think you should be one of the anime reactors to open up a slot for classic anime, along with watching new anime, do a poll on what 90's anime to watch! Heck you can bang out some short OVA series in a flash, like Battle Angel Alita, DNA2, Ah My Goddess, Gunsmith Cats, and the cheekiest of cheeky: Golden Boy! You'd be one of the few to really go back and experience such a golden age of anime, since the 90's was hands down the era in which anime really started to gain a cult following outside of Japan!