I enjoy it, it's a decent twist on "nerd boy meets girl who brings him out of his shell" that mixes japanese occult with aliens, a small bit of high school slice of life, and shounen anime type battles where cleverness wins. Characters are written well, imo. Good humor.
That said, the season ends about an episode and a half past where it probably should have, on a particularly ugly cliffhanger when there were a few better cliffhangers they could have ended it on just slightly earlier. And there are two scenes, one in (I think) the first episode and one in the last episode of the season that are needlessly exploitative (not the best description) of a teen girl.
Girl is moments away from being raped by an alien probe, with alien tech-penis visibly inching towards her in the first episode. In the last episode of the season, same girl who has now regularly been a self sufficient ass kicker gets cornered in a mixed hot springs and for arbitrary reasons suddenly can't defend herself as she begins to be assaulted. Her head is held under the water as it cuts to black and the season ends. Just yuck. Apparently in the manga it's not even the end of a chapter, so the anime runners went out of their way to end the season on that.
That said, part of the inciting incidents of the show is a ghost stealing the male mc's penis. So it's not entirely one sided in terms of the sexual ick, but it seems to dwell on the shit against the female characters like it wants that to be titilating. There's no cheesecake/fanservice shots of the male MC mid-sexual assault, but there are of the female characters.
I love the theme too, but South Park ruined it for me. I can't listen to it anymore without hearing "Wiener, weiner-weiner..." in the back of my mind :(
Know where can I find a breakdown of the symbolism behind the intro?
For me, it's hard to watch. I feel like I got bungeed down into the deepest depths of the bottomless Uncanny Valley, coming back up covered in oily black ooze, but I look down at its just my hands, my clothes, my normal skin. I think I'd appreciate it more if I knew what and why what was going on.
Yes! It sets the tone for the show so perfectly. Just to satisfy my curiosity, I pulled up the first episode on Hulu... the new music gives a completely different tone. It's terrible!
Hulu uses what I'm pretty sure was the ending credit song in the intro. Probably to avoid Teardrop royalties or something. I hate it so much, I didn't finish the series last time I tried to watch it.
Battlestar Galactica (the remake with Eddie Olmos) . It changes throughout the series, and it highlights important bits.
I'd say Firefly too, but that's just because it's awesome. Airwolf was the same way, back in its heyday, and it was cool in ways that knight rider wasn't.
But I'm here only for Battlestar today. So say we all.
One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness, it was a world of fear, it was the age of gargoyles. Stone by day, warriors by night. We were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect, frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years. Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken and we live again!
I'm sure that there are others I used to like - I'm an old fart - but this is the only one that occurs to me now.
For some reason, my long term memory stopped in the late nineties. I'm convinced that there are series I've watched that I loved that it's going to take a replay to remember that I loved the incoming theme.
There were several cult shows on BBC2 and ITV back then: Thirty-Something, a few about UK barristers, Moving Story. Damned if I can remember any of the theme tunes.
Almost every single show I watch. I'm weird in that I almost never can skip a TV show intro. Only exception I can think of right now is the short continuation of Batman the Animated Series they did just before Batman Beyond since they didn't change the intro to match the show.
I didn't like the show all that much but American Gods had possibly the greatest title sequence ever made.
It's a brilliant fever dream mixing mythology and technology, drugs and sex which perfectly fits the themes of the show. That thumping electronic music suits the neon in the titles and that tired groan at the end puts an exclamation point in the whole thing.
PieFed
Warrior had such an awesome intro, we never skipped it.
Flikken Maastricht. Not because it’s so good but we always try to match the drum beats in the intro
Solar Opposites
Each intro is narrated by one of the main characters and each time something different is said at the end.
From, True blood , Lost
Firefly
You can't take the sky from me.
Excellent theme tune.
The Expanse. Really enjoyed the visuals of progress with that great soundtrack.
The best part about it is the subtlety. Tiny shifts across a season. Few changes in visuals across the entire run.
It is the most lovely theme song I've heard.
Cowboy Bebop
Yes love the jazz music and all the ambient lighting space zoom zoom interstellar travel shooshooo so cool.
Ok 3 2 1 let’s jam
(the song is now playing in your head on repeat)
BADOO BADOO BADOOP BADOO DOOOOO
Dan Da Dan
https://youtu.be/a4na2opArGY
I actually think their song for Mashle season 2 might be better - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZN98D5_N4M
Edit: should've mentioned the band is Creepy Nuts
I watched this a couple months ago and the song still randomly pops into my head every so often. Really cool show, with an exceptional intro.
I was about to post the same.
That’s on Netflix is it any good? I always say the title like DAN DAN DAN like a dramatic reveal
I enjoy it, it's a decent twist on "nerd boy meets girl who brings him out of his shell" that mixes japanese occult with aliens, a small bit of high school slice of life, and shounen anime type battles where cleverness wins. Characters are written well, imo. Good humor.
That said, the season ends about an episode and a half past where it probably should have, on a particularly ugly cliffhanger when there were a few better cliffhangers they could have ended it on just slightly earlier. And there are two scenes, one in (I think) the first episode and one in the last episode of the season that are needlessly exploitative (not the best description) of a teen girl.
Girl is moments away from being raped by an alien probe, with alien tech-penis visibly inching towards her in the first episode. In the last episode of the season, same girl who has now regularly been a self sufficient ass kicker gets cornered in a mixed hot springs and for arbitrary reasons suddenly can't defend herself as she begins to be assaulted. Her head is held under the water as it cuts to black and the season ends. Just yuck. Apparently in the manga it's not even the end of a chapter, so the anime runners went out of their way to end the season on that.
That said, part of the inciting incidents of the show is a ghost stealing the male mc's penis. So it's not entirely one sided in terms of the sexual ick, but it seems to dwell on the shit against the female characters like it wants that to be titilating. There's no cheesecake/fanservice shots of the male MC mid-sexual assault, but there are of the female characters.
Game of Thrones, Djawadi's theme is amazing and captured the tone perfectly.
I love the theme too, but South Park ruined it for me. I can't listen to it anymore without hearing "Wiener, weiner-weiner..." in the back of my mind :(
Severance. Maybe it's just being a hobby 3d artist that makes every frame of that delicious intro so captivating
Visually stunning and a very catchy song too. I found myself watching it at least once every 2-3 episodes while binging.
Know where can I find a breakdown of the symbolism behind the intro?
For me, it's hard to watch. I feel like I got bungeed down into the deepest depths of the bottomless Uncanny Valley, coming back up covered in oily black ooze, but I look down at its just my hands, my clothes, my normal skin. I think I'd appreciate it more if I knew what and why what was going on.
Not a breakdown of the whole intro exactly, but this breaks down the melody musically and makes some comments about how it relates symbolically.
https://youtu.be/LQg1TMEEPnQ
Gravity Falls
I love the remixed version for the finale
I knew someone would beat me to it.
Star Trek (TNG / VOY)
Right there with you.
Peacemaker
DO YA REALLY WANNA DO YA REALLY WANNA TASTE IT??
Why is this so far down…
Too Many Cooks
🎶Too many cooks!🎶
Ducktales wohooo
Futurama
It’s so short that you might as well sit through it.
Breaking bad
And better Call Saul. Mostly because they're so short it's over by the time you find the remote.
House. I feel bad for anybody who's not seen it with the original intro music.
The OG was Teardrop by Massive Attack, right?
Yes! It sets the tone for the show so perfectly. Just to satisfy my curiosity, I pulled up the first episode on Hulu... the new music gives a completely different tone. It's terrible!
Wait...so what is it now? And when/why was it changed?
Hulu uses what I'm pretty sure was the ending credit song in the intro. Probably to avoid Teardrop royalties or something. I hate it so much, I didn't finish the series last time I tried to watch it.
IDK
Money
Teardrop, yep!
Arcane.
Oh, oh the misery!
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. That song is catchy as all hell .
Peacemaker. The same catchy song and love the dance routine.
i loved the first season intro but the second was so disappointing ):
Yeah agreed on that i go back sometimes and listen to season one just for the theme then skip to season 2 episode
Star Trek: Enterprise
I am an evil man and I love to torture my roommates.
It's been a long road...
Yass, at first I hated it but it's my favorite intro and overall Trek now 😄
I think you'll enjoy this if you haven't already seen it.
https://youtu.be/OnQNdNSgiKc
Fuckin awesome, thank you
The Simpsons.
There's something new to see every time! I've only just got back into watching the early seasons again recently.
I think that Banksy's couch gag broke something in me. I stopped watching the Simpsons about then.
plus the rewarding couch gag.
Babylon 5. First show to change the intro with each new season, IIRC.
Bluey
I love that they tweaked it in the Bingo episode! Especially how everyone is caught off guard when Bluey goes after Mom and Dad
Short, sweet, and catchy. They did a good job with that one.
One of my favorites.
What we do in the shadows
Battlestar Galactica (the remake with Eddie Olmos) . It changes throughout the series, and it highlights important bits.
I'd say Firefly too, but that's just because it's awesome. Airwolf was the same way, back in its heyday, and it was cool in ways that knight rider wasn't.
But I'm here only for Battlestar today. So say we all.
Peacemaker, love it
Silo. I like the music so much!
...and also: Gargoyles!
Star Trek Next Generation
https://youtu.be/dSlGxtOTbbI
Now with doppler effects!
Daredevil, it's spectacular
Angel and Buffy.
The lack of Neon Genesis Evangelion on this list disappoints me.
Why though?
Apart from the fact that every next episode the theme starts to hit differently, but still matches the tone of the overall theme.
Star Treks Voyager and Lower Decks.
The Sopranos!
Commendatori!
Black Sails
Bear McCreary's music is such a masterpiece.
Definitely. The parsons farewell is great too
GUMMI BEARS, BOUNCING HERE AND THERE AND EVERYWHERE!!!!
Also, literally eating gummi bears right now.
avatar and legend of Korra. they're just banger intros
Resident Alien, mainly because they change the graphics for every episode and throw in a gag.
Band of Brothers. The intro is so long, but feels like an important part of the whole experience.
The Simpson's
King Of The Hill
Samurai Champloo and totally different genre but Craig of the Creek
whoever skips the x-men intro deserves to be thrown into the ocean
Serial Experiments Lain
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
The Sopranos.
Even when I'm knowingly watching another HBO show, I always hope that the Sopranos theme comes up after the HBO static
[grin] I get that!
I'm sure that there are others I used to like - I'm an old fart - but this is the only one that occurs to me now.
For some reason, my long term memory stopped in the late nineties. I'm convinced that there are series I've watched that I loved that it's going to take a replay to remember that I loved the incoming theme.
There were several cult shows on BBC2 and ITV back then: Thirty-Something, a few about UK barristers, Moving Story. Damned if I can remember any of the theme tunes.
Bojack Horseman!
Back in the 90's, I was in a very famous TEEEE-vee show...
Futurama
Raised by Wolves, the best intro ever made IMO. And currently Dope Thief, also superb.
Raised by Wolves:
https://youtu.be/xHyq5UCVh4w
Dope Thief:
https://youtu.be/XJiC12bioso
Twin Peaks
Hell ya! Whole soundtrack is amazing!
Lots of good mentions. Especially The Expanse and Bluey.
I'd like to highlight the masterpiece that was Andor S1 intros though.
Teletubbies
WKRP in Cincinnati
Almost every single show I watch. I'm weird in that I almost never can skip a TV show intro. Only exception I can think of right now is the short continuation of Batman the Animated Series they did just before Batman Beyond since they didn't change the intro to match the show.
Lucky Star!
Suits or Suits LA. Catchy tune
Family Guy
Star Trek Enterprise
And as an italian 90s kid, all cartoons on air in the 2000s
Are you kidding about enterprise?
IT'S BEEN A LOOOOONG ROOOAD
no really I completely understand it can sound cringe but I enjoyed singing it almost every time
Mega Man.
Edit: For real tho, SilverHawks, Thundercats, Galaxy Rangers, and Saber Rider.
Guess how old I am
Just finished Tokyo Vice and didn't once skip the intro
The white lotus. I didn't like season 3's theme as much as the first 2's but I still like to listen
I was unsure about the season 3 one at first but liked it more every episode.
Surprised I didn't see Evangelion on here (unless I missed it).
What we do in the shadows.
King of the hill.
Bluey.
I always like that jazzy intro tune to "The Nanny".
All of them, I never skip the opening. But my top 5 favorites are
Land of the Lustrous (my most listened to song on YT Music for 3 years running)
Read Or Die
Noir
Akudama Drive
Orb: On The Movements Of The Earth
And for something that isn't weeb shit, Psych
+1 for Psych.
Hogans Heroes
Sharp Objects had different intros per episode, but they were all good. My favorite is episode 2.
Also, The Leftovers.
General Hospital, I have life, so I won't even start watching this show.
Bojack horseman and lower decks
It was the dawn of the third age of mankind
Understanding is a three edged sword.
Halt And Catch Fire.
Raised by Wolves had a great intro theme and art style.
I would list the great Star Trek opening themes, but honestly they are long and can be a bit much when you're on your like eighth episode in a row.
What We Do In The Dark.
I'll never listen to the song for no reason on its own, but I'll never skip it either.
ER.
Granted I haven't watched ER since it was on TV in the 90s, but I have gone out of my way to hear that glorious theme song so many times!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjCnHJ8wIuM
Bobs burgers
Parks and rec'
SpongeBob SquarePants
Abbott Elementary cos it's seconds long
Apothecary Diaries Season 1!
Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.
Holy shit those intros clap.
Sakamoto days.
The intro to yu yu hakusho. Love the song.
Also intro to the Ozarks. Again I love the song.
Money Heist
Bones
But might be cheating since it's The Crystal Method.
https://youtu.be/trmaxIG-1bE
the office
Moone Boy
Where's me jumper? Sultans of Ping. Absolute banger. Will never skip. May replay multiple times.
I didn't like the show all that much but American Gods had possibly the greatest title sequence ever made.
It's a brilliant fever dream mixing mythology and technology, drugs and sex which perfectly fits the themes of the show. That thumping electronic music suits the neon in the titles and that tired groan at the end puts an exclamation point in the whole thing.
Les mystérieuses cités d'or / mysterious cities of gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ejtct8pNME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ycG-xe1uSM