While the debate of subbed vs dubbed can take several long paragraphs of discussion and still reach no conclusion, I think it's not too far-fetched to say that there are some instances where English openings can be better than the Japanese openings. Here are a few of my personal picks, most of which are due to just pure nostalgia:
Feel free to list down any others or give your opinions on the ones I've listed
Feel free to list down any others or give your opinions on the ones I've listed
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Excuse My CharismaThis because it was my childhood:
This because it was my childhood:
So iconic! I remember back when I was a kid, I'd always get random objects and pretend they were Millennium Items
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Speed Racer. More compact and 1960's kicky than the Japanese original.
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It's not actually an opening but Smash Mouth's All Star from Digimon The Movie
Most people who know the song usually link it to Shrek but I first heard it on the Digimon movie!It's not actually an opening but Smash Mouth's All Star from Digimon The Movie
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(•—•)Other than Pokemon...
Cardcaptor Sakura! I still remember all the lyrics to it
Cardcaptor Sakura! I still remember all the lyrics to it
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Other than Pokemon...
Cardcaptor Sakura! I still remember all the lyrics to it
One of my favorite animes, but I tend to love alot of CLAMPs work.
The original Sailor Moon intro is Iconic, "Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight" words to live by.
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for me pokemon. Especially the first one and then the johto one.
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The pokemon ones. They were just *chefs kiss*
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Yugioh 5Ds is probs my fav opening ever period.
I'm still pissed we never got a full ver. of it tho
I'm still pissed we never got a full ver. of it tho
It really is one of the best openings ever! Really bummed out that 4Kids never released a full version of Hyper Drive(and didn't dub a large chunk of the show)Yugioh 5Ds is probs my fav opening ever period.
I'm still pissed we never got a full ver. of it tho
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This one, from One Outs
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I grew up with Brazilian Portuguese and Korean ones instead. I'm nostalgic about Korean Dragon Ball openings and for Portuguese I'd say I loved the openings for sentai series more.
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It was either Digimon or Rat Race I heard it in firstMost people who know the song usually link it to Shrek but I first heard it on the Digimon movie!
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(•—•)Same here, CLAMP has some really great series!One of my favorite animes, but I tend to love alot of CLAMPs work.
The original Sailor Moon intro is Iconic, "Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight" words to live by.
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