Anime OPED - week 10

[NotMiki]

This week, Pirates vs. jellyfish, a double dose of Excel, and a Dragonball showdown for the ages!  Topping that all off we have one of the world's shortest romances in Romeo and Juliet going against one of the longest in Maison Ikkoku.  Seriously, Takahashi, not everything needs to be a bajillion volumes.  And if that ain't enough, we gots a good old fashioned vampire showdown between Blood + and Hellsing.  Hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry and vote!

Openings
One Piece OP2 (Believe) vs. Kuragehime OP (Koko Dake no Hanashi)
Romeo x Juliet OP (Inori ~ You Raise Me Up ~) vs. Maison Ikkoku OP3 (Suki sa)
Excel Saga OP (Ai) vs. RahXephon OP (Hemisphere)
Cardcaptor Sakura OP3 (Platinum) vs. Voltes V OP (Voltes V no Uta)

Blood+ OP (Aozora no Namida) vs. Hellsing OP (Logos Naki World)
Godannar Second Season  (Engage!!! Godannar) vs. Slayers Next  OP (Give a Reason)
Sengoku BASARA Op (JAP) vs. Shin Mazinger OP2 (Shugoshin ~The Guardian~) 
Bleach OP9 (Velonica) vs. Full Metal Panic! OP (Tomorrow) 

Endings
Excel Saga ED (So You Are Going to Eat Me) vs. Tsukihime ED (Rinne no hateni...)
Needless ED1 (Aggressive Zone) vs. Black Lagoon ED (Don't Look Behind) 
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 (Zessei Bijin) vs. Record of Lodoss War ED (Kaze no Fantasia) 
Dragon Ball Z ED2 (Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta) vs. Dragon Ball ED (Romantic Ageru Yo)

Results:

Openings
Gad Guard OP (Boomerang Boogie):3 vs. Last Exile OP (Cloud Age Symphony):4
Tekkaman Blade OP1 (Reason):3  vs. Vandread 2nd Stage OP (Justice):4
.hack//Roots OP (Silly Go Round):7  vs. Gunslinger Girl OP (The Light Before We Land):1
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou OP (Real love- Real life):3  vs. Macross Frontier OP2 (Lion):4

Kino's Travels OP (All the Way):2  vs. Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon (Heats):4 
Tokyo Underground OP2 (Hey You!!):2 vs. Angelic Layer OP (Be my Angel):4
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX OP4 (Precious Time, Glory Days):3 vs. Infinite Ryvius OP (dis-):5
School Rumble OP 1 (Scramble):5 vs. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen OP (Ai Just on My Love):1

Endings
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? ED (Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate Desu):2 vs. Bokurano ED (Vermillion):4
Toradora - ED1 (Vanilla Salt):5 vs. Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou ED (Everyday Sunshine Line!):2
FLCL ED (Ride on Shooting Star):3 vs. Persona - Trinity Soul ED2 (Found Me):4
Last Exile ED (Over the Sky):4  vs. Tokyo Underground ED (Kakusei Toshi):2

[NotMiki]

Openings
One Piece OP2 (Believe) vs. Kuragehime OP (Koko Dake no Hanashi) - Kuragehime's cute, but One Piece's opening is just too much fun.
Romeo x Juliet OP (Inori ~ You Raise Me Up ~) vs. Maison Ikkoku OP3 (Suki sa) - "Oh Danny boy, the pipes the pipes are calling..."
Excel Saga OP (Ai) vs. RahXephon OP (Hemisphere) - not close.
Cardcaptor Sakura OP3 (Platinum) vs. Voltes V OP (Voltes V no Uta) - uh yeah.  Voltes at least has that Dragnet-soundin' intro, but that ain't near enough.

Blood+ OP (Aozora no Namida) vs. Hellsing OP (Logos Naki World) - Blood + is solid, but Hellsing's OP drips style.
Godannar Second Season  (Engage!!! Godannar) vs. Slayers Next  OP (Give a Reason) - Does Engage!!! Godannar happen to be the best thing Megumi Hayashibara ever sang?  No?  That could present a problem for it...
Sengoku BASARA Op (JAP) vs. Shin Mazinger OP2 (Shugoshin ~The Guardian~) - wow, both of these are good for, like, exactly the same reason.  I'll come back to this.
Bleach OP9 (Velonica) vs. Full Metal Panic! OP (Tomorrow)

Endings
Excel Saga ED (So You Are Going to Eat Me) vs. Tsukihime ED (Rinne no hateni...)
Needless ED1 (Aggressive Zone) vs. Black Lagoon ED (Don't Look Behind) - Hilariously over-the-top lesbians beats boring emo video that reminds me what I don't like about Black Lagoon any day. ("What don't you like about Black Lagoon, Jim?"  "The ending theme.")
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 (Zessei Bijin) vs. Record of Lodoss War ED (Kaze no Fantasia) - Lodoss' ED always just bugged me as a song.  Something about its melody just seems wrong to me.
Dragon Ball Z ED2 (Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta) vs. Dragon Ball ED (Romantic Ageru Yo) - I'll go with half a dozen of the other.

[Cmdr_King]

Openings
One Piece OP2 (Believe) vs. Kuragehime OP (Koko Dake no Hanashi)
Romeo x Juliet OP (Inori ~ You Raise Me Up ~) vs. Maison Ikkoku OP3 (Suki sa)
Excel Saga OP (Ai) vs. RahXephon OP (Hemisphere)- Love/Loyalty is cute and all but the entire reason I watched RahXephon was on the strength of (an inferior but still excellent adaptation of) Hemisphere.
Cardcaptor Sakura OP3 (Platinum) vs. Voltes V OP (Voltes V no Uta)

Blood+ OP (Aozora no Namida) vs. Hellsing OP (Logos Naki World)
Godannar Second Season  (Engage!!! Godannar) vs. Slayers Next  OP (Give a Reason)- Close.
Sengoku BASARA Op (JAP) vs. Shin Mazinger OP2 (Shugoshin ~The Guardian~)
Bleach OP9 (Velonica) vs. Full Metal Panic! OP (Tomorrow)

Endings
Excel Saga ED (So You Are Going to Eat Me) vs. Tsukihime ED (Rinne no hateni...)
Needless ED1 (Aggressive Zone) vs. Black Lagoon ED (Don't Look Behind)
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 (Zessei Bijin) vs. Record of Lodoss War ED (Kaze no Fantasia)
Dragon Ball Z ED2 (Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta) vs. Dragon Ball ED (Romantic Ageru Yo)

Lazy, just doing stuff I'm kinda familiar with.

[Fudozukushi]

And now I only have one video.  RNG!

Openings
One Piece OP2 (Believe) vs. Kuragehime OP (Koko Dake no Hanashi)
Romeo x Juliet OP (Inori ~ You Raise Me Up ~) vs. Maison Ikkoku OP3 (Suki sa)
Excel Saga OP (Ai) vs. RahXephon OP (Hemisphere)
Cardcaptor Sakura OP3 (Platinum) vs. Voltes V OP (Voltes V no Uta)

Blood+ OP (Aozora no Namida) vs. Hellsing OP (Logos Naki World)
Godannar Second Season  (Engage!!! Godannar) vs. Slayers Next  OP (Give a Reason)
Sengoku BASARA Op (JAP) vs. Shin Mazinger OP2 (Shugoshin ~The Guardian~)
Bleach OP9 (Velonica) vs. Full Metal Panic! OP (Tomorrow)

Endings
Excel Saga ED (So You Are Going to Eat Me) vs. Tsukihime ED (Rinne no hateni...)
Needless ED1 (Aggressive Zone) vs. Black Lagoon ED (Don't Look Behind)
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 (Zessei Bijin) vs. Record of Lodoss War ED (Kaze no Fantasia)
Dragon Ball Z ED2 (Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta) vs. Dragon Ball ED (Romantic Ageru Yo)

[Twilkitri]

One Piece OP2 (Believe) vs. Kuragehime OP (Koko Dake no Hanashi)
Romeo x Juliet OP (Inori ~ You Raise Me Up ~) vs. Maison Ikkoku OP3 (Suki sa)
Excel Saga OP (Ai) vs. RahXephon OP (Hemisphere)
Cardcaptor Sakura OP3 (Platinum) vs. Voltes V OP (Voltes V no Uta)

Blood+ OP (Aozora no Namida) vs. Hellsing OP (Logos Naki World)
Godannar Second Season  (Engage!!! Godannar) vs. Slayers Next  OP (Give a Reason)
Sengoku BASARA Op (JAP) vs. Shin Mazinger OP2 (Shugoshin ~The Guardian~)
Bleach OP9 (Velonica) vs. Full Metal Panic! OP (Tomorrow)

Endings
Excel Saga ED (So You Are Going to Eat Me) vs. Tsukihime ED (Rinne no hateni...)
Needless ED1 (Aggressive Zone) vs. Black Lagoon ED (Don't Look Behind)
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 (Zessei Bijin) vs. Record of Lodoss War ED (Kaze no Fantasia)
Dragon Ball Z ED2 (Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta) vs. Dragon Ball ED (Romantic Ageru Yo)

[Soulgain]

One Piece OP2 (Believe) vs. Kuragehime OP (Koko Dake no Hanashi)
Romeo x Juliet OP (Inori ~ You Raise Me Up ~) vs. Maison Ikkoku OP3 (Suki sa)
Excel Saga OP (Ai) vs. RahXephon OP (Hemisphere)
Cardcaptor Sakura OP3 (Platinum) vs. Voltes V OP (Voltes V no Uta)

Blood+ OP (Aozora no Namida) vs. Hellsing OP (Logos Naki World)
Godannar Second Season  (Engage!!! Godannar) vs. Slayers Next  OP (Give a Reason)
Sengoku BASARA Op (JAP) vs. Shin Mazinger OP2 (Shugoshin ~The Guardian~)
Bleach OP9 (Velonica) vs. Full Metal Panic! OP (Tomorrow)

Endings
Excel Saga ED (So You Are Going to Eat Me) vs. Tsukihime ED (Rinne no hateni...)
Needless ED1 (Aggressive Zone) vs. Black Lagoon ED (Don't Look Behind)
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 (Zessei Bijin) vs. Record of Lodoss War ED (Kaze no Fantasia)
Dragon Ball Z ED2 (Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta) vs. Dragon Ball ED (Romantic Ageru Yo)

rest later?

[NotMiki]

24 hours, guys.

[Nephrite]

Openings
One Piece OP2 (Believe) vs. Kuragehime OP (Koko Dake no Hanashi)
Romeo x Juliet OP (Inori ~ You Raise Me Up ~) vs. Maison Ikkoku OP3 (Suki sa)
Excel Saga OP (Ai) vs. RahXephon OP (Hemisphere)
Cardcaptor Sakura OP3 (Platinum) vs. Voltes V OP (Voltes V no Uta)

Blood+ OP (Aozora no Namida) vs. Hellsing OP (Logos Naki World)
Godannar Second Season  (Engage!!! Godannar) vs. Slayers Next  OP (Give a Reason)
Sengoku BASARA Op (JAP) vs. Shin Mazinger OP2 (Shugoshin ~The Guardian~) 
Bleach OP9 (Velonica) vs. Full Metal Panic! OP (Tomorrow) 

Endings
Excel Saga ED (So You Are Going to Eat Me) vs. Tsukihime ED (Rinne no hateni...)
Needless ED1 (Aggressive Zone) vs. Black Lagoon ED (Don't Look Behind) 
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 (Zessei Bijin) vs. Record of Lodoss War ED (Kaze no Fantasia) 
Dragon Ball Z ED2 (Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta) vs. Dragon Ball ED (Romantic Ageru Yo)


Do not care about any others.

[Hunter Sopko]

Openings
One Piece OP2 (Believe) vs. Kuragehime OP (Koko Dake no Hanashi)
Romeo x Juliet OP (Inori ~ You Raise Me Up ~) vs. Maison Ikkoku OP3 (Suki sa)
Excel Saga OP (Ai) vs. RahXephon OP (Hemisphere) - Pfft. As if Hemisphere needed such an easy section to sweep.
Cardcaptor Sakura OP3 (Platinum) vs. Voltes V OP (Voltes V no Uta)

Blood+ OP (Aozora no Namida) vs. Hellsing OP (Logos Naki World)
Godannar Second Season  (Engage!!! Godannar) vs. Slayers Next  OP (Give a Reason)
Sengoku BASARA Op (JAP) vs. Shin Mazinger OP2 (Shugoshin ~The Guardian~) 
Bleach OP9 (Velonica) vs. Full Metal Panic! OP (Tomorrow) - I liked how the cuts matched up with the bass-line, but not Bleach's best offering. Always been a fan of the latter.

Endings
Excel Saga ED (So You Are Going to Eat Me) vs. Tsukihime ED (Rinne no hateni...) - Hate Excel Saga, but even I like this. Needed to be narrated by the headmaster of the New York School for the Hard-of-Hearing.
Needless ED1 (Aggressive Zone) vs. Black Lagoon ED (Don't Look Behind) - Trainwrecky, retarded until it doubles over itself into hilarity. 
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 (Zessei Bijin) vs. Record of Lodoss War ED (Kaze no Fantasia) - Maybe if this was the English version of the latter, but Zessei Bijin is just fun.
Dragon Ball Z ED2 (Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta) vs. Dragon Ball ED (Romantic Ageru Yo)

[SnowFire]

Openings
One Piece OP2 (Believe) vs. Kuragehime OP (Koko Dake no Hanashi)
Neither's song is any good, but the latter has funnier visuals.
Romeo x Juliet OP (Inori ~ You Raise Me Up ~) vs. Maison Ikkoku OP3 (Suki sa)
Easy.
Excel Saga OP (Ai) vs. RahXephon OP (Hemisphere)
Easy.
Cardcaptor Sakura OP3 (Platinum) vs. Voltes V OP (Voltes V no Uta)
Easy.

Blood+ OP (Aozora no Namida) vs. Hellsing OP (Logos Naki World)
Blood's song is good, but they have too much indistinct night.  I'd like to have seen a little more than that + chick with sword.  I see someone with a viola for like .5 seconds and have nothing else to run on.  So I'll go with guns + zombies, since it at least sells the show more.
Godannar Second Season  (Engage!!! Godannar) vs. Slayers Next  OP (Give a Reason)
Those are some badly drawn breasts in Godannar.  Not that this was a fight anyway.
Sengoku BASARA Op (JAP) vs. Shin Mazinger OP2 (Shugoshin ~The Guardian~)
Sengoku Barasra looks very historical so yes.  Although the jester breaking in half was kinda cool in Shin Mazinger, but then it was random mech combat.
Bleach OP9 (Velonica) vs. Full Metal Panic! OP (Tomorrow)
They are both very good.  Coinflip.

Endings
Excel Saga ED (So You Are Going to Eat Me) vs. Tsukihime ED (Rinne no hateni...)
Comment: The Spanish version of Excel Saga doesn't work when the song is a non-entity and the joke is in the lyrics "translating" our emergency food supply.  Anyway, it's pretty darn funny, and I don't particularly like the visuals for Tsukihime - Arcueid is getting dizzy, okay, whatever.  Pretty music despite being middle-tier for Tsukihime's generally strong soundtrack.
Needless ED1 (Aggressive Zone) vs. Black Lagoon ED (Don't Look Behind)
Lolis kissing each other.  I see.
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 (Zessei Bijin) vs. Record of Lodoss War ED (Kaze no Fantasia)
Neither are that great.
Dragon Ball Z ED2 (Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta) vs. Dragon Ball ED (Romantic Ageru Yo)
Toriyama... overload... shutting down.  (Neither are any good, really.)

[NotMiki]

Comment: The Spanish version of Excel Saga doesn't work when the song is a non-entity and the joke is in the lyrics "translating" our emergency food supply.

yeah, couldn't find a decent version with english subs on youtube for some reason.

[Sierra]

Openings
One Piece OP2 (Believe) vs. Kuragehime OP (Koko Dake no Hanashi): Luffy's idiot grin just makes me want to hit people. Anyone, I'm not picky. And it's against an OP built around classic movie references, where the hell do you think the votes of Cids are going here?
Romeo x Juliet OP (Inori ~ You Raise Me Up ~) vs. Maison Ikkoku OP3 (Suki sa): Something about RxJ's existence is vaguely painful, so easy pass here.
Excel Saga OP (Ai) vs. RahXephon OP (Hemisphere): This is one of those "Fuck you, Hatbot" matches.
Cardcaptor Sakura OP3 (Platinum) vs. Voltes V OP (Voltes V no Uta): Not really a fan of the magical girl thing but then again there are certainly things I am less a fan of.

Blood+ OP (Aozora no Namida) vs. Hellsing OP (Logos Naki World): The Hellsing OP might be the only thing I liked about the show, but damned if it doesn't start it off right. Shame, the other OP here isn't bad either.
Godannar Second Season  (Engage!!! Godannar) vs. Slayers Next  OP (Give a Reason): For all that it's nicer-looking than some of the other mecha OPs here, Godannar is still mecha. It's pretty rare any of that's appealing to me visually.
Sengoku BASARA Op (JAP) vs. Shin Mazinger OP2 (Shugoshin ~The Guardian~): I guess.
Bleach OP9 (Velonica) vs. Full Metal Panic! OP (Tomorrow): Bleach OPs tend to make the whole too-many-fucking-characters thing really blatant but usually look nice doing it, so I dunno. I guess FMP's good enough. I approve of giant robots more when they look like actual military hardware.

Endings
Excel Saga ED (So You Are Going to Eat Me) vs. Tsukihime ED (Rinne no hateni...): Again, fuck you, Hatbot. Well, Excel Saga's appeal derives in large part from knowing the words, so...Arcueid. Poor Menchi.
Needless ED1 (Aggressive Zone) vs. Black Lagoon ED (Don't Look Behind): Apparently I'm not old enough to watch the Needless ED.
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 (Zessei Bijin) vs. Record of Lodoss War ED (Kaze no Fantasia): This is actually pretty striking visually. Shadow girls, classic-style art, just a little disturbing sometimes. Beats static pictures of elfgirls (even nice ones with some fancy borders).
Dragon Ball Z ED2 (Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta) vs. Dragon Ball ED (Romantic Ageru Yo): Too much Toriyama. I think I saw a lightcycle or something in this one?

[Talaysen]

Openings
One Piece OP2 (Believe) vs. Kuragehime OP (Koko Dake no Hanashi)
Romeo x Juliet OP (Inori ~ You Raise Me Up ~) vs. Maison Ikkoku OP3 (Suki sa)
Excel Saga OP (Ai) vs. RahXephon OP (Hemisphere)
Cardcaptor Sakura OP3 (Platinum) vs. Voltes V OP (Voltes V no Uta)

Blood+ OP (Aozora no Namida) vs. Hellsing OP (Logos Naki World)
Godannar Second Season  (Engage!!! Godannar) vs. Slayers Next  OP (Give a Reason)
Sengoku BASARA Op (JAP) vs. Shin Mazinger OP2 (Shugoshin ~The Guardian~)
Bleach OP9 (Velonica) vs. Full Metal Panic! OP (Tomorrow)

Endings
Excel Saga ED (So You Are Going to Eat Me) vs. Tsukihime ED (Rinne no hateni...)
Needless ED1 (Aggressive Zone) vs. Black Lagoon ED (Don't Look Behind)
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei ED1 (Zessei Bijin) vs. Record of Lodoss War ED (Kaze no Fantasia)
Dragon Ball Z ED2 (Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta) vs. Dragon Ball ED (Romantic Ageru Yo)