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dragonslaved · 1 year ago

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listen as much as I LOVE the current trend of anime OPs being able to stand as their own singles for radio play, anime OPs in the 90s were just built different

"don't make me wild like you" (ranma 1/2)? a bop neverending

"in the night" (key the metal idol)? beautifully atmospheric

"hohoemi no bakudan" (yu yu hakusho)? eternal

"give a reason" (slayers next)? perfect and on almost every playlist I ever make

"catch you catch me" (cardcaptor sakura)? so catchy and so visually iconic it rewired a lot of our brains in middle school

"rondo revolution" (revolutionary girl utena)? don't even talk to me I'll never stop

"moonlight densetsu" (sailor moon)? of course no one can ever forget or ignore the classic

"cruel angel's thesis" (neon genesis evangelion)? (warning for rapid image flashes) so iconic a convention in 2006 I attended had to ban it from karaoke because so many people kept singing it

they do not make anime OPs like this anymore and I miss that. Love the music we have now but it's not the SAME do you undersTAND ME-

#god 90s anime was just built different #I love the new series and stories we have and how things are written now #but my GOD the 90s was golden age for anime to me #don't get me wrong there are SO MANY MORE POPULAR and genuinely obscurer titles I could include #I promise I have watched whatever you're going to add on in tags or replies or reblogs #so don't come at me about it just add them in your own reblogs out of love and affection for what you love instead #if I included every iconic 90s op this post would need a read more and I'm tired after a 12 hour shift #ranma and sailor moon both transed my gender so like i have some Feelings about those series in general #give a reason was SO ICONIC AND BELOVED it was used as the insert song of the final battle for the last season 12 years later

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