Best OP/ED of 2025: Eliminations Round B

I will add links to all the theme matchups tomorrow, but just note that it will not be immediate; I don't really know how the matchups look until the eliminations are over, either

# [Here is the link to eliminations!](https://animebracket.com/best-op-ed-of-2025/vote)

[And you can view the entrants here!](https://animebracket.com/best-op-ed-of-2025/characters)

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Zeralyos2026-01-31 18:21

A lot of stuff I like from today's slice of nominations, so I'll just share a handful of my faves:

* [Mirage](https://animethemes.moe/anime/yofukashi_no_uta_season_2/OP1)
* [Hanasaku Michi de](https://animethemes.moe/anime/aru_majo_ga_shinu_made/ED1)
* [Bow and Arrow](https://animethemes.moe/anime/medalist/OP1)
* [Loo% Hoo%](https://animethemes.moe/anime/gnosia/ED1) (Mild Gnosia spoilers)
* [Floor Killer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQhNzGFc6BA) (More mild Gnosia spoilers)
* [Two Of Us](https://animethemes.moe/anime/towa_no_yuugure/ED2)
* [Georgette Me, Georgette You](https://animethemes.moe/anime/bang_dream_ave_mujica/ED1)

Urgnu-the-Gnu2026-01-31 19:35

>Hanasaku Michi de

The funeral vibes ED! I thought this didn't even get nominated the other day. I'm very happy it is here though. Meg's laughing face in the end is a simple yet amazing shot.

>Mirage

I "hate" to admit it, but that's an amazing OP, yeah. The song is fantastic, and Creepy Nuts are truly at their best for CotN music, but the visuals are also top notch. Don't forget the ED is also up today, and while Nemure has simpler visuals, they are still beautiful and the song is wonderful.

zairaner2026-01-31 21:55

> Hanasaku Michi de

> The funeral vibes ED! I thought this didn't even get nominated the other day. I'm very happy it is here though. Meg's laughing face in the end is a simple yet amazing shot.

the ed made by the goddess Kajiura herself!

Frostbitten_Moose2026-01-31 18:21

Alright, some of the best ones showing up here. Destiny and One More Time! and Milky Subway, and both Zenshu tracks.

Usodearu0072026-01-31 18:25

Both Chiramune's songs are among my favorites this year :

\- [Liar](https://animethemes.moe/anime/chitosekun_wa_ramune_bin_no_naka/OP1)

\- [Kagerou](https://animethemes.moe/anime/chitosekun_wa_ramune_bin_no_naka/ED1)

Sgt_General2026-01-31 18:38

Yoooo we're back with my favourite kind of contest! Thanks for hosting it.

Ceryto22026-01-31 19:03

Wow I ended up nominating even more than yesterday in a bit over 60 song today.. Quite a lot of great songs this year. I'll try to highlight just a few lesser known ones and some of my absolute favourites today. Let's see if I can keep it short....

* [Mild Days](https://animethemes.moe/anime/silent_witch_chinmoku_no_majo_no_kakushigoto/ED1) and [Feel](https://animethemes.moe/anime/silent_witch_chinmoku_no_majo_no_kakushigoto/OP1) from Silent Witch are both up today and both are amazing songs with great visuals.
* Wada and Yamamoto are having a beautiful dorky dance in [Mikansei ni Matataite](https://animethemes.moe/anime/food_court_de_mata_ashita/OP1), the song is also a bop!
* [∞](https://animethemes.moe/anime/uma_musume_cinderella_gray/ED1) is a beautiful ed sung by Oguri Cap, just keep running my girl!
* Both [Zen](https://animethemes.moe/anime/zenshuu/OP1) and [Tada, Kimi no Mama de](https://animethemes.moe/anime/zenshuu/ED1) are up today and are both some of my most rewatched OP and ED of the year. Both are amazing!
* If you haven't seen [GORI☆GORI Feez e-Girl!!](https://animethemes.moe/anime/mattaku_saikin_no_tantei_to_kitara/ED1) from *Detectives These Days are Crazy* give it a watch! Hanakana brings out her full Mashiro energy in this one and it's a blast!
* [Mou Dou Natte mo Ii ya](https://animethemes.moe/anime/kidou_senshi_gundam_gquuuuuux/ED1) from gundam is a very fun ed by Suisei and the girls are having a fun time \[Gundam GQuuuuuX Spoiler\]>!If only they had the same amount of fun together in the anime.!<
* [Happy Lucky Chappy](https://animethemes.moe/anime/takopii_no_genzai/OP1): isn't this a very happy and fun opening? As someone whose AOTY was Takopii, this opening was definitely a part of why.

Ceryto22026-01-31 19:03

* [Hyakka Ryouran](https://animethemes.moe/anime/kusuriya_no_hitorigoto_2nd_season/OP1) is my favourite of the elligible Kusuriya themes. All are good but this stands out the most imo. Although nothing is topping [Hana ni Natte](https://animethemes.moe/anime/kusuriya_no_hitorigoto/OP1) from season 1.
* [Stay Gold](https://animethemes.moe/anime/beyblade_x/ED3-Lyrics) is perhaps one of the best dance tracks sung by ado next to show and I still think it's crazy she sung this banger for Beyblade. I just love how Ado does these anisongs for a lot of older shows, so you can bet I'll also be nominating [Odoru Ponpokorin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZYqDl19qLQ&list=RDTZYqDl19qLQ&start_radio=1) next year!
* [Miso Shiro to Butter](https://animethemes.moe/anime/hibi_wa_sugiredo_meshi_umashi/ED1v2) is one of my top contenders for ED of the year.. It just had the perfect energy and is just a blast to watch. [Sonna Mon ne](https://animethemes.moe/anime/hibi_wa_sugiredo_meshi_umashi/OP1) while not as great as it's ED is still great and also up for the vote today!
* [GeorgetteMe, Georgette You](https://animethemes.moe/anime/bang_dream_ave_mujica/ED1) is another banger song by Ave Mujica and the visuals are also very beautiful.
* Also gotta give a shoutout to the Mynoghra songs [more than W](https://animethemes.moe/anime/isekai_mokushiroku_mynoghra_hametsu_no_bunmei_de_hajimeru_sekai_seifuku/ED1) and [Majestic Catastrophe](https://animethemes.moe/anime/isekai_mokushiroku_mynoghra_hametsu_no_bunmei_de_hajimeru_sekai_seifuku/OP1).

I guess I couldn't keep it short after all huh... Even had to cut the comment into two since reddit though it was too long.. oopsie

zairaner2026-01-31 19:27

It's muri muri time!

* [Unmei?](https://animethemes.moe/anime/kimi_no_koto_ga_daidaidaidaidaisuki_na_100_nin_no_kanojo_2nd_season/ED1) from 100gf is another of my favourites for ed of the year
* Oh fuck \[Inferior\](https://animethemes.moe/anime/saigo\_ni\_hitotsu\_dake\_onegai\_shitemo\_yoroshii\_deshou\_ka/ED1) exists. As somebody who hasn't watched the show beyond episode 1, this might be one of my favourite ideas for an ed ever, and probably on of my most relistened eds of th elast months. Maybe the fight for ed of the year isn't as easy as I thought...
* Unlimited style from the sanda op [Adult Chick Children](https://animethemes.moe/anime/sanda/OP1)
* I think the first 10 seconds of the song \[BOW AND ARROW\](https://animethemes.moe/anime/medalist/OP1) might be the best first 10 seconds in any op ever. For sure the best at hype building. The rest of the song doesn't quite live up to that.
* Ed really were better than op this year, and we have [Georgette Me, Georgette You](https://animethemes.moe/anime/bang_dream_ave_mujica/ED1) to further prove that. And what a switchup for the last twenty seconds.

Urgnu-the-Gnu2026-01-31 19:32

So clearly yesterday you all have voted Kaseijin to the number one seed because you all have impeccable taste, no doubt, and all of the rest is just a formality since the absolutel best entry of the year is already primed to win the contest, right? So there's no need to talk about any other entries.

But if you, hypothetically, would be interested in voting for a few more entries, there are a few good options today as well. Not as good as Kasenji, but still good.

[Feel](https://animethemes.moe/anime/silent_witch_chinmoku_no_majo_no_kakushigoto/OP1) is just as beautiful as Silent Witch, and just like the show the song is also slightly melancholic but very uplifting. I think the theme of Monica being silent but still very vivid inside and sparkling without words and in her own way moving so many people in her life is just wonderful.

[Zen](https://animethemes.moe/anime/zenshuu/OP1) is possibly my second favourite entry of last year, but probably tied with a few other entries. Not to dig the visuals, but to me it is hard-carried by the song. For one, I love the song. The guitar riff goes so hard. But the song tells a very rich story, purely musically. It is representative of the old era of anime "A Tale of Perishing" seems to harken back to. It is extremely melancholic and evokes feelings of futility and repetition. Yet it also seems to look for a way out, like the last shot in the cinema underlines. Truly an amazing OP.

I'm very glad [Happy Lucky Chappy](https://animethemes.moe/anime/takopii_no_genzai/OP1) is sung by ano. That was the ideal choice. I don't think I have words to describe the OP that aren't already apparent to you, and I also think Glass Shard, the show's ED, is much stronger. But Happy Lucky Chappy definitely deserves to be mentioned. Especially since we missed out on [a fantastic ano song](https://animethemes.moe/anime/dead_dead_demons_dededede_destruction_ona/ED1) last year already.

I thought [Hanasaku Michi de](https://animethemes.moe/anime/aru_majo_ga_shinu_made/ED1) didn't get nominated, so I am much happier that it did. It so wonderfully and tragically captures the feeling of a funeral. As a whole, I love the OP more. But the ED contrasts the live-loving message of the show so much that it actually really helps you get invested. The premise of Once Upon A Witch's Death is that Meg is cursed to die within a year. And while we think she'll surely be able to avert her fate, the ED gives us a feeling of "but what if not". The last shot of Meg laughing is very akin to the pictures put up during funerals showing the person how they were alive, full of life. That makes their departure even sadder. Meg isn't dead yet, and not to a small part due to this ED, I really want it to stay this way.

And last but certainly not least, [Adult Chick Children](https://animethemes.moe/anime/sanda/OP1) has so much more going for it than I have time to talk about at this point. For one, look at the visual style. The whole OP is black, white, red and a bit of yellow. That is complemented by the unique art style too. There are so many simple yet creative metaphors in the OP that flow really well into each other. And I think the song is fantastic too. Nothing revolutionary, but unique enough to stand out and demand attention.

minnieboss2026-01-31 20:11

My favorite OP of the year is up today, [Hyakunichisou from Turkey!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUcsckCrr7U) Highly recommend giving it a watch/listen if you're unfamiliar with the show, it's so crazy good.

zairaner2026-01-31 20:17

Wrong link ;)

[Hyakunichisou](https://animethemes.moe/anime/turkey/OP1)

minnieboss2026-01-31 21:01

Whoops! Thank you lol, was doing anilist stuff as well and got the links mixed up

CommunistPuppy2026-01-31 23:06

Agreed, this OP is lowkey fire (no pun intended)

ClemFire2026-02-01 02:54

Turkey’s OP lowkey was a banger and it still ended up being what the premise promised

Nachtwandler_FS2026-01-31 22:17

Shilling for [OkiTsura OP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XrTdI3l8o4) (and I did not even watch the series) and [HibiMeshi ED](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1jLAbM-_38) today (YT as animethemes does not open for some reason). Everything else I want to see in the contest will make it probably.

Usodearu0072026-01-31 23:17

>Shilling for [OkiTsura OP](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XrTdI3l8o4)

damn i completely missed that one.. thanks for the reminder !

CommunistPuppy2026-01-31 23:21

Hibimeshi ED is SO good, one of my favorites of the year

Xatu442026-01-31 23:18

#**GIVE THESE A LISTEN AND A VOTE:**

[Ready Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afGOcVuZsI0) - Liko's dream makes for a cute frame for the ED and it pans pretty dynamically within the various members of the cast. I like how it adds more Pokémon as they're caught. The departed Friede having his back to the camera is a nice touch.
[GET BACK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfRhdmdYnzU) - It's a neat touch how this OP has two distinct phases - one for Liko and one for Roy. Plus it looks and sounds great. It's a fitting anthem for the kids searing to reclaim everything that Spinel took from them last season.
[Explosive Heart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvU9-2c0Pds) - A really cute ED where Yidhra gets to be the one saving Red like he did her. The pinks and purples, along with the chibis, are really nice to watch.
[Cuz I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXTeszlOS5A) - Does a great job of showing Red's isolation and how he abates it with the new friends he's made, along with making said new friends look cool as hell. Plus it'll have you belting out the lyrics like Red does whenever he transforms.
[Dear my Soleil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1E7qpFWpEM) - It's a cute and fun love song with the signature bright colors of the fun romcom it's from. The chalky texture in some of the scenes adds character, along with Himari's goofy faces. It's an ED that makes it easy to root for the couple.
[Majestic Catastrophe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsgEZJbp58c) - IIRC one of the CGI singer girls sings this one. Nice pipes.
[Shitsumon, Koi tte Nan deshou ka?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7h--XTyj8A) - Catchy and fun song, fluid dancing and posing, bright, beautiful, and stylish colors, and cute girls. It's an OP that always excited for watching an anime I was hitherto unfamiliar with.
[SUPERNOVA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNYp4T0kMNU) - Stylish, catchy, cool colors, and **HOGS!** What more could you want?

Hopefully the Gcucks, Bisque Doll, Shangri-La Frontier, and Ranger Reject OPs and EDs up for voting don't need much shilling.