Best OP/ED of 2025: Eliminations Round A (again... please read)

Animebracket kinda glitched out the whole bracket and wouldn't move onto the actual voting stage (Animebracket is a sensitive horse). I did message an admin, but I figured I would actually take this chance to remake the bracket and add some of the themes that were left out before (i.e. the much beloved BAD SURPRISE). Plus it was just kinda faster to remake it lol.

I'm so sorry for the annoyance, but please don't skip doing the eliminations again, or the seeding could end up really weird. This is a good chance for your dark horse to make it in the voting stage, too.

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

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

P.S.: Instead of 12pm, I will move onto round B at 1pm tomorrow to try and even out the lost time from today a little bit. Then it will be back to 12pm for the start of the bracket.

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Commentaires

Usodearu0072026-02-01 21:11

Ohh thanks you for adding lord of mysteries !!

[the ending song for anyone who might be interested.](https://animethemes.moe/anime/guimi_zhi_zhu_xiaochou_pian/ED1)

Urgnu-the-Gnu2026-02-01 21:59

Bad Surprise is now in? More like Good Surprise! I also see a couple of other entries that didn't make the list before, so hopefully that means we get an even better selection of competitors. Of course the additional workload on your end sucks, and I hope every voter will see this thread and vote again. But I hope everything will go smoothly now, and hopefully even better than before.

BiggieCheeseLapDog2026-02-01 22:08

Why is Lord of Mysteries in? It’s donghua. This is an anime OP contest.

Usodearu0072026-02-01 22:11

for the same reason animethemes, myanimelist, anilist, animeplanet, mangaupdates and most other relevant websites accept them.

BiggieCheeseLapDog2026-02-01 22:12

r/anime doesn’t accept them and this is an r/anime contest, so they shouldn’t be included.

Usodearu0072026-02-01 22:19

well animecorner/animetrending sometimes included a donghua in their ranking and they werent deleted because of that. so i dont think there is a problem with it not being 100% pure japanese content.

BiggieCheeseLapDog2026-02-02 03:35

Again, that’s not r/anime. We don’t accept non-anime works here.

thehaxorman2026-02-02 08:31

if one of my nominations gets eliminated by a song that shouldn't even be eligible I will be so pissed.

Urgnu-the-Gnu2026-02-02 04:57

A defensible argument, but for these contests, they have always been eligible choices. Whether they are valid anime OPs and EDs is determined by the voters.

Wuff_the_Dog2026-02-01 22:22

I've said it before, but if its close enough to anime, I let it in. I've let in Arcane, Scott Pilgrim, MDZ, and other such dubiously anime entries in in the past. This is the first year people have really complained about it. I guess cuz Lord of Mysteries and To Be Hero aren't really popular? I won't be removing them unless a lot of people really don't want them in.

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-02-02 08:18

> I guess cuz Lord of Mysteries and To Be Hero aren't really popular?

I think they were some of the most popular donghua we've seen in r/anime, actually (especially TBHX).

Personally I don't think they should be in, and I also don't think it's that big a deal **UNLESS THEY WIN** (or make it far);

It'll leave quite a sour taste in my opinion if a 'thing' that doesn't even get episode discussion threads in r/anime, isn't even allowed to be discussed in r/anime, wins a contest in r/anime.

mrsirgrape2026-02-01 22:17

The Hikaru OP is on there twice.

Wuff_the_Dog2026-02-01 22:24

thank you for letting me know 🙏

Ceryto22026-02-01 22:28

If I hadn't specifically looked on your profile u/Wuff_the_Dog for this post I wouldn't have found it it was that far down on the subreddit for me. Let's hope that doesn't do strange things with the eliminations. But tbh I don't know how to raise more awareness for this contest.

Having to redo these elminations sucks but shit happens I guess. It also seems like all themes got reshuffled again. Today I voted for \~50 themes once again and I hope I didn't miss any since I didn't go through it as thoroughly and didn't rewatch any themes this time around.

Wuff_the_Dog2026-02-02 19:05

Luckily, it looks like a lot of people did show up for this one- not quite as many, but enough that I think it should turn out not-to-weird.

mr_beanoz2026-02-01 22:46

Ooh, seems like we have some of the episode endings for Vanguard from the Bang Dream bands too, neat. Let me shill for "Drive Your Heart" and "Mayonaka Yuenchi".

Also, I'm shilling for Calli's Gachiakuta song. It's a fun one.

copperfield422026-02-01 23:40

another op/ed contest, time to prepare the playlist, stay tuned

copperfield422026-02-02 02:34

here is the [YT playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfn-QDaMA_I3Q84PkZuYNniWVKl-F9MaT) as of writing is not complete (is like 1/3 done), it takes quite a while to find it all of them...

Nachtwandler_FS2026-02-02 01:15

Revoted, but now I am anxious that results may change significantly.

Xatu442026-02-02 02:23

Fun how both Watch me!s are up in the same round again.

Watch me! (x2), Dear my Soleil, SUPERNOVA, Netemo Sametemo, Ready Go, Plazma, Yummy Yummy, Mou Datte Natte mo Ii ya, Magic is Spice, Kawaii Kaiwai, Saraba, Palette Days, Frontiers, SugaRiddle, Seishun Towa, Iolite, Kakumei Douchu, and Sunshine Prism get the noms.

qwertyqwerty45672026-02-02 04:41

well, since none of my OPs/EDs made it into the awards, I guess hopefully one of them can get to the top here.

[](#mugiwait)

Pale_Letterhead40342026-02-02 05:42

yeah no way jane doe from csm didnt make it

qwertyqwerty45672026-02-02 04:50

I cant seem to find [Aikurafuto](https://animethemes.moe/anime/around_40_otoko_no_isekai_tsuuhan/ED1) anywhere

[](#sakurathink)

Emi_Ibarazakiii2026-02-02 08:13

>I figured I would actually take this chance to remake the bracket and add some of the themes that were left out before (i.e. the much beloved BAD SURPRISE).

All according to the keikaku!

[](#seasonalcool)

gnome-cop2026-02-02 09:37

I haven’t been keeping up with Si-vis properly, are there multiple versions of Friends and Smile or is the same song on there twice?

Wuff_the_Dog2026-02-02 18:59

must've accidentally added it twice, thank you for letting me know!

changshiyixia2026-02-02 09:58

Hi Wuff, I wonder do you choose to hide your bracket on animebracket? I got confused because I could not find the new bracket in the current bracket section of animebracket. Only the old bugged bracket could be found.

Wuff_the_Dog2026-02-02 18:58

Oh no I forgot to unhide it :') Should be there now, sorry about that

zairaner2026-02-02 12:01

Oof while having bad surprise in, the danger of there being significantly less votes now is real. Let's hope things don'tt get crazy too much.

Just going to repost the parts of shilling that are relevant to today:

* Unlimited style from the sanda op [Adult Chick Children](https://animethemes.moe/anime/sanda/OP1)
* [**Ninkoro dance**](https://animethemes.moe/anime/ninja_to_koroshiya_no_futarigurashi/ED1) up today! At least as far as combination of both visuals and song go, maybe my favourite from the year
* [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
* Also [**nie**](https://animethemes.moe/anime/watashi_wo_tabetai_hitodenashi/OP1)