Thanks to everyone who showed up for Great Anime Openings at Otakon 2012! If you liked what you saw, please post your feedback to this thread on the Otakon message boards (EDIT: actually, fill out this survey instead. No registration required.) so the folks in charge know how we did. We had far more openings than we had time, but here is the list of openings we showed in the order they were played in along with links to purchase the shows. If you want to hear what we personally think of the titles, please click on the podcast review links where applicable:
(PRE SHOW) One Piece (4Kids Rap BY POPULAR DEMAND…okay, not really)
(PRE SHOW) Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (omitted from the otherwise superior remastered edition) (review)
(PRE SHOW) Dragon Ball Z OP1 (Cha La Head Cha La)
(PRE SHOW) City Hunter 2 OP1 (Sara)
(PRE SHOW) Death Note OP1 (review)
Future Diary
Sailor Moon S
Monster (review)
Saint Seiya (original) (review)
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Aim for the Ace
Hajime no Ippo New Challenger
Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team
Death Note OP2 (review)
Angel Beats!
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Mawaru Penguindrum OP2
The Vision of Escaflowne
Kaiji (Season 1) (review)
Dragon Ball Z OP2 (We Gotta Power)
Mazinkaiser SKL
Full Moon Wo Sagashite
City Hunter 2 OP2
Cowboy Bebop (review)
Lupin III – 2nd Series OP2
Black Lagoon (review)
Dirty Pair Movie – Project EDEN (review)
Tsuritama
Gunsmith Cats
Michiko to Hatchin
Ring ni Kakero
Mobile Fighter G Gundam OP2
Detroit Metal City (review)
One Piece (Italian)
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Baccano!
Rose of Versailles
Space Adventure Cobra TV
Cromartie High School (review)
Paranoia Agent
Soul Eater (Resonance)
Fist of the North Star OP1 (Ai no Torimodose) (review)
Azumanga Daioh
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (review)
Kimagure Orange Road OP3 (Actress in the Mirror)
Sengoku Basara Season 1 (review)
Space Battleship Yamato (review)
Air Master (review)
The Big O (review)
Card Captor Sakura OP1 (Catch You, Catch Me)
Future Police Urashiman (review)
Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix (review)
Got any anime opening credits sequences you’d like for us to show? Chances are good that we already have it and just didn’t run it, but tell us which ones you’d like to see in the comments as well as why you like it. DON’T just list the show and leave it at that, because that’s no fun!