With each anime season comes over 100 new anime theme songs! Here are the ones from this spring’s anime season that remain firmly stuck in my head.
*Note: Songs are presented in alphabetical order by series.
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Anime: Black Clover
Song: “Black Rover”
Artist: Vickeblanka
Why I Love It: I have a soft spot for songs with prominent piano parts and this one stands apart by combining the piano with a syncopated male falsetto in the chorus to make something unique.
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Anime: Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory
Song: “Even…if”
Artist: Tamaru Yamada
Why I Love It: Two things get me in this one: 1) The syncopation of the chorus and 2) the emotional acapella that makes up the final few bars of the song.
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Anime: Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
Song: “Binary Star”
Artist: SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Uru
Why I Love It: With this slow, powerful ballad, Sawano Hiroyuki perfectly sets up the melancholy-yet-epic story of an unending war in space where no side is technically “good” even though there are heroes on both sides.
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Anime: MEGALOBOX
Song: “Kakatte Koi Yo”
Artist: NakamuraEmi
Why I Love It: Now, I don’t normally like rap, but backing it with an acoustic guitar/drum set and leading into a catchy chorus is more than enough to get me to listen to it on repeat.
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Anime: PERSONA5 the Animation
Song: “BREAK IN TO BREAK OUT”
Artist: Lyn
Why I Love It: This song has a constant build with violins that counterpoint the vocals–before both come together in unison for the amazing chorus.
(Song starts at 0:43 of the video)
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Anime: Record of Grancrest War
Song: “Rin”
Artist: ASCA
Why I Love It: This song uses fast-paced, powerful vocals to get you pumped for a classic fantasy of knights and magic with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
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Anime: ReLIFE
Song: “CHE.R.RY”
Artist: YUI
Why I Love It: As is the case with all the various ReLIFE ending songs, this is a classic, chart-topping song from the 90s and 00s (2007 to be exact). Playing with different speeds and leading into an unforgettable chorus, it’s easy to see why this song was so popular in Japan.
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Anime: Steins;Gate 0
Song: “Amadeus”
Artist: Kanako Itou
Why I Love It: As is the rule for the Science Adventure series games and anime, “Amadeus” written by the series creator Shikura Chiyomaru–meaning that not only is the song catchy as all hell, but it also contains meaningful insight into the characters and plot of the anime itself.
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Anime: Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
Song: “RYUSEI”
Artist: Aoi Eir
Why I Love It: Aoi Eri delivers the song with such a powerful and passionate performance it’s impossible not to love it.
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Anime: Tokyo Ghoul:re
Song: “HALF”
Artist: Ziyoou-vachi
Why I Love It: For this one, it’s all about the chorus with it’s generally descending melody and how well the vocals mesh with it.
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