10 Rocking Anime Theme Songs from Spring 2022

With the coming of spring comes a ton of awesome anime music!

*Note: Songs are presented in alphabetical order by series.

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Anime: AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline
Song: “pARTs”
Artist: Natumi
Why I Love It: Our first Hiroyuki Sawano-penned song on this list comes with some great layered vocals—with female backup singers for the verses and male vocals added in for the verses.

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Anime: Detective Conan: Zero’s Tea Time
Song: “Shooting Star”
Artist: RAKURA
Why I Love It: Classic big band jazz perfectly sets the tone for a detective story like this.

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Anime: Fanfare of Adolescence
Song: “Outsiders”
Artist: SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: Junki Kono & Sho Yonashiro (JO1)
Why I Love It: Our second Hiroyuki Sawano-penned song is all about playing with syncopation to create a relentless pace.

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Anime: Kingdom (Season 4)
Song: “Genyou”
Artist: Haku
Why I Love It: It just sends chills down my spine whenever she hits those super high notes.

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Anime: Komi Can’t Communicate
Song: “Koshabiri Biyori”
Artist: FantasticYouth
Why I Love It: Those clean jumps in and out of female falsetto in the chorus just blow me away every time.

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Anime: Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Song: “dust”
Artist: SennaRin
Why I Love It: Our third Hiroyuki Sawano-penned song is a beautiful, soaring rock ballad that stands in contrast to the visuals of war and death that permeate the opening.

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Anime: Skeleton Knight in Another World
Song: “Aa, Waga Rouman no Michi Yo”
Artist: PelleK
Why I Love It: Not only does this have awesome male falsetto vocals with its Viking metal flair, but the opening is basically two mini-episodes showing us more of the titular hero’s adventures as well.

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Anime: Spy X Family
Song: “Mixed Nuts”
Artist: Official HIGE DANdism
Why I Love It: This song has an awesome build to the chorus—starting with a just piano and bass, then adding an electric guitar before finally going all-in with a full brass section.

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Anime: Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs
Song: “Selfish”
Artist: Riko Azuna
Why I Love It: The cord progression of the chorus—how it plays off the way the vocals rise and fall—is just so much fun to listen to.

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Anime: Ya Boy Koumei
Song: “Be Crazy for Me”
Artist: EIKO Starring 96 Neko
Why I Love It: When you have a show about a singer climbing from obscurity to the top, you need a song to match. With it’s powerful vocals and catchy chorus, this one fits the bill exactly.