Board 8 > Anime [OP/ED] Day 10:Gun's & Roses, WOW WAR, only my railgun, shadowgraph

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voltch
08/31/23 1:12:58 PM
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Bracket: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=477583
Discussion Topic: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80541790

Rules:

Watch both OPs or EDs and vote for whichever one you like best.
We're judging the OPs and EDs as a whole, combining the song with the animation.
You don't have to vote in both matches
Make sure the vote is clear.
Matches will last 24 hours from when the topic is posted.
Results will be posted in the discussion topic

Today's matches:

Match 19:

Gun's & Roses
Paradise Lunch - Baccano OP1
https://animethemes.moe/anime/baccano/OP-NCBD1080

vs

WOW WAR TONIGHT ~Tokiniha Okoseyo Movement~
by Shano Himegami (Raychell) and Airi Amano (Nana Mizuki) - D4DJ First Mix ED1
https://animethemes.moe/anime/d4dj_first_mix/ED1

Match 20:

only my railgun
fripSide - Toaru Kagaku no Railgun OP1
https://animethemes.moe/anime/toaru_kagaku_no_railgun/OP1-NCBD1080

vs

shadowgraph
MYTH & ROID - Boogiepop and Others OP1
https://animethemes.moe/anime/boogiepop_wa_warawanai/OP-NCBD1080

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UF8
08/31/23 1:38:52 PM
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Gun's & Roses
shadowgraph
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th3l3fty
08/31/23 1:40:35 PM
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Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

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PrinceKaro
08/31/23 1:44:44 PM
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Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

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KommunistKoala
08/31/23 1:52:43 PM
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WOW WAR TONIGHT ~Tokiniha Okoseyo Movement~
only my railgun

unfortunate bracket placement for shadowgraph

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Xeybozn
08/31/23 2:03:18 PM
#6:


Gun's & Roses
shadowgraph

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MacArrowny
08/31/23 2:04:11 PM
#7:


WOW WAR TONIGHT ~Tokiniha Okoseyo Movement~
shadowgraph

Guns & Roses is certainly well constructed, but I don't like the song that much. Wow War Tonight, meanwhile, is perfect in every way. The song is awesome, and I love how enthusiastic she is.

only my railgun is kind of a standard anime OP, but executed quite well. Good animation, good song. shadowgraph's a more holistic experience. Close match.

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WhiteLens
08/31/23 2:15:54 PM
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WOW WAR TONIGHT
only my railgun

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GenesisSaga
08/31/23 2:48:34 PM
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Gun's & Roses
shadowgraph


The dance was cute, but Baccano's OP is flawless in terms of introducing the major players in the anime while still being a bop.

The second match was a good bit tougher for me. If I were only voting based off the song I'd go OMG in a heartbeat, but the visuals in shadowgraph are impressive and the song is jamming too

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SeabassDebeste
08/31/23 3:10:27 PM
#10:


Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

i really liked wow war tonight, but can't pick against G&R here.

liked both OMR and shadowgraph, but OMR has better music. and i don't really want nudity in my OPs.

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MysteriousStan
08/31/23 4:26:32 PM
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Gun's & Roses
only my railgun
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pyresword
08/31/23 4:53:09 PM
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Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

No time for writeups the next few days but these are both classics

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dowolf
08/31/23 4:59:42 PM
#13:


Wow War Tonight
Shadowgraph

I expected to vote Guns and Roses -- I especially love the visuals in that OP -- but Wow War Tonight was just fun in a way that really struck a chord with me.

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FL81
08/31/23 5:15:36 PM
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Gun's & Roses
shadowgraph

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TheArkOfTurus
08/31/23 5:22:59 PM
#15:


Gun's & Roses
shadowgraph

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TeamRocketElite
08/31/23 5:35:05 PM
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Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

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Sceptilesolar
08/31/23 6:02:06 PM
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Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

Gun's and Roses is an incredible OP, not sure I'll be voting anything over it. The animation is so well constructed and the music simple but all the catchier for it. I enjoyed WOW WAR TONIGHT musically, I might even check out the full song, but the animation was a bit janky for me.

Very close match 2 as I like both songs a lot, I like Railgun's more and I think both have pretty good animation sequences but Shadowgraph's is maybe a bit unsatisfying?

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voltch
08/31/23 6:48:45 PM
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WOW WAR TONIGHT
only my railgun

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MartinFF7
08/31/23 7:14:51 PM
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Gun's & Roses
only my railgun
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HBJDubs
08/31/23 7:32:55 PM
#20:


Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

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Bane_Of_Despair
08/31/23 7:45:01 PM
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Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

Yea, Baccano's OP goes pretty damn hard especially with the animation style. I do think WOW WAR TONIGHT is pretty cute and they could have made the DJ do like, two poses since it's only an ED but they actually put in the work to keep her pretty animated throughout the whole thing and I appreciate that.

shadowgraph really goes for the abstract and symbolism, which is neat. But I kinda prefer the more upbeat only my railgun, and I like the main character design.

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Yankees
08/31/23 9:05:54 PM
#22:


Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

shadowgraph is pretty good, but railgun is an unfortunate pairing. Is the new Boogiepop series any good?

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hombad46
08/31/23 9:49:19 PM
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Gun's & Roses
shadowgraph


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banshiryuu
09/01/23 2:00:10 AM
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WOW WAR TONIGHT ~Tokiniha Okoseyo Movement~
only my railgun

gun's & roses is a good song with an amazing mv to go with it.... but my musical bias is gonna kick in full swing here. wow war tonight BOPS and, while very minimalist, it absolutely maximizes what it gets out of what it actually does, and it's very very fun to watch somehow. so i absolutely have to give the credit to it here!

what can i say about only my railgun that hasnt been said before lol. absolute classic, although i gotta say i dont remember the animation being so.... lackluster sometimes. the great parts are GREAT but there's a lot more "huh this is kinda bleh" in here but probably i've always been so preoccupied jamming the FUCK out that i just never noticed! i would be mad that its opponent is myth & roid but this is pretty bottom of the myth & roid barrel tbh. which isn't bad, but it's not great, and you have to be stunning to hold a candle to railgun
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Robazoid
09/01/23 4:23:55 AM
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WOW WAR TONIGHT ~Tokiniha Okoseyo Movement~
shadowgraph

Match one was easy. I liked a lot of the transitions in the Baccano OP, but the fact that it was essentially just a list of characters was underwhelming. Besides, nothing beats watching Maho dance.

In match two, I was seriously impressed by shadowgraph. I've never watched Boogiepop, but now I really want to because that OP caught my attention. By comparison, I've always found only my railgun to be kind of meh. I don't even like the BanG Dream cover of it! Just not my kind of song, I guess. I'm sad that something as cool and unique as shadowgraph is probably getting sacrificed to it.

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Janus5k
09/01/23 5:06:26 AM
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Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

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Fluttershy_Pony
09/01/23 6:55:51 AM
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Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

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xx521xx
09/01/23 8:46:15 AM
#28:


Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

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MaxGalactica
09/01/23 9:32:27 AM
#29:


Gun's & Roses
shadowgraph

WOW WAR TONIGHT had pretty cool EDM elements as well, but Gun's & Roses is just too good. Great sax and jazz. MYTH & ROID is hard to beat in the other match. Good day.

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GavsEvans123
09/01/23 1:52:45 PM
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Gun's & Roses
only my railgun

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