#Japanese Fans Rank Their Top 10 Favorite Anime Openings of 2021

With 2021 in the rear, Japanese website Anime! Anime! polled its readers on what their favorite anime opening from the past year was, with 741 people taking part in the survey – which was down from the over 1,000 people who responded last year. While the top of the list may be the first few songs you think of, from 2021 the rest of the list has a few unexpected jams.

Of the 741 respondents, 43.7% were male and 56.3% were female with 19-years-old and under being 48.9% percent of people, 20 to 24-year-olds being 16.5%, and 25+ taking up the rest of the survey group.

Note that this survey was held by Anime! Anime! and has no affiliation with Crunchyroll, we’re just as interested in what Japanese fans think as you are!

10. “Cinderella” by CIDERGIRL – Komi Can’t Communicate

9. “THE POLiCY” by IDOLiSH7 – IDOLiSH7 Third BEAT!

8. “Yume wo Kakeru!” by Azumi Waki, Marika Kohno, Machico, Ayaka Ohashi, Chise Kimura, Hitomi Ueda, and Saori Onishi in character – Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2

7. “Boku no Senso” by Shinsei Kamattechan – Attack on Titan Final Season

6. “DIES IN NO TIME” by Jun Fukuyama – The Vampire Dies in No Time

5. “Ai no Supreme!” by fhána – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S

4. “Sing My Pleasure” by Kairi Yagi as Vivy – Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-

3. “Gotobun no Katachi” by The Nakano Family’s Quintuplets – The Quintessential Quintuplets 2

2. “Cry Baby” by Official HIGE DANdism – Tokyo Revengers

1. “Akeboshi” by LiSA – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc

As mentioned in the opening paragraph, LiSA and Official HIGE DANdism in the top two spots aren’t very surprising considering the huge popularity of the series in Japan, as well as the love for LiSA herself. What was a nice surprise was seeing fhána and The Quintessential Quintuplets 2 in the top 5!

So what were your favorite anime openings of 2021? Let us know down in the comments below!

Source: Anime! Anime!

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.