If you’re looking for a certain song for a certain mood or occasion, there are thousands to choose from in the anime community if that is where you’re looking. From catchy openings to sing along when the mood calls for it to adrenalin filled songs that make you want to rock out, there are a number of go to songs in the anime community.
But have you ever gotten into the mood for songs that make you want to groove? Songs with a beat that made you want to bob your head along, snap your fingers, or tap to the beat. It could be a rocking song with fast paced guitar strikes or maybe a jazzy beat with a heavy bass or quick playing piano. Either way, like many other songs, they’re catchy and the following openings listed have made their mark for having a good beat with an interesting image of the story to come.
5. Noragami
Here is a song that can’t help but make you think of fast paced battles with a hidden depth found within the stories of the characters. With its fast paced guitar playing and moments of warped vocals, you know you’re in for an interesting story of unique characters and an unconventional hero.
4. Space Dandy
What better way than to introduce a space adventure story than with a beat that makes you think of the colourful time of the eighties? From the very first note alone, you cannot help but get sucked into the song and end up bobbing your head along to it, imagining the strange and surreal world of space being explored.
3. Baccano
Get ready to have the image of chase scenes and gambling slip into your head. With its jazzy trumpet playing the beat, this image is the first thing that you think off when not looking at the video itself. A commendable feat to have such as song to get stuck in your head seeing as there is little to no lyrics.
2. Hellsing
Nothing says gritty and cool than a heavy bass jazz song mixed with a twisted piano playing and a voice crooning the lyrics. Just listening to it, you know there is dark tale that lies behind it, yet the music simply draws you in.
1. Cowboy Bebop
An anime of the classics, even to this day, the anime opening is still remembered by fans. Though there was no lyrics, the song brought the listener in for a wild ride with its blaring horns and conga line beat. With such a slick beat, you knew you were in for a crazy adventure the minute you hear the first note.