Derek Lieu | Supercut - Unique Anime Openings @DerekLieu | Uploaded June 2011 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
Music: "Nigeru Mono" by Susumu Hirasawa (Paprika OST)

So after making my "Every Anime Opening Ever Made" video there were of course a lot of comments about how unoriginal anime is, but really anime is no less unoriginal than any other form of entertainment. So I decided to make this video dedicated to a small sampling of the most visually unique anime openings I found in my searching.

This video in my way implies that the actual series are unique as a show (though many of them are). Of the 47 anime in this list I've only seen an appreciable amount of less than half. There are also many more unique anime openings that I'm sure you'll put in the comments (assuming you're even reading this), but this is just what I selected for my video.

Anime in this video include:

Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales
Bakemonogatari
Big O*
Black Lagoon*
Casshern Sins
Cowboy Bebop*
Eden of the East
Ef a Tale of Melodies
Elfen Lied
Ergo Proxy
Gankutsuou
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
GTO*
Gunslinger Girl
Gunsmith Cats
Honey and Clover
House of FIve Leaves
Kaiba
Kure-nai
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Maria Holic
Michiko to Hatchin
Monster*
Moyashimon - Tales of Agriculture*
Mushishi
Nodame Cantabile
Nodame Catabile Paris-Hen
Pani Poni Dashi
Paradise Kiss*
Paranoia Agent*
Phoenix*
Planetes
Red Garden
Requiem From the Darkness
Rideback
Saikano
Samurai Champloo
Samurai Gun
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei*
Serial Experiments Lain*
Shigurui
Tatami Galaxy
The Twelve Kingdoms*
Tokyo Magnitude 8
Welcome to the NHK
Yozakura Quartet

*- My favorite intros.