These openings and endings will be from the Japanese television version of the OG - Z - GT - Kai - Super series of Dragon Ball, meaning no video games, dubs, movies or such, only the long-running series on television will be counted along with some specials.
Dragon Ball Openings
Dragon Ball
Opening 1 - Makafushigi Adventure.
Two versions, one song. The song kicks off in a funky manner. Very nice visuals and adventurous feel on both versions of the opening. Shenron and character models look really damn good and the colors are beautifully thick. The opening song is always amazing and the opening feels long, like a journey you go through. Probably one of the best openings out there. Dang.
10/10
Dragon Ball Z
Opening 1 - CHA-LA-HEAD-CHA-LA.
This has 3 versions and Kai with this song, everyone knows it. Very iconic when the logo and the "fly away" kick in as Goku and Gohan fly on the flying nimbus. The original Z animations are nuts for this; gohan running on Shenron, the ice breaking, Goku powering up and Gohan running with Shenron coming from the clouds upwards.
10/10
Opening 2 - The Gohan opening. We gotta Power.
This is one of my absolute favourites and it's gas in dubs too. The animations right from the start look amazing. The song is Dragon Ball HARD if you roll with the games. Showing Gohan as SSJ teen then transitions beautifully to adult Gohan, Gohan with Goten and other characters are shown beautifully, Gohan and Videl on that car is funny, 18, Trunks, etc are shown. But when that fucking beat drops when you thought it was over at the same time as the television screen of Mr. Satan explodes and the Great Saiyaman makes his appearance. GOTTA POWER -- NO-TEN P-KAN - - RA-MEN ROPPAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GODLIKE!
10+/10
Dragon Ball GT
Opening 1 - Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku
Don't do this to me dog. Two versions of this. Almost crying watching this one.
:lissenpepe
Goku with Ultimate Shenron in his blue suit, the song... builds up so beautifully. Feels like three beautiful songs in one opening. Chills. Why does this look so good. Trunks with the blades.. Pan greatness.
10/10
Dragon Ball Kai
Opening 1 - Dragon Soul
This opening has 4 versions to it and sounds exactly like you'd expect a good DB opening to sound, DOKKAN DOKKAN PARADISE! It has that real good vibe to the song. I don't dig this era of the digital DB art (broly is fire tho) but the visuals in this opening are really damn good, no doubt. That face-off with Vegeta and Goku is my favourite part of it.
6.5/10
Opening 2 - Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go
This one starts different out of all the DB openings. It's not exactly what you expect a DB opening to sound like anymore but the song is not bad. The beginning has some vibe to it, feels like it would explode at first but it doesn't but the first 30 seconds sound amazing honestly. The visuals look nice but uninspired; they go through many different events that happen in Buu saga in this opening.
I'm not going to raise the score but those first 30 seconds sound different from usual and I dig it a lot.
5/10
Dragon Ball Super
Opening 1 - Cho-Zets☆Dynamic!
The opening has 4 versions to it. The song instantly kicks to gear with the nostalgic sun from the OG along with the logo with Super slapped onto it. The way the characters are shown in this is very Dragon Ball and the song is as well. The song is very feel-good and it's definitely a solid combo.
6.5/10
Opening 2 - Limit-Break x Survivor
Opening has two versions. Action starts right off the bat as the first frame is Goku and Jiren clashing with a punch. The way the characters are shown with the other characters from other universes hidden in dark as our main characters are shown completely is pretty cool. The song is very instrument heavy but still fits DB well. This opening brought in the hype when you started watching Dragon Ball Super every week, waiting for the Crunchyroll serves to stop crashing. The opening is pretty good.
7.5/10
Dragon Ball Endings
Dragon Ball
Ending 1 - Romantic Ageru Yo
Bulma themed ending with 4 versions. Some cover pages from the manga are animated as well, elevating the whole thing a lot. The opening has some really nice looking scenes. The song is very old school and has a really nice vibe, I dig it a lot.
8/10
Dragon Ball Z
Ending 1 - Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!
This is one of the weirdest endings of an anime you can find and it popularized the main character running in the ending cliche every anime loves to use now. The song is weird as hell, but very catchy after you listen to it couple of times.
7/10
Ending 2 - Boku Tachi Wa Tenshi Datta
The song kicks off with the hype right from the start. The opening shows Gohan walking casually while waving to his friends and then starting to run to see Goku with the angel wings at the end. The song is amazing.
8/10
Dragon Ball GT
Ending 1 - Hitori Ja Nai
The ending shows Goku, Trunks and Pan traveling through the lands, rivers and flying on dragons. The song is great and the ending has this feel-good atmosphere to it.
7/10
Ending 2 - Don't you see!
The song begins with master Roshi on a turtle. The song oh my gosh the chills. RIP Zard GREATNESS. The visuals of showing the cast are great and varied and the song elevates this to new heights. This is one of the most fantastic endings out there DON'T YOU SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This ending is absolute gas.
10/10
Ending 3 - Blue Velvet
Dragon Balls break out of being stoned. The characters are shown in a really good way in this ending. The song is very different from what you'd hear people normally listen but damn I forgot how hard this ending goes. The song feels raw as fuck, they don't really use these types of tunes for shounens.
9/10
Ending 4 - Sabitsuita Machine Gun
Mini Goku appears and starts walking and it shows Goku's GT forms while at the end he looks back to walk to his friends as a grown up. The song itself is amazing, it's by Wands but sounds like B'z, good shit. The visuals on the other hand leave much to be desired.
7/10
Dragon Ball Z Special (2008)
Ending 1 - Orange Hero
The pencil color art style is pretty cool. The song has some vibe to it I can see many dig this ending a lot, it goes pretty hard and the visuals look great.
7/10
Dragon Ball Kai
Ending 1 - Yeah! Break! Care! Break!
The digital art is really prominent in this one but it doesn't look bad by itself, just not my type of style. The ending shows many different scenes in the series up to showing SSJ Goku from behind. The song is nice.
5/10
Ending 2 - Wings of the Heart
The animation flow as Goku flies with Shenron in this ending looks really good. The girly song might be some people's cup of tea but the ending feels really short and doesn't really manage to do much. Disappointing.
4/10
Ending 3 - Never Give Up [international opening]
7/10, it's good to hear some English Dragon Ball songs these days
Ending 4 - Dear Zarathustra
This is my most memorable ending from DB Kai. You can immediately feel the song right from the start. Everyone being in a photograph is neat. There's not much animation in this ending but it's a good one.
7/10
Ending 5 - Junjo
The ending begins with showing most of the cast and then it transitions to Goku flying to some spot in the middle of a sea with SSJ Majin Vegeta waiting for him, Goku powers up and starts throwing fists with Majin Vegeta. So simple, so good. The song sounds pretty amazing as well. I'd rank this +1 if the art wasn't digital. The
7+/10
Ending 6 - Oh Yeah!!!!!!!
Goten and Trunks sleep in weird positions and wake up as Piccolo looks after them. This entire ending is about Goten and Trunks turning to Gotenks. The song is pretty amazing again with some different vibe to it. I'd say this is less likely to get +1 if it wasn't digital than the previous, but it's almost as good as ending 5.
7+/10
Ending 6 - GALAXY
Immediately you can notice how this uses the remastered versions of the beautiful old art and makes it clean. This has the best use of color out of all the endings. The song is alright to good but there is no animation. It's kind of conflicting what to give this.
5+/10
Ending 7 - Don't Let Me Down
Kid Goku adventures remade in this but without animations. It's a very nostalgic ending and has a lot of great frams from OG Dragon Ball and couple scenes from end of Z. No animation but it's the only ending that does this.
6+/10
Dragon Ball Super
Ending 1 - Hello Hello Hello
The ending has a pretty average start with showing off that digital Toei art style but the rest of the ending is not bad. There's actually some animation and everyone gathering to watch the falling sun is pretty nice. The song is alright, has some good parts to it.
5/10
Ending 2 - Starring Star
This ending uses some old tropes from the OG endings and openings with everyone on cars. The song has some good parts to it but its mediocre.
5/10
Ending 3 - Light Pink
Sakura leaf ending for DB right down to the song style. The ending is split into two screens which is pretty cool. The song is good but the idea behind the ending is very lackluster. Looks good enough.
6/10
Ending 4 - Forever Dreaming
The ending is just Goku moving forwards on Flying Nimbus while the song keeps that Wowowowow tune going. It's not a bad song but I don't care for the ending.
4/10
Ending 5 - Yoka Yoka Dance
This ending isn't about animation but the way all the characters are shown makes this ending very packed. I actually really like how this is done, the art style looks great and the ending is pretty fun. The song isn't something I'd listen to but it fits this ending perfectly. I like how those Zeno Guards are there as well.
7/10
Ending 6 - Chaofan MUSIC
I don't know what to say about this ending. Chipmunk begins, then the song begins, the lyrics are really weird but the way the dude sings is really good. The ending also looks nice enough but it ends all of a sudden.
6+/10
Ending 7 - Aku no Tenshi to Seigi no Akuma
This is one of the best endings of DBS, the comic book format ending. It looks really fucking good, the colors are great and it actually feels like pages from the manga with a lot of random stuff happening. The song is great as well and kicks off perfectly at the mid point. The only problem is the lack of animation. Would have been cool to see with that style.
8/10
Ending 8 - Boogie Back
First Bulma ending since the OG. Naturally one of my favourites as well. The song is very smooth and the singer sounds great. There's not much to talk about the animations though.
8/10
Ending 9 - Haruka
The song for this one is so good brah. It's Tournament of Power ending showcasing all these characters one after another in groups. The ending is very simple but does what it sets out to do pretty well.
8/10
Ending 10 - By a 70cm Square Window
The best ending of DBS. I used to pump all the dubs and remixes I could find of this a lot when the anime was airing. The song goes super hard right from the beginning and then all of a sudden - very melancholic feel and then it feels like you're at a rock concert. It ends leaving you wanting more. Very good ending. I'd be surprised if this doesn't give some chills to DB fans with it starting with kid Goku and then Goku running while showing all those past friends and opponents he's faced.
9/10
Ending 11 - Lagrima
This song is really good and this ending has some of the best color palette for a Dragon Ball ending out of all of them, only surpassed by GT's endings. The character models look pretty damn good and this ending has some vibe to it. There is some heavy potential in this song if it was a little lower pitched most of the time. The lack of animations make it a bit worse than an 8.
7+/10
All in all I believe I can say that Dragon Ball Z has my favourite opening with Gohan and GT has my favourite ending with Zard coming in strong. If you didn't know, Zard has some of my favourite songs in Detective Conan. The singer, Izumi Sakai, sadly passed away in 2007 at the age of 40. Her voice is miraculous.
Zard created nothing but fantastic and beautiful songs during their career, including:
- Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
(Detective Conan opening 4)
- Hoshi no Kagayaki yo
(Detective Conan opening 15)
- Glorious Mind
(Detective Conan opening 21)
- Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de
(Detective Conan opening 22, made along with Naifu)
- Ashita o Yume Mite
(Detective Conan ending 17)
- Kanashii Hodo Anata Ga Suki
(Detective Conan ending 24)
- Shojo no Koro ni Modotta Mitai ni
(Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target ending)
- Natsu o Matsu Sail no Yo ni
(Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths ending)
- Tsubasa o Hirogete
(Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear ending)
- as well as songs for Slam Dunk and other series. Go listen to them, they're all fantastic.
Zard created nothing but fantastic and beautiful songs during their career, including:
- Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
(Detective Conan opening 4)
- Hoshi no Kagayaki yo
(Detective Conan opening 15)
- Glorious Mind
(Detective Conan opening 21)
- Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de
(Detective Conan opening 22, made along with Naifu)
- Ashita o Yume Mite
(Detective Conan ending 17)
- Kanashii Hodo Anata Ga Suki
(Detective Conan ending 24)
- Shojo no Koro ni Modotta Mitai ni
(Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target ending)
- Natsu o Matsu Sail no Yo ni
(Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths ending)
- Tsubasa o Hirogete
(Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear ending)
- as well as songs for Slam Dunk and other series. Go listen to them, they're all fantastic.
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