Best Anime Openings of 2025

With over 77 million views, Kusushiki sits comfortably at the top of 2025 — and it earned every single one. Mrs. GREEN APPLE have been quietly building one of the most consistent discographies in modern J-Pop, and this opening for The Apothecary Diaries is the work of a band at full confidence. The orchestral arrangement nods to the imperial court setting without feeling like a history lesson, and the vocal melody captures Maomao's watchful, curious personality better than most character descriptions could. A stunning marriage of song and source material.

AiNA THE END built her reputation in BiSH as the band's most visceral performer, and Kakumei Douchuu is proof she doesn't lose any of that intensity as a solo artist. Nearly 47 million views for an opening that opens like a fist to the face and doesn't let up for 90 seconds. The production layers are dense and slightly chaotic — exactly right for an anime about a boy who loves kaiju and a girl who loves occultism and neither of whom expected to end up in this situation. One of the most kinetic openings of the year.

The crossover nobody saw coming but everyone needed. LiSA has been a titan of anime music since Gurenge turned the world upside down, and pairing her with Felix from Stray Kids for Solo Leveling Season 2 created something that felt simultaneously global and deeply rooted in the anime tradition. 43 million views and a song that works: sweeping, well-produced, with an energy that mirrors Sung Jinwoo's unstoppable ascent. The kind of collaboration that makes you realize how porous the walls between anime and K-pop fanbases have become.

Kocchi no Kento has a rare gift for writing songs that feel like anthems without trying too hard. Kekka Alright has 18 million views and is the kind of My Hero Academia opening that lodges itself in your skull on first listen and doesn't move. It lands in that sweet spot of melodic Japanese rock with just enough arena-sized ambition to feel appropriate for a series about heroes and impossible odds.

Vaundy appears twice in this top 10, which tells you everything about where he stood in 2025. Saikai, for the summer mystery Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu, is the more understated of the two entries: indie pop with a wistful, slightly bittersweet quality that suits a story about the bonds we're not ready to let go of. 15 million views for an opening that doesn't go for the dramatic gesture but earns your full attention anyway.

The second Vaundy entry is everything Saikai isn't: fast, urgent, absolutely crackling with nervous energy. Hashire SAKAMOTO was built for a show about an ex-hitman trying to live a normal life while increasingly failing to stay out of the game, and it nails that tempo. The groove is infectious in headphones and in a theater, and 11 million views feels like the floor rather than the ceiling for how many people will eventually discover it.

SixTONES have carved out a distinct identity within the Johnny's ecosystem — more urban, more hip-hop-influenced than many of their peers — and BOYZ for Wind Breaker puts that identity to excellent use. The street-level aesthetic of the series and the group's natural swagger are a natural fit, and the result is one of the more replayable openings in this top 10. 9 million views and deserving of more.

YOASOBI hadn't landed a truly massive anime opening since their breakthrough years, and Watch me! for Witch Watch feels like a return to form. All the hallmarks are there: rapid-fire lyrical delivery, melodies that climb without warning, electronic production that amplifies rather than flattens the emotion. 8 million views and climbing. A reminder that when YOASOBI are locked in, very few acts can match them.

Creepy Nuts show up twice in the 2025 rankings (openings and endings), further cementing their status as the defining anime music act of the era. Mirage for Call of the Night is nocturnal hip-hop with production that sounds like 3 AM in a city that never quite sleeps — exactly the sonic space the series lives in. 7 million views for a song that rewards headphone listening at the hour the title suggests.

Porno Grafitti closing out the top 10 is the kind of development that makes veteran anime fans feel good about things. One of J-rock's most enduring acts, active since the late '90s, coming back to deliver an opening that sounds current without erasing what makes them distinctive. THE REVO has the energy of a series finale arc, which is exactly where My Hero Academia is heading. 6 million views for an opening that connects generations.

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