Opening A Ninja Way To Music

Anime music is still popular nowadays whether it was used as an opening theme of a particular anime, or as an ending theme, with amazing animation and credits. Others say that opening is better than ending, or vice versa. Some say both themes are good, in different genres: rock, ballad, upbeat, and pop-rock to name a few. But most of the time, we always notice opening themes because when our favorite anime episode finished with an ending animation, we often skip it and proceed to its next episode preview or proceed to the next episode [for completed anime series].

Some remarkable songs used as an opening theme of an anime were:

• FLOW - Cha La Head Cha La (Dragon Ball Z)
• Satou Akemi - Itooshi Hito no Tame Ni (Fushigi Yuugi aka Mysterious Play)
• DALI - Moonlight Densetsu (Sailor Moon [90's version])
• Mawatari Matsuko - Hohoemi No Bakudan (Yu Yu Hakusho aka Ghost Fighter)
• the OYSTARS - Nanka Shiawase (Flame of Recca)

Naruto/Naruto Shippuden is one of the most popular animes. It was created and written by Masashi Kishimoto. It was a story of Uzumaki Naruto, a ninja who dreamed of becoming a hokage of Konoha village but when he was born by Uzumaki Kushina, he suddenly became a jinchuuriki [human that has tailed beast sealed within him] of nine-tailed fox. In the Boruto: Naruto the Movie, Naruto lived his dream as the seventh hokage after all his hardships and battles he experienced,

This anime is indeed one of my favorites. I discovered this anime when I was in high school. My former female classmates were so crazy talking about what had happened in the anime and who was their favorite characters turned into crushes. I was very curious then when I watched it, I suddenly hooked up. I admit when I was in high school, my anime crush in Naruto was Uchiha Sasuke. But when its story continues, I saw a good looking guy named Namikaze Minato. He's my anime crush in Naruto until now (sorry, Sasuke), which happened to be the fourth hokage of Konoha and the father of Naruto.

Namikaze Minato becomes Fourth Hokage of Konoha.

From Naruto to Naruto Shippuden, there were a lot of opening and ending songs had been released. But there were some remarkable songs used as season openers for every Naruto Shippuden episode. Here are my top 5 favorite songs used as an opening themes:

5. Nobodyknows+ - Hero's Come Back!!

Naruto Shippuuden Opening 1

[season 1, OP1, episodes 1-30]

Official MV:

4. NICO Touches the Walls - Niwaka Ame ni mo Makezu

Naruto Shippuuden Opening 13

[season 14, OP2, episodes 307-320; season 15, OP1, episodes 321-332]

Live Performance:

3. Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Blood Circulator

Naruto Shippuuden Opening 19

[season 20, OP3, episodes 459-479]

Official MV:

2. Anly - Empty Heart (Kara no Kokoro)

Naruto Shippuuden Opening 20

[season 20, OP4, episodes 480 onwards]

Official MV:

1. KANA-BOON - Silhouette (Shiruetto)

Naruto Shippuuden Opening 16

[season 18, OP2, episodes 380-393; season 19, OP1, episodes 394-405] 

Official MV:

As Hatake Kakashi took full responsibility as the sixth hokage then followed by Uzumaki Naruto as the seventh hokage, the next generation of ninja (Uzumaki Boruto and Uchiha Sarada to name a few) continues their adventure to serve & protect Konoha and its people.