Best Openings

[Golgo13]

I'm sure this has been done to death, but I'd like to hear everyone's favorite animated openings. I'll start.

1. Futurama
2. Dilbert
3. Justice League
4. Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
5. Mission Hill

[Sharklady]

'The Simpsons', 'cause it's a bit different every time.

[Cortez2301]

Batman TAS/TNBA,Batman Beyond,Superman TAS,Justice league/unlimited,Freakazoid,animaniacs,pinky and the brain,tiny toons,X-men evolution,"The batman",Family guy,The simpsons and Beetlejuice TAS.

[HG Revolution]

Cowboy Bebop has the best opening ever to any TV show.

Bebop has many of the best anythings ever to any TV show.

[Conekiller]

Thundercats

this is none higher!

[Shadow Blaziken]

Cowboy Bebop owns everything with a passion.

[Kagetsu]

in anime, it's hard to choose. Noir, LastExile, Angelic Layer, Naruto, FullMetal Alchemist, Paranoia Agent. They all are good, the animation, the music, all make great cominations.

I think for Anime though I'd choose Ghost in the Shell, 2nd gig

Oban Star Racers(both Japan and English op) Kim Possible and Get Ed

SuperHeros, I liked Batman Beyond

For Standard CN Ben10

[Gokou Ruri]

TMNT 80's series
Ducktales
Code Lyoko (both English and French)
Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers
W.I.T.C.H. 2nd season
Oban Star Racers (both English and French)
Justice League Unlimited
Batman: The Animated Series

[STARTOUNZ]

Codename: Kids Next Door
Justice League
Batman: TAS
Superman: TAS
Batman Beyond
X-Men: Evolution
Spider-Man: TAS
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (best of all the Scooby series themes)
All-New SuperFriends Hour (again best of all of them)
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (80's series)
Gargoyles
Tiny Toon Adventures
Pinky and the Brain


Also those with interchangeable scenes:
The Simpsons
Futurama
The Addams Family (90's series)
Animaniacs

[Jeff Harris]

Best openings? In no particular order:

COPS
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Syndicated Run pre-CBS)
Cowboy Bebop
Futurama
Batman Beyond
The New Batman/Superman Adventures
Ghost in the Shell: SAC (2nd Gig)
Thundercats
Silverhawks
Freakazoid
The Batman
The Simpsons
Challenge of the Superfriends (Xiaolin Showdown and Powerpuff Girls both aped the climax of this opening)
Eek! The Cat (First Season)
and The Real Ghostbusters

[Anthonynotes]

The Bugs Bunny Show (and various Sat. AM incarnations thereof)
Rocky and His Friends
The Bullwinkle Show
The Rocky Show (syndicated opening)
Underdog
Wacky Races
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
The Simpsons
Animaniacs
Dave the Barbarian (odd choice, I know, but seeing Fang stab that flower to death always makes me laugh)
Batman: TAS
Superman: TAS
Teen Titans
Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
The New Scooby Doo Movies
Richie Rich (catchy theme song)

[aalong64]

The Raccoons (man, I love that opening song!)
The Tom & Jerry Show (come on, it's pretty catchy)
The Bugs Bunny Show (a classic)
Wacky Races
The Flintstones
Sonic the Hedgehog/ SatAM
The Jetsons
Urusei Yatsura (only some though, cause it did have like 10 different ones)
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show

[Chris Johnston]

The Simpsons
80s Ninja Turtles
G.I. Joe (80s)
Transformers
Any DC Animated Series
Family Guy

[Caswin]

How is it that I'm the first to mention X-Men?

You know you love that bell...

[Michael24]

Off the top of my head...

* Batman: The Animated Series
* Justice League (Season 1 & 2)
* G.I. Joe ('83 mini-series and Season 1)
* Bionic Six
* M.A.S.K.
* Thundercats
* C.O.P.S.
* TMNT (original)
* Animaniacs
* Tiny Toons
* The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
* The Real Ghostbusters
* He-Man
* She-Ra
* Ducktales
* Chip n Dale's Rescue Rangers
* TaleSpin
* Darkwing Duck
* X-Men (early-90s series)
* The New Adventures of Speed Racer (short-lived '93 series)

[Baltofan]

Simpsons too.

[RAINMAN]

Transformers(all 4)
G.I.Joe(all of them even dic version)
X-MEN 90 (love that bell)
Spiderman 90
Iron man S2
FF S2
Hulk both 80`s &90`s
Ultraforce
Wildcats
TMNT 80 and red skies version
COPS
Knights of Justice
Super mario super show
Adventure of Super mario bros. 3

[Prof. Mecavio]

Danger Mouse
Futurama
The Simpsons
Pinky and The Brain
Batman: TAS
Talespin
Darkwing Duck
Ducktales
Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers
Samurai Pizza Cats (it's just so...bizarre)
Galaxy Rangers

[Anyone00]

What about Megas XLR? No love for digging giant robots?

Oh and Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors; pure 80's rock cheese goodness.

[Classic Speedy]

Ren & Stimpy: Even though it's just random clips from "Big House Blues", the beatnik/jazz style music and the spastic, rubbery animation really got me excited for the show. Quite possibly one of my favorite openings ever.

The Critic: Lots of good gags, and the changing movie that Jay proclaims "It stinks!" to are usually funny.

Simpsons: Self-explanatory.

American Dad: The newspaper headlines almost always crack me up, and the theme song Stan sings is very catchy, with its patriotic theme.

Harvey Birdman: Cool graphics. My favorite moment is when a woman slaps Birdman and he smiles, with the caption "OVERRULED!"

Batman the Animated Series: Moody, tense, original, all those other adjectives. Truly one of the greats that proved that Americans can do serious tones, not just comedic ones. Oustanding orchestral music, too.

Space Ghost: In particular, the 3D intro where the camera flies past all the planets and into the Ghost Planet Industries building to Space Ghost's desk.

Dilbert: From primordial ooze all the way to computer programmer, then witnessing the chaos that erupts in the office from a simple paper airplane, this one is fun to watch every time. Great storyboarding.

[tb4000]

I remember the first time I saw the opening theme to A Pup Named Scooby Doo, I was like, this must be Scooby done in Bob Clampett style. Intro to Pole Position and Saturday Supercade are both equally fun and 1980's. :D