Matt's Top Ending Themes: 35-26!

OK ... We are headed into the top 30 with this edition of Matt's top ending themes. Hopefully I'll continue having mostly good luck finding the videos on YouTube. Let's start with #35!

#35 - Bokura no Kiseki by Yoko Ishida
Show: Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy ( ああっ女神さまっ それぞれの翼)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IuyveL_MwU
Embed:


This is a beautiful song by one of the legends of anime music, Yoko Ishida. This is the first ending theme from Ah! My Goddess, the second season. Not much in the way of moving animation with this ending, but I just love the song. That's why it is at #35.

#34 - Renai no Sainou by Chisa Yokoyama
Show: Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki ( 天地無用! 魎皇鬼)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWFLhcNT68
Embed:


This is another song that by itself might not make the countdown. It is just a cute ending theme with very cute animation from Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki. It is another song that was well translated, and you can probably find the English version of it floating around on YouTube. Here is the original in all its glory.

#33 - Mask by Masami Okui and Kasumi Matsumura
Show: Sorcerer Hunters ( 爆れつハンター)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC8JY1JQ8II
Embed:


As promised, there would be more in this countdown from Masami Okui and here is the next song from her, Mask, from the show Sorcerer Hunters. A very good show (that might be hard to get a hold of now) with a very good ADV dub. Both the opening and ending of this show are solid. Who knows, you might see the opening theme in my opening theme countdown later ...

#32 - Don't Be Discouraged by Megumi Hayashibara
Show: Slayers TRY ( スレイヤーズ TRY)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByiqLpt6kKg
Embed:


It has been a few since we've had a song from Slayers or from Megumi, so this takes care of both. It won't be the last, that's for sure. The ending theme of the third season of the Slayers is actually the third best ending theme of the TV series (so you know you'll be seeing the other two seasons' ending themes here later). It is good, no doubt about it.

#31 - Watashi Rashiku by Houko Kuwashima
Show: Martian Successor Nadesico ( 機動戦艦ナデシコ)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfYSy_3xYLw
Embed:


Nadesico is one of my all-time favorite shows, and I highly recommend it to anybody who wants to get into anime. This is the rather simple, yet cool ending theme to the series, "Being Myself." This is another show where you can bet the opening theme will make its countdown as well. Time to move back to Slayers ...

#30 - Midnight Blue by Megumi Hayashibara
Show: Slayers - The Motion Picture ( スレイヤーズ)

Note: I couldn't find just the ending to this, so this is a trailer for the movie with the song included.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgs7UG9FmdU
Embed:


I love this song from the Slayers first movie, Midnight Blue. This is one that I can listen to separate from the show. Slayers is such a good franchise that has such good music. This is just another example of that. But, we'll step away from the Slayers for a while. We'll be back, though.

#29 - Drastic My Soul by Mikio Sakai
Show: S-Cry-ed ( スクライド)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i05DV2-g2lk
Embed:


Scryed is a good show, but it is a little different. Definitely action packed, it has a very solid opening and ending theme. If I remember correctly, a couple different variations on the song are used throughout the series. Definitely a good series to pick up.

#28 - Tactics by The Yellow Monkey
Show: Rurouni Kenshin ( るろうに剣心)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8vsgE5AGxo
Embed:


This is the first of what will be many entries from Rurouni Kenshin on these countdowns. This theme was also dubbed into English and sung by Lex Lang, who did a pretty good job. The original is the first ending theme to this great show.

#27 - triangle by Mami Kawada
Show: Shakugan no Shana Second ( 灼眼のシャナ)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJYFTWqZ1lU
Embed:


I am also a fan of the opening and ending themes from the Shakugan no Shana series. I really, really wish someone would license the second season and release it here in the US. This is the first ending theme to that second season, triangle.

One more before I pause for the night ...

#26 - Anna ni Issho Datta no ni by See-Saw
Show: Mobile Suit Gundam Seed ( 機動戦士ガンダムSEED)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS0Qxy6RTmg
Embed:


NOTE: The actual video of the ending is not available. So this is the promotional video to the song. The first ending theme to the show Gundam Seed falls just shy of my top 25. It is a solid opening. As with many Gundam themes, the lyrics of the song corrolate with what is happening in the series. Gundam Seed is a good show and this is a very solid ending theme.

Coming up next time, we'll countdown from 25-16, which will include some more Megumi (but not Slayers) our second entry from Fullmetal Alchemist and the first from the movie, and a couple that you might not be familiar with (but should). See you then!