The Smurfs (1981-1989)Īpologies in advance: just by mentioning The Smurfs theme, it’s already stuck in your head. Starting off as both a parody and tribute to All in the Family with Lois and Peter at the piano, it evolves into a Broadway-style showstopper. That’s evident in the opening to his most famous creation, Family Guy. Somewhere in his insane heart, Seth MacFarlane is just a song and dance man. Family Guy (1999-are you kidding? It’s still going?) The original theme, “ A Cruel Angel’s Thesis” starts off like soft rock, then gets increasingly frenetic.

A cryptic rumination on religion, depression, grief, and the possible futility of love that plays out against the seemingly hopeless series of battles of giant robots and their teen pilots against increasingly monstrous creatures that might in fact be angels, EVA (as its fans call it) is so incredibly popular that its creator has been doing a new rebooted edition for the past several years. If you’ll allow a personal digression, Neon Genesis Evangelion is this writer’s favorite anime, period. The jazzy theme is called “Tank!” and it invokes the two-fisted P.I. A kicky space noir, the show serves up deft characterization, swift action, and a knockout punch of a conclusion. Two-Mix also did the main song “White Reflection” for the wrap-up film, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz.Ĭowboy Bebop is frequently held up as one of the great anime series. The J-pop theme “Just Communication” by pop duo Two-Mix is by turns propulsive and introspective, which are the two dominant moods of the series.

Gundam Wing is one of the series that stepped outside of the main Gundam continuity to tell its own story of rebellion and the cost of war. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing is part of the mighty Gundam franchise the giant robot pioneer hit screens in 1979 and is still going strong. (Uploaded to YouTube by crunchyrollcollection)

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