The Greatest Anime Ending Ever Tournament

[gunswordfist]

The only thing? 

Beat me to it. Seems like ek is using videos all wrong.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

If we're going by videos, I like the manga montage and the interesting backdrop ones more than the one with nothing but sky and stars or the pretentious one with irrelevant images of someone riding a bike interspersed with images of a character that I never liked.

[Foggle]

I actually really like the video for Ride on Shooting Star. It must have taken a lot of effort to make.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Drawing 500+ chapters of manga over 11 years and meeting grueling deadlines on a weekly basis to keep millions of people entertained probably took a lot of effort as well.

In all seriousness, the videos are fine, but my point was that the songs are the biggest factor for me. I was just addressing GSF's point in a humorous manner.

[Foggle]

The songs are the biggest factor for me as well.

[gunswordfist]

Weirdo..

[LumRanmaYasha]

For me a good OP or ED is equal parts song and visuals. If I was evaluating these with preference to the song, then I would have nominated EDs like "Ai wa Boomerang" from Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, among others, for this competition, instead of saving those for the OST competition.

[Foggle]

For me a good OP or ED is equal parts song and visuals. If I was evaluating these with preference to the song, then I would have nominated EDs like "Ai wa Boomerang" from Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, among others, for this competition, instead of saving those for the OST competition.

This is true, of course, which is why I think Cowboy Bebop and Baccano have the best OPs of all time. But I don't think it's wrong to nominate or think highly of one where you only like the music/visuals.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I like Blue a lot.

[gunswordfist]

I like Blue a lot.

That's the most intelligent thing you have ever said.

[VLordGTZ]

Same as gsf

[gunswordfist]

 

[Lord Il]

"Blue" - A beautiful and emotional listen. I actually heard this song several years before even seeing Cowboy Bebop. And when coupled with the video.. damn.

"Ride on Shooting Star" - Has to be one of the most fun sounding of ending songs. It's infectious.. makes me want to whistle it and dance about in my chair (A weird sight to behold, trust me!) 

"Cha-La Head Cha-La" - What does the scouter say about this new FLOW version? It's over 9000! (Sorry!)

"Neverending Homework" - I like this song and feel bad to have given it a lower rating. I just couldn't get it to stack up better with the competition.

[LumRanmaYasha]

AFTER TWO MONTHS, AND SIX ROUNDS, IT ALL ENDS NOW!
ARE YOU READY? THE FINAL RESULTS ARE:

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4TH PLACE: Dragon Ball Z: Battle Of Gods - "Cha-La Head Cha-La [FLOW rendition]" - http://youtu.be/_RCWVW1xCs4
Total Points: 12

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3RD PLACE: FLCL - "Ride on Shooting Star" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTtOUlhL0WQ
Total Points: 16

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2ND PLACE: Yu Yu Hakusho - "Neverending Homework [english dub]" - http://youtu.be/98rwIFDT8Uc
Total Points: 17

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And The Greatest Anime Ending Ever Is...

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1ST PLACE: Cowboy Bebop - "Blue" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIG7E2_iAYk
Total Points: 25

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And that's that, folks! Personally, I think the winner is well-deserved. But regardless of the outcome, I hope you all had fun with this tournament these last two months. I sure did. And if you didn't get the results you wanted this time, don't fret, because the Greatest Anime OST Tournament will be coming up soon enough to give ya a third chance. 

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I'm pleased with the results. These are all good songs, and I'm legitimately surprised and happy to see a YYH ending in 2nd place.