The Greatest Anime Music Theme Ever Tournament (2015)

[gunswordfist]

Thank you, Cartoon X!

Boomerang advances to the Finals!

Semi-Finals
Match#3

#1:    Scattered Rain (Trigun) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ayJUr_j9ck
#2:    I Want You (Panty and Stocking) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g8QkkwBI-U
#3:    Pokerap (Pokemon) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0LoHA_FPAs

[Spark Of Spirit]

Scattered Rain
Pokerap
I Want You

Thank you, Cartoon X!

lol.

[gunswordfist]

Sames!

[LumRanmaYasha]

Big Bluff and Boomerang are tied. Someone break it

Boomerang

Boomerang advances to the Finals!

Thank you, Cartoon X!

I Want You
Scattered Rain
Pokerap

[Foggle]

I Want You
Pokerap
Scattered Rain

[gunswordfist]

VLord.

[gunswordfist]

I guess CX doesn't want to vote again.


Semi-Finals,Match#3 Results:

#1:    Scattered Rain (Trigun) -                3, 3, 2, 1=9
#2:    I Want You (Panty and Stocking) - 1, 1, 3, 3=8
#3:    Pokerap (Pokemon) -                     2, 2, 1, 2=7

Scattered Rain advances to the Finals!

Only one more can make it to the Final!!

Last Semi-Finals Match,Match#4

#1:    Lupin the Third Theme [1978 version] (Lupin the Third franchise) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9CyKNT8d-w
#2:    Yellow Alert (Trigun) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loSkhwnr4E4
#3:    Bad Dog no Biscuits (Cowboy Bebop) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuAzPR0ACVw

[Foggle]

Bad Dog
Lupin
Yellow

[LumRanmaYasha]

Leave it to the penultimate match to be the cruelest yet by far...

Lupin the Third theme
Bad Dog No Biscuits
Yellow Alert

[gunswordfist]

Yellow Alert
Lupin The Third
Bad Dog No Biscuits

[Spark Of Spirit]

Same as Gunswordfist.

[gunswordfist]

#1:    Lupin the Third Theme [1978 version] - 2, 3, 2, 2=9
#2:    Yellow Alert (Trigun) -                            1, 1, 3, 3=8
#3:    Bad Dog no Biscuits (Cowboy Bebop) - 3, 2, 1, 1=7

Lupin THE THIRD advances to The Finale.

This tournament has been ongoing for 196 days or 6 months, 13 days and the Finale is finally here!!



The Greatest Anime Music Theme Ever Tournament (2015) Finals:

No. 1 - Space Lion (Cowboy Bebop) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKnVaDwUg5s
No. 2 - Love is a Boomerang & Love is a Boomerang [NAGEMAKURLI Mix] (Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w3X-znoehc & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvn-obaQUm8
No. 3 - Scattered Rain (Trigun) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ayJUr_j9ck
No. 4 - Lupin the Third Theme [1978 version] (Lupin the Third franchise) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9CyKNT8d-w

[Foggle]

Hmm...

Cowboy Bebop
Lupin
Trigun
Urusei Yatsura (sorry CX!)

[Spark Of Spirit]

Opposite of Foggle.

Good round, though.

[LumRanmaYasha]

An excellent final round! 4 absolutely incredible tracks, 3 of which being among my all-time favorites, and all of which I nominated to boot. 

Love is a Boomerang - I'm surprised this has come all the way to the finals, but I'm glad, since I think it more than deserves to be here. A powerful coda to Beautiful Dreamer, this reflective and introspective song about love, jealousy, and relationships fittingly underlines the themes of both the movie as well as the show and it's lead characters as a whole. While Lum's Love Song and Uchu wa Taihen Da! may be more iconic and descriptive of the series, Love is a Boomerang is my favorite and pick for the franchise's absolute best.

Lupin the Third Theme - Though I'm putting LiaB first out of my immense adoration for UY and in order to break ties, the Lupin theme is still hands down my favorite anime theme of all time. Thrilling, dynamic, iconic, the Lupin theme never fails to excite me for the various color-jacketed thief's escapades and has cemented itself as one of the all time great classic themes for any show ever.

Scattered Rain - I can't name the exact moments where this song was used off the top of my head, but the Trigun OST is full of winners, and this is no exception. An emotional rollercoaster, moving from slow and somber to more passionate and determined, as if reflecting Vash recovering from a slump of pain and depression, but still finding the drive to move forward, resolved to do what's right. All in all, another worthy contender deserving of winning this competition.

Space Lion - My favorite Bebop track. Emotionally moving, the song starts out slow but quickly envelops you in an atmosphere of reflection and wonder, almost as if you're gazing up and exploring the depths of the starry sky. Beautifully used in the show at the end of the "Jupiter Jazz" two-parter, this song hit me with the kind of fluid, dream-like, imaginative resonance that only the best music can elicit, highlighting a powerful conclusion to that episode, as well as cementing the series, and this song, as one of my all time faves.

I'll be satisfied no matter how the results turn out. All of these are fantastic, imo.