Another proof of Japan's excellence in
weird and
catchy things. You'd think not being able to understand Japanese would help, but
nooooo...
Looks like almost all anime has at least one piece of music tailored to be an earworm, as a huge amount of them succeed. If you don't remember about a music featured in a series, you usually don't remember about the series at all.
90% of anime theme songs. Here's some with specific pages:
Specific examples are below:
- All of the below can be traced back to the English version of the original Astro Boy. Any and all complaints about modern anime OP causing ear worms can be directed to Fred Ladd, who decided to add lyrics to the then instrumental Japanese OP
since it wasn't catchy enough. This caused Osamu Tezuka to add lyrics to later seasons of Astro Boy since he liked the effect, which caused everyone to add catchy lyrics to their anime OP since they also liked it.
Everyone, sing along!
There you go, Astro Boy, on your flight into space
Rocket hi~gh, through the sk~y, for adventures soon you will face!
Astro Boy, bombs away, on your mission today
Here's the countdown, and the blastoff, everything is go Astro Boy!
Astro Boy, as you fly
Strange new worlds you will find
Atom celle~d, jet propelle~d, fighting monsters, high in the sky!
Astro Boy, there you go!
Will you find friend or foe?
Cosmic ran~ger, lots of dan~ger, everything is go Astro Boy!
Crowds will cheer you, you're a hero, as you go, go, go Astro Boy!
- MACHINE HEEEEEAAAAAD!!
- 90% of the songs used in Sword Art Online are this. Special mention goes to Crossing Field, Innocence, and Overfly. Seriously, even if you don't know Japanese, you'll sing along with what you can make out.
- Spice and Wolf: Ever got a waltz stuck in your head? Now you do. Da dara da da daaah, da DAH duh duh DAH duh...
- Ringo Hiyori from the first season is one of the most addictive pieces of Engrish you will ever hear.
- Yuru-Yuri's OP. Yu. Riyu. Ra, ra, ra, ra Manga/YuruYuri, Yu. Riyu. Ra, ra, ra, ra Yuru-Yuri, Yu. Riyu. Ra, ra, ra, ra Yuru-Yuri, Da-i! Ji-ke-n!
- The song doesn't stop there, though, the thing is dangerously catchy.
- The whole soundtrack of the Baccano! anime. Especially the OP, Gun's & Roses by Paradise Lunch. Jazzy goodness by Yoshimori Makoto.
- Durarara!!: TRUSTMETRUSTMETRUSTMETRUSTME
- ROAR OUT LOUDER!
- Kida Masaomi's character song, a cover of the Blue Hearts' "Linda Linda", is this trope taken to the extreme. Listen if you dare.
- The OP for the anime adaption of SteinsGate called Hacking To The Gate certainly applies.
- Martian Successor Nadesico's opening - YOU GET TO BURNING!.
- It's the horns/trumpets/whatever. They sound cool. And then it keeps getting better.
- An American example, Voltron: Doo do-doodoo, do DOODOO! (Ironically this one is far, far more famous than the Japanese opening.)
- Another example from the same company, SABEEEER RIDEEEEEEER And The Star Sheriffs! Again, nobody remembers the Japanese version; say "Saber Rider" to any child of the 80s in America and they'll start ramming their heads against the wall.
- From Kinnikuman we have this. Heil Brocken!
- The grandaddy of the Super Robot Genre, Mazinger Z, would like a word with you.
Supaa Robotto, Majinga Zetto!
- Madlax YANMANI YANMANI YANMANI YAI-YA~
- Rave Master: "Welcome to the tale of a land conquered by evil..."
- Say what you may about the dub or the song — the dub theme (by none other than Reel Big Fish) is ungodly catchy.
- Berserk has the unforgettable "HAIIIIIII YAI FOOOOOOR-CES!!! HAIIIIIII YAI FOOOOOOR-CES!!!"
- ANARCHYYYYY!!! EVERYONE WANTS TO BE ME! ANARCHYYYYYYYY!".
- Haruhi Suzumiya: Hare Hare Yukai. Aru hareta hi no koto...
- Pitan, tan-tan-mojipittan!
- JIBUUUUN WO! COLORS from Code Geass. By God what a rush.
- The second intro, Kaidoku Funou, has a chorus which will glue to your head for at least a month.
- The chorus of the second ED theme, Mosaic Kakera, is also really bad about this. Mo-sa-i-ku, ka-ke-ra, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo...
- The show's final opening, "WORLD END" (by the group that also did COLORS).
- The song that plays during Lelouch's death. Cute, powerful, and almost guaranteed to make you cry. "Continued Story" by Hitomi.
- ''Siegfried'', the song that played while Lelouch was revealing his plan to Geass "God".
- ''Innocent Days'' is the song that played during Euphemia's death scene. Know what 'hauntingly beautiful' sounds like.
- This adorable character song.
- Kallen's Character Song. See for yourself.
- "Call Tobor, the 8th man!"
- Lucky Star: Motteke! Sailor Fuku... my darling darling please!...
- Saint Seiya: Pegasus Fantasy. [1]
- This is pretty much the point of any Dancing Theme.
- Anything from Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z. Especially Jig the Upper.
- SIE SIND DAS ESSEN UND WIR SIND DIE JAGER! Made even worse when it officially passed Guile's theme in popularity.
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: Komm, susser tod. Oh Jesus Christ on a cracker. What makes it even worse is, you're likely to get sent to a mental institution if you sing the actual lyrics in public.
- The song with lyrics for convenience.
- The extremely catchy, misleadingly peppy and upbeat main theme song.
- Also, The Beast II. A hauntigly powerful Dark Reprise of one of the fighting scenes' BGM's, which plays during the more tragic and nightmare-inducing action sequences towards the end. In episode 19, when Eva-01 goes berserk after a hard fight with Zeruel, she curb-stomps him easily then start to eat the angel's S2 Organ, while making a hellish howling, the song fits perfectly in the scene's terrifying mood and Yui's slowed-down growl of agony inside Unit-01. And I still catch myself humming it occasionally.
- Cruel Angel's Thesis. One of the most famous. Strangely upbeat and jazzy for one of the most depressing anime ever made, which probably contributes to its staying power. ZA-ANKOKU NA TENSHI NO TE-EZE, MADOBE KARA YAGATE TOBITATSU... The choir in the background during the chorus doesn't help matters at all. (Ooohhh-aaahhhh...hah-hah-ha-ah, hah-hah-ha-ah...ooohhh-aaahh-ahh...hah-hah-ha-ah...URAGIRU NARA!)
- Rebuild of Evangelion: Kono oozora ni, tsubasa wo hiroge...
- K-On! manages to make it even more of an Ear Worm.
- LET'S STAY TOGETHER ALWAYS! That ending theme filled with concentrated cuteness, too. Remembering correctly, it had something to do with happy dinners and episode recaps. Eh, Fruits Basket IS concentrated cuteness.
- Not to mention this little Music Box tune, which the troper finds to be a worse offender than the two themes put together.
- The second ending theme of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, "Minna no Piisu" (Everbody's Peace), especially the Gratuitous English filled refrain (Love & Rock, notte OK!).
- And, no matter what anyone says about Narm — Do the impossible, see the invisible, ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH!
- Touch the untouchable, break the unbreakable, ROW ROW FIGHT THA POWAH! Seeing the ridiculous lyrics in writing was simply too much, and we succumbed to hysterical laughter punctuated by an occasional gasp of FIGHT DA POWAH! for the duration.
- Also combined with opera lyrics in "Libera-me from Hell" to highlight some of the most epic scenes in the final arc.
- The opening, Sorairo Days!
- "You are my S.t.a.r.S.!"
- Samurai Pizza Cats
- The Star Blazers intro is pretty catchy - We're off to outer space, We're leaving Mother Earth, To save the human race, Our Star Blazers
- Dai-Guard. Seriously.
- Blue Gender has an OP that borders on Soundtrack Dissonance considering where the show falls. See for yourself.
- Sherlock Hound definitely counts — Sherlock Holmes, you're the only one for me!
- The openings to Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei and Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.
- Azumanga Daioh's "Soramimi Cake"
- From Dororo: Honge tara honge tara honge tara pon...
- Everything featured in Initial D, such as:
- Genesis of Aquarion: Ichiman nen to nisen nen mae kara aishiteruuuuuuuuuu. Made worse by the English version.
- ''Through The Night'' from Outlaw Star. Couldn't pronounce half the words on pain of death, but that apparently doesn't prevent them from flying circles around the brain...
- ''Hello Darwin! ~Curiosity on Demand~'', the 9th OP to Sgt. Frog, is one of the highest order. Naturally, it was composed by Kageyama Hironobu himself.
- The lack of acknowledgment for the addictive qualities of Majin Kenzan is stunning. A-I YO-RI A-KA-KUUUUUUUUUU!
- It'd be easier to just say damn near everything by JAM Project and their members are earworms, and most of them overlap with CMOA.
- Waka Laka is probably like this. It's the sped up DDR version, which also is responsible for the version of "Witch Doctor"
- The OP from the first season of Higurashi: When They Cry combines this trope with horror. See for yourself. If that isn't bad enough, the 'unintelligible' chant is actually intentional backmasking saying "nigerarenai" (meaning You Can't Run Away). Naraku no Hana, the 2nd season OP, features this part un-backmasked. On a scene that looks like a happy walk to school with the protagonists. Not quite as horrifying as the first OP, but unsettling and Ear Worm-ish all the same.
- Speaking of Higurashi, do you know Oyashiro-sama? Yes, Hinamizawa. I kill you you kill me. No, Hinamizawa.
- Don't forget the opening for Higurashi's OVA, Rei and the main song for the live action movie...
- Auau hauu hauu auau auu-wa hauuau!
- Rena's song!
- "MION, TRY YOUR BEST! AND I, AS SHION, WILL TRY MY BEST AS WELL!"note The dialogue at the beginning of the song. "Mion, ganbaru! Watashi mo Shion wa ganbaru!" The song is "Futari no Birthday" just in case it gets taken down. Again.
- Ta...ma...yu...ra...na...zo...ri...te The Big Bad's song.
- Dear You - Bond and Kokoro Musubi alternate back and fourth of which one will be stuck in my head next.
- SHI NE.. SHI NE... MINNA SHI NE!note The song is Rinne no hate ni
- Rika's other Image song, Mugen Kariou, is another that will stay stuck in your head for awhile.
- GA-GA-GA, GA-GA-GA GAOGAIGAR! GA-GA-GA, GA-GA-GA GAOGAIGAR!
- Zatch Bell!: Chichi chichi oppai, BOING BOIIINNNGG!
- Eureka Seven's 4th opening, Sakura.
- The Amazing Three. "Spacemen, with a mission..."
- Strawberry 100%'s ending, Ike Ike. Especially when you see the para para/dance for the song...
- Sailor Moon:
- "Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight..."
- the Dutch eurobeat one is much worse.
- If you've watched the fifth season, Nagareboshi He is inescapable. Search for your love...
- The worst earworm was "My only love."
- It HAS to be Power of Love, which plays in the confrontation between Neo Queen Serenity and the Wiseman. A slightly shortened version is in this clip from the episode
- The entire damn fifth season is full of earworms. Sailor Star Song.
- Moon Revenge, from the Sailor Moon R movie.
- "The 3 O'Clock Fairies", the beautifully addictive and catchy theme song from the Super S movie.
- The Starlights transformtion theme. Damn addicting synthesizers.
- Oh yes. Ties with the Outer Senshi transformation for best BGM ever in that show.
- The Inner Soldier transformation theme from SuperS is pretty good, too. A shame it never plays out like this in the actual anime.
- Sailor Team's Theme
- Golden Queen Galaxia, an epic Villain Song. Again, a shame in never plays in the actual anime.
- "Ai no Senshi",
- "I Want Us To Be Together"
- Sailor Moon Crystal:
- Moon Pride. Go ahead, try not to sing along the next time you hear it. We dare you.
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: "Dare da, Dare da, Dare da! Ohhhh, Gatchaman, Gatchamaaaaaan!"
- Mazinger Z: "MAZIN GO! MAZIN GO! MAZZZINNGGAAAA Z!!!!"
- "GAN! GAN! GAN! GAN!!! WAKAI INOCHI GA MAKKA NI OETEEEEEEE!! *buh bu-buh! buh bu-buhhh!* GETTA SUPAAKU SORA TAKAKUUUU!"
- From Goldfish Warning!: behold
- Digimon's (original) dub theme. The lyrics aren't much, but dang if that "dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun dun DUN-DUN" rhythm doesn't lodge in your head and stay there. (And the same goes for the rock remix used for the localization of Digimon Tamers)
- Give Break Up!! credit. I didn't watch the series for years, and I still remembered the exact melody.
- CHAAAANGE INTO DIGITAL CHAMPIONS TOOOO SAVE THE DIGITAL WORLD.
- "Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...HERE WE GO!" Just when you get it out, they all go home and it plays again.
- You run around, I run around, we're all gonna run, run, around...
- Things are starting to accelerate into something, never stopping always trouble bubbling!
- "Big and bigger, biggest dreamer, yume miru koto ga subete hajimari sore ga kotae daro..."
- Hey digimon, hey digimon, monster friends to the boys and girls. Hey digimon, hey digimon, champions of the digital world.
- Mugendai na yume no...
- We look to our past, as we head for the future, to reclaim the Digital Wooorld~!
- For whatever reason, Kari blowing the theme on her whistle in the Digimon movie.
- Digimon Savers has the main battle/evolution theme, Believer. The use of this as the battle music basically every time, at the climax of every episode, helps. That and a fairly good use of Gratuitous English.
- The Latin American Dub of Butterfly is the top 1 choice in Karaoke in Argentina, if you cannot chant the lyrics you dont belong to the convention.
- The original version is nothing to sneeze at either. Heck, ANY Digimon song by Kouji Wada is catchy.
- Digimon Xros Wars. STAND UP and New World!
- Ah, butsukare takama~re. WE ARE KUROSU HAAAAAAAAATO!
- Macross is famed for this:
- The title song of Macross: Do You Remember Love? is probably the most famous example in the entire franchise: Oboete imasu ka, me to me ga atta toki wo? Oboete imasu ka, te to te ga fureatta toki? Sore wa hajimete no ai no tabidachi deshita? I love you so...
- SDF Macross's own opening is no slouch either; Maaaaacuuurosss!
- If regular J-Pop is not your thing, there's Macross 7. "Listen to my song!", indeed.
- Aozora o kakeru LOVE HEART, moeru omoi o nosete....
- OMAIE NI AITAI!!!
- This song will instill MANLY TEARS!
- Macross Frontier is absolutely stuffed with catchy tunes:
- "Nyan nyan, nyan nyan, ni hao nyan! Gorgeous, delicious, deculture!"
- My Boyfriend is a Pilot (itself a cover of a classic from SDF Macross). KYUN KYUN, KYUN KYUN! Watashi no kare wa PAIROTTO!
- Aimo, aimo, nete lhushe, noynar milia ehndel protea, photow mih...
- Ninjin loves you, yeah!
- Seikan Hikou. *does the Ranka Lee KIRA~ gesture*
- three, hey, I count down. two, are you ready? one, mou matenai yo zero, ai narashite! What 'bout my star? What 'bout my staaaaaaaaaaaaaar?
- Triangler. Kimi wa dare to kisu wo suru? Watashi soretomo ano ko? Kimi wa dare to kisu wo suru? Hoshi wo meguru yo junjou!
- Macross Delta has one songs: "Ikenai Borderline" GIRI GIRI AYY...IKENAI BOODAAARAIIINNNN...
- The Cutey Honey theme, so good, they just keep using it. Damn them...
- Pick a song from Nerima Daikon Brothers. ANY song.
- The Hellsing anime opening.
- Welcome to the N.H.K.: "Purupuru Pururin, Purupuru Pururin, Puru Pururin..."
- ""DRAGON! DRAGON! ROCK THE DRAGON! DRAGONBALL Z!"
- Busou Renkin: Whoaaohh whoa-oh whoaaohh whoa-oh da-danana da-daaaaa!
- One Piece: He's made of rubber! How did that happen? YO-HO-HO, HE TOOK A BITE OF GUM-GUM!
- Even though almost all fans of One Piece will attest to hating the 4Kids dub, they all still love the first opening. YAI-YO, YAI-YO! YO HO!
- Sogeking.
- Yohohoho yohohoho! Yohohoho yohohoho! Bink's Sake, ladies and gentlemen.
- "Share the World" by Kenichi Mayamada.
- Let's not forget the super high energy, and ultra-catchy 15th One Piece Opening theme. "Ichi ni SUNSHINE yon... WEEEEE GOOO!!"
- I think back to the time when my quest first began, I left behind those shores of sand, to the endless everlasting world out there! Damn you, Vic Mignogna...as if that extremely catchy Soldier A song wasn't enough.
- The Japanese versions of the opening "Hikari E" (Towards The Light) is just as catchy. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YE-E-E-A-A-A-H!
- This song is pretty catchy in German too, well at least if you know German.
- And then to top it off, as if the theme for D.N.Angel wasn't catchy enough, Vic Mignogna decided to go and write English lyrics for it. Not for the American release or anything, oh no, he just did it for kicks, and thus made it THAT MUCH EASIER to get stuck in your head because you can now easily sing along. (And his lyrics are actually pretty close to the original, too!) We've gathered enough evidence to label Vic Mignogna an Ear Worm repeat offender.
- That's not the only music trope he's a repeat offender of..."True Light" is actually more Crowning Music of Awesome material.
- The opening song of Strong World is a ridiculously catchy (and even more ridiculously happy.)
- SHINING! RUNNING! FOREVER!
- Yu-Gi-Oh!'s theme. Not to mention all five of the original Japanese version's opening themes, especially season five's "Overlap".
- Speaking of Overlap...Yami wo tsuranuku shinjiru kokoro Tamashii Nemuru basho sagashite!
- While the English dub is generally considered inferior to the original, with a few choice truly golden things (Jonouchi's Brooklyn Rage for instance), pretty much everyone agrees that the english theme is uncharacteristically dark, epic, and downright awesome for something produced by 4Kids - especially odd considering the show is originally quite dark and grim, with otherwise-peppy J-Pop songs for the themes. It helps that it takes the Ancient Egyptian motifs of the series and ramps it Up to Eleven for the sound.
- How about the 2nd Japanese opening, Shuffle? Yakusoku sareta, Yes! You are the winner
- BELIEVE IN NEXUS! The only thing that makes this more awesome than it should be is that it's sung by Masaki Endoh.
- Keep on, Burning Soul!! Iki teru kagiri hakanakute mo kagayaite i tai furusupīdo de, iku ze Clear Mind!!. The second vocal insert song in the entirity of the franchise. Masaaki Endoh's Clear Mind.
- And the first, You Say ~ Ashita E from episode 72.
- I'm not going to panic
- The Bonds Beyond Time theme song, makemagic.
- Kawaita sakebi ga/kujike souna mune wo tsukisasu/kimi wo sasotte sekai wo mitai na (Come Along With Me). Made even more popular thanks to the Abridged Series.
- My GOD, Road to Tomorrow - Going My Way!...Mirai e Tsudzuku kono Michi o, Going my way!! Kiri hiraite Yuke!
- Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V:
- The opening theme song, Chotokkyu's Believe x Believe, full stop.
- The second ending, Future fighter!, as well.
- Listeners of the third opening HANATE tend to go "Hanate monsuta".
- Reiji's "DDD" Theme, which generally shows up whenever he does something AWESOME.
- Sora's theme, a sugary melody that sounds like a children's toy.
- Believe it or not, the English theme, Can You Feel The Power. It may be a rap song, but it will NEVER GO AWAY!
- The fourth opening and ending theme songs Kirifuda and Speaking respectively. You will be humming both repeatedly after hearing it.
- The third ending theme, ARC of Smile! in all of its Gratuitous English-y glory.
- The fifth opening theme, Kibou no Hikari, really fits the darker themes of ARC-V and it's lyrics about salvation, fighting back, and hope beyond despair are intensely catchy too.
- The fifth ending theme, Vision, and also includes a bonus cameo of Kensho Ono (Yuya's Seiyuu)!
- You! Versus! Me! Competition for the victory! Say what you will about the dub, but that is one hell of a catchy theme.
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan: Pipiru piru piru pipiru pii~! I'll step on you, tie you up, beat you...But that's just how I show my love!
- Sonic X: S-O-N-I-C, GO! Go, go, go, go! Let's go!!
- Dai Mahou Touge: Lyrical Tokarev, kill them all! Only one shall be left alive~
- The Hayate the Combat Butler third ending, Chasse. Lun, lun, lun...
- .hack//roots's main theme, Silly-Go-Round.
- CLANNAD: Dango, dango, dango, dango, dango daikazoku....
- "Sukitooru, yume wo miteita yawarakai eien"...
- Not to mention "Kimi dake ga sugisatta saka no tochuu wa Atataka na hidamari ga ikutsu mo dekiteta"...
- Inuyasha:
- I WANT TO CHAAANGE THE WORLD!
- kaze wo kakenukete/ nanimo osorezu ni
- Ima yuuki to/egao no KAKERA daite~!!
- CHAAAAANGE MY MIND!!!
- Jounetsu tayasazu ni!
- takanaru mirai e/ te wo nobaseba kagayakeru hazu sa
- It's wonderland~!
- Pick an ending song any ending song
- Well, to be honest, any of Inuyasha's openings and closings are sure to stick into your head!
- Hidamari Sketch: HAAATEHATEHATEHATEHAAATENAAAAAA NOOOBINOBINOBINOBINONBIRITOOO
- Everything, everything from Cowboy Bebop. Actually, scratch that. Everything by Yoko Kanno.
- Yes, everything, but especially the opening theme, "Tank". You so will "sing" along with that brass at the very end every time.
- BA-DA BA-DA BA-DA BADA-BA-DA!
- THE REEEEAL FOLLLLK BLUUUEEESSS
- Andy's theme, "Go Go Cactus Man".
- WE ARE THE DOGGY DOGGY DOGS!
- YOU WA SHOCK! (OK, it's actually called "Ai wo Torimodose". But what's the line everyone actually remembers?)
- Kemeko Deluxe!:
- Tatatatatata-TAIHEN! Renoyatsu ga haji ma~tta~
- PURIPPURIN GYMNASTIC EX-CER-CISE! Bonkkyubon mukin-muukin!
- BOOM BOOM BOOM! Even though the show is ecchi, the song is really CATCHY~! *horrible pun*
- Space Battleship Yamato: "Uchuuuu Sen-kan YAAAAAAAAAAMMAAAAAATOOOOOOOO!!!"
- "Uninstall", the opening for Bokurano. The Masaaki Endoh version is so over the top so epic that he made a haunting song in one truly and epicaly CHEERFUL song,if you hear it one time you won't stop ever again,so here it is: "Uninstall Masaaki Endoh version"
- Hello, what about the ending, Little Bird...? *sniff*.... Anata no hitomi ni utsuru mono...
- Yume, Hitohira!
- GI-GAN-TOR! GI-GAN-TOR! GI-GAAAAAAAN-TOR!
- FLCL is basically one long music video. It's hard to find a scene that isn't filled with awesome music.
- RIDE ON SHOOTING STAR!
- Also, "Little Busters", the second battle theme.
- For me, the catchiest music from the series, by a wide margin, was the guitar riff from "Last Dinosaur", which they used for the episode previews.
- Speed Racer: "Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer! He's a demon on wheels..."
- Death Note: HIROGARU YAMI NO NAKA, KAWASHIATTE, KAKUMEI NO CHIGIRI (...) SEKAI WOOOOOO
- WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN THIS, SO BRING ON THIS PAIN..... WOOAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Wall of screaming and then incredibly fast singing follows. Everyone remembers "Hey ningen sucker, a ningen ningen fucker."
- Zetsubou ZA BIRII iza rinri Saa tomerarenai ERASER RAIN!!
- L's Theme
- Misa's Song.
- Chobits: Ooh ooh, ooh ooh (yeah) ooh ooh, ooh ooh (yeah) ooh ooh. Let me be with you.
- Excel Saga: Menchi Aishou no Borero Gyakuna is slow, but addicting. Probably because it's so sorrowful and yet hilarious. The main theme of Excel Saga is also pretty addictive.
- Kore wa Ai Ja Nai~! (COUGH!!! COUGH!!! WHEEZE~!!!)
- Steel Angel Kurumi: Mi-Ra-Kurumi!
- A friend said it best: "So I heard that song. And it was so idiotic... that I heard it again. And again. And...
- Soul Eater: EXCALIBAAA! EXCALIBAAA! From United King, I'm looking for him, I'm going to Californiaaaa!, all of the third ending Bakusou Yume Uta, or the fourth ending STRENGTH.
- Naruto:
- King! King! King Gainer! King! King! King Gainer!
- Metaruuu Overman King Gainerrr!
- Ranma ½: ZETTAI! ZETTAI! — this is the 4th season's opening theme, the title of which translates roughly as "No Way! Part 2".
- Dragon Half: Pappara funi funi pappara hoe hoe! Pappara funi funi ta-mago!
- Kirby: How can I help you, King Dedede? Ah need a monstah ta clobbah dat deh Kirbeh! That's what we do best at N.M.E.! (Ya'd betta get it with a money back guarantee!)
- Tenjho Tenge's opening theme, Bomb a Head.
- TIME TO PARTY TIME! PARTY TIME!
- Fly Gundam! Seigi no ikari o butsukero gandamu,Kido senshi GANDAMU! Gan-DA-MU!
- ANIME JA NAI! (anime ja nai) ANIME JA NAI! (anime ja nai) HONTOU NO KOTO SA!
- Victory Gundam's Ending, Winners Forever is a pretty darned catchy theme. Be careful, or it might get stuck in your head FOREVER!
- FLYING IN THE SKY takaku habatake This has had this song stuck in his head on and off for months.
- I REALLY can't believe this page has gone so far without the mention of the Gundam Wing themes, but here:
- Gundam 00's famous insert song, Unlimited Sky
- I Love You... I Trust You..
- My wishes over their airspace...
- Pretty much every OP in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny'' qualifies as an earworm.
- Resolution from After War Gundam X qualifies also.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans got off the good foot of this trope with these three words: Raise Your FLAAAAAAAG!!!
- Potemayo's Katamichi Catch Ball. Possibly the sparkliest,cutest earworm in the world.
- Negima!?: "1000% Sparking!" (Motto Sparking Now! Tsuyoku tafu na haato...) and its partner "A-LY-YA!" (the OP and ED, respectively) are perhaps the best part of the Negima!? reboot.
- While we're on Negima, Happy Material Return from the new OVA deserves mention.
- As is Happy Material from the original.
- And the live-action opening Pink Generation is incredibly catchy.
- Asuna's Image Song from Negima: [5]
- Everybody say HOOOOOOOOOO!!! HIP! POP! STEP! JUMP!
- Bleach:
- NOW YOU FEEL LIKE NUMBER ONE!
- Several of the character songs from the Bleach Beat Collection are offenders, too. La La La for Orihime, We for Yachiru/Ikkaku/Ayasegawa/Kenpachi, This Light I See for Toshirou, and that's not even getting into the couple dozen openings and endings. Good thing it's actually good music, or Bleach would've probably caused a lot of suicides by this point.
- STAND UP BE STRONG KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG!!
- The 14 opening is an instant Earworm.
- It seems that, to make up for the filler arcs, the ending and opening songs are specially cool and catchy. Examples include "Hanabi" and "My Pace" aired during the Bount Arc, and "Orange", from the New Captain Arc.
- Bleach's sixth Opening has a serious earworm during the first few seconds and for a refrain.
- Captain Tsubasa: DRAGON SCREAMER! DRAGON FEVER! NO QUESTIOOOOOOOOOONNNN!!!
- Revolutionary Girl Utena: ZETTAI. UNMEI. MOKUSHIROKU.
- Damn you, Xxx Holic. Damn you and your catchy-ass ending!
- Zambot 3: Za za za za zam Za za za za zam
- Shugo Chara!:
- naritai koto, tsutaetai koto daiji na koto, honto no koto
- lucky, happy, makasete ne! uchuu no heiwa wa are dakedo
- ''DA I SU KI DAAAAYOOOO MI N NA!
- Hop step janpu, drew draw drawn, chip syrup hoippu, naritai atashi
- Pretty much ANY Super Robot theme song will fall in this trope almost by definition. Also, for a Real Robot example... TURN A TURN, TURN A TURN, TUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~
- Beck: I WAS MADE TO HIT IN AMERICAAAAA I was made to hit in Americaaaaa I WAS MADE TO HIT IN... oh DAMMIT! NOT AGAIN!
- Uh... this. A commercial for vegetable juice by the Vocaloid crew... I think...
- It is, in fact, a commercial for vegetable juice in Japan.
- Ah My Buddha has both OPs and the season 2 ED (which also serves as a pseudo-Image Song for Chitose): respectively, Afurete Yuku no wa Kono Kimochi, Amaenaideyo, and Lonesome Traveler (this video is in fact from Higurashi: When They Cry, but it's the same song). Lonesome Traveler in particular is quite possibly the only use of marimbas in any Image Song.
- Ninin Ga Shinobuden: Kurukururi~ kurukururin! No Japanese banjo music has the right to be so catchy.
- The opening to Paranoia Agent, especially the "Raaiiyaa ra ra" part of the refrain. Like "Komm, süßer Tod", the lyrics aren't nearly as cheerful as the beat just makes it worse.
- Darker Than Black's opening and ending themes.
- NOW I'VE LOST IT.
- SUN WILL RISE! CLOSE YOUR EYES! Downfallen! (Fallen!) Fallen! HOLD IN-SIDE, JUST HOWLING IN THE SHADOOOOOOOOWS!
- Tokkô: SUNNY DAY!! SUNNY DAY!! Get up, Get up! Get Up, Get Up! note Shame there's no full-length version.
- The opening to Chi's Sweet Home due to sheer adorablity!
- The second opening as well, and both are only 30 seconds long.
- Prétear's opening theme is a little generic, but is it catchy.
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: Capsule Monsters: "Hey! We just won a fight!" "VICTORY DANCE!".
- The openings for the four Angelique TV series are pretty head-stuckable. If Angelique isn't enough, there's the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de- Hachiyoushou TV series, whose opening, catchy enough by itself, has a bonus of being sung by three members of the local Cast Full of Pretty Boys; and then you get to the Image Songs from the same series (particularly Tenma's "Hitomi to Hitomi no IGNITION")...
- The ending for the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Maihitoyo movie, "Harari, Hirari", might do this as well. And stuff from earlier OAVs (Ajisai Yumegatari, "Sakura Fubuki"). And... yep, the NeoRomance series love these. A lot.
- Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase: Nekomimi modo... nekomimi modo nee!
- Unlike most examples on this page, this is actually a bad thing. Seriously, Nekomimi Mode will drive you insane.
- And then there's the second version, Tsukiyomi Mode...
- Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-: I Talk To The Rain, by Yuki Kajiura. Actually anything that has Yuki Kajiura involved in it.
- "Cagayake!GIRLS", the opening theme for K-On!. Especially the "No, no, no" part.
- Whatever you do "don't say lazy"
- No way, troper, you must be crazy- Damn.
- Fude Pen, Boru Pen
- Pretty much every opening and ending to Black Butler, but Monochrome no Kiss, the first opening, and Enamel, the opening to Book of Circus, will never leave my head.
- Axis Powers Hetalia: ""NEE NEE PAPA, WAIN CHOUDAI! NEE NEE MAMA, NEE NEE MAMA!""
- "Marukaite chikyuu! Marukaite chikyuu! Marukaite chikyuu! Boku Hetalia!" or "Ne, ne, papa? Wain no choudai! Ne, ne mama? Ne, ne, mama?", if you prefer.
- Aa hitoyude de, nakeru shiawase no recipe…!
- How about in almost every language...?
- Buono tomato, buono tomato, buono buono ooh!
- "Pasta pasta pasta pasta pasta yay!"
- EEEIIIINSAMKEEEEIIIIIT
- EINS. ZWEI. DREI, VIER, FUNF.
- "Pubu, pubu, pubutte go! Fish and chips!"
- "AHAHAHAHA~!"
- "NO PAIN! NO GAIN! ORDERS ARE ORDERS!"
- Jin mo nomitaina!! Na, na, Mummy! Na, na, Mummy!
- "Paarappapara paaripappari paripapareedo~!"
- Sousa, Ore... Tres Bien!!
- Atarashii mono, daisuki~ Hayatteru mono, motto motto suki... Mainoritii ibarenai, osoreirimasu sumimasen!~ Only Japan can make the sung phrase "excuse me, I am sorry" AWESOME.
- Hi no izuru kuni. Jipangu.
- Italy's song to Germany is also very catchy.
- Hey you guys! Let's go to the HAMBURGER STREEEEET!!!
- Don't you mean, "HEI YU GAIZ?!"
- WA-SHI-NG-TON DEEEEE SEEEEEE!! DEEEEEEE SEEEEEEE (*wait for it...*) OH! OH!
- Pe-pe-pe-pe-pe-pechka...Let's face it, the anime producers have a team researching how to make the character songs as Ear Worm-y as possible.
- Yurayura xiang you lan, acchi wo xiang you lan!
- Know what's even funnier? His official album doesn't even come out until tomorrow.
- PAAAA-PA-PAA-PA-PAA-PA-PA-PANDA, PAA-PA-PA-PAA-PA-PA-PA-PANDA~
- And we thought the Hetalia ear worms were over: Oresama saikou! Saikyou! Saigo ni warau nowa Ja!
- Ren-ren-renaissance!
- It must be conspiracy: FUNimation must have read this page and decided to make the first trailer an inescapable...urrgh— This is! A museum! For the happy thoughts you been thinkin'!
- Lalalalalalalala~ Lalalalalalalala~
- The Season Two trailer as well. HEY-AH~ HEY-AH-OHHH~
- WA! WA! WA! World! WA! WA! WA! World~! World Ondo odorimashou~!
- Even Spain's getting in on it. "Genki ga deru omajinai~ Fusosososo! Fusososososo!"
- Ooh what about that bloody Hetalia Pocky Dance? If the song doesn't get you, the dance will...
- And now, thanks to certain people/countries we get to have Japanese AND Russian stuck in our heads: Sukiyo, sukisuki, daisuki! ya tebya lyublyu, ya tebya lyublyu, tebya lyublyu...
- Three weeks after its release, the third ending song is making sure season 5 keeps up with the wormy tradition.
- Love Destiny, the OP to Sister Princess.
- Toradora!: MY SILKY LOVE.
- Pretty much every music in Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and their movies.
- Special metion in the original series had "Melissa" and "Kesenai Tsumi", the first Opening and Ending, "Ready Steady Go", the insert song "Brothers" and "Rewrite". "Lost Heaven" for the movie.
- Honors to Brotherhood for "Again" (the first Opening), "Uso" (the first Ending), "Hologram" (the second opening), "Golden Time Lover" (the third opening), "Period" (the fourth opening), and "Shunkan Sentimental" (the fourth ending). "GOOD LUCK MY WAY" for the movie.
- School Days has the Insert song; "Kanashimi no, mukou e", Yandere (Horay!)
- The English version of the theme to Key the Metal Idol (or the original Japanese depending on your preference).
- Any show animated by Gonzo, Black Cat and Spiral in particular.
- Love Hina's Sakura Saku is catchy.
- Witch Hunter Robin has one of these for its opening. I'm not quite sure why.
- Black Lagoon ah...damn you Black Lagoon.
- Tokyo Mew Mew: Na, na, na, na-na, Na, na, na, na-na. One of 4kids' best songs...
- Katekyō Hitman Reborn! SHOW ME, FLY THE SKY!
- BOYS AND GIRLS BE AMBITIOUS! BOYS AND GIRLS KEEP IT REAL!
- KICK OFF! RIDE ON! LET'S GO!
- Let's not even get into the character songs. "Kufufu! kufufu! kufufu no fu!" or "ciaossu! ciaossu! ciao! ciao!"
- Two words: Sakura Addiction.
- HOOOOOOOOOOOOOME RUNNNN!!!]]
- This shows Gokudera's unwavering loyalty
- You're lying if you tell me you don't sing along to Listen to the radio tonight, tonight, tonight. Hayaku, Let's play again.
- Here's some enjoyable ear rape brought to you by Lussuria-neechan
- Ouran High School Host Club:
- Tales of Symphonia's OAV series opening song Almateria, even if the lyrics sound almost nonsensical.
- They're supposed to be the world's ancient language. You can almost make out the "Silvarant" and "Tethe'alla" in the chorus.
- Irresponsible Captain Tylor's opening. You'll see it and think 'It wasn't that catchy,' and then the next day you'll be humming "Ima sugu, sail away for future!" and wondering to yourself where you heard that . . .
- The ending is even worse. 1 2 3 4 5, ikizugi wo one two . . .
- Hamtaro will know just what to do, this will be our song, come on and siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
- The opening theme of Sketchbook ~full color'S~, Kaze Sagashi.
- Gravion: Uchikudake! Hagane no ude de SOLDIER OF SOLDIER! Tokihanate! Fuuin sareshi POWER OF POWER!
- The opening theme of Haré+Guu even invites you to sing along
- BIG BAD BOYS FROM OUTER SPACE! (ULT-I-MATE MUSCLE!) HERE TO BODY SLAM THE HUMAN RACE! ULT-I-MATE MUSCLE!
- Every. single. Kirarin. Revolution. theme song. They're all catchy and ALL have really bad vocals. Here are just some of them:
- Bararaika, bararaika, bararara kaikai!
- There's also the parody version (Link please?), Yaranaika. Lyrics are mostly the same... Sung by an older, Bara-type guy.
- san, ni, ichi zero, dasshu suru kara...
- Hana wo puun! Hana wo puun! Sunabbu kikasete hana wo puun!
- Dakara!! Happy!!
- Pa pa, amai amai papa no pankeeki ga!
- Daisuki ga afuresou! Happy Happy Sunday!! Happy Sunday!!!
- Ooki na ai de motenaishite, ooki na ai de motenaishite
- Ramutaratatan ramutaratatatan
- Chachachance!
- Olala contains Gratuitous French.
- Not a theme song, but Konnichi Pa is from an album released by Kirari's seiyuu and is a really bad Ear Worm.
- Serial Experiments Lain: I am falling, I am failing I am drowning, Help me to breathe...
- Saki has its first ending theme "Netsuretsu Kangei Wonderland", better known as "WAI WAI".
- And the music to the second (technically third, but the second appeared twice as a special ending song) is even catchier.
- "Clover" from SoltyRei. Nee ima made shiriakatta...
- "Discotheque" from Rosario + Vampire has the (always dangerous) mix of earworm and Dancing Theme to totally destroy your brain. Mizore somehow seems to have gained fans just from that video if the comments are any indication. Also a popular song live.
- Chaos;Head: You're always super special, that's why you are here with me!
- The first ending for Black Butler, "I'm Alive".
- The main title song for Robotech. Also used as a Theme Music Power-Up for the entire freaking series. Even reappears in orchestral form in the Shadow Chronicles movie.
- Odoru Ponpokorin. Chibi Maruko-chan may have this one all locked up- and not only is it a huge earworm whether in the original Japanese or redone by Captain Jack, but the visuals are straight up What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs?. See for yourself!
- Just about any Slayers song. Even Otome no Inori.
- Especially Otome no Inori!
- Xabungle: Hayate no yoo ni! Zabunguru! Zabunguru!
- "...She's a little fish from the deep blue sea.."
- The Japanese version is a lot more catchy. Doesn't help that the girl (Oohashi Nozomi) is ADORABLE.
- Shaman King has an oddly catchy theme tune in the dub, and you know what oddly catchy tunes become...
- My Neighbor Totoro: Tonari no Totoro, Toto-ro...
- Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok's ending theme: Bokutachi wa kitto tadoritsukeru kara inori-tsuzuketai Believe in Heaven!
- "Heart of Sword"
- "1/2" has awesome acoustics.
- Cardcaptor Sakura has many faaaaaaabulous Ear Worms.
- Catch You Catch Me
- Tobira o Akete
- Platinum
- Ashita e no Melody
- The "dub" (if one can call it that...) had a few Ear Worms of its own: Presenting Guardian of the Cards and Ordinary Girl. Admittedly not as good as the Japanese songs, but still just as catchy.
- Speaking of the dub, the first opening Will get lodged in your mind VERY easily. it may not play over and over, but just think about it and it will play in your mind on demand.
- CAAAAAAAAAAAAARD CAPTORS~! A MYSTIC ADVENTURE. CAAAAAAAAAAARD CAPTORS~! A QUEST FOR ALL TIME.
- Don't forget the surprisingly catchy "On the Wings of a Dream" sung by Tomoyo (or "Madison", as the "dub" decides to call her). She's a little squeaky on the high notes, but her duet with the Song card is very good.
- Now with more EUROBEEEAAAT.
- Waltz (which isn't an actual waltz), from Honey and Clover, performed by Suneohair. It's even more powerful to people who have seen the show, due to its tendency to start coming in before the end of each episode, and over the most poignant scenes. The highly recognizable yowling synthesizer tones in the intro add greatly to its impact.
- The opening for Lupin III. Even Adult Swim caught that one; they made a commercial for the show that was just the words "Da-da-daaaaa da-da-da" repeated over to fit the song.
- "Coloring Palette", the ending of GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class.
- Not to mention the OP, "Osaki ni S'il Vous Plait". Hitotsu~ hitotsu~ hitotsu~ hitotsu~
- The opening of Sweet Blue Flowers, performed by Kukikodan, is a rare mix of cheery, melancholic and romantic, which make for a haunting melody that is hard to shake off. It also forms a great combination with the visuals.
- Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah groooovin' magiiiic...
- LOVE & ROLL, the ending theme to Cencoroll. Can you hear me nee ima dokoro hen...
- Umineko: When They Cry: "Yami wo kirisaku OH DESIRE!" Dammit, why must every single song from that series be so made of win?
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: B-A-K-A-S-U-R-V-I-V-O-R
- Pani Poni Dash!'s first opening, Yellow Vacation. BUN BUN BU BU BUN KIIROI BAKANSU YO!
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex:
- "I am Calling Calling now, Spirits rise and falling" and "Save your tears for the day when our pain is far behind..."
- The former would be "Inner Universe", which can be heard over here.
- The latter would be Rise.
- Lithium Flower, S.A.C.'s first ending is pretty damn catchy, too.
- I Can't Be Cool.
- What's it really for
- "Living inside the shell"
I...hear a voice, hear a voice calling out to me (wake up)...
- Virtually any Pretty Cure theme. There is at least one song per Alternate Continuity that its fans cannot unhear.
- Futari wa Pretty Cure started it all with Danzen! Futari wa Pretty Cure! (Lyrics here).
- Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash Star's second Ending Theme, Ganbalance de Dance (Lyrics here), makes fans "Go Go!", indeed. Especially since the next continuity remixed it twice for both of its seasons' second endings!
- Yes! Pretty Cure 5's opening really made people Smile and Go Go! (Lyrics here)
- Fresh Pretty Cure!'s first Ending Theme, You make me h@ppy! (Lyrics here), has to be special with the cute dance routine and the random Gratuitous English phrases everywhere. It is quite the joy to hear.
- HeartCatch Pretty Cure! won its fans over with both its opening (Lyrics here) and its second Ending Theme, Song of Tommorow (Lyrics here). The latter's case is special because it even has a freaking English version despite the franchise's tendency to stay in Japan.
- Suite Pretty Cure ♪'s opening started off with a sweetly angelic La, La, La La La to start the show off right! (Lyrics here).
- Smile Pretty Cure!'s opening (Lyrics here) may be too cute, but there are no points for correctly guessing what it made the fans do!
- DokiDoki! Precure's first ending, Beyond the Sky (Lyrics here),, has enthusiasm that is absolutely contagious.
- Happiness Charge Pretty Cure's opening was actually leaked about a week before the show officially aired on February 2, 2014. The DJ's in the associated video seem to be very pleased and excited if that's any indication. Here is the full version and its lyrics.
- Ei-e-n no tomodachi! Precure! from Pretty Cure All Stars (Lyrics here)
- School Rumble opening and closing themes.
- And School Rumble 4 Ever, which aired as an ending only once, is quite catchy. Hey! Hey! Hey! Yo, yo, yo, yo.
- Kodomo no Omocha: Ultra Relax: Once it stops seeming borderline insane, you will never get it out of your head.
- Gravitation: Glaring Dream and Sleepless beauty
- Crayon Shin-chan's dub ending — "Woke up late this morning, a storm was really rolling..."
- "...Does this mean we can get back together?"
- "Miracle Happy Day", The Sacred Blacksmith, especially after seeing the actual ending (can't locate T_T)
- Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun - "Fure Fure Adorena-Escalashon!"
- Ojamajo Doremi — pick a witchling sing-a-long from the dub, opening, ending, or even Lullabye of Lupinus and try to get it out of your head.
- Pick just about any song, dub or original, and see if you can get it out of your head!
- Taisho Baseball Girls: Toukyou no chuusuu wa Maru-no-uchi, Hibiya-kouen, Ryougiin...
- Natsu no Arashi!: Atashi dake ni KAAAKETEEEEEEE
- Magical Play: PA-DO-DO PA-PA-DO-WA, PA-DO-DO PA-PA-DO-WA!
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Two worlds collide on the inside...
- Fushigi Yuugi gives us this immortal gem: "Maiagare, Suzaku... miracle la!"
- And from the same song: "Itooshi hito no tame ni/Ima nani ga, dekiru ka na?"
- The ending theme. Just... the ending theme.
- This anime's insert instrumentals can and will end up in your head.
- Saiunkoku Monogatari has this: "Hajimari no kaze yo..."
- The first opening of A Certain Scientific Railgun, complete with nonsense Gratuitous English. Learn the full song and get it out of your head, dare you.
- Kare Kano: Yume no naka e...yume no naka e...ooh-ooh-ooh...ooh-ooh-ooh...ooh-ooh-ooh...saaa!
- Konya wa Hurricane of Bubblegum Crisis.
- Dinosaur King's opening theme (the american dub that is). So..catchy.
- You should all be ashamed to not include Sakura Wars's theme and all its renditions.
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, especially the opening for the second season and the opening for the first half of the third season.
- Innocent Starter is also very catchy.
- Macron One's English dub opening. Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma-Macron One! Ma-Ma-Ma-Macron One!
- Baka And Test Summonthe Beasts: PAFECT ERIA COMPURITO!
- LET'S, VOLT, IN! Filipino Anime fans have this song stuck in their heads.
- Braiger: J9 J9 nasake muyou ASUTEROIDO BERUTO no ARUTOROO mo furuedasu KOZUMO RENJAA J9
- SOLAR WIND!
- Sweeter than the feeling of a fever! So now, what you want me to do?! (From Onmyou Taisenki.)
- Sgt. Frog: Kero kero kero Iza susume...Chikyuu shinryaku seyo~
- fight for your justice from Vandread 2nd stage
- zero from sands of destruction (world destruction)
- Musouka from Utawarerumono.
- The OP of WORKING. Also counts as Memetic Mutation. SOMEWAN WAN WAN
- The second opening and the two endings aren't any less catchy either.
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water: ima kimi no meni, ippari no mirai... tsubete wo KA-GA yakasuu~! If you aren't tapping your feet by the middle of the song, you have no soul or beat. It also has a freakin' sweet guitar solo.
- Uchuu! Space! Number one! Sengoku majin number one!
- The Ending Theme of Shin Koihime†Musou: Otome Tairan ("AH-YAH! AH-YAH! AH-YAH! EEYAH! EEYAH!"). Made more addictive by a touch of 80's beat, and lots of cute Super-Deformed girls filling the screen.
- All the openings of Nodame Cantabile. All of them...
- Gate Keepers: Atsu no egao no tame ni...!
- To Love-Ru: Forever We Can Make It! Saigou no CHYANSU now is the time Minogasanai only once, KEGA osoreteinai de forever we can make it
- Many, many, many many Super Robot themes are made of this. This toper is currently listening to Ai Wo Shitta Yajuu You Ni, by Kazuki Yao, from Dancougar. It doesn't sound like much the first time you listen to it, but it buries itself into your brain pretty quick.
- From Gintama: Mr. Raindrop, Fallin' away from me now~
- Plenty of the ops and eds fall into this category, including the first pair of the new season; Tougenkyou Alien & Samurai Heart.
- GET ! GET ! GEEEETTEEEEEEEER ! GEEEEETTEEEEEERRRR ROBOOOOOOOOO !!!
- Kaiji has a cover of another Blue Hearts song for its OP. And it happens to be every bit as catchy as its counterpart.
- Calling all Spider Riders!
- The fourth opening of Bakemonogatari, Renai Circulation. Fuwa fuwa ri, fuwa fuwa ru~
- D.Gray-Man: The Lord Me~len~i~um, is in search of you/Looking for the heart now, have you heard the news?
- Maria†Holic's opening (aptly named nosebleed) and ending, a cover of Yellow Magic Orchestra's (think a Japanese Depeche Mode) Kimi no Mune Kyun.
- Staying on the note of SHAFT anime and covers of famous songs, the OP of Soredemo Machiwa Mawatteiru as well. DOWN TOWN e kuridasou... No video because Youtube takes them all down, unfortunately.
- The Gratuitous English in the Sky Girls theme is pretty memorably bad to begin with, but add the catchy tune and it's stuck. "Please call me maiden sky girls. Rising crazy? Don't worry we are the sky girls ...do want to do?"
- What? No
Pantsu Strike Witches here yet? THIS IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. I shall correct—Watashi Ni Dekiru Koto....—DAMMIT, GET OUT OF OF MY HEAD!!! Oh,and Bookmark A Head
- Despite having only three songs to it, the music from ''Devil May Cry: The Animated Series can easily get stuck in your head
- D.M.C, the show's instrumental opening theme. Makes good music for most any shooter game.
- Tonari no Totoro, TOTORO!
- Seriously. Am I the only one who frequently belts out random The Prince of Tennis songs? Ahh... Wonderful days (Wonderful days) or Kaze no tabibito wa... Not to mention Valentine Kiss.
- GO! GO! MARS uchuu wo kakero GO! GO! GO! Yasumu koto naku
- Seriously, I'm surprised the page has gone THIS far without mentioning the opening theme for F-Zero Falcon Densetsu - THE MEANING OF TRUTH. Tsuyoku hakanaki mono yo kono te wo hiki michibiite, Shinjitsu to yoberu basho ga aru nara
- Witchblade: Wow, you folks have no love for XTC, from the band ''Psychic Lover'', people? It's a damn good song.
- Once you've had a few episodes to become familiar with the tune, good luck getting the hauntingly beautiful opening of Soranowoto out of your head for a while.
- BEYBLADE, BEYBLADE, METAL FIGHT! BEYBLADE, BEYBLADE, METAL HEART!
- Yumeiro Pâtissière: "Shiawase o ageru yo, yumeiro no, patissiere! ICHIGO FRAISE ET FRAMBOISE! HAPPY HAPPY MACARON, HAPPINESS MADE GO!
- Hime Chen Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri:
- PURI PURI, RIRU PURI
- Actually, any Lilpri song, and that includes the 2nd OP and ED (neither of which appeared in the original arcade game).
- MAXON!(MAXON)MAXON!(MAXON!)
- Trigun. You could play this on the radio and people would be mistaken that it's a classic rock song they just never heard of.
- Both in the show and in real life, the little song that Rem sings will haunt your memory forever. Sort of like this.
- Yuki and her band, Kalafina. It just busts all rules and claim win EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. They are the reason I HAD to hate Kyubee, corrupting and eating little girl's souls...
- ClariS(spelled with the "S" as a capital letter) with their OP song for Madoka: Connect, once you know whose perspective it seems to belong to...Homura's. Also their earlier song for Oreimo...
- No love for Strawberry Marshmallow ? Well, there is now. Ichigo Complete is quite the ear worm, as is Miu's character image song.
- Yatterman 2008 provides us with GIMME UP! Woo... GIMME UP! Woo...
- The OP for Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl quickly becomes one of these if you don't decide to stop the song straight away because of how weird it sounds at first (It's Studio Shaft, what did you expect?). Did I mention that the anime in question hasn't aired as of when this entry was added? It was leaked before the anime started.
- Freezing OP COLOR is awesome and catchy.
- Nichijou, Kyoto Animation's Spring 2011 anime series, has a rare combination of having two incredibly catchy songs as an opening and ending, a feat last known to be achieved by The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
- Opening: Hyadain no Kakakata☆Kataomoi-C. Shabba dabba deeby doo-wah ba dee yeah...
- Ending: Zzz. Ureshii na, ureshii na, hajimemashita, koigokoro...
- Now the ending has an a capella version!!
- I preferred the opening and ending that was in the first few episodes. Listened to them for hours.
- It being sung by 2PM does not help... "michi naru sekai eto mai agarun da... dakara (dakara) sonote hanasa nai de...."
- The Helvetica Standard BGM's can keep many heads busy for days.
- Blue Exorcist has UVERworld's COREPRIDE... "kore ga sou "pride" sorezore no basho de..."
- NEEDLESS: ARE YOU READY TO THE ACTION?
- The opening of Demonbane seems fairly forgettable at first, but then it picks up speed... and those last few bars just STICKS in your damn ears.
- Dororon Enma-kun: MERA MERA MERA MERA!
- The World God Only Knows has an epic first season opening as well as an 8 minute version of it
- CENTURY COLOR! MILLION COLOR! Turn-A Gundam's second Opening Theme.
- Turn-A Turn is no slouch either when it comes to Ear Worm capabilities.
- Magical Stage Fancy Lala's opening, Kuchibiru ni Negai O Komete is a toxic addicting sugar rush.
- The Ping-Pong Club has its insane opening (GENKI DAZE EVERYBODAYYYYYYYYY, as well as Maeno's nonsense song in either language.
- Almost all the songs from Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, Legend of Mermaid and Kuro no Kyousoukyoku ~Concerto~ especially.
- When The Idolmaster got turned into anime expect your brain to become Swiss cheese.
- If anyone can sing "Sei ippai kagayaku, kagayaku hoshi ni nare" right out of their head immediately, it means you definitely have watched the first season of Cinderella Girls (or played the Starlight Stage rhythm game).
- Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor: Bokura wa Mezashita SHANGURI-RA
- Mawaru-Penguindrum is pretty damn catchy. Now, say it with me...SEIZON SENRYAKUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!.
- Both of the openings "Nornir" and "Boys, Come Back to Me" will get stuck in your head for days.
- The opening for Carnival Phantasm, Super Affection.
- Kimi to issho ga ichiban!
- Tiger & Bunny has a pretty epic soundtrack, and the opening and ending themes are earworms in the extreme.
- When Kotetsu and Barnaby's duet was released the fandom had a collective eargasm.
- And Barnaby's solo is prone to cause the word 'justice' (with a very...unique intonation to it) to echo in your ears for days.
- The opening to Mirai Nikki,Kuusou Mesorogiwi, besides the hauntingly amazing visuals, is definitely an instant earworm.
- Mokke: Kokoro no Ato. Ever better, the end of the song sounds like a loop of the beginning, before it ends.
- Shakugan no Shana very first opening.
- CLANNAD gets both an addictive opening and an even more addictive ending. Plus, the latter is cute enough that you'll watch it over and over.
- Much of stuff by this producer, like Air and Kanon, qualifies. Especially Kanon's original opening.
- The Return of the Condor Heroes. Both the live action, and the anime.
- This fragment from Shina Dark surely is catchy. ~Doko ni mo nai, doko demo nai~
- Guilty Crown: Euterpe and My Dearest can get stuck in your head for DAYS! SO EVERYTHING THAT MAKES ME WHOLE ima kimi ni sasage you... I'm yours....
- The Everlasting Guilty Crown, Everlasting indeed. Kizuite, Sono me wa tagai o mitomeru tame...
- Actually we could say that both openings and endings qualify, because kokuhaku enters your ear and won't come out. Ever. Especially after episode 15... right?
- MITSUDOMOE!!! demo demo datte iiwake shinai no, shukudai nante hottokou yo ... I STILL can't get this out of my head! Hitoha's the BEST!
- Fresh Pretty Cure!: Fresh! Fresh! Fresh!
- The ED to Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai! is the most cuteseycatchy thing in the known Universe. Kuru kuru mawaru odoru kimi no COLORINGU...
- Absolutely everything from Rurouni Kenshin!
- El Cazador de la Bruja: Taco, taco, tacosu, oishii tacosu...
- Haiyore! Nyarko-san's anime adaptation's theme song. Chaos, Chaos, I wanna Chaos!
- The third OVA even references the catchiest parts from the first and second intros.
Nyaruko: "Oo" will be "Nya"! "San" will be "Pinch"!
- Junjou Romantica: Sono te hanasanaide, hanasanaide, boku wa soba ni iru kara!
- Accel World's opening gets the double standard of Being epic and earwormy "Fumikonde mezameruuu...CHASING THE WORLD!"
- Don't forget the ending by KOTOKO: Motto tsuyoku, kono ryoute de~
- And now we have "Burst The Gravity." TO A FASTER STAGE? OH YEAH, YEAH! NOW YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU WANNA GO! ACCEL WORLD!
- Hanamaru Sensation... aw dammit, not again. GECCHU riaru shibatte picchi naitatata...ah... BUUBBUUBBUU!! (Just don't assume the show itself is like this. It can get really fucked up.)
- Moette kuru fly away! Try unite tonight... That song alone proves once and for all that shoujo Super Robot shows like Rinne no Lagrange do have potential.
- The first ending song for Fate/stay night, Anata Ga Ita Mori. The first line is constantly echoing in your head after you hear it.
- I'm surprised no-one has mentioned any of the opening/closing songs for Cardfight!! Vanguard yet, so here -
- Fate/Zero's openings and endings are extreme earworms for both seasons.
- Hyouka: Taikutsu na madobe ni, fukikomu kaze ni...
- Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu's trademark call.
Fu-mo-fu-mo-fu-mo-fumoffu-mo Fu-mo-fu-mo-fu-mo-fumoffu-mo!
- The openings of MM!. There are two openings which are similar to each other; one, a sort of pop rock version and a J-pop version for the second half of the series. Both have one thing in common. "Chu-ru-chu-chu chu-chu-chu chu-ru chu! Yes help you!"
- The opening of Humanity Has Declined pa-para-pa-pa-pa.
- "Up, Ladybug, Up", the preview for the new cartoon Miraculous Ladybug. It's quiet, but it stick with you.
- In my World by ROOKIEZ is PUNK'D Unmei nante kuso kurei... Damnit Blue Exorcist!
- Forest, from the El Cazador OST.
- One of the end themes of Ayashi no Ceres, ''One''.
- Angel Beats!'s OP is no doubt an ear worm, just try to get it out of your head.
- Date A Live: Okay, it might not have aired yet, but THIS is really REALLY catchy. Try, just try to get it out of your head.
- Zetsuen no Tempest s First opening, Spirit Inspiration
- Almost every song from Senki Zesshou Symphogear, including its sequels. Particular mentions must go to all three O Ps and E Ds. With Nana Mizuki singing all three OP: "Synchrogazer", "Vitalization", and "Exterminate" and Ayahi Takagaki sings all three endings, serving as counterpoint to Nana Mizuki: Meteor Light, Next Destination and Re-birth Day.
- On Symphogear Battle Songs, Chris' G battle song qualify: Bye-Bye Lullaby HYAHA!! GO TO HELL!!
- Psycho-Pass's second opening, Out of Control, and its catchy chorus: ''CAUSE I FEEEEEEEEEEL, I CAN SHOW ME EVERYTHING TO YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU
- Uta No Prince Sama's DOKI DOKI DE KOWARESOU SEN PAA-SEN LOVE.
- Kill la Kill:
- DON'T LOSE YOUR WAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY.... The song qualifies due to it playing nearly every single episode and being very catchy lyrics used for lots of Moment of Awesome.
- Blumenkranz also counts due to that it plays a lot in the second half. This turned it into what many people consider to be one of the best villain themes. Diese welt ist grausam, es ist traurig aber wahr.
- Chiisana Kyojin Microman: BIG My Heart!
- Super Doll★Licca-chan: Ne Ne Ne!
- Attack on Titan's 1st opening, Guren no Yumiya, particularly with the opening stanza which became memetic: Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jäger!
- The second opening gives you Wohlan Freund! Jetzt hier ist ein Sieg. Dies ist der erste Gloria. O, mein Freund! Feiern wir diesen Sieg, für den nächsten Kampf! sung to the tune of La Marseillaise (the national anthem of France)
- The opening for season 2 is also quite the contender... Sasageyo! Sasageyo! Shinzou wo sasageyo!
- Log Horizon's OP and ED are this. In fact, "Database" was so infectious that they actually kept it for the Season 2 OP.
- Knights of Sidonia's OP "Sidonia" by angela. UCHIKUDAKE (Knights of Sidonia)...
- "Meipuru Taun ni oide yo..."
- "Living each day, we laugh and we play. My favorite place to be. Maple Town and me!"
- Akuma no Riddle's last ending, Queen.
- Opening themes to Legend of Galactic Heroes (bonus as they are originally sung in English):
- "...Skies of Love"
- "...I'll Be waiting for you"
- "...Lay down your heart into the sea of the stars"
- The fourth and final opening theme song failed in every aspect, however.
- Space Carrier Blue Noah: The closing theme has a very distinct Latin beat to it. Awesome with and especially without the lyrics as in the English Thundersub dub.
- A good chunk of the songs from Love Live! School Idol Project. Most notable examples are the opening theme Bokura wa Ima no Naka de, No Brand Girls, and KiRaKiRa Sensation.
- Season 2 isn't far behind: Sore ga Bokutachi no Kiseki and Donna Toki mo Zutto.
- Now with the School Idol Movie, expect Angelic Angel, Sunny Day Song and Bokutachi wa Hitotsu no Hikari.
- From Aikatsu (which never leaves): I BELIEVE THAT I LOVE YOU HAVE GROWN, THERE'S NO USELESS THING FOR OUR DREAM
- High School Dx D: a rare in universe example is the Oppai Dragon Song. Now Defictionalized for the Anime. ZOOM ZOOM IYAAN!
- The first opening tune to Your Lie in April, Hikaru Nara, is definitely one.
- While most of its opening songs don't qualify, the very first opener of Detective Conan was hard to forget.
- kotae de mo nai / hontou de mo nai / Shinjiteru no ha / Mune no doki doki / Mune no doki doki datte
- Kimi mo fallin' love, doin' love... If you thought this was a magical girl show from those lyrics alone, you weren't far off.
- Second season brings us the VEPPER brothers and their transformation song ''Star The VEPPer''". VEPPER KONO GARAKUSHIIIIIIII, KAKERU FUTATSU HOSHIIIIIIIIIII. Lucky you if you can get it off your mind.
- U! M! R! Hai! U! M! R! Hai! Uma janai yo Umaru!
- Zankyou no Terror's ending is something out of this world, and you'll definitely find yourself humming it afterwards Bokura wa uta~
- From Midori no Makibao: Hashire Makibao by FMAP, the opening theme. You can listen to it here.
- Tokyo Ravens has both Opening themes. The first supplies "FIGHT! KEEP HOLDING ON" while the second has "BLOW UP THE DAAAAARK!".
- Yuyushiki: The opening and closing credits have their charms. Not surprising, given how both songs were composed by the group Exit Tunes, more well-known for their Vocaloid albums.
- No Game No Life has its opening that won't stop earworm status any time soon... We are maverick kyuusai nante iranai~~
- and probably anything sung by Konomi Suzuki, period.
- For One-Punch Man, Courtesy of JAM Project: ONE-PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWNNNCH!!!!!!
- The first ending theme for Is This a Zombie?, "Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate desu".
- Daisuki! BuBu ChaCha: The theme song. Try to not let it get stuck in your head.
- The ending theme of Occultic;Nine, Open Your Eyes. "One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Nine."
- Both the Japanese and German (along with the dubs of those) versions of Heidi, Girl of the Alps has really good opening songs that do damn good jobs of getting stuck in your head:
- All the openings to Jojo's Bizzare Adventure, no matter which one you go choose, you will get it stuck in your head.
- The battle music from Noragami "Noratan, noratan, noratan, noratan..."
- Blood Blockade Battlefront has Sugar Song & Bitter Step.
