YMMV / Cristina D'Avena

• Anvilicious:
  • "I Puffi Sanno", one of her theme songs for The Smurfs (1981), is not so much about the Smurfs themselves, but rather a pro-environment Earth Song based on "the Smurfs are nature-lovers" concept. The song is also the most frequently seen on TV of all the Smurfs' Italian openings.
  • "Tutti Abbiamo un Cuore" is the theme song for an anime adaptation of Little Women, but has nothing to do with the series and is instead a sugary ballad about respecting other living creatures and how God gave everyone a heart.
• Awesome Music:
  • All the Sailor Moon theme songs, but especially Sailor Moon R, the second opening. It's dark, mysterious, has a beautiful and catchy melody, without being too cheesy (Cristina's theme songs are often guilty of saccharine).
  • Slayers, despite having a long and nonsensical Completely Different Title in the Italian dub, is considered one of Cristina's best works.
  • The Rose of Versailles. While the first Italian opening performed by I Cavalieri del Re is more iconic, even the Cristina D'Avena version is loved by fans.
  • Among her upbeat songs, Robin Hood is one of the coolest, and the instrumentals are very good as well.
  • The theme song for Papyrus is not one of her most famous openings, but the song (and Cristina's voice in it) is incredibly charming and fits a series about ancient Egyptian culture very well.
• Broken Base:
  • Among Italian anime fans, Cristina's theme songs are either the best part of their childhood, or way too childish and an insult to the original Japanese openings. Basically, nostalgics against anime purists. There is also a third group of older Italian fans who grew up with other Italian theme songs (such as the ones sung by Rocking Horse or I Cavalieri del Re) before Cristina D'Avena came in, and they obviously claim that the older Italian theme songs are the only acceptable ones.
  • There are also older fans who appreciate Cristina's work in The '80s (and to a lesser extent, The '90s) and claim that her decline started with the Giorgio Vanni era in the The 2000s, although many others disagree and like Giorgio Vanni's Eurobeat style.
• First Installment Wins: Her Breakthrough Hit "La canzone dei Puffi" (also known as "Noi Puffi Siam Così") was her first theme song of The Smurfs (1981), and still remains the most popular and well-known Italian theme song of the series. Quite impressive, since it only aired in 1982-83, while in reruns it's always replaced by the other theme songs of The Smurfs released later (especially the aforementioned "I Puffi Sanno"). Despite this, Italians still associate The Smurfs with that song, and it's also the most viewed on Youtube of all the Smurf's Italian openings, even beating "I Puffi Sanno".
• LGBT Fanbase: Having become famous in The '80s with campy Alternative Foreign Theme Songs this was inevitable, and she apparently reciprocates, as she was the very first guest judge on the Italian version of RuPaul's Drag Race (with the bottom 2 queens lip-syncing to her theme for Cat's Eye). However, as of 2022, her apparent support of a far-right and openly homophobic party has caused some Broken Base, with many queer fans feeling betrayed and/or seeing her support as disingenuous.
• Suspiciously Similar Song: Her theme song of Sailor Moon S sounds like La Isla Bonita, especially in the chorus.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!:
  • As seen in Broken Base, some old anime series already had other Italian theme songs, before Cristina D'Avena released her own versions with different songs in the 90's and 2000's. Older fans tend to dislike the new theme songs, although some of them still managed to become iconic thanks to the next generations of fans.
  • While most of her replacement theme songs have their fans and detractors, nobody liked Cristina D'Avena's version of Hello! Spank and Attack No. 1, both released in the The '90s and quickly forgotten. All the Italian fans still associate these two anime with their first Italian theme songs of the The '80s.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not Political?: All the four seasons of the Cristina sitcom have different theme songs. The first three are about Cristina herself having many friends, loving music, and realizing her dreams. And then there's season 4: the title is "Cristina, We are the Europe" and the opening credit's song is all about praising the European Union. It was released in 1991 after all.