Favorite Japanese XY(And Z) Opening?

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

Okay since we just got XY&Z's opening, which may be the last of the series, considering we're nearly at the tail end, which of the four opening's we've had do you think are your favorite? We don't already have a topic for this do we? I don't think? Anyway...

V(Volt) XY001-XY028
Mega V(Mega Volt XY 029-XY054
Mad Paced Getter(Getta Banban) XY 055-XY092
XY&Z XY093-Present

Personally V(Volt) is my all time favorite of this series. Its that one song that reminds me of what Pokemon Johto did in the dub. It gets you excited for a new journey, its catchy, even if its not in English, and incredibly upbeat! Its the song I'd actually LOVE to see get a full scale English translated performance. The opening introduces XY in a great way and really gave us a sneak peak at the dynamic between the group, and introduced their character. The Mega V remix is pretty nice and I absolutely love the "Kiori hanahiraku" line at the end, after repeating all the Pokemon types.

 

[Alola]

Maybe add a poll to this thread as well?

 

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

Maybe add a poll to this thread as well?

Ah! Yes I should

 

[ManUtd22]

I loved Dragon gusoto song, I loved Mad Paced Getta(Getta Banban), but the best is xyz
I hate mega V(Mega Volt)

 

[Mareepy]

As a song V Volt win out. The animation was cool and the song itself is fantastic.

Getta Ban Ban and XY&Z lose out by not being as good as a stand alone song. I had more satisfaction listening to V Volt without any animations.

But in terms of animation, XY&Z wins by one whole mile. Followed by Getta Ban Ban and V Volt.

Mega Volt is just awful in all sense for me....

 

[ii kanji]

XY&Z, V (Volt) and Getta Ban Ban are all almost equal for me... As OPs, all 3 fit brilliantly the part of the arc they represent (intro, middle, climax) and consequently create the right level of hype to get in the mood for the upcoming episode. I like all 3 (a lot) as songs and the animation this series has been outstanding.

However XY&Z pips it for me because I like the song so much more and the animation for this OP is arguably the best Pokemon has ever had. The other 2 songs are unlucky because it's not fair to expect anyone to sing an OP better than Rica Getta Ban Ban is particularly unlucky because it's the least "exciting" of the songs (because it had to be - imagine a song like XY&Z preceding a mid-saga filler?! We'd all be so disappointed in life!)

As for Mega Volt, I don't know why they bother with these stupid remixes. I'm not sure I've ever liked even one. Just keep the original song and change the animation if need be! The Mega version added nothing IMO.

 

[Perpetual_Phoenix]

Definitely XY and Z. It's just so good for a multitude of reasons. The hype that oozes out of it is glorious and I wish I had more of it.

 

[Almonds]

V Volt, Getta Banban, and XY&Z all tie for me. I love all the songs. V Volt was a great song that introduced us to Kalos and Ash's new journey, and the animation was awesome. Getta Banban was another awesome song with an addictive chorus, and I liked how it highlighted Citron vs Ash.

But I picked XY&Z because it's just fantastic. The lyrics are simple, but I love how it's so upbeat while teasing us with major characters - mainly Greninja and Team Flare. Also, it made me grow fond of Zygarde. I hated all of Zygarde's forms initially because I thought they went overboard with it, but the animated sequence definitely makes them look a lot epic

Mega Volt wasn't bad, but the song and animation just promoted Mega Evolution and the Korrina arc.

 

[Dogasu]

Mine are XY&Z, Volt (Matsumoto Rika version even though that was never used as the opening), and then Getta Ban-Ban for me.

As for Mega Volt, I don't know why they bother with these stupid remixes.

To sell more CDs while putting in the least amount of work, obviously

 

[Galactic_V]

I love all XY openings. Not for the songs, they're just a thing that made me like them... However the animation gives me that good feeling and anxiety towards the show.
And my favorite were Mega Volt, you know when it shows Satoshi facing Citron? Wow, that sure thrilled me.
This one (XY & Z) 's not different. Some of BW and DP OPs didn't give me this feeling, and I watched AG entirely in Portuguese before moving to the Japanese version so it wasn't "new" to me.

 

[Shadowlarvitar]

XYZ. It's perfect. Only Sawyer ruins the moment with his presence

 

[Nicolas721]

I'd say XYZ, bcecause it flows the best out of XY openings. It still has the sin of being predictable.

-Second place goes to Getter ban ban, it's a very cool song that makes a great introduction to the series but too redundant with some scenes.

-Third place is Mega V. The beggining is great, but the chorus drags on battles with characters that haven't come back since, and the last seconds give too much focus to specific events that were a couple of episodes away of the opening's debut. The Serena version fixed the last part but it was rather unexciting. And the singing was terrible.

-Last and least is Volt. The animation is just terrible, almost all of it happened in a generic grassland, and it made the beggining of XY even more boring and unexciting than it actually was.

 

[kantoskies]

For me V Volt just because I loved it instantly. It was upbeat, catchy, had the new-series optimism/enthusiasm to it, and I didn't mind the heavy voice filters. I never much cared for Mega Volt, it was just kind of a cheap remix and I would've preferred it if they had just kept the original song but used the new animation.

Getta Ban-ban is a close second, but falls short only because I didn't really care for it at first. XY&Z isn't doing much for me right now but I've started warming up to it so who knows?

 

[Illus]

I love them all equally. <3 <3 <3

 

[sc190191]

Getta banban is ridiculously catchy. I have no idea what is being said, but it gets caught in my head