The results of our 2024 Anime of the Year Awards are starting to get announced, and here are the winners of the best opening and ending theme songs. The nominees were the top 5 songs from each of the season, including the results for:
Starting with the endings, “Nobody” by OneRepublic from Kaiju No. 8 won the first place. With votes from a little over 10,000 people, the song got 9.96% of the votes. It was followed by “Burning” by Hitsujibungaku from OSHI NO KO Season 2 and “Koishiteru Jibun sura Aiseru n da” by Kohana Lam. You can see the full ranking below.
Top 20 Best Anime Ending Songs of the Year | 2024
| Rank | Title | Title Alt | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | “Nobody” by OneRepublic Kaiju No. 8 | Kaiju No. 8 | 9.96% |
| 2nd | “Burning” by Hitsujibungaku | Oshi no Ko Season 2 | 8.8% |
| 3rd | “Koishiteru Jibun sura Aiseru n da” by Kohana Lam | The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 | 7.33% |
| 4th | “Ai wa Kusuri” by wacci | The Apothecary Diaries | 6.61% |
| 5th | “MONOCHROME” by suisoh | Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 – The Conflict | 6.13% |
| 6th | “TAIDADA” by ZUTOMAYO | Dan Da Dan | 5.56% |
| 7th | “Anytime Anywhere” by milet | Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End | 5.2% |
| 8th | “Tokoshie” by HYDE & MY FIRST STORY | Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc | 5.14% |
| 9th | “request” by krage | Solo Leveling | 4.95% |
| 10th | “Hitohira” by sweet ARMS | Date A Live V | 4.86% |
| 11th | “Teenage Blue” by Eve | Blue Box | 4.25% |
| 12th | “LOVE 2000” by Anna Yanami (Hikaru Toono) | Too Many Losing Heroines! | 4.17% |
| 13th | “NOX LUX” by MYTH & ROID | Re:ZERO Season 3 | 4.13% |
| 14th | “Muteki” by Young Kee | Wind Breaker | 4.09% |
| 15th | “Kawaikute Gomen” by Alya (Sumire Uesaka) | Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian | 3.67% |
| 16th | “Ano Hi no Mama no Bokura” by Aqua, Megumin, Darkness | KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 | 3.63% |
| 17th | “Chiisana Koi no Uta” by Alya (Sumire Uesaka) | Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian | 3.18% |
| 18th | “Konse Dai Kakumei” by Yui Ninomiya | Classroom of the Elite Season 3 | 3.05% |
| 19th | “Anta Nante.” by Riria. | Ranma 1/2 | 2.71% |
| 20th | “CHE.R.RY” by Alya (Sumire Uesaka) | Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian | 2.6% |
Moving on the best opening songs of the year for 2024, there is not much surprise. Three viral hits are in the top 3 spots, including two songs from Creepy Nuts, whom we had the opportunity to interview last year.
The winner is “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” from MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Season 2, which became a sensation last year and exceeded 300 million views just last month. “Otonoke,” also by Creepy Nuts, was another hit coming as a tie-in for DAN DA DAN. In third is another song no one could miss last year “Shika-iro Days” by Shika-bu, also known as “Shikanokonokonokokoshitantan.”
Check out the full results below.
Top 20 Anime Opening Songs of the Year | 2024
| Rank | Title | Title Alt | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” by Creepy Nuts | Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 2 | 12.35% |
| 2nd | “Otonoke” by Creepy Nuts | Dan Da Dan | 10.59% |
| 3rd | “Shika-iro Days” by Shika-bu | My Deer Friend Nokotan | 8.83% |
| 4th | “Boku wa…” by Atarayo | The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 | 6.73% |
| 5th | “LEveL” by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] feat. TOMORROW X TOGETHER | Solo Leveling | 6.27% |
| 6th | “Haru” by Yorushika | Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End | 5.09% |
| 7th | “Fatale” by GEMN | Oshi no Ko Season 2 | 4.97% |
| 8th | “Abyss” by YUNGBLUD | Kaiju No. 8 | 4.9% |
| 9th | “Without any words” by SIX LOUNGE | Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict | 4.58% |
| 10th | “Ambivalent” by Uru | The Apothecary Diaries | 4.22% |
| 11th | “Mugen” by MY FIRST STORY & HYDE | Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc | 4.2% |
| 12th | “Zettai Reido” by natori | Wind Breaker | 4.15% |
| 13th | “1-Ban Kagayaku Hoshi” by Alya (Sumire Uesaka) | Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian | 4.05% |
| 14th | “Paradoxes” by Miyu Tomita | Date A Live V | 3.92% |
| 15th | “Tsuyogaru Girl” by Botchi Boromaru feat. Mossa (Necry Talkie) | Too Many Losing Heroines! | 3.55% |
| 16th | “Same Blue” by Official HIGE DANdism | Blue Box | 3.29% |
| 17th | “Reweave” by Konomi Suzuki | Re:ZERO: Starting Life in Another World Season 3 | 3.12% |
| 18th | “Iinazukkyun” by ano | Ranma 1/2 | 1.87% |
| 19th | “On the Frontline” by hitorie | Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 | 1.76% |
| 20th | “Plan A” by DISH// | The Elusive Samurai | 1.56% |
Do you think the 2024 best opening and ending song winners deserved it or do you think someone else should have won? Let us know! Check out our 2024 Seiyuu of the Year winners, and stay tuned for the rest of our 2024 Anime of the Year Awards in the following days!
In the meantime, you can vote for our Winter 2025 weekly rankings.
Featured image:
MASHLE © Hajime Komoto / Shueisha/Mashle Production Committee
Kaiju No. 8 ©JAKDF 3rd Division ©Naoya Matsumoto/SHUEISHA
DAN DA DAN ©Yukinobu Tatsu/SHUEISHA, DANDADAN Production Committee
OSHI NO KO ©Aka Akasaka x Mengo Yokoyari/Shueisha, “OSHI NO KO” Partners
My Deer Friend Nokotan © 2020 Oshioshio / Kodansha Ltd.; © Oshioshio, Kodansha / Hino Minami High School Deer Club
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