Derek Lieu edited together 93 opening credit sequences to present you "Every Anime Opening Ever Made". Tongue-in-cheek of course, nevertheless Derek managed to break down the opening sequence to very familiar elements - my favorite ? The running sequence ! I found some quotes from Derek about this video.
It's always amused me the repeated imagery that exist in anime opening credit sequences. This video doesn't cover them all, but it has a lot of the big ones. Interesting thing I learned, if a character is running it's overwhelmingly to the left of the screen.
I first started thinking about this years ago when I saw the X-Men intro that they made in Japan to replace the American one. The part that especially hit home was Wolverine, and Cyclops standing on some nondescript land mass.
See the video on YouTube. Oh, interesting to note on his Twitter, he remarked "It's odd anime haters think I made my anime OP video because I don't like anime. Who would put that much effort into something they hate?"
