OP Theme Popularity Poll [2016 Spring Anime]", the results are in!　GLAY's "Destopia", which received over 3,000 votes, took first place by a landslide!

Akiba Research Institute's anime portal "Anipota" conducted the "2016 Spring Anime OP Theme Popularity Poll" from May 18 to June 6, 2016. Here are the results of the poll.

The "OP Theme Popularity Vote", which is always very exciting as various factors such as works, songs, artists, etc. influence the outcome of the vote, received a total of 12902 votes this time for TV anime starting in spring 2016!　This year's poll included 52 songs from a wide variety of genres, from anime songs sung by popular voice actors to songs by major artists who dominated in the 90s and 00s and by singer-songwriters of today.

The first place winner was "Destopia/GLAY" which received 3,171 votes.

This is the OP song of "Chrome Chrono," the 15th anniversary of P.A.WORKS and the first robot anime work, and it won by nearly 2,000 votes over the second place. Destopia" was written by HISASHI, a well-known anime otaku, and is his first anime tie-in song. The song combines thestrengthof the heavy robots that appear in the animewith a beat that accentuates the melody, which is typical of GLAY.


In second place was "Shanranran" with 1,244 votes, followed by "Shanranran feat. 96.5" with 1,244 votes. Shanranran feat. 96 Neko/miwa".

This is the OP song of "FUWAIN GUICHI," which depicts the daily life of a young witch in training in Hirosaki, Tohoku region. According to miwa, " I read the original story and found that the main character, Makoto-chan, has black hair like me!　And her partner, Chito, is a black cat! 　 I also live with a black cat named Kuro-chan, so I thought it was fate that I wrote the theme song for the movie.When I was a little girl, I used to love anime about witches, so I tried to make the title "Shanranranran" like a magic spell, but did you notice?　I think the song became a fun song with the help of the singer "Kuro-Neko," who sang the chorus.

The top 10 entries and the number of votes received are as follows. The total number of votes cast was 12,902.