Announcing the result of "OP Theme Popularity Poll [2017 Winter Anime]"!　The first place goes to "Little Witch Academia" OP!

The official voting project "OP Theme Popularity Poll [2017 Winter Anime]" was held from February 21 to March 8 on the anime portal "Anipota" operated by Akiba Research Institute. Which song really won the popular opening theme that received a total of 22470 votes in this poll?　Let's take a look at the results.

No. 1 YURiKA "Shiny Ray" (TV anime Little Witch Academia) 6857 votes
No.2 ЯeaL "Kagerou" (Gintama)　5693 votes
No.3 Animal Biscuits x PPP "Welcome to Japari Park" (Kemono Friends) 2083 votes
No.4 fhána "Aozora no Rhapsody" (Maidragon of Mr. Kobayashi) 2082 votes
No.5 Ai (cv. Yuka Ohtsubo), Mai (cv. Aya Uchida), Mii (cv. Marei Uchida) "All together, Aimaimaimii! (Aimaimi -Surgical Friends-) 775 votes
No.6 ONE III NOTES "Shadow and Truth" (ACCA 13th District Inspection Division) 487 votes
No.7 Gavril (CV. Mimyu Tomita), Vine (CV. Saori Onishi), Satania (CV. Naomi Ozora), Rafiel (CV. Kana Hanazawa) "Gavril Dropkick" (Gavril Dropout) 429 votes
No.8 MYTH & ROID "JINGO JUNGLE" (Juvenile Senki) 368 votes
No.9 Ayaka Ohashi "Wagama MIRROR HEART" (Masamune-kun no Revenge) 364 votes
No. 10 UVERworld "One Drop of Influence" (Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Jououou Arc) 360 votes

The honored first place went to "Shiny Ray" from "TV Animation Little Witch Academia". The singer, YURiKA, is a Cinderella girl who passed the first TOHO animation RECORDS next generation artist audition and made her major debut with this song. Her lively singing voice, which perfectly matches the world of the work, is also attractive, and we look forward to seeing more of her in the future.

Next, " Kagerou " by "Gintama. Kagero" by "Gintama," which looked like it would continue to lead until the end, but regrettably, it ended up in second place. Although it had held the top spot in the midterm ranking, it ended up in a dead heat with its rival, which had rapidly caught up with it in the last half of the competition. However, the difference with the third-place finisher was still a huge 3,600 votes. This result reaffirms the popularity of ЯeaL's singing and performance.

A heated dead heat was also seen between third and fourth place, with "Welcome to Japari Park" (Kemono Friends) in third place with 2,083 votes and "Aozora no Rhapsody" (Maidragon of Kobayashi-sanchi) in fourth place with 2,082 votes, a whopping one vote difference. The result was very interesting, as "Welcome to Japari Park" was the theme song of the most talked-about movie of the season, while "Rhapsody in the Blue Sky" featured dancing by all the members, so the two songs, each with catchy topics, were closely matched.

Looking at the top five and below, there were theme songs and tie-up songs by the casts, which is the royal road these days. The most noteworthy of these are "Shadow and Truth" (ACCA 13th Precinct Inspection Division) and"JINGO JUNGLE" (Jujo Senki), two songs that take advantage of the depth of the anime song category to create a challenging sound. JINGO JUNGLE" by MYTH & ROID is an aggressive song that mixes digital sounds with guitar sounds, and both songs are difficult to categorize as J-POP. Perhaps one of the charms of anime songs is that even these out-of-the-box songs are equally accepted.

For other ranking details, please refer to the links below.

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In addition, " ED Theme Popularity Poll [2017 Winter Anime] " is now being held. This poll will be open until March 15, so be sure to participate in it as well.

Also, Anipota is holding " Review Campaign of 2017 Winter Anime" in which 10 winners will be selected by lottery to win a 5,000 yen Amazon gift certificate. Please check it out as well.