Results】「2021 Winter Anime OP Theme Popularity Poll」. Three OPs of idol anime, which are more common in this season, made the top 10!

Akiba Research Institute's official voting project, "Which song is your favorite? Let's take a look at the top 10 works and see what kind of works received the most votes.

Below are the top 10 songs that received the most votes.

No. 1: Seria Morino (CV: Hikaru Akao), Airi Kagami (CV: Chihira Mochida), Mayuri Nakamura (CV: Amina Sato), Akira Asagi (CV: Hope Yamamoto), Manami Fujita (CV: Asami Takano), Kazuharu Yamamoto (CV: Aya Akiyoshi) "Gekidoll! (Gekidoll) ・・・・・・229 votes
No.2 : Rikako Aida "Dream hopper" (Armored Musume Senki) ・・・・・・154 votes
No.3 : Daisuke Ono "Kemonomichi" (Monster Incidents) ・・・・・・80 votes
No.4: Yoh Kamiyama "Color perfume" (Horimiya) ・・・・・・45 votes
No.5: Nakano Family no Gotsuko "Goshibun no Katachi" (The Bride of the Fifth Estate) ・・・・・・40 votes
No.6 : Takao Sakuma "Chase the core" (Skate Reading Stars) ・・・・・・33 votes
No.7 : Hoshimi Productions "IDOLY PRIDE" (IDOLY PRIDE) ・・・・・・18 votes
No.8 : EMPiRE "HON-NO" (Sky Invasion) ・・・・・・14 votes
No.8 : AICHU "Ichibansei no uta ~Legend of the Future Legend~" (Ai★Chu) ・・・・・・14 votes
No.8 : Spira Spica "Pyramid Great Reversal" (Hidden Dungeon that only I can enter) ・・・・・・14 votes
No.8 : Yoyoko Ishida "Wanna Fly?" (World Witches Hatsushimashita!) ・・・・・・14 votes

The winner of this year's poll was the OP theme of the idol anime "Gekidoll! which is the OP theme of the idol anime "Gekidoll". The song itself is sung by an idol group in the work, and is an OP of a royal idol anime, but it received a large number of votes due to the popularity of the work. In addition, idol anime is now a well-established genre, and there were many works aired this season, and in the OP theme vote, in addition to this "Gekidoll! (IDOLY PRIDE) at No. 7 and Aichu "Ichibansei no Uta ~Future no Legend Densetsu~" (Ai★Chu) at No. 8, in addition to "Gekidoll!

The next song, "Dream hopper" by Rikako Aida, the OP theme of "Armored Musume Senki" came in at No. 2. Armored Musume Senki" is based on the game of the same name and is a story about a beautiful girl and a military man. The OP of the film, "Dream hopper," is a light pop tune sung by Rikako Aida, who plays the main character Riko in the film! Sunshine! Sunshine!", Aida, who is a member of "Aqours" in the film "Love Live!

The next song in third place was "Kemonomichi" sung by Daisuke Ono, the OP theme of "Kai Monster Jihen. The OP theme, "Kemonomichi," is a Latin pop song sung by Daisuke Ono, who plays the role of Mihai in this work. It is relatively rare for a song by Mr. Ono to be ranked high in the user poll, but Mr. Ono, who is known for his singing ability, really got into Latin pop, and the song is highly complete.

At No. 4, "Color Perfume" (Kamiyama Sheep), an OP of "Horimiya," is a pop tune by Kamiyama Sheep, a singer-songwriter who made her major debut as a Vocaloid P artist. This is the second anime tie-in following "Gunsei," the OP theme for the 2020 winter anime "Airborne Dragons." The techno-pop rhythm pattern and slightly sad melody line make this a highly accomplished song that is right in the middle of the current J-POP scene. It is a perfect match for the atmosphere created by "Horimiya.

Fifth place went to "Gotobun no Bride" with "Gotobun no Katachi" sung by the five children of the Nakano family. The sequel to "The Bride of the Fifth Class" is one of the most highly anticipated works of this season. The song, sung by the Nakano family's five children and featuring the most popular female voice actors of the day, Kana Hanazawa, Ayana Taketatsu, Mirai Ito, Ayane Sakura, and Inori Minase, could not be better suited as a character song, expressing the atmosphere and content of the work so strongly that it is sure to make fans and non-fans alike gasp. The song is so cute that it is sure to make fans and non-fans alike groan.

No. 6 "Chase the core," the OP theme of "Skate Reading Stars," is a song by Takao Sakuma, who made his debut last year as a voice actor artist. Originally, he was the vocalist of " Fo'xTails," a band active mainly in the indie scene, and both his singing and performance made for a very cool song. Like "Gekidoll!", it is a royal idol song sung by an idol group in the production.

Four other works were ranked in the same order in 8th place. Here is a quick rundown.

HON-NO", the OP of the Netflix anime "Tenkuu Koushin", is a heavy rock tune sung by the rock-oriented female idol group "EMPiRE ". The song enhances the hard world view of "Tenkuu Koushin". Ichibansei no Uta ~Future no Legend Densetsu~", the OP of "Ai★Chu", is also an idol anime OP, but this one is sung by a male idol group. This song was written by TSUNKU♂, and is used as a theme song for the idols in the anime. Pyramid Dai Gyakuten (The Great Pyramid Reversal)," the opening song of "Ore Dake Dakungeon," is a cheerful song written by the three-piece pop-rock unit "Spira Spica. It is a tie-up song that fits perfectly with the atmosphere of the work. World Witches Hatsushimashita!" The OP "Wanna Fly?" is sung by Yoyoko Ishida, who has been in charge of the OP theme of the "World Witches" series, and like the previous OPs of the series, it is a song with a fresh and hopeful feeling.

These are the 10 most popular OP themes of winter 2021 anime as voted by users. There were a little more idol anime this season, with three OP themes ranked in the top 10, as well as relatively royal character songs and cool rock tunes that received a lot of votes.

Please see below for the results of the 11th place and below.