The Keyword for 2019 Summer Anime is "High School Girls"! The result of "2019 Summer Anime OP Theme Popularity Poll" is announced!

The official voting project "2019 Summer Anime OP Theme Popularity Poll", which was held from August 2 to August 17, 2019 at Akiba Research Institute, has ended. 18,155 votes were cast, let's check out the results of this year's poll.

The "OP Theme Popularity Poll", which is a regular event for every season, ended with a great success this time as well.

The top 10 of "2019 Summer Anime OP Theme Popularity Poll" is as follows. Please take a look at the results first.

Top 10 of "2019 Summer Anime OP Theme Popularity Poll

No.1 Aoi Eir "Tsuki wo Chasing Mayonaka" (Granbellum) 5858 votes

No. 2 Sentimental "Kizuato" (Given) 1491 votes

No.3 Hibiki Sakura (cv. Ai Fayrouz) & Naruzo Machio (cv. Kaito Ishikawa) "Please Muscle" (How Many Dumbbells Can You Hold?)　1242 votes

No.4 YUIKO OHARA "Zero Centimeter" (KAJIAU UTE NO TAKAGI-SAN 2) 872 votes

No.5 Nana Mizuki "METANOIA" (Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV) 669 votes

No.6 Kota Niizato "DREAM TOGETHER! (High School Star Revue (3rd season)) 643 votes

No.7 BURNOUT SYNDROMES "Good Morning World!

No.8 CHiCO with HoneyWorks "Otome tachi yo! (Otome yo, the wild season's maidens!)　544 votes

No.9 Nozomi Tanaka (CV: Chinatsu Akasaki) Akane Kikuchi (CV: Haruka Tomatsu) Shiori Sagimiya (CV: Aki Toyosaki) "Ring! Moon! dass! cry!

No.10 Mrs. GREEN APPLE "Inferno" (Flame Fire Brigade) 492 votes

Among the wide variety of anime songs entered in this year's contest, the top 10 songs were again a who's who of various singers!

In first place was "Tsuki wo Chasing Mayonaka" by Granbellum, sung by anime song diva Eir Aoi, who also performed as the final performer on the last day of the recently held Anisama 2019. With various thoughts and feelings in their hearts, the girls throw themselves into a survival battle that unfolds on the night of the full moon. The song evokes the emotions of the characters and the speedy action of the robot "Almanox," which the girls ride, and is truly a "theme song for a robot anime! The second place went to the much-talked-about BL anime "Almanox.

Second place went to "Kizuato" from the popular BL anime "Given. The song is sung by Atsushi Sentimental, a solo project by Atsushi, who writes lyrics, composes, arranges, sings, plays the piano, plays guitar, and does all the programming. The appeal of the song is the solid band sound with a sense of speed, as if it were an anime about a band. The melancholy, yet catchy chorus is also irresistible.

Third place went to "Please Muscle" from the unique muscle-building anime "How Many Kilos Can You Hold a Dumbbell? The third place went to "Please Muscle" from the unique muscle-building anime "How Many Dumbbells Can You Hold? Ai Fayrouz's supremely cute vocals and Kaito Ishikawa's unnecessarily powerful chorus make an unforgettable impact once you hear the song. The song is a soul music style song with a lot of cheering lines about muscle parts and bodybuilding competitions, and it is a song that is sure to be a hit when played at ani clubs and karaoke clubs.

The top 3 songs were "the anime songs" that fully express the world view of the anime. However, the lineup below No. 4 is also very strong this time around.

No. 4 "Zero Centimeter" is a song from "Karakajuite no Takagi-san 2" by Yuko Ohara, who also sang the OP of the previous title, and is a sweet and sour song that expresses the subtle distance and feelings between Takagi-san and Nishikata through song. The fifth-ranked song, "METANOIA," is the theme song of the popular series "Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV. Since the theme of the work is singing, the quality of the song and its affinity with the work go without saying.

It is also interesting to see theme songs from anime about high school girls in this list. is a song about adolescence, and it's no exaggeration to say that CHiCO is a great songwriter! It is no exaggeration to say that there is no one who can sing about adolescence! This time, the theme song is the first and only "Raging Seasons" song. This time, the song "Ring! Moon! dass! cry!" at No. 9 is sung by Nozomi Tanaka (CV: Chinatsu Akasaki), Akane Kikuchi (CV: Haruka Tomatsu) and Shiori Sagimiya (CV: Aki Toyosaki), who are the main characters in "High School Girls' Wasted Time. They sing the comical and surreal world of the work with a '90s Shibuya-style hip-hop groove. It is noteworthy that each sings about an impressionable generation of girls, each with a different approach!
Come to think of it, the main characters in "Granbellum," "Dumbbell," and "Symphogear" are all high school girls.
It is not so rare to see anime with high school girls as the main characters, but I think it is rare to see such a wide variety of genres of "high school girl" anime, such as robot, comedy, daily life, and battle anime.
In a sense, the key word for this summer's anime songs may be "high school girl" anime theme songs!

Other songs that came in at No. 6 were Kota Niizato's "DREAM TOGETHER! (High School Star Opera (3rd season)) by Kota Shinzato, "Good Morning World!" (Dr. Stone) by BURNOUT SYNDROMES (No. 7), and "Inferno" (Fire Brigade) by Mrs. GREEN APPLE (No. 10), were also popular. The collaboration between the artists' own personalities and anime is also noteworthy.

For the results of the 11th place and below, please click here.

We have also talked about this season's anime at length in this series of articles, so be sure to read them as well!
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