However, the lack of color in the dimension where they fight is a nice contrast to their colorful transformations.
Afterwards, it quickly becomes another “team of high schoolers transforms to fight monsters” opening. The editing at the beginning of this opening helps to set it apart, using television static to transition to different scenes for the main cast to meet. It is a unique design, but we are not given any indication of how or why they’re fused together. An exemplar of this is that the main character seems to have an alien cat growing out of his chest. However, none of the characters interact with one another, so we know almost nothing about their personalities, and the supposed bad guys are only briefly shown, so we have no idea what the conflict of the show might be. The characters range from ordinary humans to animal people, like a purple catgirl with green hair or the muscular crescent moon whose lower half is purple for some reason. The song is energetic and fun to listen to, fitting the lighthearted tone of the show in general. This list does not judge the content of the anime, only the quality of the opening.ĮlDlive’s opening has two main positive points: the song and the character designs. If an opening changes during the run of the show, the changes will not be considered for this list. Ongoing shows like “Naruto” and sequel, prequel or reboot shows like “Rewrite 2nd Season” are not eligible because the opening may rely on information from the previous season or seasons. So all of the openings can be compared to each other to determine which is the best of the season.Īs with previous top anime opening lists, the only anime considered are new shows in their first season. Taking on the name of Ainz Ooal Gown, a message to any other players, Momonga begins exploring the world in an attempt to figure out what has happened while searching for anyone, or anything, that could help him solve this mystery while ensuring the safety of Nazarick.The first anime of 2017 are well underway, and all have had a chance for their respective openings to demonstrate the show’s best qualities and draw an audience to watch it.
With no other option, Momonga sets out to learn if anyone from ‘the real world’ is also in this new world with him. Instead it appears as if Yggdrasil has been recreated as its own reality along with its various NPCs having been brought to life while Momonga has been trapped in the form of his game avatar, leaving him unable to use the normal player functions, such as General Message, or even to log out.
When the shut-down time arrives however, Momonga finds that the game hasn’t vanished. While saddened by this, he accepts the reality that his friends have their real lives to take care of and decides to stay logged in until the servers shut down. He invites the remaining guild members but of those only one appears and only for a short while before leaving. Of those 4 only one, an elder lich character named Momonga, continues to play as the guild leader and maintaining their headquarters, The Great Tomb of Nazarick. Now only 4 of the members remain, the other 37 having quit the game. Within the game exists a guild, Ainz Ooal Gown, once consisting of 41 members and credited as one of the strongest guilds in the game. After an intense 12-year run the game servers are about to be shut down. It stands out among all other DMMORPG’s due to its unusually high ability for the player to interact with the game. In the year 2126, a Dive Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game or DMMORPG called Yggdrasil was released.