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Ladies and gentlemen, people of the internet! I present to you the spiritual successor to my AH Criminal Masterminds opening. I love when the Lads and Ryan go on a mission to get an achievement and are forced to play a little more seriously. You get excellent content and good footage for a video. I knew right away I was going to make something for this series.

This one was a little more difficult to make, mostly because I know nothing about Halo or Halo: Reach. So I had to research a little to make sure everything was thematically correct. I hope I did both Halo and the LASO boys justice. Enjoy!

Song: "JUSTadICE" Artist: Seiko Oomori Footage from Achievement Hunter's "Halo: Reach LASO" let's plays. Link to Part 1: https://youtu.be/oygttMbmirA

Turn on subtitles for the English translation of the lyrics.

I'm going to say this upfront: I love Speed Racer and it is, by far, the best live action adaptation of an anime. Every adaptation should take notes from the Wachowskis. And the best live action adaptation certainly deserves the best opening.

That being said, this opening has been languishing in my WIPs folder for at least three years. I could never get it just right, so I would tinker with it on and off. But finally I had a bout of inspiration and completed it in one go this month. Still not entirely happy with it, but I rather finish it then let it linger on my computer for another two years.

The first time I heard this song, I immediately thought of this movie and Speed's character in particular. I usually don't care too much if the video and the song don't match up thematically. But in this case, they just fit perfect. Speed is character who just loves racing and his family and ultimately achieves his goal through this (power of) love. You can't get more anime than that.

The actual opening for Good Omens is very good and everyone should go watch that instead of this.

But if you're like me and you like watching anime-style openings for shows that don't need it, please watch mine! I decided to watch Good Omens since it was all over Tumblr...and I was not dissapointed. These two love each other so much. How was I not supposed to make a video about them?

The lyrics don't really fit the show thematically (not that I make much effort to match up songs and series appropriately), but they're also vague enough that it still works, I think. In any case, I made myself emotional with the lines: "there's still a future I want to see with you" and "a tightly grasped message - that's [rising] hope." So I think it works out in the end.

For the first time in years, I made a video using a complete song. And it was all because I was trying to process my grief for an anime.

I decided to watch Banana Fish based on the huge fan overlap between it and No. 6 and Yuri on Ice (two other animes I also love). And as expected, I loved it even while it broke my heart. A few days later after finishing it, I heard this song and immediately knew I had to do something with this song and Banana Fish.

The song is about a break up, which doesn't really fit any of the series, but I was struck by the singer's desperate longing for the other person. How he wants to be with only this person, even if it hurts or the other person does them wrong. And I felt that earnest longing fit all these characters so well, who only want to be with each other, but are unable or unwilling to do so. (Even Yuri on Ice, which ends the happiest of the shows, is 11 1/2 episodes of solid pining - even after they exchange rings!)

Also, I definitely cried while making this. Please enjoy!

SPOILERS FOR ALL SHOWS!

Song: "I've Been Waiting" Artists: Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen (ft. Fall Out Boy) Footage from No. 6, Yuri!!! on Ice, and Banana Fish

The angsty fan content that came from the YDYD series is what I live for, honestly. (Feel free to link me fics and fan art, because I can't get enough these idiots killing themselves and each other in Minecraft for fun, and then the fans making it very, very sad.) So of course I definitely had to make a sad/serious opening for this series. It's also unintentionally spoilery, so heads up if you haven't seen the entire four episodes.

I also tried to make this a more "legit" opening by adding credits. I mixed the Achievement Hunter staff with the actual makers of Minecraft and the opening song. I also couldn't resist adding my name, so you can probably spot me pretty quickly.

I finally finished another video! This one is an opening for Achivement Hunter's Criminal Masterminds let's play series. I had a lot of fun making this one. I hope they do a Criminal Masterminds run of the Doomsday Heist so I can make another opening for that one.