Angel Beats! Introduction and Opening
Tenshi on the piano
Angel Beats! (エンジェルビーツ) is set in the afterlife and follows the activities of the SSS (死んだ世界戦線, Shinda Sekai Sensen, Afterlife War Front) as they fight against God. The script is written by Jun Maeda who worked on the visual novels Air and Clannad. Therefore, we can expect to see an interesting plot line which goes above and beyond the plots of most other series.
The opening song is My Soul, Your Beats!, sung by Lia (who sung Air's beautiful OP - Tori no Uta). At first the song seems quite calm with a lovely piano backing track but soon enough it speeds up. The opening itself seems to focus on Tenshi playing the piano (in sync to the song) and introducing all of the characters, before showing clips from the second episode. The CD single is set to be released on the 26th of May.
Update: The opening changes slightly with each episode based on the events that will take place within the episode, this can be previews or even a complete change!
Title screen, school campus can be seen in the background
Otonashi and Yuri
Shiina, Hinata, Takamatsu and Noda
TK, Matsushita, Fujimaki and Oyama
Iwasawa, Sekine, Yusa, Irie and Hisako. Members of Girls Dead Monster band (except Yusa)
Tenshi showing off more of her piano skills
Night time view of the school campus, note that Tenshi has sprouted wings
When They Cry – Higurashi – Opening and Introduction
Opening Title
When They Cry - Higurashi (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni/ひぐらしのなく頃に) is a murder mystery set in the town small of Hinamizawa. The series focuses on Keiichi, who recently moved to the town and quickly finds out about the town's dark past. The series sounds very interesting and i'm sure that it's plot is going to be very unpredictable and leave me in a state of suspense between each episode.
The opening nicely sets the tone for the series, being very creepy and giving a strong sense of foreboding. The opening song Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (yes, same as the anime's title) is sung by Shimamiya Eiko, a video can be found at the end of this post.
Looks like doors for a missile silo, i'm sure it's actual purpose will be revealed within the series
Rika Furude
Rena Ryuugu, complete with weapon