# Visual kei and anime **URL:** \ **Category:** Japanese Music\ **Tags:** visual-kei\ **Created:** [March 10, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471 "2023-03-10T17:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bunny-Usagii](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/bunny-usagii/32/43969_2.png) [@Bunny-Usagii](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Bunny-Usagii)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/1 "2023-03-10T17:57:37Z")
I’m starting this thread bc I’m doing a short presentation on Visual kei for uni, and I want to show a few examples of VK in anime to catch attention An example of what I’m talking about it Monokuro no Kiss by SID for Kuroshitsuji [![](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/8/682d4a3b4cd6740105c6b6077b9a72a069759e4b.jpeg "Monokuro No Kiss") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3gvc189xd0) Please share some works you know about! ---
**Author:** ![Narnia](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/narnia/32/30828_2.png) [@Narnia](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Narnia)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/2 "2023-03-10T18:35:49Z")
First thing that came to mind is the 2nd opening of Darker than black, Kakusei heroism by An Cafe ( honestly still a banger, I don’t care what anyone says ) [![](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/a/5a17b1b2a7acedeca5f648eef004761f3aac5c11.jpeg "Darker than black Opening number 2 - Kakusei Heroism[1080p]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-PjhOWhx3Q) ---
**Author:** ![Jigsaw](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/jigsaw/32/25619_2.png) [@Jigsaw](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Jigsaw)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/3 "2023-03-10T20:34:40Z")
Let’s go old-school: BUCK-TICK’s Gessekai was used as the opening for the series Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective in 1998. [![](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/f/efc386ec22ad75061af1a3f45f4dcc61b16b3fc4.jpeg "Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective - Opening | "Gessekai" by BUCK-TICK") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-IGovlaZyw) Their song Dress was also featured as the opening theme for the Trinity Blood series in 2005, in an updated “trinity blood mix” (couldn’t find the actual opening video on YT). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOK2mM2cRk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MOK2mM2cRk) Only a year later, their song Kagerou was the 2nd ending theme for xxxHolic (season 1). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEP0imLkBl4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEP0imLkBl4) And in 2010, two of their songs were featured in Shiki: Kuchizuke as the series’ 1st opening and Gekka reijin as its 2nd ending theme. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZZ9eJ7KK1g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZZ9eJ7KK1g) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xKmNCWeUSQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xKmNCWeUSQ) ---
**Author:** ![suji](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@suji](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/suji)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/4 "2023-03-10T21:09:11Z")
[https://youtu.be/yhNyfCWgUQc](https://youtu.be/yhNyfCWgUQc) [![](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/4/2441be57e26634d0e1c3c16d5241e3d3cb26a1a9.jpeg "【DEATH NOTE Ending Theme】【ナイトメア「アルミナ」】【Alumina「Nightmare」】【English Subbed】【デスノート エンディングテーマ ①】") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s1NKxV5x4o) ---
**Author:** ![xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/xxxx/32/89916_2.png) [@xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/xxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/5 "2023-03-10T21:21:46Z")
> [@Jigsaw](#): > > Their song Dress was also featured as the opening theme for the Trinity Blood series in 2005, in an updated “trinity blood mix” (couldn’t find the actual opening video on YT). It was Takanori Nishikawa’s Abingdon Boys School who did a cover of Dress for Trinity Blood and I much prefer the cover, sorry Atsushi. ---
**Author:** ![xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/xxxx/32/89916_2.png) [@xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/xxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/6 "2023-03-10T21:23:03Z")
[![](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/6/d628534e1e365d6ec411f6ac79b6e834fd80768a.jpeg "Dress") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBVwEKvzZlI) ---
**Author:** ![Rize](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/rize/32/95726_2.png) [@Rize](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Rize)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/7 "2023-03-10T21:28:27Z")
[![](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/7/37f91b7e701604cc7e2f03ee97c84352598aec5d.jpeg "Anime Songs Released by Visual Kei Artists Part.02") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_ncdb9d-iI) I think this would be helpful too ---
**Author:** ![Jigsaw](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/jigsaw/32/25619_2.png) [@Jigsaw](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Jigsaw)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/8 "2023-03-10T21:47:22Z")
> [@xxxx](#): > > > [@Jigsaw](#): > > > > Their song Dress was also featured as the opening theme for the Trinity Blood series in 2005, in an updated “trinity blood mix” (couldn’t find the actual opening video on YT). > > It was Takanori Nishikawa’s Abingdon Boys School who did a cover of Dress for Trinity Blood and I much prefer the cover, sorry Atsushi. I’m sorry but that’s incorrect. The year was the same, but ABS recorded their cover version specifically for B-T’s tribute album (without any anime tie-in). It’s a mighty fine version, that’s for sure tho! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/xxxx/32/89916_2.png) [@xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/xxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/9 "2023-03-10T22:07:02Z")
> [@Jigsaw](#): > > I’m sorry but that’s incorrect. The year was the same, but ABS recorded their cover version specifically for B-T’s tribute album (without any anime tie-in). It’s a mighty fine version, that’s for sure tho! 🙂 🤯 Mandela Effect because I literally remember watching this show (from the first episode till the end) and seeing it say Dress and it mentioning Abingdon Boys School and Takanori Nishikawa in the credits. ---
**Author:** ![xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/xxxx/32/89916_2.png) [@xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/xxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/10 "2023-03-10T22:27:53Z")
I don’t know what to believe anymore. There it is, yep, no ABS mentioned. Mandela Effects are something else. ![image](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/2/a2a56cff55adbb8579b50a288f210d536dd5227d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ophelia](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/ophelia/32/28334_2.png) [@Ophelia](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Ophelia)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/11 "2023-03-11T00:33:28Z")
Bleach op 13 “Ranbu no melody” is by SID Bleach op 14 “Blue” is by Vivid X movie soundtrack “forever love” by X Japan Black Butler 2nd opening “Shiver” is by Gazette Not sure if i should include TM revolution or Abingdon boys school here, but they have done op and ed for Sengoku Basara, Tokyo Magnitude and others. ---
**Author:** ![xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/xxxx/32/89916_2.png) [@xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/xxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/12 "2023-03-11T00:52:21Z")
People really hated MUCC for doing anime songs, what were they? ---
**Author:** ![Kang\_Disconnect](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/kang_disconnect/32/8326_2.png) [@Kang\_Disconnect](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Kang_Disconnect)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/13 "2023-03-11T07:54:23Z")
[![](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/1/512021df22f76816c7f0860b16a273fc45a2df14.jpeg "opening - inu x boku ss [BD 1080p]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpJ8oP0ZWoc) [https://youtu.be/ukv7sPFIs68](https://youtu.be/ukv7sPFIs68) [![](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/0/60a3f88ab57400d3a3ced23890c974d0bb8ce313.jpeg "Naruto Shippuden - Ending 23 | Mother") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0CY5wrFe7g) ---
**Author:** ![Manabu](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/manabu/32/47891_2.png) [@Manabu](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Manabu)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/14 "2023-03-11T09:49:23Z")
Janne Da Arc did the ending theme for a One Piece season [![](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/8/f8aface47c0f5eadb5e17965b243a70daf01c4b2.jpeg "One Piece Ending Song 8 Shining Ray") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11O3JIh2V2E) Kra did the first OP for Yu-gi-oh 5DS ![](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/optimized/3X/8/1/81f07659b09a59dfc4637d4b5a07e06d2f954dc8_2_690x388.jpeg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/HTg9N1WHmhY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLkaemzh_EEX0PjuVU9IUJdQuWsxtjminF ---
**Author:** ![Forest](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/forest/32/81391_2.png) [@Forest](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/visual-kei-and-anime/7471/15 "2023-03-16T06:34:32Z")
the JDA guy back at it again [![](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/d/7dd0d18cb731352bea07687c669edddf8e0f52e6.jpeg "Black Jack opening 1 - Gekkouka (Moonlight Flower) - Janne Da Arc [TV version]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTB9pJBYQXw)