Looking back two decades or more, Japanese site Charapedia has asked fans to name their favorite anime themes (opening or ending) of the 1990's in a pair of 10,000 Reader Polls, split up by gender of the anison singer. The pool of voters was 61.6% male in the female singer survey and 68.3% male in the male singer survey.

Female Singers

20 – Tamashii no Refrain by Yoko Takahashi (Evangelion) - 89 voters

19 – Otome no Policy by Yoko Ishida (Sailor Moon) - 93 votes

18 – Will by Chihiro Yonekura (Senkai Houshin Engi) - 94 votes

17 – JUST COMMUNICATION by TWO-MIX (Gundam Wing) - 101 votes

16 – Unmei no Roulette Mawashite by ZARD (Detective Conan) - 109 votes

15 – My Friend by ZARD (Slam Dunk) - 126 votes

14 – ETERNAL WIND ~Hohoemi wa Hikaru Kaze no Naka~ by Hiroko Moriguchi (Gundam F-91) - 136 votes

13 – Rondo Revolution by Masami Okui (Revolutionary Girl Utena) - 150 votes

12 – Nazo by Miho Komatsu (Detective Conan) - 183 votes

11 – Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan by Chisa Yokoyama (Sakura Wars) - 208 botes

10 – Arashi no Naka de Kagayaite by Chihiro Yonekura (Mobile Suit Gundam – The 08th MS Team) - 220 votes

9 – Platinum by Maaya Sakamoto (Cardcaptor Sakura) - 241 votes

8 – Hohoemi no Bakudan by Matsuko Mawatari (YuYu Hakusho) - 279 votes

7 – Moonlight Densetsu by DALI (Sailor Moon) - 339 votes

6 – Yuzurenai Negai by Naomi Tamura (Magic Knight Rayearth) - 365 votes

5 – Sobakasu by JUDY AND MARY (Rurouni Kenshin) - 387 votes



4 – Give a Reason by Megumi Hayashibara (Slayers) - 427 votes



3 – YOU GET TO BURNING by Yumi Matsuzawa (Martian Successor Nadesico) - 455 votes



2 – Mezase Pokemon Master by Rika Matsumoto (Pokemon) - 586 votes



1 – Cruel Angel’s Thesis by Yoko Takahashi (Evangelion) - 721 votes

Male Singers

20 – Kimi Iro Omoi by SMAP (Akazukin Chacha) - 99 votes

19 – Yuuki 100% by Hikaru Genji (Nintama Rantarou) - 102 votes

18 – MYSTIC EYES by Hiroki Wada (Vision of Escaflowne) - 118 votes

17 – the fourth avenue cafe by L’Arc ~ en ~ Ciel (Rurouni Kenshin) - 125 votes

16 – tactics by THE T THE YELLOW MONKEY (Rurouni Kenshin) - 132 votes

15 – SEVENTH MOON by Fire Bomber (Macross 7) - 161 votes

14 – brave heart by Ayumi Miyazaki (Digimon Adventure 01) - 174 votes

13 – GET THE WORLD by Hironobu Kageyama (Let’s Go!) - 210 votes

12 – Totsugeki Love Heart by Fire Bomber (Macross 7) - 260 votes

11 – WE ARE! by Hiroshi Kitadani (One Piece) - 275 votes

10 – DAN DAN Kokoro Hikareteku by FIELD OF VIEW (Dragon Ball GT) - 303

9 – Heart Of Sword – Yoake Mae by T.M. Revolution (Rurouni Kenshin) - 309 votes

8 – Trust You Forever by Yoshifumi Ushima (Mobile Fighter G Gundam) - 369 votes

7 – until the world ends… by WANDS (Slam Dunk) - 401 votes

6 – CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA by Hironobu Kageyama (Dragon ball Z) - 444 votes

5 – Kimi ga Suki da to Sakebitai by Baad (Slam Dunk) - 446 votes

4 – Yuusha Ou Tanjou by Masaaki Endoh (GaoGaiGar) - 491 votes

3 – 1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou by SIAM SHADE (Rurouni Kenshin) - 527 votes

2 – Unbalance na Kiss o Shite by Hiro Takahashi (Yu Yu Hakusho) - 560 votes

1 – Butter-fly by Koji Wada (Digimon Adventure 01) - 691 votes

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