TV Asahi Unveils Top 20 Anisong As Voted By Viewers

For a special program unveiled October 7th, TV Asahi took the votes of over 10,000 Japanese viewers to rank what they thought were the best anime songs of each era, from Reiwa to Heisei to Showa.

• Reiwa
  1. Idol – YOASOBI
  2. Gurenge – Lisa
  3. Homura – Lisa
  4. Mixed Nuts – Official Hige Dandism
  5. Zankyo Sanka – Aimer
  6. KICK BACK – Yonezu Kenshi
  7. Utsukushii Hire – Spitz
  8. Shinjidai – Ado as Uta from One Piece
  9. Niji – Suda Masaki
  10. Ai ni Dekiru Koto wa Mada Arukai – Radwimps
  11. Cry Baby – Official Hige Dandism
  12. Dai Zero Kan – 10-FEET
  13. Kaikai Kitan – EVE
  14. One Last Kiss – Utada Hikaru
  15. Shukufuku – YOASOBI
  16.  Ao no Sumika – Kitani Tatsuya
  17. Inferno – Mrs.GREEN APPLE
  18. Kizuna no Kiseki – Man with a Mission and Milet
  19. Mephisto – QUEEN BEE
  20. Kaibutsu – YOASOBI
• Heisei
  1. A Cruel Angel’s Thesis – Takahashi Yoko 
  2. CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA – Kageyama Hironobu
  3. Odoru Ponpokorin – B.B. Queens
  4. Sekai ga Owaru made de wa… – WANDS
  5. Moonlight Densetsu – DALI
  6. Yasashisa ni Tsutsumaretanara – Arai Yumi (now Matsutoya Yumi)
  7. We Are! – Kitadani Hiroshi
  8. Mezase Pokemon Master – Matsumoto Rika
  9. Sobakasu – Judy & Mary
  10. Kimiga Suki da to Sakebitai – BAAD
  11. Mononoke Hime – Mera Yoshikazu
  12. Butter-Fly – Wada Koji
  13. Anata Dake Mitsumeteru – Oguro Maki
  14. Rouge no Dengon – Arai Yumi (now Matsutoya Yumi)
  15. Zenzenzense – Radwimps
  16. DAN DAN Kokoro Hikareteku – FIELD OF VIEW
  17. Ojamajo Carnival!! – MAHODOU
  18. Itsumo Nando Demo – Kimura Yumi
  19. Secret of my heart – Kuraki Mai
  20. Guren no Yumiya – Linked Horizon
• Showa
  1. Touch – Iwasaki Yoshimi
  2. Ginga Tetsu Dou 999 – GODIEGO
  3. Uchusenkan Yamato – Sasaki Isao
  4. Get Wild – TM NETWORK
  5. Majinga Z – Mizuki Ichiro
  6. Sazaesan – Uno Yuko
  7. Ai wo Torimodose – Crystal King
  8. Tetsuwan Atom (Atom March) 
  9. LUPIN THE THIRD ’78 (LUPIN THE THIRD Theme) 
  10. Anpanman no March – Dreaming
  11. Lam no Love Song – Matsutani Yuko
  12. CAT’S EYE – Anri
  13. Ai Oboetemasuka – Iijima Mari
  14. Maka Fushigi Adventure – Takahashi Hiroki / Hashimoto Ushio
  15. Boku Doraemon – Oyama Nobuyo
  16. Cutie Honey – Maekawa Yoko
  17. Candy Candy – Horie Mitsuko, The Chirps
  18. Tobe! Gundam – Ikeda Kou
  19. Mizu no Hoshi he Ai wo Komete – Moriguchi Hiroko
  20. Omoide Ippai – H2O

In 2020 there was also another ranking similarly listing all anisong, in which 13,000 voted on the best anisong until that year

1. A Cruel Angel’s Thesis – Takahashi Yoko 
2. Gurenge – Lisa
3. Uchusenkan Yamato – Sasaki Isao
4. Butter-Fly – Wada Koji
5. Touch – Iwasaki Yoshimi
6. only my railgun – fripSide
7. Guren no Yumiya – Linked Horizon
8. Get Wild – TM NETWORK
9. God knows… – Suzumiya Haruhi (CV: Hirano Aya)
10. Inferno – Mrs.GREEN APPLE
11. Sazaesan – Uno Yuko
12. Moonlight Densetsu – DALI
13. Maji LOVE 1000% – ST☆RISH
14. Sekai ga Owaru made de wa… – WANDS
15. Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari – supercell
16. Ginga Tetsu Dou 999 – GODIEGO
17. CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA – Kageyama Hironobu
18. Snow halation – μ’s
19. Tetsuwan Atom (Atom March) 
20. Donten – DOES

Source: Oricon