[EpsilonX]

I like to watch the opening theme because it sets the mood for the episode and gets me excited to see it. Sometimes, even if I don't really care for an opening at first, it'll grow on me (like Ranma 1/2.)

Of course, there are exceptions. For starters, if a show is set up so that the end of an episode flows perfectly into the beginning of the next one, I might not want to watch the intro. Dragon Ball Z and Breaking Bad are good examples there (though, if the DBZ dubs kept the head-cha-la theme, I may have been more tempted to watch every opening.)

Another exception is when the theme is just plain annoying. No matter how much I love Ultraman, the opening theme is pretty bad. Definitely not a Ranma-styled grower in that case.

[Matrixbeast]

I just view it from a time perspective. If I can skip the one minute intro on a day where I watched 5 episodes, that means I get 5 more minutes to stare at Celestia.

And that is time well spent~

[EpsilonX]

Well, I usually enjoy the intros. Skipping the intros means I take away part of the experience. Sure, I get through more episodes in a shorter amount of time without them, but I also end up with less time spent enjoying the series.

In fact, hearing the Jetman and Liveman openings on youtube are what convinced me to start watching both of those series.

[Matrixbeast]

I also enjoy the intros. I love intros like Gekiranger's, Kamen Rider W and OOO's, etc etc.
I also enjoy tension. And I can't think of a better way to kill it while marathoning a show than upbeat J-Pop

The main reason why I skip them is basically to avoid overexposure. While watching a show as it airs makes it easy to sit through (Once a week, after all), doing it back to back can really kill my enjoyment of a song.

[Red5]

^Same here. I watch the intro a few times, then I skip it while marathoning. Although there are a few that I couldn't skip because the songs were so good; GoGo-V, Gingaman, Goseiger, and Dekaranger....those songs play on my iPod when I drive or ride my bike lol

[EpsilonX]

I usually watch episodes in bursts of two or three, so I don't really get the overexposure thing happening to me. As for the tension...I guess I can see that. For me though, like I said earlier, listening to the song gets me excited for the episode to start.

I guess I just consider the opening theme to be part of the Sentai experience for me. It wouldn't be the same watching an episode without the opening and the first 5 or so seconds of the ending theme. But I get why you'd want to skip them.

[Suzu]

I even watch the opening when I'm marathoning a show. Like for EpsilonX, it's a part of the experience for me too. Also, I just love the songs, especially when I can sing along
The only time I skip them is when I'm in a hurry (I sometimes watch shows on a train ride or before class, so I save time with that. But I tend to leave out the ending rather than the opening.

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by EpsilonX

The biggest turn-off with that show for me though is the opening theme, I can't stand it. Usually people seem to love the theme...what are your thoughts on it? Am I crazy?

Dairanger's theme is definitely a weird one, but I'm still super into it.

It's not quite as classic as the Gorenja, JAKQ, Battle Fever J, and Denziman openings, and I don't love it as much as the Kakuranger, Gingaman, GoGo-V, Timeranger, and Gaoranger openings, but it probably tie with Dekaranger's theme for the last spot on my Top-10 list.

Which, I mean, doesn't sound very high, but I still love it.

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Originally Posted by Suzu

I even watch the opening when I'm marathoning a show. Like for EpsilonX, it's a part of the experience for me too. Also, I just love the songs, especially when I can sing along

For me, it honestly all depends on how much I like the theme song. For example, I definitely skipped every opening of Ohranger because I didn't dig the song. But I probably watched 4/5 Kakuranger openings cause I'm in love with that song.

When it comes to weeklies, I generally always watch the opening. I love how repeatedly hearing the song eventually triggers an almost Pavlovian excitement for the episode that's about to start.

[Matrixbeast]

I adore Secret Kakuranger~
Probably one of my top 5 themes

[Suzu]

Seeing that there's quite a lot of discussion on this topic, should we make an extra thread for Sentai music? I don't think we have one yet and we got kinda off track here...