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Foreign Music in Anime

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byYa_B0i
Oct 14 2024, 2:15 AM | Updated Mar 27, 12:39 PM
A (hopefully) comprehensive list of all foreign songs used in anime.

Just to clarify: for a song to be included on this stack, it has to be sung in a language other than Japanese and written/composed by non-Japanese people, though I will count in Japanese covers of foreign songs. Also, all listed songs must be featured in the anime's *original* release, so, for example, Sydney Forest's songs used in the US Disney version of Kiki's Delivery Service will NOT be counted in.

TO SEE MY NOTES CONTAINING SONG NAMES, PLEASE SET THIS STACK TO LIST VIEW MODE

If you know of an anime that should've been included here, please let me know and I will add it!

Sorted by release date, ascending.
Maison Ikkoku
TV, 1986, 96 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan

Ending song: "Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
Kurenai no Buta
Movie, 1992, 1 ep Me:- Author:9
Insert song: "Le Temps des cerises" by Tokiko Kato (it is a cover of a French song written by Jean-Baptiste Clément and composed by Antoine Renard)
Mimi wo Sumaseba
Movie, 1995, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by Olivia Newton-John (it is a cover of a country song originally performed by John Denver)
Shinseiki Evangelion
TV, 1995, 26 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "Fly Me to the Moon" by various artists (the ending of each episode features a cover of a song originally written by Bart Howard and first performed by Kaye Ballard, with the most prominent version being by Frank Sinatra)
Serial Experiments Lain
TV, 1998, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "Duvet" by Bôa
Kachou Ouji
TV, 1999, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "Cautionary Warning" by John Sykes
Hellsing
TV, 2001, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "Shine" by Mr. Big
Hanada Shounen-shi
TV, 2002, 25 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "The One" by Backstreet Boys

Ending song: "Drowning" by Backstreet Boys
L/R: Licensed by Royal
TV, 2003, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "Go Where No Ones Gone Before" by Billy Preston
Gunslinger Girl
TV, 2003, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "The Light Before We Land" by The Delgados
Appleseed (Movie)
Movie, 2004, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "Good Luck" by Basement Jaxx
Speed Grapher
TV, 2005, 24 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "Girls on Film" by Duran Duran
Paradise Kiss
TV, 2005, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "Do You Want To" by Franz Ferdinand
Mushishi
TV, 2005, 26 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "The Sore Feet Song" by Ally Kerr
Ergo Proxy
TV, 2006, 23 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead
Deltora Quest
TV, 2007, 65 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "In This Life~Tabidachi no made 3 Step" by Delta Goodrem
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
Movie, 2007, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "Sacrament" by HIM

Insert songs: "Please Don't Go" by Jussi Tegelman & Galen Walker ft. Billy Valentine

Instrumentals: "Highlander Theme" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 3M20" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 4M29" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 4M32" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 6M45" by Nathan Wang, "Highlander 6M47" by Nathan Wang
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino
TV, 2008, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "Scarborough Fair" by Tada Aoi (it is a cover of an English folk song)
Higashi no Eden
TV, 2009, 11 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "FALLING DOWN" by Oasis
Kamisama no Memochou
TV, 2011, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "Colorado Bulldog" by Mr. Big
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (TV)
TV, 2012, 26 eps Me:- Author:9
Ending song: "Roundabout" by YES
Girls & Panzer
TV, 2012, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Insert song: "Katyusha" by Hisako Kanemoto & Sumire Uesaka (it is a cover of a Russian Soviet-era military song written by Mikhail Isakovsky and composed by Matvey Blanter)
One Piece Film: Z
Movie, 2012, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Ending songs: "How You Remind Me" by Avril Lavigne, "Bad Reputation" by Avril Lavigne (both songs are covers, the former being originally performed by Nickelback and the latter by Joan Jett)
Mushishi Zoku Shou
TV, 2014, 10 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "Shiver" by Lucy Rose
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
TV, 2014, 24 eps Me:- Author:9
Ending song: "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 3: Stardust Crusaders - Egypt-hen
TV, 2015, 24 eps Me:- Author:8
Ending song: "Last Train Home" by Pat Metheny Group
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 4: Diamond wa Kudakenai
TV, 2016, 39 eps Me:- Author:8
Ending song: "I WANT YOU" by Savage Garden
Koe no Katachi
Movie, 2016, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "My Generation" by The Who
Drifters
TV, 2016, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "Gospel Of The Throttle 狂奔REMIX ver." by Minutes Til Midnight
Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?
TV, 2017, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Opening song: "Scarborough Fair" by Tamaru Yamada (English folk song cover once again)
Hisone to Maso-tan
TV, 2018, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "Le temps de la rentrée" by various artists (the ending of each episode features a cover of a French pop song originally performed by France Gall)
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 5: Ougon no Kaze
TV, 2018, 39 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending songs: "Freek'n You" by Jodeci, "Modern Crusaders" by Enigma
Great Pretender
TV, 2020, 23 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "The Great Pretender" by Freddie Mercury
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 6: Stone Ocean
ONA, 2021, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "Distant Dreamer" by Duffy
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 6: Stone Ocean Part 2
ONA, 2022, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "Distant Dreamer" by Duffy

Instrumental: "Messiah" by George Frideric Handel
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
ONA, 2022, 10 eps Me:- Author:10
Opening song: "This Fffire" by Franz Ferdinand

Ending song: "Let You Down" by Dawid Podsiadło (this song was produced by Akira Yamaoka, but it was written and sung by Dawid Podsiadło and composed by Magdalena Laskowska, so I'm still counting that in)

Insert songs: "Who's Ready for Tomorrow" by RAT BOY (IBDY), "Nieważne" by Diego Cichy Don feat. Martyna Baranowska, "Juss Wine" by Diego Cichy Don, "Little Stranger" by Dawid Podsiadło, "Żurawie" by Ugory, "Where Did Your Love Go?" by Dawid Podsiadło, "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" by Rosa Walton & Hallie Coggins

Instrumentals: "Modern Anthill" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Cloudy Day" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Consumer Cathedral" by Marcin Przybyłowicz, "Juiced Up" by P.T. Adamczyk, "Run to the Edge" by Marcin Przybyłowicz & P.T. Adamczyk
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 6: Stone Ocean Part 3
ONA, 2022, 14 eps Me:- Author:-
Ending songs: "Distant Dreamer" by Duffy, "Roundabout" by YES
Yaneura no Rudger
Movie, 2023, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Ending song: "Nothing’s Impossible" by A Great Big World ft. Rachel Platten
Kaijuu 8-gou
TV, 2024, 12 eps Me:- Author:8
Opening song: "Abyss" by YUNGBLUD

Ending song: "Nobody" by OneRepublic
Dandadan
TV, 2024, 12 eps Me:- Author:9
Instrumentals: "William Tell Overture" by Gioachino Rossini, "Galop infernal" (from "Orpheus in the Underworld") by Jacques Offenbach (for the anime, both pieces were remixed by Kensuke Ushio and put together in a mashup called "william hell overture", but both of the original composers are foreigners, so I'm still counting them in)
Kidou Senshi Gundam: Fukushuu no Requiem
ONA, 2024, 6 eps Me:- Author:6
Opening song: "Perpetuum Mobile" by Wilbert Roget II

Instrumentals (all by Wilbert Roget II): "The One Year War", "Romania, UC 0079", "Ambushed", "The Red Wolves", "The Principality of Zeon", "Premonition", "Gundam", "Regroup and Riposte", "Country Drive", "Gundam in Pursuit", "Nightmare", "Road to Refuge", "The Ones We Lost", "Gearheads", "Mobile Suit Deathmatch", "Four Gun Salute", "Friendly Fire", "Night Trekking", "Infiltration", "Meeting of the Newtypes", "Last String", "Solari Violin Concerto", "Odessa", "The Ones That Fight", "Last Dance With Death", "The Ones That Stay", "Through the Storm"

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