[Summer Anisongs] Iconic and Popular Anime Tracks That Feel Like Summer
What kinds of anime make you feel summer? Blue skies, the sea, towering cumulus clouds, the sound of cicadas… When those things appear, the season of summer really comes alive, doesn’t it? In this article, we’ve put together a selection of anime songs that evoke summer! From refreshing tunes to tracks that fill you with nostalgia, we’ll introduce plenty.
It’s all music that will make your thoughts swell with ideas for what to do this summer.
Be sure to find the perfect anime song for you!
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[Summer Anime Songs] Classic and Popular Anime Tracks that Feel Like Summer (111–120)
DAY×DAYBLUE ENCOUNT
BLUE ENCOUNT’s second single, which serves as the opening theme for the TV Tokyo anime Gintama.
It’s a fast-tempo, fairly casual rock track.
The vocalist’s timbre suits rock very well, and I felt it further heightened the song’s overall rock feel.
[Summer Anime Songs] Iconic and Popular Anime Tracks That Feel Like Summer (121–130)
Proof of WaterRakusu Kurain (CV: Tanaka Rie)
It’s a single released in 2003 and an insert song from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
It’s sung by Rie Tanaka, who voiced the heroine Lacus Clyne—renowned for her beautiful singing voice and strongly supported by the PLANT citizens.
It’s a ballad that prays for peace, evoking a sense of calm and a mysterious atmosphere.
FLY two BLUEŌzora Haruka (CV: Yūki Kana), Higa Kanata (CV: Miyashita Saki)
This is the opening theme of the popular TV anime Harukana Receive, a series set in Okinawa in the summer that passionately portrays the youth of girls devoted to beach volleyball.
It’s a stylish, summer-perfect track sung by Harukana—the duo of Haruka and Kanata, the anime’s protagonists.
Their feelings as they grow toward their dreams are carried by a refreshing sound, making “youth” the perfect word to describe it.
It’s a song that gives you the energy to face forward and keep going, as if you can feel the fresh summer breeze.
I can’t even get hurt.Kajitani Miyuki
This song was used as the ending theme for ‘Bakusō Kyōdai Let’s & Go!!’.
While the opening theme, ‘Winning Run! -Kaze ni Naritai-‘ and others have an energetic feel, this one sings about a young, innocent love.
It brings back slightly bittersweet memories of summer vacations from childhood.
Summer MirageWada Kanako
Kanako Wada is a singer-songwriter whose urbane, sophisticated sound and clear, translucent vocals helped support the rise of city pop in the 1980s.
This song, used as the ending theme for the TV anime Kimagure Orange Road, was released as a single in May 1987.
Like a summer mirage, it captures the elusive flutter and bittersweetness of love, and its echo-drenched production gives it a dreamlike quality.
The arrangement unfolds from a melody where slide guitar resonates with a touch of melancholy into a sentimental chorus, making it perfect for a wistful drive at dusk.
As a quintessential classic of ’80s city pop, it’s also beloved by music fans overseas—truly an indispensable pick for this theme!
A hill where summer begins to showDaisuke
This is a refreshing, fast-paced song by singer-songwriter Daisuke that feels wonderfully pleasant to listen to.
It combines the excitement of the start of summer with a fleeting sense of poignancy that appears in quiet moments.
The lyrics paint scenes of sloping streets, sunsets, and fireworks that spring vividly to mind, almost like your own memories.
Released in July 2013 as his seventh single, the track served as the opening theme for the anime Pokémon: Best Wishes! Season 2: Decolora Adventure and the movie Genesect and the Legend Awakened.
Even now, its heart-thumping melody line is unforgettable.
It’s a song you’ll want to play on a summer drive or on a night when you want to sink into a slightly sentimental mood.
The world is falling in loveCHiCO with HoneyWorks
Some of you might feel like falling in love when summer comes, don’t you? This song by the creator unit HoneyWorks and singer CHiCO was released in 2014 as their debut single.
It was used as the opening theme for the anime Blue Spring Ride (Ao Haru Ride).
It’s a refreshing rock tune with the sound of acoustic guitar that lingers in your ears.
Listening to it somehow clears your heart! The lyrics, which teach the importance of honestly expressing your feelings, are sure to resonate especially with younger listeners.
