[Summer Anisongs] Iconic and Popular Anime Tracks That Feel Like Summer

Super AffectionMinami Kuribayashi, Miyuki Hashimoto, Faylan, Aki Misato, yozuca*, rino

Super☆Affection [Sūpā ☆ Afekushon] (Carnival Phantasm OP) Full Version (Video: CP + Fate/Zero)

This is the opening theme for Carnival Phantasm, an original animation video produced as TYPE-MOON’s 10th anniversary animation.

TYPE-MOON continues to create hugely popular works in anime and games.

As a festival-style crossover that brings together series like Fate and Tsukihime, the song has an upbeat, high-energy feel that’s perfect for summer.

Harmony of the Sea BreezeShirahamazaka High School Choir Club

TARITARI Sea Breeze Harmony (High Quality Audio)

It’s a single released in 2012 and the ending theme of TARI TARI.

It’s sung by the voice actors who play the members of the Shirahamasaka High School choir club.

It started with just two singers, but as the episodes progressed the number of members increased, drawing attention to how the song’s parts and the visuals changed accordingly.

dazejin

Jin ft. MARiA from GARNiDELiA / daze [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

The opening theme of the TV anime Mekakucity Actors.

It’s an animation based on the Kagerou Project, a story depicted from both musical and literary perspectives by Jin, who is both a musician and a novelist.

The narrative centers on a single incident that occurred in a certain town on August 14th and 15th—peak midsummer days when cicadas blare and heat haze shimmers—while multiple viewpoints interweave around it.

The title “Days” carries the meaning of “to daze.” A track that captures summer’s heat with a sense of exhilarating speed!

Go all out, more flashy!Haruka Tomatsu

Haruka Tomatsu / Motto☆Louder! (Short Ver.)

This is the upbeat theme song for Eri Takenashi’s signature work Kannagi, a romantic comedy with the groundbreaking premise of “the heroine is a god,” directed by the much-discussed Yutaka Yamamoto at the time.

It’s sung by the popular voice actress Haruka Tomatsu, who played Nagi.

Back then, it was a transitional period when an unprecedented trend emerged: songs from hit anime began breaking into the Oricon charts, and the popularity of late-night anime steadily grew.

This track was also a hit that helped accelerate that momentum and remains enduringly popular.

Its refreshing sound is like the blazing sunshine of a summer day.

Our Summer DreamTatsuro Yamashita

Our Summer Dream / Tatsuro Yamashita (Cover)

Released in 2009, this is Tatsuro Yamashita’s 44th single, which was used as the theme song for the animated feature film “Summer Wars.” The film tells a story about confronting an artificial intelligence that appears in cyberspace during summer vacation.

Written specifically for an anime set in summer, the song is packed with summer-evoking keywords like “sun,” “sunflowers,” and “wind.”

GarnetHanako Oku

Hanako Oku / Garnet (Solo Performance) [Music Video]

It’s a single released in 2006 and serves as the theme song for the film “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.” There are a standard version and an acoustic (voice-and-guitar) version, and the one used in the film is the standard version with added strings.

The staff requested that the impressions felt be freely reflected in the music, so it was reportedly produced after interpreting the story and the characters’ emotions.

Drops of SummerYurika Oyama

Yurika Oyama Summer Droplets

This song is the theme for the animated film Summer Days with Coo.

The movie portrays the friendship between Coo, a young kappa revived in modern society, and a boy named Koichi, as well as the human relationships surrounding them.

The song carries a message that even if we’re apart, our hearts remain connected, so you’re never alone.

Its poignant yet beautiful, somehow nostalgic melody is truly moving.

The scenes that cherish a one-summer memory—like a treasure—of meeting someone precious… how wonderful.