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I noticed a few animes in the 00s feature Western opening and closing themes.

For example:

  * Ergo Proxy's ending theme is Paranoid Android by Radiohead
  * Speed Grapher's opening theme is Girls on Film by Duran Duran.

Both of which are pretty big names.

But, most anime usually have an artist/group performing the songs that hails
from Japan.

**When did a track from the West first appear as an opening or ending to an
anime?**


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What was the first anime to feature an OP/ED that was not performed by a Japanese group/artist?


# _In your eyes_ by _Samantha Newark_ in Project A-Ko (1986)

The earliest use of an English song as an opening in the Japanese version of
an anime I can find is _In your eyes_ by _Samantha Newark_ in Project A-Ko
(1986), however, English songs were fairly common in versions _dubbed_ for
North America and Europe, often getting complete song rewrites instead of
translations.

See the differences between Dragonball Z's English and Japanese openings for a
good example of this.

Later on, however, when they stopped shipping new openings with anime (around
2000, for memory), English songs became more common, sporting names like
Radiohead ( **Ergo Proxy** , _2006_ ) and Oasis ( **Eden of the East** ,
_2009_ ). An early and particular favourite of mine is **Serial Experiments
Lain** 's opening, _Duvet_ by _Boa_ ( _1998_ ).


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