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Are anime OP/ED theme songs original? Is it like after creating an anime, the
producer hires a singer to sing a song for the OP/ED theme for that anime, or
do they just use songs that the singer already sang for his album or something
like that?


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Are anime OP/ED theme songs original?


The vast majority of the time (easily upwards of 95% of the time, by my
estimate), OPs/EDs are produced specifically for the anime they're used in.
Reuse of existing songs is rare.

There are counterexamples, though, which by their very rarity prove the rule.
A few select examples:

  * _Erased_ reused Asian Kung Fu Generation's 2004 song "Re:Re".
  * _JoJo's Bizarre Adventure_ (2012 version) reused [Yes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_\(band\))'s 1968 song "Roundabout".
  * _Speed Grapher_ reused Duran Duran's 1981 song "Girls on Film". ([Thanks, @ConMan.](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/31790/are-anime-op-ed-theme-songs-original/31792#comment44253_31792))
  * _One Week Friends_ reused Sukima Switch's 2004 song "Kanade", though in this case, it was re-recorded with Amamiya Sora (voice actor of the character Fujimiya Kaori) as the vocalist.
  * And, of course, _Neon Genesis Evangelion_ uses [a great many different recordings and mixes](http://vgmdb.net/album/19791) of the classic "Fly Me to the Moon" as its ending theme. 


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