Ever noticed that the opening sequences of the anime series looked just the same with different characters? Here's more proof to that theory.

Birds.
Trees.
Run.
Turn your heads.
Get naked.
Look melancholic.
Get into a signature posture.
Sit. Stand and look far.
Someone jumping onto someone.
Get into a group photo shoot.
Sunset.
Rivals clashed.
Walk.
Fly.
Cry.
Cherry blossoms in the air.
Holding hands.
Birds (again.)
Perpendicularly posed shots.

If Derek Lieu's conspiracy theory is indeed true, the above are the golden rules and template to follow for every single anime opening's storyboard. Combining a stellar ninety0three anime openings into a video sequence that ran at about four minutes and a half, Derek Lieu set out to prove his theory. Check it out to decide if you think otherwise.



Here's the list of anime openings included:

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Ah! My Goddess
Ai Yori Aoshi
Angelic Layer
Asu no Yoichi
Azumanga Daioh
Berserk
Big O
Black Lagoon
Bleach
Blood+
Blue Dragon
Burst Angel
Cardcaptor Sakura
Chrono Crusade
City Hunter
Clannad
Claymore
Cobra
Code Geass
Cowboy Bebop
D. Gray Man
Death Note
Devil May Cry
Diebuster
Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball Z
H2O Footprints in the Sand
Eureka Seven
FateStay Night
Full Metal Panic!
Full Metal Panic Fumoffu
Full Metal Panic The 2nd Raid
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fushigi Yuugi
GaoGaiGar
Genshiken
Ghost Stories
Girls Bravo
Gokusen
Golgo 13
Gosyusho sama Ninomiya-kun
GTO
Gundam 00
Gundam Wing
Gurren Lagann
Hajime no Ippo
Hellsing
Hikaru no Go
Ikki Tousen
Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny
Inu Yasha
K-On!
Kanokon
Kare Kano
Kaze no Stigma
Last Exile
Love Hina
Love Hina Again
Mahoromatic
Mai Hime
Mai Otome
Martian Successor Nadesico
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Midori Days
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Nadia - The Secret of Blue Water
Nana
Nanatsuiro Drops
One Piece
Planetes
Rahxephon
Ranma 1/2
Read or Die OAV
Ruin Explorer
Sailor Moon
Samurai Deeper Kyo
School Days
School Rumble
Shakugan no Shana
Strawberry Panic
Strike Witches
Tenchi Muyo Universe
Third - the Girl with the Blue Eye
To Aru Majutsu no Index
Toward the Terra
True Tears
Tsukihime
Utawarerumono
Welcome to the NHK
Wolf's Rain
X-Men
Yu Yu Hakusho

Source: Japanator