Getting this in just before the thread dies.... Now I am someone who never even liked pop music of any kind much, so my opinion may not mean much. That may also be why my favorite anime theme ever was from a show that I don't believe was critically acclaimed, nor did the show itself do much for me: "
Makkana chikai" from
Busou Renkin.
Even watching that YouTube video, I realized I had forgotten the main character altogether, and only barely remembered the girl with all the sharp pointy things. But the song is somehow catchy, and the most tremendous line of all can be heard only in the full version:
何度ミスして落ち込んだとしても
諦めちゃ ダメだ前を向こう
大切な物守るこの使命を
思いっきり抱きしめて真っ赤な誓い
(my feeble attempt at translating)
However many times I may have messed up or fallen down,
I mustn't give up. I will face forward.
This mission to protect that which is precious to me,
I embrace it with all my heart: a blood-red oath.
If there is a better rendition of the middle part of the third chapter of Philippians somehow contained in an anime theme song of all places, I for one would like to know where it is.