Anime Love Song Special [Heart-Fluttering & Tearjerkers]
Anime spans many genres, but romance stories are definitely one of the classics.
And you could even say there are just as many love songs as there are shows.
Even when the main plot isn’t a love story, the opening or ending theme might be a love song.
In any case, there are tons—an absolutely staggering number—of anime love songs.
This article rounds up those masterpieces.
Whether you’re in love right now or feeling down after a breakup, we’ve got recommendations for you.
- Vocaloid Love Song Special [Heart-Pounding, Tearjerkers, etc.]
- The Tear-Jerking World of Heart-Piercing Anime Songs
- Anime songs to listen to on Valentine’s Day | Love songs that give you the courage to confess
- Masterpieces of poignant anime songs. Recommended popular tracks.
- Cute Anime Song Special: From the 1970s to Today!
- [Bittersweet] A Special Feature on Anime Breakup Songs [Sad]
- Special Feature: Iconic Songs from Anime | Packed with Great Tracks!
- Listen More! A Collection of Hidden Gems in Anime Songs
- [Nostalgic] Classic and Popular Anime Songs Recommended for People in Their 30s
- [Summer Anisongs] Iconic and Popular Anime Tracks That Feel Like Summer
- Touching Anime Ballads That Make You Cry [Moving & Heart-Wrenching]
- Moving and iconic anime songs, popular tracks
- Recommended anime songs for weddings and receptions: moving masterpieces and popular hits
Anime Love Song Special [Heart-Throbbing & Tear-Jerking] (41–50)
Vitrified glass patternyanaginagi
The ending theme of the TV anime “Waiting in the Summer.” Yanaginagi’s clear voice is truly like glass.
Both the lyrics and the melody evoke brilliant images of youthful love, and it’s a wonderful piece that makes me remember the summers I spent during my school days.
EverlastingB’z
Theme song for the film Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street.
Among B’z’s catalog, this ballad is especially popular, notable for its romantic lyrics and gentle melody.
The emotionally charged vocals slowly seep into your body.
Included on the 2002 album GREEN.
Fluffy TimeSakuragaoka High School Light Music Club
An insert song from the anime K-ON!, which is set in a high school light music club.
The cute call-and-response in the second half of the chorus is really memorable, isn’t it? The song likens the time spent with an unrequited crush to a fluffy, dreamlike experience.
It’s filled with all the feelings unique to one-sided love—heart-pounding excitement, bittersweetness, loneliness, and wishes.
And the girlish, cute vocals are so soothing to listen to! In the spoken-line section right before the final chorus, it puts into words the flustered inner cry of “What should I do?” that comes with having a crush.
DearestAyumi Hamasaki
Theme song of Inuyasha.
A song that lets you hear a fragile, beautiful, and grand worldview—so moving that Ayumi Hamasaki’s vocals give you goosebumps.
The lyrics can be overlaid on Kikyo and Inuyasha’s relationship, and it’s reputed among fans to bring tears.
It was released in 2001 as her 24th single.
Diamond CrevasseSheryl Nome starring May’n
Diamond Crevasse is a song performed by Sheryl Nome, a character from the TV anime Macross Frontier, and was used as the ending theme for the first half of the series.
While the song is a melancholy piece centered on parting, it also conveys the importance of pouring your heart into expressing your sadness to someone.
Its gentle, measured melody and lyrics brimming with tragic love also carry strength and hope for the future.
Listening to it in tough times is sure to give you courage!
Spectrum of PassionIkimonogakari
It’s the opening theme of the TV anime The Seven Deadly Sins.
The powerful, love-filled vocals hit you hard and shake your brain.
“Passion” is exactly the right word.
It’s a wonderful, classic-sounding song that evokes a touch of nostalgia and perfectly matches the anime’s adventurous fantasy storyline.
TrianglerMaaya Sakamoto
The opening theme of Macross Frontier.
It’s a song that focuses on one of the story’s themes: the love triangle.
The lyrics convey the anxiety and doubt that arise when the other person’s attitude is ambiguous, making it easy to empathize with the troubled feelings of a girl in love.