[2025] Recommended Anime Songs for Middle School Students: Theme Songs and Insert Songs from Popular Anime

AmadeusNEW!Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei – Amadeus (Official Music Video)

Released in October 2025, this work was written as the opening theme for the NHK E-TV anime Blue Orchestra Season 2.

Set to a grand ensemble that fuses frenzied strings with a full band sound, it portrays the emotions of adolescence—jealousy of talent, inner conflict, and more.

Its dramatic sonic landscape naturally stirs your feelings as you listen.

It’s a bold rock tune with music itself as its theme.

Blue MagicNEW!Chou Kyumei

“Blue Magic” Music Video / ChoQ-May

The four-piece band Chokyuumei released “Blue Magic” in October 2025, which serves as the ending theme for the TV anime Blue Orchestra Season 2.

It’s a song woven by Rei around the theme of love that stays close to one’s struggles and loneliness.

Distinctive violin phrases are intricately interlaced, and over its dynamic sonic landscape, the small moments of everyday life overlap and grow into a story—that process is what the song portrays.

Its emotional sound, where sorrow and hope intersect, may resonate deeply when you look back on time spent with someone dear.

Raise your level and beat it with raw physical power.NEW!Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets

Level up and physical attack

Released in October 2025, this track was chosen as the opening theme for the TV anime “A Wild Last Boss Appeared!”.

As the title suggests, it unfolds a hard rock sound that pushes raw power to the forefront.

As Kishida himself put it, “the world of the work and my own ideas resonated,” and both the sound and lyrics carry a simple yet utterly convincing message.

Give it a listen when you need the courage to face adversity.

IllusionMY FIRST STORY × HYDE

TV anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” Hashira Training Arc - 1st Teaser PV

The powerful new song from MY FIRST STORY and HYDE was released in May 2024 as the opening theme for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc.

Its driving rock sound and passionate vocals brilliantly capture the characters’ inner conflicts and growth.

Phrases like “anger that divides the world” and “the brilliance of life” carry deep meanings that reach the core of the story.

This piece is perfect for middle school students who want to dive into the anime’s world.

Sing it with your friends and add a fiery page to your youth.

Blue HabitatTatsuya Kitani

TV anime Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 “Hidden Inventory / Premature Death” Non-Credit Opening Movie / Opening Theme: Tatsuya Kitani “Ao no Sumika (Where Our Blue Is)” | Airing every Thursday at 11:56 PM on 28 MBS/TBS network stations nationwide!!

Like cherry blossoms swaying in the spring breeze, this song captures a fleeting yet beautiful moment of youth.

Tatsuya Kitani’s delicate vocals gently wrap around feelings for days gone by.

Released in July 2023 as the opening theme for the hugely popular anime Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2.

Friendship, love, and parting in our school days—memories etched in the heart never fade, but continue to shine.

A perfect track to accompany precious times with friends, such as cultural festivals and graduation ceremonies.

Why not savor this very moment to the fullest while listening to this piece?

Spurt syndromerNEW!10-FEET

10-FEET – Spurt Syndrome (Anime 'Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray' Cour 2 Opening Theme)

This song, released in October 2025 by 10-FEET, a three-piece rock band from Kyoto, was written as the opening theme for the second cour of the TV anime Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray.

Crafted with the image of characters stepping into battle, the track features exhilarating, fast-paced guitar riffs and a dynamic arrangement that plays with tension and release.

The lyrics express—through music—the mental strength and sharpened focus needed to surpass one’s own training records, resonating with anyone sprinting full-speed toward their goals.

It’s a fiery rock tune highly recommended for those who continue to take on new challenges.

PastoralNEW!Aimer

Aimer “Pastoral” Music Video (Theme song for the Japanese-dubbed TV anime “The Legend of Hei”)

Released in October 2025, “Pastoral” was written as the theme song for the Japanese-dubbed version of the TV anime The Legend of Hei.

Beginning with the scene of walking while kicking a small stone, the lyrics are filled with natural motifs—clouds drifting across the sky, rain, and flowers—enveloping the song in a pastoral worldview.

Depicting bonds that remain connected even when apart, relationships tied by invisible threads, the piece’s message is further highlighted by Aimer’s emotional vocals.

It might be a perfect listen when you want to relax.