{"rewrite":{"id":"r_51efc83ed91b5e84c2f452c6","clusterId":"c_3f6e67de52a62395b3be979c","slug":"saiki-k-creditless-opening-videos-released-for-10th-anniversary","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Saiki K. Creditless Opening Videos Released for 10th Anniversary","summary":"The ShoPro YouTube channel released the non-credit opening videos for the first and second seasons of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. on June 1, 2026, as part of the anime's 10th anniversary project. The four videos include the first season's openings: 'Seishun wa Zankoku janai' by Natsuki Hanae (who also performed a parody version in the series as Reita Toritsuka) and 'Sai PSai Saikou!' by Dempagumi.inc. The second season's openings are 'Psi-rent Prisoner' by Saikick Lover featuring Kusuo Saiki (Hiroshi Kamiya), Riki Nendou (Daisuke Ono), and Shun Kaidou (Nobunaga Shimazaki), and 'Oteage Psychics' by Shiggy Jr. The non-credit ending videos for both seasons are scheduled for release on the same channel on June 8. The 10th anniversary celebration also includes a special visual, a favorite episode voting campaign with results announced in August, and planned merchandise for top-ranked episodes.","whyItMatters":"The release marks the first time these creditless opening sequences have been made publicly available, giving fans a clean look at the animation during the franchise's 10th anniversary campaign.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe manga by Shuichi Aso ran for six years in Weekly Shonen Jump and has over 9 million copies in circulation across 26 volumes. The anime first aired on July 4, 2016, on TV Tokyo, with a late-night double broadcast alongside the morning children's show Oha Suta. Season 2 began on January 16, 2018. A conclusion arc aired in December 2018, and the Psi Start Arc streamed on Netflix starting December 30, 2019. In total, the series spans 4 seasons, 56 chapters, and 280 episodes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe creditless opening for season 1's first cour is set to the song \"Seishun wa Zankoku ja Nai\" by Natsuki Hanae, with lyrics and music by Mayumi Kaneko and arrangement by Seiki Sato, released on Nippon Columbia. The second cour opening, \"Sai PSai Saikou!\" by Dempagumi.inc, was written and composed by Takashi Asano and released on Toy's Factory. For season 2, the first cour opening \"Psi-rent Prisoner\" by Saikick Lover features lyrics by Natsumi Takase with music and arrangement by the band itself, on Nippon Columbia. The second cour opening \"Oteage Psychics\" by Shiggy Jr. was written and composed by Shigeyuki Harada and released on Victor Entertainment.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe favorite episode voting campaign will announce the top 10 episodes from all 56 chapters on August 6, the birthday of heroine Kokomi Teruhashi. Special category winners will be announced on August 16, the birthday of protagonist Kusuo Saiki. The top three episodes and first-place special category winners will be made available for free on the Jump Channel.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The creditless openings for Saiki K. seasons 1 and 2 are now on YouTube, including Natsuki Hanae's 'Seishun wa Zankoku janai' and the character song 'Psi-rent Prisoner.' Ending videos drop June 8.","twitterPost":"Saiki K. turns 10 this year. The ShoPro channel just uploaded all four creditless OP videos from the first two seasons. Next week: the EDs.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the release of creditless opening videos for seasons 1 and 2 on YouTube. Four songs are now available, with ending videos scheduled for June 8. A favorite episode voting campaign and merchandise are also part of the celebration.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Comic Natalie\",\"url\":\"https://natalie.mu/comic/news/674201\",\"title\":\"Anime 'The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.' Season 1 \\u0026 2 Non-Credit OP 4 Songs Released on YouTube\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260601b\",\"title\":\"'The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.' Season 1 \\u0026 2 Creditless OP Videos Released on YouTube! 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