Saiki K. Creditless Opening Videos Released for 10th Anniversary
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.
Reporting from 2 sources: Comic Natalie, Denfaminicogamer.
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.
The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Comic Natalie アニメ「斉木楠雄のΨ難」第1期＆2期のノンクレジットOP4曲をYouTubeで公開
- Denfaminicogamer 『斉木楠雄のΨ難』第1期&第2期のノンクレジットOP映像、YouTubeで公開スタート！放送10周年を記念して、アニメの世界観が詰まった4曲が楽しめる