We Gotta Power (Dragon Ball Z OP2)

Takayoshi Tanimoto's "We Gotta Power" arrived as Dragon Ball Z's second opening and had to follow one of anime music's most recognizable tracks — and it managed to carve its own identity through sheer uplift. Where "CHA-LA" was breezy and philosophical, this is more urgent, more muscular, built around a hard-driving rock engine with aggressive guitar work that mirrors the show's escalating stakes. The tempo is relentless, the arrangement dense with layered energy — rhythm guitars locked in with a driving kick drum, melody lines that climb and climb before the chorus releases all that built tension at once. Tanimoto's vocal approach is more raw than Kageyama's operatic precision; there's grit at the edges of his delivery that matches the battle-worn tone the show had settled into by the Android and Cell sagas. Thematically it's about collective determination — not one hero but the will of everyone around him — which gives it a communal, almost anthem-like quality. It's the song for the second wind, the moment you dig in when the situation looks genuinely dire.