Silhouettes play an interesting role in title sequences, creating a stylistic portrayal of the characters and their actions, sometimes even the setting can be seen as shown in this manner. It's been a regular aspect of title sequences for decades (one of the most famous examples being the James Bond sequences), it is typically used portray the characters as suave loners, or stylising action sequences. It certainly adds visual appeal to the sequences; personally, I love them, they're cool, stylistic, and almost automatically add to the visual spectacle.
Examples of this method are both the title sequence for Superbad and Cowboy Bebop (among Shinichiro Watanabe's other title sequences). Superbad's use of colour establishes the upbeat and wacky tone of the film, it also shows the characters dancing and acting weird together to establish the the dynamic between them, and also uses different colours to represent who each silhouette is, making each character stand out very well. Cowboy Bebop uses the silhouettes to emphasise the characters through their designs and this gives an idea on how they generally act through their body language. It also establishes the pace and action throughout the series, by showing the characters acting out as if they were in a tense situation. This is very much how Shinichiro Watanabe's anime title sequences tend to establish genre and tone among a series' narrative.
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