I have several, but if I must pick one, it's A Place Further Than The Universe. Interestingly, it's simultaneously the happiest, too.
It wasn't the case at first, but when I rewatched it, I was purely, emotionally devastated.
I have several, but if I must pick one, it's A Place Further Than The Universe. Interestingly, it's simultaneously the happiest, too.
It wasn't the case at first, but when I rewatched it, I was purely, emotionally devastated.
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e0qdk@reddthat.com · 57 pts · 1y
My kneejerk reaction to the question is "Grave of the Fireflies".
RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 1y
Ditto. I like a lot of sad stuff and that is just another level.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 1y
It really is in a class all its own. I don't think I could ever watch it again.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y
I haven't been able too either, ~17 years later. I honestly feel like it gave me PTSD.
nyan@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 1y
It's been more than 25 years for me. That movie is like a punch to the gut. And I don't even like kids.
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online · 15 pts · 1y
Oh mate, clannad was sad
zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
Clannad, after story, and then your lie in april.
ramble81@ani.social · 3 pts · 1y
Came here to find After Story, wasn’t disappointed.
Vibi@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 1y
Your Lie in April and Angel Beats! both crushed me 😭
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online · 3 pts · 1y
What's the deal with angel beats? I watched it and I just don't get it
Vibi@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
::: spoiler spoiler
It pretty much takes place in a limbo/purgatory. Children who die without finding peace or have unresolved emotions end up there. The story slowly reveals this and explores each characters' reasons for ending up there - often confronting their death and untangling the things which kept them from moving on. Time itself is kind of nebulous there; two of the main characters, one who starts as a sort of antagonist and the protagonist, are kind of tied together by fate with the protag being a heart donor to the antagonist. The protagonist died before and his heart was given to her, but somehow she ended up there before him even though she lived a full life (if I'm remembering right) l. It's honestly a super beautiful story, and I think one of my favorite parts is the ending song/mv which plays at the end up each episode- it features every character, and as they move on during the series their spot in the ED is just blank with the final episode ending without any of them.
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reinei@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler I absolutely agree 😭 But didn't the post credits scene after the last episode suggest at least some hope for all of them? (Or am I seriously misremembering this because my brain tried really hard not to think it was over?) :::
Vibi@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
::: spoiler spoiler
You're remembering right (or we're both remembering wrong 🤭)! The final after credits scene implied that the two main characters were reincarnated, and as they were passing each other in a crowd on the street, something compelled the MC to reach out and stop Angel, reuniting them in their new lives 🩷 I think it was unclear if he fully remembered everything that happened, but it was the bittersweet, made me cry even harder, scene that we needed 😭
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Cairden@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Your lie in april
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 1y
I don't usually watch sad stuff so Welcome to the NHK is probably the saddest I've seen.
Brosplosion@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
Your Lie in April. Easiest choice I've ever had to make.
brossman@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 1y
this one made me really sad for a long time
recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 1y
Next Stop Anime Postpartum Depression
All of the anime mentioned above are honestly great🤌 please consider giving any of them a watch if you're bored🤗
Chronographs@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1y
Man I didn’t think anyone else watched C
shirokuma@ani.social · 3 pts · 1y
There are three of us!
nyan@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 1y
Four, but I remember almost nothing about it beyond the fact I watched it.
recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
When you've got a chance I'd highly recommend giving it a rewatch as the animation quality and high emotional stakes makes this enjoyable still to this day!
C - The Money of Soul and Possibility OP
recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Heck yeah!🎉
recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
It's soo good🤌
I really enjoy watching and rewatching it
I think it's one of the main reasons why I obsessed over learning systems analysis
asudox@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 1y
Well, I can think of only Clannad: AF atm.
braindamagebuddy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
If you mean most tears, definitely Clannad. Probably others that would be more sad in a depressing kinda way though.
kouichi@ani.social · 3 pts · 1y
It would be incredibly depressing if you excluded the last episode lol
6U2cKs9fcF@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
A silent voice
astro_ray@piefed.social · 7 pts · 1y
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. The only anime that made me cry.
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Voices of a Distant Star. It tops Your Lie in April for me.
dgbbad@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
I came to say this. Holy hell it's brutal.
ninjabard@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Not overall sad but had moments that absolutely wrecked me.
Elfen Lied
Listen to Me Girls, I'm Your Father
A Silent Voice
Your Name
Cowboy BeBop
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
Bang...
ninjabard@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
See you, Space Cowboy
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 1y
*cries
tobogganablaze@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 1y
Is this like Higehiro, where it starts out really suggestive but turns into a kind of decent story? Because I'm getting nothing but red flags from the first episode.
ninjabard@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Yes.
Pistcow@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
LA Blue Girl
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
-_-
Pistcow@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
(👁 ͜ʖ👁)
NineSwords@ani.social · 6 pts · 1y
Lot's of anime are sad but most of them end on a positive or hopeful note. That's why I consider anime that end on a bleak note to be sadder. Stuff like Grave of the Fireflies or the recent Look Back.
ReluctantZen@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 1y
Clannad After Story, Liz and the Blue Bird, Phantom: Requiem for a Phantom, Violet Evergarden, A Silent Voice.
cccrontab@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Grave of the Fireflies
NeryK@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
It's been 20ish years but the name that sprang up to mind was Now and Then, Here and There. I don't remember much except it was pretty bleak and sad.
nyan@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 1y
Distant-future apocalypse with child soldiers and a scenery-chewing madman (not of the fun type) in charge. The adjective that comes to mind for me is "grim", but "sad" works too—no one escapes the story unscathed. I have the original DVDs around here somewhere.
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
I couldn't finish that one. Still have the box set. But it was just too much.
jaschen@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
Some might disagree, but I thought "Your Name" was sad.
Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
To your eternity
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 1y
I loved the first half of the first season, but I feel like it got a bit stale by the end of the first season. I haven't watched the second.
Would absolutely recommend, though.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Weebdeluxe@ani.social · 4 pts · 1y
Bible Black.
Mac@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
Orange was pretty sad iirc.
mudmaniac@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Damn I can't figure spoilers. Sora yori tooi was unexpectedly good
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
Yeah agreed. The character building in that was good.
AntiCommercial-AIlicense(CCBY-NC-SA4.0)jabathekek@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
Ninja Scroll. I will never forgive that evil dude for permanently cock blocking the protagonist.
Unboxious@ani.social · 3 pts · 1y
LOOK BACK was pretty dang sad, but it's one of the only 10/10 anime I've ever seen.
Dororo (2019) is also up there.
anon6789@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Other than Grave of the Fireflies, some others I never see mentioned are Saikano and In This Corner of the World.
USSEthernet@startrek.website · 2 pts · 1y
Trigun. Vash is just getting shit on for almost 2 centuries and all he's doing is trying to help humans, but his brother is just out to make him miserable.
Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
Something that had sad moments and I think is often overlooked is Gene of AI. It is more of a philosophical anthology series though rather than a show that builds up characters to hit you with emotional baggage.
AntiCommercial-AIlicense(CCBY-NC-SA4.0)vga@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Madoka was pretty bleak at times.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
Saikano is an underrated sad anime!
smiletolerantly@awful.systems · 1 pts · 1y
Lots of good contenders in this thread. I'll just add
Made in Abyss
::: spoiler for the scene where... Nanachi tries to gather the strength to end Mitty's suffering. :::
I have never cried so hard during any other piece of media, ever. My GF had to hold and comfort me because I just couldn't stop sobbing. That scene just... struck a nerve, I guess.
mo_lave@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y
Gecko4469@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Japan Sinks 2020
Wolfs Rain