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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My kneejerk reaction to the question is “Grave of the Fireflies”.
Ditto. I like a lot of sad stuff and that is just another level.
It really is in a class all its own. I don’t think I could ever watch it again.
I haven’t been able too either, ~17 years later. I honestly feel like it gave me PTSD.
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.
Fun fact: originally a double feature with My Neighbor Totoro.
Which one played first?
Apparently it was Totoro (or so I recall from a really old Usenet post). Makes you wonder about the thought process involved.
That sounds like a roller coaster of a ride.
My Neighbor Totoro is really sad also (or can be).
Your Lie in April and Angel Beats! both crushed me 😭
What’s the deal with angel beats? I watched it and I just don’t get it
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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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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?)
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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 😭
Oh mate, clannad was sad
Clannad, after story, and then your lie in april.
Came here to find After Story, wasn’t disappointed.
Your lie in april
Next Stop Anime Postpartum Depression
- Angel Beats
- Death Parade
- Steins;Gate S1
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Eureka Seven (happy with the conclusion, sad that the journey is completed, doesn’t help that E7 AO and the movies are also trash)
- [C] Control: The Money of Soul and Possibility
- Princess Principal (next movie when augh please release soon🙏🙏🙏)
All of the anime mentioned above are honestly great🤌 please consider giving any of them a watch if you’re bored🤗
Man I didn’t think anyone else watched C
There are three of us!
Four, but I remember almost nothing about it beyond the fact I watched it.
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!
Heck yeah!🎉
It’s soo good🤌
I really enjoy watching and rewatching itI think it’s one of the main reasons why I obsessed over learning systems analysis
I don’t usually watch sad stuff so Welcome to the NHK is probably the saddest I’ve seen.
Your Lie in April. Easiest choice I’ve ever had to make.
this one made me really sad for a long time
Well, I can think of only Clannad: AF atm.
If you mean most tears, definitely Clannad. Probably others that would be more sad in a depressing kinda way though.
It would be incredibly depressing if you excluded the last episode lol
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. The only anime that made me cry.
Voices of a Distant Star. It tops Your Lie in April for me.
I came to say this. Holy hell it’s brutal.
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
Bang…
See you, Space Cowboy
*cries
Listen to Me Girls, I’m Your Father
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.
Yes.
A silent voice
Clannad After Story, Liz and the Blue Bird, Phantom: Requiem for a Phantom, Violet Evergarden, A Silent Voice.
LA Blue Girl
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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.
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.
I couldn’t finish that one. Still have the box set. But it was just too much.
