Saddest Anime, OVA, or Anime Movie that made you cry

[ageofdarkness]

What's the saddest anime, ova, or anime movie you've ever watched?

Mine would have to be Grave Of The Fireflies. (Hotaru no Haka)
Director Isao Takahata is defenitely a Studio Ghibli master.
It's a very painful and touching movie during the end of WWII. :sad
Seita and Setsuko, both characters rule. :)

[Rurouni]

Out of my list, Saiyuki. The pasts of each of the characters are full of angst....And the Kenshin OVA too..

[mary no jutsu]

oh my gosh grave of the firefliesis soooooo sad. i was crying in like the lst 30 misn of the movie.

[Kunoichi no Kiri]

The Rurouni Kenshin OVA.
Something about accidently slashing your true love almost clean in half that tugs on your heart.

[kevin77]

Grave of the fireflies, Kenshin OVA, Saikano. Those 3 were a pain to watch, but they are beautiful animes.

[Itachi_like_to_kill]

Rurouni Kenshin OVA 1&2

[oka]

Grave of fireflies definitely, and FMA.. its so sad when some of the characters died

[euglee15]

kenshin ova would have to be my chose

[miadeathwish]

For me kimi ga nozumo eien, the first 4 episodes are just harsh, my best friend even cried!!! I was close, but *sniff* got to be strong*sniff* and from that point on the series is just sad........

[Chibi_Knight]

Definately has to be Grave of Fireflies...... that is the saddest thing ever! I almost started Crying! (that like never happens over a movie).... But my stupid friend who I was watching it with fell asleep half way through :mad ...... poor little girl :sad

[White_Eyes_Byakugan]

Sorry to interupt, but where could I watch or download....

Grave Of The Fireflies

[Chibi_Knight]

I saw it on On Demand..... It's not there any more but I'm sure you can find it if you look hard enough hehe :)

[Mariwara no Kami]

If you want to see Grave of the Fireflies, it is on Netflix, some Blockbusters have it and if all else fails you can, dun dun dun, buy the DVD.

[Chillin]

Grave of the Fireflies, Saikano, Rurouni Kenshin OVA(s)

Honorable mention goes to Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, that really tugged on my heart a bit

[Chas3265]

Grave of fireflies definitely, and FMA.. its so sad when some of the characters died

Hmm maybe I should see this Grave of the fireflies, sounds real depressing. I also agree that FMA is sad, especially when Hughes died:crying , that guy was awesome.

[mpthread]

now and then here and there, this one is really depresing

[Darc_d3mon]

Full Metal Alchemist Ide say :crying

[LMiTbR8Kr4O02]

grave of the fire flies i was like hahaha shes dead jk i was crying too it was pretty sad
FMA why did nina and hughes have to die i didn't cry there was something in my eyes
i have to say the saddest rk movie was rurouni kenshin seiso..seo.ei ah fuck it rurouni kenshin reflections where kenshin dies <----spolier and not like that battle he had with shishio :crying

[hikaru yuki]

definitely the first kenshin ova (the one with tomoe).

[Akirou]

Although I found the series undeniably horrific, I refused to watch anymore. But hell, the OVA just brought me down.

[Silent Reality]

FMA is probably one of the saddest i've seen, also Akira was kinda sad to.

[d1eg0]

i agree with almost everyone, grave of the fireflies is the saddest i ever seen, its very real.

[Crystal41101]

Grave Of The Fireflies is sad...and so is Kimi ga Nozomu Eien

[duffman13]

i'd have to say both kenshin ova's (past+future)
also, if you think about it, the latter half of trigun was very depressing until the end, as well as the latter half of evangelion where evereybody lost their will to live, fight, and emotional connections. end of eva was also pretty depressing if you think about the meaning and not the pretty pictures.

[narutofan20052005]

The Kenshin ova where he kills his wife, that was really.... sad (I could come up wit a word)

[Silent Reality]

Just saw the Kenshin OVA (the one 15 years later) and that was really sad...that definetly gets my vote. *goes to the corner and cries his eyes out)*

[Régal]

Trigun episodes 21 thru 23. Full Metal Alchemist, when Hughes dies.


- Régal

[Laziishadow]

Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien - I love these well done dramatic animes. I hated the ending though, the guy was an ass with his decision

Kenshin OVA1&2 - The scenes were great, i felt it for kenshin

FMA - Definitely had some scenes that were sad and in some ways messed up.

Naruto - Some scenes were so..how could i say this? I connected with some of Naruto's feelings. >.<

Probably some others i cant remember.

[KoumaKyuuKetsuki]

The Kenshin OVA and Wolfs Rain, and Full Metal Alchemist can be pretty dramatic at times(especially the episodes where Elric and Al are young and lose there Mother)
~sniff~ ~sniff~

[Zhongda]

GunGrave was pretty sad... it aint o movie nor ova but i have the entire series on 4 dvds.... do its pretty small!

two best friends... one killing the other... Cherry dies :( pretty sad

[siewmei88]

rurouni kenshin ova....totally.......and hikaru no go....

[krescentwolf]

The Reflections OAV from Samurai X i hated.... it seemed like the devs were trying to be TOO sad. I was like bleh. However Trust and Betrayal.... the first two OAVS were great.... made me cry.

[Yoruichi]

Grave of The Fire Flies get's my number 1.

The Kenshin OVAs and FMA (Screw everyone else but when they got... Nina:crying) get an honorable mention.

[roguenoir]

1) Saikano
2) Grave of the Fireflies
3) Kenshin OVA 1

Also parts of Gundam SEED, Kanon, and Air.

[gaaraholic]

i was captured by The Voice of A Distance Star OVA recently

its touching and sappy

[BlueCheese]

FMA, Kenshin OVA's and suprised no-one has mentioned the end of Cowboy Bebop

[Mindless]

All of the Kenshin OVA's. I cried my eyes out when Tomoe died. :sad

[Oompje]

The most sad anime I have ever seen is probably Kimi Ga Nozemu Eien, although it is not only sadness but alot of different emotions that pass by :sad Cowboy Bebop had a very sad ending...
Come to think of it, I have never watched an anime that was really really sad, only emotional ones :amuse

[Dimezanime20]

Kenshin OVA was the saddest and the best! No question about it. As an anime, Gungrave kinda did it for me, but not as great as FMA did.

[carras]

Samurai X's OVA

[soulreaver99]

Grave of the Fireflies and Chrno Crusade are the saddest I've watched. Tsukihime also had a pretty sad ending. In fact, I hated it when they sort of teased you in the end making you think that everything is going to be okay and then WHAM! Those who've watched it will know what I'm talking about.

[malfurion]

Saw "Grave of Firefly" in Japanese History class the other day, everybody had red eyes by the end of the movie, including the professor. Then today we were discussing it in class, professor almost cried again, because he has a son and daughter almost the same age...

Some story of FMA is really sad, like that girl get turned into chimera by his dad, and pretty much all the last whole bunch episodes when all sh*t hit the fan... so to speak.

Some stories of Planets are very emotional.

There's one episode in new batman/superman on cartoon network called "Growing Pains", don't know if this counts.

Peacemaker, the couple episodes about that ninja dude's sister :(

Evangelion when Misato dies

the Rah Xephon episode where Asahina dies

[Dimezanime20]

Where can I get this movie "Grave of Firefly"? Everybody seems to know it and enjoyed it.

[BakaKage]

The Rurouni Kenshin OVAs were indeed sad...Cowboy Bebop made me really sad like hell too, I didn't cry like in the Rurouni Kenshin OVAs...but you just don't expect the ending to be like that, made me feel like i lost a best friend of sorts. :crying

[Mecha-Tama]

Off the top of my head, in no particular order:
- Grave of the Fireflies
- Kenshin OVA 1 (I've yet to see the second one)
- moments of Gundam SEED, AIR TV, Naruto, and Kanon

[NightShadow]

for mee...sniff...rurouni kenshin ova....so sad

[soulreaver99]

Where can I get this movie "Grave of Firefly"? Everybody seems to know it and enjoyed it.

Rent it off Netflix. In fact, it's a pretty good place to rent anime dvds.

[Stealthwolf]

Watch Saikano and cry.

[me_is_david]

Full Metal Alchemist

ahvent seen Samurai X yet but I'm sure once I do it'll top my list =P

um....some episodes of Gundam SEED, RahXephon and Full Metal Panic
yes..FMP...the one episode where the soldiers sacrifice themselves to save Sousuke and they all die ....I think it was in a flashback episode...they werei n the desert... and they kept dying.. and lastly the girl captain lady died...then the ending music played. That made it real sad to me haha

Gundam SEED when people died..and all the emotional talk between Cagalli and Athrun

RahXephon when he killed his friend cuz his friend was one of the monsters and he didn't know it and she wrote stuff like taht was touching but I cant remember what it was now :notrust
and he found her dead with blue blood everywhere :sad

[Dannyz]

im not breaking any ground here but...
saddest anime movie is by far grave of the fireflies, by far.
saddest series is prolly KGNE, but it got more depressing than sad as the series went on.
honorable mention would prolly go to the ending of chrno crusade.. oh jeez.

[staticsea]

For some reason I thought that Aishiteru ze Baby was kind of sad at some points and the kenshin ova was all depressing.

[Shinobu]

That Kenshin movie called Samurai X reflections or something like that but it was a movie about Kenshins life and how he travels back to meet with his wife and son before he dies.

[Asmodeus]

Hmm...I haven't seen Grave of Fireflies, but I knew looking at that case that it was going to be a tearjerker, lol. I'd have to say all of the Kenshin OVA's (why were they all so damn sad? Thank God they weren't cannon...well, the first one was >.>), and Chrno Crusade. I actually cried at the end of Chrno Crusade (wow I'm glad I'll never meet any of you people, lol).

[soulreaver99]

I think EVERYONE cried at the end of Chrno Crusade.

[Dr. Maturin]

Berserk-I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one. I haven't read the manga, but the way the anime ended just killed me.

[goatcheesejerry]

Grave of the Fireflies is kind of a gimme. One of the saddests anime movies out there. I cried and wasn't ashamed of it. Warned my little cousin that he'd cry too. He didn't but he was very very depressed the rest of the night. It one of those movies that you never wanna see again cause its so good at what it does.

Wolf's Rain was definitely sad at the end. Killing off Character after character as the story climax. Tobawia!

But the first anime that ever made me cry was actually Scryed. I think it was episode 23 or 24 where one of the main female characters kills herself to save the man she loved. It got to me seeing Ryouho, the guy she saved, cry like that. It wasn't just a "boohoo *sob *sob; *tears" cry or "fall to my knees, crying in my hand" cries. It was one of those gut renching, total breakdown cries that you see Old Asian ladies have when their husband die.

Gunparade March had some sad moments and Gundam SEED definitely was sad.

[Arilou]

Grave of the Fireflies is really sad.

Saikano OUGHT to be said but for some reason it never touched me that way. With one exception.

KGNE has a happy-ish ending but is very sad in the middle.

Now and Then, Here and There is extremely sad.

I'd chalk Chrno Crusade (I still maintain it ought to be Chrono, it's pronounced that way) up as sad, even though I never really cried. I was too annoyed at various aspects of it.

[Tenderfoot]

For me, Mai hime and Full Metal Alchemist seem to be the saddest, i'm really having a hard time choosing

[Hayabusa]

Rurouni Kenshin OVA and only the last 3 episodes of Gundam SEED.

[Kaeriuchi]

Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal was the one for me. It was so darn sad when
Tomoe died...><

[Psyconorikan]

FMA for me

[Ssj3_Goku]

Elfen Lied and definitly Chrno Crusade.. If u dont think so u should watch these animes i seriously cried they where that emoitional and all.. Both very good animes. Elfen lied is 13 episodes plus 1 OVA ( finnaly) and Chrno Crusade is 24 episodes . I will have them both up for direct download soon on my site at www.gamerevo.com check us out.

[rokkudaime]

Cowboy bebop ending was kinda sad, brilliant anime

[Siphon]

im gonna have to go with Grave of the Fireflies and FMA. They were both pretty depressing.

[animolc]

I would say Grave of the Fireflies. I cried five minutes into the the movie. I don't usually cry when watching anime movies.

[Kami-Sama]

well i have to agree on the usual suspects GoF and RK:Oav ...

honorable mention, the zabuza arc on naruto

[Naruto Man]

GoTFF was pretty sad, but didn't make me cry.

[kakashie-sensei]

wolf's rain was very sad in mine opinion
it almost never happens that i cry cause of a movie or serie
but wolf rain did it

[borax3030]

OMG the air series is so friggin sad!!! The last 6 ep. will have you in tears for sure

[eternally]

I feel the need to bang my head against a wall whenver someone mentions Grave of the Fireflies in one of these threads. I didn't feel much emotion from watching it even though the biggest bastards I know (excluding myself) cried watching it. The main characters got on my nerves. Peh.

I nominate Air the Movie. Sadder than the anime, IMO.

[SSJ3Naruto]

I havant seen enough animes to decide, so fma for now

reading this topic has gotten me depressed... im going to have to watch these animes because I like the idea of an anime that gets you emotional

[Rasuto Tenshi]

Air is a sad anime, well not litereally but the mood at times sorta get you.

[Lingz]

I really don't understand how people can say FMA is the saddest anime they've seen. It's either they havent watched any sad animes apart from that or are just totally strange o O. FMA is not exactly sad, want sad? Watch animes like KGNE, Grave of the fireflies, Saikano etc :)

[SeruraRenge]

Grave of the Fireflies, easily.

[sonicm15]

What is the saddest death episode you have seen in all of anime? It counts if at the time you think the character dies but dosnt really. Only say one if you cried during the episode at least once.

I cried every time i have seen the Naruto episode where Zabuza and Haku died. Last time was the 5th and i cried more than ever.

Dont let your male pride interfere with your post, i am a man and i have no problem with it, be honest crying feels good.

[TGC]

in the new hades ovas of saint seiya shaka dies, this was too sad, and the music made it even more sad....

[newport]

in peace maker kurogane......where ayunee gets tortured and killed,ruined the whole series for me

[Archssor]

When Pickachu dies at the final episode on pokemon. :(

[TGC]

Pikachu Dies?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[Danny Lilithborne]

I cry a lot in anime.

* final episode of Cowboy Bebop where Julia dies (Spike is kind of inevitable after that)
* the end of the Cowboy Bebop movie where Vincent dies
* Zabuza and Haku, of course
* 3rd Hokage dying in the fight vs. Orochimaru
* The Sailor Soldiers and Tuxedo Kamen dying in the final episodes of Sailormoon
* Saphir's death in Sailormoon R
* Sailor Leadcrow's death by black hole in Sailor Stars
* Pretty much all the Sailor Soldiers dying in the final episodes of Sailor Stars, particularly Uranus and Neptune
* Vegeta killing himself to beat Buu (and then it turned out to be futile) - this is the only time I cried in DBZ because he did it believing he wouldn't come back.
* Treize Khushrenada's death in Gundam Wing
* Stellar Loussier's death in Gundam Seed Destiny (her character reminded me a lot of an ex-girlfriend)
* Shizuka Tsuzaki's apparent death in Jinki:Extend
* Hell, I cried when the robot Banpei broke down in one ep of Ah My Goddess!

[General Shino]

USE SPOILERS!!!


FMA-When Hueghes Died


EDIT: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Id]

Pikachu died? Thats kinda funny, I can see ash going to nurse joy, "whats wrong with pikachu?" Joy "Um yaeh fighting agianst legandary pokemon one after another yeah hes dead"

Well. In Saint Seiya When Ikki gave his life up to take down Shaka. Came close to tears,

and "In The Land Before Time", the first one when little foot mom got killed by Sharp Tooth. I cried. (ok give me a break on this one I was like 5 or 6)

[eternally]

USE SPOILERS!!!


[/SPOILER] FMA-When Hueghes Died[SPOILER

LMAO!! The irony! :laugh

This thread is just spoilerlicious!

I was sad when Fllay died in Gundam Seed. Everyone hates her, but I love her. :sad

The most emotional death by far is Minamo's true ending to the game Shiawase no Katachi. I didn't feel too good for a whole week.

[shinda]

It wasn't the saddest I've seen, but I was very sad/dissapointed when Hotarubi died. :sad Her flashback, and thoughts of Yashamaru made me cry. She was my favourite. :crying

[martryn]

In pretty much all the last episodes of Mai Hime I bawled. And watching the Chouji fight got to me (even though I was a manga reader).

[silverwings]

no one's mentioned it yet?

Wolfwood from Trigon.

Also the entire last 3 episodes of X, particularly the ending.

And yes, the end of Fushigi Yugi. I was screaming at my TV...when Miaka left Tama in the book and the credits rolled. Course, then saw the extended ending afterwards, which made me cry more.

[Dannyz]

you guys seem to be forgetting a lot.

chrno crusade: When Chrno and Rosette die on their porch bench after watching the sunset together. This was extremely sad.

Air TV/Movie: When Kanna dies while being shot full of arrows in the midst of flight. When Misuzu dies after "crossing the finish line" to get to her "mother" which was really her aunt.

Da Capo Season 1: Robot Miharu stopping and Yoriko's Cat going back to the way it was.

Grave of the Fireflies: His sister dies. This anime is too tragic to comment on.

Ima, Sokoni Iru Boku(Now and then, here and there): When Boo and Soon get shot and die in that terrible scene at Zari Bars. When Sis dies in the prison with Sara there. When Nabuca dies after giving Shuu his wooden stick back. When Lala Ru disappears.

Kanon: When Makoto dies(again) and disappears after finding that little angel keychain. A lot of people around the net have been saying this was very emotional and hailing it the next KGNE but i didnt think so.

Saikano: Wow. Everyone dies. Everyone. Cept for the two main characters. Akemi dies in bed with Shuji holding her after she had confessed her love and coughed up blood. When Atsushi dies in the war after he enlisted because he wanted to protect Akemi and be her boyfriend. When Testu dies after getting ambushed and shot to death while thinking of his wife in a house that looked a lot like his in his hometown. Take dies in that infamous air raid on Sapporo, still holding that pendant that he wanted to give to Yukari. Yukari, getting shot by the foreign soldier after screaming Take's name in revenge(very emotional). :sad

Shingetsutan Tsukihime: When Arcueid dies at the school in the end.

[Shikamaruks]

I would have to say Chouji, Wolfwood,
Where everyone except Kei died in Gantz, you know where that 8-armed thing totally slaughtered whoever was left in the buddhist temple.
In GTO where Onizuka got put in the coma thing in the manga series.
I just think it was sad in Cowboy Bebop with Spike and in the OVA with Kenshin, but still a great.
Oh and by the way Pikachu isn't dead because the show is still going on in Japan right now...

[General Shino]

OMG


i am such a f*** up... sorry any fma fans that never seen that episode... feel free to neg rep me if i caused you to be spoiled.....

[earthshine]

fma-hughes death. especially when his little girl was yelling at his coffin for him to wake up

the choji thing in naruto, it was really sad

wolfwood got me too, he shouldent have died

[eternally]

People, spoiler tags are useless in this thread. Every post in here is going to be a spoiler anyway. If people don't want to be spoiled, they wouldn't have clicked on this thread. At least, you can indicate the name of the anime. Like this-

About half the main cast got wiped out in this one. Michio's death was probably the worst, because I honestly believed he would keep his promise to Yumiko.

When Mitsuki discovered that Eichi had been dead all along. I honestly didn't expect it at all. It was the only time I ever cried reading a manga. The anime version was tragic too, but not as much as the manga.

Mibuya's death was completely unexpected. I wanted her to be a love interest for Takigawa. Guess it just didn't happen.

Sasame's death had me bawling. He came back to life, though. A part of me wishes he didn't. The emotional impact of a character death is severely undermined when he/she comes back to life. Revivals just shouldn't happen.

[Dannyz]

People, spoiler tags are useless in this thread. Every post in here is going to be a spoiler anyway. If people don't want to be spoiled, they wouldn't have clicked on this thread. At least, you can indicate the name of the anime. Like this-

About half the main cast got wiped out in this one. Michio's death was probably the worst, because I honestly believed he would keep his promise to Yumiko.

When Mitsuki discovered that Eichi had been dead all along. I honestly didn't expect it at all. It was the only time I ever cried reading a manga. The anime version was tragic too, but not as much as the manga.

Mibuya's death was completely unexpected. I wanted her to be a love interest for Takigawa. Guess it just didn't happen.

Sasame's death had me bawling. He came back to life, though. A part of me wishes he didn't. The emotional impact of a character death is severely undermined when he/she comes back to life. Revivals just shouldn't happen.

ugh, how can you even talk about pretear? what a horrible magical girl anime that was.

[Mindless]

Hm... I can't believe no one has mentioned this one...

...dies...

Some of the other...

...all the main characters that die in the final battle, too many to count...

...Haman dies...

...Char and Amuro dies...

...Wolfwood dies...

...all characters that I loved that died troughout the anime...

...Hughes...

...Ayu-nee...

That's the ones I remember for now.

[Voynich]

When Pride kills his own son during his fight with Roy. That was so sad to see the little boy's face when his own dad choked him ;_;
And Lust getting sealed and killed eventhough she wanted to die...

[uncle jafuncle]

It's pretty difficult to get me to care about a character's death beyond saying, "Damn, that sucks!" in an anime, but...

Wolfwood's death in the anime really got to me because 1) He was my favorite character and 2) If he hadn't tried to follow the same code of ethics as Vash he wouldn't have had to die. Though I hear he didn't die in the manga...

Spike and Lisa(more because of the effect her death had on Spike). Damn, that show really is the best ever. R.I.P. space cowboy...

Roy Fokker's death was the first time I ever saw a hero die in an animated show...my nine year old mind couldn't comprehend that good guys actually can die.

Neji, Chouji, and Sandaime. Alright, so Neji and Chouji didn't really die, but they seemed dead and that got a bigger reaction most true deaths of supporting cast members in other shows.

[Mindless]

Roy Fokker's death was the first time I ever saw a hero die in an animated show...my nine year old mind couldn't comprehend that good guys actually can die.

Wow, can't believe I forgot that one. I also remeber beeing like 8 or 9 years old watching that. God I was sad. His final words was something like: "Say goodbye to <person x> from me..." *robot goes boom*

I was so sad. :sad

[Hitomi_No_Ryu]

I don't know why you guys keep mentioning the Trigun death...I thought it was more crappy then sad...:notrust

I can't believe no one haven't mention...

Nami's Mom...:crying ...if you have seen the original episode instead of that dubbed crap 4kids showed, you'll be crying too!! CURSE 4KIDS FOR SCREWING UP HER DEATH!!

You know they were going to die from beginning but...that fact doesn't help at all when seeing the brother's and the sister's slow painful progression towards thier fate.

Their ship, "Going Merry", will be damaged beyond repair and get abandoned by One Piece crew...

[Shikamaruks]

I said kenshin b4..
And I thought that wasn't Nami's mom? She just looked after her after that battle..

[Shadow Replication 1480]

Wow, can't believe I forgot that one. I also remeber beeing like 8 or 9 years old watching that. God I was sad. His final words was something like: "Say goodbye to <person x> from me..." *robot goes boom*

I was so sad. :sad
That wasn't what happened when he died.
Roy died when he was in Claudia's room while she was fixing a drink(or dinner, it was something like that) for him and he keels over with blood showing on his side.
I still remember watching the original run of Robotech/Macross back on USA Network(around 85 or 86, I think) and being quite shocked that they actually showed a main character dying.

[Ha-ri]

It's pretty difficult to get me to care about a character's death beyond saying, "Damn, that sucks!" in an anime, but...

Wolfwood's death in the anime really got to me because 1) He was my favorite character and 2) If he hadn't tried to follow the same code of ethics as Vash he wouldn't have had to die. Though I hear he didn't die in the manga...

I SOOOOOOOOOoooooo........... agree(I still got to read that part in the manga, I'm only at vol 4 of max)

Spike

The guy who made it states he didn't die just that he leaves it up to the fans to decide(and incase they do a sequel)

[Mindless]

That wasn't what happened when he died.
Roy died when he was in Claudia's room while she was fixing a drink(or dinner, it was something like that) for him and he keels over with blood showing on his side.
I still remember watching the original run of Robotech/Macross back on USA Network(around 85 or 86, I think) and being quite shocked that they actually showed a main character dying.

Was that how it went? Can't remember that well, it's been almost 10 years since I saw it. :amuse

[ssouske]

ah... sad deaths... i had a couple of those
Pokemon 1st movie... when ash died pikachu tried to wake him(ash) up... then pikachu and all the pokemon started crying. it really made me cry the 1st time i saw it...
kenshin dies... ah such a sad ending for RK made me cry like a baby
in Fancy Lala... the magic pen ran out of ink(and magic power)... so miho was unable to transform into lala again... then her 2 uhm... dinasaur like pets disappear when they tried to infuse the magic pen with their own magic powers... sooo sad... especially the scenes where she went to all her friends as lala...
FF7 cloud and aeirith scene... that got ripped by GSD...
Tidus and yuna scene in the end
Gundam SEED Destiny Yuuna roma seiran's death... made me laugh so much that i started crying because my jaws started to get locked...:laugh

[Shariyakugan]

when Lucys doggy got killed by those really mean kids. Elfen lied!

there were lots of sad death scene's in elfen lied.

[Cholisose]

The three top anime deaths (from what I've seen, at least)

3) From "Naruto"
Zabuza - okay, it shouldn't be a spoiler on this forum (LOL) but dang, it was so sad to see him dying there, beside Haku as snow began to fall. "He will go to the same place as Haku!" :crying

2) From "Trigun"
Wolfwood - who'd you think I'd say? Wolfwood's whole life, he starts regretting... He shows mercy to his old master... And he dies after dragging that giant cross with him! :crying He didn't want to die, after having changed... And that sad song that was playing made it so depressing.

1) From "Last Exile"
Dio - aw man... my favorite character in the whole series! His ending is so utterly tragic, I can't stand it! :crying He had practically lost his soul and heart when taken by the Guild... so sad! And then, Lucciola does all that is in his power to get Dio out of there, and ends up dying for it! :crying But Dio has lost his lifelong friend... and he completely breaks down... It was just so sad how he thought he was racing Claus again, and then looks back to see Lucciola's not there... And then he thinks that Lucciola died because he told him to jump out! :crying He died miserably! The show had to torture the guy to the bitter end!! :crying

[ydraliskos]

I was sad when the TV died(so i thought) at brave little toaster, when they leave the house...


And also, Captain Harlock..

Those refugees they had from a planet that were the last of their kind, and they were all men, so they opened a hatch door and got sucked in space in order to help the ship escape a strange nebula.

And that blue colored captain, harlock's enemy I think. They duel with their ships, harlock wins, and then blue-captain self-destructs his ship and provides some kind of shield to harlock's ship to escape the other blue-people ships that were about to attack him.

And all that with Albinoni - Adagio playing (nice choice there for the anime). Too much for 7 year old me.

[Malthara]

I wasn't crying but i was emotionally disturbed by the ending of evangelion Asuka committed suicide in the tub Alot was up with the ending of evangelion they even made a dvd with an alternate ending so more than just me had to be disturbed by that by disturbed i do mean saddened/shook not just sad cause it wasn't a cry but things were just going bad for those guys towards teh end.

I was saddened by haku's scene [dont think it needs a spoiler it's naruto] that one i cried, or came close but evangelions i just got seriously shook on.

[Ha-ri]

trigun:
Wolfwood dies

gungrave:
Grave and Harry die

[Altered]

There only two scenes that actually brought me to tears.

1.Is Kenshins death in the OVA, everything that led up to it just took a toll on my heart.

2.Zabuza and Haku's death

~WIll

[Riles481]

I've watched a lot of that kinda shit and the only times ive ever come out of an episode depressed were in naruto when haku and Zabuza died, when Rosette dies at the end of Chrno Crusade, when Gyobei dies in Samurai 7, the end of Elfen Lied, and when I thought rei deid in evangelion.

then only time I've really choked up druing a scene was during hueghes funural in Full Metal Alchemist, that scene is just so well done, and it contains one of the best tearjeakers of any anime which is when Mustang says "It's beginning to rain" and starts to cry
*sniff* so sad

[Riles481]

I wasn't crying but i was emotionally disturbed by the ending of evangelion Asuka committed suicide in the tub Alot was up with the ending of evangelion they even made a dvd with an alternate ending so more than just me had to be disturbed by that by disturbed i do mean saddened/shook not just sad cause it wasn't a cry but things were just going bad for those guys towards teh end.

I was saddened by haku's scene [dont think it needs a spoiler it's naruto] that one i cried, or came close but evangelions i just got seriously shook on.
are you sure you were watching the rite show cause asuka never committed suicide she was there until the last scnee with shinji on top of her, trying to kill her, but he stops.

[Jayka]

Fushigi Yuugi --> Somewhere in the beginning when Suboshi kills of Tamahome's family :sad

Ayashi no Ceres --> Aki who gives up his live in the last episode and in the same series, Chidori's death...

[GSurge]

Haku and Zabuza's death, and Sandaime's death both made me cry. That's all I can think of, though...

[Ruri]

I'm probably forgetting some, but:

1. Haku and Zabuza's deaths
2. Sasori's death

Wolfwood's death

Kenshin's death

Chidori's death

Sai's death

[hjkou]

kenshins death at the end of the ova kind of saddened me for a while..

[Rice Ball]

I know its not a episode but..
Aeries dieing in FF7..i was playing the game in my living room while my parents were watching the TV..she dies and i just cracked and start really crying hard, my parents freak out because they think i've hurt myself and i'm crying too much to tell them what happened.

Was only 13 or 14 at the time :p


One Piece-
Pell's Death (or not) it had soo much feeling in it, its a shame he survived it

Warcraft3..again a game but..
Grom Hellscreams death...how ace can you get tho

Mai Hime
Generaly people screaming as there loved ones disappeared before there eyes

[Bleachsuki]

wait i havent see the ruroni kenshin OVA. wait which OVA are you guys talking about? i dont remember seeing kenshin dieing? or dead whatever. man when did this happen?

[Dj^1337]

i got to say sarutobi sensei that was sad ..

[Sasuke X]

Not sure which is my favourite. I'll list some of my favourites instead. :)

Probably the piece of anime that has brought me closest to tears. The most depressing part for me would be the Kenshin / Sano part, not the end where both Kenshin and Kaoru died. Actually seeing a character as mentally strong as Sano being brought close to tears as he saw how weak and near death Kenshin had become... ;_;

Think this one is highest on most FMA fans list; highest in the best episode and saddest episode polls. It took me completely by surprise... I didn't expect one of the favourite characters to be killed off. Seeing his funeral... >.<

Such a beautiful episode... One of the most sad endings I've seen. I don't think anything else could've drove the series fans to tears as much as Chrno and Rosette dying together. It seems Aion had the last laugh though, being as he somehow was alive at the very end.

Would be one of my all time favourite episodes if Chouji had died. Would've made for the most touching death scene that I've seen in an anime. The tear-jerking way he could've died proptecting his friends... Damn Kishimoto!

Fantastic end for a fantastic series. I always knew the old Harry hadn't died; the Harry who missed the days he was just a punk in some small gang. Touching how Harry broke down and begged for the forgiveness of Brandon, after Brandon had said that that basically he would've sided with Harry back when Harry killed him, if he'd gave him the chance to make the choice.

[Malthara]

are you sure you were watching the rite show cause asuka never committed suicide she was there until the last scnee with shinji on top of her, trying to kill her, but he stops.
Ya, that show had alternate endings I think she died in one, but ya the red head girl right, i remember 2 had the name rei but the blue haired one is ayanami.. the blue haired rei was there till the ending i remember but who knows lol that series was so wierd i forget.

[Masaki]

One Piece

Until we find out he's alive, Pell should have been the saddest death ever.

[Riles481]

Ya, that show had alternate endings I think she died in one, but ya the red head girl right, i remember 2 had the name rei but the blue haired one is ayanami.. the blue haired rei was there till the ending i remember but who knows lol that series was so wierd i forget.
I know I own the series in all its complete glory and never did asuka died (rie died multiple times but thats another story)

[Genkai5000]

The saddest anime death to me...

Yu-Gi-Oh! DM, when Yami died in the end after losing to Yugi. Such a sad ending. Almost moved to tears since it's my favorite anime...It was also sad for the fact that his friends started crying when he had to go to ****.

And the first PKMN movie still almost makes me cry as well....T_T So sad...So ssouske, it's not that pathetic...>.> I cried too...Even now...X_x

[Black Swan]

Scanning through this thread all the anime that have been tear jerkers for me have already been said like:
hughes death in fma... and when his daughter asks if he is coming back at his grave, also with mustang crying and the music that whole episode got me so emotional

when haku dies and naruto gives that speech that changes the heart of zabuzza

Technically i no chougi and neji did not die, but the way they fought and how they fought to the end, also the rock lee fight with gaara, rock lee's flashbacks and in the end when he stands up to fight even when he loses consciencness

last exile how alex row dies

kenshin ova: betrayel when kenshin who is emotionally destroyed and is fighting all those assasins and in the end when he is about to die tomoe grabs that dudes knife dies to save kenshin

[Jin22]

Hughes dying in FMA pissed me off. Dude was just too cool...and I hate being caught off guard.


Not sure which is my favourite. I'll list some of my favourites instead. :)

Probably the piece of anime that has brought me closest to tears. The most depressing part for me would be the Kenshin / Sano part, not the end where both Kenshin and Kaoru died. Actually seeing a character as mentally strong as Sano being brought close to tears as he saw how weak and near death Kenshin had become... ;_;Kenshin had always been sort of a mentor to Sanosuke, this scene was very touching. It got to me as well.

[Nara_girl]

fmahughes, obviously. i was depressed for days afta
and how come was no-one sad when greed(i think) died. his mother is such a beeach. ditto envy. so wanted to console him...poor kid, couldn't even remember his original form!:sad

elfin lied when the dog died...the chic dying in ep1 was disturbing(along with everyone else who got ripped apart) not really sad

evangelion not sure wtf ending is real or wtf any of u are talking about, but the 'half ending' where the white things come & eat unit2 & they 'suggest' asuka's dead...kk sad dude

vandread when i thought that gasco was dead i was devastated

i thought frey's death in gundam seed was the best! i was waiting for that bitch to die from ep1!!!!! buwahahaha:laugh

[dspr8_rugged]

Let's see... my choices for the "saddest death" are...

When Mu La Flaga shields the Archangel from Dominion's Lohengrinn using the Strike Gundam. It was sad because I liked Mu as a pilot more than Kira. The Strike Gundam's "death" was even sadder. :(

When Nina Tucker was "alchemized" by her father Shou, and got killed by Scar. I kinda felt Ed's grief because of her loss. And I also agree with what most people said here regarding Maes Hughes' death - yes, it was sad. I liked his character, that's why.

[Christen]

Hmmm...

Zabuza and Haku. Argh, how many times have this been stated??
Alfred's death. We loved that chara

And Ash didn't die right? o_O

[kLouD]

FMA is a must!! when hughes died and his daughter asking why daddy is laying in the coffin or else he cant work and having mustang say "its beginning to rain". I CRIED MYSELF A RIVER! nina from the beginning of the series. when ed gets stabbed by envy.

naruto! it is the forum of course, haku and zabuza. when itachi slaughters his whole clan just to obtain the perfect sharingan. when gaara's only important person to him tries to kill him (THAT WAS THE SADDEST IN ALL OF NARUTO)im surprised nobody mentioned that

pokemon when ash freed his butterfree

kenshin soujiro dies T^T and when kenshin died of his illness

bleach MY NEW FAVORITE ANIME!! when the hollow kills ichigo's mother and when i found out aizen dies *i accidently read a spoiler, i know what happened*

[Naruto_Shoujo]

well, in chrno Crusde when rosette and Chrno dies and Azamaria is all sad and stuff
Also when Haku and Zabuza died (it was so touching)
When Choujo almost died but not really
hokages death
Neji death but not really
When i found out that Ayu from Kanon was really actually died and came back just to be with the guy
And when mitsuki from full moon finds out that Eichi has been dead all along

[zgnoud]

Sasorii's death was done pretty good. killed by hisp parents

[xerohour]

lets see. if i had to pick THE saddest anime death it was the "father and daughter" reunion at the end of elfen lied...... i mean i dont cry for anything, and i cried for that! Elfen lieds ending is sick, which makes it my favorite anime of all time.

Fafner dead aggressor also rocks, plenty of self sacrafice and drama. Also, cool fights

Mai-Hime eps 16 - 24 were good, could have been so awesome...... but then the happy ending fcked everything.

As you can see i am THE drama monger. Death and emotion are what make an anime good. Animation runs second to that in my mind. None the less, these anime have the saddest deaths.

[Renegade Raine]

Gundam Wing:When Quatre and Treize died. Also when I thought that Zechs died. ;_;

Naruto: Haku, Zabuza, and Sarutobi's death.

Outlaw Star:Yes, I know how much most people hate this series, but Harry made up for it in my mind. So naturally I was sad when he died.

And that's all the deaths I can think of that I cried for, or at least felt very depressed. Although it seems like there should be more...

[Zoro]

I cry a lot in anime.

* final episode of Cowboy Bebop where Julia dies (Spike is kind of inevitable after that)
* the end of the Cowboy Bebop movie where Vincent dies
* Zabuza and Haku, of course
* 3rd Hokage dying in the fight vs. Orochimaru
* The Sailor Soldiers and Tuxedo Kamen dying in the final episodes of Sailormoon
* Saphir's death in Sailormoon R
* Sailor Leadcrow's death by black hole in Sailor Stars
* Pretty much all the Sailor Soldiers dying in the final episodes of Sailor Stars, particularly Uranus and Neptune
* Vegeta killing himself to beat Buu (and then it turned out to be futile) - this is the only time I cried in DBZ because he did it believing he wouldn't come back.
* Treize Khushrenada's death in Gundam Wing
* Stellar Loussier's death in Gundam Seed Destiny (her character reminded me a lot of an ex-girlfriend)
* Shizuka Tsuzaki's apparent death in Jinki:Extend
* Hell, I cried when the robot Banpei broke down in one ep of Ah My Goddess!
Finally someone who likes Treize,and cried when he died,danm Wufei:mad :mad :mad :mad :mad !

[Zoro]

Pikachu died? Thats kinda funny, I can see ash going to nurse joy, "whats wrong with pikachu?" Joy "Um yaeh fighting agianst legandary pokemon one after another yeah hes dead"

Well. In Saint Seiya When Ikki gave his life up to take down Shaka. Came close to tears,

and "In The Land Before Time", the first one when little foot mom got killed by Sharp Tooth. I cried. (ok give me a break on this one I was like 5 or 6)
How about when Shiryu dies to defeat Shura,or Hyoga and his master Camus both dies.But the bronze knights revived by Athena and the gold ones turn into specters at the Hades part of the manga!I WOULD LIKE THAT THIS STUPID RAT FROM THAT STUPID ANIME DIES!

[Pratz]

I can't believe no one mentioned Berserk at all.

A lot of main characters get killed off during the eclipse, but Judeau is the absolute worst. He starts carrying Caska off, and nearly gets his right arm bitten off. Then after he's hurled off of his horse and nearly whipped to death, he gets stabbed. And then he dies as Caska tries to carry him off, and by that point he couldn't even speak to tell her that he had always loved her.

He was the coolest member of the Band after Guts. Hands down. At least he got a fitting end.

[AssFace]

When Haku and Zabuza dies
And when Renji in bleach was supposedly killed

[Quoll]

For me it was

FMA
Hughes death

Black Cat
Yukata girl (Ep 6, forgot name)...the way they had the sequence of events unfold is what made it the most dramatic

Fushigi Yuugi
Nuriko...the way that he was willing to die to make sure Miaka reached her goal

[Annikin]

Zabuza and Haku of course..

[chakra25]

Trigun: It was sad watching Wolfwood die.

Mai-Hime: Although, not a really permanent death, it was sad watching Mai lose Tate and his brother.

Chrno Crusade: It was very sad to watch Rosette and Chrno die together. It's a calm and peaceful death, but I felt really sad. Especially when Rosette started say she didn't want to die, she wants to live. :(

[Brokenmarch]

In Chrno Crusade

when Chrno and Rossette Christopher dies at the end sitting on a bench in the country holding hands and smiling

In Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien

when Takayuki was trying to meet up with Haruka but when he get there he found out she was hit by a car and this makes you think she was dead.

In Shingetsutan Tsukihime

when Arcueid is killed at the end and Shiki is looking out the window of his school late in the day and Arcueid visits him as a vision.

[oakzap425]

Probably when that asshole know it all died in Gantz. I actually cried. It was the screaming for his mother that got me.
Hayate's Death in Naruto
Chouji/Neji's "death's" in Naruto. Hated Neji until that Episode.
Pretty Everything in Elfen.
When the Girl dies during the last ep of Gunslinger Girl.
Deaths during the fight against Queen Beryl in Sailor Moon.
Kakashi Gaiden was a tear jerker too...

[frz1]

Haven't really cried but got choked up and depressed from:

Mai hime: they all start losing someone important. A recent event in Mai Otome was very sad as well.
Cowboy bebop: the ending.
Air: this along with the bridge scene in Naruto was probably the closest I ever got to shedding tears. The end was just heartbreaking.
Hikaru no go: Sai disappearing.
Scrapped princess: that one dude who was with Pacifica when she lost her memory getting filled with arrows. That guy was cool. It sucked that he died like that.

[Munken]

Wolfs rain

It was just too much when Toboe died, i was crying like a baby when that happend :cry :cry

[NiknudStunod]

I was sad at the end of the FMA. Mostly sad from the fact I hated the ending. The saddest I think I ever felt was in the begining of major. The boy loses his mother and then his father. I am not ashamed to admit I was a bit teary eyed.

[Espada Grimmjaw]

Damn! I haven't seen Samurai X dammit!!! NOW I MUST!!!

[trebors]

"Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora" for me. it has only 6 episode but its worth your time :)

[Iruka]

Full Metal Alchemist and Samurai X: Reflection OVA for now. FMA for the early episodes and SxR for the ending, but better if you understand the whole storyline behind the character firsthand.

[jkingler]

I said it in another thread pretty much exactly like this, but...

Saikano. It's the only anime to ever make me catatonic due to sadness. :oh

[Kucheeky Badkuya]

I said it in another thread pretty much exactly like this, but...

Saikano. It's the only anime to ever make me catatonic due to sadness. :oh


I agree, too. I also add Grave of Fireflies.

[Woofie]

I said it in another thread pretty much exactly like this, but...

Saikano. It's the only anime to ever make me catatonic due to sadness. :oh
Yeah. Well, I've never actually seen the anime, but assuming it's a good conversion of the manga, then it should be pretty damn sad. :(

The only other thing I can think of right now is the end of Tokyo Babylon and all of X (its sequel of sorts). It's mostly depressing rather than sad, but there are certainly a few very sad moments too. Lots of deaths of important characters, and being shoujo, it's carried off with a lot of emotion.

Oh, and while (for some reason) the series doesn't seem very credible, Gundam Seed probably bought me close to tears as much as any other series, especially near the end (as well as with Nicol death period). :(

[Black Mage]

FMA when Hughes died was pretty sad

Can you guyz give some in-site on this "Grave of the Fireflys"???

Is it just a random story or does it connect to an anime???

[Kaaspeer]

FMA when Hughes died was pretty sad

Can you guyz give some in-site on this "Grave of the Fireflys"???

Is it just a random story or does it connect to an anime???


It's not random... It's a movie..

[Anego]

Samurai 7, Naruto (Hokage Sandaime's death and funeral), Hotaru no Haka, Jin Roh, Here and there now and then.

[Sawako]

Graves of the Fireflies, definately. I cried during that movie. ;_;

I also don't want to watch the movie again because it was just so sad. My sister wanted me to watch it with her (she was about to watch it for the first time) but I told her "No way! That movie is so sad! I can't watch it again!"

[Azure-kun]

Guns & roses
it's a part side Hentai movie.

(that part I had no Idea of)
the ending was fucked up, Mina shot herself, her Boyfriend glost his life to Hazu, and sakura was killed in her last gun fight. . .12 on 1 :sad

[guiltyspark7750]

Elfenlied and Grave of the Fireflies, and Air

[mortsleam]

FUllmetal Alchemist got sad sometimes.
But Eureka SeveN almost made me bust some tears out....(only because i was in a sad mood before i watched the ep.)

[Azure-kun]

not to sound Bitchy but I think Eurka 7 sucks. . .

another anime which had it's rise was S-Cry-Ed. . .the endding where Kazuma-kun kills Riuho was fucked up...

[Fendraki]

Like the title asks, what is the saddest anime you've ever watched? Or the saddest part in any anime you've ever watched?

[ricc]

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien without a doubt.

[Fendraki]

What's that about?

[Tsuuga]

It's about a guy and girl who fall in love in high school...

then she gets into an accident and into a coma. The guy has moved on and is dating that girl's best friend, and he's become very apathetic. Both the best friend and he have become very depressed about the whole thing and gave up some promising futures and are trying to get by. But one day the girl wakes up... with short-term memory loss. The show is very, very dramatic (but in an almost realistic way) and very sad.

[340beatsaminute]

It's pretty much a love triangle about two best friends and a friend of theirs. I didn't like it that much though. If you are going to check it out, I'm just warning you that there is nudity.

I'm watching Hanbun No Tsuki Ga Noboru Sora and yeah it's sad.

[Nekomimi]

Your probably going to get alot of people saying KGNE heh. It really is the most heart wrenching anime that i've ever seen and ive seen alot xD. :amuse

[Fendraki]

Hm, thanks. Call me sick but I'm really into sad anime. Has anybody here watched/read Gantz?

[conceptz]

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien was sad. I also found Elfen Lied pretty sad too.

[crazymtf]

Hm, thanks. Call me sick but I'm really into sad anime. Has anybody here watched/read Gantz?
It wasn't really sad, i found it more badass :P

[Rori]

Hanbun No Tsuki Ga Noboru Sora

That's one looong name.

Out of the ones I've watched so far, probaly AIR or Full moon wo Sagashite (I'm not sure if this a good or a bad ending)

Though AIR confused me a little. I cried at Full moon wo sagashite, and I neverrrr cry at an anime.

[guiltyspark7750]

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien was sad. I also found Elfen Lied pretty sad too.
agreed on both points

[Tsuuga]

Gantz isn't really sad. A lot of people die but it really desensitizes you.

One Piece's flashback are the saddest stories I've seen in anime, but they're flashbacks, so that definitely lessens the impact (I've heard that they've made people cry though).

[Nekomimi]

AIR's ending will definatly make you cry unless your some kindof unfeeling monster xD. But some of the symbolism that plays heavily in the series especially towards the end lessens the impact for some...Or in my case increases its severity. :(

[JediJaina]

Voices of a Distant Star was a short and sad anime to me. Although there are probably others that I haven't seen.

[TerrorOfDeath]

Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien made me shed a tear

[Fighting Spirit]

Naruto and umm... There's one more but can't remember :<

[kataimiko]

I really can't think of an anime that was absolutely the saddest, but I can think of several that have had some pretty sad moments in them.

The final two episodes of Cowboy Bebop still manage to make me teary eyed. Also, the "goodbye//thank you" scene between Sasuke and Sakura in Naruto makes me want to cry as well. :cry :cry

[loscar141]

Aishiteru ze Baby ( Love You Baby ) is very sad

[Fendraki]

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien was sad. I also found Elfen Lied pretty sad too.

Elfen Lied was very sad. I'm halfway through Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien now and I can tell that it'll be really sad in the end episodes.

I think one of the saddest parts in any anime is Haku sacrificing himself for Zabuza and then Zabuza laying next to him while he dies.

[Dai Dreamer]

For me Kimi ga Nozomu Eien is the saddest anime. I shed a few tears while watching it.

[Zissou]

Like Magdalena said, you'll get alot of KGNE ^^ I watched it in one go and I felt really down after I had finished it :/ Quite the surprise that the story of an (imo) average soap opera can get to you like that :laugh

[Aether]

Like Magdalena said, you'll get alot of KGNE ^^ I watched it in one go and I felt really down after I had finished it :/ Quite the surprise that the story of an (imo) average soap opera can get to you like that :laugh

Yea after hearing in this thread about KGNE I gave it a go and feel really depressed now :cry I don't really get like this with regular shows only anime and manga does. Great anime

[Anemone]

Hotaru No Haka :scry

[foxysurouni666]

Grave of fireflies or Milleneum Actress.....

[proleptical]

Fullmetal Alchemist made me tear up a couple of times and it is overall a rather depressing series, in my opinion. Chrno Crusade's ending was truly heart wrenching but the series as a whole didn't impress me.

The saddest anime ever, however, is definitely Hotaru No Haka, followed quite closely by Sennen joyu.

[Kisame]

Gantz is the saddest i've watched.

seems like every girl he gets close to get gets knocked off.

[mary no jutsu]

My gosh the saddest anime i've ever watched?

Grave of The Fireflies- i was seriously... sobbing i mean SOBBING like hiccuping and red faced.

rurouni kenshin/samurai x:reflections- well i know samurai x: refelctions isn't its real name so yeah. well anyways this was all jsut done so beautifully. such a saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad end to a great anime. MAAAAAAAAN. thinking about it makes me depressed. this made me cry so bad whenever i feel like crying i watch it. and i cry. no i don't cry i Bawl.

these animes are like korean drama sad.

[Fendraki]

Gantz is the saddest i've watched.

seems like every girl he gets close to get gets knocked off.


That's what really got to me. I was just completely shocked when everyone died in the 3rd mission. And the manga is even worse... :cry

[Catterix]

Sorry, but what is KGNE?

I've cried, or gotten very emotional at:

Naruto eps 17,18,19. 109, 134.

Wolf's Rain final 4 eps.

Rurouni Kenshin Trust/Betrayal didn't make me cry but left me feeling empty.

Voices of a Distant star. Genius... Just genius.

I kinda wanted to get upset by FMA, but it was like sad moment ever 2 episodes and they were so randomly placed, like you tried getting upset about the death of a character, but right before that they had the death of a cat or something n ur just like :oh ????

And I know there was another but I just can't remember it.

[ETA]

I must be heartless, because while Grave of the Fireflies was tragic, I didn't exactly get too emotionally affected by it. Then again, maybe it's because the fact of why...

Seta and his sister died, because they weren't able to suck it up and just wait things out with their aunt who did admittedly have a lot of things to deal with.

I just didn't feel too much sympathy in that case, but I still felt sorry for them and what they went through. Great war movie, to be sure.

Anyway, while I've seen a lot of sad-as-hell anime that got me at moments (Evangelion and Gungrave certainly had its fair number of scenes), I can't really imagine anything depressing, and heartbreaking than Now and Then, Here and There. The first episode has something of an upbeat atmosphere, but from episodes two to thirteen, the final episode, you are constantly, and I emphasize CONSTANTLY emotional while watching it unfold. To call it brutal would be a serious understatement. What happens to each character is so simple, but powerfully effective and doesn't have any melodramatic moments in it. What all of the children go through just leaves you so damned depressed, and I don't think that I've heard such a tearful ending song for any other anime.

I can't imagine anyone who has watched this series not consider this the most depressing anime that they've ever seen. Hell, the only thing that is more depressing that I've seen is a movie called Johnny Got His Gun, which makes a tearful mark as my third favorite movie that I've ever seen.

For information on the series, check out ANN's information on Now and Then, Here and There. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=287)

[Catterix]

THANK YOU!! I said there was one I had forgotten, Now and Then, Here and There! That's my all time fave anime... I don't even compare it to others, its just so many marks above them. The most tragic thing I've ever watched. It was the direction that really got it done... especially the last episode, with Shu sitting with someone (Don't wanna spoil it) in front of the setting sun (ala the first ep) and then... and then... Makes me blubber just thinking about it...

[Vendrak]

fate/stay nights ending = (

[Aether]

Sorry, but what is KGNE?



It's a romance/drama It follows a drama very realistically. Very sad indeed, you should watch it or atleast the first 2 episodes you're sure to be pulled in.

[Catterix]

It's a romance/drama It follows a drama very realistically. Very sad indeed, you should watch it or atleast the first 2 episodes you're sure to be pulled in.

Ah wow, thanks. But now, also, what actually is KGNE? ie. What does it stand for? So I can find it on DVD :)

Thanks

[Harlita]

Oh my god, I totally cried during the dream sequence between Shindo and Sai in Hikaru no Go!


:cry

damn.. it was great, but damn I bawled.

[Tsuuga]

That's what really got to me. I was just completely shocked when everyone died in the 3rd mission. And the manga is even worse... :cry

Worse? It seems like everyone can come back to life... the ones in the Gantz program, of course (sorry, random people on Izumi's killing spree).

[ZarakiLee]

I could hardly watch the first episode of Cowboy Bebop without getting sad.
It's a shame that he dies on the last episode, I've only seen 3 episodes and I already know . I also got sad when GTO ended because I became so involved in it and it just ended so abruptly.

[Zissou]

Ah wow, thanks. But now, also, what actually is KGNE? ie. What does it stand for? So I can find it on DVD :)

Thanks

It stands for Kimi Ga Nozumo Eien :)

[chauronity]

Hotaru no Haka ~~ Grave of fireflies:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/

Setsuko and Seita are brother and sister living in wartime Japan. After their mother is killed in an air raid they find a temporary home with relatives. Having quarreled with their aunt they leave the city and make their home in an abandoned shelter. While their father's destiny who was a soldier is unknown the two must depend on each other to somehow keep a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs. When everything is in short supply, they gradually succumb to hunger and their only entertainment is the light of the fireflies.

A movie that makes everyone cry, including ''old'' mens like me

[Anego]

Jin Roh
Grave of Fireflies
Here and There, Now and Then
Samurai 7

[crazymtf]

Hotaru no Haka ~~ Grave of fireflies:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/

Setsuko and Seita are brother and sister living in wartime Japan. After their mother is killed in an air raid they find a temporary home with relatives. Having quarreled with their aunt they leave the city and make their home in an abandoned shelter. While their father's destiny who was a soldier is unknown the two must depend on each other to somehow keep a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs. When everything is in short supply, they gradually succumb to hunger and their only entertainment is the light of the fireflies.

A movie that makes everyone cry, including ''old'' mens like me
Didn't make me cry but it was pretty fucked up.

[chaoserver]

There are two unrivalled moments in anime for me.
Naruto:
The death of Zabuza/Haku. The moment where Zabuza cries was impossibly powerful, not to mention his badass charge at Gato(alot better in manga due to the decapitation). "Haku are you crying":cry
Cowboy bebop:
This series had it all. It could be fun, serious, badass, and emotional. Moments that stuck out were the moments after Vicious and spikes fight in the church, Vicious hearing the music box and giving off some emotion for once, Ed leaving, and of course the end of the series. I didn't feel anything during episode 25, or the beginning of 26, even Julia's death didn't effect me. However spike speaking with Jet and Faye, saying things that preluded death started to make me get a lump in my throat. And once he took off and real folk blues started playing you just get that feeling, knowing that is was the end. Also the shots of spike accompanied by the real folk blues gave off the aura of a man who had lost everything. From there it was emotionally badass up until the last, short simple yet powerful battle. "Bang" was where the shivers shot everywhere.... And the song blue was so beautiful and the lyrics were really perfect. And the vanishing star....... See you, space cowboy.

[ETA]

THANK YOU!! I said there was one I had forgotten, Now and Then, Here and There! That's my all time fave anime... I don't even compare it to others, its just so many marks above them. The most tragic thing I've ever watched. It was the direction that really got it done... especially the last episode, with Shu sitting with someone (Don't wanna spoil it) in front of the setting sun (ala the first ep) and then... and then... Makes me blubber just thinking about it...

Glad to see that someone else here has watched the anime other than me. I can't really imagine any other anime that is that emotionally powerful to have you constantly involved with it for the entire series (and this is including movies and OVAs as well).

To answer your later question, Kimi ga no Eizen (I believe that's the spelling) will be released in the U.S. by FUNimation under the name Rumbling Hearts in a few months (forgot the specific release date), so look out for it.

[Aether]

It stands for Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien :)

Fixed it :nod

[crazymtf]

There are two unrivalled moments in anime for me.
Naruto:
The death of Zabuza/Haku. The moment where Zabuza cries was impossibly powerful, not to mention his badass charge at Gato(alot better in manga due to the decapitation). "Haku are you crying":cry
Cowboy bebop:
This series had it all. It could be fun, serious, badass, and emotional. Moments that stuck out were the moments after Vicious and spikes fight in the church, Vicious hearing the music box and giving off some emotion for once, Ed leaving, and of course the end of the series. I didn't feel anything during episode 25, or the beginning of 26, even Julia's death didn't effect me. However spike speaking with Jet and Faye, saying things that preluded death started to make me get a lump in my throat. And once he took off and real folk blues started playing you just get that feeling, knowing that is was the end. Also the shots of spike accompanied by the real folk blues gave off the aura of a man who had lost everything. From there it was emotionally badass up until the last, short simple yet powerful battle. "Bang" was where the shivers shot everywhere.... And the song blue was so beautiful and the lyrics were really perfect. And the vanishing star....... See you, space cowboy.

Nicly put for Cowboy bebop, just what i thought :nod :amuse Rep :)

[Even]

there's a lot of sad animes out there. Now I wonder which anime made YOU cry the most.

for me it has to be Naruto. I have never cried so much to a series as I have with Naruto. After that one, I guess it'll have to be Pokemon.....*blush*

[Iruka]

FMA makes me bailed like a baby. the first half of the series was so heartwenching. :cry

Naruto makes me cry too. :scry

[Aether]

I never cried during an anime. The only time some form of entertainment that made me cry was a book(Of Mice and Men). Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien was very close to making me cry though.

[nagareboshi]

Wolf's Rain (OVA- Last 4 Episodes.)
I cried so much. XDD
Definatly the saddest anime I've ever watched.

Loads of animes have made me cry... Just can't be bothered to list them. D:

[Mr. Vash]

AIR (the only anime to make me shed tears.)
Grave of the Fireflies
Saikano
FMA (in two major events.. almost a shed tear in that funeral..)
Elfen Lied
Gunslinger Girl (probably not the saddest, but pretty damn depressing.)
Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien
Berserk (the last episode... gotta be either that or extreme hatred..)
08th MS Team

[Astronaut]

Grave of Fireflies. T-T [the live action one is even worse. :scry]
the last episode of Cowboy Bebop
Death Note [in a few places;...sweet sweet L <3]
His and Her made me emotional in a few places [same with hot gimmick]
but not cry.

[Laiquelleion]

Kenshin OVA without a doubt

[Iruka]

^ Oh yea. :nod Definitely the Kenshin OVA: Reflection.

[Hoon ♥]

pokemon: the first movie

[yeno1378]

Hey, I have seen some posts on good anime/worst/etc, but didn't see one for sad ones, so heres my shot at it. The 2 animes that made me almost cry ( borderline though lmao) were Basilisk and Saikano. I mean, comeon! Everyone kicks the bucket in Basilisk, and in Saikano I couldnt even watch past the first couple of episodes because I got so depressed over it lol. Thats about the only ones I can think of at the moment. Take it easy everyone.

[Gamabunta]

I saw a studio ghibli film that brought a tear to the eye. I think it was called mimi's delivery service. I came into the film 1/2 way but i was sucked in. When she started to loose her powers Chuck felt sad :cry.

[UnknownHero]

Probably the most recent anime that I have seen that made me cry was Air Gear. Such a tragedy to a beautiful manga. I've never seen anyone butcher an anime so badly.

[Moondoggie]

I've never gone has far to cry, but Samurai X's ending did get me a bit choked up. Nothing having to do with anime in general, but I am just not much of a cryer but the emotional scenes in anime do affect me. heh

[Kamioto Furin]

Honestly, Naruto made me cry... and then The Full Metal Alchemist Movie.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Wolf's Rain..the end was terribly sad for every character, doesn't matter how you interpret the end it was too sad...I love that series.

Another anime that was frickin hardcore but sad as hell at the same time was gantz (not that second phase bullshit)the buddha mission was the saddest shit I've ever witnessed.

X the anime had a slightly sad ending as well, as did Cowboy Bebop...poor Gren(I know he wasn't in the end but his story touched me the most), Spike and Viscious.

[AgentMarth]

I would have to say the second Kenshin OVA, while I didn't ball my eyes out, I did get very choked up with the ending.

Saikano was close, specifically the sence with Akemi. Depressing is more like it.

I also don't really cry, like ever, but some scenes are just done so well, you just can't help but to not feel something while watching them.

[Akatsuki Bozz]

i :cryed when that motherfuckerz stopped the anime The Candidate for Goddess at episode 13. it was more than 5x better than naruto...
motherfuckerz... it happened somethin mysterios to the drawer of that best anime ever. fuck off him i only wanted that awesome anime :cry :cry

[~Zaxxon~]

When I was younger, an episode of Pokemon made me cry.

(the one where Ash allmost gives up Pikachu!)

[kimidoll]

I don't watch a lot of sad anime (Not my type) but I do like drama

AIR- The ending, and pretty much most of the other things
Grave of the Fireflies- I think the title alone should tell you
pretty much a mojority of Studio Ghibli films (The sad scenes, not the entire movie)

Maybe I'll pick up on some of these, I didn't even cry in Titanic ^^'

[Wren]

the ending of 0080

when al realized the war ended and bernard didnt have to fight, yet he died defending the colony just as chris was. it showed how war truly is, and is probably the most realistic and down to earth of any gundam series

[rezerekted]

Shows that made me tear up: FMA, Wolf's Rain OVA's, episode 22 of RahXephon, Elfen Lied, Kimi Ga, episode 45 of Blood +, Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal

Shows that that actually made me cry: Samurai X: Reflections

Shows that were very emotionally difficult to watch: The last 10 eps or so of Evangelion, and also the End of Evangelion.

[hao_asakura]

elfen lied, where both lucy and kouta confessed about their feelings...urgh!up to now i dont even know who was behind that door

[Vicious]

the saddest is,
Elfen lied and Edens Bowy both endings are sad and depressing!
and also the end of YYH and the ending of chrono crusade!
o shit i forgot DearS was sad..........!

[ezxx]

probably Nami's story from One Piece as well as Robin's. I still can't get over Nami's story though, that's just way too sad. The situation she was faced with made me :( not to mention how old she was when it happened and how long she had to stay in captivity and the way she saw her mother die in front of her...:(

I guess I'd also have to say cowboy bebop...spike's life was sad as well

and of course Berserk

[Vicious]

^^^^^^ ^:(

[Serph]

Berserk

The only show that ever made me cry :cry

[Azure-kun]

Watching Naruto & sasuke Beat the shit outta each other while explaining there Past was worth crying...Other then that Orihime's story about her Brother was fucked up too...

[wherezmytofu]

samurai kyo sucked so bad it made me cry

[Vicious]

@wherezmytofu whos that person in your sig wat anime???

[ETA]

A few more anime that got to me emotionally:

-- Air (The final three episodes were all effective bits of drama and was the most prominent representation of family throughout the entire series. Haruko's part was especially touching.)

-- Berserk (The final stretch of episodes as everything that the characters had aimed for up until then collapsed.)

-- Black Jack (Specifically the fifth and tenth episode of the OVA series. Episode five was one of the most brilliant animated episodes that I've seen, and while episode ten did have some melodrama, it was still quite emotional.)

-- Haibane Renmei (Reki's hardship throughout the whole anime was emotionally involving, though I never brought me to tears; it was nicely conceived without resorting to clichés.)

-- Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (A rather sad tale from start to finish and doesn't really let up at any point. Not only one of the most powerful animated movies that I've seen, but also one of the most powerful movies in general.)

-- Neon Genesis Evangelion (Episodes twenty-one to twenty-four were not only depressing with their content, but were also atmospherically drowning. From Misato, to Asuka, to Rei, and then in the fourth string of episodes, Shinji, you see all four of the main characters deconstructed and put through incredibly harsh situations.)

-- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (Two certain characters' deaths always get to me, but the whole movie seemed rather desperate except until the final scene, but even then the optimism there was hidden and will be missed by many people just due to the brutality leading up to it, not to mention the setting of it.)

-- Now and Then, Here and There (Except for the first episode and some bits in episode eight, every moment in this series is the definition of depressing.)

-- Texhnolyze (Along with The End of Evangelion, it has the most beautiful and perfectly fitting ending that I've personally ever seen in any story. There are melancholic moments thrown about in the entire series, but the final episodes are exemplary examples of hopelessness, yet there is a certain beauty in it all. Also, the last scene (along with the aforementioned The End of Evangelion last scene), in addition to all of the build-up before it, had me completely in awe, not to mention being utterly choked up.)

There are a few more notables ones, but that about covers it from what I can recall offhand.

[TsukikoAi]

Naruto and FullMetal Alchemist have both made me cried (a lot) made me cry, but it was Code Geass that had me crying for over an hour...I still tear up thinking about it.