My kneejerk reaction to the question is "Grave of the Fireflies".
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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.
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 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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Your lie in april
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
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 it
I think it's one of the main reasons why I obsessed over learning systems analysis
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
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A silent voice
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.
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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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.
Some might disagree, but I thought "Your Name" was sad.
Grave of the Fireflies
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.
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To your eternity
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.
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Bible Black.
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.
Orange was pretty sad iirc.
Ninja Scroll. I will never forgive that evil dude for permanently cock blocking the protagonist.
Other than Grave of the Fireflies, some others I never see mentioned are Saikano and In This Corner of the World.
Damn I can't figure spoilers. Sora yori tooi was unexpectedly good
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