Wolfs Rain.

Basilisk: Kouga Ninpou Chou: Like romeo and juliet, their love could never be, thanks to tokugawa ordering the battle between the two clans. The ending was damn sad.. :(

the big o. *sniffle* *sniffle*

I wasn't through all the pages here but..I didn't notice if someone mentioned Blood+. I jest recently finished it, and while it is very different from By�soku 5 senchim�toru, FFX or Cowboy Bebop, the unavoidable ending which you actually see coming left me really sad..

air

Was actually a game that nearly hit me
Kana Little Sister ^^ That was an evil one. (exaggerating, really emotional one - saying that as a guy)

Gungrave
Ga-rei Zero
Kanon 2006
5 centimeters per second
Grave of the fireflies
Welcome to the NHK
H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam


KAMILLE ;_; saddest moment in anime history, I was literally tearing up on the final episode.

nothing comes close to Fate Stay Night

Saikano. I felt really bitter and depressed for a week after I finished watching it. I know I was in for an emotional hurricane with that one, but I wasn't expecting it to be THAT heavy.

I'd have to say Clannad and the After Story really did it for me.
I have to admit that watching the After Story really did it for me because it was so depressive most of the time.
And then there was those times..but for some reason I knew what was going to happen in the after story for a bit but I didn't see the other part happen.

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The anime series that i rember that was very emotional was one of the Tenchi extra long episode after they found the gardians and they had the extended Ryoko theme and Fullmetal Alchemist second part of the beast one when Ed and learned that their Tearcher used his wife and daughter in experiments

Well, the ending for Cowboy Bebop was rather sad but I felt it was fitting. And The End of Evangelion left me sad, especially when Asuka was killed.

grave of the fireflies made me, my mom, my auntie, and my cousins cried... a very, very sad anime indeed...

I have some other anime that made me cried but I don't know if it was tears of sad or not... they're natsume yuujinchou, baccano, hanbun no tsuki (made me remember about my deceased friend, so it's bias), full metal alchemist

remi 9could also beknown as remy) is an 80's anime about an orphan boy picked up by an old man and his parade animals, they perform tricks in the street to earn money, the old guy helps remi find her mother (the saddest thing is they are face to face like every 4 episodes but she doesnt recognize him and vice versa), but things go way bad after ceratin character dies.
and truly, his death is the most heart-breaking moment in anime history, ask anyone.

my sad anime was bokura ga it! XD

*spoiler*

when yano leaves ~_~

kuroshitsuji??? i nearly cried.. omg!

I'd have to say Clannad and the After Story really did it for me.
I guess Key is great when it comes to tearjerkers. I too did like Clannad, but I think that Kanon might actually be better. Well I liked it more at least, although After Story is still just in my plans.

Clannad After History is a very sad one...but the one who make's me cry a lot when i was a child is Sailor Moon =(.

The ending of the X Movie

Chrono Crusade, Why do two Star Crossed lovers have to die? Didnt cry but it put a lump in my throat.

Some of the episodes of Naruto made me teary when they introduced certain characters' backstories. Tsubasa was pretty sad, but the manga is waaay sadder. Elfen Lied had its share of tearjerker moments.

The entire last half of Clannad: After Story had me bawling. I mean dang, way to connect us to the characters before completely turning everything upside down... an unforgettable experience, and the most hard-hitting sadness of anything I've ever seen.

Bokura ga Ita made me cry ^^" that scene with the train, and Yano crying... Well, couldn't stop the tears, ehehe xD

The obvious tear-jerkers for me include "Chobits", "Kimi ga Nozumo Eien/Rumbling Hearts" and "Next Season", "Saikano" -the whole thing was a depressing angst-fest (oh wait, that's "Bokura ga Ita"'s description, I'm sorry), "Shuffle, and surprisingly enough, "Pita Ten". I'll probbaly have to add "Tokyo Magnitude 8.0" if I ever finish it.

And how I could forget about "Grave of the Fireflies" or "H20 ~footprints in the sand" or "Memories off" is just beyond me. And since I'm editing this post anyway, "Boku wa Imouto ni koi wo suru" and "Koi Kaze" just for the sadness inherent in any treatment of siblings falling in love. And "Air" is defiinitely at the top of the lists.

And to complete my list for today: "Fruits Basket" and yes "Kanon", 2002 -haven't finished 2006 yet.
"Evangelion" for many reasons, like oh say killing off as many main characters as possible?
"Kashimashi" oh yeah, which girl was hurt and needs Hazamu the most?...
"Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora" even with its expected ending,
"Kimikiss Pure Rouge" at various parts,
the last story arc of the 1st "Magister Negima" tv series
"Key the Metal Idol", for the way Sakura was treated.
"Elfien Leid" was tear-puller among other things, especially when he has to relieve his sister's death
"Figure 17" the way it had to end and everything
"Voices of a Distant Star"...even though I haven't yet seen the anime...the manga was a tear jerker til the very end.

I had to stop watching H20, Bokura ga, Kimi ga, Elfen Leid, and Air at times they produced so many tears.

And how could I forget about "Ef~tale of memories", the Chihiro/Renji storyline was just so....ugh...stopped watchig episodes even more times than I did Kiminozo. And "Ef~tale of melodies" was just wrong, at the end. And, naturally, "School Days" was a tear fest a long way before the "hey, Nice Boat" episode.

Ai no Kusabi is the saddest I can remember, because of the ending of course

Gantz was also very sad, especially the story of that celebrity kid and his secret fan stalker (hope that is not a spoiler), that touched me the most from that series, don't know why...

Eureka Seven (movie/series) had a really sad/sweet ending.

Clannad: After Story - again, great.

and yes, Elphen Lied was another bowl of sadness for me, but not for the main characters, cause the only touchy thing from that series was the father-daughter trio (the biological most dangerous daughter and the "adopted" one) that broke my heart...

Elfien Lied had a better ending as a manga...

Eureka Seven (movie/series) had a really sad/sweet ending.

Death Note was devastating! I was watching it during a college break and once Light finally died, I just broke down. I had to go to the bathroom to cry in peace, lol. I'm a guy so...

Madoka Magica, but I love it when anime is sad

Hmm trigun was sad. Clannad and Kanon was pretty sad too. But the one that i remembered the most was Soukyuu no Fafner: left of right

Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies and CLANNAD After Story

for me it is the Rose of Versailles. So sad and so passionate.

Wolf's Rain. Especially the end.

Basilisk.
Sad and awesome.

Ruroni Kenshin, also, in the flashback part, was amazingly sad.

...Saikano.

I would have to go with either Myself, Yourself or Kurokami.

Saishu Heiki Kanojo: Another Love Song.
A wonderful love story about a woman's sacrifice (OVA of Saishu Heiki Kanojo).

Air TV had me sobbing. Keeps me from watching Clannad.
Other than that... recently Sakamichi no Apollon. Found myself crying at the end of almost every episode.


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Clannad after story sad... you guys try to watch it,
watch clannad first before watch after story

wrong place. sorry.

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Clannad is quite sad. Especially if you watch Clannad: After Story.. oh jeeze, the company "Key" are great at animation and design..!

Key is like that. Air is sad, but beyond beautifully done. When I met Vic Mignogna at an anime con, he totally geeked out when I had him sign my copy.

Air makes me bawl (both the movie and the series) but if it's by Key, chances are it's sad.

Hmmm... let's see..... I've seen a lot of sad animus, but the saddest would have to be Puella Magi Madoka Magica. (sniff)

SPOILERS AHEAD
This anime is sad because
1. At the beginning Madoka doesn't know why Homura is so mean to her.
2. Mami dies at the end of episode 3.
3. Sayaka dies in episode 8\9
4. Kyouko dies at the end of episode 9.
5. Madoka becomes the Supreme Goddess Of The Universe, only Homura can remember her.

Man, this series is so dark. So many die in so few episodes. (sniff)

Clannad
Grave of the Fireflies
Windaria

Haibane Renmei

I know this might be irrelevant to the question but I'd say its Deadman Wonderland. It might not be the most saddening what with it only having one season (for now). But if you read the whole manga (it's has like 50+ chapters) then its quite sad. I think I had to cope with the sadness for about two days lol dun judge me.

Gundam Seed, I haven't seen the whole episodes of the series. However, some of Kira friends have got killed to what I have saw.

I guess the ending of AIR, but mostly because I watched it when I was young.

Elfen lied&Grave of the Fireflies nearly ruined anime for me. ESPECIALLY grave of the fireflies...god that was depressing.

Grave of the Fireflies. I cried like an angry baby.

I teared up a bit during the climax of Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo. Just a bit.

Witch Hunter Robin. It was really tough to watch the finale but so damn worth it.

Basilisk - because of its ending (although I KNEW it would be like this)

For me it was Jyu-Oh-Sei // Planet of the Beast King

Grave of the Fireflies. Cried.

Parts of Both FullMetal Alchemist series. Wanted to cry. Fought it.

The last few episodes of Gundam SEED. Yelled at my screen. SO unnecessary.

The halfway point and the end of Gurren Lagann. That hit home.

Air. I still remember (though vaguely) the sadness when I finished watching it in high school. I'm not sure if I can go back to that state of mind, accepting anime for what it is without criticizing every component.

Shinsekai Yori


Maria......

Were able to watch Grave of the fireflies??? That's the one that shed me some tears.

Kids on the Slope.

Well the saddest manga to me would be fate stay night mid/ending and When They Cry – Higurashi no Naku Koro ni :'(

Elfen Lied by far

Anime stopped being sad after early 2000s. Anything after that is over-dramatic, child's play drama with no emotional element.

Source: Watching Chinese cartoons since early 90s.

Clannad After story , Kanon,Air, Ano Hana

there's no other anime i can think of that's more disturbing and sad - Berserk...

The endings of Digimon Adventure, Digimon Tamers and Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 were quite sad. It rarely happens that I get tears in my eyes.

I found Kenshin at times to be really sad, especially the Oniwabanshu storylines, Tenchi and Slayers are unexpectedly sad sometimes even though they're both comedic; Washu during the OVA when she's babysitting is actually really kind of sad. Slayers has a lot of sad moments with Sylphiel. I have a hard time saying which of the three is saddest because I find all three really really sad sometimes. Fullmetal Alchemist is very sad to the point where I can't really rewatch it easily, so I guess that one is saddest, but I really can say all 4 are terribly sad at different points... So is Ruin Explorers which I can't bring myself to rewatch either...

Actually most of the animes I've watched at all are pretty sad. Which is sort of my main issue with anime - even the light hearted stuff seems to get really depressing most of the time. I don't mind sadness in stories, but..

Clannad easily, also Kanon 2006

Witch Hunter Robin, FTW.

Wolfs Rain.

Overall, Galaxy Express 999. The melancholy lasts for the entire 2.5 million light year trek from Earth to Andromeda. It's 113 episodes of constant sadness so after a 3 day marathon I was depressed for 2 weeks.
Angel Heart was very sad as well, with moments that made me tear up in almost every episode after the first arc. I wouldn't say it's overall better than City Hunter but the drama is great, and I hate drama.
Saddest specific moment for me would probably be the ending of Zambot 3 when Kappei falls down to Earth and town rallies around him, I can tear up just thinking about it.
The most depressing would be Gundam SEED. Now, it wasn't sad because there's isn't a single character worthy of the slightest empathy, it was just so godawful and painful to watch that it seemed like life wasn't worth living for 2 months after finishing it. That something could be so bad was an astonishing revelation, after watching SEED even fairly mediocre series seem good to me now.

"Tomb for Fireflies"

A masterpiece from Ghigli Studios

I agree with Tomb of Fireflies. One of the most touching and saddest Ghibli movies.

I know I posted here before, but I don't remember which anime I said was the saddest.

I'd have to say it was Chobits. It was more disappointing sad just emotional sad.

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The show is 22 or 24 episodes long. Don't really remember anymore and I don't really care. It's been about a year since I watched the show. After several episodes we are finally introduced to a picture of a so-called "Chobit", a computer that can think and act like a human without any operating system. But that's the last you see of a "Chobit" until the last few episodes. The animation is pretty terrible, and only a small handful of episodes are worth watching. Some are just pointless. In the manga\anime the guy (don't remember his name and I don't really care) realizes he needs to go to Victoria's Secret and by Chi some undergarments. The manga has this scene at just half a page. But the anime drags it out to an entire 20-24 minute episode. And he thinks the girls there will think he's a pervert if he goes in there and buys some undergarments. Now I've had to by girl undergarments before and all I've had to do is go in there and show the employees a list of what I need and they help me find what I need. And they don't ask what I need them for. If they think I'm a pervert, I don't care. There's a 95% chance I'll never see them ever again. Anyways, the "Chobits could actually exist" plot only happens during the last 2 or 3 episodes. And they just half-ass everything like "Chi, forget the guy" "Okay chi...Wait I want him chi" "Well okay".

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I also had watched the FUNimation dub. I thought "well the show sucks, but maybe Funi has made it somewhat enjoyable." And you know what? It was just as bad. It made a lot of good talent go to waste.

"Your Lie in April" is about as heart-wrenching as it gets.

Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku (Now and Then, Here and There)!

Saikano, specially the ending. Short and sad anime. :|
I'm not giving details because it would ruin the experience.

Saikano, or Saishuu-heiki Kanojo -The Last Love Song on a Little Planet- was indeed sad. The manga is also beautiful.

Clannad After Story made me feel like i never felt before

Movie: Grave of the Fireflies
Series: Angel Beats!

Cory in the House

Clannad After Story made me feel like i never felt before

Same! I was a 25 year old, emotionally stable male when I watched it. Crying was... a rare thing. Like. I think I had last gotten to anything close to that state maybe 7 years prior over a life incident.

Then I saw that, and suddenly I'm a wreck. Crying HARD. For like twenty minutes solid.

And it didn't just happen bloody once in it, did it? Multiple frickin' times.

Always laughed out loud when Bambi's Mommie was killed in Bambi.

Without question "Grave of the Fireflies"! :(
Definitely a milestone in the history of anime, which I can't watch very often because it's much too tragic...

On the other hand, the soundtrack is a real pleasure!!! ^^

"Hotaru no haka" a.k.a. "Grave of the Fireflies" on the other side of the Pacific ocean.

I was about to say the same thing. You couldn't pay me to watch Grave of the Fireflies again.

Shigatsu wa kimi no uso wow that was one sad ending.
Plastic Memories also left me it tear the end was so sad and depressing.

I have to amend my post after watching Clannad After Story episode 16 it jumps to the top.

Wolf Children almost made me cry. First sad part was when the wolf dad got run over by a truck after Ame was born. Then there's the ending, too.

The ending of Cowboy Bebop always got me. No matter how many times I would watch it, knowing that this was it would get me. And hearing the song 'Call Me' would add to it as well. Lucky we got a movie from it all things being equal.

Made In Abyss (just a certain scene...)

Elfen Lied till I find something sadder. Cowboy bebop was sad, but it didn't make me cry. :/ I still love the anime though. I can totally watch it over and over, unlike Elfen.

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Always laughed out loud when Bambi's Mommie was killed in Bambi.

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definitely's Your lie in April my tears like rain.

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yes and [Grave of the Fireflies] i am almost forget this movie.

Death Note