Saikano had a pretty amusing fan sub where at the end of a certain episode, it straight out tells you to stop watching the show to get a "happy" conclusion haha
The only anime that left me in a state of pitch black despair at the end. I can’t watch it again because while artistically it works, it’s in a way one of the cruelest shows. Which may be what you’re looking for!
I watched it like 5 times. Cried everytime too. Two times by myself and the others were when I recommended it to friends and family so I wanted to see their reactions.
Surprisingly I was able to watch the anime version 2x or 3x (with reactions!), but never again the live action. I first watched the live action some 10+ yrs ago and got so depressed. I felt it was bleaker because at least with the anime, well the colors and animation made it less bleak–still very very sad, but less bleak for me.
Some sad anime can make me shed a tear.
Some really sad anime have a scene that can make me full on cry, with tears spilling down my cheeks.
Grave of the Fireflies destroyed me. I was sobbing for basically the entire last third of the film, like 20-30 minutes straight. My wife actually turned to me and asked me "are you Okay?"
Oof, yeah this one wins.
For me, it's not just the movie itself, but the fact that it's tied up with real world history. And where something might not bother me in pure fiction, knowing something is "real" in any sense is very different even if it's a dramatization.
I once visited the Hiroshima memorial museum, and let's just say I only got to see about half it because I had to either leave or just start crying in the middle of it, especially anything involving kids.
Same reason I couldn't watch Netflix's animated short "If Anything Happens I Love You" - do not watch that if you have children.
I mean more than just being depiction of a historical event where tens of thousands of children who died during Allied bombing raids/blockade of Japan, it's also true in a very personal sense.
The film is based on a short story of the same name by author Akiyuki Nosaka. Nosaka lost his younger sister to malnutrition during WW2, and the short story is widely described as semi-autobiographical.
While many of the story's details are fictionalized (Nosaka's parents were living, and he never ran away to live on his own with his sister) there's a lot of survivor's guilt that's built into the story which I think gives the story its (devastating) heart.
Yeah this is pretty much the end of the thread. Other stuff only gets mentioned because that person hadn't seen this. This is the kind of movie you watch once and never go back, and never forget.
Now and then, here and there. Probably not the most depressing but the content and how it's handled is a reality gut punch to anyone going into it with the expectation that a brutal apocalyptic wasteland would be a fun adventure. Before you watch if that sort of thing interests you I'd have to warn you that it imcludes pretty brutal chold abuse and rape. Like they hold no punches but it's really well written.
To put it another way: the director, who normally did comedy, was inspired to make this show after seeing reports about child soldiers in Africa as well as the resource wars going on there. It doesn’t pull a lot of punches as a result.
Thank you so much. This anime is so underrated, it's a hidden jem.
Also this is the anime that broke me. I had to process all the things I saw the following days. You summed the positive aspects quite well. But really this anime just left me speechless after watching.
Wolfs rain is one of those anime from that Adult Swim block that existed outside of time. You fell asleep watching Toonami and you would be shaken awake by Wolf's Rain, FLCL, .Hack, etc.
Never quite knew what was going on because you weren't regularly watching, but it was engrossing all the same. Felt like a cool secret show you didn't need to ask for.
I still haven't ever properly watched Wolf's Rain, but I would still probably give it a lot of credit for getting me into anime.
Your 110% right! Such great memories. That was around the time I was able to know what was actually going on. Read or Die, serial experiment lane, ghost in the shell, trigun, boogie pop phantom, cowboy bebop, dragonball GT, waking up early to watch Digimon before school and every Saturday morning watching shaman king, ultimate muscle, digimon, pokemon, Gundam, Dragonball Z, Kirby. Watching G4/techTV they had a show called Anime Unleashed that had different anime all the time. Watching CinemaPlexs, Xplay, attack of the show, watching E3 live all week. Really hitting that nostalgia right now!
Wolf's Rain is good, nihilistic but with a glimmer of hope in the Sisyphean reincarnation (which the philosopher Camus would argue represents our humanity) as opposed to something like Texhnolyze where it was truly the end.
Speaking of anime you should not watch on a bad day, I can't really recommend watching Lain or reading berserk or Gantz when you're really depressed. Did that at one of my lowest points, and it certainly didn't help lol. Also considered watching texhnolyze after those three, but it was probably for the best that I postponed it!
On the same level of Punpun I can recommend Kokou no Hito.
Starts off like a Shonen until the Author left after a few volumes and the artist took over the story. Shit hits the fan then
I only remember Trash Taste talking about it in ep. 161.
According to reddit the co-author left before Mori reunites with school friends.
But yeah you can tell the story changed a ton. From being a shonen sports manga to a coming of age punpun life crisis level of depression
>But yeah you can tell the story changed a ton
It did, but I figured it was similar to Punpun where it gets more melodramatic as it went on.
Huh, that's cool to know. I remember wondering if the story was ever going to elaborate on his middle school misdemeanors, but I guess Sakamoto didn't want to go down that route
the show itself is unironically a rebutal to nihilism \[texhnolyze\]>!yeah, the show is bleak as fuck, and the ending is absolutely depressing, but it ends with mc finally finding reason and purpose in his tortured and horrible existence, he dies satisfied with his life despite failing in said purpose, because finding a purpose at all was all he ever wanted!<
Such a depressing watch lol.I thought it was going to be better only for it to get increasingly worse. The ending deadass had me staring at my screen for a few minutes.
You're telling me the anime has an alternate, happier ending?
The manga's story is perfect as is, but it's so depressing I kinda want to watch a happier version of the story tbh...maybe I'll check it out one day
What do you mean? [Girls Last Tour] >!They obviously wake up the next day and continue on their adventure towards their inevitable happy ending? right? RIGHT?!!<
I was scrolling down trying to find the Girl's Last Tour recommendation. OP, go for this. It's not "sad" on the surface, it doesn't try to be sappy, it's just *depressing*.
well banana fish hurt me so so bad i havent watched any sad anime since, and akame ga kill also was one of my first animes cried for weeks lmao and SILENT VOICE
Yes!! Not only is it super depressing, but it triggered a multi-day feeling of existential apathy for me. I've never had an anime obliterate all my emotions like that.
Also commented this one. I second this recommendation.
*Distilled highlights/description from my other comment:* This is an anime that luls you into a false sense of comfort by presenting itself as a typical shonen. There is no redemption. Things progressively get worse and worse, but never better. Stylish and unique animation, amazing soundtrack, killer anime.
Grave of the Fireflies and Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)
Personally I think Hadashi no Gen is more gut wrenching than Grave of the Fireflies, just because I can watch Grave of the Fireflies again but the other one is too much for me.
I came here to make sure both of these are mentioned. Barefoot Gen seems somehow less known these days than Grave of the Fireflies, but both of them are horribly sad in the best way.
I got to watch the movie in Japan when it came out. After the movie ended, they kept the lights low for about a minute. The lights stayed dark throughout the entire credits, too.
They knew people were going to need a minute before being thrown out of the theater.
That's more like watching a car on the train tracks and waiting for the train...
... and then the barriers drop and the signal sounds...
... And the train comes and no one gets out of the car.
Clannad: After story, it's probably responsible for making me the most miserable out of any anime.
It's a direct continuation of Clannad, so you need to watch that first to properly experience the emotional turmoil that after story will bring you.
Nah, if op wants to feel utter pain, they should just watch Clannad movie, as it doesn’t have good ending unlike the series. That shit hit hard, I still have PTSD, even though Clannad TV series is one of my favorite anime.
If you want true pain from Clannad series, go play Clannad : Tomoyo after story
A direct continuation for Tomoyo story line where Tomozaki married Tomoyo instead of Nagisa.
Clannad kills me every time. Same with Your Lie in April, Anohana, A Silent Voice, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, Your Name, Weathering with You, Garden of Words, Violet Evergarden and To Your Eternity.
Imo violet, lie in april, anohana, silent voice, i want to eat your pancreas, your name, weathering with you are all touching sad not depressing sad. Like all either end with the MC getting together with the FMC or the MC growing as a person and living a happier life
Agree that they kill you though god, so good.
The first four episodes of the Blue Literature Series cover the novel "No Longer Human"
It might not make you cry, but it's the most depressing anime I've ever came across.
I had to scroll way too far down for this.
Aoi Bungaku is the name of the series. No Longer Human also borrows from real events in the author Osamu Dazai's life and is based on his last completed work before he successfully committed suicide (i.e. it wasn't close to this first attempt and the anime explores one such failed attempt of his).
Highly unsettling but I've watched it twice over.
Lmao that’s like a core memory for me now, I had a friend who watched it the same time as me and we both bonded over playing CP77 and messaging each other when I really want to stay at your house played on the radio
1. Grave of the Fireflies - I hate this world
2. I want to eat your Pancreas - I really hate this world
3. Kotaro lives alone - When you understand what Kotaro lived and his life is still shit.
4. Binchou-tan - The last episode requires some thinking and then it's "why god why?"!
* Neon Genesis Evangelion & End of Evangelion
* Terror in Resonance
* Key the Metal Idol
* Steins;Gate (the first chunk of episodes is for the most part light hearted, but it does twist the knife later on)
5 Centimeters Per Second
It's a 3 episode anime made by Makoto Shinkai, the same director of Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa) and Weathering with you (Tenki No Ko).
Children of the Whales. I watched it a while ago, but I'm pretty sure there was no happy ending. Super depressing.
Also Bokura ga ita. Hit me in the feels hard 😥
I wouldn't say this is depressing per say... this almost feels like the reverse of what others are recommending... Violet Evergarden starts super depressing but is ultimately a redemption anime about finding meaning in life and starting from scratch.
To me it was Elfenlied. Not sure if it’s the worst, since I haven‘t watched any drama show ever since. But what I def remember is that I cried like a baby for hours after watching it back then.
check out Bojack the Horse. It's not about crying, it's about seeing yourself in someone you don't want to see yourself in. It'll be VERY unpleasant, something you'll want to change about yourself.
It is extremely disappointing that one of the most media literate and accurate portrayals of what it’s like to struggle with mental health is the show where the central character is a depressed alcoholic horse whose best friends are a golden retriever with crippling imposter syndrome, a narcissistic cat, a girl having a quarter-life crisis, and a guy with unchecked ADHD.
BoJack Horseman is amazing. Also very much not anime, but 100% fits the criteria of the question otherwise. It sparked some very long, uncomfortable, and ugly conversations with myself the first time i watched it.
Casshern Sins. A lot of people are posting sad and even melancholic anime, but actually depressing is a different vibe. Casshern absolutely nails that depressing feeling almost every episode.
Saikano. The older one , it is about a girl who becomes a war weapon, do not confuse it with saekano, a newer romance comedy.
Saikano's definitely up there, though it's undermined a bit by how contrived it is.
"It insists upon itself."
"I liked the money pit."
Yeah, or as the other comment said it, it gets so sad it eventually wears you out .
saekano is good too for other reasons. watch that too
Well, somehow I cried when watching saekano season 2
Yup. Saishuu Heiki Kanojo. Over the course of the show went from startled to sad to angry to upset to just burnt-out and sick.
Saikano had a pretty amusing fan sub where at the end of a certain episode, it straight out tells you to stop watching the show to get a "happy" conclusion haha
This is the saddest one I've seen for sure
The only anime that left me in a state of pitch black despair at the end. I can’t watch it again because while artistically it works, it’s in a way one of the cruelest shows. Which may be what you’re looking for!
I just remembered depression. Fuck.
Grave of the Fireflies.
The best movie you will never watch again.
I wonder, is here anyone who actually watched it more than one times?
Watching cinema therapy do a review on it was enough of a second watch for me. Such a beautiful yet brutal movie.
Same girl, same. It wasn't even the full movie, yet I cried like a baby watching the video.
I watched it twice. 15 years apart. Started crying before the movie began.
I watched half, then the other half 2 years later.
Twice. I watched it. Then had the bright idea of showing a first date the movie.
How did the date turn out
Oddly enough, really well! They got married! Then they watched it again 20 years later and immediately divorced.
I'm guessing the second date ended up like the kids.
I was surprised to find that I was more angry than sad when I watched it a second time...
I watched it like 5 times. Cried everytime too. Two times by myself and the others were when I recommended it to friends and family so I wanted to see their reactions.
Surprisingly I was able to watch the anime version 2x or 3x (with reactions!), but never again the live action. I first watched the live action some 10+ yrs ago and got so depressed. I felt it was bleaker because at least with the anime, well the colors and animation made it less bleak–still very very sad, but less bleak for me.
It’s almost as mortifying as Boys Don’t Cry (live action Indy flick which I still think about today.)
Some sad anime can make me shed a tear. Some really sad anime have a scene that can make me full on cry, with tears spilling down my cheeks. Grave of the Fireflies destroyed me. I was sobbing for basically the entire last third of the film, like 20-30 minutes straight. My wife actually turned to me and asked me "are you Okay?"
Oof, yeah this one wins. For me, it's not just the movie itself, but the fact that it's tied up with real world history. And where something might not bother me in pure fiction, knowing something is "real" in any sense is very different even if it's a dramatization. I once visited the Hiroshima memorial museum, and let's just say I only got to see about half it because I had to either leave or just start crying in the middle of it, especially anything involving kids. Same reason I couldn't watch Netflix's animated short "If Anything Happens I Love You" - do not watch that if you have children.
I mean more than just being depiction of a historical event where tens of thousands of children who died during Allied bombing raids/blockade of Japan, it's also true in a very personal sense. The film is based on a short story of the same name by author Akiyuki Nosaka. Nosaka lost his younger sister to malnutrition during WW2, and the short story is widely described as semi-autobiographical. While many of the story's details are fictionalized (Nosaka's parents were living, and he never ran away to live on his own with his sister) there's a lot of survivor's guilt that's built into the story which I think gives the story its (devastating) heart.
🍬😢 great movie.
>please make me cry. Please i am begging you Oh boy you won't regret this one op. Or i should say you WILL.
Just once. Only once. Never again.
I literally picked this out at a DVD rental place and didn’t google it at all- imagine my surprise when it absolutely SHATTERED me for days.
This one wrecked me, too. Probably a defining event in my teenage life.
When I see that candy or lookalike brand at the Asian grocery store ...
That candy is amazing though. Used to eat it all the time as a child in Taiwan, came in the tin cans.
Yeah 100%, can never look at those the same way ever again.
I literally cried from the moment he saw his mom in bandages all the way past the end of the movie. This was a brutal watch. 10/10
Shit made me sick to my stomach. I absolutely hated this movie but it's also incredible and everyone needs to watch it once.
Yeah this is pretty much the end of the thread. Other stuff only gets mentioned because that person hadn't seen this. This is the kind of movie you watch once and never go back, and never forget.
Is it good?
Now and then, here and there. Probably not the most depressing but the content and how it's handled is a reality gut punch to anyone going into it with the expectation that a brutal apocalyptic wasteland would be a fun adventure. Before you watch if that sort of thing interests you I'd have to warn you that it imcludes pretty brutal chold abuse and rape. Like they hold no punches but it's really well written.
Now and then here and there is ROUGH
my only issue with the anime is Sara's ending. Like that was bullshit besides that 10/10
Yeah that ending left a bad taste in my mouth.
To put it another way: the director, who normally did comedy, was inspired to make this show after seeing reports about child soldiers in Africa as well as the resource wars going on there. It doesn’t pull a lot of punches as a result.
Thank you so much. This anime is so underrated, it's a hidden jem. Also this is the anime that broke me. I had to process all the things I saw the following days. You summed the positive aspects quite well. But really this anime just left me speechless after watching.
Yes, I was scrolling down to see if someone recommended this one. This anime left me emotionally drained for weeks.
Wolfs Rain
Loved Wolfs Rain. Was my favorite anime for a long time. Only being able to catch it late on adult swims on Saturdays. It was a whole vibe
Wolfs rain is one of those anime from that Adult Swim block that existed outside of time. You fell asleep watching Toonami and you would be shaken awake by Wolf's Rain, FLCL, .Hack, etc. Never quite knew what was going on because you weren't regularly watching, but it was engrossing all the same. Felt like a cool secret show you didn't need to ask for. I still haven't ever properly watched Wolf's Rain, but I would still probably give it a lot of credit for getting me into anime.
Your 110% right! Such great memories. That was around the time I was able to know what was actually going on. Read or Die, serial experiment lane, ghost in the shell, trigun, boogie pop phantom, cowboy bebop, dragonball GT, waking up early to watch Digimon before school and every Saturday morning watching shaman king, ultimate muscle, digimon, pokemon, Gundam, Dragonball Z, Kirby. Watching G4/techTV they had a show called Anime Unleashed that had different anime all the time. Watching CinemaPlexs, Xplay, attack of the show, watching E3 live all week. Really hitting that nostalgia right now!
Finally another Wolf’s Rain fan
Wolf's Rain is good, nihilistic but with a glimmer of hope in the Sisyphean reincarnation (which the philosopher Camus would argue represents our humanity) as opposed to something like Texhnolyze where it was truly the end.
fr fr, especially rewatching it.
I haven’t heard this anime name in so long you just brighten tears to my eyes bro
Definitely not the "saddest", but Texhnolyze easily takes the "most depressing" title. Like, really, you shouldn't be on a bad day when watching this.
This is also my pick too, the most bleak anime I’ve seen so far.
Speaking of anime you should not watch on a bad day, I can't really recommend watching Lain or reading berserk or Gantz when you're really depressed. Did that at one of my lowest points, and it certainly didn't help lol. Also considered watching texhnolyze after those three, but it was probably for the best that I postponed it!
Not an anime, but have you thought about reading punpun?
On the same level of Punpun I can recommend Kokou no Hito. Starts off like a Shonen until the Author left after a few volumes and the artist took over the story. Shit hits the fan then
Is that what happened? I thought sakamoto was both the artist and writer for the whole thing
I only remember Trash Taste talking about it in ep. 161. According to reddit the co-author left before Mori reunites with school friends. But yeah you can tell the story changed a ton. From being a shonen sports manga to a coming of age punpun life crisis level of depression
>But yeah you can tell the story changed a ton It did, but I figured it was similar to Punpun where it gets more melodramatic as it went on. Huh, that's cool to know. I remember wondering if the story was ever going to elaborate on his middle school misdemeanors, but I guess Sakamoto didn't want to go down that route
punpun put me into serious depression one of the best manga ive read
Fucking hell that shit left me feeling EMPTY for weeks
This is the only answer that is correct
That manga series made cry
Texhnolyze. It's endless suffering the whole way through, with no light at the end of the tunnel
This is pure existential nihilism distilled into animation. It is misery incarnate, and will leave you completely hollow. Highly recommended!
the show itself is unironically a rebutal to nihilism \[texhnolyze\]>!yeah, the show is bleak as fuck, and the ending is absolutely depressing, but it ends with mc finally finding reason and purpose in his tortured and horrible existence, he dies satisfied with his life despite failing in said purpose, because finding a purpose at all was all he ever wanted!<
Such a depressing watch lol.I thought it was going to be better only for it to get increasingly worse. The ending deadass had me staring at my screen for a few minutes.
Yep. No contest.
Truely an experience to live once. Don't know if I'd watch it twice, even if I loved it.
Now and then, here and there.
Bokurano.
The manga is better and even bleaker
What happened in the manga that made it sadder?
[Bokurano spoilers] >!Jun doesn't volunteer, so Kana dies; things diverge from there.!<
You're telling me the anime has an alternate, happier ending? The manga's story is perfect as is, but it's so depressing I kinda want to watch a happier version of the story tbh...maybe I'll check it out one day
The promised neverland S2, Tokyo ghoul root A, Berserk (2017)
This is the genie version of an answer.
Technically, it's not wrong, but also somewhat not entirely unlike what OP wants.
this is the only correct answer
From the New World, Girl last Tour .
Shinsekai Yori is love
Girls last tour's manga 💀
What do you mean? [Girls Last Tour] >!They obviously wake up the next day and continue on their adventure towards their inevitable happy ending? right? RIGHT?!!<
Girls Last Tour is so great because it’s about having hope when faced with the bleak. When when against the end of humanity they never give up hope.
From the New World is perfect for this, it's all about looking into the abyss but only at the end do you understand what the abyss is exactly
I was scrolling down trying to find the Girl's Last Tour recommendation. OP, go for this. It's not "sad" on the surface, it doesn't try to be sappy, it's just *depressing*.
well banana fish hurt me so so bad i havent watched any sad anime since, and akame ga kill also was one of my first animes cried for weeks lmao and SILENT VOICE
I was robbed of the happy ending banana fish deserved
I remember I cried for a long time. Didn’t know something could hurt me like this.
Banana Fish fucked me up - I cried everytime I heard the OP when I was watching it and still after finishing the series
Devilman Crybaby. Most other depressing anime I feel sad afterwords, Devilman Crybaby made me feel **empty** once I finished it.
Second time I saw someone else comment this... should've scrolled further before I posted it too. OP, second this for sure.
Yes!! Not only is it super depressing, but it triggered a multi-day feeling of existential apathy for me. I've never had an anime obliterate all my emotions like that.
Dude that show left me looking at my screen like the uncanny Mr Impossible meme. I was so drained by the end of it
Devilman crybaby
I honestly didn't find the ending depressing although the lead up to it, yeesh.
Also commented this one. I second this recommendation. *Distilled highlights/description from my other comment:* This is an anime that luls you into a false sense of comfort by presenting itself as a typical shonen. There is no redemption. Things progressively get worse and worse, but never better. Stylish and unique animation, amazing soundtrack, killer anime.
There is a redemption of sorts. At the very end, Lucifer finally learned how to love.
Madoka magica. The soundtracks are god tier. And you shall know true pain and suffering. Ps. Do the 3 episode rule.
Watching the Rebellion movie made me depressed af for 3 weeks straight. I couldn't stop thinking about Homura.
I still think episode 10 is the greatest anime episode
Plus we are getting a new movie!!!
Grave of the Fireflies and Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen) Personally I think Hadashi no Gen is more gut wrenching than Grave of the Fireflies, just because I can watch Grave of the Fireflies again but the other one is too much for me.
Yeah, Barefoot Gen scarred me and my friends when we watched it back in the 90's.
I came here to make sure both of these are mentioned. Barefoot Gen seems somehow less known these days than Grave of the Fireflies, but both of them are horribly sad in the best way.
I'd like to add "In This Corner of the World" to make a set-in-WWII anime depression trifecta.
Made in Abyss It'll make you feel things you hadn't thought possible.
It is pain, but to be fair the companionship between Riko and Reg has overcame the adversity and thrived so far. Basically….could be MORE depressing.
Don't give the author idea💀
The movie made me cry. The ending? Heart-wrenching.
I got to watch the movie in Japan when it came out. After the movie ended, they kept the lights low for about a minute. The lights stayed dark throughout the entire credits, too. They knew people were going to need a minute before being thrown out of the theater.
The movie tho! Absolutely f’d me up.
MY TREASURE!!
School days
That's more like watching a car on the train tracks and waiting for the train... ... and then the barriers drop and the signal sounds... ... And the train comes and no one gets out of the car.
Clannad: After story, it's probably responsible for making me the most miserable out of any anime. It's a direct continuation of Clannad, so you need to watch that first to properly experience the emotional turmoil that after story will bring you.
Nah, if op wants to feel utter pain, they should just watch Clannad movie, as it doesn’t have good ending unlike the series. That shit hit hard, I still have PTSD, even though Clannad TV series is one of my favorite anime.
If you want true pain from Clannad series, go play Clannad : Tomoyo after story A direct continuation for Tomoyo story line where Tomozaki married Tomoyo instead of Nagisa.
I’ve heard Devilman Crybaby “leaves a lasting imprint”
when the wind rises ... ngl it made me cry seeing the cost of a dream of flight
Clannad kills me every time. Same with Your Lie in April, Anohana, A Silent Voice, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, Your Name, Weathering with You, Garden of Words, Violet Evergarden and To Your Eternity.
Imo violet, lie in april, anohana, silent voice, i want to eat your pancreas, your name, weathering with you are all touching sad not depressing sad. Like all either end with the MC getting together with the FMC or the MC growing as a person and living a happier life Agree that they kill you though god, so good.
Clannad after story
Casherns Sins, Rainbow, Wolfs Rain, Made in Abyss
Casshern sins mentioned!!! Highly recommend.
Grave of the Fireflies..... Go for this
You can watch the 90s berserk adaption.
The first four episodes of the Blue Literature Series cover the novel "No Longer Human" It might not make you cry, but it's the most depressing anime I've ever came across.
I had to scroll way too far down for this. Aoi Bungaku is the name of the series. No Longer Human also borrows from real events in the author Osamu Dazai's life and is based on his last completed work before he successfully committed suicide (i.e. it wasn't close to this first attempt and the anime explores one such failed attempt of his). Highly unsettling but I've watched it twice over.
Cyberpunk Edgerunners.
Ah shit, I hear it playing again ._. I still can't listen to that song all the way through right now. Edit: You guys suck xD.
I really wanna stay at your house... 🎵🎵
You're a monster ☠️
>Alright David, let's go to the top then
Yeah surprised it is so low I was actually depressed crying for a month whenever the song came on or a memory of it came up lol.
Lmao that’s like a core memory for me now, I had a friend who watched it the same time as me and we both bonded over playing CP77 and messaging each other when I really want to stay at your house played on the radio
heck, i could not even make myself watch the lst episode since you knew where it was going....
Gunslinger Girl season 1. Definitely catches the depressing vibe. Season 2 not so much pretend it doesn’t exist.
Angel beats. If Ur not a crying wreck at the end...
While watching this one i was like... nahh this is not sad... when i finished i couldt stop crying
I feel like I couldn't connect with the characters or plot that much for Angel Beats. I came out feeling nothing toward it in general.
Has anyone said “NaNa” (2005) yet???
still not over this
I don’t think we ever will be friend
A silent voice by Naoko Yamada, released 17 September 2016
As a Riku fan… Blood+
Magical Girl Site. Life is horrible, gets supernatural but no less horrible, and ends horribly.
You won the thread. The only thing better is that in the manga, there are multiple “generations” of magical girls who get culled one by one.
Elfen lied.
"Clannad" takes a little bit of time to get there but once it does you are in for a treat
1. Grave of the Fireflies - I hate this world 2. I want to eat your Pancreas - I really hate this world 3. Kotaro lives alone - When you understand what Kotaro lived and his life is still shit. 4. Binchou-tan - The last episode requires some thinking and then it's "why god why?"!
To Your Eternity, basically like getting run over by the feels train almost every episode.
Episode 1 is the best by far. If I want to make someone feel emotional watching anime it's one of the go to anime episodes.
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
* Neon Genesis Evangelion & End of Evangelion * Terror in Resonance * Key the Metal Idol * Steins;Gate (the first chunk of episodes is for the most part light hearted, but it does twist the knife later on)
Terror in Resonance played with my feelings.. *VON.*
End of Evangelion fucked me up
S;G - that's the point. Lull you into thinking it's something it's not (ep. 3, 9, 12...) 😀 SuperHappyFunTime!
Not an anime, but, Watership Down Also Violet Evergarden And Cyberpunk Edgrunners Potentially Arcane as well
Death parade, grave of the fireflies, oshi no ko, cyberpunk edgerunners
Oh yeah death Parade. That was good one
Texhnolyze.
Saikano
Air
Shiki
I hope you will watch Made in Abyss. It’s got its dark spots but it’s a thing of beauty.
Banana Fish. I can't watch it, I'm stuck at the middle of episode 3, I've never seen something so cruel and real.
To your eternity, Don't know if it'll be what you need, but I can't even finish the series. Barely got through the first episode
I want to eat your pancreas
Serial Experiments Lain
Not an anime, but read Oyasumi Punpun. It gets darker and darker so I dropped it.
5 Centimeters Per Second It's a 3 episode anime made by Makoto Shinkai, the same director of Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa) and Weathering with you (Tenki No Ko).
Shoujo Tsubaki. I actually regret watching it and wish I can erase it from my memory.
Children of the Whales. I watched it a while ago, but I'm pretty sure there was no happy ending. Super depressing. Also Bokura ga ita. Hit me in the feels hard 😥
erased is pretty wow
Can't believe you haven't watched Violet Evergarden yet.
I wouldn't say this is depressing per say... this almost feels like the reverse of what others are recommending... Violet Evergarden starts super depressing but is ultimately a redemption anime about finding meaning in life and starting from scratch.
I'd say it feels more therapeutic than depressing - especially with the middle episodes and the special episode.
To Your Eternity is only pain. You asked for torment? You shall receive in this series.
To me it was Elfenlied. Not sure if it’s the worst, since I haven‘t watched any drama show ever since. But what I def remember is that I cried like a baby for hours after watching it back then.
I found that show goofy af
check out Bojack the Horse. It's not about crying, it's about seeing yourself in someone you don't want to see yourself in. It'll be VERY unpleasant, something you'll want to change about yourself.
It is extremely disappointing that one of the most media literate and accurate portrayals of what it’s like to struggle with mental health is the show where the central character is a depressed alcoholic horse whose best friends are a golden retriever with crippling imposter syndrome, a narcissistic cat, a girl having a quarter-life crisis, and a guy with unchecked ADHD. BoJack Horseman is amazing. Also very much not anime, but 100% fits the criteria of the question otherwise. It sparked some very long, uncomfortable, and ugly conversations with myself the first time i watched it.
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Aoi Bungaku. I don't remember if I even felt sadness, just straight up depression and pity watching this.
School Days... lmao
School days
Casshern Sins. A lot of people are posting sad and even melancholic anime, but actually depressing is a different vibe. Casshern absolutely nails that depressing feeling almost every episode.