Sad Anime

[kamehameha]

Looking for somethin that'll basically guarentee to make you cry or shed a tear.

Never shed one yet, i think i might have during elfen lied, ga-rei-zero, hmm that's all memory is serving right now.

Can be any genre really.

[Niji]

Grave of the Fireflies, hands down.

[TCman]

Maybe also try out the following titles:


- Air (tv series);
- Clannad;
- Clannad After Story;
- Emma: A Victorian Romance;
- Kanon 2006;
- Saikano (Saishuuheiki Kanojo);
- Sola;
- Witchblade (the anime); mostly at the end;

[Sackett]

Cross Game

Made me cry

Maybe Chrono Crusade. Didn't make me cry, but many people have told me the ending made them cry.

[The Chaos]

I Second Clannad and Clannad ~ After story~

need to Cry watch Full Moon wo Sagashite it made me cry every time I watch it >_<

[KholdStare]

Chrono Crusade's ending might make you cry, but I'm not sure if you want to get through 2 cours of action to see it. But you might, since you liked Elfen Lied (I think). Cross Game is good too, yeah.

SaiKano came closest to breaking me. Certain moments in Air made me teary. Grave of the Fireflies isn't for everyone, but I'll second it. Clannad wrecked me around episodes 7 and 9.

[Scorch]

Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu is worth checking out. Similar to Saikano.

Grave of the Fireflies thirded.

[Theowne]

Another Grave of the Fireflies. It will reach into the coldest of hearts and pull out those tears forcefully.

[Kafriel]

If you reeeeeally wana cry, watch Clannad or Kanon, they're probably top in the tearjerking domain.

[Sackett]

Parts of Fullmetal Alchemist are likely to make you cry.

Starblazers had some really harsh heart breaker scenes too.

[vomitoff]

Now and then, here and there. very depressing, but a bit uplifting in the end. tho not as much as it is depressing :@
overall a great anime.. its not a opera between people, its more like a tale of a kid, and the people he meets, and the shit that hits the fan every few minutes. highly recommend it.

[KholdStare]

I agree with Now and Then, Here and There. Although I don't recall crying, it was a pretty good anime. However, the first 4-5 episodes might be quite slow, so don't give up if you decide to watch this anime.

[Loli Gurl]

Originally Posted by The Chaos

I Second Clannad and Clannad ~ After story~

need to Cry watch Full Moon wo Sagashite it made me cry every time I watch it >_<

I second Full Moon wo Sagashite. It made me cry too. But it was good.

[synaesthetic]

Grave of the Fireflies will almost guarantee you have sobbing eyes by the end of the film, unless you're a strong critical thinker and realize...

Spoiler for spoilery!:

... that nearly all of the hardships Seita and Setsuko encounter are due to the fact that Seita carries the Idiot Ball for the entire movie. Their deaths are pretty much his own fault and could have been completely prevented.

[qwertyuiopz]

clannad is the only one that made me cry of everything ive seen
the rest got me watery eyes or a lump in the throat but thats it

tears of laughter doesnt count lololol

[Theowne]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

Grave of the Fireflies will almost guarantee you have sobbing eyes by the end of the film, unless you're a strong critical thinker and realize...

Spoiler for spoilery!:

... that nearly all of the hardships Seita and Setsuko encounter are due to the fact that Seita carries the Idiot Ball for the entire movie. Their deaths are pretty much his own fault and could have been completely prevented.

I hate to disappoint you, but there is no strong critical skills required to figure out such an obvious fact.

Spoiler:

The tragedy of Grave of the Fireflies is not lessened by the fact that Seita makes poor decisions. He makes poor decisions because he is a child. The tragedy of the film is that the children are placed in that situation to begin with. As viewers we want to reach out and give them the guidance they need, but cannot, we can only sit and watch as they move to their eventual fate. This ends up being a far more depressing emotion than just watching characters tragically face unavoidable obstacles over and over.

[kamehameha]

lol stopped watching clannad like right after episode 6. might start with 7 then :P
already watched gof, made me cry.
air got me close
alot of these seem too kiddy, lookin for something mature
kimi na gazmou ein got me close too
ef a tale of memories i think did it and so did melodies
FMA got me close
Rurouni Kenshin tsukoshien made me cry probably the MOST now that i think about it (lookin for somethin like this) cause its mature dark
im gonna keep watchin chrono crusade then

[Plasma.]

FMA almost made me cry not because it was sad but because the ending was totally messed up.

I've never cried for any anime. Actually, perhaps i did when i was about 9 or so watching Goku die but that shouldn't count.

Recently Elfen Lied, and Code Geass made me the saddest but nothing significant.

[Ak3mi]

I havn't cryed over any anime, Not one, not even grave of the fireflies (probably because I let my girlfriend cry and I comfort her xD). I would say that Wolf rain is the only one I really thought was quite upsetting but still didn't cry ^^'

[cerrian]

The ending of Gunbuster broke me. I never saw it coming and would never have expected it. Still one of the greatest endings I've seen to date.