Saddest Anime & Saddest Anime Scene(s)

[Echoes]

Elfen Lied is the saddest anime I've ever seen. The combination of endlessly cute characters and merciless violence, suffering and hate was just too much for me to bear. I found myself crying towards the end.

Another honorable mention for the title is end of evangelion, it was a brutal ending to the series, especially because I didn't see any of the brutality coming.

[Noyemi K]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHige

Inuyasha was sad, becuz we find out after 167 ep that Naraku is immortal >_>

and wats even more sad its that u realize u just spend that much time on that stupid anime when u could've watched 160 ep of OTHER better anime

Agreed. Same goes for stuff like *cough*naruto*cough*

[dead cartoonlover]

Marmalade boy!!!!! that show made me cry a lot!

Spoiler for marmalade boy:

when miki and yuu broke up, that was so freaking sad, i cried my heart out.. :-((

[The Chaos]

Originally Posted by dead cartoonlover

Marmalade boy!!!!! that show made me cry a lot!

Spoiler for marmalade boy:

when miki and yuu broke up, that was so freaking sad, i cried my heart out.. :-((

please tell me what the number of Ep ? you know it spoiler to me because I'm wechting the show now I'm at Ep 9
and u know this is not death....

[marijolee]

I dont really watch any "sad" anime.

[Malintex_Terek]

Originally Posted by marijolee

I dont really watch any "sad" anime.

Then why are you responding to this topic?

...

Anyway, Mahoromatic was the most depressing show I have ever seen, by far. Saikano? Kimi ga Nozomu Eien? Pah, those titles are nothing compared with Mahoromatic's descent from light-hearted ecchi comedy to heart-piercing, utterly gloomy tragedy. The ending was shockingly terrible, and the lowest point of the entire series in my view, which only cemeted the series in my history as the saddest I've ever seen. It has no peer.

[bubbleslayer]

Chrno Crusade ..

[orange.a]

Without a doubt: HachiKuro.



The ending was the saddest thing I've ever seen in my life. I found myself crying a lot because of than ending. One of the most real, saddest and yet cutest ways of ending an anime like that.

[Mai Kawasumi]

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
Hanbun no Tsuki Noboru Sora
Air

These made me cry like a little baby T_T...

[ranedeparted]

jigoku shoujo is the most saddest anime alive
it was so heart breaking.

[KholdStare]

Anime that has a few extremely sad moments:
-Winner: Saikano
-Runner Up: Mahoromatic

Anime that has some very sad moments:
-Winner: Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
-Runner Up: Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora

Anime with a recurring sad theme throughout:
-Winner: Byousoku 5 Centimetre
-Runner Up: Mahoromatic

Honorable Mention:
-Elfen Lied

[ronaldhw]

Rozen Maiden Traumend episode 10..

Spoiler:

When Hina Ichigo died..

So sad, sadder than watching grave of the fire flies...

[ki_chan]

the saddest anime ??!!

ummmmmmm actually i don t remember

oh yeah .. Fullmetal Alchemist

and thanx alot

keep on

[Kiiroi Senko]

Basilisk for me.

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by marijolee

I dont really watch any "sad" anime.

*Points to your sig*

thats the saddest I've seen.

[Sasuke_Bateman]

Galaxy Express 999, i cried watching that as a kid.

[SGT.Mitsuki]

id say Kimi ga nozomu eien

its the first n only anime i had to stop watching afther a few eps couse i coulnt emotionally handle it anymore.
that anime got me so down n sad that ive been crieng myself to sleep for like a week because it got stuck in my head.....

its the most painfull anime ive ever seen,
even though ive only saw a few eps.... ^^....


....
mits



ps. i also remember FMA making me cry alot but,
that wasent as painfull to watch as the sadness & Sorrow of Kimi ga nozomu eien

[Echoes]

I've seen quite a few animes since my last post, so I'll add a few. Though it seems a lot of people have already mentioned these, so it might be redundant. Nevertheless!

Air. Both the series and the movie were flawless works of art in my opinion, and the level of emotional involvement was very high. Misuzu was absolutely adorable (Nihaha), which made the whole anime all the more depressing. I can't help but smile when I think of her,

Spoiler for Air spoilers:

though the feeling is bittersweet. Some of the scenes are just heartbreaking, I especially recall the one where she comes walking out of the school and tells the crow that she couldn't find anyone to play with this summer either. And the ending is of course utterly depressing as well.

Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora. I'm amazed they managed to put so much emotion, feeling and story into just 6 episodes. The series was less sad than Air, but it was still quitel an emotionally draining experience.

Spoiler for Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora spoilers:

The ending was bittersweet, at least they'll hopefully spend a good amount of time together before she passes on. If she would have just died during the operation, as I feared she would, I would have just crumbled, emotionally.

[Khaos]

The most depressing were Grave of the Fireflies and Angel's Egg.
The saddest however...well, there were so many heart-breaking moments in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann...

[EXEs]

I agree with Khaos, there were many sad scenes within Gurren Lagann.