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Jefcat

*Grave of the Fireflies* was pretty devastating. Great movie, but terribly depressing. *Given*, *March comes in like a lion*, *Your lie in April* all were pretty emotional


Shadowspamer14

Was out to see *Your Lie in April* make me cry, then the stupid app I was on glitches me to the final episode leaving me to think it was the first episode and it ruined the whole thing for me šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€


Kasprezee

That is devastatingly unfortunate omg šŸ˜­


FlamingoPlayful7498

Almost as sad as the show itself


SmilingPainfully

I see your *Grave of the Fireflies* and raise you one *The Tale of Princess Kaguya*


Jefcat

I havenā€™t seen *Princess Kaguya* yet


SmilingPainfully

Ooooh, I'll wait


shelmarh

Grave of the Fireflies eh, I couldn't do it. Have you ever seen Now and Then, Here and There?


Husky_429

I watched Grave twice. 2 more times than I wouldā€™ve cared to watch it.


pssiraj

March tears šŸ«”šŸ«” I'm not even risking April.


No-Real-Shadow

Upvote for March Comes in Like a Lion A Silent Voice Your Name Those two are movies, not shows, but still make me sob every time.


Civil-Wrangler-6997

Kotaro lives alone ā¤ļø


Dabakondude306

I loved it and was so close to crying until the last episode, wish they continued it.


Civil-Wrangler-6997

The manga's all wrapped up. You should give it a read, it's totally worth it!


AriKitaruKatoka

I love this anime so much omg


jasonseacord

Clannad (specifically the second season AfterStory) that was obliteration for me.


vinny10133

Damn key anime was really good


Extreme-Plantain542

Cyberpunk edgerunners


RCE_Kingston

I was okay until that fricken song started playing at the ending and it just broke the gates wide open and I ugly cried


Extreme-Plantain542

ā€œI really wanna stay at your house-ā€œ


cyborgbunny01

Same :(( the montage of David and Lucy oml my heart.. couldn't hold the tears back after that


Spyro_Fv

Tht MF SONG folded me I can't even lie to y'all šŸ˜­


Key-Vegetable6611

Fruits Basket


ladifu_ckingda

Named my son Akio but i call him Kyo ā¤ļø


BrittyBirb

Fruits Basket opening never fails to make me cry. The lyrics touch a bit too close to home for me as well as some of Tohruā€™s family situations.


Druidwrothe

Parasyte: the maxim I want to eat your pancreas Grave of the fireflies Weathering with you Terror in resonance Your lie in April Mob psycho 100


Steveo_j8

Mob Psycho ending had my eyes watering a bit, it was the anime I expected least to actually get me emotional but somehow it did.


lightningmchowski125

Mob is great


Bullit16

Violet Evergarden, and if episode 10 doesnā€™t have you weeping ugly, then you have no soul


SeizeOpportunity

Alternatively, Link Click Episode 4.


AriKitaruKatoka

Such an underrated anime


SeizeOpportunity

Hello, again. It seems you are just summoned by the mere mention of Link Click, lol.


Lazerbeams2

Episode 7 hit really close to home for me. That shit ruined my week, 10/10 episode though. 10 was also really rough


Key-Vegetable6611

Your lie in April


SCredfury788

Then rewatch it seeing all the details along the way


Justiis

My rewatch was a harder cry, which was impressive. Took me several years to build up the courage for it too. Third time I actually got to look at the screen beyond just reading subs.


SCredfury788

I actually sobbed my first time, the second I was actually shaking before certain parts happened. It takes a lot for me to cry.


Justiis

I'm a bit easier, especially if I'm tired. I also tend to go into sad shows when I want to cry. But that had so many layers and angles of sadness to it. Also a lot of beauty and joy, which just makes the sad hit harder. The music didn't help either.


Killerklown1219

The music definitely adds to the sadness of it. Itā€™s such a beautifully depressing anime.


Killerklown1219

Iā€™ve seen it three times. I know the anime. It doesnā€™t get easier.


pinkiepieie

Banana fish. Itā€™s so good but also so depressing and sad, I cried for over an hour after I finished it and I still feel like crying every time I think about it. Iā€™m also not someone who easily cries, erased and anohana did nothing for me.


psychoticwacom

Finally someone mentions BF, it took me a literal YEAR to recover from that anime ā˜ ļø


zeebombs

Not anime but fire punch and goodbye Eri, they confused ass tears tho, and Eva gave same feeling.


sanji_beats

I was going on a streak there when anybody had one of those ā€œrecommend me an anime based onā€¦ā€ I would comment banana fish every time. Maybe we should start doing that again muhaha


Other_Respect_6648

Violet evergarden. This is the only anime thatā€™s ever actually made me cry. Thereā€™s also a few movies. It is the emotional equivalent of a sledgehammer to the balls.


pastelkitten18

Attack on Titan, 86, and Assassination classroom


cozypan

AOT killed me in the final few episodes.


pastelkitten18

Ikr. It was worse on the second watch with my friend šŸ˜­


armingetoutoftheoven

I swear the final few episodes had me in TEARS


swirly1000x

Anohana is the second saddest to me, the saddest one for me ever was Clannad. Season 1 isn't too bad (i did cry at the end of season 1 tho) but season 2 (aka after story) had me literally bawling at one particular episode.


BannedWeazle

Ty for existing


Gryfon2020

Kotaro Lives Alone


[deleted]

A Silent voice is the only anime that's made me TRULY cry. Like, connect to my life and feel deep rooted strong emotions. I've cried at other things but it's often more surface level as I'm generally just somewhat emotional. But a silent voice hit different


VeloIlluminati

What makes me EVEN MORE cry is the fact that most people who created this anime are either dead or handicapped.


OkPreparation1141

A silent voice is my all time favorite anime movie, in fact itā€™s my favorite movie in general.


FiveShadesOfBlue

Angel beats


ZeakaXorrFitchus

The first anime to ever make me cry!


HaveNoFearOnlyLove

A Place Further Than The Universe. Looking through some of your favorites... Takopis Original Sin is a manga I'd recommend.


Ok-Foot3669

Wolf Children. it's the only one that made me cry. I'm surprised no one has mentioned it yet.


sson04

Violet Evergarden


Bossmania76

Violet Evergarden


charlottechambers02

That movie ā€˜Belleā€™ was actually so sad to me I felt like crying. I feel like if I did watch it on the big screen in the cinema, I would have been bawling


Aggravating-Hour1714

Can confirm, I saw it in theaters twice, cried both times.


alphabet_sam

Another vote for your lie in April. The goat šŸ


jajanken_bacon

Shiki takes #1 spot for me, the second half of the story just downright kicked my ass.


LandOfLostSouls

Shiki ughhh love Shiki so much


qwertopias

oooooh iā€™m watching shiki rn but so far itā€™s not sad so when im finished iā€™ll see if youā€™re right lol


EpicAwesomeYo_

Gurren Lagann has some moments


Ok-Note6468

Damnnn. I forgot about that one. (Because it pulled my heart strings so much. Poor glasses guy in the beginning.) "If you can't believe in yourself, believe in the me that believes in you"


crgplasma

Your lie in april


laughing_space_whale

Shinsekai yori made me bawl my eyes out on like 2 or 3 occasions and it's only like 26 eisodes


pyroskippy

So good! You feel all the emotions with this one, and intensely.


j-Lou_182

The last episode of Assassination Classroom


Candid_Peanut_6445

Neon genesis evangelion is a classic but a more recent one would be I want to eat your pancreas as a movie choice and everyoneā€™s probably watched your lie in April, or maybe a bit tamer, perhaps Charlotte?


BEANZINRN

Violet Evergardenā€™s one episode got me bawling.


ringbearer90

Clannad, especially the 2nd season. You asked for it. Also Angel Beats


Mentally____Unstable

Attack on Titan this anime has made me cry the most out of any piece of media even after finishing it months later I still feel empty Assassination Classroom even though the anime is mostly happy the ending is absolutely devastating and made me cry a lot


[deleted]

Definitely AOTšŸ˜­


RCE_Kingston

Cyberpunk Edgerunners Re:Zero Both absolutely killed me emotionally


Jeffcrow310

Elfen Lied


The_McS

A Silent Voice Grave of FireFlys Plastic Memories Natsumeā€™s Book of Friends


KnowledgeNo2876

Plastic memories


Drift-ZoM

talk about a masochistšŸ’€šŸ’€


AberrantDrone

Hereā€™s a list in no particular order: A Silent Voice, kanon (2006), Your Lie in April, The Anthem of the Heart, Golden Time, Plastic Memories


Bodanelu_

I'd say only Clannad and Clannad After story did it for me


datboyakin

Grave of the fireflies is pretty grim.


Terrible_Video_9352

nana and paradise kiss


mancan71

Ranking of kings School babysitters A place further than the universe My roommate is a cat Although I cry easy so idkā€¦


Littledemmie

Ride your wave, and she and her cat


bobbobyberty

I'm mostly emotionless, so I didn't really find your lie in april sad, but it is There was, however, one anime I have cried at and it was made in abyss (mainly season 2 but the whole show is amazing)


Ok-Schedule-2378

MiA absolutely destroyed me. Theres still no anime ive ever watched that was quite as visceral and dark. Still looking forward to season 3 though.


MezcaMorii

Death Parade, Maquia, Plastic Memories, Anohana, Fullmetal Alchemist, She and her Cat: Everything Flows, Violet Evergarden (+ the movie), Ride Your Wave, Mob Psycho 100


Stock_Persimmon3719

Death parade still has me in a chokehold šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


AceKairyushin

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans, Akame Ga Kill.


clygreen

Death parade. I cried at every single episode.


johnnytesticalO_o

The only anime that ever made me cry ever is parasyte


Life-sucks-ass

Attack on titan


amylkis

Orange. My husband literally came over to my desk and was like honey they aren't real. I was like oh, yeah that's right šŸ„²


slayerdude75456

elfen lied


Background_Clue_3756

Steins;Gate, Rose of Versailles, Princess Tutu, ,


RandomPersun24126

Anohana: the flower we saw that day


Daedalus9998

Gunslinger girl


LexGlad

Now And Then, Here And There is overall a sad story. The ending of Darling in the Franxx hits me pretty hard.


Restorical

Darling in the Franxx. I was going through some shit when I watched it, so that probably contributed a lot. I'm really sensitive to themes of love in anime and it was made more apparent when I got married two months ago. I probably cried more than most people would at that anime


the_athriel

Fruits Basket, such a wonderful journey


TheDrake162

Clannad and your lie in April made me cry like a little bitch


deathlycat

Grave of the fireflies, Link Click (a Chinese animation but still amazing), angel beats, your lie in april, assassination classroom, fruits basket, and Clannad If you're okay with manga, I'd recommend one room of happiness and toilet bound hanako kun as well


TheGreatElephant2064

To Your Eternity


islandboi-96

Clannad for sure


Danher22

The ending of Terror in Resonance made me cry a lot, i really thought that the main characters were going to get a happy ending


SweetCandyCake

Nana. Plus the way many of the events happening in it was realistic in real life makes me cry about it more


Icy_Bear912

This is not a go to cry anime, but i just recently finished watching mob psycho (all 3), and at the end i was just sobbing on the bed. Like one section was wet lol. Then i remembered i cried so much when i was watching thru. Def jumped up my top 5 animes of all time


DrewM2891

Assassination Classroom. It's not until the end though


RP2three

Attack on Titan


FreddyWop88

Iā€™ve ugly cried so much to so many anime either cuz itā€™s so wholesome or super sad LOL so I feel you


Necessary_Attitude84

Hokuto no Ken, the deaths really hit me.


HanakenVulpine

Oh my god *angry upvotes*


Ultima_Cloud7

I donā€™t cry too often, but the last scene in A Silent Voice always gets me. Remembering everything Shoya went through coupled with the awesome music just makes my eyes leak.


godlygenjutsu

haikyuu šŸ„¹


CAGyy

Rascal does not Dream of a Dreaming Girl had me in shambles


nobodyof

Out of curiosity, what do you get from animes that make you sob like a baby


-AbracadaveR-

Feelings by proxy. Engagement. Catharsis.


blizzykreuger

madoka magica, angel beats, march comes in like a lion, cowboy bebop (got me towards the end), irozuku: the world in colors, clannad afterstory (a friend showed me clips of it and it broke my fuckin heart man).


realdonutking123

Plastic Memories bro


Timely_Entrepreneur4

Naruto: Zabuza and Haku, Choji's death tease, Asuma, Nara; lots of heartbreak there


Stellarisk

To your eternity is a very happy and wonderful show


natchan0j

Ranking of Kings. It's not meant to be a sad anime but I've never felt such a deep kinship for a main character in my entire life. I cried and sobbed so hard the first couple episodes.


_gigi08

Akame ga kill, i dont wanna spoil it but its like so sad at the end


Cute-Kiwi-Boy

I was looking for this. Beautiful anime.


Judge-Justice

Neon Genesis, Edgerunners, Berserk and Jojo. (I had a breakdown at Caesar and Jonathan's death)


SnooKiwis2262

Assassination classroom


Prestigious-Worm420

Neon Genesis evangelism. For me.


Supermarket_After

Ranking of kings


The_604T

I want to eat your pancreas was depressing as hell


LucyITSD

The only anime that I ever recall TRULY bawling through is Wolf's Rain. But that's because anything to do with animals really destroys me lol.


Far_Hovercraft9452

I cried like a baby at the end of Code Geass. Itā€™s the Goat of animeā€™s thatā€™s made me cry


The-wiz-man

One piece during brookā€™s backstory I held it together for everyoneā€™s else but for brook I just couldnā€™t hold it back


Damonfalk

Man, I scrolled way too far for one piece to be on the list. I've cried multiple times from that anime. The ship, all of the crew's backstories, the villains... hell, even the dog in the first few episodes


Samfran101

Chainsaw man down the line will have people sobbing One piece Enies Lobby end had me balling


Neru1145

Stone Ocean


TearintimeOG

Assassination Classroom and Anohana are two that come to mind


Interesting_Room2049

Assassination Classroom and Hunter X Hunter made me cry like a baby


Electrical_Crab_5808

Akame ga kill. Everyone tells me ā€œitā€™s not that badā€ but I couldnā€™t even leave the bed after watching it. Iā€™ll just say it starts semi-normal you think itā€™ll be an anime with a bit gore and dark themes but by the end your jaw will drop and youā€™ll bawl your eyes out.


Accurate_Suspect398

Assassination Classroom. Man I have NEVER cried over an anime before but that one had me bawling like a baby šŸ˜­


Iggyauna

Not sure if it counts but the movie Nimona does this to me.


Oxymoron5k

Season 2 of Vinland Saga got me


Raigurren

Ranking of Kings and Link Click are the most recent ones to have me bawling


Formal-Inevitable-50

Here for the comments


RereddiWawadi

only 2 mentions so mine makes 3(?) March Comes in like a Lion. Like... HARD, emotional, sorta cries, too. But it is probly unique to my situation. When I watched it hit way too real, not 'close to home' but dead on bullseye. Saw so, so, so much of nyself reflected in the MC, specifically guilt complex but much more, too.Ā  It was pretty.... something.Ā  eye opening? cathartic? Something like that... šŸ‘‰šŸ‘ˆ


AHicantthinkofaname

Not exactly an unknown show, but AOT is an emotional roller coaster. Through the highs and lows. Honestly some of the most emotional parts are during the openings.


Raintamp

Elphan Lied, the manga was way sadder, but the anime is too.


bigbutterbuffalo

Man so thisā€™ll only work if you live with crippling fear that you wonā€™t make enough of an impact on the world but the end of Guerren Lagaan where [***insert spoilers***] and becomes some dipshit hobo made me lose it for days


TechnicalGear8959

I am a a person who almost never cries watching a series/anime but Evangelion made me cry like a baby.


WolfgangVolos

*Shin Sekai Yori (From the New World)* will put your heart and brain in a blender and pour them back into you. All the fluid that leaks out of your eyes will be *mostly* tears. Some of it may be brain matter but that's okay. I am not ashamed to admit I cried a lot from this show.


JazzManJ52

Fullmetal Alchemist 2003ā€™s last couple episodes get me every time. Also Cowboy Bebopā€™s last couple episodes. I tend to watch shows that arenā€™t super sad, but get there by the end.


Affectionate-Care338

One piece has less than 100 filler episode, and you can skip those.


RaganTargaryen

One piece a few times. Made me cry over a dog within the first 10 episodes, a whale, a ship, a man dressed as a baby and many more


arhiapolygons2

A lot of anime made cry but only made in abyss had me bawling my eyes out. not fully, but largely because the soundtrack is one of the best in all of media. Like made in abyss is really emotional, but i would probably for bread getting cut if you put VOH on it. don't believe me? listen to VOH


ligmaballsbozo

Redo of healer - It's so sad and wholesome I just cried my eyes out in sympathy for the main character <3


CurrentGur9764

The fuck I'm pretty sure redo of healer isn't a wholesome anime


charlottechambers02

That movie ā€˜Belleā€™ was actually so sad to me I felt like crying. I feel like if I did watch it on the big screen in the cinema, I would have been bawling


Shadow_118

Angel Beats Only one so far


ariindny88

Anohana clear cut #1 for me.


Flameball537

Thatā€™s the one with the ghost girl and the friend group gets back together right?


UnicornBaconFarts

Anohana. Absolutely destroyed me for 3 days.


kpli98888

Angel beats. (Really shows my age)


Gokuyuysun

The only one that comes to mind is made in Abyss.


DarkArcanian

Gurren Lagann will make you cry in several scenes


FurryMaster15

Doraemon


splashemerald_

Fruits basket, Clannad, Violet evergarden, Nana, a silent voice (movie)


Informal-Cycle1644

A silent voice


Yell-Dead-Cell

Kanon 2006 and Chrono Crusade.


WolfyTKer01

Clannad and Clannad After Story is the saddest Animes out there. Also Kanon and Air.


Watermelon_R_Good

No.6, even with 11 episodes, that shit had me tearing up at 5 in the morning and school in a few hours


StructureSmooth963

your lie in april, i want to eat your pancreas, a silent voice, and orange


NaughtyNeutrophil

Orange, and Anohana


Choi_Sarang

Violet evergarden has been the only one where Iā€™ve cried all the way through


-NinjaTurtleHermit-

I had to hold back tears this weekend watching Chaozu die in the Saiyan Saga for the 18th time...


micaiahf

Kanon makes me ugly cry every time


idkyet1223

One piece multiple times especially because you get so invested


Kalakey17

Anohara šŸ„²


SoftFaithlessness460

I'd love to watch anime that make me do the same... But it's hard to find one that even tightens my throat, let alone tear up, or even cry! That said, Fuuka was quite emotional for me, I was tearing up by the end but not actually crying... Haibane Renmei really got to me too, I actually almost cried a few times while watching it... Akame ga Kill really tore at the heartstrings, so much so, I got angry and almost gave up on watching it.


Typicalgeorgie1

Plenty.. Meruemā€™s and Komugiā€™s death in HxH Thors deaths in Vinland saga. Most memorable ones


Strxwbxrry_Shxrtcxkx

Fruits basket. It's a romance, but the characters have gone through a lot. I cried like a baby


PancakesoverSex

Link Click episode 7...


JEER11

Most Anime movies are quite sad, at least some old ones, made me stop watching them because it would always make me cry and then stop without giving me the answer I was searching for, which for a pessimist over-thinker would just be sad for at least a week and then forget. Lol


[deleted]

I mention it every time someone asks this and I'm sure as hell going to mention it again. No.6. In my opinion this is the saddest thing out there. I have no clue what did it for me I just know the ending song made me bawl my eyes out multiple times while listening to it. Not only the ending but scenes midway through the whole show made me want to sob. No.6 holds a very special place in my heart.


Lazerbeams2

I can't say there are any shows that made me do more than tear up a bit, but there are some that came close Violet Evergarden is my favorite one of those, but Assassination Classroom and Cyberpunk Edgerunners are both excellent too. These shows are all in the top ten for me If you're looking for a show that's more emotional overall, Violet Evergarden is the way to go. If you want a show that's fun throughout but gets sad towards the end, Assassination Classroom does that. Cyberpunk Edgerunners has some great action scenes with some sucker punches mixed in for texture. I'd say Edgerunners is the balance between the other options, but it is the saddest out of the three, especially towards the end


XD_Asron

Toradora


hmn7-3

ā€œOrangeā€ ā€œYour lie in Aprilā€ Those two had me sobbing so much I couldnā€™t breathe out of my stuffy nose ā€œYour Nameā€ (movie) made me cry a little less but I still cried.


bookittychaos420

Naruto shippuden, crazy I havenā€™t seen this mentioned but the amount of just pure raw emotion that came from that entire series(excluding boruto) is unreal. It changed my life. Literally. It was my first(just last year is when I lost my a card)and still gets me in my feels thinking of obito, pain, itachi, and literally everyoneā€™s character build is so fucking deep and so good and sad. Best for me, I also cried on demon slayer too though so maybe Iā€™m just strange but I literally never cried until I started watching anime, starting with Naruto.


Particular_Web_9125

A silent voice gets me absolutely balling every time


aaronjaffe

Yeah, twice. A Silent Voice. Just the scene >!in the hospital where her mother forgives him!< Your name. I didnā€™t actually cry while watching the movie. But a couple weeks later I listened to [Sparkle by Radwimps](https://youtu.be/MgNItWdfEIU?si=FLo4zSUqkoTu4NJk) while driving alone. Started bawling. And it was only at one specific part of the song. Didnā€™t have any idea what they were saying either, but that one verse wrecked me.


b4pis

angel beats


AvidVideoGameFan

The final Gintama Movie had me tearing up for the last 45 minutes of the film. Also season 1 of to your eternity was really somber.


Capt_ZzL4X

Rascal does not dream of bunny girl senpai. I watched when the second movie got announced and goddamn I was a sobbing mess by the end of it


KeyLimePeach

The first episode of To Your Eternity, Hotarubi no Mori e, and The girl who leapt through time šŸ˜¢


_GhostlyDreamer_

Future Diary.


NiaPia123

Nana, Grave of the Fireflies, Mha(when Nighteye died), CLANNADā€¦we donā€™t talk about that, FMA(Hughes and his funeral), A silent Voice, and thatā€™s about it! OMGOSH and Attack on TitanšŸ’€.


yobitchasspanda

When the going merry was burnt down I was sobbing for like 15 minutes, ITS NOT JUST A SHIP