What they discover is a sprawling government conspiracy, murders most foul, and more tragedy than you can shake a very sad stick at. In order to reclaim their lost limbs, the brothers set out to become State Alchemists–basically science wizard cops–to uncover a legendary relic that may help them make themselves whole again.
Edward lost his limbs and Alphonse lost his entire body, leaving little more than a soul bound to a suit of armor. Remember the old saying about how you shouldn’t use alchemy to resurrect your dead mom? Well Edward and Alphonse Elric certainly didn’t, and it cost them an arm and a leg! Literally. As you can imagine, this one will cause some sort of strange ectoplasmic fluid known as tears to spookily leak from your face at regular intervals. Now, they must come together once more to give Menma’s spirit the closure she so desperately needs, as well as finding a way for themselves to move on. Her death devastated Jinta and tore his group of friends apart. Such is the plight of Jinta Yadomi, who is plagued by visions of his deceased childhood friend Menma. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Dayĭealing with the death of a loved one is never easy, but it’s even more difficult when their ghost comes back to haunt you. What follows is something that will have you flooding your apartment with an ocean’s worth of tears. Together with a group of other survivors, they must make their way through the decimated city streets in order to make it home. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, as you might surmise, tells the story of the aftermath of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake that ravages Tokyo and the two young siblings who are separated from their family by the devastation. Hell, I even got misty during San Andreas after having a bunch of tiny wines on an airplane. That goes doubly so for earthquake stories. There’s something incredibly visceral about seeing families rent asunder by natural disaster and how they cope with the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event. Make sure you weigh yourself before and after, because there’s a chance you’ll lose a good ten pounds of tear weight alone from watching this. It’s heartbreaking and beautiful in ways that only real life can be. Life brings them together, tears them apart, and tests the bonds of their relationship in ways neither of them could have ever imagined.
DEPRESSING ANIME MOVIES SERIES
The series follows Tomoya Okazaki and Nagisa Furukawa on the emotional roller coaster on which they unexpectedly find themselves after they graduate from high school. If you thought high school was the end of the world, then buckle up because life comes at you fast and that’s exactly what happens in After Story. Ask anyone else and they’ll tell you Clannad, and more specifically Clannad: After Story. Clannad After StoryĪsk anyone on the internet which anime makes them cry, and they’ll tell you Cory in the House. While the series is frequently funny, it will tug at your heartstrings and your tear ducts with its melodramatic narrative. Everyone he meets in this limbo-like world can still feel pain and die, but they’ll be resurrected the next morning. Such is the premise of Angel Beats, which tells the story of Otonashi, a boy who awakens to discover he is dead and all of his memories are gone. With a bunch of restless spirits whose regrets and unfinished business won’t let them pass on to the afterlife. Now imagine waking up to learn not only are you dead, but you’re in high school too. Imagine waking up to learn that you’re dead. The funeral and burial scene is notorious for making people cry, especially when Hughes' daughter Elicia starts to ask her mom where daddy is (the scene is included below if you want to watch it).Īre we missing a really sad or depressing anime that you feel deserves to be here? Go ahead and add it to the list! How melancholy something makes you feel is subjective, so don't be afraid to add an obscure or less mentioned anime. Perhaps the saddest death in all of anime goes to Maes Hughes from Fullmetal Alchemist. Sometimes even one death in an anime can cloud the whole series with sadness. Films are included here too, so you'll be seeing sad anime movies like 5 Centimeters Per Second and Grave of the Fireflies on the list below. Yes we've included mainstream shows like Naruto, but don't even try to say that show doesn't have some of the saddest moments in anime history. These series come from a wide variety of genres, but they share the commonality of being depressing as hell. Are you looking for sad anime that will make you cry? Well look no further, because for this list we're ranking the saddest anime of all time.