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lushe
11-19-2006, 11:39 PM
i just go done watching grave of the fireflies and it is by far the sadest movie I have ever seen. my friend said it was sad but I had NO idea. I thought berserk was bad and the little boy who got ran over in 12 kingdoms....but this......................was just awful. the last time i cried over a movie was the lion king when mufasa fucking killed over i was 8. i am now 22 and this movie had my eyes welling with water to tell you the truth i was feeling like a striaght pussy over a fucking movie..............but it was fucking sad............shit
MKTerra
11-20-2006, 12:59 AM
So I keep hearing... I haven't seen it myself yet, but if I ever get the chance, I intend to approach it with caution O_o
GOTF wasn't as bad. Try Saikano, and Automatic Maiden Mahoromatic. Saikano freakin' rips your heart out of your chest, feeds it to you then kicks you in the guts till you chuck it up again.
lushe
11-20-2006, 09:15 AM
So I keep hearing... I haven't seen it myself yet, but if I ever get the chance, I intend to approach it with caution O_ogood idea that would be wise
lushe
11-20-2006, 09:23 AM
what makes it so bad is the fact i don't get emotional during movies I mean I girl friend drags me so see these so called sad movies all the time and the whole theatre would be crying and i would be like it's just a fucking movie. but for some reason GOTF go me all choked up. DAMN YOU HAYAO MIYAZAKI!
AllisterH
11-20-2006, 11:22 AM
Pretty much GotF wins this. The only anime I know that comes as close to ripping your heart out is "Dog of Flanders".
Still, Grave of the Fireflies ranks pretty damn high.
Inkthinker
11-20-2006, 12:39 PM
DAMN YOU HAYAO MIYAZAKI!
I think Grave of the Fireflies is an Isao Takahata film. Stil a Studio Ghibli production, but not directed by Miyazaki.
Melbourne Mew Mew
11-20-2006, 01:13 PM
I've quoted my friend before on this...
"Grave of the Fireflies is a film that everybody should see... ONCE."
There's a story down here in Australia from the early days of anime fandom about how one of the clubs scheduled Grave of the Fireflies and Windaria at the same screening. The schedule was changed at the last minute to prevent club members from slashing their wrists afterward.
i just go done watching grave of the fireflies and it is by far the sadest movie I have ever seen. my friend said it was sad but I had NO idea. I thought berserk was bad and the little boy who got ran over in 12 kingdoms....but this......................was just awful. the last time i cried over a movie was the lion king when mufasa fucking killed over i was 8. i am now 22 and this movie had my eyes welling with water to tell you the truth i was feeling like a striaght pussy over a fucking movie..............but it was fucking sad............shit
I myself didn't really think it was all that sad, if anything, I viewed as trying to hard to be sad.
I saw Elfen Lied as tragic though.
lushe
11-20-2006, 04:48 PM
I myself didn't really think it was all that sad, if anything, I viewed as trying to hard to be sad.
I saw Elfen Lied as tragic though. really it wasn't sad to you. I mean I aproched like a G and I still got misty eyes
really it wasn't sad to you. I mean I aproched like a G and I still got misty eyes
Really. Everyone in my anime club had been going on about how sad it was supposed to be. I didn't find it sad at all, as I said before, to me it just seemed like the movie was trying too hard, it came off as forcing the sadness to me. But that's just me. If other people find it sad, that's cool.
lushe
11-20-2006, 04:59 PM
Really. Everyone in my anime club had been going on about how sad it was supposed to be. I didn't find it sad at all, as I said before, to me it just seemed like the movie was trying too hard, it came off as forcing the sadness to me. But that's just me. If other people find it sad, that's cool. lol well one of us should be able to watch it with out getting sad. oh and to make matters worse I watched a music video of it on youtube the song was forever young by some chick....it was beautiful....sniff
lol well one of us should be able to watch it with out getting sad. oh and to make matters worse I watched a music video of it on youtube the song was forever young by some chick....it was beautiful....sniff
To be fair, I did almost cry when in the One Piece Manga
Spoilers(Highlight to read.)
The Straw hats burned the Going Merry and it said thank you to them, and even spoke about how it was glad to have them as a crew and wished it could travel with them a little longer.
End Spoilers.
I am not kidding about that.
AllisterH
11-20-2006, 05:52 PM
Really. Everyone in my anime club had been going on about how sad it was supposed to be. I didn't find it sad at all, as I said before, to me it just seemed like the movie was trying too hard, it came off as forcing the sadness to me. But that's just me. If other people find it sad, that's cool.
For me, I originally thought so but then I found out it was semi-autobiographical and basically everything that happened in the show happened in real life.
AllisterH
11-20-2006, 05:52 PM
Really. Everyone in my anime club had been going on about how sad it was supposed to be. I didn't find it sad at all, as I said before, to me it just seemed like the movie was trying too hard, it came off as forcing the sadness to me. But that's just me. If other people find it sad, that's cool.
For me, I originally thought so but then I found out it was semi-autobiographical and basically everything that happened in the show happened in real life.
LordEd1976
11-20-2006, 07:30 PM
To be fair, I did almost cry when in the One Piece Manga
Spoilers(Highlight to read.)
The Straw hats burned the Going Merry and it said thank you to them, and even spoke about how it was glad to have them as a crew and wished it could travel with them a little longer.
End Spoilers.
I am not kidding about that.
The American cartoon Exosquad had a similar moment.
The main hero, JT Marsh, sends his E-Frame suit into a volcano so it will overload and cause an eruption. Even though he wasn't plugged into it, the suit said "farewell, Operator Marsh." He then stood there stunned.
lushe
11-20-2006, 10:50 PM
The American cartoon Exosquad had a similar moment.
The main hero, JT Marsh, sends his E-Frame suit into a volcano so it will overload and cause an eruption. Even though he wasn't plugged into it, the suit said "farewell, Operator Marsh." He then stood there stunned. never heard of that one
Farealmer
11-21-2006, 12:07 AM
I nominate a wind named amnesia.
Len Ikari145
11-21-2006, 02:44 AM
The American cartoon Exosquad had a similar moment.
The main hero, JT Marsh, sends his E-Frame suit into a volcano so it will overload and cause an eruption. Even though he wasn't plugged into it, the suit said "farewell, Operator Marsh." He then stood there stunned.
Wow, I'm surprised I actually remember that. It's too bad the show got cancelled though. It was the American Macross/Robotech of its time.
Deskad
11-22-2006, 05:06 PM
Saikano is up there.
Mahoromatic isn't that bad if you consider the manga canon.
Devilman ends pretty badly too. And by that I mean Apokalypse of Amon.
shanejayell
11-22-2006, 08:29 PM
"DevilLady" also ends in less than happy ways.
Kamen Rider Luffy
11-22-2006, 09:01 PM
Saikano is up there.
Mahoromatic isn't that bad if you consider the manga canon.
Devilman ends pretty badly too. And by that I mean Apokalypse of Amon.
The Mahoromatic anime didn't wrap up the same way as the manga though, which is why I consider manga canon.
Vetrox
11-23-2006, 05:36 AM
How about Now and Then, Here and there? That was pretty sad... maybe not equal to GoTF but it still deserves a mention.
OverMaster
11-23-2006, 07:37 AM
GOTF wasn't as bad. Try Saikano, and Automatic Maiden Mahoromatic. Saikano freakin' rips your heart out of your chest, feeds it to you then kicks you in the guts till you chuck it up again.
Haven't watched it myself, but with Mahoromatic, isn't the end the only part that is really major tragedy, and the rest is mostly farcical comedy and action?
RickThunderclees
11-27-2006, 01:45 PM
Saikano is WAY up there on the list. So is Now and Then, Here and There.
Also, EXO Squad was way ahead of its time as an American made cartoon. Many sad moments in that series.
blackphoenix
11-27-2006, 01:54 PM
To be fair, I did almost cry when in the One Piece Manga
Spoilers(Highlight to read.)
The Straw hats burned the Going Merry and it said thank you to them, and even spoke about how it was glad to have them as a crew and wished it could travel with them a little longer.
End Spoilers.
I am not kidding about that.
WTF???
Trippy, man.
Grave was pretty sad, but I shed no tears, although the waterworks came a runnin in DBZ when Gohan got his ass kicked by Recoom(the scene where his eyes go totally white). When Goku finally shows up, I coulda drowned an entire city with my tears:p
WTF???
Trippy, man.
Grave was pretty sad, but I shed no tears, although the waterworks came a runnin in DBZ when Gohan got his ass kicked by Recoom(the scene where his eyes go totally white). When Goku finally shows up, I coulda drowned an entire city with my tears:p
Here's the one piece scene I mentioned earlier
http://groups.msn.com/onepiecemangav-2/onepiece430.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=9409
As for DBZ, I did feel like crying when Goku sacrificed himself against Cell.
kaoSFell
11-28-2006, 10:47 PM
Saikano is really bad.
AIR is bad.
Kimi ga nozomu eien is kinda bad.
/ksfl
~end transmission~
saintjon
12-02-2006, 06:15 PM
Wind of Amnesia was bad but it whad a bit of a levelling out effect on me. For all out sad nothing compares to Grave of the Fireflies, after I saw it I couldn't sleep. I had to get out of bed and watch the funniest shit I could find on my computer.
RickThunderclees
12-03-2006, 12:11 PM
I'm kind of surprised that nobody has mentioned the Kenshin OVA's or Samurai X.
nervmeister
12-03-2006, 01:46 PM
No one mentioned Trigun either.
Mikado
12-26-2006, 03:21 AM
Grave of theFireflies hands down...to watch 2 orphan children abandonned to starve by their heartless aunt and to watch them die just at the very moment they might have been saved, was heartwrenching......I only watched it once, thought it one of the best anime movies I ever saw but, doubt I could EVER watch it again! ( I cried like a baby, and im a guy! ):(
Mikado
12-26-2006, 03:24 AM
GOTF wasn't as bad. Try Saikano, and Automatic Maiden Mahoromatic. Saikano freakin' rips your heart out of your chest, feeds it to you then kicks you in the guts till you chuck it up again.
You thought Mahoromatic was sadder than Grave of the Fireflies????:eek: Oh well, to each their own :confused:
Lester C.
12-26-2006, 08:06 PM
The American cartoon Exosquad had a similar moment.
The main hero, JT Marsh, sends his E-Frame suit into a volcano so it will overload and cause an eruption. Even though he wasn't plugged into it, the suit said "farewell, Operator Marsh." He then stood there stunned.
Exosquad had far more sadder moments than that.
Zelgadis
12-26-2006, 08:48 PM
Neon Genesis Evangelion is probably the saddest anime I have seen. Don't know about Grave of the Fire Flies though.
Mikado
12-26-2006, 10:52 PM
Neon Genesis Evangelion is probably the saddest anime I have seen. Don't know about Grave of the Fire Flies though.
Grave is MUCH sadder Zel...watch it with your GF ;) ( She'll need lots of hugging ):D
Sophisticated_Gamer
12-26-2006, 11:11 PM
I might have to go with Full Metal Alchemist, cause although it was funny at times, there was just soo soo many deaths and greef and sandnes..omg
kaoSFell
10-01-2007, 12:58 AM
It's a good thing they never animated Deep Love or Ai-Ren. It's soo sad!
Jinxer
10-01-2007, 01:08 AM
Grave of the Fireflies, I can never watch that movie again.
Jinxer
10-01-2007, 01:10 AM
Grave of the Fireflies, I can never watch that movie again.
Thorlief
10-01-2007, 01:18 AM
Fushigi Yuugi
but also Video Girl Ai (the anime) has one of the saddest, heart breaking endings I've ever seen. In fact I've never watched the anime again
Thorlief
10-01-2007, 01:20 AM
doublepost
Thorlief
10-01-2007, 01:22 AM
sorryitstheglitch
Thorlief
10-01-2007, 01:24 AM
damnedglitch
Arilou
10-01-2007, 01:43 AM
Grave of the Fireflies.
Now and then, Here and There (Happy, kind of, ending, but damnit, what it takes to get there....)
Some people cite Saikano but I was too annoyed :p
Devil_LeonX
10-03-2007, 09:36 PM
I sadly havent seen many animes that were dad, though FMA and a few episodes in Naruto are sad to a degree I think
nervmeister
10-03-2007, 11:08 PM
Grave of the Fireflies, I can never watch that movie again.I say that you can and WILL.
Darth Joker
10-04-2007, 12:49 AM
It's a toss-up between NGE, and FMA for me (I've never seen Grave of the Fireflies - not sure if I want to based on what I've read about it).
"End of Eva" can be really sad if you really stop to think about it... but the whole thing is so bizarre and warped that the sheer weirdness of it all can sometimes block out a sense of sadness.
Full Metal Alchemist feels a bit more realistic to me, and hence the sadness of certain parts of the anime resonates a bit more with me.
Devil_LeonX
10-06-2007, 11:59 AM
It's a toss-up between NGE, and FMA for me (I've never seen Grave of the Fireflies - not sure if I want to based on what I've read about it).
"End of Eva" can be really sad if you really stop to think about it... but the whole thing is so bizarre and warped that the sheer weirdness of it all can sometimes block out a sense of sadness.
Full Metal Alchemist feels a bit more realistic to me, and hence the sadness of certain parts of the anime resonates a bit more with me.
Yeah your right I remember osme things in the series that were sad to like when Rei died and that while thing with Askua
Nikita
10-28-2007, 03:39 PM
How about Now and Then, Here and there? That was pretty sad... maybe not equal to GoTF but it still deserves a mention.
I agree. Voices of a Distant Star and The Place Promised in our Early Days were very sad to me too.
Gunslinger Girl had some sad elements.
And Jin-Roh, jesus, that was depressing.
Gantz actually kind of depressed the hell out of me since so many of the main characters were killed off.
(these were all excellent by the way if kind of a bummer to watch)
AnimeAvatar
11-02-2007, 11:38 PM
(I have yet to see GotF, i would like to though. I hear many things about it and I am interested in wether or not what I have heard is true)
Trigun is one if the saddest things I have ever seen, the trial and hardships Vash is put through is enough to bring me to tears every time I think about it.
Voices of a Distant Star and The Place Promised in our Early Days will make me cry every time I watch them. They are wonderfuly depressing and if you pay attention and don't zone out on the slow parts, you will cry as well.
Jin-Roh was able to make me cry the first time I watched it.. now I simply find it depressing..
Blue Submarine #6 made me really depressed as well.. i have not seen the whole series, but the parts i do see now and then seem very sad.
Spidey-kid1
11-03-2007, 12:40 AM
I've never really seen a movie that made me cry, but I want to. Badly. I want to know how or why it does it and why it never works on me. Maybe I just haven't seen a sad enough movie. Maybe.
Nik Hasta
11-03-2007, 08:50 AM
Gantz actually kind of depressed the hell out of me since so many of the main characters were killed off.
I cried when Tae died, I shed a few tears when Izumi died, which I didn't expect to do, I cried a lot when I realised that neither Kurono or Tae would remember their relationship.
Gantz is full of tear jerker moments.
I cried when Nico Robin's past was revealed.
I've cried a lot at Berserk, but not so much these days.
I cried when Vegeta sacrificed himself to kill Majin Buu.
I cried like a child when Maes Hughes got killed. That really upset me.
I cried when Wolfwood died in Trigun.
...
I think I cry quite a lot.
Len Ikari145
11-03-2007, 12:35 PM
Can't think of the saddest anime ever since I don't watch anime of a depressing genre, but I can think of moments.
-When Yoh was beaten by Hao and temporarily lost his soul.
-Tomoe's death at the hands of Battousai and Kaoru's orchestrated 'death'.
-When Leomon sacrificed himself to protect Jeri and the other Tamers.
- When Asahina was inadvertently killed by Ayato while she was trying desperately to write down her feelings for him before she died.
-Maes Hughes's death and little Elicia's during his funeral. The poor girl, I cried along with her in that scene.:(
-Lucy's death at the end of the manga. Even though I dislike her character in the manga, I felt so much pity for her when she begged Kouta to end her life. Makes me appreciate the anime even more.
yeoman
11-05-2007, 12:13 AM
Full Metal Alchemist feels a bit more realistic to me, and hence the sadness of certain parts of the anime resonates a bit more with me.
The bit with the Elric's teacher and the cat just gets me every time.
Kid Kyoto
11-05-2007, 02:21 AM
Yeah this list begins and ends with Grave of the Fireflies, I wept like a baby when I saw it.
The ending of the Nausica and the Velley of the Wind manga depressed me for weeks.
Shellhead
11-05-2007, 10:07 AM
I haven't seen GotF, and after the remarks here, I will probably avoid it. I don't deliberately seek out sad experiences. So, the saddest anime that I've seen so far was the final episode of Rumbling Hearts. That one ripped out my heart and showed it to me. The ending was just so beautiful and realistic and yet unfair and sad. If my girlfriend or I ever decide to end our relationship, I have a feeling that we're going to quote that episode's breakup scene.
Adam West
11-05-2007, 10:53 AM
Fushigi Yuugi
but also Video Girl Ai (the anime) has one of the saddest, heart breaking endings I've ever seen. In fact I've never watched the anime again
The manga ends in a happy ending though.
Thorlief
11-05-2007, 12:10 PM
The manga ends in a happy ending though.
definitely, but you have to go through Yota's personal inferno, which is painful to read in some cases
One of the last saddest animes (at least regarding the "end") was "School Days".
I still feel kinda strange when I happen to remember what happened on the end. :(
ChrisIII
11-12-2007, 11:39 AM
Not sure if anybody's mentioned Gundam 0080 yet, but that had a downer of an ending. Some other Gundam series-particuarly those in the Universal century-didn't end too well either.
Maikofan
11-15-2007, 05:06 AM
Grave of the FireFlies, those kids were angst personified, and the boy was pretty much more emo and depressing than Sasuke, Shinji, Shinn combined.
I wept so much I stayed in my room for a week, that movie was just that good and soul breaking.
And theres Naruto, where Sasuke's story was in to place, Sasuke left the village and Sakura cried for him, and he left Naruto and his freinds behind. Most people would hate Sasuke for that, but I felt sorry for him because he really was emotionally screwed up. That was a sad moment.
martin1985
01-21-2008, 10:00 AM
the first 2 sentences in GOTFireflies were disturbing.
Laughing Mask
01-21-2008, 06:51 PM
End of Evangelion makes you want to drink heavily.
spiderman_rj
01-26-2008, 07:17 PM
I myself didn't really think it was all that sad, if anything, I viewed as trying to hard to be sad.
I saw Elfen Lied as tragic though.
well grave of fireflies is actually the adaptation of a true story,its the writer sister who died in RL during japan bombing.
ddqfpluskick
01-26-2008, 07:52 PM
The saddest I've seen
Najica - The ending where Najica and Lila turn on each other
Grave of Fireflies - For all reasons stated
Mellinuim Actress - I was so close to crying when the truth came out
Starship Operators - The gave up so much
X - Just how many perished
darksaint124
01-29-2008, 01:20 AM
One of the last saddest animes (at least regarding the "end") was "School Days".
I still feel kinda strange when I happen to remember what happened on the end. :(
I second that, and RomeoXJuliet.
Lester C.
01-30-2008, 04:06 PM
Cowboy Bebop spoilers.
1. Spike and Faye never hook up. Check.
2. Spike dies. Check for the past ten years but could change.
3.Ed never hooks up with her dad again and is alone in the universe. Check.
4. Faye is alone and wishes she never gained her memory. Check.
5. Jet is alone. Check
6. Most depressing end to a great anime series. Check.
Cowboy Bebop spoilers.
1. Spike and Faye never hook up. Check.
2. Spike dies. Check for the past ten years but could change.
3.Ed never hooks up with her dad again and is alone in the universe. Check.
4. Faye is alone and wishes she never gained her memory. Check.
5. Jet is alone. Check
6. Most depressing end to a great anime series. Check.
Technically Ed isn't alone, she has Ein.
I haven't seen GotF, and after the remarks here, I will probably avoid it. I don't deliberately seek out sad experiences.
Shell, YOU have not seen Grave yet?!? O.o
I too only caught this by accident years ago, but really, some of you amaze. If Grave does not make you sad there is something wrong with you. It's not fantasy at all, more of a war movie. If you don't get the least bit down by that movie you are too jaded for what happens in real life.
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