Depressing anime.

[skysthelimit]

Code Geass had a bunch of sad moments.

 

[meowmix]

Havnt watched that. ^

 

[Ninjitsu14]

Bleach is a depressing anime.

Actually, one particular episode of Elfen Lied gets me to cry every time...The episode with the boys murdering the puppy.

And then she just blows 'em all up.

 

[Azureknight 773]

Its Sad when Characters die...

Oh man! I just finished Chrono Crusade and it is so depressingly sad. I mean, both of them went to the next dimension (died). But overall, that series is a totally solid anime worth watching.

Fate/stay night and Bible black.
Also, in the Happiness OVA when Jun turned back into
a boy.

FSN is solid from the beginning to the end but very depressing for both parted ways, which then reminded me of Tsukihime, same story (BTW.... Oh great. An unexpected scene in Ep 11 (I HATE THOSE SCENES) RIDER KICK IT!!!)

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
Clannad (movie)
5 Centimeters per Second
Mahoromatic
Kanon (especially the Makoto story arc)

There are others, but those are the ones that immediately came to mind.

What the? Nice picks of anime there. Gundam Seed Destiny is what I consider depressing too for the last 20 Episodes went out of the line. I mean, the way it went. Kira should have done a few interventions and Athrun should have been more of a support. Now Gundam Seed Destiny is no more than an isomerized Star Wars ripoff.

Why?
-Chairman Dullindal is like a Chancellor Palpatine
-Kira is like Luke Skywalker
-Rey and Shin are like the Darth Vaders of this show.
-Athrun is like Obi Wan Kenobi
-Cagalli is the princess twin of Kira and are like Leah and Luke.

and Operation 66 is like the Destiny Program.

 

[Meeker]

I've found, even though I can be honest and admit it's hard not ot be attracted to it in some way, that animations can be depressing. And they don't bring us nay closer to God.

Try watching the works of Makoto Shinkai to see what I mean.

 

[Ninjitsu14]

Probably the most depressing anime I've seen is Air.

It's about this girl who's called the Girl in the Sky. Whenever she falls in love with a man, she is cursed to reincarnate into another life. And it's about this guy and her two friends who try to help break the curse before she falls deeply in love with him.

 

[Memento Mori]

Probably the most depressing anime I've seen is Air.

It's about this girl who's called the Girl in the Sky. Whenever she falls in love with a man, she is cursed to reincarnate into another life. And it's about this guy and her two friends who try to help break the curse before she falls deeply in love with him.

I watched that series. Yeah, pretty sad..

 

[Azureknight 773]

One of which is Gundam 00 S1's last half. Too many good guys died like Lockon Stratos (Niel Dylandy)

 

[Koyashako]

I found Vampire Knight depressing. Some of the music videos that are fan made on youtube will literally make your heart ache. The anime in general is depressingly themed.

 

[lawtonfogle]

I think the most obvious one is FullMetal Alchemist. There were several episodes which just left me an emotional wreck, they were so sad.


Neon Genesis Evangelion and a few episodes of Cowboy Bebop are downers, too.

Bokurano.

It makes FMA look like a the feel good anime of the year. After about episode 3, every episode leaves you in an emotional wreck. By the end, just hearing or seeing the openings will leave you in an emotional wreck, even years after you first watched it. And the irony of what it forces you to accept as a 'happy' ending is horrible.

It should be ciriticized by bearly covering a major plot peice. It is barely mentioned more than 10 secs the entire anime, but even while you wonder why things are happening, it doesn't change what is happening before your eyes.

 

[lawtonfogle]

Barefoot Gen was hard to watch and that's what really happened too. Grave of Fireflies is pretty sad too and I watched Gantz, it's very depressing and dark.

Gantz... lets no even go there. While it may have been some what depressing, there were (are?) a number of issues which make it more creepy than sad/depressing.

 

[Staccato]

Gantz... lets no even go there. While it may have been some what depressing, there were (are?) a number of issues which make it more creepy than sad/depressing.

Nah, Gantz is okay if you get your mind past the shameless shock value of what it (constantly) throws at you: it's actually quite humourous in a sick sort of way. I didn't find it that depressing or creepy, but then maybe I was desensitised by other series.

Narutaru for example. That innoculates you against pretty much everything.

 

[lawtonfogle]

Narutaru... I may regret looking this up... but to google/wiki I go.

 

[Penumbra]

I'd say Evangelion is the most depressing anime I've watched, but I haven't seen a lot of the shows listed in this thread.

-Lyn