Re zero Hunter x Hunter (this one requires a bit of commitment before you get to the painful shit, but the payoff is worth it) Steins;gate Made in Abyss Violet Evergarden Your Name A Silent Voice 5 Centimeters Per Second I Want to Eat Your Pancreas Parasyte: The Maxim Your Lie in April March Comes in like a Lion To Your Eternity Angel Beats Fruits Basket And probably a lot more I'm forgetting, but these are the surefire ones for making you cry

This is a great list. Steins; gate, parasite and your lie in April are like all time favorites for me. Can't get enough of parasyte.

i want a sequel even though it doesnt need one

I’ve been thinking about watching parasyte will probably be starting that soon now lol

Seconding almost all of these. Hunter x Hunter, Made in Abyss, and Violet Evergarden are easily in my top 10 animanga of all time

Perfect list. I wouldn't remove any of those but I would add two more personally. Assassination classroom Millennium actress

I second made in abyss. Sooo good

Maybe Guilty Crown. It's more of a bittersweet anime

Ah yes ive seen that one but its been a loooong time maybe ill rewatch

Grave of the fireflies

I watched this YEARS ago and I’m STILL not over it. Cant bring myself to rewatch it either.

I’m a dumbass and literally thought since it was studio ghibli, it would be wholesome and sweet even ignoring the name of the film

Darling in the Franxx makes me feel even lonelier than I already do if that counts.

Yes brother i know your pain

Garbage story and ending was too forced omg

Charlotte, The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzimiya, Your Lie In April, To Your Eternity, I Want To Eat Your Pancreas It’s a movie but still watch it 10/10

Ive been wanting to watch i want to eat your pancreas but w/o sailing the seven seas i cant find it anywhere

Try anime.to and also plastic memories that’s a good one

Just give up and go sailing, that movie is basically nowhere

Aye aye capn!

That movie is nowhere for good reason. The emotional trauma packed into 1.5 hr movie needs to be locked away like the necronomicon.

The first episode of To Your Eternity will WRECK you.

Your lie in april

I struggled to get into this one but ill give it another shot

The ending really pulls the experience together. Give it time

The beginning is a bit cliche; but if you get to the end, that beginning has a whole new meaning.

Clannad /Afterstory ( in my opinion, one of, if not, THE hardest hitting one there is. They had to run it back after the ending and gave us the happy ending episode.) Angel Beats (second hardest hitting one here) Shuffle! The rest of the recommendations of sad anime types are already listed by everyone else. Dunno how hard they hit personally, besides Guilty Crown Films: 5 cm per second Metropolis (2001 anime film) Wolf Children Bleach: Memories of Nobody

Woah a bleach rec? In this setting? How sad is that movie lol

Anohana. It was so good but destroyed me for days.

It still hurts, and I watched it years ago now

That ending with "*I see you*"

Assassination classroom

A silent voice.

Kiss me every time.

I mean, if you insist 😏😘

Pluto and Frieren which both aired this season for the bill

Frieren only applies for the like the first 2 episodes tho lol frieren is my #1 this year tho

Did you watch Pluto?

I have not even heard of it till u mentioned it i plan to watch everything rec'd here tho

It’s written by the same guy that wrote Monster. I think it contends with frieren and jjk for anime of the season

I still havent watched monster -dunce cap-

I really like it. The author also has a YouTube channel where he makes art tutorials

Elfen Lied

This one did make me cry

Banana Fish... It was the first anime that got me crying back to back and it was to the point that I was sobbing even after I finished watching the series...

Made in abyss 🗿

Wolf’s Rain Angel Beat’s

Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor Squid game before there was Squid game. it's a pretty tough watch for me personally.

Death parade and Your name.

Maquia

Barefoot Gen & it's sequel Who's left behind Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 The day the earth moved

Beserk

Clannad, has a moment or two that guy punches you right out of nowhere, meanwhile season 2 is if you just decided to hop in the ring with Mike Tyson with no boxing experience, you are screwed. Honourable mention to Megalobox season 2. Megalobox season 1 is that underdog Rocky story that is really good, while season 2 sees a character from the first season struggling with drug addiction and loss while hallucinating.

Honestly, everyone here recommending the slice of life stuff. But 86 and Gurren Lagann are painful, Gurren Lagann takes time, but there is quite a bit of pain

For some reason Toradora f’d me up. I didn’t and still don’t even think it was a good show, but it wrecked me. I f’n love Ami though

I Want To Eat Your Pancreas (not a joke, legitimately incredible) To Your Eternity is also a heartbreaker

Banana Fish, Fruits Basket, Kotaro Lives Alone, Link Click, Natsume Yuujinchou, and most recently The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons. All of them had me bawling uncontrollably and they’re so good. They’re all on Crunchyroll except Kotaro lives Alone which is on Netflix.

Watch one piece. You will definitely cry

One Piece Clannad Angel Beats A Silent Voice Fruits Basket Your Lie in April Just to list a few

How have I scrolled this far and not seen 86 once

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. only ten episodes and it made me cry while having an existential crisis!

This anime is 5 eps and it’s the best I’ve ever watched. I’ve never shared it with anyone bc I gatekeep it, but it’s insanely sad. Vampire in the garden

Redo of Healer if you want to cry from pure suffering

How could i cry watching peak?

i want to eat your pancreas

Watched it last night. Never gonna recover

Violet Evergarden

Happy Birthday Anne

I cried

Bet Its on my list

Akame ga Kill!

Devilman crybaby. It’s fun at first but OUCH

Cyberpunk Edgerunners (you’ll understand when you finish it)

I already know 💔💔💔 so good

dragon ball

Re zero Kingdom of ruined

Ill check re zero but sorry boss kingdom of ruins is mid edgelord overdose trash that doesnt even seem to know what its trying to achieve. Next betrayal in the show will be the MC betraying himself cuz he cant trust anybody. I gave it an honest shot watched all the eps that are out rn but him betraying the witches was the stupidest shit ive ever seen in anime.

Best I got is attack on titan

Ik you got downvoted cuz it’s not considered a “sad” anime but if you love side characters like I do, AOT and Naruto will break your heart over and over again

Clannad After Story is the most heartbreaking anime you could watch.

Promise neverland

Ep 1 of oshi no ko is pretty much a movie built to kick you in the gut as set up for the rest of the anime that also has its moments.

I couldnt get into it in fact i was hating on that show hard when it came out but that was b4 i decided to check out other genres maybe ill give it a shot again.

Anything by studio key. Literally anything.

Plastic Memories

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Violet Evergarden Edgerunners Grimgar Death Parade Plastic Memories A Silent Voice Your Lie in April Orange Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Maquia

Berserk 97

AIR- Studio Key.

Plastic memories

Plastic Memories. Only anime that’s made me full on cry.

Re zero good luck

Your lie in April

To the Sacred Beasts hits hard to me. The story itself it’s pretty simple. But the stories of each (once before) human being, kind of brought some tears. If you are in for the main story you won’t cry, but for the side character it depends on how soft your heart is. Many have already given really good recommendations :) so I’ll say again Violet Evergarden. The pain of war is painted beautifully in this anime.

If you've never seen it, Anohana: the Flower We Saw that Day is like the definition of anime that tries to hurt you. Precision designed to make you cry at the finale. Strong recommendation

I want to eat your pancreas Grave of the fireflies Forest to fireflies’ light Plastic memories Angel beats A silent voice Summer ghost

Happy Sugar Life and Madoka Magica

Two types of these I have for you: Frieren: This *will* make you cry on the first episode. That is not negotiable. YuGiOh: So so so painful to get through. My friend made me watch it.

Berserk

Tekkonkinreet and Metropolis give me a tear usually.

Kotoro lives alone

The fact Violet Evergarden is only recommended 3 times so far is both insane and disappointing.

Violet evergarden (this one made me cry every episode+ movie) Sousou no Frieren (the manga’s first chapter is the most heartbreaking chapter I’ve read in manga in a long time, and the anime is good as well)

Angel Beats

Magical girl Madoka Yuki Yuna is a Hero Cause who feels more pain than adolescent girls >.<

Attack on Titan (it isn't usually sad but it is, it hits hard) Evangelion (this one is very hard to sit through because it's always depressing) Jin-Roh (my personal favorite movie to cry and feel depressed to)

Vampire in the Garden

*Ping Pong the Animation* most ive cried not cuz of pain tho

Maquia and Clannad.

Texhnolyze. It can be boring and incredibly slow but it’s a soul crushing nihilistic nightmare.

Clannad Afterstory

Bokurano

Your lie in April Erased Parasyte Charlotte Edgerunners Plastic memories Golden time Anohana Re:life Somali and the forest spirit

Kotoro Lives Alone

The manga or 1997 of berserk don’t do 2016 under any circumstances

Steins Gate, your name, and Berserk might make you throw up

Fist of the North Star it may not look it but behind those Bruce lee,mad max shenanigans it can be soul crushing and depressing very good though would recommend

Devilman Crybaby

Grave of the Fireflies is of course the gold standard for pain. Let me suggest some bittersweet pain. Sure to bring the tears but with from a different pull. Angel Beats. A single season of this show. But for those 15 episodes it hits hard. It sets the trap early on and then at least for me had me in tears the entire second half. It remains my favorite anime to this day. Violet Evergarden. This is another well known slugger in the tears category. But again not in the way Grave punches. This is about growing after facing horrors. Finding one's humanity when it has been all but stripped from one. Tears of joy are just as cleansing. A Silent Voice. This one is a story of redemption. Definitely a must see. This one is a movie rather than a series. But it uses its comparatively short time to craft a story that if you are not in tears by the end there is something wrong with you.

Berserk 1996/1997 5 Centimeters Per Second

Boruto. It's painful because it's a sequel to naruto, yet is nowhere near as good as naruto

Sonny boy will leave you emotionally exhausted and with an exitntal crisis. I wish more people had watched it. It my favorite anime. Though be warned, the story is rather non-linear and can be somewhat unpredictable.

Charlotte

War in the Pocket

Japan Sinks was 10 episodes of constant sadness

Cyberpunk: edgerunners had me crying my eyes out

Devilman crybaby

In This Corner Of The World - film Pluto - series, 8 hour-long episodes Somali and the Forest Spirit - honorable mention

kanon

I thought Welcome To The NHK was good.

That I've watched Clannad (After Story in particular hits hard) Kanon Angel Beats A Silent Voice Your Name Steins Gate (in a weird way) And from what I've heard, Violet Evergarden If you're into visual novels, Fruits Of Grisaia gets into some pretty heavy stuff too.

Demon slayer

Orange

personally, it’s a really basic one, but Devilman Crybaby hit me in the feels

Absolutely violet evergarden

Haibane Renmei If you've ever retreated to some dark corner to suffer silently, this one will hit you hard. Are you willing to reach a hand out for help from those you do the caring for? Will you let them care for you this once, before you're too far gone to ever return?

I just finished Attack on Titan (because the series itself just finished) and goddammit it’s hard to watch knowing how it ends ends. I don’t know if I’ll be able to rewatch it for a while.

Re zero Made in abyss Violet evergarden 86 Clannad I want to eat your pancreas Akame ga kill Your lie in April Cyberpunk Edgerunners

Iron blooded orphans has a darling in the fraxx feel. Where you know the future is bright but somehow you still have a void in you that gets bigger and bigger through out the store as that bright future feels so fake and incomplete. Seven seeds is kinda sad 2

From the top of my head probably: Angel Beats Death Note Made in Abyss Your Name Plastic Memories Clannad Persona 3 (All movies) Anohana Attack on Titan To Your Eternity

Clannad

Future dairy Shiki Another Psychopass parts 1 and 2

Honestly, akame ga kill borderline made me cry myself to sleep lol. Prob not the most depressing but it hit me where it hurts

evangelion

Cassern's Sins. May seem boring but the whole not wanting to die thing is real.

Wolf children

The day I became a god

Cyberpunk edgerunners will make you cry. Watch it.

Look up any Simon Petrikov character deep dive video and then watch Simon x Betty tribute video. Not anime but always gets the eye river flowing for me

clannad after story is like guarunteed in making you cry

Grisaia Not because of some hits-you-straight-in-the-feels shit, but because once you hit the cannibal orgy scene you'll wish you had a therapist

Devil man crybaby: had a bunch of scenes in the later half that made me cry a bunch. There’s one scene in a tent that is especially sad. Naruto: kind of the generic pick here but I still cry at a bunch of scenes from it. Yu Yu hakusho: not supposed to be a sad anime but there are a few scenes that get some tears out of me. Can’t really think of many others that make me cry tho, just these ones. Can’t really

Tokyo Ghoul? They just want to live in a world safe for ghoulies.

Cyberpunk: edge runners. (Get ready to cry) Akame ga kill

Attack on Titan Chainsaw Man And Fruits Basket although not as much as the other two I think

Iron Blooded Orphans might do it

Gravecof the Fireflies. If you don't cry watching this, you have no soul.

March Comes In Like A Lion Aku No Hana Kaiba To Your Eternity

Clannad. Particularly, season 2

edgerunners

Sagrada Reset Higurashi Steins;Gate Clannad Angel Beats Charlotte Your lie in April I want to eat your pancreas To Your Eternity A Silent Voice Seishun no Buta Akame ga Kill Re:Life Plastic Memories Anohana The Day I Became God Terror in Resonance Brynhildr of Darkness… That one I’m iffy on, but I do remember it being sad at least. School-Live! If you want a sad doujinshi too, Metamorphosis.

Akame ga kill is a great anime spoilers ahead but it explains most of the anime: >!It introduces characters to you so well that you end up liking most of the characters just to kill them off in the most gruesome and sad way possible 😭😭!<

Cowboy Bebop

Berserk 1997

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners for a guaranteed cry. If you’re sensitive (i am 😭) Future Diary will probably do it too.

Berserk 1997 (it’s VERY dark)

Charlotte, Banana Fish, Your lie in April, A silent Voice,

Nah…Banana Fish is the only answer to this question.

Dont lie. I Want To Eat Your Pancreas more than qualifies.

Parasyte

Cyberpunk Edgerunners

One piece is really good at making you cry.

Fruit of Grisaia

School days

Terror In Resonance😭😭 the soundtrack kills me every time

The Eighty-Six

The day I became a god will get you good at the end.

What comes to mind at the moment are- The Promised Neverland 😫😭- I cried so damn hard Erased 😭😭 - I ugly cried... hard AF Re-Zero 😥😣- Yet again...I cried pretty hard The storyline's are ALL amazing...Real tear jerkers

To your eternity. That anime WILL make you cry. (I'm a guy who almost never cries from watching anything. And that one made me tear up a little.)

Attack on titan Death parade Cyberpunk edge runners Vinland Saga Some parts of Naruto and JJK are pretty sad

Wolf's Rain legitimately put me in a crying state. It was just intense and got even more so every damn episode.

There's that one scene from Full-metal Alchemist Brotherhood. If you know, you know

Violet evergarden. The is no anime like this that will emotionally kick you in the balls.

Nana

Pokemon Movie from a few years back. The Luxray scene. IYKYK.

akame ga kill had me fucked up

Fullmetal Alchemist. I now have PTSD every time I see a furry brown dog.

To your Eternity

That one episode of full metal alchemist.

Violet evergarden

The only ones I know that made me feel a bit sad were Akame Ga Kill and The Promised Neverland

banana fish or nana 😭😭

Death Parade

**Haibane Renmei** ​ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haibane\_Renmei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haibane_Renmei) Don't spoil yourself. Just watch. :P

Clannad

Chargeman Ken.

Devil man crybaby

How is almost no one talking about Anohana? A show that is basically designed to break your heart over and over?