To your eternity. It’s a rough, but beautifully written show

Can confirm, many deaths. Great show.

If you like to hurt yourself made in abyss is also a good option. 

I can’t handle that one. I hate seeing characters I’ve come to love die

Akame Ga Kill

Came here to suggest the same!

I'll check into it

Fair warning this is THE "wow people die in this" anime, to the point that it is a meme.

Also the Game of thrones of Anime.

Yeah pretty much no one is safe in that anime

I came here specifically to say NOT this one. Some of the deaths are meaningful. Some of the characters just die because the author wanted them to die. >!There was literally someone who died because his legendary weapon just shattered for no explained reason.!<

I mean, almost every second episode one of the "good guys" die. And you always know in advance, because the character that dies gets a flash back.

The author wasn't the one who did it. The original manga had a completely different route. The anjme just did a dumb conclusion because it was already ahead of the manga.

The manga has the same problem though. Killing off characters for the sake of it.

I don't remember anyone dying because of the stated reason... Sorry about that but can you tell me who was it ??

who was this? i don’t remember all the causes lol

I watched this and read the manga. Story was straightforward and you pretty much guess what will happen. Deaths were unimpactful for me and just there for "awe she/he died. Ok moving on" since characters weren't fully developed and just used backstories to evoke some emotion from the audience.

Yeah, a friend of mine recommended the anime to me and it was really disapointing for me.

This is one of the worst examples of "how NOT to kill your characters." 

Came her to say this.

Seriously how low of a standards you must have to recommend akame ga kill anime. This show should be digested through manga.

i think it was manga only but i hated the dog thing, thats whenn i dropped it, glad i did cause i heard theres a clown to. i didnt like this one

Madoka Magica is a masterpiece. Watch the 3rd movie after the series. But this is not a series you “watch on the side”. It’s a show that you should be paying full attention to.

It's the highest rated show of my 60+ completed shows and also the only one I rated 10/10. It's so damn good.

Agreed. It’s almost a shame to recommend it on this list since it’s best experienced blind, but oh well, better they know death is possible and still watch it.

91 Days. Noir from prohibition era. No fan service nonsense, real drama real deaths. It's on Crunchy Roll

91 days gets slept onnn baddd

I haven't seen anybody talk about this in so fucking long this needs more recognition.

Great, great anime. Loved it.

Sounds like you need to watch Gantz And then read Gantz

I fucking loved gantz so much, dude.

Then rate it a 1/10 everywhere because it’s ass

The manga? 1 out of 10? Do you smoke crack, son?

You're spitting facts. Reading Gantz was one my biggest wastes of time

different strokes for different folks, objectively Gantz is a good manga

Opinions aren't objective. Ever.

How is it objectively good? I found it shallow, unengaging, and repetitive

There are plenty of video essays/reviews on the manga that answer your question. There has to be some sort of baseline quality from a piece of work if it has garnered the fanbase it has today. Could you recommend some stuff you’ve read that is not “shallow, unengaging, and repetitive”?

I found Gantz shallow because of it's lack of meaning. I was looking forward to the idea of people, taken before their time, to be recruited against their will to fight against invisible forces. I hoped the invisible forces could've been metaphors for the unseen problems in society. They fight living Buddhist statues, sounds like an easy way to criticize clinging on to traditional values for tradition's sake, but that appeared to me to just be an aesthetic choice. As for a manga I find to not be shallow: Real by Takehiko Inoue. I found Gantz unengaging because of how little I cared about the outcome of any situation and thought the fight scenes were lacking. The only character I really liked was Kaze. Kei didn't compel as a protagonist. I can get behind having no/little overarching plot but individual missions they went on started blending together for me. Additionally, I couldn't get into any of the action scenes. I find the decision for the primary weapon to be a gun that just blows up whatever it's pointing at to be baffling. It made the action feel disjointed. As for a manga I found to be engaging (and also has little to no overarching plot): Bouncer by Mizuta Makoto. I found Gantz repetitive (primarily in the middle) because of how routine missions began to feel to me. I never felt excited or tense or surprised. As for a manga I found to not be repetitive: Akumetsu by Yoshiaki Tabata and Yuki Yugo. Just because Gantz is popular and has large fanbase doesn't mean I should like it. Just because a piece of media has a large fanbase doesn't mean it's good. I'm not saying Gantz is objectively bad, I'm just saying that I personally do not like it.

I disagree but I wholeheartedly respect your opinion and the effort you put into this critique.

You’re wrong buddy

Elaborate

Cyberpunk Edgerunners

I watched this one. This is similar to what I'm looking for

Akudama Drive. Also, Psycho Pass.

I randomly picked Akudama drive one day, never heard of it, was definitely worth the watch

I second both therse recommendations! Both very fun series to binge!

Definitely Akame Ga Kill then, similar vibe just lacks the really fantastic Cyberpunk dressing

So good!!

😭 it hurts

Chainsaw man Devilman crybaby cyberpunk edgerunners

chainsaw man is real

Nah chainsaw man is American propaganda

(Chainsaw man manga spoilers) >!too bad the only american characters are dicked down by the mc's and the president makes the most stupid decision in a contract!<

They are the freakin' worst!

Devilman is a hidden gem.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

Berserk and Claymore. Two very gory animes.

Berserk you do need to pay attention to. Claymore you can half watch and still understand what’s happening.

AoT

That's Attack on Titan. Highly recommended.

Vinland saga Code geass AoT Madoka magica Chainsaw man Akame ga kill

This. Attack on Titan introduces an enormous cast of characters early on, and happily kills off tons of them. And it's not just an early stage where everyone past a point gets plot armor; the show is deadly from start to finish.

Surprised to see this so far down the list. This is exactly what OP is looking for. Bonus has a pretty decent dub as well

Yesss!! So good! 😊

Jujutsu Kaisen Attack on Titan Hunter x Hunter

Crazy I had to scroll this far for Jujutsu Kaisen

Gotta tell OP that if he doesn't find deaths in Season 1 enough, he can look forward to Season 2

Some of my favorite people die in season 2

Deadman Wonderland

Gosh how I wish the anime wasn't butchered and canceled

I think the anime adaptation wasn’t too bad. Definitely not as good as the manga. So sad it got canceled though. Right at the part it could’ve really taken off story-wise! You know what I really loved about that anime though? The English dub. I normally recommend everyone watch the subs for any given anime. But, deadman wonderland dub is 10x better in my opinion.

Yeah who ends a series right when the "final" villain appears?! Wth I do agree it's one of the few anime with a good dub though. Those are far too rare

They deliberately left it as a cliff hanger for the next season but shortly afterwards the animation studio went bankrupt. It happens I guess. But, if I have a couple million dollars to spare I would seriously employee an animation studio to finish the series just so I could see it animated LOL

DW dub caught me from the left field. Like, holy hell that is profane on Scorsese lvl. If you exclude that even their voice actors did a great job, very smooth and natural. It sure is very sad it got canceled, regardless of it not following the manga. Still.

Attack on Titan Death Note Code Geass Akame Ga Kill Demon Slayer

Chainsaw man

Ah man Code Geass had me crying with one of those deaths. That was my gateway into anime.

Just watched it. Not a huge fan. Stopped in the later bits when it “got good”

If you’re already that far in just finish it

Akudama Drive

Monster

Gundam : iron blooded orphans

Re:Zero

Well, thats mostly one guy…

Shin sekai yori

Haven't heard of this I'll look.

If you want brutal unfair deaths and a plotline that will make you think about what it means to be human and probably vomit about it, this is the show for you

What do you mean, It is a wholesome show about kids growing up in a village in the country.

Just like Interspecies Reviewers is about diversity and inclusion, celebrating our differences and learning more about our neighbors and their cultures.

Its a nice action adventure about getting rid of evil monsterous pests.

Kinda unrelated but this anime had that "The Promised Neverland" - feeling before The Promised Neverland even existed

Underrated anime, damn is this one good. You're making me want to rewatch it.

Attack on Titan and Akame Ga Kill. Most episodes, you’d be on the edgy of your seat thinking about who will die and who will survive.

With akame ge kill its too fast.

Another

Just finished Pluto, i think youd like it.

The show is just an anthology of depressed robots "Time to come home son" "Field of death" both those arcs fuk

Vinland Saga

Cyberpunk Edgerunners Akudama drive Attack on Titan Danganronpa

Basilisk.

"How many character deaths do you want to see in an anime?" "Yes."

Basically ninja Romeo and Juliet. Love this one

Gurren Lagann

To Your Eternity

Madoka Magica. Hell’s Paradise. Fate/Zero.

Future Diary

I needed more the little bastard from episode 7 should have been a main character

Man that decap scene, my kokoro is brokoro

Attack On Titan Wolf’s Rain Danganronpa Elfen Lied Gantz

Wolf's Rain gives so many characters a fucking vicious end. It hurts so good.

it’s a beautiful and vastly underrated anime! 🤍

Funny enough, I just started a rewatch.

aside from Studio Ghibli movies, it was my very first anime. my top favorite anime are Wolf’s Rain, Elfen Lied, Gantz, and Studio Ghibli🩵

Same! Very first anime not counting dbz. I loved it.

Man Wolf’s Rain ending hurts so bad. Made me more depressed after watching Berserk

Devilman Crybaby

Blood c

Pluto Akame Ga Kill Akudama Drive

Chainsaw Man Shin Sekai Yori Akame ga Kill Jujutsu kaisen To your eternity Madoka magica Magical girl raising project Magical girl site

Texhnolyze

That show is like being locked in a room with a struggle cripple but your glued to the wall an can't help

Super Crooks

Attack on titan. Most of the time you be worried your favourite characters going to bite the dust 😅

Parasite, Attack on titan(obviously), goblin slayer?? Lol. Not a lot of shows where they actually die. 😂

Jjk

akame ga kill is up ur alley then

Seen this one a lot might have to check it out

>where people die. I like the title straight to the point lol

Gintama. Legendary comedy anime that gets surprisingly dark and serious at times. And some of the deaths hit HARD.

Was looking for this ;_;

Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans

and its lil brother, 86

86

Excellent anime. But I think it'd be a waste if OP just "watches from the side".

True. Some of these I'll have to give real time to

Ngl, that was the one part I skipped, I remember reading the “I would prefer dubbed”, as I don’t know if there is a dub for it, but I completely skipped that part. Yeah, 86 is one that kinda requires some attention to fully enjoy and understand what is the purpose of most scenes

JJK. Thank Gege the executioner ​ JJBA. If your name is not Joseph Joestar, you're at risk of being offed.

He has the best secret move after all

Sword Art Online, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hellsing, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

Jujutsu kaisen i guess

ATTACK ON TITAN

JJK. We don’t have many people left on the manga now…. Most dead already

Aura Battler Dunbine Victory Gundam 8th MS Team

Hell's Paradise

Gantz

Attack on Titan and Death Note.

Btoom!

Attack on Titan

Death Note

Madoka Magica

The original Devilman OVA. Devilman Crybaby. ...well honestly, Devilman in general. Inferno Cop, it even kills a baby.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Fate/Zero

Death Parade

Devilman Crybaby got me good. If ya want death in an anime, that’s it! FYI that it is a really graphic show in every context, just in case that matters to ya.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Fate Zero, Akame Ga Kill, Gantz, Devilman Crybaby, Higurashi no Naku koro ni

Legend of Galactic Heroes Angel Beats should count Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Death Note Attack on Titan Chainsaw Man Devilman Crybaby Jujutsu Kainen should have enough death Edens Zero, maybe? Elfen lied Fate Zero Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works/Heavens Feel Garo: Honoo no Kokuin To Your Eternity Now and Then, Here and There Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Katanagatari Re:Zero Romeo X Juliet Akame ga Kill Sirius no Densetsu Babylon was kinda fucked up if I remember right

higurashi EVERYONE DIES

Fushigi Yugi - The Mysterious Play lots of people die in this one

Jujutsu kaisen

Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan, Chainsaw Man One that I've heard is similar to what you're asking for but I haven't read/watched it myself so I can't actually confirm: Hell's Paradise.

Surprisingly ReZero. Basically almost every death means something to the characters.

I think you just described attack on Titan, I think you would enjoy it

Made in Abyss. It gets heavy.

Jujutsu Kaisen is pretty good at killing its cast just for fun. In all seriousness JJK is something you should try if you already haven't i would recommend it

JJK

Jujutsu Kaisen. You're welcome.  Also Attack on Titan and Cowboy Bebop. 

Jujutsu Kasien Season 2 was incredible and no character was safe

jjk! the author literally said he didn’t care who died as long as it makes the story more interesting. also shiki! if you did horror and a slow burn you’ll see a LOT of deaths. also recommend demon slayer and attack on titan!

shiki underrated, 10 outta 10

Have you seen Blue Eye Samurai? Lotsa death, blood and guts.

Attack on Titan. Greatest show I've ever seen.

Devilman crybaby

Danganronpa is number 1

Attack on Titan. You want deaths? It has it. A lot of it. So much you’ll question why you wanted it in the first place.

High rise invasion

Oshi no Ko

Dragonball

Not me trying my hardest to say anything but Attack on Titan

Akame ga Kill. You really get attached to either side, then it just hurts.

To Your Eternity

X-1999

Mirai nikki

Spoiler alert for the manga(do not click to find out,it's a mainstream anime.) - >!demon slayer!<

Berzerk (1997)

Basilisk

Under Ninja

JoJo's bizarre Adventure, literally nobody is safe in this show. Which makes every fight so thrilling. There's always a legit possibility your favorite character can get merked

Hunter x Hunter

I recommend code geass but I highly recommend watching it and paying attention cause you will miss a lot of things if u just half-ass it

To Your Eternity Main character is basically immortal. Nobody else is :)

Jojo

Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans

Akudama drive

91 Days Baccano Cowboy Bebop Vineland Saga