I need an anime that will make me cry

The only sad anime I watched are a silent voice, your name, I want to eat your pancreas and plastic memories, none made me sad.

The last time I almost cried for an anime character it wasn't even a romance, it was a shonen anime.

So do you guys know any anime that can actually make me feel sad?

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uratix2026-01-08 08:26

gundam iron blooded orphans

Zelthros2026-01-08 08:29

Watch Clannad, then Clannad After Story. If you don't cry you don't have a soul, sorry to break it to you.

AyamBakarVanilla2026-01-08 08:46

yeah agree

after that you could watch angel beats and grave of the fireflies

_LFKrebs_2026-01-08 08:29

Try watching Your Lie in April, Ano Hana, Clannad + Clannad After Story, Grave of the Fireflies or Violet Evergarden

ZoulsGaming2026-01-08 08:50

Was gonna mention those, not sure i would say violet evergarden was a crier anime though.

I would also put "Angel Beats" on that list of emotional animes, but it feels like OP is kinda missing the point that these anime and others are only as sad as you are willing to emotionally invest yourself into, so if you go into them with "im never gonna cry to them" you might not cause you are just turning on your emotional barriers.

JustYourFunnyFriend2026-01-08 09:12

I never watch anime with the "I'm never gonna cry to them" mentality. I always try to get attached to them but for some reason the anime people consider sad didn't really make me sad

coLdweezy2026-01-08 14:37

Do you actually watch them or are they mostly background noise

NarutoFan19952026-01-08 08:31

violet evergarden is the saddest anime

AggressiveZombie73772026-01-08 08:32

Ngl isnt really that sad at all but definitely good story and lore

NarutoFan19952026-01-08 08:35

goofiest reddit take ive seen in a while

AggressiveZombie73772026-01-08 08:40

I mean it really wasn’t cry worthy yes great story you can watch it and feel like Damm but tears never even formed while watching it there is definitely more sad anime’s

ZoulsGaming2026-01-08 09:01

No no i agree with him.

I was gonna say that its like saying Naruto has the best fights but then i noticed your username and wasnt surprised.

Violet evergarden was a great anime but compared to some of the big ones that are truly meant to hit you emotionally in a way that only works once it wasnt at all the same ballpark.

Kinak2026-01-08 08:31

Graveyard of the Fireflies is the classic for this. The first couple episodes of Frieren also hit me super hard, but I might just be weird.

VRish22026-01-08 08:41

It hit hard for me because I read the manga and know why she said it in the first episode

jon624912026-01-08 08:32

Yeah... I don't know.

If none of those made you sad or cry, I think you are asking the wrong question.

Just go watch any other shonen.

I don't think a movie is gonna do it for you. Probably too short of a format.

I feel like you need hundreds of episodes getting invested in a character, and then having them die might be your only option.

jon624912026-01-08 08:32

hikariii_no_yume2026-01-08 08:33

angel beats

violet evergarden

the day i became god

the promised neverland

link click( there were moments around ep4-5 it made me cryy )

to your eternity

akame ga kill!

anohana

banana fish

plastic memories

worldEnd (sukasuka)

made in abyss

grave of fireflies

maquia when the promised flower blooms

Flysand2026-01-08 10:23

wave and hinata. they both have blue hair and the same englis voice. and they act the same which is pretty cool for me. : )

Flysand2026-01-08 10:32

have you found it's funny for wave and hinata both to have blue hair and both have the same english voice actor

Prestigious_Duck39832026-01-08 08:34

madoka magica, fruit basket, the day i became god

Helpful-Pride12102026-01-08 08:35

It’s not really a sad anime but it has sad moments, Vinland saga especially season 2

LoneIywoIf2026-01-08 08:35

Te recomiendo Fumetsu no Anata, Boku dake ga inai machi, quizá también Ousama Ranking

angrypastass2026-01-08 08:36

Your Lie in April

AlbatrossChoice34712026-01-08 08:37

As you like your name and I wanna eat your pancreas try: Weathering with you

Silver-Owl4202026-01-08 08:38

Theres anime anime movie bleach the memories of nobody and I cried at the end watch some of the anime first and the the movie

Charming-Shine-51822026-01-08 08:39

NANA

JamesSomdet2026-01-08 08:39

Full Moon wo Sagashite. Absolutely suffocating in its sadness

Conscious_Worker70452026-01-08 08:40

Watch 5 cm per second

Flaky-Syllabub86152026-01-08 08:41

Jeez nobody said it yet but here's my choice... Cyberpunk edgerunners (huge warning) the ending is where EVERYONE cries I mean it really will so the beginning and middle won't do much but the ending hits super hard... I learned that the hard way and I'm still recovering from it. it's been 5 months

Princess_Lepotica2026-01-08 08:42

86, Cyberpunk Edgerunner.

SGT33862026-01-08 08:42

I teared up some at the end of Welcome to NHK. I was not expecting the last episodes to be so feely. I won't say much more to spoil it

the-d-692026-01-08 08:46

Your lie in April, I wouldn’t say cry but the first 2 episode of my hero academia made me choke up in the end

anime_topkek2026-01-08 08:48

your lie in april should made you feel sad. aside from that 86 and steins gate arn't the most sad anime overall but they have parts that can definitely make you cry

BahamutGod2026-01-08 08:50

What kind of sad do you want to be?

Alottanon2026-01-08 08:52

To Your Eternity

Linksobi2026-01-08 08:53

Play a game called Honkai: Star Rail and I guarantee you will cry at least once.

thedesertwolf2026-01-08 08:58

Barefoot Gen, Graveyard of the Fireflies, and Now and Then, Here and There. Barefoot & Graveyard are feature-length anime movies, Now and Then, Here and There is a series. Have fun with the trauma.

And if it was the Hunter x Hunter 2011 arc with the Ant King & the Komugi**,** I get it, that arc was a roller-coaster in the best of ways.

JustYourFunnyFriend2026-01-08 09:24

HxH was indeed a masterpiece in my opinion but the shonen I was talking about was Jojo

Commercial_Low_85492026-01-08 09:28

Attack on titan

Katanaefox2026-01-08 09:33

If you do not mind being invested for a bit, I would like to suggest one that is not known for how sad it can really be.

"Dr. Stone"
The premise is that all of humanity is petrified and then all of civilization collapses setting earth back to the stone age.

The characters have to rebuild civilization from scratch using science. Starting with stone tools then working their way up they use real world science and even explains it in an easier to understand way.

"Dr. Stone" is mostly comedy with some action/adventure.

Without spoilers; there are a lot of sad parts in this anime.
Most notably, the relationship between two of the characters.

It has 4 seasons.
1st season: 24 episodes
2nd season: 11 episodes
3rd season: 22 episodes
4th season: 24 episodes+ part 3 coming in april2026

There are many parts that the fandom admits to crying at in each season including myself(and I hardly ever cry at anything)

Season 1 defiantly has some, but I think season 4 is the one that broke the fandom almost completely.
Season 4 episode 9 is really emotional, but the last 2 episodes of part 2 (season 4 episodes 22/23) really crushed all of us.

If you do decide to watch it, I hope you enjoy it 10 billion percent.

TheStupid_Guy2026-01-08 09:34

Violet Evergarden

SnooWoofers1862026-01-08 09:36

Devilman: Crybaby

Girls' Last Tour

To Your eternity (season 1)

Flysand2026-01-08 10:13

you can watch "Violet Evergarden". but not the entire anime but only the 10th episode. believe me i hadn't watched the other episodes before i watched the 10th. and that got me. not to forget "your lie in April".

Flysand2026-01-08 10:16

If you are even up for an anime movie. "Grave of th Fireflies" will do.