I need a tragic anime...

[Casual Shinji]

Grave of The Fireflies

From the moment it begins to the moment it ends it's soul-crushing sadness.

 

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Evangelion is tragic I suppose. well... I'm not quite sure really. It is a total mindfuck though.

This, but don't be turned off by the show itself. It's the movie (coupled with the last two episodes) that are a total mindfuck. The series is pretty subpar imo, but it's definitely worth it for the ending.

Also: Serial Experiments Lain.

 

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Double post, ignore. Sorry.

 

[Pillypill]

I hear "Kanon" is good (at least the later eps are).
"full moon Wo sagashite" was... disturbing... great though.
"hoshi no koe" is good too and it's only like 30mins long, plus it's sci-fi, does require a litle knowledge of Cosmic science in order to fully understand.
"sky crawlers" sorta tragic, it's interesting and really beautiful. But it's a feature length movie and i'm not sure where you can find the subbed version.
"Now and then, here and there" fucking disturbing, reminds me of half life 2 a bit, good as well.

Hope you find something you like out of those, if "kanon" turns out to be any good then please let me know throuhg PM.

 

[meatloaf231]

Wolf's Rain

Yep. One of the best animes I've ever seen.

 

[Magnesium360]

Bleach. It's tragically bad.

 

[micky]

Graveyard of the Fireflies

It is a film, rather than a series, but it is argueably the most tragic anime in existence.

oh god, i saw that in the 5th grade that was a very tragic movie

What kind of sick teacher shows THAT to a group of 5th graders?!

nooo i didnt see it at school i saw it when i was in 5th grade

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Higurashi and Evangelion are all that come to mind. I've never seen an anime that tops Elfen Lied.

 

[Hazy]

Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru: a chein obu shōto sutorīzu abauto zea disutansu aka
5 Centimeters Per Second: a chain of short stories about their distance [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Centimeters_Per_Second].

I will say no more. You just need to watch this for yourself.

 

[DuplicateValue]

Death Note is pretty tragic. Starts out as this really good anime and then halfway through it just turns crap.

That poor story.

No arguments here. Fuck Near.

I don't see what everyone has against Near and Mello.

They were by far my favourite characters, I never liked L nearly as much.

OT: It's times like these I realise how little anime I've managed to finish...
Evangelion maybe? It's not really tragic, but it's never particularly happy either.

 

[DuplicateValue]

Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru: a chein obu shōto sutorīzu abauto zea disutansu aka
5 Centimeters Per Second: a chain of short stories about their distance [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Centimeters_Per_Second].

I will say no more. You just need to watch this for yourself.

I have a cropped section of that pic as a wallpaper, and I always wondered where it was from. Thanks!

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

Gungrave

^ my favorite Action/Tragedy anime

 

[Hazy]

I have a cropped section of that pic as a wallpaper, and I always wondered where it was from. Thanks!

Merely happy to help.

And dear lord, those are some pretty wallpapers. I'll have to save a few of those myself.

 

[AmayaOnnaOtaku]

Saikano: if you dont cry at the ending you have no soul
Death Note
Graveyard of the Fireflies

 

[Tonythion]

specifically anime?
I know some tragic manga. Deadman Wonderland is both action packed and filled with tragic moments...and gore..lots and lots of gore.

 

[Lord Krunk]

I can't really think of a kid's anime that wasn't. I mean, Dragon Ball Z made death cheap, but it was tragic too. I'm sure there's a couple I'm missing out on though.

That said, Death Note, Cowboy Bebop and Code Geass are great examples of tragic anime.

 

[The 5th Hour]

Grave of the Fireflies. Made me cry. Made everyone cry.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

Deathnote was a pretty good 'tragic' anime.

But everybody has seen Death note.

 

[Jamiemitsu]

Certain parts, especially the ending of Cowboy Bebop, were pretty sad.

 

[Automated]

Anything done by Key that was changed into an anime. Tradgedy is that companies motto.

Examples inclue the almighty Clannad and Clannad after story which has not failed to make a single one of my friends cry
Kanon is pretty instense though not as much as Clannad
and Angel Beats is only slightly tragic but is still a bit entertaining.