I need a tragic anime...

[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.

 

[SJXarg]

Going to add another bump to Gungrave.

Also, Shingetsutan Tsukihime (True lunar chronicles Tsukihime?) 13 episodes, pretty sad ending.

Kite and Perfect Blue are other contenders, though I think Perfect Blue is more creepy than tragic.

 

[ScatterBen]

I'm interested in this as well, however, would people be able to tell me which of the suggested animes have finished please? I prefer a complete story in a relatively small number of episodes (ie no 200+ episode lists with an ongoing series - that's just ridiculous). I have already seen Death Note, Cowboy Bebop, FMA and Grave of the Fireflies.

 

[darkorie]

Now then here and there. that has to be the most cruel thing i've watched ever... just watch it