Top 5 Anime That Will Make You Bawl Like a Baby [Japan Poll]

11:29 PM July 9, 2016

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Anime comes in all forms. Some happy, some sad, some spooky, and some are just plain wtf. Sometimes though, there are anime that are so moving or so deep that you can't help but shed a tear.
What about anime that move you so much that you bawl? Crying as you reach for tissues, you continue to feed you addiction.
Charapedia asked it's users in their 20's "what anime has made you bawl like a baby?" Let us know in the comments after you compose yourself, and let us know what anime has moved you to tears.

Top 5 - Top 1

5. Kemono no Souja Erin

Episodes: 50
Aired: January 2009 - December 2009

Synopsis

Erin is a young girl who lives with her mother in a village which raises war-lizards, called Touda. We see her daily life, which changes as she grows up. Meanwhile, there is growing tension between the two provinces of the country she lives in.

Based on the fantasy series written by Uehashi Nahoko, also known for Seirei no Moribito.

(Source: MAL)

4. Nagi no Asukara

Episodes: 26
Aired: October 2013 - April 2014

Synopsis

Long ago, all humans lived beneath the sea. However, some people preferred the surface and abandoned living underwater permanently. As a consequence, they were stripped of their god-given protection called "Ena" which allowed them to breathe underwater. Over time, the rift between the denizens of the sea and of the surface widened, although contact between the two peoples still existed.

Nagi no Asukara follows the story of Hikari Sakishima and Manaka Mukaido, along with their childhood friends Chisaki Hiradaira and Kaname Isaki, who are forced to leave the sea and attend a school on the surface. There, the group also meets Tsumugu Kihara, a fellow student and fisherman who loves the sea.

Hikari and his friends' lives are bound to change as they have to deal with the deep-seated hatred and discrimination between the people of sea and of the surface, the storms in their personal lives, as well as an impending tempest which may spell doom for all who dwell on the surface.

(Source: MAL Rewrite)

3. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Episodes: 11
Aired: July 2009 - September 2009

Synopsis

iddle school student Mirai Onozawa is dissatisfied with her family circumstances and, in a moment of frustration, wishes to tear everything apart. Unfortunately, these destructive thoughts seem to come true in the form of a magnitude 8.0 earthquake just a few moments later.

When summer vacation begins, Mirai reluctantly takes her younger brother Yuuki to Odaiba, where a robot exhibition that he wanted to go to is being held. However, while they are in the exhibition center, the fury of a major earthquake shakes the Kanto region; helpless, both kids witness the devastating power of this natural disaster as it brings the city to its knees.

In its aftermath, they stumble upon Mari Kusakabe, a motorcyclist and single mother who decides to help the young siblings. Aiming to return to their homes and reunite with their families, the group sets off on a long and hard journey through the decimated city.

(Source: MAL Rewrite)

2. Angel Beats

Episodes: 13
Aired: April 2010 - June 2010

Synopsis

hing he can remember about himself is his name. Yuri tells him that she leads the Shinda Sekai Sensen (Afterlife Battlefront) and wages war against a girl named Tenshi. Unable to believe Yuri's claims that Tenshi is evil, Otonashi attempts to speak with her, but the encounter doesn't go as he intended.

Otonashi decides to join the SSS and battle Tenshi, but he finds himself oddly drawn to her. While trying to regain his memories and understand Tenshi, he gradually unravels the mysteries of the afterlife.

(Source: MAL Rewrite)

1. Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.

68 votes

Episodes: 11
Aired: April 2011 - June 2011

Synopsis

Jinta Yadomi is peacefully living as a recluse, spending his days away from school and playing video games at home instead. One hot summer day, his childhood friend, Meiko "Menma" Honma, appears and pesters him to grant a forgotten wish. He pays her no mind, which annoys her, but he doesn't really care. After all, Menma already died years ago.

At first, Jinta thinks that he is merely hallucinating due to the summer heat, but he is later on convinced that what he sees truly is the ghost of Menma. Jinta and his group of childhood friends grew apart after her untimely death, but they are drawn together once more as they try to lay Menma's spirit to rest. Re-living their pain and guilt, will they be able to find the strength to help not only Menma move on—but themselves as well?

(Source: MAL Rewrite)

Source: Charapedia