Takeru and Ryou are high school students who work doing deliveries for the former's uncle. One night, the two go to investigate a mysterious light in the woods only to find a young girl emerging from the light. Takeru and Ryou are attacked by an alien, which is defeated when Takeru transforms into a powerful and strange-looking beast himself.
Takeru Takemoto is the series' main character. He comes off as a lazy and unmotivated teenager, but is really just unsure of his place in the world. He found and named Hikari in the woods in the first episode.
Watch on: Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation , Prime Video MAL: 8,7 Seasons: 1 | Episodes: 22
Watch on: Netflix , Funimation , Prime Video MAL: 8,6 Seasons: 1 | Episodes: 13
Watch on: Netflix , Funimation, VUDU, Prime Video MAL: 8,9 Film | 1h 46min
What’s it about: Shiga Haruki, a boy who has grown detached from life, ends up meeting with his high school classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, after finding her diary and discovering that she has pancreatic cancer. The boy initially doesn’t care but gives in soon enough after seeing how someone who has very little time left can still enjoy life so much.
Watch on: Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation, Prime Video MAL: 8,4 Seasons: 1 | Episodes: 11
Watch on: Netflix , Funimation, Vudu , Prime Video MAL: 8,6 Film | 1h 57min
Watch on: Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation, Prime Video MAL: 8,1 Seasons: 2 | Episodes: 47
Anime are known for their realistic appearances and expressions, intense characters and story backgrounds. They have kept the Japanese culture and history alive in this rapidly changing world with very high competition. They have captivated the audiences, leaving them mesmerized through their stories and intricacies.
Many anime on this list is under the belt of Studio Ghibli. Anna Sasaki is a young girl who has asthma attacks. It his around her that the movie revolves around.
‘Mirai no Mirai’ is a beautiful anime movie which deals in fantasy, adventure, and drama. Many people might tell you that it is a stereotypical film but don’t listen to them and watch it. Like other beautiful fantasy anime, ‘Mirai no Mirai’ is a visual treat for everyone. The settings and backgrounds are pretty decent and add to the feel of the movie. The character design is pretty slick too and the protagonist is really cute. If you have a younger brother or sister then you can watch this movie with them. Though the movie was quite fun to watch it will make you kind of sad, believe me. Kun Oota is the 4-year-old protagonist of ‘Mirai no Mirai’. Everybody is quite fond of him and he receives lots of love, cuddles, and pampers. He loves playing with his dog and his train sets. But all of this changes when his younger sister is born. The family names the baby Mirai which means future. At first, Kun loves the fact that he now has a baby sister and his mother is at home. But later Kun feels that his world has been shattered by the birth of his sister as now she is the one who is the center of attention and not him. Everybody now seems to be showering their love on Mirai and Kun is now moving towards oblivion. Kun slowly becomes jealous of his sister Mirai as his mother returns to work and his dad starts working from home to take care of the household. One day Kun storms off to the garden. There he meets and a number of guests from past and future and one of them is a teenage girl who tells him that she is Mirai from the future. Together they go on a journey across space and time learning more about their family. But the question that still lingers is ‘Why did Mirai come from future?’
Don’t worry ‘Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni’ isn’t just about suffering and loss but how to live life to the fullest in hard times. Suzu Urano is the protagonist of this anime. She is smart, hardworking and quite young. She has to move to Kure, a small town in Hiroshima, after marrying Shuusaku Houjo.
This movie is a visual delight having superb art and character design. The total length of the movie is about 1 hour 46 minutes.
It has to live in the body of a 14-year-old suicide victim Makoto. The soul has to find out what drove this young boy to commit suicide all the while trying to figure out his sin. The sin he committed which resulted in him getting kicked out of the cycle of reincarnation.
‘Colorful’ is a really long anime movie. It’s total length clocks at about 2hrs and 7 minutes. This the sort of supernatural drama that will make you emotional and move your heart. It is not an extreme tear-jerker like ‘Grave of Fireflies’ but rather a dramatic approach to showcasing the working of the world. It is a movie about self-realization and second chances. A depressed and sad soul reaches the train station death. While there, the authorities tell the soul that it has won some lottery and is a ‘Lucky’ soul who gets to have another shot at life. Our protagonist soul doesn’t want to live again but has to comply anyway. It has to live in the body of a 14-year-old suicide victim Makoto. The soul has to find out what drove this young boy to commit suicide all the while trying to figure out his sin. The sin he committed which resulted in him getting kicked out of the cycle of reincarnation. The soul has a time limit of six months during which he has to perform these tasks. But apart from this he also needs to learn how to enjoy this second chance at life.
This adventurous, often funny yet sad anime is about brotherly love. Cat Soup is one of the saddest animes that will make you feel hopeless for a while to then cheer you up a little.
And of course, the two big anime streaming sites that are dedicated directly to the fans of anime and manga: Anime Planet is probably the most famous of all the sites for anime streaming. if you’re a great Otaku at heart their subscription is a good choice for you. Crunchyroll is another all-time favorite.
Hal is a terribly sad romantic anime movie about Karumi losing the love of her life. The young and beautiful girl is deeply in love with her boyfriend, Hal, but one day he is killed in a plane crash. Left alone, Karumi is depressed and hopeless. Nothing seems to aid her aching heart anymore.
Garden of words is one of the most beautiful and moving sad romance anime that will wet your eyes for sure. It is a painful story of alienation and love that can never be expressed. Artist Takao is pursuing his dream of becoming a shoe designer.
Orange is one of the most devastating love stories of all time. This sad anime with love, regrets and a second chance to make everything turn out better is a very interesting ride.
To the Forest of Firefly Lights is a charming and beautiful short anime movie about Hotaru who one day gets lost in the forest as a child but luckily she is rescued by Gin, a spirit.
Rubmling Hearts deals with deep, complex and turbulent emotions. Throughout the 14 episodes, you are going to feel a lot of love, happiness to then a tragic sadness turns everything dark.
One day a light descends from the sky and splits into the ideal girls of Takeru and Ryou. That is where this gentle and vaguely romantic story about our ugly and beautiful world begins. Soon enough the story plummets into the secrets of global extinction and the meaning of life.
Story: 4/10 As story goes it wasnt great but it wasnt horrible either, I started watching it in English but couldnt stand the voices so switched to Japanese early on...I hardly see alien type animes (I dont know if its because they dont interest me??) so that part was new and innovating for me.
Wolf Children tells the story of a 19-year-old college student, Hana, who falls in love with a mysterious man who reveals to her that he is a werewolf and can change at will.
Into The Forest Of Fireflies' Light is Hotaru's unbelievable story about a young girl who gets lost in the woods and is rescued by a mask-wearing, human-like spirit named Gin. However, when the young Hotaru tries to run into his arms, he informs her that he will disappear forever should he ever touch a human.
Full moon Wo Sagashite (or Searching for the Full Moon) begins with Mitsuki Koyama, a twelve-year-old with big dreams of becoming an idol so she can reunite with the first person ever to steal her heart, Eichi Sakurai. Sadly, Mitsuki is diagnosed with sarcoma, a cancerous tumor in her throat that affects her ability to breathe and sing.
When a strange man offers fifteen kids a chance to test a game he is working on, the kids find little to no reason not to accept, but when they do, they realize that the game is not a game and the stakes are too real. Piloting a mecha named Zearth, the kids must fight their enemies to save the earth. The catch: should they win, they die.
When Karumi's boyfriend Hal is killed in a plane crash. She becomes a shell of herself, unable to move on while she wastes away from no longer eating as she cries herself to sleep. Not being able to see his beloved granddaughter in so much pain, Karumi's grandfather requests a therapy robot known as Q01 to help her overcome her depression.
When Marnie Was There tells the story of Anna, a shy young girl living with her foster parents in Sapporo. When Ana has an asthma attack at school, her foster parents discuss her withdrawn nature, and the doctor suggests sending her away to distant relatives for the summer.
Garden Of the Words opens to a regular rainy season in Tokyo with Takao Akizuki, a fifteen-year-old student who has big dreams of becoming a shoemaker. Skipping the first class of the day, Takao makes his way to a garden to begin sketching up shoe designs.