This feeling of emptiness and emotional exhaustion suggests your subconscious needs to digest the story and the characters. At the least, it tells you that you’ve found a type of story that means something to you. Either case, the end-of-an-anime blues can be uncomfortable. Some fall into deep depression.
5 Ways to Handle After-Anime Depression Has depression hit you after finishing an anime series? You miss the way it gripped your attention and fanned your emotions. You can’t get the characters out of your mind. A good story will remain with you long after you finish it. The best stories will change your understanding of the world.
It is very rare to watch an anime and then forget about the main characters and the attributes that made them so unique and amazing. That is why the death of one of the characters can be very heartbreaking to viewers.
The ending of the manga made me feel really bittersweet when both of them held their hand together and walked toward the door full of light which symbolizes that it’s the end of the beginning and that their journey is not over yet. It makes me kind of sad that I couldn’t be part of their journey anymore and see it till the end.
10 Angel Beats. Angel Beats takes place in a limbo-type afterlife, and the characters are all deceased teenagers who passed away with unfinished business. Initially masquerading as a comedic slice-of- (after)life anime with supernatural elements, in time, the show dives into the trauma various characters faced in life.
At just 13 episodes, Angel Beats doesn't quite live up to its full tragic potential. It doesn't give the audience enough time to really know the characters or their pain. However, many anime fans can cite Angel Beats as their first "sad anime.".
What if you could write a letter to yourself from 10 years ago? What would you change? Orange explores this premise when sixteen-year-old Naho starts receiving letters from her future self. The letters urge the younger Naho to make decisions that will not lead to future regrets. As the plot progresses, it's clear that future-Naho's biggest regrets involve Kakeru, one of young-Naho's friends who is no longer alive ten years in the future.
The movie is about a detached boy whose popular, upbeat classmate, Sakura, is dying of a pancreatic illness. As the only person outside of her family to know about Sakura's condition, the boy — who refuses to reveal his name — and Sakura become close. The boy helps Sakura cross things off her bucket list; conversely, Sakura helps him open up to other people.
A masterwork of colors and music, Your Lie In April explores how tragedy can unfold under our noses and why that's not an excuse to stop living. Kousei is a piano prodigy who suffers from a devastating mental block after losing his mother to a terminal disease.
What follows is teen comedy and self-discovery. The movie involves difficult choices, time paradoxes, and no small amount of lost love.
While some sad anime only claim tears during the last episode, Naruto succeeds in marking its audience ugly cry all the way through.
Gantz follows Kei Kurono, a teenager whose good intentions got him killed. Kei and a friend attempt to rescue a homeless man on the train tracks, only to get hit by an oncoming train. Although they both die on impact, they’re transported to a strange room with a group of other people who also had a brush with death.
The prison outfits Ganta with a collar that injects poison into his body. The only way to rid himself of the poison is with an antidote that’s purchased with Cast Points, which he must earn by partcipating in the prison’s sick games. 3. Corpse Party: Tortured Souls.
3. Corpse Party: Tortured Souls. Corpse Party: Tortured Souls is a fairly short anime of only four episodes. It’s based on the popular video game, Corpse Party, and tells the story of a haunted high school. After horrific events plagued the Heavenly Host Academy, it was completely demolished.
Every Death — Blood-C. Don’t be fooled by the first episode, Blood-C has one of the most gruesome anime deaths that you wouldn’t even wish on your worst enemy. The series follows a young girl named Saya Kisaragi, who, at the beginning of the series is portrayed as a kind, inept, yet helpful person.
Considered as the Final Destination of anime, Another follows a group of students trying to survive a horrible curse that has been plaguing their classroom since the death of a student in 1972.
Makoto Itou — School Days. School Days is a harem anime series that turns terribly wrong when the male main character, Makoto, gets his comeuppance. When Sekai discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her, she devises a plan to get some payback. However, it isn’t a typical revenge plot.
However, when night falls, Saya is a killing machine, destroying every monster that threatens her peaceful village. With a town full of demons, people meet some horrifying deaths, whether impaled, decapitated, eaten alive, or torn in two.
Unfortunately, after her friend lets it slip to the bullies that Lucy has a dog, the leader Tomoo kicks and beats the dog to death while another bully holds her back. Watching such a horrible act carried out by children is disturbing.
Everything comes together. But, it’s a horror anime and, as expected, a pool of blood and guts splashes across the screen in spectacular fashion. However, the way that these characters come to their untimely demise can be gruesome. From getting eye gouging to losing a head, here are 11 of the most gruesome anime deaths that will shock you.
Edward lost his limbs and Alphonse lost his entire body, leaving little more than a soul bound to a suit of armor. In order to reclaim their lost limbs, the brothers set out to become State Alchemists–basically science wizard cops–to uncover a legendary relic that may help them make themselves whole again.
Grave of the Fireflies. Image: Studio Ghibli . One of the most powerfully affecting anime ever made, Grave of the Fireflies is a Studio Ghibli film unlike any you’ve ever seen. It tells the story of two siblings, Seita and Setsuko, who are struggling to eke out an existence in the final days of World War II.
The anime shows how each person’s actions and reactions to the inevitable could change someone. It’s a thought-provoking psychological thriller that reveals the real side of human nature .
Psychological thriller anime picks and borrows tropes from various other genres, ranging from mystery and suspense to horror. But, psychological thriller anime series’ focus less on physical trauma, and instead on the mental state of its characters (and the audience). For anime fans, there are some pretty good psychological thrillers to watch, ...
If he wins the game, he gets a big prize. But if he loses, he will lose his life. Unfortunately for Nangou, luck isn’t on his side, and as the game progresses, he moves closer to death. Luckily for him, a young boy named Shigeru Akagi stumbles into the game.
But, before they realize it, one of the fireworks becomes a giant explosion that knocks them out. When they come to their senses, Arisu notices that they’re in an unfamiliar place and no one else is around. The three are soon forced to take part in survival games or die.
Directed and written by the legend in psychological thriller anime, Satoshi Kon ( Paprika and Perfect Blue ), Paranoia Agent quickly goes from a regular anime series into a dark and intriguing show due to its take on fear, repression, violence, and psychological problems.
After experiencing the loss of his sister, the last member of his family, Otonashi was ready to fall into despair and live out his life in a dead-end job without any real goals for the future.
The game that would not let any of the players go unless they beat it or died in the process, Sword Art Online was not all terrible. It did produce a great couple we love known as Asuna and Kirito. They went through many hardships together but stayed by each other's side, promising that they would finish the game alongside other players and meet in real life. It is not until the final battle with the game creator that things really start going downhill. Kirito realizes he must fight to the death to give his love a chance to live in the real world once more. In a quick turn of events, she rushes in front of him before he is slashed by Heathcliff and her HP drops rapidly. She soon bursts into pieces, leaving Kirito broken and filled with rage as she was the person that kept him sane through all of it.
Takato Saijyo has reigned as the idol industry's "Most Huggable" for five years, that is, until freshman actor Junta Azumaya. Takato was always considered brusque while Azumaya's smile is winning over admirers by comparison.
This anime has awful representation of gay people as It just plays into that stereotype that rape and sexual harassment is normal and okay. I see lots of yaoi or bl that plays into this and it is disgusting to me. It makes it seem like if you harass someone enough they will start to like you.
For those who need more Boys Love in their lives. Yaoi, shounen-ai, and anime with BL undertones. Titles are in reverse-chronological order, with most recent titles first. If you want to view this list in alphabetical or chronological order, you can use the dropdown box up top to re-sort it. ^_^
Everyone needs a creative hobby. No matter what it is, make time for it. After binging on an anime, you’ve likely neglected your creative hobby. Now’s the time to return to it! You can use the story you’ve finished as creative fuel. Even if you aren’t into drawing anime characters, themes and other elements of the anime can offer inspiration. Sometimes I’ll find elements of an anime appear in my writing. And if you don’t have a creative hobby, take the time to experiment. Try different things until you find a hobby you enjoy. After bingeing (and who doesn’t binge nowadays?), the shift toward something creative will help the twinge of guilt you can sometimes feel after burning hours in front of a screen. Anime may inspire you to try a new hobby like an instrument or even playing a game like go.
Reading manga also engages your brain differently compared to passively watching an anime. This engagement allows you to digest the story and see how its components links together. It allows you to use deep-thinking mechanisms that screen time doesn’t use.
A good story will remain with you long after you finish it. The best stories will change your understanding of the world. And yes, anime can do that.
When it comes to depression, even mild depression following a good anime, you have to act. Inaction allows depression to fester. It can be difficult to act, but depression can only be stopped by changing your inner and outer landscapes. If you feel stuck, then you aren’t acting. It takes time to find what works.
The best stories will change your understanding of the world. And yes, anime can do that. Although it is mainly entertainment, anime–like all stories–can leave you with ideas you haven’t considered before. Characters can resonate with you and encourage you.