Based on my 3×3, what sad/emotional anime do you think I should watch next?

I want to cry, bawl my eyes out till it turns red. I want to feel something.

Suggest me the most heartbreaking, heart wrenching anime you've ever watched.

Please recommended movies/short animes as i don’t have the patience to watch a long running series

I’ve watched most of the big mainstream anime and I’m looking for something that flew under my radar.
I want a genuinely good story, memorable characters, and preferably something that keeps getting better as it goes. Any genre is welcome.
What’s one anime you’d recommend that you rarely see people talk about?

I’ve watched quite a few anime over the years, and these are 20 that I’d personally recommend. Of course, everyone has different tastes, but these are some of my favorites:

1. Attack on Titan

2. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

3. Jujutsu Kaisen

4. Solo Leveling

5. One Punch Man

6. My Hero Academia

7. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

8. Chainsaw Man

9. Tokyo Revengers

10. Sword Art Online

11. Black Clover

12. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

13. The Eminence in Shadow

14. Overlord

15. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

16. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

17. Kaiju No. 8

18. Vinland Saga

19. The Seven Deadly Sins

20. Mashle: Magic and Muscles

What would you add to the list? 👀

I do think the manga for tokyo ghouls superior so do know that, also the animes garbadge. Im also not really looking for manga reccomendations. Also no one better say, "find one yourself, look through things to see if it sounds intresting, enjoy the journey and dont get spooned what to watch" if your not giveing reccomendations then just dont comment, ive gotten too many of these before. Ive been an anime fan for 2 years now

Im not intrested in or dont like:

Death note (poor character writeing and development compared to others ive seen, still entergaining to some but i personally got bored, i also disliked light as a character as i felt he was an egotistic and pridefull jerk, i see him as pure evil as he doesnt change that much and died pathetically, especially in the manga)

Cyberpunk (just didn't like the overall vibe and was too sexual at times with jokes and all that wich kinda ruined the vibe for me)

Chainsaw man (disliked how the mnaga ended, i read all the way through and the ending is trash)

Aot (ik people will hate me for this but it just didnt get me hooked in the first 2 episodes and wasn't that intresting too me, and I already know alot of the major twists from what ive heard on the sereis, ill admit its good in terms of writeing but isn't for me)

Kaguya sama (doesnt seem intresting to me)

Jjk (the character wroteing is kinda mid and focuses heavily on fights, wasn't as good as people say, i personally got bored)

Mha (doesnt fit the vibe of what I usually watch and wasn't that entertaining)

Naruto i disliked Naruto himself as I was watching since he was annoying)

Ive watched:

Call of the night

Akame ga kill

Demon slayer (what got me into anime)

And a few others that I cant name off the top of my head (ive seen more but cant remember them all)

I am older than most of you (GenX) and I had not watched a single minute of anime until I saw Perfect Blue on a whim in Summer of 2025. Since that time, there have been anime that AMAZED me but lost me in the final episodes/season (AoT)...some that I expected to thoroughly love but ended up just liking (Stein's Gate)...and some that looked goofy on paper that I thoroughly LOVED every minute of (Elfen Lied). But there hasnt been that one anime to rule them all...the one that I wanted to love, expected to love, and ACTUALLY loved, until...Monster?

Ok so I dont know if I can say that yet, but I have had my eye on this one for months. I was going to start watching it on Netflix but then I heard Discotek was releasing the bluray with the English dub (I consider dubbing for live action a mortal sin but with anime I see it as an alternate vocal performance, not turning the actors into ventriloquist dummies.) so I patiently waited with my preorder in place. A week ago it finally arrived. I am only 7 eps in but I cannot even tell you how much I am loving this.

I get it...7eps is nothing...not even 10% completed yet. But this appears to be the fully adult, highly engaging, skillfully crafted and patiently told story that I have been anticipating. To already feel like a series is meeting my very high expectations- especially considering many have told me that the back half is even better than the first - has me so fired up. And now that Ive read reports that sales for the bluray release have exceeded projections, Discotek needs to get part 2 finished up in short order so I can send them a few more bucks.

All that being said, since Im still basically a newb and most of you know this stuff far better than I do, are there any other anime series or films that have a medical theme to them that you can suggest? Ive been an RN for over 20 years and that is at least partly why Im so engaged with Monster. I'd love to hear about other stuff you've all seen and enjoyed even if the ties to medical themes are loose.

**Def lean heavily into the Seinen side of things but any and all recommendations welcome and appreciated.

TL;DR Loving the early stretch of my long-awaited dive into Monster! Who's got other medical-themed anime to recommend to me?

I'm looking for stories that treat people with complete emotional sincerity. I want characters who feel like real human beings rather than jokes.

It's also important to me that they are psychologically believable characters. People should behave consistently with who they are, even when they make mistakes. I really like when it feels like the world keeps going even when your not watching (FMAB and Haibane do a good job at this). I also really value when emotion is treated with respect no matter how ugly it gets. when a show treats the characters with dignity and doesn't make light of or gloss over real things they might be feeling even if for most people it's uncomfortable to watch and they might not like it.

Another thing that's important is very strong internal consistency and no obvious plot armor. I care much more about a story keeping its own promises than whether the ending is happy or sad. I'm completely fine with supernatural elements or unusual mechanics as long as they are established early and followed consistently.

I also really like natural relationships. Clannad spoilers ahead For example some of my favorite parts in Clannad is when Tomoya and Nagisa are in bed talking to each other late at night or when Tomoya asks Nagisas dad if he can marry her. That plus really any of the relationships in Haibane renmei feel extremely natural with no obvious author pressure.

I'm totally ok if there is little plot but plot is also good as well. I'm totally ok if nothing happens for long stretches or is considered super slow. I really like when scenes are allowed to breathe and it trusts the audience to not get bored. FMAB is probably around the upper limit to how much action I typically like but if everything else fits really well I'll give it a shot even if it goes past it a little. Also open to old anime

my top favorite of all time are these:

Haibane Renmei (my gold standard)

Clannad and Clannad: After Story (Also tied for first)

Monster

Maquia

Plastic Memories

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

A Silent Voice (despite a few moments that may have looked like plot armor)

86 (same thing, but season two had a lot of plot armor)

Frieren

my anime hall of shame is pretty small, just kaguya sama and nichijou and the devil is a part timer. not really looking for forced comedy.

yeah but most of all I'm looking for an anime that will open a new perspective or that you genuinely feel like may have changed your life or worldview. like I said I don't mind if it's slow or has no plot or is depressing.

Here's all the anime I've seen so you don't recommend the same few things:

Children who chase lost voices

From up on Poppy hill

Clannad

Angel beats

Your Name

Your lie in April

5 centimeters per second

Ano Hana: The Flower We Saw That Day

Plastic Memories

Girl Und Panzer

Violet evergarden

Grave of the fireflies

A Silent Voice

Steins;Gate

Hotarubi No Mori E

I want to eat your pancreas

Weathering with you

Kanon

Air

Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea

I am sakamoto

The devil is a part timer

Spirited Away

Orange

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

White Album 2

Garden of words

Usagi drop

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Charlotte

Suzume

Erased

Death note

FMA brotherhood

Monster

Frieren

Terror in Resonance

Kikis delivery service

Puella magi madoka magica

86

Neon Genesis Evengalion

Haibane renmei

Planetarian

Serial experiments lain

*last minor footnote, please don't recommend anything with lots of gore or fan service if you can help it. I really get turned off when a characters dignity is stripped by fan service to keep people watching. It ruins the fragile trust you build with the author which makes it hard to learn from. If you read this far thanks

i need some best hilarious anime to watch underrated yet best....Like awkward situations and situational comedy

i like movies that has peaceful vibes and enjoyable. romance is allowed too (but i prefer comedy and drama) and heres my favorite so far

- Spirited Away

- Byousoku 5 Centimeter

- Your Name

- My Neighbor Totoro

- Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo

asking because science (mostly chemistry) is something i can really GET EXCITED about

doesnt have to be the mc, any genre
ive already watched elfen lied and i loved it

basically something wholesome, with likeable characters, slice of life with not much serious drama and lots of intimacy between characters. I rly enjoy the momments when they just find out abt eachother so series when theyre a normal couple from the start wont be good i hope u can help me out

i've already seen cannon busters and vivy's fluorite song and my favorite characters in those shows are Matsumoto and casey turn buckle

again i'd like to reiterate non mechas

also please give a brief summery of the shows premise

I’ve been so invested lately I need more!

I’ve tried Neon Genesis Evangelion, Code geass, Robotech, and classic Gundam, but their older visual styles don’t appeal to me. I also found Code Geass to lack strategic, science-backed finesse in its tactical execution (too much plot armor/melodrama). Ideally, I’m looking for a series with entertaining, well-thought-out mecha combat, realistic or hard sci-fi tactical elements, and high production value both visually and musically. Any suggestions?"

My top fav anime so far r Hell's Paradise, Dororo, Demon Slayer and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. I want something related. Action, gripping narrative. Tried watching Chainsaw Man but not my cup of tea. So please help me out with my boredom. Also It would be even more helpful if they have less than 3 seasons.