10 Anime That Will Definitely Make You Cry

10. Your Lie in April

It is an awe-inspiring symphony of love, loss, and rebirth as two young souls meet and collide through the beats of music, as only love can heal and tear apart.

9. Violet Evergaden

Beautifully animated and deeply emotional, it is the story of a former soldier discovering the meaning of the word “love” as she writes letters for herself and others in each episode.

8. A Silent Voice

A gritty, real, and human portrayal. A hard tale of bullying becomes an arc of redemption and forgiveness—and the tenuous hope of connection.

7. Clannad and Clannad: After Story

Begins as a sweet romance and evolves into one of anime’s most shattering yet beautiful looks at family, duty, sorrow, and pure love. It will break your heart but somehow mend it.

6. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

A supernatural reuniting that brings childhood chums to terms with guilt, love, and loss. Subtle, nostalgic, and downright soul-destructively truthful.

5. To Your Eternity

An immortal observes the passage of time and change in the world around them – the aging of humanity, and births and deaths of love. Beautiful and thought-provoking and brutal.

4. Plastic Memories

A bittersweet science fiction romance: Love comes with an expiration date. A delicate, ethereal, and heart-wrenching portrayal of the themes of memory, affection, and saying goodbye.

3. Angel Beats!

A crazy, funny, exciting afterlife adventure that quietly morphs into a powerful exploration of regret, acceptance, and saying goodbye to the life you wanted but never had.

2. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

A beautiful, emotional tale of a bright young girl with a painful secret and the reserved boy who learns how precious life is because of her. Quiet, warm, and painfully human.

1. Grave of the Fireflies

A tragic, dramatic, devastating, timeless, and emotionally unforgettable account of two siblings fighting for survival in a world that has left them for dead.