Anime that leaves you feeling melancholic, tagged by the fans who watched rather than an algorithm. In a different mood? Try bittersweet picks or somber watches.
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
A Silent Voice
A Place Further Than The Universe
Medalist
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2
Violet Evergarden
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 Part 2
Vinland Saga Season 2
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Wolf Children
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4
Heavenly Delusion
Ranking of Kings
LOOK BACK
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
given
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
March Comes In Like a Lion
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
![[Oshi No Ko] Season 2](https://media.animeoshi.com/anime/images/tmdb/160/817789402.jpg)
[Oshi No Ko] Season 2
I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
Fruits Basket 1st Season
The Summer Hikaru Died
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
Howl's Moving Castle
Cowboy Bebop
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax!
Liz and the Blue Bird
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Fruits Basket: The Final Season
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Steins;Gate
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2
Your Lie in April
Journal with Witch
Vinland Saga
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
Clannad: After Story
Bungo Stray Dogs 2
Serial Experiments Lain
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Beyond the Boundary
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
ReLIFE
Grave of the Fireflies
Shadows House
86 Eighty-Six
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2
Clannad
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - II. Lost Butterfly
Undead Unluck
Girls' Last Tour
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Weathering with You
Reborn as a Cat
Wind Breaker
Pluto
Call of the Night
My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
My Happy Marriage
Dororo
Plastic Memories
Yuri!!! On Ice
Tamon's B-Side
Angel Beats!
The Rising of the Shield Hero
To Your Eternity
The Case Study of Vanitas
Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions
Kokoro Connect
Akame ga Kill!
Wonder Egg Priority
Steins;Gate 0
ReLIFE: Final Arc
Tokyo Ghoul
Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light
The Garden of Words
5 Centimeters per Second
Though I Am an Inept Villainess
Noragami
Sparks of Tomorrow
Golden Time
To Your Eternity Season 3
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld
Fullmetal Alchemist
Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
Scum's Wish
Tune In to the Midnight Heart
A Hundred Scenes of Awajima
Guilty Crown
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
Rent-a-Girlfriend
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Season 2
Champignon Witch
I'll Live a Long Life to Dote on My Favorite Stepbrother!
Tokyo Ghoul:re
Elfen Lied
Tokyo Ghoul:re 2nd Season
Needy Girl Overdose
The Beginning After the End
Domestic Girlfriend
Snowball Earth
Eren the Southpaw
The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino OVA
Ride Back
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie - Walpurgisnacht: Rising
Moeru Butsuzou Ningen
The Adventures of the Little Prince
Kyouiku Eiga-sai Jushou Anime Series
Let You Down
Nobody's Boy Remi
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Alfred J. Kwak
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - Venice Film Festival Footage
Paddy
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
Argonavis Movie: Axia
The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes: The Greatest Jail-Breaker
Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode: Denzel
Sunset Flower Blooming
Saiyuuki Reload: Burial
Lady Lady!!
Idol Land PriPara Episode 0
Saiyuki: Requiem
Dragon Heart: Adventures Beyond This World
A Dog of Flanders
Heaven Official's Blessing Special
given The Movie: To the Sea
After the rain
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
The Master of Diabolism
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
A Silent Voice
A Place Further Than The Universe
Medalist
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2
Violet Evergarden
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 Part 2
Vinland Saga Season 2
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Wolf Children
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4
Heavenly Delusion
Ranking of Kings
LOOK BACK
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
given
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
March Comes In Like a Lion
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
![[Oshi No Ko] Season 2](https://media.animeoshi.com/anime/images/tmdb/480/817789402.jpg)
[Oshi No Ko] Season 2
I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
Fruits Basket 1st Season
The Summer Hikaru Died
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
Howl's Moving Castle
Cowboy Bebop
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax!
Liz and the Blue Bird
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Fruits Basket: The Final Season
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Steins;Gate
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2
Your Lie in April
Journal with Witch
Vinland Saga
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
Clannad: After Story
Bungo Stray Dogs 2
Serial Experiments Lain
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Beyond the Boundary
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
ReLIFE
Grave of the Fireflies
Shadows House
86 Eighty-Six
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2
Clannad
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - II. Lost Butterfly
Undead Unluck
Girls' Last Tour
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Weathering with You
Reborn as a Cat
Wind Breaker
Pluto
Call of the Night
My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
My Happy Marriage
Dororo
Plastic Memories
Yuri!!! On Ice
Tamon's B-Side
Angel Beats!
The Rising of the Shield Hero
To Your Eternity
The Case Study of Vanitas
Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions
Kokoro Connect
Akame ga Kill!
Wonder Egg Priority
Steins;Gate 0
ReLIFE: Final Arc
Tokyo Ghoul
Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light
The Garden of Words
5 Centimeters per Second
Though I Am an Inept Villainess
Noragami
Sparks of Tomorrow
Golden Time
To Your Eternity Season 3
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld
Fullmetal Alchemist
Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
Scum's Wish
Tune In to the Midnight Heart
A Hundred Scenes of Awajima
Guilty Crown
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
Rent-a-Girlfriend
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Season 2
Champignon Witch
I'll Live a Long Life to Dote on My Favorite Stepbrother!
Tokyo Ghoul:re
Elfen Lied
Tokyo Ghoul:re 2nd Season
Needy Girl Overdose
The Beginning After the End
Domestic Girlfriend
Snowball Earth
Eren the Southpaw
The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino OVA
Ride Back
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie - Walpurgisnacht: Rising
Moeru Butsuzou Ningen
The Adventures of the Little Prince
Kyouiku Eiga-sai Jushou Anime Series
Let You Down
Nobody's Boy Remi
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Alfred J. Kwak
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - Venice Film Festival Footage
Paddy
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
Argonavis Movie: Axia
The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes: The Greatest Jail-Breaker
Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode: Denzel
Sunset Flower Blooming
Saiyuuki Reload: Burial
Lady Lady!!
Idol Land PriPara Episode 0
Saiyuki: Requiem
Dragon Heart: Adventures Beyond This World
A Dog of Flanders
Heaven Official's Blessing Special
given The Movie: To the Sea
After the rain
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
The Master of Diabolism
Frequently asked questions
- What anime should I watch when I want something melancholic?
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