Anime that leaves you feeling somber, tagged by the fans who watched rather than an algorithm. In a different mood? Try melancholic picks or reflective watches.
Mob Psycho 100 II
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
Vinland Saga Season 2
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation
Ping Pong the Animation
Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Monster
A Lull in the Sea
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Apocalypse Hotel
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
Heavenly Delusion
Land of the Lustrous
From the New World
Attack on Titan: No Regrets
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow
Jujutsu Kaisen
Vinland Saga
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower
In This Corner of the World
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Grave of the Fireflies
Serial Experiments Lain
WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?
Pluto
Kanon
Mononoke
Sentenced to Be a Hero
Hell's Paradise
Fate/Zero
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2
Dororo
Girls' Last Tour
Darker than Black
Megalobox
Berserk
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
Mob Psycho 100 II
Vinland Saga Season 2
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation
Ping Pong the Animation
Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Monster
A Lull in the Sea
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Apocalypse Hotel
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
Heavenly Delusion
Land of the Lustrous
From the New World
Attack on Titan: No Regrets
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow
Jujutsu Kaisen
Vinland Saga
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower
In This Corner of the World
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Grave of the Fireflies
Serial Experiments Lain
WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?
Pluto
Kanon
Mononoke
Sentenced to Be a Hero
Hell's Paradise
Fate/Zero
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2
Dororo
Girls' Last Tour
Darker than Black
Megalobox
Berserk
Frequently asked questions
- What anime should I watch when I want something somber?
- Start with the top pick at the top of this list — it's the title verified fans rated highest for this mood.
- How are mood tags decided?
- Fans tag the mood when they rate episodes. These pages rank titles by how consistently watchers felt it.