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
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation
Ping Pong the Animation
Vinland Saga Season 2
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Monster
A Lull in the Sea
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Apocalypse Hotel
Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
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
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
In This Corner of the World
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Grave of the Fireflies
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
Serial Experiments Lain
Darker than Black
Megalobox
Mushi-Shi
Berserk
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Paladin; Agateram
Arknights: Perish in Frost
Hell's Paradise Season 2
Plastic Memories
91 Days
Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front - Babylonia
D.Gray-man
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
To Your Eternity
The Case Study of Vanitas
Clevatess
No Longer Allowed in Another World
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Kaiji: Against All Rules
TsumaSho
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Ergo Proxy
Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
Mob Psycho 100 II
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation
Ping Pong the Animation
Vinland Saga Season 2
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Monster
A Lull in the Sea
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Apocalypse Hotel
Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
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
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
In This Corner of the World
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Grave of the Fireflies
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
Serial Experiments Lain
Darker than Black
Megalobox
Mushi-Shi
Berserk
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Paladin; Agateram
Arknights: Perish in Frost
Hell's Paradise Season 2
Plastic Memories
91 Days
Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front - Babylonia
D.Gray-man
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
To Your Eternity
The Case Study of Vanitas
Clevatess
No Longer Allowed in Another World
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Kaiji: Against All Rules
TsumaSho
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Ergo Proxy
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.