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
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
Heavenly Delusion
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower
Land of the Lustrous
From the New World
Attack on Titan: No Regrets
Jujutsu Kaisen
Vinland Saga
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow
In This Corner of the World
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain
Black Butler: Book of Murder
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
Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Paladin; Agateram
Mononoke
Kingdom: Season 2
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
Berserk
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Kanon
Arknights: Perish in Frost
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Hell's Paradise Season 2
Plastic Memories
91 Days
Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front - Babylonia
Mushi-Shi
D.Gray-man
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Megalobox 2: Nomad
Steins;Gate 0
To Your Eternity
The Case Study of Vanitas
Clevatess
No Longer Allowed in Another World
Kaiji: Against All Rules
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Ergo Proxy
TsumaSho
Mushi-shi: Next Passage Part 1
Overlord III
5 Centimeters per Second
Arknights Animation: Prelude to Dawn
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Part 2
Black Butler
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 1: Overlooking View
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Spiral
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day The Movie
Claymore
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody
Mieruko-chan
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a
The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom
Gangsta.
Rainbow
Hellsing
Arknights: Rise from Ember
Black Bullet
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Inuyashiki: Last Hero
The Boy and the Heron
Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan
Another
GOBLIN SLAYER II
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
Sunday Without God
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Takt Op. Destiny
Sabikui Bisco
Let This Grieving Soul Retire Cour 2
Children of the Whales
Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!
Hell Girl
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Despair Arc
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day
Kokkoku
ef - a tale of melodies.
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 3: Remaining Sense of Pain
Aldnoah.Zero Part 2
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3
Somali and the Forest Spirit
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Season 2
Champignon Witch
Snowball Earth
Dark Gathering
Revenger
LAZARUS
Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 2: A Study in Murder - Part 1
The Labyrinth of Grisaia: The Cocoon of Caprice 0
Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Past
The Case Book of Arne
Summer Ghost
Boogiepop and Others
Roll Over and Die
Maboroshi
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.1 - Crime and Punishment
The Fruit of Grisaia
Platinum End
Angel Beats! Another Epilogue
Angel's Egg
Record of Grancrest War
The Detective Is Already Dead
Higurashi: When They Cry - Outbreak
True Tears
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Wyvern Arrives
Gantz
Voices of a Distant Star
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!
Angels of Death
Dusk Beyond the End of the World
Pupa
Element Hunters
The Orphans of Simitra
Shin Otokogi
Mushrambo (2008)
Kuroi Ame ni Utarete
0-sen Hayato
Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi
Little Wansa
Fights Break Sphere Specials
Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files
Hi no Ame ga Furu
Makkuro na Obentou
Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari
Eagle Riders (2)
A Spirit of the Sun
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
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
Heavenly Delusion
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower
Land of the Lustrous
From the New World
Attack on Titan: No Regrets
Jujutsu Kaisen
Vinland Saga
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow
In This Corner of the World
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain
Black Butler: Book of Murder
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
Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Paladin; Agateram
Mononoke
Kingdom: Season 2
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
Berserk
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Kanon
Arknights: Perish in Frost
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Hell's Paradise Season 2
Plastic Memories
91 Days
Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front - Babylonia
Mushi-Shi
D.Gray-man
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Megalobox 2: Nomad
Steins;Gate 0
To Your Eternity
The Case Study of Vanitas
Clevatess
No Longer Allowed in Another World
Kaiji: Against All Rules
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Ergo Proxy
TsumaSho
Mushi-shi: Next Passage Part 1
Overlord III
5 Centimeters per Second
Arknights Animation: Prelude to Dawn
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Part 2
Black Butler
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 1: Overlooking View
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 5: Paradox Spiral
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day The Movie
Claymore
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody
Mieruko-chan
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a
The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom
Gangsta.
Rainbow
Hellsing
Arknights: Rise from Ember
Black Bullet
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Inuyashiki: Last Hero
The Boy and the Heron
Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan
Another
GOBLIN SLAYER II
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
Sunday Without God
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Takt Op. Destiny
Sabikui Bisco
Let This Grieving Soul Retire Cour 2
Children of the Whales
Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!
Hell Girl
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Despair Arc
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day
Kokkoku
ef - a tale of melodies.
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 3: Remaining Sense of Pain
Aldnoah.Zero Part 2
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3
Somali and the Forest Spirit
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Season 2
Champignon Witch
Snowball Earth
Dark Gathering
Revenger
LAZARUS
Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 2: A Study in Murder - Part 1
The Labyrinth of Grisaia: The Cocoon of Caprice 0
Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor
Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Past
The Case Book of Arne
Summer Ghost
Boogiepop and Others
Roll Over and Die
Maboroshi
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.1 - Crime and Punishment
The Fruit of Grisaia
Platinum End
Angel Beats! Another Epilogue
Angel's Egg
Record of Grancrest War
The Detective Is Already Dead
Higurashi: When They Cry - Outbreak
True Tears
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Wyvern Arrives
Gantz
Voices of a Distant Star
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!
Angels of Death
Dusk Beyond the End of the World
Pupa
Element Hunters
The Orphans of Simitra
Shin Otokogi
Mushrambo (2008)
Kuroi Ame ni Utarete
0-sen Hayato
Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi
Little Wansa
Fights Break Sphere Specials
Armored Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files
Hi no Ame ga Furu
Makkuro na Obentou
Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari
Eagle Riders (2)
A Spirit of the Sun
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