Tearjerkers

[sev]

Nearly cried when Ash was turned to stone in the first pokemon film. You all pretty much mentioned other things that tugged at emotional strings.

i did too when i was a kid. in the theater.

then this happened

Dewgong Cries for 10 Minutes

[Ashington]

Watership Down and When the Wind Blows

[tmk]

dear zachary, hotel rwanda, and the diving bell and the butterfly all made me cry like a little girl first time around. the ending of city lights makes me tear up a bit

[Gladius]

Watership Down and When the Wind Blows

the snowman

[naturally]

Nearly cried when Ash was turned to stone in the first pokemon film. You all pretty much mentioned other things that tugged at emotional strings.

i did too when i was a kid. in the theater.

then this happened

Dewgong Cries for 10 Minutes

pokemon movie was so sad as a kid ;__;

now it's just kind of over the top

[ZennyPLUS]

now it's just kind of over the top

Pokemon has always been over the top, rather, shounen animes in the same vein as pokemon. Just look at Beyblade, I've never seen anyone so damn excited to play a game of spinning tops, really, I mean, wow.

[lenko]

when you attach stakes to something, kids always buy into it

like how in yu gi oh the fate of the world depends on little pieces of card

[Bogswallop]

First thing I remember making me cry was the end of The Snowman. That still hits me.
Pokemon twice, in Bye Bye Butterfree and when Ash lost the pokemon league, although those were more angry tears.
The Iron Giant
The ending of Blackadder goes Forth.
I teared up a bit at the end of All Star Superman. The music really helped that.

Aaaand Toy Story 3. You know the scene I'm talking about.

[ZennyPLUS]

when you attach stakes to something, kids always buy into it

like how in yu gi oh the fate of the world depends on little pieces of card

Children's card games is srs business.

[Kött]

so yeah i would definitely recommend welcome to the nhk for anyone who's been to some dark places. my friend's been trying to make me watch angel beats for the longest time and i was really reluctant 'cause i don't like the art in it at all but it's actually pretty good and not over the top when it comes to emotional stuff like a lot of animes do.

also the haruhi movie. god damn that was sad. though you'd have to watch the series first and the movie's like 3 hours but it is definitely worth it.

Oye, good titles! But I gotta agree that NHK is more depressing and sometimes even a little too ironic to be sad... That collective-suicide episode for example was quite emotional but a little goofy at the same time so I wasn't really sure whether I should be amused or depressed.
Angel Beats has really effetive moments as well... The ending is... uhm... should I say heartbreaking?(hurr~sob)
And the Haruhi movie was pretty nice too, ye

there was an anime based off a visual novel called AIR.

Oye, it actually is by the same studio that animated Clannad and Kanon so if you enjoyed Air, you will love those as well!

If you've ever owned a dog this will make you cry 

Hehe I remember this one... quick and effective

in madoka magica, when [spoiler]madoka finally understands homura's pain when they become all spacey and homura just fuckin cries out that made me really sad[/spoiler]

THIS PART OF THE SHOW ^ made me just bawl especially because homura is my waifu

Kaiba made me tear up a few times, Elfen lied (jesus that is a depressing show), the movie Moulin Rouge has made me cry (i am a sucker for sad romance movies)

Yes, Madoka actually had some pretty well executed scenes in the final episodes... I admit that I shed a couple of tears in the last episode as well.
[spoiler]Especially when she negated her entire existiance to rescue all the other girls from their fates and starts encountering every single one of them, relieving them from their pain and then this damned music starts to play and argh![/spoiler]


I have just finished the second season of Ef - A tale of Memories/Meoldies and I have yet again experienced it... a really artistic and well directed show, carrying great meaning, some wonderful messages and a lot of emotion... The only downside is that whenever I have finished an anime like that I feel kind of depressed and cannot get myself to do anything productive anymore on the same day...

[rtil]

[spoiler]Especially when she negated her entire existiance to rescue all the other girls from their fates and starts encountering every single one of them, relieving them from their pain and then this damned music starts to play and argh![/spoiler]

[spoiler]but in the end she didn't really save them from much at all except from becoming witches. they still all met kyubey, made a contract and hunted a different form of witch, i think they were calling them demons.. i thought the whole point of the story was that no matter what you do you can't change the course of time, only a different variation of what has already taken place will occur again. madoka's sacrifice was partly in vain, and we don't really know what the fate of a puella magi is in the new timeline. it may be better but it wasn't what madoka really wanted.[/spoiler]

[Kött]

[spoiler]Especially when she negated her entire existiance to rescue all the other girls from their fates and starts encountering every single one of them, relieving them from their pain and then this damned music starts to play and argh![/spoiler]

[spoiler]but in the end she didn't really save them from much at all except from becoming witches. they still all met kyubey, made a contract and hunted a different form of witch, i think they were calling them demons.. i thought the whole point of the story was that no matter what you do you can't change the course of time, only a different variation of what has already taken place will occur again. madoka's sacrifice was partly in vain, and we don't really know what the fate of a puella magi is in the new timeline. it may be better but it wasn't what madoka really wanted.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]That is the dark essence of the message you can find at the end of the show, yes. Time travelling didn't solve any problems in the end and what's done cannot be undone except for a few exceptions which do make a great difference in my opinion:

Mami lives on as the witch who would have killed her never comes to existence. Sayaka still dies by wasting all of her energy in a battle out of total despair as her wish (which remained the same as before) didn't bring her the happiness she wanted but instead of being transformed into a vengeful beast full of hatred she is granted a little moment in the afterlife, allowing her to see what has become of her beloved one and giving her the chance to forget her hatred by being happy for him instead. As Sayaka just vanishes without any trace, Kyoko has no chance to sacrifice herself for her friend. All the destruction caused by the Walpurgisnacht has been negated and so has the increasing power of the witches in general which had slowly led to a vicious circle in the previous timelines as a stronger Witch would require an even stronger Magical Girl to be defeated which in the end, again, would have created an even stronger witch.

Knowing that even if she had succeeded, she would have destroyed the universe and everyone she loved, Madoka made the only possible wish that could prevent her and the world from this fate and that could save the souls of the other Magical Girls.
By wishing for destroying every Witch by her very own hands, she indirectly included her own Witch (the creature which was about to devour the earth in the very last episode). Thus she became a timeless being and negated her own existence by performing this indirect suicide. Additionally, she made it possible for every Magical girl in every timeline and every place to die with a smile instead of being eaten up by hatred and despair and destroying what they used to fight for and what they used to love.

The actual despair that was created in this wish mainly goes to Madoka herself as she is condemned to wander around and to fulfill her task for all eternity. One person sacrificing herself for the greater good of the masses; the Jesus metaphor in this one is obvious, especially because the creators postponed the last episode in order to air it on Good Friday, the day of Jesus' crucifixion. But I think well thought through concepts like these are the very reason why this show so awesome...

All in all her sacrifice was not in vain at all but rather a big achievement and it did make a significant difference as it did not only break the Witch-dilemma but also gave the girls the opportunity to rest in peace after their struggle. [/spoiler]

Damn... I'm way to obsessed with stuff like this...

[rtil]

[spoiler]Especially when she negated her entire existiance to rescue all the other girls from their fates and starts encountering every single one of them, relieving them from their pain and then this damned music starts to play and argh![/spoiler]

[spoiler]but in the end she didn't really save them from much at all except from becoming witches. they still all met kyubey, made a contract and hunted a different form of witch, i think they were calling them demons.. i thought the whole point of the story was that no matter what you do you can't change the course of time, only a different variation of what has already taken place will occur again. madoka's sacrifice was partly in vain, and we don't really know what the fate of a puella magi is in the new timeline. it may be better but it wasn't what madoka really wanted.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]That is the dark essence of the message you can find at the end of the show, yes. Time travelling didn't solve any problems in the end and what's done cannot be undone except for a few exceptions which do make a great difference in my opinion:

Mami lives on as the witch who would have killed her never comes to existence. Sayaka still dies by wasting all of her energy in a battle out of total despair as her wish (which remained the same as before) didn't bring her the happiness she wanted but instead of being transformed into a vengeful beast full of hatred she is granted a little moment in the afterlife, allowing her to see what has become of her beloved one and giving her the chance to forget her hatred by being happy for him instead. As Sayaka just vanishes without any trace, Kyoko has no chance to sacrifice herself for her friend. All the destruction caused by the Walpurgisnacht has been negated and so has the increasing power of the witches in general which had slowly led to a vicious circle in the previous timelines as a stronger Witch would require an even stronger Magical Girl to be defeated which in the end, again, would have created an even stronger witch.

Knowing that even if she had succeeded, she would have destroyed the universe and everyone she loved, Madoka made the only possible wish that could prevent her and the world from this fate and that could save the souls of the other Magical Girls.
By wishing for destroying every Witch by her very own hands, she indirectly included her own Witch (the creature which was about to devour the earth in the very last episode). Thus she became a timeless being and negated her own existence by performing this indirect suicide. Additionally, she made it possible for every Magical girl in every timeline and every place to die with a smile instead of being eaten up by hatred and despair and destroying what they used to fight for and what they used to love.

The actual despair that was created in this wish mainly goes to Madoka herself as she is condemned to wander around and to fulfill her task for all eternity. One person sacrificing herself for the greater good of the masses; the Jesus metaphor in this one is obvious, especially because the creators postponed the last episode in order to air it on Good Friday, the day of Jesus' crucifixion. But I think well thought through concepts like these are the very reason why this show so awesome...

All in all her sacrifice was not in vain at all but rather a big achievement and it did make a significant difference as it did not only break the Witch-dilemma but also gave the girls the opportunity to rest in peace after their struggle. [/spoiler]

Damn... I'm way to obsessed with stuff like this...

[spoiler]that is all true but they are still essentially slaves to kyubey's race, harvesting energy for the universe or whatever. but if madoka's witch would have been the one to end it all, who was walpurgisnacht?[/spoiler]

[Kött]

[spoiler]Especially when she negated her entire existiance to rescue all the other girls from their fates and starts encountering every single one of them, relieving them from their pain and then this damned music starts to play and argh![/spoiler]

[spoiler]but in the end she didn't really save them from much at all except from becoming witches. they still all met kyubey, made a contract and hunted a different form of witch, i think they were calling them demons.. i thought the whole point of the story was that no matter what you do you can't change the course of time, only a different variation of what has already taken place will occur again. madoka's sacrifice was partly in vain, and we don't really know what the fate of a puella magi is in the new timeline. it may be better but it wasn't what madoka really wanted.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]That is the dark essence of the message you can find at the end of the show, yes. Time travelling didn't solve any problems in the end and what's done cannot be undone except for a few exceptions which do make a great difference in my opinion:

Mami lives on as the witch who would have killed her never comes to existence. Sayaka still dies by wasting all of her energy in a battle out of total despair as her wish (which remained the same as before) didn't bring her the happiness she wanted but instead of being transformed into a vengeful beast full of hatred she is granted a little moment in the afterlife, allowing her to see what has become of her beloved one and giving her the chance to forget her hatred by being happy for him instead. As Sayaka just vanishes without any trace, Kyoko has no chance to sacrifice herself for her friend. All the destruction caused by the Walpurgisnacht has been negated and so has the increasing power of the witches in general which had slowly led to a vicious circle in the previous timelines as a stronger Witch would require an even stronger Magical Girl to be defeated which in the end, again, would have created an even stronger witch.

Knowing that even if she had succeeded, she would have destroyed the universe and everyone she loved, Madoka made the only possible wish that could prevent her and the world from this fate and that could save the souls of the other Magical Girls.
By wishing for destroying every Witch by her very own hands, she indirectly included her own Witch (the creature which was about to devour the earth in the very last episode). Thus she became a timeless being and negated her own existence by performing this indirect suicide. Additionally, she made it possible for every Magical girl in every timeline and every place to die with a smile instead of being eaten up by hatred and despair and destroying what they used to fight for and what they used to love.

The actual despair that was created in this wish mainly goes to Madoka herself as she is condemned to wander around and to fulfill her task for all eternity. One person sacrificing herself for the greater good of the masses; the Jesus metaphor in this one is obvious, especially because the creators postponed the last episode in order to air it on Good Friday, the day of Jesus' crucifixion. But I think well thought through concepts like these are the very reason why this show so awesome...

All in all her sacrifice was not in vain at all but rather a big achievement and it did make a significant difference as it did not only break the Witch-dilemma but also gave the girls the opportunity to rest in peace after their struggle. [/spoiler]

Damn... I'm way to obsessed with stuff like this...

[spoiler]that is all true but they are still essentially slaves to kyubey's race, harvesting energy for the universe or whatever. but if madoka's witch would have been the one to end it all, who was walpurgisnacht?[/spoiler]

[spoiler]It is uncertain and often argued by many people. Some say that it could be a random witch from a completely different character that has never appeared in the show but most fans think, and that seems more likely, that Walpurgisnacht is Homura's Witch.

Remember the witches getting some of the features and skills from their previous selves? Like Sayaka's Witch, controlling an entire orchestra, wielding a blade and having a mermaid tail (which was probably a reference to the original fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen in which the Little Mermaid actually dies to save the prince she falls in love with). It is assumed that Walpurgisnacht also has the ability to time travel and thus could exist before Homura even made her first wish by simply coming from a different timeline. That also would make a good the reason why Walpurgisnacht's strength kept growing with Homuras and why she could never defeat her.

The metaphors used for Walpurgisnacht also point at Homora being its root: The violet colors of the Witch's dress (resembling Homura's soul gem), the gears under her dress (included in her time travelling device) and the metaphor of spinning in circles aimlessly which is essentially what Homura does.[/spoiler]

[Casey Pixmintro]

hmm only thing that comes to mind that got me misty eyed were some episodes of Scrubs durf. For all the over-the-top shit in that show, they sure were good at getting real heavy real fast when they wanted to.

I guess spoilers if anyone cares
[spoiler]The extended version of the episode where JD and Elliot first get together and implode on each other is too much for my girlfriend to deal with
The whole episode where Brendan Fraser's character died and had been dead for most of the episode
The episode where Dr. Cox accidentally kills all those patients and then the next couple episodes.
The goddamn finale (not that medical school bullshit), ooh man misty eyed.[/spoiler]

[rtil]

[spoiler]Especially when she negated her entire existiance to rescue all the other girls from their fates and starts encountering every single one of them, relieving them from their pain and then this damned music starts to play and argh![/spoiler]

[spoiler]but in the end she didn't really save them from much at all except from becoming witches. they still all met kyubey, made a contract and hunted a different form of witch, i think they were calling them demons.. i thought the whole point of the story was that no matter what you do you can't change the course of time, only a different variation of what has already taken place will occur again. madoka's sacrifice was partly in vain, and we don't really know what the fate of a puella magi is in the new timeline. it may be better but it wasn't what madoka really wanted.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]That is the dark essence of the message you can find at the end of the show, yes. Time travelling didn't solve any problems in the end and what's done cannot be undone except for a few exceptions which do make a great difference in my opinion:

Mami lives on as the witch who would have killed her never comes to existence. Sayaka still dies by wasting all of her energy in a battle out of total despair as her wish (which remained the same as before) didn't bring her the happiness she wanted but instead of being transformed into a vengeful beast full of hatred she is granted a little moment in the afterlife, allowing her to see what has become of her beloved one and giving her the chance to forget her hatred by being happy for him instead. As Sayaka just vanishes without any trace, Kyoko has no chance to sacrifice herself for her friend. All the destruction caused by the Walpurgisnacht has been negated and so has the increasing power of the witches in general which had slowly led to a vicious circle in the previous timelines as a stronger Witch would require an even stronger Magical Girl to be defeated which in the end, again, would have created an even stronger witch.

Knowing that even if she had succeeded, she would have destroyed the universe and everyone she loved, Madoka made the only possible wish that could prevent her and the world from this fate and that could save the souls of the other Magical Girls.
By wishing for destroying every Witch by her very own hands, she indirectly included her own Witch (the creature which was about to devour the earth in the very last episode). Thus she became a timeless being and negated her own existence by performing this indirect suicide. Additionally, she made it possible for every Magical girl in every timeline and every place to die with a smile instead of being eaten up by hatred and despair and destroying what they used to fight for and what they used to love.

The actual despair that was created in this wish mainly goes to Madoka herself as she is condemned to wander around and to fulfill her task for all eternity. One person sacrificing herself for the greater good of the masses; the Jesus metaphor in this one is obvious, especially because the creators postponed the last episode in order to air it on Good Friday, the day of Jesus' crucifixion. But I think well thought through concepts like these are the very reason why this show so awesome...

All in all her sacrifice was not in vain at all but rather a big achievement and it did make a significant difference as it did not only break the Witch-dilemma but also gave the girls the opportunity to rest in peace after their struggle. [/spoiler]

Damn... I'm way to obsessed with stuff like this...

[spoiler]that is all true but they are still essentially slaves to kyubey's race, harvesting energy for the universe or whatever. but if madoka's witch would have been the one to end it all, who was walpurgisnacht?[/spoiler]

[spoiler]It is uncertain and often argued by many people. Some say that it could be a random witch from a completely different character that has never appeared in the show but most fans think, and that seems more likely, that Walpurgisnacht is Homura's Witch.

Remember the witches getting some of the features and skills from their previous selves? Like Sayaka's Witch, controlling an entire orchestra, wielding a blade and having a mermaid tail (which was probably a reference to the original fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen in which the Little Mermaid actually dies to save the prince she falls in love with). It is assumed that Walpurgisnacht also has the ability to time travel and thus could exist before Homura even made her first wish by simply coming from a different timeline. That also would make a good the reason why Walpurgisnacht's strength kept growing with Homuras and why she could never defeat her.

The metaphors used for Walpurgisnacht also point at Homora being its root: The violet colors of the Witch's dress (resembling Homura's soul gem), the gears under her dress (included in her time travelling device) and the metaphor of spinning in circles aimlessly which is essentially what Homura does.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]if the witches possess the same abilities as their magi counterparts, i find this completely plausible. but they don't seem to hint at it at all in the show, leaving it to speculation.[/spoiler]

[Sef]

all this quoting

[Greenkitten]

all this quoting

[spoiler]all these spoilers[/spoiler]

[ZennyPLUS]

Optimus Prime's death scene from the transformers film of 1987