Top 20 Saddest Anime Moments Of The Century (So Far)

No use holding back the tears here. Join Ashley as he counts down our picks for the saddest scenes to come out of anime since the century started, as seen in series such as "To Your Eternity", "Attack on Titan", "One Piece", "Haikyu", "My Hero Academia", and more! Which anime moment had YOU sobbing? Let us know in the comments!

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[WatchMojo]

Which anime moment had YOU sobbing? Let us know in the comments!

[terminator]

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[vincenzo.N]

"Growing old and dying is what gives meaning and beauty to the fleeting span of a human life. It’s precisely because we age and die that our lives have value and nobility."
- Rengoku -

[anosamitu]

The moment when Tanjiro started crying and shouting that Rengoku was the true winner, that got the tears.
Rengoku 😭😭😭😭

[mechdemon]

The fact that ace and rengoku have so much things in common is unbelievable
1) They both are flame users
2) They both like eating
3) They both lost their mother at a very young age and love their mother much more than their father
4) They both appeared for roughly 2 or 3 episodes and stole everyone's hearts
5) They both died by a punch into chest making a see through hole
6) They both make the mcs cry with their last words
7) They both died with a smile :)

[tristanfuzzt]

Youre saying “Your Lie in April” doesn’t make this list at all?!? I bawled watching that

[WackedOutCookie]

When Levi's entire squad got wiped and having to dump the body's to escape the titans behind them legitimately hurt my heart. Especially when levi sees Petra's body literally get trampled then finding out that she was writing her father about wanting to marry Levi. I'm not even saying it just for effect I literally cried so that better be on here or me and Ashley are gonna have to swap hands.

[mauryeetss]

I've got to say jiraiya's death in naruto and ace's death in one piece were the saddest for me because the anime's are usually positive and naruto and luffy are always so positive that seeing them hit rock bottom emotionally just makes anyone tearup. Also, after hundreds of episodes I was so emotionally invested in the characters that died and the characters most affected by the death that overall those moments hurt deep. the moments before yuuki's death were also terribly sad.

[phantomrequim]

Sasha's death still hurts. Farwell, our beloved Potato Girl 🥔

[ginganinja]

Korosensei's final fight, and goodbye is pretty emotional.

[Immortalis]

Code Geass ending still hits me to this day. Best anime I have ever had the honor of watching.

[shadowfox]

The song that plays during Yui's disappearance just amplifies that scene Oh and no complaints about Mitty's death being #1 that shit was hard to watch

[emmanuelpoon]

I'd add 3 more to this list.. (spoiler alert)


1. Hunter X Hunter - Meruem and Komugi's final moments
2. Your Lie In April - Kaori's letter
3. Fate/Zero - Kiritsugu killing Natalia

[Horny_Brahmin]

I am surprised how come u missed Meruem's death? "Komugi are you there?" Still shatter my heart even after 3 years.

[lou_]

To those who are saying that the shonen anime death scenes were the saddest, Clannad was the one that really hits hard

[fabiofinking]

mugen train was the number one for me, my heart shattered at that moment.

[ConsoleCrashers]

A silent voice.... The whole thing... 3 hours of crying.

[leilani.kaizen]

Rengoku's Death still hurts 😭
That moment was so sad especially when he saw his mom.

[not_dane_anymore]

Rengoku's death had me crying for hours.

[MGArtDZN]

Code Geass is, to this day, the anime with the best ending to me. It was like a knife stabbing me hard in the chest. I wasn't ready for that and I couldn't imagine it would had turned out like that. Such a great anime still to this day!

To your eternity was created to make us cry. It was created by the same woman that made silent voice, so she knows well how to make us cry. Silent voice is my favorite film and watching to your eternity after was great and made me love her work even more!

86: eighty six too is an incredible anime! Super recommend. I cried hard at the end, lol