Most Disturbing/Depressing Anime

Symmetry · Post by **Symmetry** » 2003-10-14 01:22pm

As opposed to twisted. I've got some contenders here:

The End of Evangelion: The cannonical favorite, with some imagery that is probably doing horrible things to my subconcious.

Now and Then, Here and There: Inspired by child soldiers, an excellent monograph on the nature of cruelty.

Alien 9: Puberty, borderline child abuse, suicide etc wrapped in a sugary coating. Be warned that the main character is more depressed than Shinji.

And my new favorite in this catagory:

Narutaro: NaT,HaT crossed with Lord of the Flies crossed with Pokemon. Starts out sweet and inocent, but by episode three you know this is dangerous stuff. The 13 episodes made so far don't explain enough.

jinx · Post by **jinx** » 2003-10-14 02:02pm

since its the only one I've seen I'm gonna go with Evengelian. that stuff will mess with your head.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2003-10-14 02:07pm

Grave of the Fireflies. I came in at the middle of it and wanted to kill myself by the end. Truly sad movie it is...

Dark Hellion · Post by **Dark Hellion** » 2003-10-14 02:15pm

Evangelion is perhaps the most disturbing mentally. Because of it and A Clockwork Orange, I hear screams in the back of my head when I hear the glorious 9th of Ludwig Van.
Grave of the fireflies is truly depressing though. It makes you feel bad about being human, and that i hard to do.
Simply most disturbing thought, would go to some of the Hentai out there. Some is disturbing in this comical, nonsexual way that no pornography should be allowed.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-10-14 03:04pm

Although I agree with Evangelion and Grave of the Fireflies as being the most twisted and depressing, I'm going to throw in Serial Experiments Lain. This is one of my favorites, but it certainly was twisted. It also gets awfully depressing near the end.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-10-14 03:15pm

Blue Submarine Number 6 had its moments.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-10-14 03:22pm

EoE is just depressing because a psychotic 15 yo boy, his disgracefully poor excuse for a father and the unstable clone of his mother get to decide the fate of the human race.

Alien 9: Puberty, borderline child abuse, suicide etc wrapped in a sugary coating. Be warned that the main character is more depressed than Shinji.

In the name of LAIN NO!!

Lain wasn't really depressing, no where near as bad as it was in Evagelion. I mean the ending is at least bittersweet and hopeful.

Fruede schoener gertefunken
Tochter aus Elysium.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-10-14 03:31pm

It's a debate between most anime fans as to whether or not Grave of the Fireflies is more depressing than Jin-Roh, but according to the booklet of information that came with my Jin-Roh DVD set, apparently the most depressing anime movie of all time (and because of that, has not had a foreign release) is Angel Egg. As the author said, "while Grave is about the death of the body, Angel's Egg is about the death of the soul".

Ted C · Post by **Ted C** » 2003-10-14 03:52pm

A friend of mine let us borrow Cool Devices. Those are some of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. I decided I didn't even want to watch all of them.

Keep away from children... far, far away.

Darth_Shinji · Post by **Darth_Shinji** » 2003-10-14 04:32pm

For depressing I have to go with X the movie. The very end with the main guy holding his best friend's head made me almost jump out the window. Every single person this guy knew is DEAD! There's very little as depressing as that.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-14 04:41pm

Bible Black...

I find End of Eva to be absolutely beautiful, personally. Occasionally shocking, yes, but I didn't think it was disturbing.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-10-14 04:44pm

SyntaxVorlon wrote:EoE is just depressing because a psychotic 15 yo boy, his disgracefully poor excuse for a father and the unstable clone of his mother get to decide the fate of the human race.

Alien 9: Puberty, borderline child abuse, suicide etc wrapped in a sugary coating. Be warned that the main character is more depressed than Shinji.
In the name of LAIN NO!!

Lain wasn't really depressing, no where near as bad as it was in Evagelion. I mean the ending is at least bittersweet and hopeful.

Fruede schoener gertefunken
Tochter aus Elysium.

Lain lost everything, her family, her friends and her life. She realized that she had been forced into living a life where she could be a part on NO ONE'S lives. That was depressing.

The bittersweet and hopeful ending was because Lain decided to help the one girl who actually cared about her, but she was still forced to live out her life alone.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-14 04:44pm

Sorry, forgot this...

As for depressing, I have to agree with Grave of the Firefliesp: easily the most heart-breaking film ever made in the history of cinema.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-14 04:45pm

Grave of the Fireflies. The last time I watched it I cried. I don't just mean crying either; I was a blubbering, snot-nosed mess. I'm glad no one saw me.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2003-10-14 04:48pm

I take it some of these are not the kind of movie you rent to get over a bad week eh?

I ask this because my girlfriend and I like to watch animaes every few weeks, and someone suggested a few of these too us....

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-14 04:49pm

Solauren wrote:I take it some of these are not the kind of movie you rent to get over a bad week eh?

I ask this because my girlfriend and I like to watch animaes every few weeks, and someone suggested a few of these too us....

Don't watch GoTF unless you have something uplifting to watch afterwards. I watched it a few months ago and was so depressed I had to go out and buy Spirited Away to cheer up.

Andras · Post by **Andras** » 2003-10-14 04:57pm

Winds of Amnesia

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-10-14 05:19pm

Well, the obvious answer is Grave of the Fireflies, of course. I'm going to throw another one out there; Voices of a Distant Star. It didn't really depress me personally, but I know it really gets to some of my friends by the end.

Symmetry · Post by **Symmetry** » 2003-10-14 05:43pm

The Kernel wrote:Although I agree with Evangelion and Grave of the Fireflies as being the most twisted and depressing, I'm going to throw in Serial Experiments Lain. This is one of my favorites, but it certainly was twisted. It also gets awfully depressing near the end.

It was a bit depressing, but I didn't find it anywere near as disturbing as the ones I mentioned. Except for EoE, the stuff in the ones I mentioned is basically happening to other poeple as we speak, except NaT, HaT is happening in various third world countries, and the degree of screwed upedness in the other two is more the exception than the rule.

Symmetry · Post by **Symmetry** » 2003-10-14 05:45pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:It's a debate between most anime fans as to whether or not Grave of the Fireflies is more depressing than Jin-Roh, but according to the booklet of information that came with my Jin-Roh DVD set, apparently the most depressing anime movie of all time (and because of that, has not had a foreign release) is Angel Egg. As the author said, "while Grave is about the death of the body, Angel's Egg is about the death of the soul".

Unfortunatly I haven't seen Angel's Egg or Grave of the Fireflies (mooziwake arimasen). The stuff that happened in Jin-Roh did really suck for the main character, but at least it happened over an issue all concerend considered important.

Symmetry · Post by **Symmetry** » 2003-10-14 05:46pm

Gil Hamilton wrote:Well, the obvious answer is Grave of the Fireflies, of course. I'm going to throw another one out there; Voices of a Distant Star. It didn't really depress me personally, but I know it really gets to some of my friends by the end.

But it was such a sweet sadness, not disturbing in the least.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2003-10-14 05:58pm

Durran Korr wrote:
Solauren wrote:I take it some of these are not the kind of movie you rent to get over a bad week eh?

I ask this because my girlfriend and I like to watch animaes every few weeks, and someone suggested a few of these too us....
Don't watch GoTF unless you have something uplifting to watch afterwards. I watched it a few months ago and was so depressed I had to go out and buy Spirited Away to cheer up.

So, showing this to a friend that just got dumped by his girlfriend is a definite no-no?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-10-14 06:03pm

Only if you want to not commit suicide...

Symmetry · Post by **Symmetry** » 2003-10-14 06:03pm

Solauren wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:
Solauren wrote:I take it some of these are not the kind of movie you rent to get over a bad week eh?

I ask this because my girlfriend and I like to watch animaes every few weeks, and someone suggested a few of these too us....
Don't watch GoTF unless you have something uplifting to watch afterwards. I watched it a few months ago and was so depressed I had to go out and buy Spirited Away to cheer up.
So, showing this to a friend that just got dumped by his girlfriend is a definite no-no?

Exactly, though sometimes watching something sad helps if you're already in a sort of depression. Maybe you could find something only a little sad, and non-romantic... Lain?

Rubberanvil · Post by **Rubberanvil** » 2003-10-14 06:54pm

Twilight Q volume 2 should be given kudos for being a real mind-fucker.