Animemovies are amazing, and not enough of them are revered as they should be.

There are fabulous anime movies with stellar soundtracks, beautiful visuals, and in-depth characters.

Studio Science Saru has some great anime under its belt.

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There are a lot of serious themes in these films, which ends up making them rather sad.

However, sometimes one craves deeper films, even sad films.

These are the anime movie you should cry to next.

Split image of characters from Death Note, Naruto and Cowboy Bebop.

8Your Name

CoMix Wave Films

Your Name is quite the roller-coaster ride.

The movie is about a girl in Japan and a boy from Tokyo.

They end up switching bodies often and communicating with each other through notes to respect each individual’s life.

7th time loop, Stardew, and Apothecary diaries.

One day, they stop switching bodies out of nowhere.

He has to find a way to save her before the comet hits.

7Hal

Wit Studio

Hal is a beautiful movie about grief and living through loss.

Grave Of The Fireflies image showing the main characters.

A robot is sent to help a woman whos just lost her partner.

The movie follows her life and reviews her relationship as she learns to grieve while relying on the robot.

Its a sweet film, but there are many very sad moments throughout.

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6Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms

P.A.

Works

This animeis a fantasy storyabout a race of people very similar to humans who stop aging at fourteen.

They live for hundreds of years despite this.

Mitsuha And Taki being separated by a shining light.

The main character is a young orphaned girl named Maquia.

When her best friend is kidnapped, she goes on an epic journey to get her back.

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Hal Anime Movie characters embracing and holding rubik’s cube.

The journey takes place over more than forty years.

The two become fast friends and even venture to go through her bucket list.

But if youre not ready for a tragic story about loss and grief, you should avoid this movie.

Three characters doing laundry in the movie Maquia: When the promised flower blooms.

It will make you cry, but love lost is worth a few tears.

She is found by a mask-wearing person named Gin, who leads her out of the forest.

She befriends him, coming back to visit.

The two main character in the I Want To Eat Your Pancreas anime movie.

She discovers that if Gin touches another person, hell disappear forever.

3Colorful

Ascension

Colorful is such a gorgeous film, both aesthetically and through its writing.

The movie starts with a young boy who has just killed himself.

Hotarubi No Mori E - Gin and the little girl side by side.

These anime are classic staples that helped the genre permeate outside of Japan.

He struggles to connect with anyone in his new life until he meets someone who befriends him.

Shes adopted by the bamboo cutter who found her and is taken in by him and his wife.

Two best friends looking at each other on the playground in the Colorful Anime Movie.

She grows quickly and becomes friends with a lot of the village children.

This is one of the more depressing films on the list.

The girl is named Princess Kaguya and has a very difficult life.

Princess Kaguya looking up at cherry blossom petals in The Tales of the Princess Kaguya.

All she ever wanted was a happy life with friends, but the mortals took advantage of her instead.

This movie is about the effects of war on children and what happens in the aftermath.

They move in with their aunt, who eventually becomes resentful of having to take care of the kids.

The movie has a lot of deaths as the two siblings make a run at stay alive.

Its one of the most tragic anime films ever made, but a really important watch.

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