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Hal 2013
Anime
Kurumi’s heart was broken by the sudden death of her boyfriend in a tragic airplane accident. By melding futuristic technology with the binary equivalent of human emotion, a brilliant scientist created an ultra-lifelike robotic surrogate to take Hal’s place – and lure Kurumi from her shroud of solitude.
The sides of Hal
- A young woman grieving her boyfriend
- A robot made to look like him
- A quiet town in the future
Good for you if
- you like a short love story that ends in tears.
- you have just an hour. Hal runs sixty minutes.
- you like a gentle, bittersweet romance.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a story built around grief and loss.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · love · memory
Ride Your Wave 2019
Anime
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.
The sides of Ride Your Wave
- A surfer and a firefighter in love
- A sudden loss at sea
- A song that makes him appear in water
Good for you if
- you like a sweet seaside love story.
- you like crying over a love that outlives death.
- you like a song that brings someone back.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't take a sudden death and a long mourning.
About: grief · love · moving on

Saikano 2002
Anime
Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine. A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan on January 28, 2006 with Aki Maeda starring as Chise. The Saikano manga and anime series has been licensed and is being distributed by Viz Media in English in North America. The anime series is distributed in the UK by Manga Entertainment. Although the city is not mentioned by name in the series, many of the locations used in Saikano can by all probability be found in Otaru-shi, west of Sapporo. The train station, "Hell Hill", the Asahi Observation Hill, the view over the harbor, and the school all have similar looking counterparts in the city of Otaru.
The sides of Saikano
- A shy schoolgirl turned into a living weapon
- A first love in a seaside town
- A war that never explains itself
Good for you if
- you like a love story that breaks your heart.
- you can take an ending with very little hope.
- you like a clumsy teenage couple trying to stay together.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't stand cities destroyed and people dying.
About: first love · the end of the world · loss
Voices of a Distant Star 2002
Anime
It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the gap between them widens at a frightening pace.
The sides of Voices of a Distant Star
- A girl piloting a robot against aliens
- Text messages that take years to arrive
- A boy waiting for her on Earth
Good for you if
- you like a love story stretched across light years.
- you like being moved by two people slowly losing time together.
- you like a lonely war fought far out in space.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a love story with a happy ending.
About: distance · waiting · love
Bicentennial Man 1999
Film
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
The sides of Bicentennial Man
- Robin Williams as a household robot
- A robot who wants to be human
- Two centuries with one family
Good for you if
- you like being moved by a robot's long wait to be called human.
- you like Robin Williams at his most big-hearted.
- you like a love story that spans generations of one family.
Bad for you if
- you find more than two hours a lot for a gentle film.
- you want a robot film with action in it.
About: mortality · what makes us human · love
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas 2018
Anime
After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.
The sides of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
- A diary found in a hospital waiting room
- A loner and the dying girl who picks him
- A trip together off her bucket list
Good for you if
- you want to cry over a shy boy and a girl living her last months to the full.
- you like a love that is never quite named between two opposite teenagers.
- you like a closed-off boy slowly opened up by a girl who laughs at her illness.
Bad for you if
- a teenager's terminal illness is too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: death · living fully · connection
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God 2016
Series
In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.
The sides of Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
- A 939-year-old immortal looking for his bride
- A grim reaper for a housemate
- A high school student who can see ghosts
Good for you if
- you like a love story that spans centuries and lifetimes.
- you like a K-drama that makes you cry over fate and goodbyes.
- you like the goblin and the grim reaper bickering under the same roof.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Korean series.
- you can't watch child abuse or suicide on screen.
About: fate · immortality · grief · love
5 Centimeters per Second 2007
Anime
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
The sides of 5 Centimeters per Second
- A train delayed by snow on the way to a first love
- A surfer girl in love with a boy who looks elsewhere
- An adult life in a cold city
Good for you if
- you want falling cherry blossoms and snow drawn in detail.
- you like an hour of trains, letters and silences.
- you can take a love story about distance and time pulling people apart.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a happy ending. This one is about letting go.
About: distance · first love · growing apart
Clannad 2007
Anime
Tomoya Okazaki is a third year high school student resentful of his life. His mother passed away from a car accident when he was younger, causing his father to resort to alcohol and cigarettes. This results in fights between the two until Tomoya's shoulder is injured in a fight. Since then, Tomoya has had distant relationships with his father, causing him to become a delinquent over time. While on a walk to school, he meets a strange girl named Nagisa Furukawa who is a year older, but is repeating due to illness. Due to this, she is often alone as most of her friends have moved on. The two begin hanging out and slowly, as time goes by, Tomoya finds his life shifting in a new direction.
The sides of Clannad
- A delinquent who resents his father
- A frail girl repeating her final year
- A school drama club to bring back
Good for you if
- you want a story that leaves you crying in the second season.
- you like a son slowly making peace with his father.
- you like Tomoya and Nagisa growing up together.
Bad for you if
- you can't take illness and grief on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a story that moves faster than school days.
About: family · grief · growing up
Orange 2016
Anime
One day, Naho Takamiya receives a letter written to herself from ten years in the future. As Naho reads on, the letter recites the exact events of the day, including the transfer of a new student into her class named Kakeru Naruse. The Naho from ten years later repeatedly states that she has many regrets, and she wants to fix these by making sure the Naho from the past can make the right decisions—especially regarding Kakeru. What's more shocking is that she discovers that ten years later, Kakeru will no longer be with them. Future Naho asks her to watch over him closely.
The sides of Orange
- A letter from ten years in the future
- A new classmate to save
- Friends trying to change what happens
Good for you if
- you like being moved to tears by a story about regret.
- you like a shy first love between Naho and Kakeru.
- you like high school friends carrying each other.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story built around a classmate's suicide.
- you don't watch anime.
About: regret · suicide · friendship
Night on the Galactic Railroad 1985
Anime
Lonely and awkward, Giovanni struggles with his sick mother, absent father, and an afterschool job that isolates him from his peers. But on the night of the Festival of Stars, he is magically transported onto a celestial train with his only friend, Campanella. Together, they embark on an extraordinary journey through the galaxy, encountering mysterious characters and grappling with life's deepest questions.
The sides of Night on the Galactic Railroad
- A lonely boy drawn as a cat
- A train through the stars
- A last journey with his only friend
Good for you if
- you like a quiet train ride through the Milky Way.
- you like a patient, dreamlike pace with long silences.
- you like a gentle story that leaves you crying over a friendship.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you can't take a children's film about death and grief.
About: friendship · death · loneliness · sacrifice
The Day I Became a God 2020
Anime
At the end of the last summer vacation of high school, Youta Narukami spends his days preparing for the university entrance exams, when a young girl named Hina suddenly appears, proclaiming herself as the "god of omniscience." Youta is confused and does not believe Hina when she tells him "The world will end in 30 days." After witnessing Hina’s God-like predictive ability, Youta begins to believe her powers are real. Hina, who is innocent and childlike despite her supernatural powers, decides for some reason to stay at Youta’s home. Thus begins the start of their lively summer before the end of the world.
The sides of The Day I Became a God
- A girl who says the world ends in 30 days
- A student's last summer before exams
- A comedy that turns into a tearjerker
Good for you if
- you like a light story that ends up making you cry.
- you like Hina's silly predictions and summer misadventures.
- you like a shy love story counting down to an end.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you'd rather a light comedy not take a heavy, painful turn.
About: time running out · care · first love
WALL·E: Batallón de limpieza 2008
Película
En el año 2800, en un planeta Tierra devastado y sin vida, tras cientos de solitarios años haciendo aquello para lo que fue construido -limpiar el planeta de basura- el pequeño robot WALL•E descubre una nueva misión en su vida cuando se encuentra con una moderna y lustrosa robot exploradora llamada EVE. Ambos viajarán a lo largo de la galaxia y vivirán una emocionante e inolvidable aventura.
Las caras de WALL·E: Batallón de limpieza
- Un pequeño robot solo en la Tierra
- Una historia de amor casi sin palabras
- Humanos que olvidaron cómo caminar
Buena para ti si
- te gusta emocionarte con un robot que toma una mano.
- te gustan el silencio, las estrellas y un planeta solitario.
- te gusta una película que lo cuenta todo con imágenes.
Mala para ti si
- no ves películas de animación.
- necesitas diálogos. La primera parte casi no tiene.
Temas: la soledad · el amor · el despilfarro
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day 2011
Anime
Jinta Yadomi and his group of childhood friends have become estranged after a tragic accident split them apart. Now in their high school years, a sudden surprise forces each of them to confront their guilt over what happened that day and come to terms with the ghosts of their past.
The sides of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
- A childhood friend who returns as a ghost
- A group of friends split by a death
- Guilt that each of them hides
Good for you if
- you like being moved to tears by old friends confessing what they've hidden for years.
- you like a group of estranged friends finding each other again.
- you like teenagers facing what they could not face as children.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story built on grief over a child's death.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · guilt · friendship
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl 2019
Anime
In Fujisawa, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. Blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted by the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara.
The sides of Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
- A high school boy torn between two futures
- His girlfriend Mai and his first crush Shoko
- A sick girl and a choice about time
Good for you if
- you've followed Sakuta and Mai and want to see them tested.
- you want a film that leaves you in tears over Shoko.
- you like strange things happening to ordinary teenagers.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- a child's illness and a life-or-death choice are too much for you.
About: sacrifice · fate · love · grief
Time of EVE: The Movie 2010
Anime
In the not-too-distant future, androids have come into common usage. However, treating androids on the same level as humans is frowned upon, and there is constant paranoia surrounding the possibility of robots defying humans, their masters. Those who appear too trustworthy of their androids are chided and labeled as "android-holics". Rikuo Sakisaka, who has taken robots for granted for his entire life, one day discovers that Sammy, his home android, has been acting independently and coming and going on her own. He finds a strange phrase recorded in her activity log, "Are you enjoying the time of EVE?". He, along with his friend Masakazu Masaki, traces Sammy's movements and finds an unusual café. Nagi, the barista, informs them that the café's main rule is to not discriminate between humans and androids. While Rikuo tries to reveal Sammy's intentions, he begins to question the legitimacy of the fear that drives humans to regard androids as nothing more than mere tools.
The sides of Time of EVE: The Movie
- A household android with a secret
- A café where humans and androids are equal
- A teenager tracking his robot's movements
Good for you if
- you like the regulars of a small café, human or not.
- you want a gentle science fiction story set in one quiet place.
- you like a story told in conversations over coffee.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles.
- you want robots that fight back.
About: artificial intelligence · prejudice · what makes us human
Orange: Future 2016
Anime
Twenty-six-year-old Hiroto Suwa; his wife, Naho; and their old high school classmates—Takako Chino, Azusa Murasaka, and Saku Hagita—visit Mt. Koubou to view the cherry blossoms together. While watching the setting sun, they reminisce about Kakeru Naruse, their friend who died 10 years ago. Mourning for him, they decide to visit Kakeru's old home, where they learn the secret of his death from his grandmother.
The sides of Orange: Future
- Friends mourning Kakeru ten years on
- Cherry blossoms on Mt. Koubou
- The secret of his death told by his grandmother
Good for you if
- you're ready to cry with friends who lost Kakeru.
- you like the quiet love between Naho and Suwa.
- you love a high school group that stays close for ten years.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story about depression and suicide.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · regret · friendship
La tumba de las luciérnagas 1988
Anime
Verano de 1945. La aviación estadounidense somete las ciudades japonesas a continuos ataques aéreos. En uno de ellos, una incursión con bombas incendiarias convierte la ciudad de Kōbe en un infierno humeante, para los dos protagonistas (Seita, de 14 años, y su hermanita Setsuko, de 5). El joven Seita y su pequeña hermana Setsuko son hijos de un oficial de la marina japonesa. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ambos viven con su madre, pero un día, tras un bombardeo, ellos se retrasan y no consiguen llegar al búnker donde ella los espera.
Las caras de La tumba de las luciérnagas
- Dos niños huérfanos en el Japón en guerra
- Un refugio antiaéreo abandonado como hogar
- Una lata de caramelos de frutas
Buena para ti si
- quieres una película que te deje llorando.
- quieres ver la guerra desde el lado de los civiles japoneses.
- te gusta un hermano que intenta mantener con vida a su hermana pequeña.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas algo de esperanza al final.
- no soportas ver a unos niños pasar hambre.
- no ves anime.
Temas: la guerra · la infancia · el orgullo · el hambre
In This Corner of the World 2016
Anime
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
The sides of In This Corner of the World
- A young bride who moves to Kure in 1943
- Daily life in a naval port under air raids
- Hiroshima just across the bay
Good for you if
- you like a war film told through cooking, sewing and family meals.
- you like Suzu, dreamy and stubborn, keeping a household going.
- you like hand-drawn images that look like her own sketches.
Bad for you if
- you can't take air raids reaching a family's home, and the grief that follows.
- you need momentum, and most of the film is quiet everyday life.
- you don't watch animated films.
About: daily life · loss · resilience · marriage
given 2019
Anime
Ritsuka’s lost his spark for music—until he hears Mafuyu sing. One voice pulls him back in, and suddenly, everything starts to change between them.
The sides of given
- A guitarist who has lost his spark
- A quiet boy with a striking voice
- A band formed around grief
Good for you if
- you like a slow, gentle love story between two boys.
- you like being moved by a song that is really about grief.
- you like four bandmates finding their sound together.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't watch a teenager carrying a loss he won't talk about.
About: grief · first love · music