most moving ending

Propyro · Post by **Propyro** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:18 am

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM POSTING SPOILERS

Now with that said, what was in your opinion the most moving ending to an anime you've seen, and please don't refer to bowel movments to trash an anime ... just talk about the stuff you like.

Now the most moving ending I've seen was FLCL. It was a sort of wake up experience for me. One reason being that it was my first conciously sought out anime, the other being that it reminded me that not everything has to end all happy and perfect. I was depressed for two weeks and played nothing but slow sad music on my guitar for that period of time ... the ending still gets me.

Now your turn.

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Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:24 am

The end of SaiKano was really emotionally moving to me. Kind of disturbing too. Just pondering a situation such as that depresses the hell out of me.

Gaikotsu · Post by **Gaikotsu** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:42 am

I would say the ending of Saber Marionette J if not for the very last 15 seconds or so of the series. Based on everything that had happened up to that point, the event at the end just shouldn't have been possible, and it seems the director just threw it in to make the ending happy. It would have been much more moving if they had left it on a down note.

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I'm not a big fan of happy endings anyway. In fact, one of the short stories I sent away to a publisher got declined once because they would have preferred it with a more "uplifting" ending. So the guy died in the end, so what? The ending worked.
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Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 1:18 am

Eh, I'm opening myself up for attacks for being a sap by posting in this thread. Oh, well.

Sailor Moon R movie - the first time I watched it, let's just say I had a very strong reaction to the ending, and it was the anime (movie) that hooked me on anime for life

Sorcerer Hunters - not the final 4 minutes of it, but the climactic ending before that epilogue type silent text section - very strong reaction from me (and the music kicked ass big time)

Tenchi Universe - not really a tearjerker, but one of the sweetest endings I've seen, it had me grinning like a madman (or woman if you want to be technical about it)

Haunted Junction - the climax and sweet ending were very touching for me, since I'd fallen in love with the characters by that time

Heero_Yuy84 · Post by **Heero_Yuy84** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 2:22 am

I've said it before, I'll say it again...Gundam 0080: War In The Pocket ep 6

Other than that...Metropolis's ending kind of got to me (yeah, yeah, that's Mr. Freak to you)

El Banana · Post by **El Banana** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 3:40 am

Cowboy Bebop's ending is very moving.

*sniff*

Jebadia · Post by **Jebadia** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 4:21 am

Cowboy Bebop
Shamanic Princess (the ending with Grahm, man was that sad

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End of Evangelion (Some reason I tend to skip ahead to the 2nd half and watch it, but it's ending before the beach scene was moving for me.)
FLCL (yeah when that guitar plucks you just kinda go..."Damn")
Kenshin Seisouhen (sp?) OVA (come on...that was just sad, really really sad, make grown otaku cry)

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 5:57 am

The ending to Kanon; it was very moving. Of all the series I've seen so far, this ending is probably my favorite.

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:33 am

IcyCloud wrote:The ending to Kanon; it was very moving. Of all the series I've seen so far, this ending is probably my favorite.

Agreed. I almost cried at that ending when *insert spoiler*.

You know that one.

generalhs · Post by **generalhs** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 9:32 am

Can't forget Grave of the Fireflies. Heck, the whole thing was depressing.