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Top 10 Anime Movies That Will Make You Cry


oh damn here comes the war wigs welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
anime movies that will make you cry it
was almost like like seeing something
out of a dream
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content for this list we’ll be looking
at the animated movies from Japan that
made audiences burst into tears either
out of an overwhelming sense of sadness
or joy
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number 10 hotarubi No More ee9 your
nighty Rhonda you can bet there’s gonna
be a lot of unconventional romances on
the list because if there’s anything
that can make it start to well up its
the brewing love of two people who
shouldn’t be together after getting lost
in a forest a young girl named Hotaru
encounters a spirit known as kin and the
two soon become friends
as the years pass friendships blossom
into unspoken affection but there’s just
one problem
if Ginn is touched by a human something
terrible will happen robbed of any
physical contact the relationship shared
between the two will have you bawling by
the end if Sonia no but knowing stand by
need a rhyme on since the early 70s this
time traveling robotic cat has brought
joy to countless children an icon of
Japanese animation it’s fair to say that
a lot of audiences would have grown up
with the Reimann and maybe even watch
them with their own kids since the
series is going to this very day
now with that mentality in mind when you
have a movie dedicated to said robotic
capture returning to his own era and
leaving his beloved friend Nobita behind
is it any surprise why apparently there
was mass sobbing from Japanese audiences
during screenings do you even have to
ask
number 8 wolf children
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tell me why you see a human and aware
will fall in love and have two of the
most adorable hybrid kitties you’ll ever
meet
then it gets sad after the death of her
beloved honey moves to the countryside
in order to raise her two children so
ponder the next there’s a cute little
house
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following her trials as a single mother
and both Yuki and amis adjustment to
both the human and wolf side inside them
this most bizarre of family dynamics is
bound to cause your heart to explode
there truly is no greater love than a
mother has for her children even if
everybody else is mean to them I’m gonna
stick up for the wolves through thick
and thin no matter what number seven the
Gil who left through time what is that
everyone knows the rule you don’t mess
around with time travel after
discovering that she has the power to
make jump through time a high school
girl named Mikoto does what any of us
would do get selfish all I have to do is
lead back to a lounge day gonna get all
my spending money again unfortunately
there are always consequences and it’s
not long before her actions cost her
dearly in those moments where she breaks
down over what she’s lost we’re right
alongside Mikoto crying our eyes out
number six whisper of the heart
Wow and everything a blip so close
Ghibli has finally made its entrance
giving us a film that will speak to
anyone with a passion or a dream and how
the journey to make that dream a reality
can often be heartbreaking as she
continues to press forward with her
writing teenager Shizuku finds herself
having to deal with adolescent love and
the hardships of the real world while
she struggles to write her book there
may be no fantastical elements to it but
the relatable hard lessons that Shizuku
has to learn will hit you in the heart
all the same now when I read a little
voice inside of me says you know things
never turn out like they do in
fairytales I miss the old me number five
the wind rises
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you knew we’d be seeing a Miyazaki film
though this one certainly packs much
more weight due to the fact that many of
the events depicted are based on history
following the life of aircraft designer
Jiro horikoshi the film hits the
audience heavy as we watch zeros lover
suffered through disease all while his
own creations are being used to assist
the insurmountable bloodshed of the
first world war whether for the
historical implications of the tragedy
or the struggle of these two lovers
Giro’s journey is both beautiful and
utterly heartbreaking number 4
millennium actress we wouldn’t have to
be here shooting all this background you
know I told you she’s not a performer
anymore Fame truly is a fickle friend
the film depicts the life of a well
known actress who through various
flashbacks recounts her career as well
as her lifelong search for a mysterious
painter she encountered in her youth as
though you’re standing on a strange and
distant planet the way the film blends
together pieces of her younger years as
well as scenes from her many acting
roles doesn’t only make for a beautiful
viewing experience but also a sad
reflection of how her glamorous life has
also been one filmed with incredible
loneliness and unfulfillment
number three your name who was it
hoo-hoo what’s your name after awakening
in each other’s bodies and without any
knowledge of who the other is tucky and
meets AHA must find a way to reverse
whatever happened to them all while
searching for each other as they live
out a day in the life of the opposite
sex
what follows is the most unconventional
of love stories and one pack with so
much emotional weight that by the time
the ending rolls around you’re either
going to be cheering your head off or
weeping on the floor Makoto Shinkai will
not be content until he answers in
absolute pieces check out his other
works like 5 centimeters per second if
you don’t believe us number 2 a silent
voice bullying is a monster and as this
film explores it is very easy for an
attacker to become the victim in a
heartbreaking story of redemption and
forgiveness an isolated student named
show you sets out to make amends for the
pain he caused to a deaf girl Naruto
Conner money Jinora from its artistic
interpretations of Solitude the melody
of emotions and the journeys our
character takes just in order to arrive
at an apology you’ll end up a wreck by
the end of the whole thing it may hit
close to home for many but that’s what
makes this story all the more beautiful
in the end
number one grave of the fireflies
anime has depicted war in a variety of
ways though none pack as much of a punch
as Seita and Setsuko harrowing tale of
survival in the wake of the Second World
War as they head from place to place it
slowly becomes clear that we’re watching
two orphan children starve to death
just hang on we’ll be outta here soon
enough despite the film practically
laying out a morbid outcome in the very
first scene nothing can prepare us for
the most tragic moments the film throws
us
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