Grave of the Fireflies.
Dark meaning depressing.
[Discussion] What are some great dark but non-graphic anime that you have seen?
Submitted 10 hours ago by mo_lave@reddthat.com to anime@ani.social
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whyrat@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 hours ago
Madoka Magica is an obvious one.
Unboxious@ani.social 7 hours ago
I think the crown here might go to Takopi’s Original Sin. There’s hardly any blood, let alone gore. I still never want to watch it again.
mo_lave@reddthat.com 4 hours ago
Takopi is my Top 1 anime. I’ll also never watch it again, and I think the themes can be rather graphic.
MelodiousFunk@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
I didn’t make it past the first episode. I plan to eventually watch it full, but… ouch.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 hour ago
On one hand, you should finish it it's really good as you might imagine. On the other hand, it's basically self-harm so fair enough.
CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 9 hours ago Serial Experiments Lain. I can’t quite remember if it is indeed never graphic at all but I think it is a fitting choice.
bluelabel@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Steins Gate, a romance comedy with psychological helplessness and depression.
kvhyivig84kyfitf64@ani.social 9 hours ago
Kotaro lives alone
I watched it thinking it would be a funny slice of life, which to some extent is is.
But there are also a lot of dark themes around life. Some are obvious at first glance such as the woman working as a hostess suffering from abuse. But there are more subtle ones like Kotaro buying specific tissues (after looking it up later it seems in certain situations children and adults can resort to eating tissues to survive / cope).
senko@ani.social 6 hours ago
Ergo Proxy, can’t say I liked the story and pace but fitted the dark theme pretty well imo, specially it’s artwork.
shittydwarf@piefed.ca 9 hours ago
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 fits this theme pretty well. The Earth is all but destroyed and humanity only has small hope. Bonus points because it has an epic theme song and is also fantastic
Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Assassination Classroom is pretty good.
mHtt@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrOp6kVX4_w
its dark because Seymour did NOT live a full life and DID NOT forget Fry:
devaly@ani.social 2 hours ago
Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai It does get dark and it’s not graphic.
I was also thinking Dark Gathering, but I don’t remember if it’s graphic or not