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Emotional anime
Emotional isn't the same as sad — this list is for stories that make you actually feel something, earning every tear instead of forcing it.
Emotional anime
Showing the 300 most popular out of 611.
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7.8
Spring 2019
8.4Kimetsu no Yaiba
Fall 2020
7.7Jujutsu Kaisen
Spring 2016
8.9Boku no Hero Academia
Fall 2011
7.6HUNTER×HUNTER (2011)
Summer 2014
8.5Tokyo Ghoul
Spring 2017
9.0Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2
Spring 2009
8.0Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
Fall 2002
7.0NARUTO
Summer 2012
8.8Sword Art Online
Summer 2016
8.6Koe no Katachi
Summer 2016
8.6Kimi no Na wa.
Summer 2018
7.9Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3
Spring 2017
8.7Boku no Hero Academia 2
Winter 2021
8.3Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season
Winter 2019
7.9Yakusoku no Neverland
Winter 2015
8.3Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
Fall 2022
8.4Chainsaw Man
Summer 2016
8.1Mob Psycho 100
Spring 2016
8.4Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
Fall 2014
9.0Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
Spring 2019
8.2Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2
Winter 2007
8.1NARUTO: Shippuuden
Winter 2016
7.9Boku dake ga Inai Machi
Spring 2018
8.9Boku no Hero Academia 3
Spring 2011
8.4Steins;Gate
Spring 2014
8.1Haikyuu!!
Fall 2018
8.3Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai
Spring 2022
8.5SPY×FAMILY
Winter 2018
8.7Violet Evergarden
Summer 2019
7.8VINLAND SAGA
Fall 2008
7.8Toradora!
Winter 2014
7.3Noragami
Summer 2014
8.1Akame ga Kill!
Winter 2021
7.9Horimiya
Fall 2019
7.3Boku no Hero Academia 4
Fall 2014
7.9Nanatsu no Taizai
Fall 2004
8.4BLEACH
Fall 2020
7.0Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen
Winter 2018
8.3Darling in the Franxx
Fall 1995
8.6Shin Seiki Evangelion
Summer 2023
8.6Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season
Winter 2022
8.6Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen
Summer 2001
9.1Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
Fall 2023
8.0Sousou no Frieren
Winter 2015
7.3Death Parade
Spring 2011
7.6Ao no Exorcist
Winter 2019
8.2Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari
Winter 2021
6.6Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
Summer 2014
8.7Sword Art Online II
Winter 2019
7.7Mob Psycho 100 II
Spring 2021
7.7Tokyo Revengers
Spring 2010
8.3Angel Beats!
Fall 2021
7.5Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Summer 2015
7.7Charlotte
Spring 2016
6.7Bungou Stray Dogs
Winter 2015
8.4Tokyo Ghoul √A
Summer 2017
8.6Made in Abyss
Fall 2015
8.0Haikyuu!! 2nd Season
Spring 2011
7.7Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.
Spring 2008
8.5Soul Eater
Summer 2022
7.8Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Spring 2013
8.5Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.
Spring 2007
8.3Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Summer 2020
8.1Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season
Winter 2019
8.4Dororo
Summer 2018
8.1Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai
Spring 2023
8.3Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen
Winter 2016
8.7Ansatsu Kyoushitsu 2nd Season
Fall 2016
8.5Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou
Fall 2004
8.7Howl no Ugoku Shiro
Spring 2008
8.2Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2
Fall 2021
8.1Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen (TV)
Summer 2019
7.6Tenki no Ko
Fall 2012
7.6Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
Winter 2018
8.1DEVILMAN crybaby
Fall 2011
7.4Fate/Zero
Spring 2020
7.7Kami no Tou: Tower of God
Winter 2017
8.1Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon
Fall 2022
7.3SPY×FAMILY Part 2
Spring 2015
8.4Owari no Seraph
Spring 2023
8.3[Oshi no Ko]
Winter 2011
5.2Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica
Winter 2021
8.5Yakusoku no Neverland 2
Fall 2021
8.3Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Part 2
Spring 2021
7.686: Eighty Six
Winter 2019
8.8Go-toubun no Hanayome
Fall 2023
8.1Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
Spring 2021
8.4Fumetsu no Anata e
Spring 2016
8.0JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai
Fall 2015
8.2Noragami ARAGOTO
Spring 2019
8.4Fruits Basket: 1st Season
Summer 2018
6.2BANANA FISH
Spring 2018
8.4Tokyo Ghoul:re
Winter 2021
8.4Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season Part 2
Winter 2025
8.5Ore dake Level Up na Ken: Season 2 - Arise from the Shadow
Summer 1997
7.8Mononoke-hime
Summer 2020
8.5Enen no Shouboutai: Ni no Shou
Fall 2018
7.7JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze
Fall 2007
8.5CLANNAD
Spring 2006
8.3Gintama
Winter 2020
8.3Haikyuu!! TO THE TOP
Winter 2015
7.8JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders - Egypt-hen
Summer 2014
7.5Zankyou no Terror
Fall 2018
7.8Sword Art Online: Alicization
Spring 2010
7.3Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
Winter 2018
6.7Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu
Summer 2010
7.4Gakuen Mokushiroku: HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD
Winter 2021
7.4Wonder Egg Priority
Fall 2013
8.1Kyoukai no Kanata
Spring 1988
8.4Tonari no Totoro
Spring 2004
7.8Samurai Champloo
Spring 2009
7.8K-ON!
Fall 2012
8.1Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
Spring 2015
6.8Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku
Summer 2004
7.9Elfen Lied
Spring 2024
8.8Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen
Winter 2023
8.2VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2
Fall 2022
7.9Boku no Hero Academia 6
Fall 2003
8.0Hagane no Renkinjutsushi
Fall 2014
7.5Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
Fall 2013
8.7Golden Time
Fall 2022
7.2Mob Psycho 100 III
Fall 2012
7.3Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
Fall 2008
8.4Kuroshitsuji
Spring 2019
8.1Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai
Summer 2023
7.8Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
Summer 2016
7.7ReLIFE
Fall 2019
7.7BEASTARS
Spring 2015
8.1Plastic Memories
Spring 2006
8.5Ouran Koukou Host Club
Fall 2020
8.5Haikyuu!! TO THE TOP 2
Summer 1997
8.6Shin Seiki Evangelion Movie: Air / Magokoro wo, Kimi ni
Winter 2026
8.2Jujutsu Kaisen: Shimetsu Kaiyuu - Zenpen
Summer 2025
6.7Gachiakuta
Spring 2011
7.2Deadman Wonderland
Winter 2007
7.9Byousoku 5 Centimeter
Fall 2009
8.7Kimi ni Todoke
Winter 2023
7.8Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season - Kanketsu-hen Zenpen
Fall 2017
7.5Mahoutsukai no Yome
Summer 2014
8.5Ao Haru Ride
Winter 1998
7.1PERFECT BLUE
Summer 2019
8.4Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka II
Spring 2012
6.9Fate/Zero 2nd Season
Fall 2011
7.6Guilty Crown
Summer 2023
8.1Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto
Fall 2016
7.8Bungou Stray Dogs 2nd Season
Winter 2020
8.0Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun
Fall 2023
7.5SPY×FAMILY Season 2
Summer 2016
8.0orange
Winter 2021
7.8SK∞
Fall 2016
8.0Yuuri!!! on ICE
Winter 2021
8.0Go-toubun no Hanayome ∬
Summer 2017
9.0No Game No Life Zero
Summer 2025
8.3Chainsaw Man: Reze-hen
Spring 2022
8.2Summer Time Render
Summer 2020
8.3Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Kan
Fall 2021
8.5Ousama Ranking
Winter 2024
8.8Dungeon Meshi
Fall 2008
8.3CLANNAD: After Story
Summer 2025
7.4Dandadan 2nd Season
Summer 2018
8.4Boku no Hero Academia THE MOVIE: Futari no Hero
Spring 2018
7.5Steins;Gate 0
Fall 2019
8.8Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld
Winter 2026
6.8Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season
Summer 2018
7.6Satsuriku no Tenshi
Winter 2025
7.9SAKAMOTO DAYS
Fall 2014
8.5Akatsuki no Yona
Spring 2026
8.3Tongari Boushi no Atelier
Fall 2016
8.13-gatsu no Lion
Spring 2023
8.3Tengoku Daimakyou
Summer 2019
7.8Given
Summer 2021
8.5Vanitas no Carte
Spring 2006
8.3NANA
Spring 2024
8.2Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Part 2
Spring 2015
8.4Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2nd Season
Summer 2025
8.8Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku
Fall 2022
6.3BLEACH: Sennen Kessen-hen
Fall 2019
7.2Nanatsu no Taizai: Kamigami no Gekirin
Spring 2016
8.3Kiznaiver
Spring 1988
8.2Hotaru no Haka
Summer 2006
8.7NHK ni Youkoso!
Summer 2020
8.8Violet Evergarden Movie
Winter 2025
8.1Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 2nd Season
Fall 2022
7.4Suzume no Tojimari
Fall 2020
7.6Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka III
Summer 2016
8.191Days
Spring 2019
7.5Bungou Stray Dogs 3rd Season
Fall 2015
7.4Owari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-hen
Summer 2020
7.4Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Part 2
Summer 2017
6.7Tsurezure Children
Spring 2014
8.0Black Bullet
Summer 2011
7.4Hotarubi no Mori e
Winter 2017
8.7Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale
Fall 2021
8.386: Eighty Six Part 2
Spring 2012
8.0Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki
Fall 2021
8.4JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean
Fall 2024
8.6Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 3rd Season
Summer 2025
7.5Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugenjou-hen Movie 1 - Akaza Sairai
Summer 2012
7.0Kokoro Connect
Fall 2008
8.1Toaru Majutsu no Index
Summer 2007
7.3Baccano!
Spring 2020
6.8Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu
Winter 2006
7.0Fate/stay night
Spring 2021
7.9Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.
Summer 2008
7.8Gake no Ue no Ponyo
Winter 2024
6.0Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 3rd Season
Spring 2017
8.5Eromanga Sensei
Spring 2020
8.1Fruits Basket: 2nd Season
Summer 1989
8.3Majo no Takkyuubin
Fall 2020
7.2Josee to Tora to Sakanatachi
Summer 2013
7.4Free!
Winter 2014
8.4Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren
Fall 1997
7.4Kenpuu Denki Berserk
Winter 2016
8.0Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
Fall 2013
8.2Kuroko no Basket 2nd SEASON
Spring 2024
6.8Boku no Hero Academia 7
Winter 2017
7.7Kuzu no Honkai
Summer 2015
8.2Akagami no Shirayuki-hime
Spring 2021
7.2Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song
Winter 2017
8.0Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujouou-hen
Fall 2012
8.2Shinsekai yori
Spring 2024
8.5Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 3
Summer 2024
8.9[Oshi no Ko] 2nd Season
Spring 2021
8.4Fruits Basket: The Final
Summer 1999
7.8GTO
Summer 2006
7.4Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
Fall 2017
7.6Inuyashiki
Winter 2023
7.1Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!
Fall 2012
8.6K
Shiguang Dailiren
Spring 2018
7.9Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara - Tootsuki Ressha-hen
Summer 2024
8.8Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria
Summer 2013
8.0Monogatari Series: Second Season
Spring 1998
8.1TRIGUN
Fall 2013
6.9Magi: The kingdom of magic
Spring 2018
8.2Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
Spring 2010
7.8K-ON!!
Spring 2022
8.3Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu. 2
Winter 2016
8.4Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen
Winter 2018
8.1Sora yori mo Tooi Basho
Summer 2021
6.8Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon S
Fall 2011
7.6Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
Spring 2022
7.1Tomodachi Game
Spring 2015
8.7Nisekoi:
Fall 2023
7.5Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season - Kanketsu-hen Kouhen
Fall 2020
8.5Akudama Drive
Winter 2020
8.1Made in Abyss: Fukaki Tamashii no Reimei
Winter 2015
8.1Kuroko no Basket 3rd SEASON
Summer 2023
8.3Horimiya: piece
Fall 2017
7.1Houseki no Kuni
Spring 2021
8.1Gokushufudou
Spring 2023
7.8Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu
Spring 2017
8.1Tsuki ga Kirei
Winter 2026
6.5Yuusha Kei ni Shosu: Choubatsu Yuusha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku
Summer 2022
6.8Hataraku Maou-sama!!
Summer 2006
8.5Zero no Tsukaima
Summer 2022
7.4Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou
Fall 2018
7.1Zombie Land Saga
Fall 2012
7.7Sukitte Ii na yo.
Fall 2021
7.5Blue Period
Fall 2009
8.3Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
Winter 2015
7.8Shingeki no Kyojin Gaiden: Kuinaki Sentaku
Summer 2025
8.0Kaijuu 8-gou 2nd Season
Spring 2015
7.7Hibike! Euphonium
Fall 2012
8.0Nekomonogatari (Kuro)
Spring 2018
8.7Hinamatsuri
Winter 2017
8.7Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen
Spring 2023
6.5Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai
Fall 2010
8.2Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
Winter 2018
7.2Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou
Fall 2014
8.0Grisaia no Kajitsu
Fall 2017
8.4Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower
Summer 2019
7.8Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou
Summer 2007
6.3Evangelion Shin Movie: Jo
Spring 2016
6.1Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
Winter 2018
8.7citrus
Fall 2000
8.5Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING!
Summer 2016
Airing8.4Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen
Summer 2026
7.6Mushoku Tensei III: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
Fall 2014
7.5THE LAST: NARUTO THE MOVIE
Winter 2023
7.6Tokyo Revengers: Seiya Kessen-hen
Summer 2023
7.5Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon
Fall 2018
7.3FAIRY TAIL (2018)
Xian Wang De Richang Shenghuo
Winter 2021
6.3BEASTARS 2nd Season
Winter 2020
7.5Plunderer
Fall 2024
6.9Blue Lock VS. U-20 JAPAN
Summer 2013
8.6Blood Lad
Summer 2023
8.2BLEACH: Sennen Kessen-hen - Ketsubetsu-tan
Spring 2013
7.1Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu
Fall 2019
7.7Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo
Spring 2018
6.5Megalo Box
Winter 2021
8.1Nanatsu no Taizai: Funnu no Shinpan
Summer 2025
8.6Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
Summer 2025
7.7Takopii no Genzai
Spring 2018
6.9Golden Kamuy
Summer 2021
8.1Seirei Gensouki
Winter 2024
7.7Yubisaki to Renren
Fall 2013
7.8Nagi no Asukara
Fall 2018
Yagate Kimi ni Naru
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Emotional anime anime
Is "emotional" the same as sad?
No — this covers anime that make you feel something real, with characters who earn every tear instead of forcing it; it can be sadness, but also joy or nostalgia done well.
How is it different from "melancholic"?
Emotional goes for the reaction in the moment (that scene that gets you); melancholic is more of an aftertaste, a bittersweet feeling that lingers longer than the episode itself.