For those of you who think Anime is for kids, think again.Anime can be as disturbing and gross as a Hollywood flick with insane amounts of Violence, Sadism, and down-right Disturbing stuff.
Here is a list of few Anime with horrendously disturbing themes.
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the problem is if you hate killing and you watch this animation thinking it is all about drama/romance otherwise, the animation scenes aren't disturbing.
How many ppl here think Elfen Lied must have been included ?
Also, the revived mother from Fullmetal Alchemist was messed up.
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Just the humming part alone was enough if you know what I'm saying...
Gantz had it's fair share of disturbing moments too as did the entire first episode of Ga Rai Zero.
But if u want me to tell u the most depressing, gloomy, sad anime the one that ete my soul the first time I watch it & blackened my heart then that's definitely Saikano... I dont even want to remember it to be honest because just the memory of it make my stomach all tighten inside & give me a horrible sick feeling.
Anyway that's it I suggest every1 to avoid it at all cost u have nothing to gain by watching it & a lot to loose like your sanity for example...
Disagree about the horror movies bit though.. I've been watching horrors as far back as I can remember and some anime stuff has been quite shocking. Obviously the gore shock factor wasn't there but seeing main characters get ripped apart like in Gantz really got to me.
As for Saikano fck it, dont bother there is no reason for u to suffer this brainfck, to be honest I dont know if this anime will have the same effect with u as it have with me but from what I read in various forums a lot of ppl felt the same way, with few of them saying that it took them 1 week to get it out of their minds & finally move on..
Seen all the hellraisers.. even the low budget latest ones sadly. I used to be a huge horror fan and grew up on late 80s early 90s ones. The thing animes do very well that the large majority of horrors lack is character building.. seeing characters you've came to love over the span of 20ish episodes get ripped apart is pretty shocking in ways that most horrors just can't match.
But Clanad-sad & Saikano-sad is something else Saikano get the whole sad & depressing thing to a whole different level read some comments I found from various discussion to get a taste from what I talking about:
"It will rip your heart out and repeatedly smash it without restraint."
"SaiKano hands down most depressing stuff ever, you need days to recover after seeing it (and several boxes of tissues and anti-depressiva during it)"
"Saikano, that show was like a constant "well, if that didn't make you sad, wait until you see this!" from the creators."
"Saikano crushed me for like a week."
"Saikano is easily the most depressing work of fiction I've ever seen on ANY medium (books, live-action, anime, etc.)."
"Saikano. It's worlds more depressing than the next most depressing thing I've ever seen. Watching it seems somewhat akin to suicide."
"Holy cow. Saikano was hellish to watch. I'm not into sad depressing slap in your face reality anime's so when I picked up and watched Saikano(don't ask why) the outcome was jut plain ugly. I was pretty down for atleast a whole week."
"I am going to warn you straight off the bat; this is probably one of the most depressing anime in existence. You're going to want to keep anything you can hurt yourself with far away from you as you go through the series."
I hope that's enough to get an idea of what most ppl felt after watching this anime.
I thought it was a sad story and all, but they studio behind that kinda made some scenes over-dramatic as if they're trying to hint to you to start crying or something, which ruined the moment. At least that's how it came across to me.
The final scene of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann had more of a impactful ending, IMO.
In terms of Disturbing scenes, there are many likes those mentioned in the article...