have you ever cried after watching an anime ? ***SPOILERS***

[ChronoShadow131]

The endings to both Saikano and Chrno Crusade elicited tears, along with some parts of Berserk. It all depends on how attached I've gotten to the characters who are dying.

[Orangel]

It all depends on how attached I've gotten to the characters who are dying.

It's not always the charachters have to die to elicit tears.........is it?

I tend to get more affected when the characters get this disbelief-shocked look and then burst into sad agressiveness.

Or when characters sacrifice themselves for their loved ones....cracks me up.

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But then again, when Toboe, Hige, Blue and Tsume started dying in Wolf's rain, my God, that was it for me.

[NekoArts]

It all depends on how attached I've gotten to the characters who are dying.

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But then again, when Toboe, Hige, Blue and Tsume started dying in Wolf's rain, my God, that was it for me.

~sniffles~ blue... ;_; damn she had the most amazing high kick o.o lol



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I think I almost cried too at the end of cowboy bebop...damn spike, allhe had to do was push back a little with his right foot as he grabbed his gun and vicious' sword would have only cut in about half an inch into his gut and he would have survived.[/code]

[NekoArts]

Sorry about ^

I honestly thought that would work -.-...

[ChronoShadow131]

It's not always the charachters have to die to elicit tears.........is it?

Not necessarily, but character death is usually the only way to elicit tears of sadness, at least for me.

[gangstaj8]

This is such an interesting forum, I think I feel safe actually saying that it's quite touching. So I might as well share a bit too.

The endings to ... Chrno Crusade elicited tears

That one got me too. I think it was mainly the voice actors commitment to Rosette's character that brought tears, their situation was merely the vehicle. The only other anime I've cried during was in Samurai X: Reflection. Near the end when Sano is taking care of Kenshin and he tells him "There is nothing left for you to do." That moment is now etched into my mind, and it usually brings tears.

I think I have a weird kind of disconnection to most anime, emotionally speaking. I would say it has to do with my ability (or inability) to suspend my disbelief. There's quite a number of live action movies I've been choked-up by, and I think it's because there's a real actor on screen that I can more easliy connect with. Basically, a scene in a movie that made me cry probably wouldn't have the same effect if it were the same scene in animation.

[Orangel]

I think I have a weird kind of disconnection to most anime, emotionally speaking. I would say it has to do with my ability (or inability) to suspend my disbelief.

Well, I'd say try going through the anime series when you're tired (but not sleepy), or when you have some personal problems.

You will be amazd at how physical or mental fatigue would totally shatter your disbelief barrier.

Sad inducing moments in anime are NOT to watch in your happy mood (though some anime totally killed my happy mood when I sat watching and didn't know what the show was about).

[gangstaj8]

You will be amazd at how physical or mental fatigue would totally shatter your disbelief barrier.

Oh, trust me, I can agree with you there. However, I was refering to a persons willingness to purposefully suspend their disbelief of a given performance, like a movie or a play. Not to fatigue themselves to the piont were they'll believe practically anything. (I know that's an extreme example, but I just want to make myself clear.) When people go to the movies, they understand that the actors are just portraying a character and aren't actually that person. That is fact. When a person won't involve themselves with the story because they keep telling themselves that all those people on the screen are just actors, that is disbelief. When we suspend that disbelief we are no longer preoccupied with the mechanics of movies, and therefore can enjoy the actual story, and in some, rare cases, the plot.

Is this making sense to anyone else? It makes perfect sense in my mind. I've been an actor for years so I can suspend or sustain my disbelief on cue, literally. All I'm really trying to say is this: I don't connect as well with an animated character as I do with a live action actor, emotionally. And it has nothing to do with my level of fatigue. I think I'll shut up now and let you good people have your forum back.

[Orangel]

Is this making sense to anyone else? It makes perfect sense in my mind. I've been an actor for years so I can suspend or sustain my disbelief on cue, literally. All I'm really trying to say is this: I don't connect as well with an animated character as I do with a live action actor, emotionally. And it has nothing to do with my level of fatigue. I think I'll shut up now and let you good people have your forum back.

I am getting you there, and you make perfect sense.

When reading you, I thought you had actors in mind before stating that you were once one.

But anyways, I think the materials we are brought up to watch affects our susceptiblilty to relating to anime characters.

I was watching anime since before I can remember, hence my connection to it.

I do not think I am able to relate to movie actors or events, but interestingly enough, when the movie is done in a way that resembles anime, it starts to really draw me in.

On the other hand, when the anime starts resembling real life or real life movies, I get detached.

It's that element of the fantastic, its mere presence is what draws me in.

But still, I have to admit that when I do shed tears at anime, I do it in private.

[gangstaj8]

But anyways, I think the materials we are brought up to watch affects our susceptiblilty to relating to anime characters.

I was watching anime since before I can remember, hence my connection to it.

Makes sense, and I'm near the other side of the spectrum having only started getting into anime during the last 4 or 5 years. This could make for a very interesting psychology study, you know. Though, I'm sure it's not what Kagome89 had in mind when they started this thread.