Death of Sad animes??

[Knowname]

K I was just watching Soukyuu No Fafnir: Right of Left and it kept me up all night, it was so sad. I could recall a time when I could virtually expect that after most series' now... whatever happened to the rule where the hero/ heroine dies in some traumatic event of epic proportions like Rahxephon, EVA, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun and on and on and on. Can you think of ANY recent animes that are as traumatic?? Seriously all animes in recent memory are either harem/ 4h like K-ON or Haruhi or action (but the main character DOESN'T die!!) like Black Cat!! What's up with that?? I mean there are a few spice of life things too, but the genre where a BUNCH of nice folks die in some TERRIBLE AND CLATACLYSMIC event just doesn't exist today and I don't know why?? Were they not selling? Were they not the most popular series' in 2003-2004 etc? Do you think Hideaki Ano gets more revenue from EVA or Kare Kano?? SERIOUSLY.

[Fall_Child42]

THREAD OF MASSIVE SPOILERS.

Spoiler :

Gurren Lagann has a really big really sad moment in it.

[The Origonal Head Hunter]

Apparently spice of life is what the Japanese want.

[Kariudo]

Gundam 00 (both seasons)

Spoiler :

Lockon Dies, Tieria essentially dies, Saji's sister dies, Louise's entire family dies, two of the three Trinity siblings die, I'm pretty sure Wang Liu Min dies...if not then her brother sure does...maybe both, and a bunch of misc characters bite the dust

Code Geass (both seasons)

Spoiler :

Lol Euphie, Lol Shirley, Lol Rollo, Lol Lelouch, Lol emporer

Clannad ~After Story~

Spoiler :

Nagisa Dies, and then Ushio Dies...but they don't stay dead.

Gurren Lagann was already mentioned
Death Note

Spoiler :

L dies, Light dies, Light's dad dies

[Kitaeryu]

Spoiler :

Code Geass R2

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[Flame-X]

Gundam 00 (both seasons)

Spoiler :

Lockon Dies, Tieria essentially dies, Saji's sister dies, Louise's entire family dies, two of the three Trinity siblings die, I'm pretty sure Wang Liu Min dies...if not then her brother sure does...maybe both, and a bunch of misc characters bite the dust

Ok, Lockon's death and a couple others I can understand but, Trinity Siblings and Wang Liu Mei? Their's aren't even sad, in fact they deserve it.

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One series I like to mention is Space Runaway Ideon. Most of you have never heard of it or may have but never seen it. It's a very old underrated mecha anime made in the 1980s and was directed by the creator of Gundam, Yoshiyuki Tomino. He earned the nick name "Kill'em All Tomino" because he literally killed off EVERY character in this anime. Some deaths are funny to watch especially the grunts in the first half the series however most of the tragic deaths comes near the end of the series. Someone uploaded a video compiling all deaths of the major characters. You see people getting shot multiple times, kids getting getting their heads popped off by bazookas, main pilot's girlfriend's head blown off, characters getting burned to death, and so on. If you watch this video, you can see the level of violence taken on this show.

http://tinyurl.com/mm8upo

Most of the death scenes were from the 2nd Ideon movie Be Invoked. The 2 movies are basically compilation movies while the 2nd gives the true ending to the series. Even though this show will not likely appeal to many people and never get licensed, give the 2 movies a try. It's definitely worth the watch.

[Sukunai]

Hmm death isn't the only thing that can make a person sad you know.

Watching a lot of romance driven anime can be sad if it is relationship driven and the boy girl ratio means someone get's left out.

[Knowname]

I think I've become immune to the loser boy losing out on the chick thing... or the chick dying. It's all been done, and just like the 'everybody dying' complex to enter the millennium I bet this will change and become virtually nonexistent for a bit. It's all so predictable.

[Chiikaboom]

people need to stop fawning over this new otaku harem anime shet so we can get stuff like the good old shows where character development was actually important and tragedies arent solely based on killing a bunch of loli girls off one by one.

But with how the economy is right now its not likely that anyone in the anime industry will be willing to take such a gamble.

[Knowname]

tragedies arent solely based on killing a bunch of loli girls off one by one.

where? where is that?? I'd love to see that death to ria, death to haruhi, mitsumi and mai!! HAHAHAHAHAA!