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Jul 6, 2015 1:26 PM
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Could you recommend me some shows that deal with death and dying? Aside from Bokurano and Angel Beats! (watched the latter, the former is on my PTW list).
“Happiness is the abscence of the striving for happiness.”
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Jul 6, 2015 1:27 PM
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Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Clannad After Story
Jul 6, 2015 1:29 PM
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Plastic Memories

Jul 6, 2015 1:30 PM
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Death Parade
Jul 6, 2015 1:30 PM
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Death Parade/billiards
Colorful
Ai Bungaku series
Mind Game

Some that stood out in the older thread.
http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1348384
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Jul 6, 2015 1:38 PM
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FMA kinda.

Anime is good, fucking deal with it.
Jul 6, 2015 1:46 PM
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Grave of the Fireflies
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
Jul 6, 2015 1:52 PM
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Blood c
Black bullet
11 eyes
Ao no exorcist
C3
Copse party
D grey man
Devil may cry
Jul 6, 2015 1:54 PM
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+1 to Death Parade
Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl)
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Jul 6, 2015 1:59 PM

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Mobile Suit Victory Gundam xD
Jul 6, 2015 2:03 PM

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Moved
Jul 6, 2015 2:07 PM
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To say once again, Death Parade. It's an extremely good show and I would recommend. Monster also deals with dying (although more killing) and that's one of my personal best anime I've watched.
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Jul 6, 2015 2:08 PM

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Usagi Drop
AnoHana
Hal (Movie)
+1 Death Parade
+1 Clannad: After Story
Jul 6, 2015 2:18 PM

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air
death parade
clannad after story
grave of the fireflies
shigatsu wa kimi no uso
anohana
hal
akame ga kill
another
Jul 6, 2015 3:29 PM

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Jul 6, 2015 3:35 PM

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I feel like I'm spoiling stuff by giving recommendations of this type

Jul 6, 2015 3:57 PM

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Haibane Renmei
+1 Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
+1 Colorful
Jul 6, 2015 4:03 PM

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bacchi said:
Haibane Renmei
+1 Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
+1 Colorful

I was just wondering, how in the hell has no one mentioned Haibane Renmei, and then finally your post.

+1 Haibane Renmei
+1 Colorful
+1 Death Parade
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Jul 6, 2015 4:10 PM
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Not to repeat the others.
Kara no Kyoukai doesn't deal directly with death, but it expores the theme and all its nuances in a way few animes do. The first movie makes that very clear. Death is something very precious and special in the story and more importantly, it's not a plot device. It's a moving mechanism for the characters. Which make the plot move.

Another anime that wasn't mentioned so far is Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi. It's much lighter, it portrays death as something very beautiful and not so gloomy. It's a nice fantasy story.
Jul 6, 2015 4:11 PM
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+1 Casshern Sins, best of everything recommended here with the themes of mortality and shortness of life

rest of the recommenations kind of follow a common pattern of ppl finding themself in some kind of purgatory or afterlife or simulation. Of these +1 Haibane Renmei
Jul 6, 2015 4:37 PM

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waterflame said:
Kara no Kyoukai doesn't deal directly with death, but it expores the theme and all its nuances in a way few animes do. The first movie makes that very clear. Death is something very precious and special in the story and more importantly, it's not a plot device. It's a moving mechanism for the characters. Which make the plot move.

In other words, it deals with death.
Jul 7, 2015 5:46 AM

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Nice to see a recommendation for Dennou Coil in this thread. A second for Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 as well.
Jul 7, 2015 7:16 AM

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+1 Magnitude 8.0
All credit goes to Sacred.
Jul 7, 2015 7:16 AM

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+1 Colorful (movie)
Jul 7, 2015 7:34 AM

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+1 Jigoku Shoujo
+1 Death Parade
Jul 7, 2015 7:44 AM

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Aetr said:
+1 Jigoku Shoujo
+1 Death Parade

ps you shouldn't watch to much of Jigoku Shoujo at once because the concept of each ep is the same so it could get boring.

Also:
Btooom!
Death Note
Tokyo Ghoul
Elfen Lied
School Days
Jul 7, 2015 8:31 AM

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+1 Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso- really great anime that centers on death.
Jul 7, 2015 11:06 AM

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If you want characters dying +1 Akame Ga Kill.
Jul 7, 2015 11:35 AM

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Another
Jul 7, 2015 12:09 PM

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+1 Death Parade
+1 Hal
+1 Anohana

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