| +1 Shinsekai Yori. It's exactly what you're looking for. :) |
| Since you are looking for a "really happy note" in the ending, many of the recommendations already given don't exactly fit the mark. They are more "bittersweet" or "provides closure" than the "happily ever after" you are probably looking for. Two shows with a lot of dark and sad themes but end really happily that come to mind are Kara no Kyoukai and Gosick. These shows have genuinely happy ending, as opposed to bittersweet ones like many of the titles already recommended (i.e. Mahou Shoujo Madoka, Shinsekai Yori, Code Geass). |
janinso said: +1 Shinsekai Yori. It's exactly what you're looking for. :) |
 All credit goes to Sacred. |
| Another +1 for shinsekai yori. Rainbow: Nisha rokubou no shichinin is pretty good too. |
| Bring me a bucket, and I'll show you a bucket. |
| Noein |
| Now and Then, Here and There |
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| +1 shinsekai yor |
| My favorite quotes from animes: Those who seek miracles will never experience one. The hand of salvation only extends to people who try to make miracles happen. - Ef a tale of melodies. I destroy worlds. I create worlds. - Code geass We are humans. - Shinsekai yori 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10km run EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! - One punch man |
| -Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni -Shiki -Zankyou no Terror -Wolfs Rain |
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Gigified said: I'll go for Kara no Kyoukai! It's on my list for a while, I just didn't know that it would fit in those characteristics, thanks guys! Haha. :thumbsup: You are in for sth. extraordinary there. Hope you can enjoy it. See you in two months. :p (it really took me 7 weeks (!) to watch them all (not : Mirai Fukuin) - the first film had me so full with respect, I did not want to rush; let each one sink in. Also after the first one I was afraid that following ones possibly can not keep up to it. ) And yes, to me it fits your request of : Gigified said: dark, gritty and sad but ends with a really happy note my advice on watching Kara no Kyoukai : - better turn off your (cell)phone before starting any of the movies. Else ...  - This is stuff that really deserves to be watched as-HD-as-possible, big screen if possible. Scenery at times is incredibly gorgeous. here is a non-spoilerish example - just an empty school hallway, and it does not even properly show how much the warm light is "glowing" in-anime in this scenery : - if you can, watch it complete with the "cinema opening"s, these are adorable in their own right. If you do not have them, 4 or 5 are on youtube, but sadly not all. :( http://myanimelist.net/anime/23697/Kara_no_Kyoukai:_Manner_Movies - watch it not late-night when tired (nor drunk nor stoned), it is made to be enjoyed best with brains and attention at full capacity. Needs full fokus, no doing other things on the side. - maybe not watch the epilogue - it tries to break everything down for those who feel need for more (clearer /simpler) answers. It does so by dumbing down things too much, and in some parts even contradicting what has been established in the 7 films. :( but, again, the scenery is gorgeous. This snow. |
| *darn, using my right hand is off-limits for a while. Typing with my left hand only is ... eww.* |
| Mirrai Nikki, then watch the OVA, which is the happy ver. of it Stain;Gate, quite decent Neon Genesis Evangelion, then End of Evangelion Madoka and then Yuuki Yuuna |
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| Onanie Master Kurosawa might float your boat. |
| +1 Neon Genesis Evangelion & End of Evangelion (it's more uplifting than downright happy though.) Have fun with Kara no Kyoukai. |
| Forgot to mention. If you want to watch Kara no Kyoukai, it may be a good idea to watch in chronological order instead of airing/book order. Some have found that to be less confusing and more enjoyable. Chronological order is: 2 > 4 > 3 > 1 > 5 > 6 > 7 > 8 |
Rinth said: Forgot to mention. If you want to watch Kara no Kyoukai, it may be a good idea to watch in chronological order instead of airing/book order. Some have found that to be less confusing and more enjoyable. Chronological order is: 2 > 4 > 3 > 1 > 5 > 6 > 7 > 8 Just NO! For Buddha's sake, trust the author!, and take it the way it was meant to be taken. (damn, how much I wish it would have run in cinemas here :( ) There is REASON to why they are in exactly that order they are in. And this notion that less confusing equals more enjoyable is - well anyone who can't live with enigma or mystery (even if only for a while, things will explain themselves later on) then : maybe, though unlikely. And only maybe, because - well, frankly, who can not grasp Kara no Kyoukai in its original order probably can not grasp it at all, no matter what order they watch the films. And on the other hand for some (many/ most ?) of us, who have no problem with a saga going in in medias res and some details and background being treated only later, it would have lost quality by watching it in chronological order. But all in all I think gigified will probably not read any more posts here for a while, for already being swallowed by that whale that is Kara no Kyoukai. :p ---------------------- @ everyone else : move on, nothing to see here. :D |
BannoBunka_snorkOct 29, 2015 5:54 PM
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