CATDOLL: Among the animations selected by overseas animation critics as "definitely will make you cry", Anohana is not one of them?

Recently, Anime News Network, the most popular animation website in North America, released a list of nine "animations that will definitely make you cry" selected by animation critics in Europe and the United States. The types of animations selected from the perspective of European and American film critics are really different from the results in Japan. It seems that sometimes foreigners' tastes are really different. Let's take a look at the results together.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

The plot unfolds brilliantly at the beginning of the animation, catching the audience off guard and making them remember the work. In every subsequent episode, someone dies or goes crazy. Although it is cruel, the real theme of the story - hope and despair - slowly blooms in these cruelties. It is an absolutely depressing work, but it is very popular.

Wolf Children Rain and Snow

The story of her mother Hua's half life is told through the voice of her daughter Xue. In less than two hours, one can feel not only the mother's love, but also the vicissitudes of life, the perseverance of women, the hardships of life, the joy and pain of growing up, the warmth and restraint of the family, the anxiety and choices of the future, and of course Hua's optimistic attitude towards life.

Silver Spoon

This is a campus animation set in an agricultural high school in Hokkaido. The slogan of the work is "a youth story stained with sweat, tears and mud". There is warmth, laughter and tears. This feeling reminds me of "Honey and Clover", where people are confused and don't know their dreams, but have dreams and keep working hard to realize them. The ordinary makes people can't help but feel warm in their eyes.

Wolf Rain

In a cold world that is gradually heading towards decline, there is a vague sense of warm happiness when seeing the wolves chasing paradise. This contrast between cruelty and tenderness captured my heart. Although the story has an unhappy ending, we can see the loneliness and perseverance of the wolves, the desire, struggle, kindness and depravity of humans in the last days, and the hope hidden behind the sad journey of the wolves.

Revolutionary Girl

"I would rather be a brave and handsome prince than a protected princess." But the heroine Utena did not become a real prince. Whether in the TV version, the comic version or the theatrical version, she was just a "nosy brave man" in the end. The fight for the Rose Bride was just an absurd and tragic drama. Although the director left us a glimmer of hope in the tragic ending.

God's Absence Sunday

At first glance, it seems to be a fresh girl animation, but the heaviness of reality is particularly striking, and a faint sadness is invisibly permeated in the abnormal daily life. If humans can no longer die, what will the world become? This is a story about the relationship between people, between the living and the dead, between the living who don't want to live and the dead who don't want to die in a world abandoned by God.

Magic Housekeeper

It seems to be a funny and erotic show, but after each episode, there is a cold countdown of Masho's life. Although she knows that she has not much time left, she still works hard, lives, and laughs for the people she loves. Although she also mutters to herself "I don't want to die" under the cherry tree, in the end, Masho still uses the last glory of her life to protect the most important person to her.

Trigun

This classic film from 1998 echoes Cowboy Bebop. The first half of the animation is humorous and funny, while the second half is dark. In the end, the priest Nicholas D. Ulut died for the ideals of the law repairer, and his heroic expression before death lingered for a long time.

CLANNAD

This work can be said to be a classic tear-jerking animation. The story is laid out layer by layer and slowly unfolds in seemingly daily life. He meets a group of girls, and then Nagisa's unfortunate death, Tomoya's loss and decadence, and when he feels breathless, he is saved. The constant twists and turns make people cry.

Looking at the above selection results, I feel that some animations are really tear-jerking, but some works are not tear-jerking enough. In addition, animations like "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day" are not on the list. It seems that the tear-jerking points in Europe and the United States are indeed different from ours. They seem to be more passionate? But animations like "One Piece" are not on the list. What do you think? Which animations do you think touch your tears? Let's talk about it together.