Sad and wistful anime songs
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Sad and wistful anime songs
They're having a sad and wistful anime song discussion on Crunchyroll. The problem is that I can't think of many sad or wistful anime songs. Can you guys think of any (especially the older songs)?
The only ones that come immediately to my mind are Video Girl closing song for sad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90XPx_m3O-M
and the Please Save My Earth song for wistful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YACSbe0fnE0
Can anyone think of any?
I must just forget the sad songs.
The only ones that come immediately to my mind are Video Girl closing song for sad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90XPx_m3O-M
and the Please Save My Earth song for wistful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YACSbe0fnE0
Can anyone think of any?
I must just forget the sad songs.
Last edited by Keropi on Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
Well, all of the Legend of Galactic Heroes endings are sad in a way, especially the third ending. I would link to it, but it's not on youtube. The third ending has a beautiful song while Julian looks through photographs of friends in happier times. Painful to watch by the end of the third season.
edit: ah hah! found someone who uploaded all the endings in one big file:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeTKZNVRyHM
Specifically, here's the third ending:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeTKZNVRyHM#t=03m03s
Wistful is easier than truly sad I think, but some can be considered sad I guess. Akachan to Boku's first ending is pretty sad and sweet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOvSvxqRfJA
Ayatsuri Sakon's ending I would call wistful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_MsqulrNCo
Ending of Ginga Sengoku Gunyuuden Rai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqrZuJJE88U
Metropolis There'll Never Be Goodbye:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBiW2MZTbfY
Forever Love from X the Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzvwkdGlk28
Not a fan of Technolyze, but the end credits song always felt pretty sad to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMM_25fgBJA
Windaria's Beautiful Planet is wistful imho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ykcd-vZfQM
And Voices from Macross Plus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tud4JUiPDRk
edit: just thought of another good one. Nyaasu no Uta from Pokemon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOWj9ESpA2U
Also maybe Kaze to Isshoni (ending of the Japanese version of first Pokemon movie), not entirely sad, but I think qualifies as wistful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1JLTqKJHcI
Oh, and the most cheerful Maison Ikkoku opening ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKtZ6WuqJ8U
You could probably also include some of the other Maison Ikkoku endings like Ashita Hareruka and Fantasy.
gah, I'm depressing myself. No more looking for sad anime stuff for today.
edit: ah hah! found someone who uploaded all the endings in one big file:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeTKZNVRyHM
Specifically, here's the third ending:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeTKZNVRyHM#t=03m03s
Wistful is easier than truly sad I think, but some can be considered sad I guess. Akachan to Boku's first ending is pretty sad and sweet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOvSvxqRfJA
Ayatsuri Sakon's ending I would call wistful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_MsqulrNCo
Ending of Ginga Sengoku Gunyuuden Rai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqrZuJJE88U
Metropolis There'll Never Be Goodbye:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBiW2MZTbfY
Forever Love from X the Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzvwkdGlk28
Not a fan of Technolyze, but the end credits song always felt pretty sad to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMM_25fgBJA
Windaria's Beautiful Planet is wistful imho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ykcd-vZfQM
And Voices from Macross Plus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tud4JUiPDRk
edit: just thought of another good one. Nyaasu no Uta from Pokemon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOWj9ESpA2U
Also maybe Kaze to Isshoni (ending of the Japanese version of first Pokemon movie), not entirely sad, but I think qualifies as wistful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1JLTqKJHcI
Oh, and the most cheerful Maison Ikkoku opening ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKtZ6WuqJ8U
You could probably also include some of the other Maison Ikkoku endings like Ashita Hareruka and Fantasy.
gah, I'm depressing myself. No more looking for sad anime stuff for today.
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Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
Here's the only one i can think of now:
Full Moon wo Sagashite 3rd Ending song: "Eternal Snow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSSkpD0IjTk
It's ussually difficult for me to recognize these songs because i almost never care about song lyrics. However, in this case, this ending started playing in some of the saddest episodes of the series so i had curiosity to know what the ending was saying.....
Full Moon wo Sagashite 3rd Ending song: "Eternal Snow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSSkpD0IjTk
It's ussually difficult for me to recognize these songs because i almost never care about song lyrics. However, in this case, this ending started playing in some of the saddest episodes of the series so i had curiosity to know what the ending was saying.....
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Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
Those are nice songs. They make me feel sad especially the X movie song since I seen that one and I know the context well.
I had forgotten about the Macross Plus song. That's a sad one when you know what's going to happen later on in the anime.
Thanks for the links!
Some day I will watch more of Full Moon. It'd probably be a long time from now though.
I had forgotten about the Macross Plus song. That's a sad one when you know what's going to happen later on in the anime.
Thanks for the links!
Some day I will watch more of Full Moon. It'd probably be a long time from now though.
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Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
kanashimi no mukou he from School days? lol
I still remember hearing the boiling water pot right before the song too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ3Xs86Io00
I still remember hearing the boiling water pot right before the song too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ3Xs86Io00
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Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
I love the wistful song that is the first ending to "Maeterlinck's Blue Bird," which I uncovered only by getting a DVD set on YHJ, then an all-region player from my daughter for Christmas. Unfortunately, I can only track down the title and lyrics for the second ending. Still, it's one of many unseen delights in this series, which I'm watching through in raw Japanese.
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Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
I'm a sucker for sad songs... Here you go.
5cm per second had a pretty but very sad song "One more time, one more chance"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRlGlu199o
Galaxy Railways - one of my all time favorites but I can't find any that is subbed or translated. I do have the translation though somewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C9mscj19C4
And of course a bunch of hakuouki songs are sad in order of my favorites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQCQCyPqy68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCFVyGlCR8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL58m4CgSb4
5cm per second had a pretty but very sad song "One more time, one more chance"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcRlGlu199o
Galaxy Railways - one of my all time favorites but I can't find any that is subbed or translated. I do have the translation though somewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C9mscj19C4
And of course a bunch of hakuouki songs are sad in order of my favorites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQCQCyPqy68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCFVyGlCR8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL58m4CgSb4
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Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
Good songs. I like the Hakuouki songs in the order you listed them.
Oh yeah, I forgot about the School Days ending song too. I think they only played that at the very end of the anime right? Guess that's why I forgot it.
Oh yeah, I forgot about the School Days ending song too. I think they only played that at the very end of the anime right? Guess that's why I forgot it.
Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
Good topic keropi!
I personally found Ghost Hound's ending song pretty sad and somber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXWL1V2bZUw
The ending song to Mononoke; as in the medicine seller not the Ghibli movie lol.
(cant find it on youtube )
Oh and the opening to Elfen Lied (NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl4zXuMeT6g
Hmm cant think of any others off the top of my head that haven't already been mentioned.
I personally found Ghost Hound's ending song pretty sad and somber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXWL1V2bZUw
The ending song to Mononoke; as in the medicine seller not the Ghibli movie lol.
(cant find it on youtube )
Oh and the opening to Elfen Lied (NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl4zXuMeT6g
Hmm cant think of any others off the top of my head that haven't already been mentioned.
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Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
It's not terribly old, but the ending to Utawarerumono is a longing kind of tune, I think.
'Madoromi no Rinne' by Eri Kawai:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmO78vwXL8s
'Madoromi no Rinne' by Eri Kawai:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmO78vwXL8s
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Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
My immediate thought would be Wind - 1st ending for Naruto
http://vimeo.com/40682551
Also Trinity Blood Ending - Broken Wings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LjRvJD9tgk
And finally - my favorite - Sincerely - Hikaru No Go Ending 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6W_qROnh9g
Oooops - almost forgot about this one from Black Butler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiLM9Kvyuu4
http://vimeo.com/40682551
Also Trinity Blood Ending - Broken Wings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LjRvJD9tgk
And finally - my favorite - Sincerely - Hikaru No Go Ending 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6W_qROnh9g
Oooops - almost forgot about this one from Black Butler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiLM9Kvyuu4
Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
Sad and wistful Anime songs …
Area 88’s Kanashimi no Destiny as Shin walks back to the base:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBIrvgc15dk
The Counting Song from Curse of The Undead Yoma:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Snf6LLFRg
The Counting Song from Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=016SzWwRMz4
The ending to Zambot 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFmh6mXbhk
The ending to Votoms:
TV-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h-AzXhF_AI
And OVA-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugwJj8kJ75I
The ending to Ayakashi- Samurai Horror Tales:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqiU32Q2iB0
And, for a wistful American anime song, Robotech‘s Lonely Soldier Boy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKMkA-mTO18
Area 88’s Kanashimi no Destiny as Shin walks back to the base:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBIrvgc15dk
The Counting Song from Curse of The Undead Yoma:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Snf6LLFRg
The Counting Song from Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=016SzWwRMz4
The ending to Zambot 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFmh6mXbhk
The ending to Votoms:
TV-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h-AzXhF_AI
And OVA-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugwJj8kJ75I
The ending to Ayakashi- Samurai Horror Tales:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqiU32Q2iB0
And, for a wistful American anime song, Robotech‘s Lonely Soldier Boy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKMkA-mTO18
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Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
This is the big one that was the first I thought of..... I swear this bizarre song is one of my favorites ever. It took me almost a decade to find this long out of print CD after first hearing the song. Thank heavens for Yahoo Japan.GuyvarIII wrote:The Counting Song from Curse of The Undead Yoma:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Snf6LLFRg
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Good links! I've listened to all of them. Very good songs.
I feel a particular affinity for three of them. The Elfen Lied OP always makes me feel so melancholic when I see it. I've replayed the Trinity Blood ED song so many times over the years. It was great to hear Lonely Soldier Boy. I think It's been over twenty years since I last heard it. Makes me feel quite nostalgic hearing it again.
That first Asura Cryin' first ED song was rather wistful. Maybe that's one reason I liked it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwXfYbEg0nc
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I feel a particular affinity for three of them. The Elfen Lied OP always makes me feel so melancholic when I see it. I've replayed the Trinity Blood ED song so many times over the years. It was great to hear Lonely Soldier Boy. I think It's been over twenty years since I last heard it. Makes me feel quite nostalgic hearing it again.
That first Asura Cryin' first ED song was rather wistful. Maybe that's one reason I liked it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwXfYbEg0nc
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Re: Sad and wistful anime songs
In my opinion, these songs are sad/wistful:
Outlaw Star - Hiru no Tsuki : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb6t0I5KpSk
Inuyasha - Dearest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUxsU9NVDaY
Inuyasha - No more words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uLxDMo8v5U
Wolf's Rain - Gravity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vfDYwtrLZM
Cowboy Bebop - Real Folk Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLzpXciijjA
Witch Hunter Robin - Shell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rn4EX3N0AY
Witch Hunter Robin - Half Pain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_STGcmn3YE
One Piece - Dear Friends (SPOILERS): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10Qwx4kMf7Y
Natsume Yuujinchou - Natsu Yuuzora: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_m_jerikNU
Natsume Zoku Yuujinchou - Aishiteriru: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-I-lfjNg2Q
Natsume Yuujinchou San - Kimi no Kakera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leAD2PF0Z7E
I could list more but I'll stop here T_T *curls up in a ball on the floor*
Outlaw Star - Hiru no Tsuki : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb6t0I5KpSk
Inuyasha - Dearest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUxsU9NVDaY
Inuyasha - No more words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uLxDMo8v5U
Wolf's Rain - Gravity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vfDYwtrLZM
Cowboy Bebop - Real Folk Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLzpXciijjA
Witch Hunter Robin - Shell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rn4EX3N0AY
Witch Hunter Robin - Half Pain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_STGcmn3YE
One Piece - Dear Friends (SPOILERS): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10Qwx4kMf7Y
Natsume Yuujinchou - Natsu Yuuzora: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_m_jerikNU
Natsume Zoku Yuujinchou - Aishiteriru: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-I-lfjNg2Q
Natsume Yuujinchou San - Kimi no Kakera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leAD2PF0Z7E
I could list more but I'll stop here T_T *curls up in a ball on the floor*