Hadashi no Gen

The Oofuji Noburou Award (大藤信郎賞) is an animation award given at the Mainichi Film Awards. It is named after Japanese animator Noburou Oofuji.

Following the death of Noburou Oofuji in 1961, Mainichi established a new award in his honor to recognize animation excellence. A specialist in silhouette animation, Oofuji was one of the earliest Japanese animators to gain international recognition.

With the growth of the animation industry in Japan, the award in the 1980s came to be dominated by big budget studio productions, over the work of the independent animators for whose efforts it was originally established. To address this concern, the Animation Grand Award was established to reward large scale cinematic animation, enabling the Oofuji award to focus on shorter pieces again.

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These anime all portray historically detailed and accurate tales set during or relating to the Second World War. While some are purely fictional, others are autobiographical in nature. In addition, all of these films give great insight into the Japanese perspective on the war and the bombings which have ever since traumatized the nation.

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Anime that depict the life of people during World War 2 and its consequences. List may be incomplete since it only contains series that I'm currently aware of.

characters are put in depressing situations

Classic 20th-century series and films that most old-school otaku have heard of and many older fans will cite as the reason they became a life-long weeb in the first place. Some have gotten sequels or modern reboots, while others have been relegated to the past and stand alone as fondly-remembered products of their time. If you want to take a journey through anime history, these shows are the place to start!

Additional info as requested by MAL staff:

Definition of classic: "A work of art of recognized and established value."

Criteria for this list: Were popular or well-known at some point during the 20th century, or were based on well-known source material of the time.

pov: you are experiencing the ups and downs of life
watch them in order

Anime adaptions of Weekly Shonen Jump manga

If you want Ghibli Movies, go to my another stack https://myanimelist.net/stacks/5992

This is a part of a series of stacks that are about artistic tendencies in anime (and that border the fine line between sophisticated and pretentious).

This stack is a work in progress.

Bibliography:
Bingham, Adam. “Distant Voices, Still Lives: Love, Loss, and Longing in the work of Makoto Shinkai.” Asian Cinema. 20:2 (2009): 217-225.
Griffin, Blake. “Cowboy Bebop: The Acceptance of Loss.” Medium.com. 26 June 2020.
Lack, Jonathan R. “Elegy for a Lost Tomorrow: Representations of Loss in the Works of Isao Takahata.” 2015. University of Colorado, Master’s Thesis. 25-30.
Napier, Susan J. “Elegies.” Anime from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 275-278.

Movies that bang
Some of them are short movies

50 beautiful anime movies.

Japan has waged countless wars within its territories and beyond her shores for thousands of years now, and in anime we can see some of the perspectives, interpretations and depictions the Japanese people have developed with regards to this topic.

In this stack list I have gathered what I consider to be the essential anime with the theme of war, whether they show it from the perspective of the soldiers who fight them or from the experience of the bystander civilians who have to endure its effects on society and the environment. War is a theme that comes up, even tangentially, in most of everything, so I can't really make a list of every good anime that has some reference to war in it, so here I tried to put shows that either have a direct focus on war as a core theme, or shows whose main focus isn't war and only have war related elements in certain limited sections, but still do provide an interesting and valuable perspective on it when the theme of war eventually comes up.

I don't necessarily agree with all of these shows' views on war (I actively disagree with some), nor do I believe every show here is good. I just think that all of these could offer interesting insight on the different perspectives about war that come up in Japanese animation. You decide which view of war you agree with the most or find most emotionally genuine and politically nuanced.

These are the best works anime can offer.

Includes:
• Oscar nominated works/Award Winning Films
• Well perceived works by critics
• Works with well-crafted, compelling story and character interactions
• Well perceived avant-garde/daring works
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Disclaimer: These works won't always be magnum opus.

These anime have strong & dark depictions of suffering, mental illness, trauma violence, sex and various sociopolitical and economic problems in a grounded way and without sugarcoating it, although in fiction it is often impossible to completely avoid the distorting lense of epicness or melodrama when portraying reality.

When I say that these shows portray reality, I don't mean to say that they are necessarily based in material reality, as some are sci-fi or fantasy. What I mean, is that these shows portray the bleak and harrowing aspects of human condition without pulling any punches, and without romanticizing it (to some extent).

These shows often have a positive and hopeful overall message and/or ending sometimes, so I wouldn't call this a list of "depressing" shows. However, they have in common that they revolve around brutal and mature depictions of psychological, physical and spiritual pain of individuals and society, while also having a haunting and opressive feel to them.

Grupinho de amigos vendo filmes aleatórios
Little group of friends watching random movies



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🐭Hanabi (https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kiridoo)

『Perfect Blue
    Tenshi no Tamago
    Mind Game
    Summer Wars
    Tsumiki no Ie
    Sennen Joyuu
    Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda.
    Koukaku Kidoutai』


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🐷Under (https://myanimelist.net/profile/UnderlineN)

『Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari
    Dead Leaves
    Giovanni no Shima
    Inaka Isha
    Buttobi! CPU
    Macross: Do You Remember Love?
    Mimi wo Sumaseba
    Robot Carnival
    Memories』


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🐶Lupagon (https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lupagom)

『Hello World
    Boku no Hero Academia the Movie 3
    Howl no Ugoku Shiro
    Majo no Takkyuubin
    Kaguya-hime no Monogatari
    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower
    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - II. Lost Butterfly
    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song
』


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🐮Gabriel (https://myanimelist.net/profile/Gabriel10419)

『Genocyber
    Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu
    Hotarubi no Mori e
    Saint☆Oniisan (Movie)
    Blame! Movie
    Juubee Ninpuuchou』


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🐵Caroline (https://myanimelist.net/profile/Caroline32)

『Lupin III: The first
    Ongaku
    Lupin III: Fuuma Ichizoku no Inbou
    Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
    Tenki no Ko
    Entotsu Machi no Poupelle
    Hadashi no Gen』
   

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These are anime Iv seen that I feel have an undercurrent of sadness to them. Hopefully you find something new!

Includes:
• Anime that depicts a culture accurately, seriously and maturely.
• Series that are purely historic
• Historically accurate works
• Traditions
• Historical settings