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Touching Anime Ballads That Make You Cry [Moving & Heart-Wrenching]

DancerFukkun:)Tatsuki Fukuda
Primarily active in Tokyo, I have experience as a backup dancer for artists, a music video dancer, and a commercial dancer. I continue to work as a dancer while also engaging in article production. After discovering Michael Jackson in junior high school, I began dancing in my second year of high school. Since starting dance, in addition to the J-Pop and Japanese rock I had been listening to, I began exploring Western R&B, rap, alternative music, and other tracks commonly used for dance. In elementary school, I spent three years in a choir, and because I love singing, I often go to karaoke for fun. These days, I enjoy a wide range of music, from Japanese rock and rap to K-pop.
A Vocaloid producer who is also a music writerWakachan Araki
I started playing guitar in middle school and focused on band activities during my student years. I’ve been a hobbyist Vocaloid producer for over 15 years. After entering the workforce, I gained experience in various roles, including event sound engineering and videography/photography. As a writer, I’ve contributed introduction articles for music and manga websites, and in 2022 I had the opportunity to write the bonus liner notes for IA SUPER BEST. My specialties are Japanese rock, Vocaloid, and manga.

Do you all watch anime?

The theme songs of the shows we watched tend to stick in our heads forever, don’t they?

In this article, I’ll introduce plenty of moving, heart-wrenching anime ballads that can bring you to tears.

I’ve gathered many powerful masterpieces that will make your heart tremble—songs I want even non-anime viewers to hear.

Give them a listen when you’re feeling a bit tired or in the mood for a good cry.

If you’re in love right now, you’re sure to find a song that hits just right.

If you’ve seen the anime, the combination of the song and the scenes will make the emotion even stronger.

If you haven’t seen the anime these songs come from, take this chance to check them out!

I think the songs will sink even deeper into your heart.

Tear-Jerking Anime Song Ballads Special [Heartwarming & Bittersweet] (71–80)

WILLTRUE

[TRUE] “WILL” MV Short Ver. (Theme Song of Violet Evergarden the Movie)

WILLTRUE

Miho Karasawa, the artist performing under the name TRUE, has had a long-standing and devoted following.

She debuted as a singer after working as a gravure idol, and later began her artistic career under the TRUE moniker as well.

“WILL” is one of her signature songs, released as the theme for the popular anime film Violet Evergarden the Movie.

The lyrics portray a resolve to spend a lifetime with someone precious.

The melody is moving too, so be sure to give it a listen.

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first loveThe Quintuplets of the Nakano Family

TV anime The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬ Non-credit ED

The Nakano Quintuplets of First Love

If you’re currently nursing a one-sided crush, you might especially relate to this.

It’s a song used as the ending theme for season 2 of the anime The Quintessential Quintuplets, based on the manga by Negi Haruba, and it’s sung by the voice actresses who play the main heroines.

Their voices are adorable, but the arrangement and melody exude a quiet sorrow that tightens your chest as you listen.

It’s a tear-jerking love song that conveys the wish to someday tell you my true feelings.

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Teru's SongAoi Teshima

Teru's Song [Tales from Earthsea] (’06-07-28)

Teru's Song Teshima Aoi

This is an insert song from the Studio Ghibli film Tales from Earthsea.

It was released in 2006 as Aoi Teshima’s debut single.

It’s a simple piece with vocals and piano, and as you listen, it leaves you with a feeling of loneliness.

I’m not sure whether it’s Teshima’s voice or the piano’s tone that makes you feel that way.

And yet, when I’m feeling down and listen to this song, it somehow heals me.

I think there are very few songs like this.

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child of the devilAi Higuchi

TV Anime “Attack on Titan” The Final Season Part 2 Non-Credit ED | Ai Higuchi “Child of Evil”

Devil's Child Higuchi Ai

The weight of the words lined up in the lyrics stirs my tear ducts.

It’s a song by singer-songwriter Ai Higuchi, released as a single in 2022.

It was used as the ending theme for the anime Attack on Titan.

The way it unfolds from a melancholic opening into a grand, expansive sound sends chills down my spine.

If you’re grappling with deep concerns—like not understanding the meaning of life—it will almost certainly resonate with you.

Please take your time and savor it.

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My Only Placesphere

My Only Place

My Only Place Sphere

This song is the ending theme of the TV anime “Matoi the Sacred Slayer.” Sphere is a super girls’ unit consisting of four female voice actresses: Minako Kotobuki, Ayahi Takagaki, Haruka Tomatsu, and Aki Toyosaki.

The anime tells the story of Matoi Sumeragi, a second-year middle schooler working part-time as a shrine maiden, who borrows the power of the gods to exorcize evil spirits in order to restore her peaceful everyday life.

The earnest way Matoi is portrayed in the anime, combined with the song’s lyrics about “walking toward the light of tomorrow,” makes it a moving track.

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Our summer dreamTatsuro Yamashita

Our Summer Dream / Tatsuro Yamashita (Cover)

Our Summer Dream Tatsuro Yamashita

It’s the theme song of the film “Summer Wars.” The lyrics, filled with a resolve to protect you forever, are striking.

Tatsuro Yamashita’s rich, warm vocals are truly soothing.

Perhaps I’m influenced by the film itself, but it’s an anime song I want to listen to in the summer.

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signalKanon Wakeshima

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Signal - Kanon Wakeshima

I felt it carried a wish for the future to move in a positive direction.

It’s the ending theme of the anime “Strike the Blood.” It was included on the 2015 album “Tsukinami.” It’s a grand ballad with the warm, resonant tones of the cello.

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