From Banana Fish to Elfen Lied, some of anime's saddest films and series were created to tug at viewers' heartstrings.

Emotional storytelling in shojo anime thrives on vulnerability, capturing the ache of growing up, letting go and facing quiet ...

Kelly Rizzo, Bob Saget's second wife, is sharing a "very sad" memory of her final moments with the actor before his death. Rizzo read several entires from a "grief journal" she kept at the time of his ...

“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.” Cormac McCarthy’s words. Lord knows I’d like to forget some things, namely certain people I’ve known. Memory is a ...

Wed, May 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC Kelly Rizzo is opening up about her final memory with husband Bob Saget before his death. "I found my grief journal. I had no idea that I even did this because I ...

Hollywood loves a superpower. Not all involve capes or cosmic rays. Some are cognitive: characters who can remember everything. In movies and on TV, viewers repeatedly encounter those with ...

Hello, I’m Daniel Danger, an illustrator and graphic artist printmaker who makes big fancy concert posters for big fancy bands, and the guitarist of The Saddest Landscape. I co-wrote Alone With Heaven ...

Every so often, an anime comes around that hits you where you hurt most, but few match the absurdity and emotional weight of Takopi’s Original Sin. It’s one of the saddest anime I’ve ever seen, and it ...

Boston University researchers found that ordinary moments can gain staying power if they’re connected to significant emotional events. Using studies with hundreds of participants, they showed that the ...

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Almost everyone has experienced a “senior moment” — forgetting a name, misplacing keys or walking into a room and briefly blanking on why they’re there. For many older adults, these moments can spark ...