These are some really heartbreaking Japanese animated movies that will not only fill your free time but also remind you that you still have emotions. Try not to cry at the end. And a word of advice, don't for get your tissues.
1. Hotarubi no Mori e (Into The Forest of Fireflies' Light)
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Hotaru gets lost in the forest and is rescued by a spirit named Gin. The two become friends and as time passes, there is budding romance between them. Gin wishes to touch Hotaru but he will disappear when touched by humans.
2. Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai (I Want To Eat Your Pancreas)
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When a bookworm falls in love with his popular classmate and realizes that she suffers from a pancreatic disease, he decides to help her live her remaining days to the fullest.
3. Kimi no Na wa (Your Name)
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Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school girl who is bored with her country life begins to switch bodies intermittenly with aki Tachibana, a high school boy in Tokyo. After a period of time of knowing each other through only messages, will they finally meet each other?
4. Eiga Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice / The Shape of Voice)
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Shoya is ostracized by his classmates when he is found to be the person who bullies a new classmate who is deaf, to the point that she transfers to another school . Years later, he decides to make amend.
5. Tonari no Totoro (My neighbor Totoro)
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Two sisters, Satsuki and Mei, move into an old house in the country to be closer to the hospital of their ailing mother. Here, they find wondrous forest spirits and have adventures with them.
6. Tenki no Ko (Weathering with You)
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Hodaka, a high school boy from an island runs away from home to Tokyo and meets Hina who has the ability to control weather and is slowly turning into water.
There you go. Let's watch and shed some tears!