Shonen

I like sad endings. Well, to be more exact, I like 'em bloody

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rockroc

I Like when it seems like its gonna be a happy ending, but when the ending comes the bad guy somhow comes to life and kills evereyone that is celebrating the happy victory. so it ends up a sad ending

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hamu-hamu

It kinda depends on what ypu're watching, but in many ways, it just depends on how the story line is and the characters. Though personally, i think sad endings are better not only because it seems more realistic (since not everything has happy ending) but the way it just happens to be.

mystical shadow angel

it really depends. some anime are better off with a happy ending, whereas others would be better off with a sad ending. as for which i prefer, i don't really have a preference. before, i used to love happy endings because i was naive and believed that everything ended "happily ever after". but sad endings make things seem more realistic, so i'd say it's a balance.

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!Vincent_the_Victorious

I'd rather a sad ending... Why not watch your favorite character die at the end? (...Spike... Curse you Vicious!) But that's the difference between anime from most television or movies.

Zippy the Wonder Penguin

I have to agree with the Shermanator. How fulfilling would Cowboy Bebop have been if Spike had lived? Or, on the flipside, would you have the same outlook on Vash the Stampede if he had just killed Knives? The ending of an anime (or any TV or movie) should leave the viewer with some sense of closure. X, while it made some people angry, did just that, so it fulfilled its duty as an "ending."

Some stuff, however, will have an ambiguous ending that I have occasionally enjoyed. Take Perfect Blue, for example. While it traditionally was a null ending (neither happy nor sad), It stilll did its job. Same thing in Ghost in the Shell (take your pick of 1 or 2).

I think it's difficult to make a blanket "I like happy endings" or "I want to cry at the sad ending." The tone of the particular work should set the stage for how it will end, and that ending should fit. The only way I could say I didn't like an ending is if it felt like a completely different person wrote it, or if it took a turn that was not fitting for the piece.

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Meji Imaru

Like wise, but I think they should continue the series under a differnt name with al as the lead

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Lil_G135

Depending on the series, I like both. However there are some I wished were the comlete opposite of what actually happened. In the manga 'Mars', for example, I think it had a potential build up of having a sad ending (Kira and Rei both dying for example) but... it didn't. Not only did it not, the ending felt unsatisfactory.

I think I prefer open endings more than I do either the good or bad ones. The last episode of Wolf's Rain, for example had a very depressing build up, then finally gave you a feeling of hope and then...back to the beginning. As disappointing as it seems, it makes me wonder that after the cycle again, would their be any differences? Any changes of action, any 'learning from past mistakes'?
And then there's Evangelion. Either ending can lead you to say "um.. what the heck?", but when you think about it, it makes you wonder "So... what will happen now?" (on the last.. Platinum dvd, there's a funny tidbit of Shinji's english VA voicing pobably the most common questions and frustrations about the TV ending )
And even the less serious anime, like Spirited Away can make you wonder about events after the film - I know I had em ^_^; I think it's what drives people to write fanfiction and such, and I like that.

So yeah, bad=good endings, but open endings over both of them ^^

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Yuri_kusanagi

hmm... well, i prefer happy endings,like in cardcaptor sakura,samurai x... ^^

cloud_902

i prefer a sad ending rather than a happy ending at times because it feels more realistic than a happy ending...because if you can see a happy ending, sometimes you just feel that even if they had a happy ending now, it will not always be happy and you never know whats next... but if its a sad ending like the important character dies... the story will really end... but that till depends to the story...

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toast_master

i lik sad endins bcoz they go all emo n i lauhg at them