Kaligraphic (post: 1359750) wrote:If Azumanga Daioh's ending (high schoolers graduate from high school) counts as "dark" at all, then I don't know any anime made for people over the age of 12 that would satisfy your lightness criterion.
This thread wasn't so much about "I'm depressed and tired of Dark anime" as it was "I wonder if any really exist that don't have any dark or sad moments"
I had hoped to infer my definition of "light" to mean both "not dark" and "not sad" but perhaps I should have spelled it out more explicitly. The tears in the end of Azumanga Daioh came from so many of them realizing they were going their separate ways, and in most cases, this is the case with Graduation. People go their separate ways and some don't ever see each other again, even close friends. It's kind of a serious moment, especially given the rest of the show.
Lucky Star, on the other hand, doesn't end with graduation. It ends with something exciting (for the girls) about to happen and cuts off before the time of separation. If it hadn't been for the Kanata episode, I could have considered Lucky Star entirely light, but...
It was probably because I had just watched said episode again that I thought of this in the first place. Just a ponderance.
Oh, and I have seen Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu... All 3 series, in fact. Pretty crazy and random. And they had a very thin plot weaved through the thing that just gets cut off mid-sentance. Annoyed the crap out of me. As to whether it was perfectly light, I honestly don't remember... I seem to remember something about the grandmother, but... I only watched it once.
I'll admit, I laughed so hard I snorted.
