What was the saddest scene in the anime in your opinion?

[DuskAstral]

For me it was a farewell to Arbok and Weezing.
It's immediately clear that both Pokémon and Team Rocket don't want to part ways.
The scene where these Pokémon watch their trainers pick up the punches from Tyranitar (to give them more time to escape) and then leave with tears in their eyes makes me feel like crying too.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

Litten dreaming of Stoutland and it disappearing, and then Litten crying out in the rain.
Ash-Greninja loosing to Alain’s Charizard in the Kalos League.

 

[Pokegirl Fan~]

Bye Bye Butterfree
OS trio splitting up at the end of Johto

 

[SerGoldenhandtheJust]

The young girl and her memories with Cleffa
Mallow and her mom's farewell
Clemont sacrificing Clembot
Luxray dying in ICY
Snubbul burning up in Power of Us

 

[Kameinu]

There’s several throughout the series but right now of the top of my head Stoutland.

 

[janejane6178]

The companions goodbye scenes in XYZ
Was crying especially cuz I knew what horror was coming next

 

[Ryker101]

Ash releasing butterfree, Ash dying in M1, Stoutland’s death, Mallow’s backstory with her mother

 

[masdog]

Ash releasing butterfree, Ash dying in M1, Stoutland’s death, Mallow’s backstory with her mother

This is almost my entire list…but I have to add one more: Jessie releasing Dustox in DP

 

[GLTSRY]

Brock and Prof. Ivy breaking up

 

[Ignition]

Litten finally realizing Stouland passed away, Mallow's brief reunion with her mom, and the OS/DP/SM gangs officially going their sepreate ways.

 

[Spyro39]

- Ash attempting to release Pikachu but Pikachu refuses to leave him
- When May learned of a Pokemon Breeder's husband that tragically passed away only to then travel back in time to prevent that tragedy
- May's last appearance in DP (and knowing she may never return again because of her VA)
- Paul releasing Chimchar and Ash taking him in his care
- Ash's depression after a crushing defeat from Paul at Lake Acquity
- Stoutland's death
- Mallow's reunion with her late mother and tearfully apologizing

 

[Almighty Zard]

the stoutland episode, I couldn't pick just one scene though.

 

[GarchompTheAssassin]

The end of Diamond & Pearl was a very bittersweet - marked the end of an era.

This is probably the most emotional piece of music in the entire anime for me. Shame there doesn't seem to be any official version of it available.

 

[cricketlaxwolvesbandy]

End of XYZ

 

[KingMinun]

The end of Diamond & Pearl was a very bittersweet - marked the end of an era.

This is probably the most emotional piece of music in the entire anime for me. Shame there doesn't seem to be any official version of it available.

This is up there for me

Bye bye butterfree and Pikachu’s goodbye are ones I remember being very upset over as a little boy. Got a vivid memory of Pikachus goodbye where I was up my granddads house watching it, had a 90s Pikachu lollipop and just feeling really depressed thinking Pikachu was going.

The original goodbye of Ash, Misty and Brock too.

One scene doesn’t make me sad, but do get goosebumps and remember welling up a little was Dawn handing her Moms ribbon back to her after coming 2nd in the grand festival, it was a pivotal moment and the score playing helps too.

 

[Sham]

 

[SerGoldenhandtheJust]

The best DA episode hands down
Absolutely loved the callback to the Butterfree episode, after all these years....

 

[raichu27]

Jessie and James leaving Arbok & Weezing, since it's been their first Pokemon. Would love to see them reunite, too. They were such a perfect team.

Ash releasing Butterfree, Pidgeot, Goodra, and Greninja come to mind, too. Ash releasing his Charizard at one point, too.

Stoutland and Mallow's mom dying, too.

Tommy accidentally releasing his Marshtomp and Clemont with Shinx come to mind, too.

Ash's Chimchar, Gengar, Tepig, and Charmander being released before they became his Pokemon.

Dawn leaving in the BW series.

Those are the ones that come to mind.

 

[janejane6178]

Why does Ash have a nose there?
Edit: oh it’s from pre sm period

 

[Leonhart]

Butterfree's farewell was quite sad. I don't remember if I cried when he left the cast, but I do remember it being one of the first truly emotional scenes that I watched in the anime. And if we're counting sad scenes from the movies, then Ai [Amber] Fuji's death was also very sad. Even though she was simply a clone, the fact that Mewtwo's memories of her were erased made her death even more depressing.