Which anime has an impressive “letter”? 3rd place: “Your Lie in April” & “Tegamibachi”, 2nd place: “Gintama”, 1st place: “No matter how many times I watch it, I’ll cry” – 2nd place: “I’m so moved by the 2025 edition

April 20th is Postal Service Day.
This is because on the same day in 1871, the postal system was introduced in place of the Hikari system, which had been in operation since the Edo period.

Letters have been portrayed as an important item in anime as well.It could be a sudden letter from a missing family, a word left by a deceased person during his lifetime, or a love letter from someone he has feelings for…It is not uncommon for works to have a sudden turn of stories due to letters.

■The feelings I entrusted to the letter touch my heart!

No. 1

First place is Violet Evergarden.. Approval rating was around 48%, marking the top spot for the third year in a row.

This story tells the story of Violet, the main character who lost both arms in the war, working as an auto memoir doll (Auto Memories Doll), a letter-written worker.
Readers have commented, “I want to know the meaning of “I love you” that my superior said to me, and learns emotions through writing letters. I couldn’t help but cry at how she grew up as a human being, knowing only about fighting.” “A moving action that carefully depicts the feelings of people connected by letters. The episode in which a mother entrusts a letter to her future daughter makes me cry no matter how many times I watch it,” and “Even if we can no longer meet people, people’s hearts remain in writing and can continue to support someone. That’s a masterpiece that taught me.” The masterpiece, whose story is about writing letters, has attracted a lot of sympathy.

No. 2

Second place is “Gintama”. The approval rating is approximately 8%, and this is second place for the second year in a row.

“Gintama” is a science fiction period drama set in Edo, which opened up by the invasion of aliens. “The Baragaki episode, in which letters are key items, was a wonderful episode filled with Hijikata’s feelings for his older brother. The words that Hijikata said in front of the blank letter were so clumsy, and I’m glad that they were clumsy,” but the joke was also popular, saying, “I tried to correspond with the sender of the letter Shinpachi picked up at the sea, but Kondo’s ‘horny’ ruined it all…”

No. 3

The third place is “Your Lie in April” and “Tegamibachi”same vote. The approval rating was about 4%.

“Your Lie in April” is a youth story that depicts the interaction between Arima Koyo, a junior high school student who can no longer play the piano, and Miyazono Kaori, a violinist girl. “I can’t forget the scene in Kaori’s letter. My heart was trembling at the direction that seemed to speak to me from within my memories,” many people said to have tears at the finale of the story.

“Tegami Bachi” is a fantasy set in the Umberground where no night begins, depicting the exploits of a national civil servant, commonly known as Tegami Bachi, who delivers people’s “tegami.” The fantastic worldview and themes are supported, with the depiction of not only delivering letters to the other party, but also delivering the ‘heart’ and ‘memories’ that resident there as well'” and “the artwork is so beautiful that it made me think about the emotions of the people in the letter.”

■We’ll introduce other comments!

“The Quintessential Quintuplets”“A letter read by the bride at his wedding with Fuutaro at the end of the film was packed with the quintuplets’ bonds, feelings, and answers to their growth.”

“Kojikoji”“I laughed a lot at the scene where Kojikoji was trying to encourage Johnny-kun and threatened him with “heart-hearted” even though he was planning on writing “heart-hearted”

“Cool Doji Boy”“I like the episode where Futami Shun writes a reply to a love letter in a letter. It was wonderful that the girl saw the sentence written honestly in her own words, and was happy that she faced the letter despite being rejected, and smiled on her face.”

『BanG Dream! Ave Mujica』The title that aired this year included, “Thanks to the letters that Takamatsu Tou from MyGO!!!! has written on sticky notes and sent me many times, it has really moved the heart of Toyokawa Shoko from Ave Mujica. I think Tou’s Letter was an important item throughout the entire work.”

In the 2025 edition, titles that express unspeakable emotions through letters have become popular. Not only are they moving masterpieces, but also works with humor are ranked.
Don’t miss out on the overall ranking on the next page!

■Top 10 Rankings

[“手紙”が印象的なアニメは？ 2025年版]
1st place: Violet Evergarden
2 『Gintama』
3rd place: “Your Lie in April”
3rd place: “Tegami Bachi”
5-bit “BANANA FISH”
6th place: My Hero Academia
7th place: “We still don’t know the name of the flower we saw that day. ‘
8th place: “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba”
9th place: “Osomatsu-san”
9th place: “Shigofumi”

(Answer period: April 10th to April 14th, 2025)

Next page: Overall rankings released

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*This survey is part of a survey of readers’ awareness of “interest and attention to current anime works and characters.” Regarding the outcome, we do not intend to determine whether or not the best of any character or work. We hope that this article will help you learn about new works and characters, as well as play a part in helping you deepen your understanding and interest.

{Takahashi Katsunori}