Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 8.0Moriarty the Patriot
Yuukoku no Moriarty
TV · 2020 · Drama, Mystery, Psychological
Synopsis: During the late 19th century, Great Britain has become the greatest empire the world has ever known. Hidden within its success, the nation's rigid economic hierarchy dictates the value of one's life solely on status and wealth. To no surprise, the system favors the aristocracy at…
★ 8.5Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou
TV · 2022 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: After surviving the brutal challenges of Idofront, Riko now possesses a White Whistle, allowing her to descend into the Abyss's sixth layer—The Capital of the Unreturned. Alongside Reg and Nanachi, Riko begins to explore the uncharted domain, where the ruins of the promised Golde…
★ 7.7Blue Period
Blue Period
ONA · 2021 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Second-year high school student Yatora Yaguchi is a delinquent with excellent grades, but is unmotivated to find his true calling in life. Yatora spends his days working hard to maintain his academic standing while hanging out with his equally unambitious friends. However, beneat…
★ 7.1Say "I love you".
Sukitte Ii na yo.
TV · 2012 · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Friends will only let you down—that is the sad truth Mei Tachibana lives with, ever since she was wrongfully blamed for the death of a class pet by her so-called friends in grade school. Since then, she has stayed away from people in order to avoid ever being hurt again. However,…
★ 8.3Attack on Titan: No Regrets
Shingeki no Kyojin Gaiden: Kuinaki Sentaku
OVA · 2015 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Many years before becoming the famed captain of the Survey Corps, a young Levi struggles to survive in the capital's garbage dump, the Underground. As the boss of his own criminal operation, Levi attempts to get by with meager earnings while aided by fellow criminals, Isabel Magn…
★ 8.0Sound! Euphonium
Hibike! Euphonium
TV · 2015 · Drama, Music, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Now that Kumiko Oumae has enrolled in Kitauji High School, she hopes to forget about her past. Despite her desire for a fresh start, she gets dragged into the school's band club by her new friends—Sapphire Kawashima and Hazuki Katou—and is once again stuck playing the euphonium. …
★ 8.5ODDTAXI
Odd Taxi
TV · 2021 · Drama, Mystery, Psychological
Synopsis: The taxi driver Odokawa lives a very mundane life. He has no family, doesn't really hang out with others, and he's an oddball who is narrow-minded and doesn't talk much. The only people he can call his friends are his doctor, Gouriki and his classmate from high school, Kakihana. …
★ 7.7Nekomonogatari Black
Nekomonogatari (Kuro)
TV · 2012 · Drama, Mystery, Psychological
Synopsis: After surviving a vampire attack, Koyomi Araragi notices that his friend and savior, Tsubasa Hanekawa, has been acting strange. When he happens to cross paths with her on his way to a bookstore and sees she has a bandage on her face, he knows something must definitely be wrong. A…
★ 7.1Food Wars! The Fifth Plate
Shokugeki no Souma: Gou no Sara
TV · 2020 · Comedy, Drama, Ecchi
Synopsis: Thanks to Souma Yukihira, Erina Nakiri, and the rebel forces overthrowing the regime of Azami Nakiri—the previous school director—and the former Elite Ten, Tootsuki Culinary Academy is back in order. However, its students have one more great battle ahead of them: the BLUE, a comp…
★ 8.6The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu
Movie · 2010 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: On a cold December day, Kyon arrives at school prepared for another outing with his fellow SOS Brigade members. However, much to his surprise, he discovers that almost everything has changed completely: Haruhi Suzumiya and Itsuki Koizumi are nowhere to be found; Mikuru Asahina do…
★ 8.7Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu
Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen
Movie · 2017 · Action, Drama, Ecchi
Synopsis: After helping revive the legendary vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade, Koyomi Araragi has become a vampire himself and her servant. Kiss-shot is certain she can turn him back into a human, but only once regaining her full power. Araragi has hunted down the three va…
★ 8.2Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou
Movie · 2018 · Drama, Fantasy, Psychological
Synopsis: Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph—mystical beings who can live for hundreds of years and remain separate from the lives and daily troubles of mankind. However, Maquia has always felt lonely despite being surrounded by her people, as she was orphaned from a you…
★ 7.1The Fruit of Grisaia
Grisaia no Kajitsu
TV · 2014 · Drama, Ecchi, Psychological
Synopsis: Yuuji Kazami is a transfer student who has just been admitted into Mihama Academy. He wants to live an ordinary high school life, but this dream of his may not come true any time soon as Mihama Academy is quite the opposite. Consisting of only the principal and five other student…
★ 8.3Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou
Movie · 2019 · Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Isabella, the daughter of the noble York family, is enrolled in an all-girls academy to be groomed into a dame worthy of nobility. However, she has given up on her future, seeing the prestigious school as nothing more than a prison from the outside world. Her family notices her s…
★ 8.7Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!
Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING!
TV · 2000 · Comedy, Drama, Sports
Synopsis: In his father's absence, teenager Ippo Makunouchi works hard to help his mother run her fishing boat rental business. Ippo's timid nature, his lack of sleep, and the sea smell make him an easy target for relentless bullies who leave him bruised and beaten on a daily basis. Mamoru…
★ 7.8Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Evangelion Shin Movie: Jo
Movie · 2007 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, the last remaining human settlement in Japan is the heavily fortified city of Tokyo-3. Fourteen-year-old Shinji Ikari is brought to the headquarters of NERV, an underground organization lead by his estranged father, Gendou. He requests that Shinji bec…
★ 6.1Citrus
citrus
TV · 2018 · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: During the summer of her freshman year of high school, Yuzu Aihara's mother remarried, forcing her to transfer to a new school. To a fashionable socialite like Yuzu, this inconvenient event is just another opportunity to make new friends, fall in love, and finally experience a fi…
★ 9.0Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 4th Season
TV · 2026 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: In the deadly battle at the Watergate City of Priestella, Subaru and his allies barely emerged victorious—but their triumph came at a great cost. Through the "Authority of Gluttony," Rem was put into suspended animation, while Crusch's memories and even Julius’s name were devoure…
★ 7.6My Happy Marriage
Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon
TV · 2023 · Drama, Romance, Supernatural
Synopsis: Misery seems everlasting in Miyo Saimori's life. Born from an arranged marriage, she was quickly discarded after her mother's tragic death. Her father remarried, and her younger half-sister Kaya received all the affection, while Miyo was degraded to a lowly servant. Lacking the s…
★ 7.5Tokyo Revengers Season 2
Tokyo Revengers: Seiya Kessen-hen
TV · 2023 · Action, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: In spite of his best time-leaping efforts, Takemichi Hanagaki continuously fails to prevent the present-day death of Hinata Tachibana, his adolescent love. The adult Takemichi grapples with grief and the ramifications of the Tokyo Manji gang's criminal empire—an unintended produc…
★ 8.6Takopi's Original Sin
Takopii no Genzai
ONA · 2025 · Drama, Psychological, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: A squid-like creature, known as a Happian, leaves his home planet with the desire to spread happiness across the universe. He lands on Earth, but quickly finds himself in danger of captivity by its inhabitants. Fortunately, he is found by an unsmiling little girl named Shizuka Ku…
★ 8.5Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu
Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen
Movie · 2016 · Action, Drama, Ecchi
Synopsis: No longer truly human, Koyomi Araragi decides to retrieve Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade's severed body parts that were stolen by three powerful vampire hunters. Awaiting him are Dramaturgie, a vampire hunter who is a vampire himself; Episode, a half-vampire with the a…
★ 7.6The Last: Naruto the Movie
THE LAST: NARUTO THE MOVIE
Movie · 2014 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: Two years have passed since the end of the Fourth Great Ninja War. Konohagakure has remained in a state of peace and harmony—until Sixth Hokage Kakashi Hatake notices the moon is dangerously approaching the Earth, posing the threat of planetary ruin. Amidst the grave ordeal, Kono…
★ 7.5BLUE LOCK Season 2
Blue Lock VS. U-20 JAPAN
TV · 2024 · Action, Drama, Sports
Synopsis: The next phase of the controversial Blue Lock project is underway with the candidate pool being dwindled down to just 35. Out of the remaining strikers, only a select few will be chosen to play in an upcoming exhibition game against the current U-20 Japanese soccer team. Playing …
