Drama anime

Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.

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★ 6.5

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Shoukoushi Cedie

TV · 1988 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: After his father's sudden death, Ceddie moves to England as an heir to his grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt. The Earl is a stubborn and selfish old man. Gradually, however, Ceddie's innocent love opens the Earl's heart and changes him into a caring and generous person. This is…

★ 5.9

Shiranpuri

Movie · 2012 · Drama

Synopsis: When a young boy witnesses Yaragase and his gang bully his classmate Don, he becomes incredibly uncomfortable. Unable to intervene out of fear of becoming their next target, the young boy decides to mind his own business. As Yaragase's tormenting becomes increasingly worse, the b…

★ 6.5

Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection

Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu-hen

Movie · 2009 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: A crisis is approaching Earth with the expansion of a moving black hole, in the year 2220. A plan is devised to move over 300-million people from Earth. When the latest transportation fleet is attacked, Space Battleship Yamato comes to its defense, the ship is now commanded by Su…

★ 4.5

One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e

ONE: Kagayaku Kisetsu e

OVA · 2001 · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Orihara Kouhei returns to his town after a long disappearance to fullfil the promises he made to several girls in his childhood. He suffered from memory loss, and carries a tragic past. An strange ambience surrounds the OVA... It's almost like a dream, like memories from the past…

★ 6.0

8 Man After

8 Man AFTER

OVA · 1993 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Private detective Hazama Itsuru is hired by Professor Tani to investigate a cyborg parts theft which eventually leads him to meet Sachiko Yokogawa, the original 8 Man's love interest. Living her new life working for the Biotecho Corp., Sachiko finds herself involved with a new 8 …

★ 6.6

Alps Stories: My Annette

Alps Monogatari: Watashi no Annette

TV · 1983 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: 12-year-old Annette was born into a poor family in Switzerland. Together with her family she lives in a small village in the Alps. She is a sweet girl and dearly loves her little 5-year-old brother Dani, at whose birth their mother died. She also has a best friend, Lucien. Her wo…

★ 5.3

Yuki's Sun

Yuki no Taiyou Pilot

Special · Drama

Synopsis: This pilot is remembered, really, for one notable reason: this is Miyazaki's first time as a solo director. He teamed up with Takahata for the later episodes of the 1971-72 Lupin III series, but Yuki's Sun marked his first time solely in the captain's seat. Yuki's Sun was based u…

★ 5.5

Good Morning Call

OVA · 2001 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: One year has passed since Nao and Uehara accidently moved into the same apartment. Since then, they have become an official couple. With Uehara's 16th birthday coming up, Nao's biggest worry is what to buy him. Everything is going smoothly- that is, until Nao realizes Uehara's bi…

★ 6.2

Gurazeni: Money Pitch 2

Gurazeni 2

TV · 2018 · Comedy, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Second season of Gurazeni.

★ 5.6

Pyramid Game

ONA · Drama, Thriller

Synopsis: Every Thursday afternoon, once a month, students at Love High cast their votes in a popularity poll. The result? A brutal ranking system that determines the entire social hierarchy of the school. After starting at the bottom, can new transfer student Suji make her way to the top …

Junket Bank

TV · Drama, Psychological, Thriller

Synopsis: Karasu Bank is one of Japan's leading banks, boasting the third-highest operating profits in the country. Akira Mitarai is a young employee in his second year at the bank's central branch. His exceptional math skills allow him to instantly spot accounting errors but also make his…

★ 6.2

Swan Lake

Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Hakuchou no Mizuumi

Movie · 1981 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: When Prince Siegfried spots a beautiful swan with a crown on its head, for some reason he feels compelled to follow it. He discovers that the swan is, in fact, a princess named Odette, who is under a wizard's curse that causes her to become a swan by day. The wizard, Rothbart, wa…

★ 5.3

I'll/CKBC

OVA · 2002 · Action, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Pressured by his family's background and expectations, high school student Hitonari Hiiragi has been considering quitting basketball. However, after meeting Akane Tachibana, Hiiragi's love for the sport is reignited. As he joins the Kouzu High School basketball club, Hiiragi aims…

★ 5.7

Daigo of Fire Company

Megumi no Daigo: Kajiba no Baka Yarou

Movie · 1999 · Drama

Synopsis: Daigo Asahina is Medaka Gumi #2's/Me Gumi's new rookie firefighter, and already he's done crazy things, like throwing people off of a rooftop to save them from an explosion. He had good intentions, but his deeds are starting to hurt the company's reputation. At Sengoku City's Con…

★ 5.2

Shiro, the Giant, and the Castle of Ice

Kyoshin to Hyouka no Shiro

ONA · 2020 · Drama, Mystery, Supernatural

Synopsis: The story is set in Nagasaki prefecture in Minami Shimabara city, the fabled origin of the Shimabara Rebellion that sent shockwaves through all of Japan in the early Edo period. It is also where a third-year junior high school student named Shirou spends his days with his school …

★ 6.1

D.C. I&II P.S.P. RE-ANIMATED

OVA · 2010 · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: An OVA bundled with a PSP game Da Capo: D.C. I & II P.S.P. It features animated confession scenes for the four main heroines of the two games, Nemu, Kotori, Yume, and Otome.

★ 5.8

National Husband Bring Home 2

Guomin Laogong Dai Huijia 2

ONA · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Second season of Guomin Laogong Dai Huijia.

★ 5.3

The Leader

Ling Feng Zhe

ONA · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life

Synopsis: The life of German thinker Karl Marx, focusing on his political and economic theories, his romance with Jenny von Westphalen, and his friendship with Friedrich Engels. (Source: TMDB)

★ 6.0

Utakata: Summer Pair of Early Winter

Uta∽Kata: Shotou no Futanatsu

OVA · 2005 · Drama, Fantasy, Mahou Shoujo

Synopsis: It's now winter in Kamakura. When Satsuki tells her friends that she'd seen Manatsu, Ichika at first doesn't believe it. But on the day before her 15th birthday, Manatsu's mirror fragment inside Ichika's desk drawer mysteriously disappears. That evening, a young girl calling hers…

★ 5.8

Gunparade Orchestra

TV · 2005 · Drama, Mecha, Romance

Synopsis: The story focuses and revolves around the 108th Guard Squad, stationed in Aomori. A poorly equipped unit with very little military standing, it is often viewed as a 'reject camp' for pilots not making the grade for the elite units based in Hokkaido. The apparent helpless nature o…

★ 5.3

Voogie's Angel

Dennou Sentai Voogie's★Angel

OVA · 1997 · Action, Drama, Mecha

Synopsis: A hundred years after Earth is invaded by aliens, the last remnants of the human race dwell in underwater "Aqua Bases." A team of five cybernetically enhanced women is trained for the purpose of carrying out guerilla attacks against the occupying forces. Earth's last hope for sal…

★ 4.1

Ryokunohara Labyrinth: Sparkling Phantom

OVA · Drama, Psychological, Romance

Synopsis: Hiroki and Kanata have been together since they were children. One day Hiroki is caught up in an accident while trying to save a little girl. The next thing he knows, he is looking down on his own body. Separated from his body, Kanata, and everything else, he tries to figure out …

★ 5.5

Taisei Kensetsu: Bosporus Kaikyou Tunnel

Special · Drama

Synopsis: A 30-second animated commercial for the construction company Taisei. The commercial highlights the Bosporus Strait Tunnel that Taisei built in Turkey. (Source: Anime News Network)

★ 5.0

Bihada Ichizoku

TV short · 2008 · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: There is a World Beautiful-Skin Competition (WBC) to which the 3 billion women of the world aspire. Carrying on the 300-year legacy of the competition are the twin Bihada sisters, Sara and Saki.