Drama anime

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

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Found: 3,463

★ 6.3

La Seine no Hoshi

TV · 1975 · Action, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: The story is set in Paris, on the night before the France Revolution. The civilians have been suffering under the tyrannical rule of Louis, the sixteenth. In order to release the people from their suffering, Simone, a young girl whose parents were killed by the aristocrats, decid…

★ 6.0

Anemone

OVA · 2011 · Drama, Supernatural

Synopsis: Anemone is a story about a girl who strays into a world of wonder. She goes deeper into her internal world—her heart—and, in the end, retrieves an important thing that she lost. (Source: Official site)

You Are a Four Leaf Clover

Kimi wa Yotsuba no Clover

— · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: The romantic suspense manga centers around Uichi, a once popular student who is now relentlessly bullied in high school. Still, he strives everyday to keep a promise to Yotsuha (his first love from elementary school before she transferred schools) to become a veterinarian. Just a…

★ 7.2

Thunderbolt Fantasy Sword Seekers 4

Thunderbolt Fantasy: Touriken Yuuki 4

TV · 2024 · Action, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: The fourth season of Thunderbolt Fantasy: Touriken Yuuki.

Warm Sun

Nuan Yang

ONA · Drama, Psychological, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A healing work about mutual salvation and joint efforts.

★ 6.6

MOONLIGHT MILE 2nd Season -Touch down-

TV · 2007 · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The second season of Moonlight Mile.

★ 7.0

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember

Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199: Tsuioku no Koukai

Movie · 2014 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Recap of Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199.

★ 5.7

The Old Crocodile

Toshi wo totta Wani

Movie · 2005 · Drama

Synopsis: A very old crocodile, so old that he had witnessed the building of the pyramids, was suffering from rheumatism, and no longer able to catch his food. In desperation, he decided to eat his great grand son. Although his thousands of years of longevity entitled him to much respect, …

★ 5.9

YAWARA! Sore Yuke Koshinuke Kids!!

Movie · 1992 · Action, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: Yawara helps a group of timid grade school kids overcome their fears and compete in a judo competition. One of the kids is Hanazono's cousin, which is how she meets them. Another is a girl who seems a whole lot like Yawara. (Source: ANN)

★ 6.7

In a Distant Time Movie

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Maihitoyo

Movie · 2006 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: One rainy day, Akane crosses path with a kind young man who tacitly offers to her his coat. On their second encounter, he confesses that he has no recollection of who he is, his name or his past, but feels contented by just being with her. Besotted, Akane sets out to find his nam…

★ 6.6

Baumkuchen End

BAUMKUCHEN END

Music · Drama, Psychological

Synopsis: Official music video for Eve's song Baumkuchen End made in collaboration with Space Shower TV as it is the station's 30th anniversary. The music video will also be used in part as a Station ID.

★ 6.2

Black Jack: Sora Kara Kita Kodomo

OVA · 2000 · Drama

Synopsis: An army plane defects from the U-ran (Uranium) Union and lands in Black Jack's garden carrying a family. Their purpose is to have their son, who is suffering from an incurable disease, treated by Black Jack. But it is beyond even BJ's ability to cure the disease.

★ 6.0

Yumedamaya Kidan

Special · 2007 · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Naho, an eleven-year-old girl, lives with her father and her two-year-old brother Jun. Her mother died after giving birth to Jun, so Naho has to take care of young Jun at home. Understandingly, this situation is frustrating to little Naho. A girl of her age would be dying to go o…

★ 5.6

Shigofumi Picture Dramas

Shigofumi Picture Drama

Special · 2008 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Side stories released exclusively on DVD.

★ 5.5

In a Distant Time OVA 2

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2: Shiroki Ryuu no Miko

OVA · 2003 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2 takes place 100 years after the original Harukanaru Toki no Naka de story. In the past that is, very little time has gone by in the future. Kyou, which resembles Kyoto in the Heian period, is in turmoil because of a power struggle going on between the…

★ 5.9

Knight Hunters OVA

Weiß Kreuz OVA

OVA · 1999 · Action, Drama

Synopsis: Someone out there is determined to see the fall of Weiss Kreuz, and it looks like they have found the perfect plan for it. The four assassins find themselves trapped in a deadly game of deceit, where the question of honor versus duty comes to surface. Now they must fight for thei…

★ 4.3

Yume kara, Samenai

OVA · 1987 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Student Takao is inexorably drawn toward Sunao despite class rumors that she has appeared in a porno movie. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.4

Memories Off 3.5: Omoide no Kanata e

OVA · 2004 · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: This series is made up of two seperate stories with a few overlapping characters. The first story, Omoide no Kanata e, is about Shogo and his current girlfriend Neo. Kanata, a former girlfriend of Shogo's shows up one day and causes Shogo and Neo to think about their current situ…

★ 5.6

Shattered Angels Specials

Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora Specials

Special · 2007 · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Special shorts focusing on character relationships.

★ 6.9

ANOTHER WORLD

Shi Wai

Movie · Action, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: After death, before reincarnation, the souls of the deceased transit through a fantastical realm known as, Another World. Gudo is a spirit that helps to guide these transient souls to their reincarnation. While guiding a young girl named Yuri, he learns that humans have emotions …

★ 7.6

BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!: Utau, Bokura ni Nareru Uta & FILM LIVE

Movie · 2024 · Drama, Music

Synopsis: Compilation film of BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!. The second of the Bandori MyGO compilation movie duology.

★ 6.0

Appleland Story

Apfelland Monogatari

Movie · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Apfelland is a small but beautiful country surrounded by Russia, Austria, and Germany. Vel is a boy who lives in the capital, Charlottenburg. He happens to help a girl Frid. She was kidnapped because radium mine was found in her grandfather's abandoned mine. Aiming at the radium …

★ 6.2

Requiem of the Dawn

Akatsuki no Requiem

Music · Drama

Synopsis: Animated music video for Linked Horizon's song "Akatsuki no Chinkoka."

★ 5.8

A Journey Through Fairyland

Yousei Florence

Movie · 1985 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: A gentle and talented boy named Michael played beautiful music on his oboe, and his greatest love was to play for and tend to the flowers in the greenhouse at the school of music where he attended. Unfortunately, his gardening made him constantly late for orchestra practice and r…