Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 6.0Tounen-bun no Watashi e
Tounen-bun no Watashi e
Movie · 2020 · Drama
Synopsis: Concept movie for All Nippon Esthetic Association (AEA).
★ 4.1World, Before You End
Sekai ga Horobiru Mae ni Kimi ni Aitai
OVA · 2021 · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Much of Japan has been covered in ash following the eruption of Mount Fuji, and the particulate continues to fall from the sky and blanket the ground like snow. With a second eruption likely to occur, many people have fled, but there still remain those either unable or unwilling …
★ 6.6Nana's Secret Garden
Himitsu no Hana no Niwa
ONA · 2023 · Drama, Music, Supernatural
Synopsis: The music film is a part of TOHO animation's 10th anniversary project.
★ 5.0La Rose de Versailles
Versailles no Bara (2007)
Movie · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Toei Animation announced the new movie based on the classic anime and manga. This project is most likely canceled and a trailer is all that remains, which is what this entry encompasses.
★ 5.7Hakuouki Shinkai: Kaze no Shou
Hakuouki Shinkai: Kaze no Shou
OVA · Action, Drama
Synopsis: A special bonus OVA that was bundled with the Limited Edition version of the Hakuouki Shinkai: Kaze no Shou video game. It's a collection of various moments from the beginning of the game animated by Idea Factory.
★ 6.2Kikaider 01: The Animation
Kikaider 01: THE ANIMATION
OVA · 2001 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: Ever since the fall of the DARK organization, Jiro has been wandering everywhere and wondering if he would ever see Mitsuko again or not. During his journey Jiro meets a beautiful girl named Rieko who is protecting Akira, a little boy from the evil Professor Gill. Ironicly, he's …
★ 7.0Ling Cage Middle Chapter
Ling Long Middle Chapter
ONA · Action, Drama, Horror
Synopsis: Episode 6.5 of Ling Long: Incarnation.
★ 5.7Attack on Tomorrow
Ashita e Attack!
TV · 1977 · Drama, Sports
Synopsis: This drama tells the story of girls in high school. Girls who love to play volleyball form a team in their school. Although the team starts out as a weak and unorganized sport club, over time the girls’ extraordinary passion and endeavor enables their team to become one of the be…
★ 3.8Dragon Fist
Dragon Fist
OVA · 1991 · Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The story follows Ling Fei-long, a Chinese transfer student living in Japan. Ling is the son of the leader of the White Dragon clan, one of four clans who live in the mountains of China and are descended from mythical beasts. After killing an ordinary human, Ling is banished to J…
★ 6.8IMMORTALITY
Yong Sheng
ONA · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Fang Han, a humble family slave, held the belief since childhood that "I would rather be a beggar than a slave", and traversed the world by himself. With an unyielding stubbornness, he broke through the mystery of supernatural powers and forged his body into an immortal body. Wor…
★ 5.0Refrain Blue
Refrain Blue
OVA · 2000 · Drama, Ecchi, Romance
Synopsis: A trip to the beach turns out to be more than expected for two people who are mourning the losses of their beloved. Perhaps a mysterious girl known as the "Umi Warabe" can help them to heal their wounds and move on with their lives. Matsunaga Yoshihiro is the chaperone for a grou…
★ 6.3Glass Mask: The Girl of a Thousand Masks
Glass no Kamen: Sen no Kamen wo Motsu Shoujo
OVA · 1998 · Drama
Synopsis: An OVA depicting the early events of the Glass no Kamen series. Kitajima Maya is a young girl from a poor background with no talents of use to school or her widowed mother. However, she is obsessed with movies, theatrical plays and TV dramas-to the point of remembering every line…
GIGANT
GIGANT
Movie · Drama, Ecchi, Romance
Synopsis: Rei Yokoyamada, a high schooler whose father works for a film production company, is inspired to create his own short film with his friends. One day, while out to find actors, he spots tabloid-like notices that the adult film star Papico lives in his area. When he takes them down…
★ 6.8Hello! Lady Lynn
Hello! Lady Lynn
TV · 1988 · Drama
Synopsis: Every year at Lynn's school, an honorable “Lady Quest” is given to the most sophisticated lady. Lynn strives to receive this honor. Source Toei Animation
★ 5.9Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn: Episode EX - 100 Years of Solitude
Kidou Senshi Gundam UC: episode EX - Hyakunen no Kodoku
Special · Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: Recap of Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ and Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack focusing on Newtype and Zeonism ideals told before UC episode 7. Included as a bonus on a Volume 7 Blu-ray release of the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn OVA.
★ 5.5Eien no Filena
Eien no Filena
OVA · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The story is centered around Filena, a princess who was raised as a boy after her kingdom was conquered.
★ 5.8A Spirit of the Sun
Taiyou no Mokushiroku: A Spirit of the Sun
Special · 2006 · Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: On August 10 2002, the eruption of Mount Fuji, as well as a series of large-scale earthquakes tsunamis inflict tremendous damage to Japan, sending the country into a state of emergency. Furthermore, another massive earthquake hit Japan on August 15, splitting the country into two…
★ 7.4Genshin Impact: The Road Not Taken
Yuanshen: Weixing Zhi Lu
ONA · Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Animated short film about the twins Kong and Ying from Genshin Impact.
★ 3.7A.LI.CE
A・LI・CE
Movie · 2000 · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: In the year 2000, Alice Hayashi wins a trip to the moon in a sweepstake. However, when her shuttle launches, something goes terribly wrong, and the next thing she knows, she has crashed somewhere in a frozen wasteland. Before she can get her bearings, strange soldiers begin to at…
★ 5.7Hanabi
Hanabi
Music · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Oku Hanako's music video for the song "Hanabi".
★ 6.3Wakakusa no Charlotte
Wakakusa no Charlotte
TV · 1977 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Charlotte is a girl who lives on a farm in Canada. On her 12th birthday, her father tells her that her mother, whom Charlotte has always believed to be dead, is actually alive and living in Paris, but soon she will arrive to live with them! Charlotte is very upset about this at f…
★ 6.8Daisy: A Hen into the Wild
Madang-Eul Naon Amtalg
Movie · Drama
Synopsis: A Korean animation about a hen named Leafie who lives and works on an egg farm who dreams of freedom outside her cage. One day she fakes her own death to escape the farm.
★ 6.3Emblem TAKE 2
Emblem TAKE 2
OVA · 1993 · Action, Drama
Synopsis: Shinjuku, 1983. A member of the Kaeda Yakuza gang, Akutsu Jouji, has lost in a brawl with a university cheering squad, and begs for forgiveness through bitter tears. Since then, nothing has gone well in Jouji's life, until 10 years later in 1993, his friend was ordered to kill hi…
★ 6.2Rakshasa Street 3
Zhen Hun Jie 3
ONA · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: Evil spirits are drawn to Requiem Street in order to be destroyed there. Requiem Street is a place where spirits and humans coexist; not all humans are permitted entry. Only users of rare souls who have guardian spirits are allowed inside. Xia Ling was simply an ordinary universi…
