Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 7.0Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun
TV · 2021 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Fumiya Tomozaki is Japan's best player in the online game Attack Families, commonly known as "Tackfam." Despite holding such a revered title, a lack of social skills and amiability causes him to fall short in his everyday high school life. Failing to have any friends, he blames t…
★ 6.3Plunderer
Plunderer
TV · 2020 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Every human inhabiting the world of Alcia is branded by a “Count” or a number written on their body. Depending on how each person lives their life, this Count either goes up or down. For Hina’s mother, her total drops to 0 and she’s pulled into the Abyss, never to be seen again. …
★ 7.7BEASTARS Season 2
BEASTARS 2nd Season
TV · 2021 · Drama, Mystery, Psychological
Synopsis: "Beastar"—a title awarded to beasts who prove their excellence through fighting inequality to unite carnivores and herbivores in an anthropomorphic animal society. Cherryton Academy has gone five years without one such leader. However, following the murder of an alpaca within the…
★ 6.9Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Seirei Gensouki
TV · 2021 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: When 20-year-old college student Haruto Amakawa dies in a traffic accident, he does not expect to wake up in an unfamiliar world in the body of a young boy named Rio. As their memories and personas fuse, Rio realizes that he now also possesses magical powers. He is relieved to fi…
★ 8.2Steins;Gate The Movie – Load Region of Déjà Vu
Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu
Movie · 2013 · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: After a year in America, Kurisu Makise returns to Akihabara and reunites with Rintaro Okabe. However, their reunion is cut short when Okabe begins to experience recurring flashes of other timelines as the consequences of his time traveling start to manifest. These side effects ev…
★ 7.0ORESUKI: Are you the only one who loves me?
Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo
TV · 2019 · Comedy, Drama, Ecchi
Synopsis: Amatsuyu "Jouro" Kisaragi is a completely average second-year high school student who has two dates over one weekend—with the student council president Sakura "Cosmos" Akino on Saturday, then with his childhood friend Aoi "Himawari" Hinata on Sunday. Sadly for Jouro, both girls …
★ 7.7Megalobox
Megalo Box
TV · 2018 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: "To be quiet and do as you're told, that's the cowardly choice." These are the words of Junk Dog, an underground fighter of Megalo Box, an evolution of boxing that utilizes mechanical limbs known as Gear to enhance the speed and power of its users. Despite the young man's brimmin…
★ 7.6A Lull in the Sea
Nagi no Asukara
TV · 2013 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Synopsis: Long ago, all humans lived beneath the sea. However, some people preferred the surface and abandoned living underwater permanently. As a consequence, they were stripped of their god-given protection called "Ena" which allowed them to breathe underwater. Over time, the rift betwee…
★ 7.8Bloom Into You
Yagate Kimi ni Naru
TV · 2018 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Yuu Koito has always been entranced with romantic shoujo manga and the lyrics of love songs. She patiently waits for the wings of love to sprout and send her heart aflutter on the day that she finally receives a confession. Yet, when her classmate from junior high declares his lo…
★ 6.5Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 2
Kanojo, Okarishimasu 2nd Season
TV · 2022 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: A year after they met, Kazuya Kinoshita and Chizuru Mizuhara still regularly see each other through the rental girlfriend app. However, Chizuru confesses that she is ready to quit her job to pursue her true passion—acting. Despite wishing to maintain the relationship they have, K…
★ 7.2GANGSTA.
GANGSTA.
TV · 2015 · Action, Drama
Synopsis: Nicholas Brown and Worick Arcangelo, known in the city of Ergastalum as the "Handymen," are mercenaries for hire who take on jobs no one else can handle. Contracted by powerful mob syndicates and police alike, the Handymen have to be ready and willing for anything. After completi…
★ 7.8Sonny Boy
Sonny Boy
TV · 2021 · Drama, Mystery, Psychological
Synopsis: Thirty-six students find themselves and their school building suddenly adrift in a void-like dimension. When supernatural powers awaken in some of them, a sense of detachment begins to divide the group. Despite the student council's attempts to impose order, they clash with the s…
★ 7.3Re:CREATORS
Re:CREATORS
TV · 2017 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Humans have designed countless worlds—each one born from the unique imagination of its creator. Souta Mizushino is a high school student who aspires to be such a creator by writing and illustrating his own light novel. One day, while watching anime for inspiration, he is briefly …
★ 8.1Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Evangelion Shin Movie: Ha
Movie · 2009 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: When the threat of the Angel menace escalates, mankind's defense force is pushed to its limits, with NERV at the forefront of the struggle. Shinji Ikari and his partner Rei Ayanami are assisted by two new pilots: the fiery Asuka Langley Shikinami and the mysterious Mari Illustrio…
★ 7.0Fate/Apocrypha
Fate/Apocrypha
TV · 2017 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The Holy Grail is a powerful, ancient relic capable of granting any wish the beholder desires. In order to obtain this power, various magi known as "masters" summon legendary Heroic Spirits called "servants" to fight for them in a destructive battle royale—the Holy Grail War. Onl…
★ 6.7Record of Ragnarok
Shuumatsu no Valkyrie
ONA · 2021 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The gods of the world—from Greek to Norse to Hindu mythology—gather every one thousand years to make one important decision: whether or not to wipe out mankind. Repulsed by humanity's selfishness, the council unanimously votes to destroy all humans. But before the decree is enact…
★ 7.6Paranoia Agent
Mousou Dairinin
TV · 2004 · Drama, Mystery, Psychological
Synopsis: The infamous Shounen Bat is terrorizing the residents of Musashino City. Flying around on his rollerblades and beating people down with a golden baseball bat, the assailant seems impossible to catch—much less understand. His first victim, the well-known yet timid character design…
★ 7.7Attack on Titan OVA
Shingeki no Kyojin OVA
OVA · 2013 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Ilse no Techou: Aru Chousa Heidanin no Shuki During the Survey Corps' 49th recon mission, Hange Zoë is determined to capture a titan specimen. Despite not receiving clearance from Commander Erwin Smith, when a titan is spotted in nearby forestland, Hange rides out alone to meet i…
★ 7.8Fire Force Season 3
Enen no Shouboutai: San no Shou
TV · 2025 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: After undergoing Benimaru Shinmon's hellish training, Shinra Kusakabe and Arthur Boyle return to Special Fire Force Company 8. However, there is no time to rest: Captain Akitaru Oubi is arrested by the military police under the influence of the White-Clad cult. Moreover, the Whit…
★ 8.5Owarimonogatari
Owarimonogatari
TV · 2015 · Drama, Mystery, Psychological
Synopsis: A peculiar transfer student named Ougi Oshino has just arrived at Naoetsu Private High School. She is quickly introduced to senior student Koyomi Araragi by their mutual friend Kanbaru Suruga, in hopes of obtaining advice regarding a strange discovery she has made. After taking a…
★ 8.9March comes in like a lion Season 2
3-gatsu no Lion 2nd Season
TV · 2017 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Now in his second year of high school, Rei Kiriyama continues pushing through his struggles in the professional shogi world as well as his personal life. Surrounded by vibrant personalities at the shogi hall, the school club, and in the local community, his solitary shell slowly …
★ 6.1The Detective Is Already Dead
Tantei wa mou, Shindeiru.
TV · 2021 · Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: Kimihiko Kimizuka has found himself inadvertently entangled in various crimes more times than he can remember, referring to himself as a magnet for trouble. One day, as if it was nothing out of the ordinary, a group of unknown men kidnaps him, forcing him to board a flight—where …
★ 5.8Platinum End
Platinum End
TV · 2021 · Drama, Mystery, Psychological
Synopsis: Ever since he lost his family in an explosion, Mirai Kakehashi has lived a life of pain and despair. Every day, he endures abuse at the hands of the relatives who took him in. As his anguish steadily chips away at his will to live, he is eventually pushed to the brink. Prepared t…
★ 8.0Buddy Daddies
Buddy Daddies
TV · 2023 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, four-year-old Miri Unasaka arrives in Tokyo completely alone, in search of her father. The bright lights and merry atmosphere guide Miri to a big hotel and a man with a delicious-looking cake. However, the child has just unknowingly walked into the center of an …
