Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 5.6Bats & Terry
Bats & Terry
Movie · 1987 · Comedy, Drama, Sports
Synopsis: Bats & Terry are the two tough guys in the school. They don't take crap from anyone, not even teachers. They will fight anyone necessary, and will defend strangers (especially pretty girls) from danger. They're good at it too. Some people are in terror of them, and some love them…
★ 5.4The Legend of Kentauros
Kentauros no Densetsu
OVA · 1987 · Action, Drama
Synopsis: The Centaurs are a racing team of 93 bikers from the port city of Yokohama who are named after the legendary Greek horse/men. Arthur and Ken fall out over their love for the same lady deciding to settle their competition with a race. Film based around the Kentauros biker gang.
★ 5.5Kabuto the Golden Eye Monster
Karasu Tengu Kabuto: Ougon no Me no Kemono
OVA · 1992 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: Kabuto is a tengu who has to save a princess from fortress which is full of monster-mecha hybrids in an alternate reality of feudal Japan. (Source: ANN)
★ 5.7Fox Fears
Kitsune Tsuki
Movie · Drama
Synopsis: In the evening of a village festival, a young boy named Bunroku goes to the festival with his friend and visits a clog shop on the way. There he learns an old superstition about the fox. (Source: haff.nl)
★ 4.5Mahjong King
Ma Shen
ONA · Drama
Synopsis: Mahjong holds a major influence over the world. Mahjong masters are highly respected, and these players compete to become the leading player: the Mahjong King! Players from across the world come together to duel one another.
★ 5.2Prism Ark Specials
Prism Ark Specials
Special · 2007 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: A series of shorts parodying the main series Prism Ark.
★ 6.1Afuregu!: Aufregendes leben
Afuregu!: Aufregendes leben
Music · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Music PV for the song Afuregu!: Aufregendes Leben by Siegfeld Ongaku Gakuin Chuutou-bu (Siegfeld Institute of Music Junior High).
★ 5.2In a Distant Time: Character Endings
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Hachiyou Shou Specials
Special · 2005 · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Short clips about what happens after the TV series.
Paradox Live THE ANIMATION Movie
Paradox Live THE ANIMATION Movie
Movie · Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Theatrical follow-up to Paradox Live THE ANIMATION. Note: Title is provisional and subject to change.
★ 4.9Pelican Road: Club Caroucha
Pelican Road: Club Caroucha
OVA · 1986 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: High School boy Kenichi Watanabe is crazy about his MBX50 motorcycle. He and his buddies organize a motorcycle club, which they call Culture.
IDOLiSH7: Kikkou no Quarter
IDOLiSH7: Kikkou no Quarter
Movie · Drama, Music
Synopsis: A prologue film adapting the Antagonistic Quarter story scenario from the IDOLiSH7 game on the formation of the group ŹOOĻ. Note: Title and relations are provisional and subject to change.
★ 5.8The Three Musketeers: Adventure of Aramis
Anime Sanjuushi: Aramis no Bouken
Movie · 1989 · Adventure, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Aramis fell off her horse and received the aid of a man named Francois. They fell in love with each other at first sight and spent their time happily for a while. Francois was killed by Manson and the Ironmask's people, so Aramis swore revenge. Then she went to Paris to be a musk…
★ 4.8Call of the Wild
Kouya no Sakebigoe: Hoero Buck
Special · 1981 · Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: Based on the novel by Jack London. Buck, a half German Shepherd half Saint Bernard who's life is pretty peaceful and happy living with the Millers’ in California. However, one day he is tricked and sold off. He ends up in the snowy North where he has become a sled dog during the …
★ 5.3Youkai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double Sekai no Daibouken da Nyan!
Youkai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double Sekai no Daibouken da Nyan!
Movie · 2016 · Comedy, Drama, Supernatural
Synopsis: When a giant flying whale suddenly appears over Sakura New Town and its sound is heard the Yo-Kai undergo a transformation. The characters soon realize that as a result they have become corporeal and exist in a material world. This is the third film in the Yok-Kai Watch series ba…
★ 4.8Stars Fall
Ni Zai Xingguang Shenchu
ONA · Action, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: Bai Xi and his friend Liu Chunchun experienced a bizarre car accident. Following this misfortune, Bai's new assistant Han Zhuo turns out to be a bodyguard with superpowers. Meanwhile, a famous art gallery invites Bai to hold his art exhibition under an incredibly profitable deal.…
★ 4.6Tora-chan no Kankan Mushi
Tora-chan no Kankan Mushi
Movie · Drama
Synopsis: Tora-chan and Miike are working on the side of a tuna steamship and manage to run afoul of the short-tempered captain. But the captain makes plenty of trouble on his own!
★ 4.4Legend of the Phantom Heroes
Phantom Yuusha Densetsu
OVA · 1991 · Action, Drama
Synopsis: Yazawa, a Japanese pilot, suffers a crash in his Phantom jetfighter. After a six month recovery, his old friend from an airplane magazine wants him to investigate the appearance of a Phantom in an armed conflict in El Salvador. Yazawa's investigations makes him wind up in an inte…
★ 5.6God Mars: Untold Legend
Rokushin Gattai GodMars: Juunana-sai no Densetsu
OVA · 1988 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: Marg was deprived his little brother, Mars, by Zure, and lost his parents. Therefore, he was living alone on the planet, Gishin. He became a member of guerrilla to riot against the dictator Zure, and he fell in love with Ruru, the daughter of the leader, Ura. However, the organiz…
★ 4.6The Bat
Kaumori
Movie · Drama
Synopsis: Once upon a time, the birds and the beasts fought each other in a war. It was a terrible conflict, and the clever bats would side with the birds when the birds were looking victorious, and then they would become allies of the beasts when that side was winning battles. At last the…
★ 6.2Kinnikuman II Sei Muscle: Ninjin Soudatsu sen! Choujin Daisensou
Kinnikuman II Sei Muscle: Ninjin Soudatsu sen! Choujin Daisensou
Movie · 2002 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: In order to save a princess, Mantarou (Kid Muscle) and the gang must find a special ginseng. They are later joined by Kevin Mask. (Source: Wikipedia)
★ 5.2Mikeneko Holmes no Yuurei Joushu
Mikeneko Holmes no Yuurei Joushu
OVA · 1992 · Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: Based on Akagawa Jirou's popular book series about hapless detective Katayama Yoshitaro who lives with his sister Harumi and their cat Holmes, which has a sixth sense when it comes to solve mysteries. In this stand alone OVA the aftershow party of Harumi's acting troupe becomes t…
★ 6.3I Am What I Am
Xiongshi Shaonian
Movie · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: A young Cantonese village boy must overcome self-doubt, ridicule and classism to realise his dream of competing in the Guangzhou Lion Dancing championship. (Source: IMDB)
My teacher, Mr. T
T-sensei
ONA · 2017 · Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: The author initially started as a childcare worker living in Tokyo, calling himself T-sensei and describing his life of tending kindergarteners on his Twitter since 2012, which received various positive responses. (Source: MAL News)
★ 4.0Hermes
Hermes: Winds of Love
Movie · 1997 · Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Thousands of years in the past, a young boy named Hermes is named as a future great hero in a prophecy. Hermes grows up to save a beautiful princess and face the evil king Minos of Crete. The first title in the series of anime films by the Happy Science cult.
