Drama anime

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

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★ 5.5

The Story of a Family

Kazoku no Hanashi

ONA · 2013 · Drama, Music

Synopsis: The story follows a family of apple farmers: a mom, a dad, and their adoring son. The young boy idolizes his father and hopes to take part in the family business once he grows up. However, as he grows older and more rebellious, he begins to drift apart from his parents, trying to…

★ 4.8

Ima, Futari no Michi

Special · 2015 · Drama

Synopsis: The purpose of the short is to thank people for help during the prefecture's reconstruction efforts and prevent victims' memories of the 2011 disaster from fading away. The anime's story focuses on a pair of 16-year-old high school students who experience the Tohoku disaster and …

★ 6.0

Yuuyake Banchou

TV short · 1968 · Action, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: A transfer student only just arrives and is confronted by the school gang. One by one he defeats the gang members and challenges their leader to a fight. Each 10 minute episode aired Monday through Saturday. (Source: AniDB)

Kyojin no Hoshi (1982)

Movie · 1982 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Based on the novel "Kyojin no Hoshi" by Kajiwara Ikki (Story), Kawasaki Noboru (Art), published in the year 1982.

★ 5.9

Nautilus

Music · Drama

Synopsis: A music video for the song Nautilus by Yorushika.

★ 5.3

The Degenerate-Drawing Jianghu 2

Hua Jianghu: Buliang Ren 2

ONA · Adventure, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: The Longquan Treasure has reappeared, attracting numerous powerful figures in the martial arts world, including Bu Liang Ren, the Xuanming Sect, the Tongwen Hall, the Huanyin Pavilion, and the Celestial Master's Mansion! Who among the kings can raise their swords and command the …

★ 4.1

Tenka Touitsu Koi no Ran ~ Shutsujin! Saika 4-nin Shuu

ONA · 2018 · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: 15th Century Japan is ravaged by constant wars, as the lords of the realm seek to rule the land. Having lost your father in battle, you are working in the restaurant he left your mother and little brother...when an evil magistrate sends your little brother away...to become a pois…

Galaxy Express 999: Jikuu wo Koeta Energy no Tabi

Ginga Tetsudou 999: Jikuu wo Koeta Energy no Tabi

ONA · 2010 · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Five shorts to promote the Japanese electricity company Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden). Tetsuro and Maetel visit five interplanetary stops (including Earth) and see how each locale deals with energy.

★ 5.6

Wilds of Eldraine

Eldraine no Mori: Twin Fates

ONA · Action, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Animated promotion for new expansion set of Magic: The Gathering trading card game. A Wicked Slumber creeps through the land of Eldraine, home plane of Will and Rowan, turning Magic’s beloved fairy tale world into something more…twisted. (Source: YouTube)

Jingi

OVA · 1991 · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: The series centers around Jin, a hitman, and Yoshiro, a former far-left terrorist, who meet by chance and together rise through the ranks of yakuza society.

Supyeongseon

Special · Adventure, Drama, Psychological

Synopsis: A world where everything has been lost. A boy and a girl alone together. A spark of hope kindled between them. All they can do is move forward. But against broken adults and devastating despair, how long will they be able to keep going...? (Source: Ize Press)

One Arm

Kataude

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: A woman lends an admirer her arm for the course of one night for him to find pleasure with it... An eerie erotic short story by Nobel Prize laureat Kawabata Yasunari is turned into minimalist animation of dazzling beauty indebted to Alfons Maria Mucha. A true gem created by two a…

Manga Nihon Keizai Nyuumon

TV · 1987 · Drama

Synopsis: Depiction of Japan's economy, based on Shoutarou Ishinomori's epynomous manga.

Yishu Xueyuan

Movie · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: In the 1990s, a group of students on the campus of the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts are pursuing their studies and preparing to face the world. China is opening up to the West and the students’ lives are a tangle of love stories and friendships, artistic research, ideals and …

★ 5.0

Dolly

Music · Drama, Psychological, Romance

Synopsis: Keina Suda's 1st EP titled "teeter" will have a limited edition release bundled with a DVD that contains 2 animated items on December 16, 2019. First is the official music video for mock animated by Avogado6 (a short version was also released on Suda's official YouTube channel). …

Pan to Boku no Momo-chan

ONA · 2018 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: The story follows a boy named Shiro and his aunt, Momo, who live together after the death of Shiro's mother, Momo's older sister. Shiro makes bread for Momo in the mornings. (Source: ANN)

★ 5.1

Cello Hiki no Gauche

OVA · Drama, Fantasy, Music

Synopsis: Gauche is having trouble perfecting his piece for his performance in 10 days when he hears a knock on his door...

★ 5.8

A life that cannot contact you

Oshi to Tsunagare Nakute Yamu Onnanoko no Kyoku

Music · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: A music video for the song Hoshi wo Tsunagete by Gothic×Luck that serves as first ending song for Kemono Friends 2 series.

★ 5.2

Warau Salesman Specials

Special · Comedy, Drama, Psychological

Synopsis: Specials of Warau Salesman broadcasted intermittently during the main show not included in the episode count of the main show. They are 3 times the length of a normal episode and fill a half hour time-slot.

Odoru Sennen Kazoku

TV · Action, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: Seven immortal siblings born in England possess humanity's ultimate dream: eternal life. But their gift makes them targets for the criminal underworld, corrupt hospitals, and international military organizations! After centuries apart, this extraordinary family reunites for a thr…

Manga Kodomo Bunko

TV · 1978 · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: A collection of children's stories and tales from traditional Japanese folklore. (Source: AniDB)

★ 5.7

The Starry Night

Byeori Binnaneun Bame

Movie · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: The Starry Night tells about the love that becomes clearer as time goes by, through the process of organizing his own life, loving an old lover. (Source: vcrworks.kr)

The Road Called Life

Maemilggot, Unsu Joeun Nal, Geurigo Bombom

Movie · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Episode 1: "When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom" Heo Saeng-won is an ageing market vendor. He has been a peddler all his life. After a long day at the marketplace in Bongpyeong village, he follows his fellow peddler Jo Seon-dal into an inn where he meets a young itinerant vendor, Do…

★ 6.3

Mister Jewel Box

Music · Drama

Synopsis: Music video for the song Mister Jewel Box by TOPHAMHAT-KYO. The story is taking TOPHAMHAT-KYO’s real experiences and exaggerating them. An ordinary man, who got a character to represent him, and becomes famous because of it. But, as time goes on, he realizes that the character is…