Drama anime

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

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Ecchan no Sensou

Movie · 2002 · Drama

Synopsis: Based on a children's novel by Etsuko Kishikawa.

Bongchon Bride

Bongchon Gaksi

ONA · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: "You bought me for 50 sacks of rice? Why would you do that?" "I thought you might end up dead if I didn't." Hidden deep in the mountains from prying eyes, the burly Bong-chun lives in seclusion. Bong-chun buys and rescues Sun-gap, a servant boy who is beaten almost to death by hi…

Gwangjang

Movie · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Tall, blonde and blue-eyed, it is impossible not to notice Isak Borg, First Secretary to the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang. As a diplomat, he is under constant surveillance and strongly discouraged from interacting with the locals. Despite this, he secretly dates Bok-joo, a local …

★ 3.9

Xiao Tie Zhu

Movie · Action, Drama

Synopsis: On a hill with beautiful scenery, there lived some small animals and their good friend Xiao Tie Zhu. One day, a young sparrow was attacked and injured by an eagle. The bird was found by a bear and a rabbit who try to help it out. But more dangers lie ahead...

I'll Just Live In Bando

Bandoe Sareoriratda

Movie · Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: 46-year-old Oh Jun-koo is a downtrodden thespian who hasn't worked in ages. The closest he gets to treading the boards nowadays is teaching drama part-time to unappreciative college students. His home life isn't much better. Wife Mig-yeong is a socially ambitious nagger who's alw…

★ 4.8

Donguri to Yamaneko (1995)

Movie · Drama, Mystery

Synopsis: A retelling of Miyazawa Kenji's story of The Acorns and the Wildcat.

★ 4.5

Kokuen

Music · Drama

Synopsis: Music video for the song "Kokuen" by Lyu:Lyu.

The Degenerate-Drawing Jianghu 7

Hua Jianghu: Buliang Ren 7

ONA · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: The situation in Mobei appears calm on the surface, but in reality, undercurrents are surging. Queen Shuliduo is planning a grand assembly, while Bu Liang Shuai has led a group of Bu Liang Ren to Mobei to investigate its movements. During this time, the Four Great Corpse Ancestor…

Chun Tae-il

Tae-il

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Chun Taeil was an assistant who once bought bread for hungry girls working in factories; a tailor who could not turn a blind eye to the poor working conditions in Pyeonghwa Market; and a worker who had no choice but to shout to defend the Labor Standards Act. Instead of honoring …

★ 5.2

Kimi wo Matsu

Music · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Music video for the song Kimi wo Matsu by Aimer that was on her third album "DAWN". It was included on DVD with the first press release of the CD. The video was directed by Gaku Kinoshita.

My Dear

Movie · Drama, Psychological

Synopsis: At the waterside surrounded by factories and the wastes lives a white frog. It loves a goldfish that also lives in the neighborhood. Recently the goldfish appears to be poor in health, which worries the frog. 1st year work 2014 by yagi, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate Scho…

Shirahata no Shoujo Ryuuko

Movie · 1988 · Drama

Synopsis: In 1945, American troops land on the island of Okinawa. The Japanese fight a guerrilla war against the invaders, and little Ryuko is forced to leave her grandparents behind and flee with her mother and younger sister, who are eventually killed. Ryuko heads on alone across the war…

★ 4.2

Toshishun

Special · 1981 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: A traditional Chinese tale entitled Tu Tze-chun that tells the story of a young man who becomes rich when he finds buried treasure only to lose it all leading a life of extravagance. This version is formally an adaptation of Ryuunosuke Akutagawa's telling of the tale titled Toshi…

Tegami

OVA · Drama

Synopsis: A young boy lives with his grandfather who survived WW2. When a letter comes in the main, the grandfather begins to weeps. He then tells his grandson the story of about this letter his friend wrote.

★ 4.1

A brightening life

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Above ground, there are many people, coming and going. Underneath a certain sidewalk grate, lives a garbage bag. He has no work, no home, and no family. This is a story of the dirty, black garbage bag and how he gains new life through his connection to the outside world.

★ 4.2

If You Were Me: Anima Vision (2005)

Byulbyul Iyagi

Movie · Drama, Psychological

Synopsis: Six animated shorts about discrimination and being different. 1. "Daydream" talks about dealing with people with disability. It homes in on the daily life of a father with a daughter whose hands and feet are deformed. 2. "Animal Farm" relies on the rough-and-ready feel of stop-mo…

★ 4.8

Monk SEISHIN

Movie · 2023 · Drama

Synopsis: In the 19th century, a rice merchant encounters a mother who tries to buy rice in exchange for her own child's clothes. The merchant becomes Monk Seishin and relieves the islanders of Miyajima from poverty by digging wells and starting the wooden ladle industry. (Source: YouTube)

★ 5.2

Omoide wa Kireide

Music · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A special Father's Day music video featuring a short version of Omoide wa Kireide by Aimer that was originally released on her fifteenth single. The video was directed by Gaku Kinoshita.

Beryl and Sapphire 5th Season

Xiaolü He Xiaolan 5

ONA · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Fifth season of Xiao Lu He Xiao Lan.

Senbon Matsubara: Kawa to Ikiru Shounen-tachi

Movie · 1992 · Drama

Synopsis: After suffering severe floods in 1753, the people of Senbon Matsubara in Shizuoka cooperate on flood prevention around the Kiso, Nagara, and Yuhi rivers. The people of Satsuma (Kumamoto Prefecture) endure great hardships after being forced to undertake the work by the central gov…

Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki: Heianmuyo! Picture Drama

OVA · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: A standalone Tenchi Muyou Ryououki picture drama released as a part of PAC on VHS and seemingly around the same time on laser disc. The premise of Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki: Heian Muyo! has Aeka, Yosho (in his Katsuhito form), Tenchi, Mihoshi, Ryou-Ouki, and Ryouko in the Heian era …

★ 4.5

Escape from Tsuki no Uragawa Zoo

Escape from Tsuki No Uragawa ZOO

Music · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: A music video for Migimimi sleep tight's song "Escape from Tsuki no Uragawa Zoo."

Twinkle Catch! Teenieping

Banjjagbanjjag Catch! Tiniping

TV short · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: The residents of Jewel Forest, Jewel Teeniepings suddenly disappeared. Joahping, Teeheeping, and Trustping, who also are Jewel Teeniepings, the students of Royal Teenieping Academy, and the candidates of next Royal Teeniepings, head to Earth to save their friends… Now, Romi and H…

Ametsuchi

Movie · Drama, Psychological

Synopsis: Puppet animation from Tomoyasu Murata about the Kojiki (mainly the first volume), the beginning of things, in which the Japanese archipelago is born and the land is set up due to earthquakes, volcanoes, and climate change, is described as a myth, replacing various deities. (Sourc…