Drama anime

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

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Chiisana Love Letter: Mariko to Nemunoki no Kodomo-tachi

Special · 1981 · Drama, Music

Synopsis: A follow-up to the same studio's Helen Keller anime, A Little Love Letter kept the handicapped theme but focused on a wholly Japanese story. During the 1970s, actress Mariko Miyagi became heavily involved in the Silk Tree Academy (Nemunoki Gakuen), a rehabilitation center for dis…

JX Online 3: The Adventure of Shen Jianxin, Season 3 Volume 2

Jian Wang 3: Xia Gan Yi Dan Shen Jianxin 3 Part 2

ONA · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Part two of the third season of Jian Wang 3: Xia Gan Yi Dan Shen Jianxin.

Piercing I

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Due to the financial crisis, many factories in China are forced to close their doors in late 2008. Zhang Xiaojun loses his job in a shoe factory. One day, a supermarket guard beats him up, thinking Zhang is a thief. In vain, he asks the supermarket manager for financial redress. …

Ashita no Kibou: Kanashimi yo Arigatou - Takae Tsuneo Monogatari

Movie · 2013 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: An animated biographical film about the life of Takae Tsuneo, who was dealt a heavy blow when he lost both of his arms but worked to help other people with disabilities. At the age of seventeen, Tsuneo is electrocuted during his job installing power lines and has both of his arms…

★ 4.5

Meow no Hoshi

Movie · Drama, Slice of Life, Supernatural

Synopsis: A story about a girl and her cat Meow.

★ 4.9

Beam!

BEAM!

Music · Action, Drama

Synopsis: Music video directed by Kousuke Sugimoto for the song BEAM! by INSHOW-HA in their second mini-album "(not) NUCLEAR LOVE (or affection)". It features a blend of live action and animation.

Ryoukan-san

Movie · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: An animated motion picture about a real-life Buddhist monk and renowned poet, Ryoukan who lived in 18th century Japan, during the Edo Period. Though born to a wealthy family in Izumozaki, Ryoukan chooses to abandon the easy life he would have inherited in order to understand the …

Magwi

ONA · Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: "Devil, I don't want to marry him." In hopes to escape a forced marriage, Giovinetta makes a wish to the devil to save her, but what she doesn't know are the consequences of her actions. Read the steamy story of a girl who just wants to be with the one man she is forbidden to lov…

Double Life-Drawing Jiang Hu 2

Hua Jianghu: Huan Shi Men Sheng 2

ONA · Action, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Second season of Hua Jianghu: Huan Shi Men Sheng.

★ 3.9

Nobara

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Stop-motion animation utilizing puppets, narrating the relationship between two European border patrol officers.

Nekketsu Jinmenken: LIFE IS MOVIE

OVA · 2014 · Action, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: The "Life Is Movie" featuring indie animator Junichi Yamamoto and Flash animator Tokumaru Naoko reintroducing the Hidenori Takahashi voiced passionate human-faced dog NEET/would be detective will be released as OVA and online on the Bandai Channel later this summer. (Sourced: Cru…

Neko no Sumu Shima

Special · 2012 · Drama

Synopsis: Neko no Sumu Shima (The island where the cats live) takes place in Tashiro-jima, a place called "Island of the cats," which was severely damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. This 5-minutes episode follow the story of cats after the disaster.

Capsules 2

Jiaonang Jihua 2

ONA · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: "Capsules Project" is one of Bilibili's support programs for original Chinese animators. It involves professional teams from various industries with mature animation production experience creating independent short films, regardless of format or style. This is an exploration of o…

A Dog's Courage

Underdog

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Stray dogs who have been abandoned by humans find "a place without humans" and realize their identities and the meaning of freedom and self-identity.

On The Edge Specials

Zhen Dao Ge Specials

ONA · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: The story rewinds thirteen years, recounting the massacre of the entire He family, except for the young He Fangzhi, at a mutton soup restaurant in the Gobi Desert. Those involved in the massacre are familiar faces He Fangzhi encounters thirteen years later seeking revenge: Luo To…

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Sangokushi

Special · 1982 · Drama

Synopsis: A TV special animation of the Chinese historical romance that has been passed down through the ages to this day. China was the era of Eastern Han. Under the imperial court that lost power, the security of the world was disturbed, and a large group of bandits, the "Yellow Turban P…

FRIEND.

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Haruka Suzuki's graduation film.

Eomma Chaja Sammanli

Movie · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: A boy runs away from an orphanage to begin a search for his birth mother with the help of an elderly man. (Source: IMDb)

★ 5.5

HEART

Music · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: Music video for the song Heart by group_inou.

Isewan Taifuu Monogatari

Movie · 1989 · Drama

Synopsis: On September 26, 1959, Super Typhoon #15 (also known as "T5915", "Vera", or "Isewan Typhoon"), struck the coast of Japan with the maximum wind speed of 305 km/h, causing over 5,000 dead or missing plus over 30,000 injured, the heaviest casualty caused by a single typhoon in Japan…

Akai Kitsune Midori no Tanuki Web CM: Hitori no Yoru to Akamidori

ONA · Drama

Synopsis: "I feel relieved when the soup is delicious."

Qin Shi Mingyue: Yi Zhe Rushi

ONA · Drama

Synopsis: This special focuses on Duanmu Rong. It tells a story happened when she was an apprentice doctor.

★ 4.7

Emerald no Oka

Music · Drama

Synopsis: Music video directed by Kouhei Yoshino for the song Emerald no Oka by Japanese pop duo moumoon in their fifth full-length album "LOVE before we DIE". A short version of the music video was released on the avex YouTube channel, with the full version later being included on DVD and…

GOOD LUCK

Hajimari no Asa

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Graduate school first year production by Mori Yuya.