Drama anime

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

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The Arari Show

TV short · Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Enter the Arari Show and meet the host Mr Arari, an over-dynamic showman who really knows how to liven up an audience. Ever wanted to learn more about the culture, language and lifestyle in Korea? Learn some words and phrases? And be amused and entertained at the same time? Come …

Yama ni Kagayaku: Guide-ken Heiji Gou

Special · 2012 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A short story about a mountain guide dog Heiji.

Kokoroya

OVA · Drama

Synopsis: An educational film about empathy in Japan. In the movie's example, uses a sci-fi twist to show how the hearts of others to the main character in certain situations.

Kanta and the Deer

Shika to Kanta

OVA · 1992 · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: One day, Kanta, a lonely boy, rescues an orphaned baby deer and names it Poyu. There is something special about Poyu, his golden tail. When hunters go after Poyu, Kanta is determined to protect his golden-tailed friend and the other deer.

Hikari Sasu Sora e

OVA · Drama

Synopsis: An educational film about LGBT human rights problems in Japan.

Haedori Daemoheom

Movie · Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: A Korean anti-communist animated movie.

Day of Promise

Chikai

ONA · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: A Tekken short commissioned by Hoken Ichiba, a insurance marketplace company. It focuses on a father and son as the son tries to realize the oath he gave his father.

Period of The MOUSEMAN

Period of the Mouseman

Movie · 2018 · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In Period of the Mouseman, a young man grapples with his transformation into a cyborg modeled after a mouse (Source: HDIVE)

Sword and Fairy 4

Xian Jian Qi Xia Zhuan 4

ONA · Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: For the sake of their cultivation endeavors, the Qionghua Sect sent its elders to forge two swords, Wangshu and Xihe, and sought two disciples to wield them in dual cultivation, attempting to bind the demon realm and seize its immense spiritual power. This ultimately triggered a …

Romance of Three Kingdoms

Sanguo Yanyi

ONA · Action, Drama, Supernatural

Synopsis: At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the court was corrupt, and years of famine led to the Yellow Turban Rebellion. In Zhuojun, Liu Bei met Zhang Fei and Guan Yu; the three shared the same ideals and swore brotherhood in the Peach Garden. Liu Bei distinguished himself in battle…

Inochi Kagayaku Akari

OVA · Drama

Synopsis: An educational film about women's problems, community discrimination (buraku social issues), and the entrapment of disabilities.

The Boy & A Great River

Kuzuryuugawa to Shounen

OVA · 1998 · Drama

Synopsis: An educational film about the Kuzuryuu River in Japan. It starts out in the Meiji Era where the villages along it kept getting plagued by floods. The villagers prayed for it to stop but it did nothing. A young boy who lost his childhood friend to the floods grows up into a man an…

Lianai Shang Shang Qian

ONA · Drama, Romance

Where is my home?

Movie · Drama, Psychological

Synopsis: Here, everyone is an outlander. But something's not right. Everyone else has a place to sit at the table, a home to return to at will. Not him. Lonely as it may be, he will look ahead and find his place here. Graduate Work 2019, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fi…

Kongque Gongzhu

Movie · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Nanma Nuona, the seventh princess of the Peacock Kingdom has six sisters. One day, the seven sisters went to the Golden Lake to bathe and play, and happened to bumped into Zhao Shutun, the prince of Banzha. Zhao Shutun and Nanma Nuona fell in love at first sight, and the two soon…

Tsuyoku

Music · Drama

Synopsis: Music video for the single Tsuyoku by Japanese band RIF. The video was directed by Satomi Maiya.

Snack World: Lenny the Misanthrope

The Snack World: Hitogirai no Lenny

Movie · 2016 · Action, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: The Snack World follows a ragtag group of friends who embark on an adventure together. They live in a land similar to traditional fantasy settings but with certain modern twists like cell phones and convenience stores.

Horizon Blue

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: It depicts the problems of child abuse and dysfunctional families in Japan. Harada, who completed "Midori", made this movie alone over 24 years. (Source: YouTube description)

A DOG

Movie · Drama, Psychological, Supernatural

Synopsis: Once upon a time, a man killed the king’s pet dog. He was executed and reincarnated as a canis but with the memory of his past life as a man. (Source: Geidai Animation)

Yong Mei

ONA · Drama, Romance, Supernatural

Xiangsi

ONA · Drama, Romance

Boku to Gaku: Ano Natsu no Monogatari

OVA · Drama

Synopsis: An educational film about losing hope in children in Japan. In the movie's example, how it is bad it is to say another child "doesn't stand a chance" or "don't think too much of them, they won't amount to anything" because of their upbringing or background or single action they d…

SAKA MEN

Gyaku men

Movie · Drama, Horror

Synopsis: Horror stop motion puppet animation from Shigeru Okada

Tanbai Haru, Tookaraji

OVA · Drama

Synopsis: An educational film about exclusion and isolation of people in Japan. Specifically aimed at adult isolation.