Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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A Jewish Girl in Shanghai Part 2: The Mystery of the Necklace
Youtai Nuhai Zai Shanghai 2: Xianglian Mima
Movie · Drama
Synopsis: The second Youtai Nuhai Zai Shanghai film which expands the back story of Rina and Michalli. It focuses on what happened to their parents fleeing and how the two children ended up in Shanghai as the Nazis try to hunt them down.
Jangdokdae
Jangdokdae
Movie · Drama
Synopsis: A 1991 Korean Historical movie.
Friend Ship
Friend Ship
Movie · Drama
Synopsis: Graduation work of Saeko Suzuki at Tama Art University.
Hidamari no Ie
Hidamari no Ie
OVA · Drama
Synopsis: An educational film about fatherless families and the elderly living alone in Japan
The Ravages of Time 3rd Season
Huo Feng Liao Yuan 3
ONA · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: In 193 AD, Guo Jia presented the dark military strategy of "slaughtering one city to subdue ten," leading Cao Cao to attack Xuzhou under the pretext of "avenging his father." Historical records state that "hundreds of thousands of men and women were killed." Liaoyuan Huo, posing …
Boku wa Kozou no Shouboutai
Boku wa Kozou no Shouboutai
Special · Drama
Synopsis: A children's fire prevention education anime with animal firefighters.
Amefuri Kumanoko (2010 ver)
Amefuri Kumanoko (2010 ver)
Music · Drama
Synopsis: A song by Tomoyo Harada & Keiichi Suzuki. "Rain falls in the mountain, dancing on the ground. Forming a small stream of water a mischievous bear runs by the stream. Silently he looks down at the water, and wonders if there is a fish…" (Source: Yamamura Animation)
Kumo no Gakkou
Kumo no Gakkou
Movie · 2005 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Near the end of the 19th century, a young boy loses his father and has to move from a comfortable city to a poor village in Saitama. There, living with his mother, elder sister, and a dog, he learns valuable lessons about what's truly important in life.
Covered Bridge
Fengyu Lang Qiao
ONA · Action, Drama
Synopsis: In the troubled times at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the cannibalism spreads. The knight-errant who used to wield his sword has become an old man suffering from old illnesses, living cautiously in order to feed his hunger. Until he meets a little girl, and his dormant fighting s…
Wo de San Ti: Luo Ji Zhuan
Wo de San Ti: Luo Ji Zhuan
ONA · Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: The second season of Wo de San Ti, based on the the second book of the novel trilogy Remembrance of Earth's Past. Note: The first season was entirely fan made and not sanctioned by the author; it is not eligible for the database.
MAHOROBA
MAHOROBA
Movie · 2021 · Drama
Synopsis: At the Hudsucker corporate headquarters, a salaryman (“Me”) is the constant target of his hulking, bald, perverted boss’ violent retribution. Bittersweet childhood memories of Me’s late grandmother keep him going, but his brutal work life pushes him to the breaking point. Me gets…
Ningyougeki
Ningyougeki
TV short · 1956 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Puppet-animated show made for elementary school students in the lower grades with the aim of teaching children life lessons and morals while also nurturing healthy imagination. It adapts a wide array of stories; originating from foreign folktales, comtemporary fairytales and clas…
Etopirika: Omoi wo Tsumugu Tori
Etopirika: Omoi wo Tsumugu Tori
ONA · 2022 · Drama, Supernatural
Synopsis: Etopirika: A Bird that Spins Thoughts is a animated film created based on the testimonies of former residents of the Northern Territories. The film was produced with the aim of helping many people, especially young people, learn more about what happened in the Northern Territorie…
The Body Swap Center
Seikaku Henkou School
Movie · Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Mimi is fed up with her pathetic self. One day she walks along looking at the ground like usual when she notices a suspicious flyer. Graduate Work 2018, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation (Source: Geidai Animation)
Wo de San Ti: Zhang Beihai Zhuan
Wo de San Ti: Zhang Beihai Zhuan
ONA · Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: The story takes place in the span of the near future to two hundred years later. The civilization of earth was locked by the three bodies with a super technology called Tomoko, and basic research has stalled. However, humans still need to continue to advance to resist the upcomin…
Shinya Ramen no Yuuwaku: SUNTORY Karada wo Omou All-Free CM
Shinya Ramen no Yuuwaku: SUNTORY Karada wo Omou All-Free CM
Special · 2025 · Drama
Synopsis: Web CM for Suntory ALL-FREE non-alcoholic beverage, starring japanese Youtuber SUSURU and with Kouichi Yamadera voicing all the sound effects.
Destiny
Destiny
Movie · Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: Graduate Work 2021 by Minori Matsuoka, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. Yui has become estranged from her boyfriend, who doesn't even wish her happy birthday. Her friend Aya introduces a fortune teller said to be the re…
Koe wo Kikasete
Koe wo Kikasete
OVA · Drama
Synopsis: An educational film about mobile phone addictions in Japan.
Nanumu no Ie
Nanumu no Ie
Movie · Drama
Synopsis: A documentary anime covering the lives of Korean comfort women used as sexual slaves for Japanese soldiers during WWII.
WANDER BURABURA BAKKAMU
WANDER BURABURA BAKKAMU
ONA · Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Part of the Young Animator Training Project. One of the shorts exhibited in Anime no Tane 2023.
Komi Witch Lara
Kkomimanyeo Rara Season 1
TV short · Adventure, Drama, Mahou Shoujo
Synopsis: Tells the main character, Lara, who enters a magical world called Loia, where the magicians and Komipet live, and receives a magic education that goes against her wishes at the end of the twists and turns. When the peaceful village of lo gradually gained strange energy, the COMI …
Suppon Pon Pon
Suppon Pon Pon
Music · Drama
Synopsis: Music video for the song Suppon Pon Pon by Ai Iwasaki that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. "Suppon" is the Japanese name for the Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis). The video features stop motion animation by Aki Kouno.
Firewood, Kanta & Grandpa
Takigi to Kanta to Jiji to
Movie · Drama
Synopsis: A puppet animation set in a mountain village in Japan. Outside a village in deep snow, there lived a boy named Kanta and his grandpa. One day, the grandpa gets sick and plenty of firewood they had at home is running out. Without firewood, the grandpa may freeze to death. Kanta ma…
Ygg's bird
Ygg no Tori
Movie · Drama, Horror
Synopsis: We are all living in a food chain. All the living beings support each other as predator-prey relationship in the balance of nature. Yet there is a huge and ferocious bird. It is so brutal that all the creatures are afraid of it... Everything repeats itself, slightly changing its …
