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 Grouse in Snow Mountain

Yukiyama no Raichou

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: A man blown by blizzard on Snow Mountain wants to return to his warm home. 1st Year Work 2011 by Hiroko Satsuma, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)

Eien

Music · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Official music video for Park Yong-ha's Eien single directed by Itou Yuuichi.

On The White Planet

Changbaekan Eolguldeul

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: In an unknown time when everything is colorless, the world pale and desolate, everybody is born with pale white skin. There is absolutely no sign of color in this world at all. However, one boy is born with yellowish skin. Everybody treats him like some sort of monster, and the b…

Galaxy Express 999: Claire of the Glass 3D

Ginga Tetsudou 999: Glass no Clair (3D)

Movie · 2000 · Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: CG remake of the Ginga Tetsudou 999: Glass no Clair short movie.

Genkichi Jii-san to Kogitsune

OVA · Drama

Synopsis: A grandfather who lives alone and a child who turns into a grandson because he wants to eat persimmon fruits. The encounter and farewell of the two are depicted in a beautiful autumn mountain village.

Imamura Store

Imamura Shoten

Movie · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: There is an elderly woman who has run a store in a Japanese town for sixty years. She marries into the Imamura Store and cares for the shop by herself, as she lived each day as the present. 1st Year Work 2011 by Aya Tsugehata, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film…

Lawless Love

Muhou no Ai

Movie · 2022 · Drama

Synopsis: A short film by Ryuya Suzuki. Midnight. A construction site. A man with a cone head and a woman with pink hair meet in a powerful encounter. A provocative tale of love, right and wrong over a quarter of a century between two outcasts.

Xue Hu

Movie · Drama

a friend in the memories

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Graduation work of Yui Nomura at Tama Art University.

monocyclic flower

ichirin hana

Movie · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Takehisa Eiraku's Tama Art University 2011 graduate project.

Kaba-Enchou no Doubutsuen Nikki

Special · 1981 · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: Aging zoo keeper Toshio Nishiyama acquires two young trainees: short-tempered former chef Takeshi Ishizawa and gentle vet Ichiro Hasegawa. Both are surprised by the difficulties they face in a deceptively easy job but persevere through troubles such as an escaped pelican, a dying…

Namae... Sore wa Moeru Inochi

OVA · Drama

Synopsis: An educational film about accepting another's ethnicity and cultural background in Japan.

The Yellow Ball

Movie · Comedy, Drama, Psychological

Synopsis: A mysterious yellow ball falls down into the present city across time and space. It involves many people and unfolds various dramas. 1st year work 2015, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)

Calling You

Omokage Tayuta

Movie · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: This is the first letter addressed to you. A voyage to trace the vague images of memories. Graduate Work 2016 by Hitomi Ohtakara, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)

Han ye Deng Zhu

Movie · 2026 · Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The future. Winter. Space travel is no longer a dream. A once-thriving film studio faces bankruptcy. The enormous compound, with structures ranging from the Great Sphinx of Giza to the Forbidden City, is now completely covered in snow and stripped of its former glory. Zha, a lone…

Spring Sky and Fall Sky

Haruzora to Akizora

Movie · 2020 · Drama

Best Care Group

ONA · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Commercials for Best Care Group, a facility that provides elderly entertainment assistance in Japan.

Gomen ne, Mii-chan

OVA · Drama

Synopsis: An educational film about children's animal cruelty in Japan.

Mirai e no Tegami: Kono Michi no Tochuu kara

ONA · 2016 · Drama

Synopsis: Gainax's Fukushima-based animation studio is working on a project for Fukushima Prefecture which will highlight the area's recovery efforts since the 2011 Touhoku earthquake and tsunami and the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. (Source: Crunchyroll)

Mister Giants Eikou no Sebangou 3

Special · 1981 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: This is a documentary-style animated special drama that tells the story of Shigeo Nagashima, a representative postwar baseball player who was also known as "Mr. Giants" when he was still playing for the Yomiuri Giants. The story is just after the end of the war.

Gesar Wang: Molian

Movie · Drama

white home town

shiro no furusato

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Graduation work of Yuuki Oogita at Tama Art University.

Romance of Three Kingdoms 2nd Season

Sanguo Yanyi 2: Zhulu Zhongyuan

ONA · Action, Drama

Synopsis: Second season of Sanguo Yanyi.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Sora Tobu Hae mo Hoshi no You

Movie · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: SOS… SOS… A black and white TV falls in love with the girl sending out the distress signal. He rushes up the mountain of trash and off to the moon he goes where the crying girl awaits. If only she could see him beyond the screen. (Source: Geidai Animation)