Drama anime

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

Drama Reset

Found: 3,462

Spring Day

Haru no Hi

Music · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Music video for the song Spring Day by DADA GAUGUIN.

Kyuu Ichi Kyuu

919

Movie · Drama, Supernatural

Synopsis: A man is walking along the beach. Then a demon, the man’s pain, appears and chases him. The pain is unbearable, coursing through his entire body. He somehow manages to get away, but eventually, he returns to the ocean even though he knows that the demon will appear again if he go…

Yuuki no Hana ga Hiraku Toki: Yanase Takashi to Anpanman no Monogatari

Special · 2019 · Drama

Synopsis: A biographical anime about Sore Ike! Anpanman creator Takashi Yanase, based on Kumiko Kakehashi's novel of the same name, and celebrates what would have been the 100th birthday of the manga creator.

Glass no Kamen Pilot Film

Special · 2017 · Drama

Synopsis: Pilot film included in the Blu-ray release of the 1984 Glass no Kamen series.

Yichan Xiao Heshang

ONA · Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: It tells the story of a young monk named Yichan, his master, and various people and events around them, through which he learns the principles of life, understanding the joys and sorrows, the resentment and separation from loved ones, and the frustrations of not getting what one …

Sanmao Liulang Ji

TV_SHORT · Drama

Toilet Concours

Hwajangsil Kongkul

Movie · Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: A father named Sangmin has been working and living alone for 3 years. He sends money to his family overseas so his daughter can study abroad. But one day, his company recommends that he resign. Being unaware of this, his wife and daughter ask him to let them stay abroad longer, a…

oldman youngman

Movie · Drama, Music, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Graduation work of Ryoya Kaga at Tama Art University.

Ai no Kiseki: Doctor Norman Monogatari

Special · 1983 · Drama

The Egret River

Lusi He

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Among the tall buildings of the city, a lonely guard hides a beautiful field where he meets an egret. However, the expansion of the city never stops, and one day the field is destroyed. The egret escapes without a trace and the guard begins to see mysterious illusions. (Source: O…

Kiangnan 1894

Jiangnan

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Set in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the story revolves around a teenager named A'lang, who accidentally becomes an apprentice in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Factory before becoming a top military mechanic. (Source: IMDB)

Kkokdu

Movie · Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Jacob, an 11-year-old boy who is looking for kokdu dolls to remember his last moments with his grandmother, accidentally enters the world of these dolls. The "kokdu", literally "funeral doll", a key element in the work, is a wooden doll that adorned the bier (a carriage that carr…

Inscription of Dragons

Diao Long Ji

Movie · Drama, Fantasy

the story that might be a dream

Yume Kamo Shirenai Hanashi

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: Graduation work of Miryan Paku at Tama Art University.

De_Riria_Subasutaimu

Movie · Drama

Synopsis: De_Riria_Subasutaimu is a surreal and abstract short film about grief. (Source: Letterboxd)

Klonoa Heroes: Densetsu no Star Medal

Special · 2002 · Action, Adventure, Drama

My Three-Body 4

Wo De San Ti 4th Season

ONA · Drama, Sci-Fi

Miraeui Goldongpum Gage

— · Drama

Hong Lingjin Yu Wang Xiaoming

ONA · Drama

Damin Chang Ge

ONA · Action, Adventure, Drama

HAPPY☆LESSON ADVANCE: Bau Bau★Kanna no X'mas Soudou

OVA · 2004 · Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: One day, as Christmas approaches, Chitose spots a puppy in town. It turns out to be Chibisuke, the puppy he had rescued and cared for after an accident. Concerned about Chibisuke, Chitose goes to check on him, only to encounter Kanna, who had been searching for Chitose, determine…

Psyche

Movie · Drama, Supernatural

Synopsis: The main character of this story is a strange creature who lives in shadows. One day, he is left behind by the owner of the shadow he lives in. This creature who has lost his home wanders through the night city in search of his shadow. (Source: Geidai Animation)

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Seishun Meisaku Anime

Special · 1987 · Drama

Synopsis: Two episode, adaptations of Masao Kume's Student Days and Saneatsu Mushanokoji's The Friend Who Didn't Believe in Friendship, were not broadcast in the original run, appearing instead as two "specials" on TV Asahi the following year. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

Chonma Sticks His Tongue Out

Bero-dashi Chonma

OVA · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Ryusuke Saito. An educational film about oppressed farmers in the Edo period who tried to better themselves only to get crucified.