Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 7.5Charlotte
Charlotte
TV · 2015 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: If not for his ability to take over people's mind and body, Yuu Otosaka would be an ordinary high school student. Though it only lasts for five seconds at a time, Yuu's mysterious power allowed him to cheat his way to the top of his class and enter a prestigious high school, wher…
★ 6.7Tokyo Ghoul √A
Tokyo Ghoul √A
TV · 2015 · Action, Drama, Horror
Synopsis: Ken Kaneki has finally come to accept the monstrous, flesh-craving part of himself that he has feared and despised for so long. After escaping captivity and torture, Kaneki joins Aogiri Tree—the very militant ghoul organization that had abducted him, leading his friends to questi…
★ 8.4Made in Abyss
Made in Abyss
TV · 2017 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The Abyss—a gaping chasm stretching down into the depths of the earth, filled with mysterious creatures and relics from a time long past. How did it come to be? What lies at the bottom? Countless brave individuals, known as Divers, have sought to solve these mysteries of the Abys…
★ 8.6HAIKYU!! 2nd Season
Haikyuu!! 2nd Season
TV · 2015 · Comedy, Drama, Sports
Synopsis: Following their participation at the Inter-High, the Karasuno High School volleyball team attempts to refocus their efforts, aiming to conquer the Spring tournament instead. When they receive an invitation from long-standing rival Nekoma High, Karasuno agrees to take part in a la…
★ 8.0Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.
TV · 2011 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Jinta Yadomi is peacefully living as a recluse, spending his days away from school and playing video games at home instead. One hot summer day, his childhood friend, Meiko "Menma" Honma, appears and pesters him to grant a forgotten wish. He pays her no mind, which annoys her, but…
★ 8.5Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
ONA · 2022 · Action, Drama, Psychological
Synopsis: Dreams are doomed to die in Night City, a futuristic Californian metropolis. As a teenager living in the city's slums, David Martinez is trying to fulfill his mother's lifelong wish for him to reach the top of Arasaka, the world's leading security corporation. To this end, he att…
★ 8.3DAN DA DAN
Dandadan
TV · 2024 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: After being aggressively rejected, (https://hikka.io/characters/momo-ayase-3fe653 "https://hikka.io/characters/momo-ayase-3fe653") finds herself sulking when she stumbles across a boy being bullied. Saved by her rash kindness, the alien-obsessed boy attempts to speak to her about…
★ 7.8My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.
TV · 2013 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: (https://hikka.io/characters/hachiman-hikigaya-6259ec "Hachiman Hikigaya") is an apathetic high school student with narcissistic and semi-nihilistic tendencies. He firmly believes that joyful youth is nothing but a farce, and everyone who says otherwise is just lying to themselve…
★ 8.3Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season
TV · 2020 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: A reunion that was supposed to spell the arrival of peaceful times is quickly shattered when Subaru Natsuki and Emilia return to Irlam village. Witnessing the devastation left behind by the calamities known as Sin Archbishops, Subaru sinks into the depths of despair as his abilit…
★ 8.5Gurren Lagann
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
TV · 2007 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: (https://hikka.io/characters/simon-cd4a35 "Simon") and (https://hikka.io/characters/kamina-216b4b "Kamina")were born and raised in a deep, underground village, hidden from the fabled surface. (https://hikka.io/characters/kamina-216b4b "Kamina") is a free-spirited loose cannon ben…
★ 8.4I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai
Movie · 2018 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: The aloof protagonist: a bookworm who is deeply detached from the world he resides in. He has no interest in others and is firmly convinced that nobody has any interest in him either. His story begins when he stumbles across a handwritten book, titled Living with Dying. He soon i…
★ 8.1Dororo
Dororo
TV · 2019 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: The greedy samurai lord Daigo Kagemitsu's land is dying, and he would do anything for power, even renounce Buddha and make a pact with demons. His prayers are answered by 12 demons who grant him the power he desires by aiding his prefecture's growth, but at a price. When Kagemits…
★ 8.0Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen
TV · 2023 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: For centuries, the Demon Slayer Corps has sacredly kept the location of Swordsmith Village a secret. As the village of the greatest forgers, it provides Demon Slayers with the finest weapons, which allow them to fight night-crawling fiends and ensure the safety of humans. After h…
★ 8.3Assassination Classroom Second Season
Ansatsu Kyoushitsu 2nd Season
TV · 2016 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: Returning from their summer vacation, the students of Class 3-E at the prestigious Kunugigaoka Middle School find themselves up against unbeatable odds. Faced with the possibility of world annihilation, the students must come up with increasingly elaborate and creative ways to ki…
★ 8.5Howl‘s Moving Castle
Howl no Ugoku Shiro
Movie · 2004 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: That jumbled piece of architecture, that cacophony of hissing steam and creaking joints, with smoke billowing from it as it moves on its own... That castle is home to the magnificent wizard Howl, infamous for both his magical prowess and for being a womanizer—or so the rumor goes…
★ 8.7Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2
TV · 2008 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: One year has passed since the Black Rebellion, a failed uprising against the Holy Britannian Empire led by the masked vigilante Zero, who is now missing. At a loss without their revolutionary leader, Area 11's resistance group—the Black Knights—find themselves too powerless to co…
★ 8.7HAIKYU!! 3rd Season
Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou
TV · 2016 · Comedy, Drama, Sports
Synopsis: After the victory against Aoba Jousai High, Karasuno High School, once called “a fallen powerhouse, a crow that can’t fly,” has finally reached the climax of the heated Spring tournament. Now, to advance to nationals, the Karasuno team has to defeat the powerhouse Shiratorizawa A…
★ 8.2Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen (TV)
TV · 2021 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: A mysterious string of disappearances on a certain train has caught the attention of the Demon Slayer Corps, and they have sent one of their best to exterminate what can only be a demon responsible. However, the plan to board the Mugen Train is delayed by a lesser demon who is te…
★ 8.1Weathering With You
Tenki no Ko
Movie · 2019 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Tokyo is currently experiencing rain showers that seem to disrupt the usual pace of everyone living there to no end. Amidst this seemingly eternal downpour arrives the runaway high school student (https://hikka.io/characters/hodaka-morishima-edb9da "Hodaka Morishima"), who strugg…
★ 7.5Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
TV · 2012 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Everybody has had that stage in their life where they have thought themselves to be special, different from the masses of ordinary humans. They might go as far as seeing themselves capable of wielding mystical powers, or maybe even believe themselves to have descended from a fant…
★ 7.6Devilman Crybaby
DEVILMAN crybaby
ONA · 2018 · Action, Drama, Horror
Synopsis: Devils cannot take form without a living host. However, if the will of an individual is strong enough, they can overcome the demon and make its power their own, becoming a Devilman. Weak and unassuming, Akira Fudou has always had a bleeding heart. So when his childhood friend Ryo…
★ 8.1Fate/Zero
Fate/Zero
TV · 2011 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: With the promise of granting any wish, the omnipotent Holy Grail triggered three wars in the past, each too cruel and fierce to leave a victor. In spite of that, the wealthy Einzbern family is confident that the Fourth Holy Grail War will be different; namely, with a vessel of th…
★ 8.8Monster
MONSTER
TV · 2004 · Drama, Horror, Mystery
Synopsis: (https://hikka.io/characters/kenzou-tenma-957217 "Dr. Kenzou Tenma"), an elite neurosurgeon recently engaged to his (https://hikka.io/characters/eva-heinemann-a72200 "hospital director's daughter"), is well on his way to ascending the hospital hierarchy. That is until one night, …
★ 8.2Bakemonogatari
Bakemonogatari
TV · 2009 · Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student, manages to survive a vampire attack with the help of Meme Oshino, a strange man residing in an abandoned building. Though being saved from vampirism and now a human again, several side effects such as superhuman healing abilities …
