Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 7.1GANTZ:O
GANTZ:O
Movie · 2016 · Action, Drama, Ecchi
Synopsis: Death does not have to be the end; one can live again, but only through beating the game posed by the black ball called Gantz. On his way home to celebrate his younger brother's birthday, brave and kind-hearted student named Masaru Katou is stabbed to death. He awakes in a small …
★ 7.2One Piece: Heart of Gold
ONE PIECE: Heart of Gold
Special · 2016 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: A girl named Olga is pursued by both the World Government and a man named Mad Treasure, as she is the only one who knows the location of the Pure Gold, a substance that can buy the entire world. Olga ends up sailing with the Straw Hat Pirates, and they journey to find the Pure Go…
★ 6.4Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas
GUILTY CROWN: Lost Christmas
Special · 2012 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: In 2029, Scrooge escapes from a research facility where he had been confined as an experimental subject. His body was remodeled by genetic manipulations and he uses his psychic power to kill the chasers. One day, he meets another experimental subject called Carol. When three psyc…
★ 6.9The Gymnastics Samurai
Taisou Zamurai
TV · 2020 · Drama, Sports
Synopsis: At the pinnacle of his gymnastics career, Joutarou Aragaki—nicknamed Samurai for his signature hairstyle—suffers a shoulder injury following his wife's death. Five years later, he continues to push the limits of his body as a member of the Japanese gymnastics team. However, Jouta…
★ 8.0Major S1
Major S1
TV · 2004 · Comedy, Drama, Sports
Synopsis: Gorou Honda, a little boy obsessed with baseball, has always admired his father, Shigeharu. Wishing to follow in his father's footsteps, Gorou dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. In turn, his son's starry-eyed admiration encourages Shigeharu to keep persevering, de…
★ 7.6La Maison en Petits Cubes
Tsumiki no Ie
Movie · 2008 · Drama
Synopsis: In a flooded town where the waters are ever-rising, an old man must constantly build new floors onto his home in order to keep dry. But when his favorite smoking pipe falls into the watery abyss beneath him, he dives into the depths of not only his house, but memories of years pa…
★ 8.0The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 3
Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid 3rd Season
TV · 2024 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Although everything the young duke touches perishes, his existence is far from lonely. His spirited siblings Viola and Walter, loyal butler Rob, and the eccentric witches Cuff and Zain are regularly livening up his secluded mansion. But it is the duke's flirty maid, Alice Lendrot…
★ 7.5Arknights: PERISH IN FROST
Arknights: Touin Kiro
TV · 2023 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Rebel organization Reunion has reduced the city of Chernobog to ashes and despair. That is only the beginning of its uprising against the nations prejudiced toward those infected with the highly contagious and deadly disease Oripathy. Now, the rebels have set their sights on Lung…
★ 7.6Anne Shirley
Anne Shirley
TV · 2025 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Life is not easy for Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan with a vast imagination and a short temper. In a twist of fate, she gets taken into the Cuthbert house in Avonlea. The elderly occupants Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were looking for a young boy to help in the fields, but t…
★ 6.3In Search of the Lost Future
Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete
TV · 2014 · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Kaori Sasaki—a member of Uchihama Academy's Astronomy Club—confesses to Sou Akiyama, but later that evening, she dies in a tragic road accident. Her friends and fellow club members mourn her death in a local hospital. Yet she shows up to school the following day, and no one sense…
★ 7.8YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai
TV · 2024 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: In the Kingdom of Yamauchi, people have the ability to transform into three-legged crows known as yatagarasu. While the men plot over daily governance, women compete for the hand of Wakamiya, the crown prince who was selected as the Kinu, the servant to the Mountain God. Four you…
★ 7.1Shigofumi
Shigofumi
TV · 2008 · Drama, Fantasy, Psychological
Synopsis: There are some things that people are unable to say while they are alive; for these, there are "shigofumi," letters carried from the world of the dead to the world of the living. When a person with strong emotions dies, they are able to create a shigofumi, whether their feelings …
★ 5.0Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer
Hoshi no Samidare
TV · 2022 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: College student Yuuhi Amamiya's monotonous life is turned upside down with the appearance of Sir Noi Crezant, a talking lizard claiming to be a knight of justice. Crezant elaborates that the world is in peril—threatened by the mage Animus who wishes to annihilate it with his Bisc…
★ 8.4Heaven Official's Blessing Special Episode
Tian Guan Ci Fu Special
ONA · Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Synopsis: Xie Lian and Hua Cheng recount their recent adventures during a quiet night at Puqi Shrine. Amidst the serenity, the Crimson Rain Sought Flower reveals a little more about Xie Lian's true character, and an embarrassing memory reminds him of how much he has changed since his previ…
★ 4.8AFTERLOST
Shoumetsu Toshi
TV · 2019 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: One day, a city suddenly disappears. Takuya, a professional by-the-contract courier and lone wolf, meets Yuki, the only survivor from the city's extinction. The two rely on a message from Yuki's father, who was heard to be missing, and head toward the disappeared city, Lost. Howe…
★ 8.0Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Kidou Senshi Gundam 0080: Pocket no Naka no Sensou
OVA · 1989 · Adventure, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: Alfred Izuruha is a 10-year-old who lives in the neutral colony cluster of Side 6 and, like most boys his age, is obsessed with the war between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. Unbeknownst to him, Al's next-door neighbor, Christina, is the test pilot of a protot…
★ 7.1Fuuto PI
Fuuto Tantei
ONA · 2022 · Action, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: Shoutarou Hidari, a hard-boiled private investigator from the Narumi Detective Agency, lives for the sake of protecting the peace in the city of Fuuto alongside his inquisitive partner, Philip. One fine night, Shoutarou encounters a mysterious woman named Tokime, who is soon link…
★ 7.1The World Is Dancing
World Is Dancing
ONA · 2026 · Drama
Synopsis: One does not need dance to live. In 1374, during the turbulent age when the Northern and Southern Courts were locked in conflict, the Northern Court's shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, was becoming an increasingly dominant force. Born the son of Kanami, head of the Kanze troupe of sar…
★ 7.7Fog Hill of Five Elements
Wu Shan Wu Xing: Zhuo Yuan Shen Huo
ONA · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: A legend tells that a long time ago, monsters could give the ability to certain elected officials to master the five elements. But for that, you have to go through the dangerous foggy mountains... We follow the adventures of one of these elected officials. (Source: Nautiljon)
★ 7.3The Law of Ueki
Ueki no Housoku
TV · 2005 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Unbeknownst to most humans, a bizarre tournament is held to decide the next ruler of the Heavenly World. In this tournament, 100 Heavenly Beings known as the "God Candidates" are required to search among the middle school students on Earth, and transfer their powers to a student …
★ 7.6COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing
Project Sekai: Kowareta SEKAI to Utaenai MIKU
Movie · 2025 · Drama, Music
Synopsis: Set in modern day Shibuya, Project Sekai Movie: Kowareta Sekai to Utaenai Miku centers on Ichika Hoshino, a high school girl and street musician who encounters an unknown version of Hatsune Miku after hearing a Miku song that she'd never heard before in a CD store. Ichika learns …
★ 8.2BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!
BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!
TV · 2023 · Drama, Music, Slice of Life
Synopsis: In their last year of middle school, the five band members of CRYCHIC went their separate ways after an unpleasant disbandment. Each wrestling with their own regrets, the girls enrolled in different high schools, hoping never to hear from one another again. Meanwhile, Anon Chihay…
★ 6.5Peach Girl: Super Pop Love Hurricane
Peach Girl
TV · 2005 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: With her gorgeous, tan skin and long, bleached hair, former high school swim team member Momo Adachi seems like the kind of girl who could get any guy she wants. In reality, however, she is only in love with Kazuya "Toji" Toujigamori, a baseball player whom she fell for in junior…
★ 7.9Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena
Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku
Movie · 1999 · Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Synopsis: All eyes are on Utena Tenjou, a mysterious transfer student to Ohtori Academy. But Utena's eyes seem to be fixed on one familiar face that stands out among the rest—Touga Kiryuu, Utena's childhood friend. Touga knows of Utena's past and possesses knowledge of the Mark of the Rose…
