Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 5.8Vatican Miracle Examiner
Vatican Kiseki Chousakan
TV · 2017 · Drama, Mystery, Supernatural
Synopsis: Fathers Josef Kou Hiraga and Roberto Nicholas are Vatican Miracle Examiners who investigate the authenticity of miraculous phenomena reported from all over the world. In every seemingly sacred event lies horrors of hidden conspiracies, mysterious murders, and devil worship. In th…
★ 6.5Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole
Dekin no Mogura
TV · 2025 · Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: Mogura, a mysterious "self-proclaimed sage" also known as Hyakuan Momoyumi, has been banned from the afterlife. To return, he roams the world, collecting the "lamps" of ghosts in his lantern. However, crossing paths with him brings an unusual consequence: the ability to see stran…
★ 6.4Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange
Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange
TV · 2023 · Action, Drama, Thriller
Synopsis: In Tokyo Fire Department's Fire Academy, a talented new rookie is excelling in the strict and grueling rescue training. With high proficiency in both physical and mental categories, Daigo Toake is envied by one of his peers, Shun Onoda. Despite feeling a growing sense of rivalry,…
★ 6.7Cupid’s Chocolates II
Aishen Qiaokeli-ING... II
ONA · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: Jiang Hao Yi, a normal, high school student who is extremely scared of getting into trouble, suddenly becomes the Harem King of his school when a bunch of beautiful girls confess to him! Unfortunately for Jian Hao, he doesn't know any of the girls who have confessed to him... Wha…
★ 5.3BATTERY the animation
Battery
TV · 2016 · Drama, Slice of Life, Sports
Synopsis: At only 12 years old, Takumi Harada is already hailed as a prodigious baseball pitcher. But when his family moves to the backwater town of Nitta, Takumi has no choice but to join his new school's unskilled baseball team. This development has little effect on the boy, as he believ…
★ 6.1Scarlet
Hateshinaki Scarlet
Movie · 2025 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: After failing to avenge her father's murder, Princess Scarlett wakes up in the "Land of the Dead." In this world full of madness, she must take revenge on her sworn enemy. If she does not avenge her nemesis and reach the "Endless Place," she will become "nothingness" and cease to…
★ 6.9Ristorante Paradiso
Ristorante Paradiso
TV · 2009 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: When Nicoletta was a little girl, her mother, Olga, abandoned her and ran off to Rome to remarry. Now, 15 years later and a young woman, she travels to Rome with the intention of ruining her mother's life. She tracks Olga down to a restaurant called Casetta dell'Orso, but the sec…
The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 Part 2
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 3rd Season Part 2
TV · 2027 · Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: Second part of Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 3rd Season.
★ 6.8Madlax
Madlax
TV · 2004 · Action, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: In the country of Gazth-Sonika, civil war rages. There, a mercenary called Madlax plies her trade, with almost supernatural skill. In the seemingly peaceful country of Nafrece, Margaret Burton lives a tranquil life. As separate as their lives may seem, the two are connected by ti…
★ 7.0SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table 44: CLOUDY BEACH
Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu. 44: CLOUDY BEACH
Movie · 2026 · Action, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: This is a story from a certain twisted world. Player Name: Yuki. Occupation: professional death-game player. Having overcome The Wall of Thirty — the jinx that causes a player's survival rate to plummet — Yuki keeps walking forward. In a game where death is always within reach, h…
★ 7.2The Gokusen
Gokusen
TV · 2004 · Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Kumiko Yamaguchi is smart, enthusiastic, and ready to start her dream job as a math teacher at Shirokin Academy. But as her first day opens on atrocious students and cowering teachers, Kumiko realizes that the all-boys high school is a cesspool of delinquents with no intention of…
★ 6.8La Corda D'Oro: Primo Passo
Kiniro no Corda: primo passo
TV · 2006 · Comedy, Drama, Music
Synopsis: Seiso Academy is a prestigious high school that sorts students into two majors: General Studies, characterized by distinct grey uniforms, and Music Studies, characterized by pristine white uniforms. While rushing to class one morning, General Studies student Kahoko Hino has a cha…
★ 7.4Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Part 1
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal - Zenpen
Movie · 2021 · Drama, Fantasy, Mahou Shoujo
Synopsis: The Dead Moon Circus has arrived in Juban with the hopes of liberating their queen, Nehellenia, by stealing the Legendary Silver Crystal for themselves. Using "Lemures," the Circus begins to convert people's dreams into nightmares in order to collect enough energy to plunge the E…
★ 7.6Armored Trooper Votoms
Soukou Kihei Votoms
TV · 1983 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: A century of bloodshed between warring star systems has plunged nearly 200 worlds into the flames of war. Now, an uneasy truce has settled across the Astragius Galaxy... Chirico Cuvie, a special forces powered-armor pilot is suddenly transferred into a unit engaged in a secret an…
★ 7.0Angelic Layer
Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer
TV · 2001 · Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: 12-year-old Misaki Suzuhara has just gotten involved in Angelic Layer, a battling game using electronic dolls called angels. Even as a newbie, Misaki shows advanced skills as she meets new friends and enters Angelic Layer tournaments to fight the greatest Angelic Layer champions …
★ 8.0Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor
Natsume Yuujinchou: Ishi Okoshi to Ayashiki Raihousha
Movie · 2021 · Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Ishi Okoshi While searching for Nyanko-sensei, Takashi Natsume encounters meek and small-looking youkai Mitsumi. Mitsumi was entrusted by his leader Gantetsu, a powerful and strong ayakashi, to be the year's "Ishi Okoshi," whose role consists of waking him from his deep slumber. …
★ 6.1The Rose of Versailles
Versailles no Bara Movie
Movie · 2025 · Adventure, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Hoping to unite their countries with an alliance, The Empress of Austria arranges her daughter, the delightful yet spoiled Marie Antoinette, to marry the crown prince of France, Louis XVI. Upon arriving in Versailles, the Austrian princess meets Oscar Francois de Jarjayes, Captai…
★ 6.6The Outcast Season 3
Yi Ren Zhi Xia 3
ONA · Action, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: Third season of Yi Ren Zhi Xia.
★ 6.7Prétear: The New Legend of Snow White
Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Pretear
TV · 2001 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Due to her father's remarriage, robust 16-year-old Himeno Awayuki moves into a large mansion with a beautiful garden—the quintessential dream house for any girl her age. However, much to Himeno's disappointment, her new stepfamily doesn't really seem to like her, as her stepmothe…
★ 5.4Stars Intertwined
Kuttsukiboshi
OVA · 2010 · Drama, Ecchi, Romance
Synopsis: To Kiiko Kawakami, there was nothing in the world as important to her as Aaya Saitou. Something about her allured Kiiko to the extent that there was no sound sweeter to her ears than Aaya's voice and no sight more beautiful than her hair softly billowing in the wind. It was for t…
★ 7.5Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Koukou Suisougaku-bu e Youkoso
Movie · 2016 · Drama, Music, Slice of Life
Synopsis: After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional concert band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Ku…
★ 8.1IDOLiSH7 Second BEAT!
IDOLiSH7: Second BEAT!
TV · 2020 · Comedy, Drama, Music
Synopsis: Following their performance at the Black or White event, the idol group IDOLiSH7 is at the height of its popularity, with offers for various concerts and work coming in every day, much to the joy of the seven boys and their manager. However, as their fame continues to rise, Riku …
★ 7.9Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Second
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Seiran
ONA · 2019 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: The Free Planets Alliance's invasion of the Galactic Empire has failed after supply mismanagement led to heavy losses. Unwilling to abort the expedition despite being greatly outnumbered, Fleet Admiral Lazar Lobos orders the remaining Alliance fleets to gather in the Amritsar Sta…
★ 6.5Appleseed (Movie)
Appleseed (Movie)
Movie · 2004 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: With Earth seemingly entangled in endless war, it is hard to believe that the city of Olympus has attained a utopian society. This peaceful haven is made possible through its population made up predominantly of Bioroids—genetically engineered humans who can no longer reproduce on…
