Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 6.4HOTEL INHUMANS
Hotel Inhumans
TV · 2025 · Action, Drama
Synopsis: Ikurou Hoshi and Sara Haizaki are the concierges at Hotel Inhumans, a hotel that specifically caters to assassins. They fulfill all the requests their guests may ask of them, never uttering the word "no." While Ikurou specializes in research into their clients' backgrounds and ca…
★ 6.2Girl Meets Girl
Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl
TV · 2006 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Hazumu was a shy boy who enjoyed gardening, collecting herbs, and long walks in the mountains. One day he finally worked up the courage to confess his love to Yasuna, but she rejected him. Depressed, he wandered up Mt. Kashimayama, the place where they first met, to reconsider hi…
★ 7.0Macross 7
Macross 7
TV · 1994 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: 35 years have passed since Lynn Minmay had brought peace between the Zentradi and the humans in the events of Macross. Nekki Basara is a guitarist and a singer of the band Fire Bomber. Living in a less-developed part of the flying colony City 7 which is looking for a habitable pl…
★ 7.2After War Gundam X
Kidou Shin Seiki Gundam X
TV · 1996 · Adventure, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: When one space colony declared its independence from the Earth Federation, the devastating 7th Space War, an all-out war between Earth and space, resulted. The Federation responded to the Space Revolutionary Army with mobile suits, called Gundams. However, the Space Revolutionary…
★ 6.8Trapezium
trapezium
Movie · 2024 · Drama, Music
Synopsis: Driven by an unwavering passion for becoming an idol, Yuu Azuma, a young, ambitious first-year student at Joshu East High School, embarks on a journey to form an idol group. To make her dream a reality, she recruits one girl from each of her region's four high schools, located to…
★ 7.0Harlock: Space Pirate
Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock
Movie · 2013 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: After conquering the galaxy, mankind has reached its apex and is now on a steady decline. The resources of the universe are diminishing, and around 500 billion humans begin to return home to Earth. Thus begins a war between the various factions of humans for control of the planet…
★ 7.2Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
TV · 1999 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: A normal looking high school girl on the outside, Kusakabe Maron is actually the reincarnation of Jeanne d' Arc. With the help of the angel, Fin Fish, Maron works as the thief Jeanne at night to seal the demons that reside in pieces of artwork, preying upon the weak hearts of the…
★ 7.0Robot Carnival
Robot Carnival
OVA · 1987 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: 9 of Japan's leading animators were asked to create a short segment that followed the theme of "Robots," for their inclusion in this film. Essentially, this "movie" is 9 short films, all independant of one another. The common element is human interaction with robots, namely the c…
★ 7.2Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 2
Sengoku BASARA Ni
TV · 2010 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The deadly confrontation with the Devil King, Oda Nobunaga is over, but the struggle for supremacy continues in Warring Countries-era Japan, as the armies of Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin repeatedly engage battle at Kawanakajima. Meanwhile, on the easternmost side of the batt…
★ 5.3KamiErabi GOD.app
Kamierabi GOD.app
TV · 2023 · Action, Drama, Psychological
Synopsis: After receiving a text message offering to fulfill any of his wishes, high school student Gorou Ono successfully enacts his perverted fantasies with classmate Sawa Honoka. However, to his dismay, the granter of his wish materializes in the form of a demon named Lall. She informs …
★ 6.5Love, Election and Chocolate OVA
Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate: Koi Imouto!
Special · 2013 · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Unaired 13th episode of anime, released on the 7th DVD/BD. Source MyAnimeList
★ 6.9Puella Magi Madoka Magica Concept Movie
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica: Concept Movie
Movie · 2015 · Drama, Mahou Shoujo, Psychological
Synopsis: Contemplating the meaning of happiness, Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi compose possible answers that lead them to reflect on their own choices. Meanwhile, strange occurrences cause turmoil among the magical girls as they navigate the challenges of their destiny.
★ 6.2This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai
TV · 2004 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: High school student Takeru Takemoto works part time as a (motor)bike courier. During one of his deliveries, he saw a mysterious light passing him and fell into a forest. What he had found was a beautiful girl coming out from a glowing cocoon, calling herself "Hikari." While Taker…
★ 6.0The Relative Worlds
Ashita Sekai ga Owaru toshitemo
Movie · 2019 · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Shin Hazama has shut his heart ever since the mysterious and sudden death of his mother during his childhood. With his scientist father occupied with research, he can only rely on his childhood friend, Kotori Izumi, the popular and good-natured daughter of his father's employer. …
★ 6.9TERMINATOR ZERO
Terminator 0
ONA · 2024 · Action, Drama, Psychological
Synopsis: Decades after the sentient artificial intelligence Skynet took control of the planet in 2022, the resistance is still fighting against the machines. Following a fierce battle, Eiko, a guerilla soldier in Japan, manages to corner a Terminator—Skynet's elite killing cyborg. Eiko ex…
★ 7.3Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
Shin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Tokubetsu-hen
Movie · 1998 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: It is A.C. 196—one year after the conflict between Earth and its nearby space colonies ended with the formation of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation. As mankind enters a new era of unity and prosperity, four of the five Gundam pilots decide to follow in society's footsteps and disa…
★ 7.4MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UNICORN RE:0096
Kidou Senshi Gundam Unicorn RE: 0096
TV · 2016 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: By the year 0096 of the Universal Century, a fragile peace emerges from the ashes of conflict. Sixteen-year-old student Banagher Links visits the Industrial 7 space colony on a school field trip, but because of a broken shuttle, he is left completely stranded. To Banagher, who ha…
★ 7.3Space Runaway Ideon
Densetsu Kyojin Ideon
TV · 1980 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Mankind has traveled to the stars and come across various alien civilizations, now long dead. Upon discovering the archaeological remains of such a civilization on the planet Solo, humanity finally has its first encounter with a living alien species: the Buff Clan. When Karala Aj…
★ 7.3Sailor Moon S Movie: Hearts in Ice
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kaguya Hime no Koibito
Movie · 1994 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: An unusual snow storm hits Tokyo and the Sailor Senshi discover that an evil snow queen Kaguya, wants to freeze the entire earth. It's up to the Inner Sailor Senshi along with the Outers, to defeat the Queen. Meanwhile, Luna falls in love with a human astronomer named Kakeru whos…
★ 7.0Saiyuki
Gensou Maden Saiyuuki
TV · 2000 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: Many years ago, humans and demons lived in harmony. But that unity ended when demons started attacking humans and plotted a mission to unleash Gyumao—an evil demon imprisoned for thousands of years. Now, Genjo Sanzo, a rogue priest, must team up with three demons—Sha Gojyo, Son G…
★ 7.0Miss Hokusai
Sarusuberi: Miss HOKUSAI
Movie · 2015 · Drama, Supernatural
Synopsis: The time: 1814. The place: Edo, now known as Tokyo. One of the highest populated cities in the world, teeming with peasants, samurai, townsmen, merchants, nobles, artists, courtesans, and perhaps even supernatural things. A much accomplished artist of his time and now in his mid-…
★ 7.5Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Takafumi Yokozawa
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Movie: Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai
Movie · 2014 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Movie adaptation of the Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai BL light novel.
★ 7.6Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone
LUPIN THE IIIRD: Jigen Daisuke no Bohyou
Movie · 2014 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: The film will be a continuation spinoff of the 2012 "Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine" television anime series. Lupin and Jigen have their sights set on a treasure worth stealing called the Little Comet which is located in the country of East Doroa. The country has fortifi…
★ 6.1Brynhildr in the Darkness OVA
Gokukoku no Brynhildr OVA
OVA · 2014 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Unaired episode 11.5 included with the second Blu-ray/DVD volume.
