Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 5.3Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls
Basilisk: Ouka Ninpouchou
TV · 2018 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: It has been 10 years since the war between the Iga and Kouga ninja clans came to an end. The two groups have since made peace, supposedly dispelling the animosity that once existed between them. Hachirou Kouga and Hibiki Iga, the successors of their respective bloodlines, seem to…
★ 7.5Dragon Raja II -The Mourner's Eyes-
Long Zu 2
ONA · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: Second season of Long Zu.
★ 6.3The Familiar of Zero: Rondo of Princesses Picture Drama
Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo Picture Drama
Special · 2008 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Picture Drama episodes included in each DVD volumes of Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo.
★ 7.8MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season - A Cruel Fairy Tale: The Beautiful Princess
Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season - Zankoku Douwa: Utsukushi-hime
Special · 2024 · Drama, Mystery, Supernatural
Synopsis: Episode 6.5 of Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season, adapting the short story A Cruel Fairy Tale: The Beautiful Princess. Once upon a time, there was a true story that happened about 600 years ago. It's a story of a very beautiful girl who lived in a country that no longer exi…
★ 7.7Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire
Meitantei Conan: Konjou no Fist
Movie · 2019 · Action, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: The world's greatest blue sapphire, the "blue lapis fist", said to have sunk in a pirate ship in the late 19th century, on the coasts of Singapore. A local millionaire plots to retrieve it, and when it's exhibited in an exhibition at the Singaporean Marina Sands hotel, a murder t…
★ 7.4Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre
Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre
Special · 2006 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: As Jun Sakurada fights and lives alongside the Rozen Maidens, special lifelike dolls made to battle each other, he enjoys a rare break in which he is told a story during the events of Rozen Maiden: Träumend. When Jun buys a brooch as a present for Shinku, the fifth doll, she refu…
★ 7.1MAJOR 2nd
Major 2nd
TV · 2018 · Comedy, Drama, Sports
Synopsis: Daigo, the son of renowned baseball player Gorou Shigeno, believes he has to live up to his father's name by becoming an all-star player himself. With great dreams, as soon as he reaches fourth-grade, he promptly joins the same little league baseball team his dad played on, the M…
★ 6.7Vampire Princess Miyu (TV)
Vampire Miyu (TV)
TV · 1997 · Action, Drama, Horror
Synopsis: Evil Shinma (shape-shifting monsters and vampires) roam the Earth on a mission to unleash their darkness upon the Human race. Miyu Royal Princess from the dark is the Chosen One—the one being who must banish the Evil Shinma from the Earth. She has the power to offer Humans the gi…
★ 6.8Fullmetal Alchemist: Reflections
Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Reflections
Special · 2005 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: A reflection on what happened during the FMA TV series.
★ 6.8A Town Where You Live: Crossing at Twilight
Kimi no Iru Machi: Tasogare Kousaten
OVA · 2012 · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: There was a time when Tokyo girl Yuzuki Eba abruptly decided to move to a tiny village outside of Hiroshima to attend high school. She lived in Haruto Kirishima's home, and gradually, they developed romantic feelings for each other. Then, Yuzuki left the village as suddenly as sh…
★ 7.1Hanasakeru Seishounen
Hanasakeru Seishounen
TV · 2009 · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Kajika Louisa Kugami Burnsworth is the only daughter of Harry Burnsworth, an influential and respected industrialist who has the power to move the world. There was a threat on Kajika’s life when she was just two years old, and her mother died protecting her. After this tragic inc…
★ 7.7Tsubasa: Spring Thunder Chronicles
Tsubasa: Shunraiki
OVA · 2009 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: After the battle in Celes, Fai escapes with Kurogane's aid while helping Syaoran and Sakura as well. Now in the land of Nihon, Kurogane meets with Tomoyo once more. Seishirou appears and Syaoran battles him for the feather. After finally gaining the feather, he enters the Dream W…
★ 6.7Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
OVA · 2005 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: With reports of monsters terrorizing the reactor at Mount Nibel, the Shinra Electric Power Company dispatches their elite fighting force SOLDIER to investigate. Accompanied by fellow SOLDIER First Class Zack Fair and a small contingent of company guards, the war hero Sephiroth is…
★ 7.1Tonari no Yokai-san
Tonari no Youkai-san
TV · 2024 · Drama, Slice of Life, Supernatural
Synopsis: "Our cat might be turning into a nekomata..." A rural town where youkai, people and gods live normal, everyday lives, mixed with a bit of warmth and occasional mystery. One summer, the twenty-year old cat Buchio suddenly evolves into a nekomata. Questioning the reason for his evo…
★ 6.9Video Girl Ai
Denei Shoujo VIDEO GIRL AI
OVA · 1992 · Comedy, Drama, Ecchi
Synopsis: After a crushing rejection, the heartbroken Youta Moteuchi trudges home. On his way, a dimly lit video store catches his eye, and he ends up purchasing a "video girl" tape meant to ease the hearts of lonely men. However, when he tries to play it in his broken VCR, a beautiful gir…
★ 7.5THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE: BEYOND THE BRILLIANT FUTURE!
THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE: Kagayaki no Mukougawa e!
Movie · 2014 · Comedy, Drama, Music
Synopsis: The idols of 765 Production continue on their neverending journey—towards a new stage, towards a bright and shiny future! The girls and their producer have gone through thick and thin, and have stood face to face with all kinds of difficulties. It's time again for the girls to fo…
★ 7.3Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern – Part 1
Haikara-san ga Tooru: Benio, Hana no 17-sai
Movie · 2017 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: During the Taisho era of 1918, 17-year-old Benio Hanamura thrives on bucking tradition. As a boisterous and quarrelsome tomboy, Miss Hanamura leads a life of kendo and tree-climbing adventure with her best friends Tamaki and Ranmaru. Benio determines to find love on her own, thou…
★ 7.1Ya Boy Kongming! Road to Summer Sonia
Paripi Koumei: Road To Summer Sonia
Movie · 2024 · Comedy, Drama, Music
Synopsis: Compilation movie of Paripi Koumei.
★ 6.8RideBack
RideBack
TV · 2009 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: In the future, an organization called the GGP (Global Government Plan) has taken control of the world.  Rin Ogata was a promising up-and-coming ballet dancer, but suffered a serious injury while dancing and decided to quit. Years later in college, she comes across a club bui…
★ 5.6Natsunagu!
Natsunagu!
TV short · 2020 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: After earthquakes suddenly took place in the Kumamoto Prefecture, Natsuna Keyaki lost contact with her dearest online friend, Itsuki. With nothing but a drawn picture of the landscape, Natsuna embarks on a journey from Tokyo to Kumamoto to find her. When Natsuna gets lost in a ru…
★ 6.2Arjuna
Chikyuu Shoujo Arjuna
TV · 2001 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Juna Ariyoshi is an ordinary Japanese schoolgirl, who possesses a childlike curiosity and a strong admiration toward nature. One day, while on a trip with her boyfriend, Tokio Oshima, Juna dies from a motorcycle accident. However, she is given a chance to live by an individual na…
★ 6.3ULTRAMAN
ULTRAMAN
ONA · 2019 · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Fifty years ago, an extraterrestrial giant of light known as Ultraman saved the earth but vanished. Ultraman's human host, Shin Hayata, was left with no memory of his time as a hero. Hayata's young son, Shinjirou, is found to have been born with a more powerful and durable body t…
★ 7.4Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie
Yowamushi Pedal (Movie)
Movie · 2015 · Comedy, Drama, Sports
Synopsis: With the Inter-high over and as the end of summer approaches, Sakamichi trains intensely with Imaizumi Shunsuke and Naruko Shoukichi so he can carry on Team Sohoku’s spirit of supporting each other entrusted to him by Kinjou Shingo, Makishima Yusuke, and Tadokoro Jin, the third y…
★ 5.9Eren the Southpaw
Hidarikiki no Eren
TV · 2026 · Drama
Synopsis: The story follows Koichi Asakura, a designer for an ad agency who works hard but receives no recognition. After being dropped from a project, he visits a place from his past, where he met Eren Yamagishi. Eren, meanwhile, is recognized as a genius left-handed graffiti artist in Ne…
