Drama anime

Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.

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★ 7.3

Yowamushi Pedal Limit Break

Yowamushi Pedal: LIMIT BREAK

TV · 2022 · Comedy, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Unable to achieve the desired results on the first and second days of the Inter-High competition, members of the Souhoku High Bicycle Racing Club use their frustration as motivation to perform better on the final day of the race. However, it is easier said than done as they are u…

★ 6.9

FLAG

ONA · 2006 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: In 20xx, a civil war broke out in a small country in Asia in spite of the dispatch of UN forces. But a picture taken by accident in the battlefield accelerates the peace process: a photograph of a flag, which became the symbol of peace. However, just before the peace agreement is…

★ 6.6

Sakura Wars

Sakura Taisen

TV · 2000 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: It is the 1920s, and Japan is under attack by demonic invaders. The government has designed sturdy, albeit steam-powered, robot armor suits for the impending battle, but only young ladies with the proper combination of virtue and spirit can pilot the robots successfully. Enter yo…

★ 7.2

A Day Before Us 2nd Season

Yeonae Haru Jeon 2

ONA · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Second season of A Day Before Us.

★ 6.4

Descendants of Darkness

Yami no Matsuei

TV · 2000 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Synopsis: Even after death, life is full of paperwork and criminals. Tsuzuki Asato is a 26 year old, happy-go-lucky, and dorky shinigami (god of death) whose job is to makes sure that those who are dead remain dead and stay in their proper realms. Even though he's had this job for over 70 …

★ 7.1

A3! Season Autumn & Winter

A3! SEASON AUTUMN & WINTER

TV · 2020 · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: With the completion of the Summer Troupe's show, Izumi Tachibana must now recruit five members for the next sub-troupe, the Autumn Troupe. Luckily, enough people arrive at the audition: Banri Settsu, a talented but boastful jack of all trades; Juuza Hyoudou, a stone-faced delinqu…

★ 7.1

Aim for the Ace!

Ace wo Nerae!

TV · 1973 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: On her first day at Nishi High School, 15-year-old Hiromi Oka is inspired by top player Reika "Ochoufujin" Ryuuzaki to take up tennis. Shortly after joining the school's tennis club, she encounters Jin Munakata, the club's new coach. Munakata puts everyone under rigorous training…

★ 8.0

Major: World Series

OVA · 2012 · Comedy, Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Gorou Shigeno's journey with the Indiana Hornets continues as they seek to win the prestigious World Series. However, after an unexpected accident during the match with his fated rival, his quest in becoming the world's best becomes more challenging. Undaunted, Gorou continues to…

★ 7.3

Black Jack (TV)

TV · 2004 · Drama

Synopsis: Black Jack is an "unregistered" doctor with a clouded, mysterious past. He works with his little assistant Pinoko (who has a massive crush on the doctor), dealing with medical cases not very well known, which can be strange, dangerous, or not known at all. But he is a genius, and…

★ 7.0

Synduality Noir Part 2

SYNDUALITY Noir Part 2

TV · 2024 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Despite returning victorious from a dangerous struggle, Kanata and his friends have, in a sense, lost a key ally, the amnesiac magus Noir. Having partially recovered her memory, Noir reverted back to her former personality: that of Mystere, who acts in a patronizing manner toward…

★ 6.8

Skating Rink Kaleidoscope

Ginban Kaleidoscope

TV · 2005 · Drama, Romance, Sports

Synopsis: Figure skater Tazusa Sakurano is on the fast track to the Olympics. As a top contender, her chances rest on a single competition in Canada. However, during her program, she falls and hits her head on the ice, knocking her unconscious. At the same time, Canadian stunt pilot Pete P…

★ 5.1

Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth

Stand My Heroes: PIECE OF TRUTH

TV · 2019 · Action, Drama, Mystery

Synopsis: Drugs have become the center of conflict in Japan, and crime involving them has been increasing at an alarming rate. Unable to control the chaos, the police department settled on creating a unit—STAND—that would include unique, specialized experts and professionals better suited …

★ 6.1

Kochoki

Kochoki: Wakaki Nobunaga

TV · 2019 · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: The fearsome warlord, the demonic king—Oda Nobunaga! Before he was trying to rule over Japan, he was a teenager who began his path to greatness with his younger brother and faithful followers. Through succession, betrayal, battles, and bonds between one another, the struggles the…

★ 6.6

SAIYUKI RELOAD BLAST

Saiyuuki RELOAD BLAST

TV · 2017 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: At last, the Sanzou Party has arrived in India. In this foreign land, where the anomaly's influence runs rampant, their battles only heighten in their violence. And also awaiting them is their tragic fate from 500 years ago— What will they find at the end of their long and treach…

★ 6.9

Kowarekake no Orgel

OVA · 2010 · Drama, Music, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In 2039, helper androids are widespread as general purpose electronics. Keiichiro lost his family in a traffic accident and retired from his band. One day, he finds an android of an old model in a garbage dump. He takes her home, but after taking her to a repair shop he was told …

★ 7.1

YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl!

TV · 1989 · Action, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: High school student Yawara Inokuma lives a completely happy and ordinary life. She aspires to an average lifestyle as a delicate young lady with a handsome boyfriend in the near future. Unfortunately for Yawara, she has an undesirable prodigious talent in Judo, a modern martial a…

★ 7.7

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet

Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan

Movie · 2021 · Action, Drama, Mystery

Synopsis: Japan is about to celebrate the world's largest sports festival, "WSG-World Sports Games", in Tokyo. In line with the opening ceremony, it is announced that the world's first "Vacuum Superconducting Linear" train, boasting a maximum speed of 1,000 km/h which combined all of Japan…

★ 7.5

Ne Zha

Nezha: Zhi Mo Tong Jiang Shi

Movie · Action, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: From the heavenly object known as the Chaos Pearl, two elements are extracted: the Spirit Pearl and the Demon Orb. In an attempt to suppress their power, the Lord of Heaven sends the Spirit Pearl to Earth to reincarnate as Ne Zha, the third son of Li Jing, while the Demon Orb is …

★ 5.3

TWOCAR

Two Car

TV · 2017 · Drama, Sports

Synopsis: Two Car follows high schoolers Yuri Miyata and Megumi Meguro as they battle six other rival pairs in the sport of motorcycle sidecar racing. (Source: MAL News)

★ 6.7

rain town

Movie · Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: In a small, forgotten town where the rain never stops, a chance encounter between a robot and an inquisitive little girl brings back memories and a chance reunion with a girl the girl the robot has never forgotten.

★ 8.0

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Collision

Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Gekitotsu

ONA · 2022 · Action, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Doubt stirs among trusted officials when Reinhard—still grieving his recent loss—approves an enormous advance on Iserlohn Fortress. Meanwhile, Yang is drawn away by suspicious court orders, leaving the Free Planets Alliance to battle without their leader. (Source: Crunchyroll)

★ 7.6

Scumbag System

Chuan Shu Zijiu Zhinan

ONA · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Shen Yuan has read enough xianxia novels to know that the protagonist will somehow cultivate the demonic path, take revenge on his scumbag master, and gain a massive harem along the way. So when he unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Proud Immortal Demon Way, he knows ex…

★ 6.7

God Family

Kamisama Kazoku

TV · 2006 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Samatarou is not just an average high-school boy, the truth is that he is the son of a god, his mother is a goddess and his sisters are candidates to become goddesses. They are living in the human world, because they want their boy to learn about the human customs and the habits …

★ 6.9

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.: Menma e no Tegami

Special · 2012 · Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: Special Picture Drama episode included on the Anohana Fes. Memorial DVD/Blu-ray Box