Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 6.2Plus-sized Misadventures in Love!
Debu to Love to Ayamachi to!
TV · 2025 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: "This is the punishment for a fat, ugly girl like me falling in love with someone as beautiful as you..." Yumeko had a mountain of complexes about herself. Then, a terrible accident befalls her. Though somehow saved from the brink of death, Yumeko wakes up a completely different …
★ 7.0Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Gyokou no Nikuko-chan
Movie · 2021 · Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Kikuko Misuji, more often called "Nikuko-chan," is known by everyone in her small northern town as the happy fat lady at the grill. Having lived arduously traveling from man to man and town to town for the bulk of her life, Nikuko-chan finally seems to have settled down on a hous…
★ 7.8Yuki Yuna Is A Hero: Washio Sumi Chapter 3 - Promise
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shou 3 - Yakusoku
Movie · 2017 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The third and final movie in the Washio Sumi no Shou trilogy.
★ 6.3Sky Blue
Wonderful Days
Movie · Action, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Set in 2142, Wonderful Days depicts a world that has been nearly destroyed by environmental pollution. Human life as we know it is almost extinct, and only a few were able to pull through the collapse of Earth's ecosystem. In order to deal with the chaos, a city named Ecoban was …
★ 6.5D.C.S.S. ~Da Capo Second Season~
D.C.S.S.: Da Capo Second Season
TV · 2005 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Hatsune-Jima was once well-known for its cherry trees, which would bloom no matter what time of year it was. Two years ago, the island's cherry trees lost this ability and all became ordinary cherry trees that bloom only in the spring. Jun'ichi Asakura is now a graduating senior …
★ 6.0Sky Wizards Academy OVA
Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan: Lecty no, Ikimonogatari
OVA · 2016 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Unaired episode bundled with the ninth light novel volume of Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan.
★ 6.6Hataraki Man
Hataraki Man
TV · 2006 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Hiroko Matsukata is a woman who works for a magazine company. She puts all she has into her work, and is known as a strong, straight-forward working girl, who can at will turn herself into Hataraki man (working man) mode. Despite Hiroko's success at work, her life lacks romance. …
★ 5.3Starry☆Sky
Starry☆Sky
ONA · 2010 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Formerly an all-boys school, Seigetsu Academy is now a co-ed institution that hones its students' knowledge in astronomy. In this regard, Tsukiko Yahisa enrolls as the first and only female student in the academy. By her side are her childhood best friends, Kanata Nanami and Suzu…
★ 5.6Blade
Blade
TV · 2011 · Action, Drama, Horror
Synopsis: The story revolves around Blade, a "Daywalker" vampire hunter who was born with vampire and human blood after a vampire attacked his mother. While visiting Japan on a mission, Blade tracks down Deacon Frost, the vampire who killed his mother. Blade confronts "Existence," a myster…
★ 6.5Intrigue in the Bakumatsu: Irohanihoheto
Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
ONA · 2006 · Action, Drama
Synopsis: In the final years of the Bakumatsu, wandering mercenary Yojiro Akizuki travels the length and breadth of Japan. And while he employs his sword in the usual fashion, he also uses it to help him locate supernatural items which he pursues with single-minded determination, often wit…
★ 6.5Absolute Boy
Zettai Shounen
TV · 2005 · Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Synopsis: Oftentimes, people are most vulnerable when they are lonely and unable to get along with those around them. Isolation is felt more keenly amongst a crowd, so some will try to find solace in the strangest of places, where the unknown lurks. Such people include Ayumu Aizawa, a form…
★ 8.0KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp-
Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp
Movie · 2024 · Action, Drama, Horror
Synopsis: After befriending his classmate Tsubasa Hanekawa, Koyomi Araragi, a cynical and lonely high school student, begins to develop a more positive outlook on life. One night while walking home, however, he encounters an ethereal woman with severed limbs, barely clinging to life. Altho…
★ 7.4Silver Fang
Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
TV · 1986 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: Having been born a brindle ("Tora-ge" or tiger striped) Akita, Gin ("Silver", named after his fur color) is destined to become a successful bear-hunting dog. However, when he witnesses his father's death at the hands of the man-eating demon bear Akakabuto, he is chosen above his …
★ 7.6Emma: A Victorian Romance Second Act
Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma: Molders-hen
TV · 2007 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: In the faraway village of Haworth, a new chapter in Emma's life has begun. Now employed by the wealthy Molders family, Emma has resolved to put the past behind her. She'll have to adjust to a new house, a charming (but eccentric) new mistress, and a host of fellow servants, some …
★ 8.2Renegade Immortal
Xian Ni
ONA · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: Wang Lin is a very smart boy with loving parents. Although he and his parents are shunned by the rest of their relatives, his parents have always held high hopes that he will one day achieve greatness. One day, Wang Lin suddenly gained the chance to walk the path of an immortal b…
★ 5.9My Wife is a High School Girl
Okusama wa Joshikousei
TV · 2005 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Asami Onohara is a seventeen-year old high-school student with a secret which has not been revealed to anyone: She is already married. Her husband, Kyosuke Ichimaru, is a Physics teacher in the same high school as her. However, even though they are officially a married couple, As…
★ 8.0In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World
Kono Sekai no (Sara ni Ikutsumono) Katasumi ni
Movie · 2019 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Suzu is a quiet and ordinary -- if not a bit of clumsy and daydreaming -- girl growing up in the outskirts of the city of Hiroshima in mid-1930s. She loves drawing sketches with pencils -- a hobby she is really good at. Following her parents' arrangement in 1943, 18-year-old Suzu…
★ 4.6Papa to Kiss in the Dark
Papa to♥KISS IN THE DARK
OVA · 2005 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: High-profile actor Kyousuke Munakata is known to the public as a charming playboy, but he harbors a scandalous secret: he is in a sexual relationship with his teenage son, Mira. Mira is head-over-heels for his papa, though he is pushed to his limit by the stress of maintaining hi…
★ 5.4Iron Man
Iron Man
TV · 2010 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: Tony Stark, CEO of a large weapons manufacturer, physicist, engineer, and brilliant inventor, is wounded by shrapnel from one of his own weapons. While held captive by terrorists, he develops the Iron Man Suit and escapes. From that day on, he vows not to waste his second chance …
★ 7.0Mai-Mai Miracle
Mai Mai Shinko to Sennen no Mahou
Movie · 2009 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: The story is set in 1955 in Kokuga, Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. One thousand years ago it was the site of the ancient capital, Suo no Kuni, and traces of the Heian Period (year 794-1185) are passed down to us in the form of ruins and historical place names. The protagonist i…
GIRLS BAND CRY (Shinsaku Eiga)
GIRLS BAND CRY (Shinsaku Eiga)
Movie · Drama, Music, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Completely new movie for Girls Band Cry.
★ 6.6Gauche the Cellist
Cello Hiki no Gauche
Movie · 1982 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The story concerns Gauche, a professional cellist. During rehearsals for a performance, he is scolded by the conductor because his playing is not good enough. His timing is off and he seems to have no "feel" for the music. Gauche returns to his lonely cottage and starts practicin…
★ 6.1Aquatic Language
Mizu no Kotoba
Special · 2002 · Drama, Psychological, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Several people are spending their evening in a cafe. Two gossiping girls, two debating men, a bookworm and a boy, who just broke up with his girlfriend. The cafe's waitress starts a chat with him, persuading him to take a look at certain easel, while other customers begin to noti…
★ 7.2Honey and Clover Specials
Hachimitsu to Clover Specials
Special · 2005 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Two side stories: Chapter L (or chapter 25) about Lohmeyer/Romaiya senpai. Chapter F (or chapter 26) about Miwako finding ways to make fun of Yamazaki. (Source: momento)
