Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 6.0Final Approach
Final Approach
TV short · 2004 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Ever since their parents died a few years ago, Ryo and his sister Akane have been living alone together. Despite their difficult situation, they are still living reasonably happy and normal lives. However, everything is about to be flipped upside-down due to a secret government p…
★ 5.7Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1
Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1
Movie · 2017 · Adventure, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: It all begins with the story that was left untold—the earth-shattering incident where Renton's father disappeared. With the mysterious pilot Eureka by his side, only Adroc Thurston could undo his own mistake, sparking the event that changed everything and earned him the title of …
★ 8.3Ne Zha 2
Nezha: Zhi Mo Tong Nao Hai
Movie · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: After the heavenly lightning, although Ne Zha and Ao Bing survived by becoming Spirits, they would soon dissipate completely. Taiyi plans to rebuild Ne Zha and Ao Bing's mortal bodies with the Seven-colored Precious Lotus. However, during the process of reconstruction, numerous o…
★ 6.6The Outcast Season 4
Yi Ren Zhi Xia 4
ONA · Action, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: Fourth season of Yi Ren Zhi Xia.
★ 7.5Remi, Nobody's Girl
Ie Naki Ko Remi
TV · 1996 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Remy, a cheerful and tender-hearted girl, lives with her mother in a French country town. One day her father returns to the town after a long period working away from home in a city. Her father tells Remy that she isn't their real daughter, and Remy is almost sold to an evil slav…
★ 6.9Yukikaze
Sentou Yousei Yukikaze
OVA · 2002 · Action, Drama, Psychological
Synopsis: It has been 33 years since an alien race, known as the JAM, emerged from a hyperspace passage over Antarctica with the sole purpose of invading Earth. Despite their unexpected initial assaults, a combined effort by humanity not only pushed the JAM force off of Earth but also move…
★ 5.9Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden: Golden Wings
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu Gaiden: Ougon no Tsubasa
Movie · Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Reinhard von Müsel, a poor nobleman's son, one day discovers that his sister, Annerose, has been sold to the royal family. To get her back he sets out to rise quickly through the military along with his friend Siegfried Kircheis. (Source: Anime News Network)
★ 6.6The Poem of Wind and Trees
Kaze to Ki no Uta SANCTUS: Sei Naru Kana
OVA · 1987 · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: 1887, at a remote, elite boarding school in France: Serge Battour returns after his graduation, and remembers the days of his youth... 1880, at the same school: Son of a viscount and a Roma prostitute (both deceased), Serge is intelligent, sweet, talented, and alienated by his fa…
★ 7.9Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Travels in the East
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Touriken Yuuki
TV · 2016 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: In an Eastern-styled fantasy setting, a brother and sister team of sacred guardians is beset by the Xuan Gui Zong, minions of Miè Tian Hai, who seeks the Tian Xing Jiàn sword that they possess. Hai's appearance leads to the defeat of the brother, but his sister, Dan Fei, jumps of…
★ 6.8D.C.II S.S.: Da Capo II Second Season
D.C.II S.S.: Da Capo II Second Season
TV · 2008 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The story continues where it left off at season 1, but now we start to get to know the people we already know a little more in detail. (Source: ANN)
Medalist Movie
Medalist Movie
Movie · 2027 · Drama, Psychological, Sports
Synopsis: Sequel to Medalist 2nd Season.
The Vermilion Mask
Shuiro no Kamen
TV · 2026 · Action, Drama, Supernatural
Synopsis: The mask brings calamity. The mask revels in slaughter. The mask has a will of its own… Peru, a traveling mask merchant, possesses the ability to craft mysterious masks that grant their wearers unique powers. In a city shrouded in an eerie atmosphere, he encounters Sonah, a myste…
Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito
Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito
TV · Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Although Emi Kobayashi is heartbroken over her own death, she realizes she has reincarnated as her favorite character from an otome game—the villainess Remilia Rosa Graupner. Emi is kind and generous by nature and therefore determined to give Remilia the life she deserves. Her wa…
★ 6.4Drucker in the Dugout
Moshidora
TV · 2011 · Drama, Sports
Synopsis: Minami joins her High School baseball team as a team manager after finding out that her best friend Yuuki is in the hospital and can't be a team manager any more. In order to try to fill in for Yuuki and to help out the team the best she can, she goes out to find a book on how to…
★ 5.9Voice of Fox
Hu Li Zhi Sheng
TV short · 2018 · Drama, Music
Synopsis: The series follows 16-year-old Hu Li, who dreams of becoming a popular singer. However, he has neither good looks nor the financial means to pursue his dream, so Hu Li uploads his singing online using a fox avatar. (Source: MAL News)
★ 6.9Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time
Meitantei Conan: Zero no Tea Time
ONA · 2022 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: Anime adaptation of the spin-off manga Meitantei Conan: Zero no Tea Time that focuses on the life of the triple agent as he attempts to keep all his different roles in check.
★ 5.7Venus Versus Virus
Venus Versus Virus
TV · 2007 · Drama, Romance, Supernatural
Synopsis: Venus Versus Virus follows regular schoolgirl Sumire who's had the ability to see ghosts since a young age. She tells friends and family about this fact and they just dismiss it, thinking she's a liar. A chance encounter with a broach flying out of nowhere, a monster and gothloli…
★ 6.4Betterman
Betterman
TV · 1999 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Keita Aono is an ordinary high school student who loves to chat with his friends about military technology and the girls in their class. One day, Keita is surprised and delighted by a new transfer student in his class, his childhood friend Hinoki Sai. But when Keita tries to catc…
★ 7.1Summer Days with Coo
Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi
Movie · 2007 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: Kouichi Uehara is a fourth grade student living in the suburb of Tokyo. One day, he picks up a large stone which turns out to be a fossil of a baby "Kappa" who has been sleeping underground for the past 300 years, and names it "Coo." They become good friends and Coo starts living…
★ 6.7Living for the Day After Tomorrow
Asatte no Houkou
TV · 2006 · Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life
Synopsis: About to enter junior high school, Karada Iokawa is a cheerful and reliable girl, who hates being treated as a child more than anything. After her parents' deaths, her older brother, Hiro, comes back from studying abroad to take care of her. His ex-girlfriend Shouko Nogami, a com…
★ 6.2ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream!
ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream!
TV · 2020 · Drama, Music
Synopsis: Ren Nanahoshi has been chasing a certain thrill he once experienced at a live festival when he was a child. Now, as a first-year university student, he avoids making friends and practices singing by himself, hoping to find that adrenaline once more. A fateful encounter at a karao…
FX Fighter Kurumi-chan
FX Senshi Kurumi-chan
TV · 2026 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: When middle school student, Fukuga Kurumi's mother commits suicide after losing 20 million yen in FX trading (Foreign Exchange trading), she vows to recoup the money her mother lost "I'll easily get that much back!" Now, when she is a university student she makes her long-awaited…
My Girlfriend's Friend
Kanojo no Tomodachi
TV short · 2026 · Drama, Ecchi, Romance
Synopsis: Takeru Hidaka is an ambitious high school student aiming for medical school. He has just started dating his first girlfriend, Kaori Koga, and to everyone else, their relationship seems perfectly harmonious. However, that peace is threatened when Kaori's best friend, Tomoko Yoshio…
★ 6.6Street Fighter II: The Animated Series
Street Fighter II V
TV · 1995 · Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: Ryu and Ken Masters are close friends and both are martial artists. In order to become better fighters and learn new techniques, they travel the world and are exposed to many different fighting styles, as well as meeting new people. During their journey, they find themselves caug…
