Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The storm breaks
Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The storm breaks
Movie · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Second movie of Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai.
Bride of the Barrier Master
Kekkaishi no Ichirinka
TV · 2027 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Synopsis: Long ago, Japan was protected by five crystal pillars. Though eighteen-year-old Hana Ichise was born to one of the branch families that defend the pillars using supernatural abilities, she has lived in the shadow of her brilliant twin sister, Hazuki, from a young age. When Hana f…
★ 6.8Heavy Metal L-Gaim
Juusenki L-Gaim
TV · 1984 · Adventure, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: In the year 3990, the immortal Oldna Poseidal rules Pentagona, a war-torn solar system of five planets. Daba Myroad is a survivor of the Yaman Clan, just one of numerous native societies nearly wiped out by the tyrant. Living on the remote planet Koam with his friend Mirao Kyao, …
★ 5.6Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo: Youkoso Tsugumi Ryou e
Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku wo: Youkoso Tsugumi Ryou e
TV · 2007 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: One morning, Wataru Hoshino found a sleeping girl—in nothing but her underwear—in his room. When she woke up, she quickly escaped by jumping out of the window, but not without punching Wataru in the face first. This girl, Rinna Sawaki, ends up being a transfer student of Wataru's…
★ 5.7Mirage of Blaze
Honoo no Mirage
TV · 2002 · Action, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Takaya Ougi is just a typical high school guy who wants nothing more than to protect his best friend and live a normal life. Enter Nobutsuna Naoe, an older man who informs Takaya that he is in fact the reincarnation of Lord Kagetora. Naoe, himself a possessor, awakens Takaya's ab…
★ 6.5The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Lord of the Rings: Rohan no Tatakai
Movie · 2024 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy, a sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and ruthless Dunlending lord seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornbur…
★ 5.7Sakura Diaries
Sakura Tsuushin
OVA · 1997 · Comedy, Drama, Ecchi
Synopsis: A Keio University (one of the top three colleges in Japan) exam candidate, Touma Inaba, is interupted when a cute young girl, Urara Kasuga, arrives at his hotel room door. She later turns out to be his cousin who he barely remembers from his childhood. Urara, who had felt somethi…
★ 6.9Princess Nine
Princess Nine: Kisaragi Joshikou Yakyuu-bu
TV · 1998 · Drama, Romance, Sports
Synopsis: Keiko Himuro, Chairman of the Kisuragi School, puts together an all-girl baseball team led by Ryo Hayakawa, daughter of a legendary pitcher, in hopes of proving that girls can compete just as well as boys. Their goal: Koshien Stadium, where only the best teams get the opportunity…
★ 5.4Other Worlds
Tooi Sekai
ONA · 1999 · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: A man and a woman, talking over their relationship.
★ 6.0Sweet Bite Marks
Tianmei de Yaohen
ONA · Drama, Romance, Supernatural
Synopsis: Raised in a world where humans exist as servants to the superior vampire race, a young woman is horrified to learn she's caught the eye of the vampire prince, Roy. Both the woman and Roy share a mutual disdain for the other's race, yet find themselves becoming closer. Exploring t…
★ 6.0I'm glad I could keep running
Hashiri Tsuzukete Yokattatte
TV short · 2018 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Minato visits a recitation at an anime event with his friend. He is captivated by the voice actors' performances and decides to enroll in Suidoubashi Animation Academy. There, he meets Chikako, who used to live in the room he is moving into and who left a message in a USB drive. …
★ 6.6Photon: The Idiot Adventures
Photon
OVA · 1997 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Photon Earth is a young and gentle boy with superhuman strength and "Baka" (meaning "idiot" in Japanese) scribbled on his forehead (apparently by his troublemaking friend Aun Freya). One day, he finds himself engaged to the beautiful fugitive pilot Keyne Acqua after writing "baka…
★ 6.4Starship Operators
Starship Operators
TV · 2005 · Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: For the 73rd class of cadets of the Defense University of the small planet Kibi, a shakedown cruise on the fleet's new starship "Amaterasu" is a fitting lead-up to graduation. As they are returning to their home planet, however, they are shocked to hear news of a declaration of w…
★ 7.6Heartcatch Precure! Hana no Miyako de Fashion Show... Desu ka!?
Heartcatch Precure! Hana no Miyako de Fashion Show... Desu ka!?
Movie · 2010 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Sakura Kurumi, Erika's mother, is preparing for a fashion show in Paris. The girls of the school's fashion club are going to model there, including some high school students. While in Paris, they meet a mysterious boy named Oliver. However, Baron Salamander of the Desert Apostles…
★ 6.3Glassy Ocean
Kujira no Chouyaku
OVA · 1998 · Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Time has come to a standstill. A whale appears from a glassy ocean and spends half a day soaring gracefully across the skies. What makes this works extraordinary is the artist's decision to use the transparency and visual bulk of 3D computer graphics only for the un-moving ocean …
★ 5.6Divergence Eve
Divergence Eve
TV · 2003 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: In the 24th Century, Intergalactic Space Travel has become a reality. One of the first outposts in the far reaches of space is WATCHER'S NEST - an inflation hole drive portal - which has recently come under attack by a mysterious force known simply as GHOUL... A group of young fe…
★ 5.5Break of Dawn
Bokura no Yoake
Movie · 2022 · Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: In 2038, Yuuma Sawatari is an elementary school kid who loves everything about space and astronomy. He was initially excited when his parents bought a robot called Nanako, but he was disappointed when he learned that she was basically just a boring housekeeping robot. However, wh…
★ 5.7Crying Freeman
Crying Freeman
OVA · 1988 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: Yo Hinomura was an ordinary Japanese potter when a run-in with a Chinese mafia changed his life forever. Now an assassin for the 108 Dragons, Yo is the perfect killing machine. As a sign for remorse over his victims, he sheds tears after eliminating his targets. Because of this, …
★ 6.3A Tree of Palme
Palme no Ki
Movie · 2002 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: In a remote corner of the planet Arcana, Palme, a sentient android crafted from a mystical wood that is said to absorb the memories of the civilizations it roots in, is awakened by Koram, a wounded warrior from the Sol tribe. Entrusting him with the mystical "Egg of the Roof," sh…
★ 6.5Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers
Kidou Senshi Z Gundam: A New Translation II - Koibito-tachi
Movie · 2005 · Drama, Mecha, Romance
Synopsis: Second out of three compilation movies for the Zeta Gundam series. (Source: AniDB)
★ 5.6Gurazeni: Money Pitch
Gurazeni
TV · 2018 · Comedy, Drama, Sports
Synopsis: This is the story of Natsunosuke Honda, a pro baseball player—a relief pitcher who has been playing pro in a team called Spiders for 8 years. The team operates as a highly-stratified society, where the player's performance determines his annual salary. Natsunosuke is one of the h…
★ 6.3Hitohira
Hitohira
TV · 2007 · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: A transfer student Mugi Asai is a painfully shy girl. She is so shy that she can't speak when she becomes seriously nervous. However, for some reason, she is spotted and recruited as a member of the drama club. Source AnimeNfo
★ 7.2HAKUOKI: WARRIOR SPIRIT OF THE BLUE SKY
Hakuouki Movie 2: Shikon Soukyuu
Movie · 2014 · Action, Drama, Supernatural
Synopsis: Second part of two Hakuouki movies.
★ 6.1Ray
RAY THE ANIMATION
TV · 2006 · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: If you have enough money, you can buy anything. So why wait for an organ you need to become available? Raised to be harvested for parts, Ray had already lost her eyes when renegade surgeon Black Jack rescued her. Now, ten years later, she has grown up to be a surgeon herself. And…
