Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 6.3.hack//G.U. Returner
.hack//G.U. Returner
OVA · 2007 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The characters from previous .hack//G.U. Games and .hack//Roots receive an email from Ovan. He is requesting them to go to Hidden Forbidden Festival where is set up a mysterious summer festival. There they find an AIDA Chim Chim who wishes to peacefully co-exist with the other pl…
★ 6.1The Good Witch Of The West
Nishi no Yoki Majo: Astraea Testament
TV · 2006 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: On Filiel's 15th birthday, she received her mother's necklace as a memento from her obstinate astronomer father. Her common and tedious life was turned into a life of conspiracies. With her new life, many adventures await. (Source: ANN)
★ 6.6Memory of Chang'an
Shi Yi Chang'an: Mingyue Ji Shi You
ONA · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Young and fierce Princess Emela of Xiyue is traveling to the city of Chang'an to marry the reserved and solemn ninth prince of Tang, Li Qiang. While still on her journey, she already becomes the target of a rebel ambush. However, the princess must not only face the rebels but als…
★ 6.1Clover
Clover
Music · Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Suu is a Four Leaf Clover. Her power is unrivaled, yet all she has known her whole life is loneliness. One day, a man named Kazuhiko appears and accompanies Suu for her first and last journey, to the place where she can find happiness.
★ 6.4Here is Greenwood
Koko wa Green Wood
OVA · 1991 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Hasukawa Kazuya is in a terrible bind. His brother's new wife is also the woman that Kazuya secretly loves. Determined to avoid them both, Kazuya leaves home to live in the student dorm called Greenwood. There, he hopes to find peace of mind. Unfortunately for Kazuya, stability a…
★ 6.4Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time – A Tale of the Eight Guardians
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Hachiyou Shou
TV · 2004 · Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Akane Motomiya and her friends Tenma and Shimon are pulled by a demon into another world, where Akane becomes the Priestess of the Dragon God. The people of this world tell her that she is the only one who can stop the demons from taking over; meanwhile, the demons want to use he…
★ 6.8Top wo Nerae! & Top wo Nerae 2! Gattai Movie!!
Top wo Nerae! & Top wo Nerae 2! Gattai Movie!!
Movie · 2006 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: This double feature comprises of Gunbuster and Die Buster (aka Gunbuster 2) condensed into a single theatrical release told in two parts with a musical intermission in between. The first part, Gunbuster the Movie, condenses the six episodes of the original OVA into a 95-minute mo…
★ 6.3Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report
Kidou Senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS Shotai - Miller's Report
Movie · 1998 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Shortly after being rescued off the Himalayas, Federation Ensign Shiro Amada is accused of espionage due to his encounter with Zeon's top-secret mobile armor. Intelligence officer Alice Miller is assigned to investigate on Shiro's whereabouts during his disappearance. Her documen…
★ 7.0Spring and Chaos
Ihatov Gensou: Kenji no Haru
Special · 1996 · Drama, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life
Synopsis: A unique biographical sketch of the life of the great modern Japanese poet Kenji Miyazawa, Spring and Chaos is a highly stylized and intense film that draws on Miyazawa's writing techniques to tell his life story. Miyazawa often used animals as the main characters in his stories …
★ 6.4Daphne in the Brilliant Blue
Hikari to Mizu no Daphne
TV · 2004 · Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: In the future, water has covered much of the Earth due to the effects of global warming. The orphaned Maia Mizuki, 15, just graduated from middle school and has already applied for employment in the elite paramilitary Ocean Agency, part of the futuristic world government. Only th…
★ 6.3Children of the Whales Specials
Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Manabu!
Special · 2018 · Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Synopsis: Two special episodes set in a school setting. Included with the Blu-ray/DVD volumes of Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau.
★ 6.6Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III - Love Is the Pulse of the Stars
Kidou Senshi Z Gundam: A New Translation III - Hoshi no Kodou wa Ai
Movie · 2006 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Final of three remastered Zeta Gundam compilation movies. (Source: AniDB)
★ 6.4ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka Specials
ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka Specials
Special · 2017 · Drama
Synopsis: The Kingdom of Dowa is free at last of political tensions and coup d'état rumors. Jean and Lotta Otus spend their days together with their best friend Niino, enjoying carefree conversations accompanied by alcohol and cigarettes. Although they look out for any potential threat to …
★ 7.9Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho
Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho
OVA · 2004 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Na-i-sho is a 13 episode OAV series detailing the summer between the ~motto~ and the Dokkaan season. It is a bit more mature than the TV seasons, and looks to develop each of the five witches romantically. Hana is back to a baby, and the mahou shop is a bakery. (Source: ANN)
★ 4.8Lights of the Clione
Clione no Akari
TV short · 2017 · Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Minori Amamiya is an orphaned girl with frequent absences from school for her chronic illness. Because of these hindrances, she has been singled out as an easy target for bullying by her middle school classmates, who torment her constantly with numerous malicious rumors about her…
★ 6.6Yugo the Negotiator
Yuugo: Negotiator
TV · 2004 · Action, Drama, Mystery
Synopsis: "Negotiation means, you turn words into weapons" This is the realization of the popular comic Yu-go that was published in Kondasha Afternoon Magazine over a period of 10 years. Beppu Yuugo is the world's most successfull negotiator. His only weapons are "words." Yuugo doesn't kil…
★ 6.3Rayearth OVA
Rayearth OVA
OVA · 1997 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The Earth lies darkened and deserted. Despite the best efforts of the film's heroine, Hikaru, the evil-filled castle of Cephiro has taken over the world and stands in the center of a lifeless Tokyo. Before the ice-witch Alcyone can take her revenge on Hikaru, she is rescued by La…
★ 4.7Lychee Light Club
Lychee DE Hikari Club
TV short · 2012 · Comedy, Drama, Horror
Synopsis: Litchi DE Hikari Club takes place in an alternate reality where the Hikari Club does not fall into disarray after the completion of Litchi, the intelligent humanlike robot the club invented to kidnap girls. The cult-like Hikari Club has had its ups and downs. Led by the enigmatic…
★ 6.5Mysterious Play OVA
Fushigi Yuugi OVA
OVA · 1996 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Having concluded their adventure inside the mystical book The Universe of the Four Gods, Miaka Yuuki and Yui Hongo resume their ordinary lives with but one exception: upon returning to the real world, Miaka is permitted to bring her beloved Tamahome along with her. Unfortunately,…
★ 6.3The Little Norse Prince
Taiyou no Ouji: Horus no Daibouken
Movie · 1968 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: On his deathbed, Horus' father tells him that they are actually refugees from a village that was destroyed when the devil Grunwald tricked the villagers into turning against each other. This compels Horus to travel to his original homeland in hopes of finding other survivors. Bef…
★ 7.6The Girl Downstairs SP
Aishang Ta de Liyou Extra
ONA · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Extra episode of Aishang Ta de Liyou.
The Fable Season 2
The Fable 2nd Season
TV · 2027 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: Second season of The Fable.
★ 7.3Taiyou no Kiba Dougram
Taiyou no Kiba Dougram
TV · 1981 · Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: The story is centered around a small group of guerilla freedom fighters on a colonial planet named Deployer, who are known as the "Deployer 7", or "Sun Fang" team. In an unexpected coup, the elected Governor of Deployer becomes dictator and rules Deployer under martial law with t…
★ 5.7Baldr Force EXE
Baldr Force Exe Resolution
OVA · 2006 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: Any network runs all over the world, and the development of the information network reaches its acme. In this age, there are two developed worlds; "the real world" and "wired", or the virtual network world. Soma Toru belongs to a hacking group, Steppen Wolf, which runs around the…
