Drama anime
Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.
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★ 7.1Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition
Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 Special Edition
OVA · 2009 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: Condensed version of both the first and second seasons of Gundam 00 featuring some new animated sequences and some partially re-recorded dialogue.
★ 7.4Kaleido Star: Legend of Phoenix
Kaleido Star: Legend of Phoenix - Layla Hamilton Monogatari
OVA · 2005 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Layla is going to perform Phoenix in Broadway. Playing this important role, she sets out on a journey by bicycle alone without leaving any message in order to find out what she's missing inside.
★ 5.3Platonic Chain
Platonic Chain
TV short · 2002 · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: In the near future, technology has made a few leaps and bounds, and videophones and constant wireless internet access are available to everyone. However, it would seen that the government has been careless and a skilled hacker was able to break into the national information archi…
★ 5.9Coral of the Moon
Tsuki no Sango
Movie · 2010 · Drama
Synopsis: The story takes place in approximately the year 3000, when humankind arrived at the peak of its civilization, but is losing its will to keep living. It follows a girl, called "princess" by those around her, who lives on a small island with a fifty-person colony and a shining cora…
★ 6.5Kokoro Library
Kokoro Toshokan
TV · 2001 · Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Hidden away on a remote mountaintop, the Kokoro Library struggles to attract many visitors. Nevertheless, it is the home of sisters Iina, Aruto, and Kokoro, who consider it their mission to keep the library running in their parents' stead. Kokoro has long dreamed of becoming a li…
★ 6.6NITABOH: Tsugaru Shamisen Shiso Gaibun
NITABOH: Tsugaru Shamisen Shiso Gaibun
Movie · 2004 · Drama, Music
Synopsis: At a young age, Nitaroh is stricken with an illness that leaves him blind. He inherits the shamisen once used by his mother and is taught its basics by a blind traveling shamisen player. In time, with the help of friends old and new, he walks the paths that leads to his ultimate …
★ 5.5Burn-Up Scramble
Burn Up Scramble
TV · 2004 · Action, Comedy, Drama
Synopsis: AD. 2023, Tokyo. Because of the change of the society such as internationalization and enlargement of the trading, the dark side of the society also continues changing. The criminals are getting deep, and their organizations are increasing its size, then the peace and security is…
Ninja Kamui: Red Vendetta
Ninja Kamui: Red Vendetta
TV · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: Second season of Ninja Kamui.
★ 6.2Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle
Battle Fighters Garou Densetsu 2
OVA · 1993 · Action, Adventure, Drama
Synopsis: After defeating Geese Howard, legendary fighter Terry Bogard faces German warrior Wolfgang Krauser, only to suffer a humiliating defeat. Depressed by his loss, Terry wanders around the country, wasting his life through drinking. Only a young boy named Tony can convince Terry to g…
★ 5.8Ajimu: Beach Story
Ajimu: Kaigan Monogatari
ONA · 2001 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: Seventeen year old Nakaido Hirosuke is just your average high school student. One morning as he arrives at the train station on his way to school, he catches sight of a beautiful girl, Ajimu Yasuna, and immediately falls for her. The two of them get to know each other and become …
★ 7.0Journey to Bloom
Journey to Bloom
ONA · 2023 · Drama, Music
Synopsis: A series commemorating the 3rd anniversary of the Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku mobile game.
★ 8.0Thunderbolt Fantasy Sword Seekers 2
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Touriken Yuuki 2
TV · 2018 · Action, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: Both friends and foes have followed Shang Bu Huan across the Wasteland of Spirits from Xi You. With the Sorcerous Sword Index in jeopardy, he must fight to keep the demon swords out of the wrong hands. (Source: Anime News Network)
★ 6.4Generator Gawl
Generator Gawl
TV · 1998 · Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synopsis: Ryo, Gawl and Koji are 3 young boys who travel back into the past with only 1 objective: change history. In their time they discover that their country, Kubere, uses genetically enhanced persons called generators as a military tool. These generators are the cause for the Third Wa…
★ 6.7Marmalade Boy Movie
Marmalade Boy Movie
Movie · 1995 · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis: A prelude to Marmalade Boy the TV series. Yuu remembers the day when his parents decided to divorce each other and remarry with another married couple. Troubled by the news, Yuu decides to take a walk, on which he spots a girl he falls in love with at first sight. He decides to f…
★ 6.5Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny Special Edition
Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED DESTINY Special Edition
Special · 2006 · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: Four TV Specials compiled from Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED Destiny series. 1. The Broken World (Kudakareta Sekai) 2. Respective Swords (Sorezore no Ken) 3. The Hell Fire of Destiny (Sadame no Goka) 4. The Cost of Freedom (Jiyuu no Daishou) Like the three specials of Gundam Seed, the…
★ 6.2Starlight Promises
Yakusoku no Nanaya Matsuri
ONA · 2018 · Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: "A festival of miracle, where you can meet whoever you want to meet." Mihara Shoma, a first-year in high school, receives a message from his best friend Atsushi, who he hadn't heard from in ages. "Wanna come to this cool little festival I found? It's been a while, so I'd like to …
★ 6.0Mashiroiro Symphony Picture Drama
Mashiroiro Symphony: The color of lovers Picture Drama
Special · 2012 · Drama, Romance
Synopsis: DVD/BD specials of Mashiroiro Symphony: The Color of Lovers.
★ 6.1The Life of Budori Gusuko
Guskou Budori no Denki (2012)
Movie · 2012 · Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life
Synopsis: The fairy tale follows a young man named Budori Gusuko in the Tohoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Budori is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Budori joins a group of scientists at …
Just Like Mona Lisa
Seibetsu "Mona Lisa" no Kimi e.
TV · Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
Synopsis: Everyone in the world is born genderless. But when children hit their 12th birthday, their bodies alter toward their desired gender. One person is an exception to this phenomenon: Hinase Arima, whose anatomy has yet to change upon their 18th spring. Nonetheless, they are satisfie…
★ 5.9Sanctuary
Sanctuary
OVA · 1996 · Action, Drama, Thriller
Synopsis: One day, high school friends Akira Houjou and Chiaki Asami flip a coin and make a vow that completely changes their fates. For his part, Akira immediately drops out of school to join the yakuza, while Chiaki toughs it out in order to become a politician's aide. Although they seem…
★ 6.7Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie
Ashita no Joe (Movie)
Movie · 1980 · Action, Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: An abridged remake of the first Ashita no Joe TV series, released in 1980 to provide back-story for the second TV series to new fans who were not familiar with the first TV series or the manga. (Source: ANN)
★ 5.6RG Veda
Seiden: RG VEDA
OVA · 1991 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis: The fearsome warrior Taishaku-ten rebelled against the world-ruling gods three hundred years ago and began his own oppressive reign. His dominion remained unchecked for years—until one day, the blind prophet Kuyou prophesied that warriors known as the Six Stars and a child of the…
★ 7.1Swiss Family Robinson
Kazoku Robinson Hyouryuuki: Fushigi na Shima no Flone
TV · 1981 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life
Synopsis: 10-year-old Flone is a very active, tomboyish sort of a girl. One day, her father receives a letter from his English friend who is now in Australia. In the letter, the friend asks her father to come down to Australia because of a serious shortage of doctors. The family decides to…
BLAME! 2
BLAME! 2
Movie · Action, Drama, Mecha
Synopsis: Second movie adaption of the Blame! manga.
