Drama anime

Difficult choices, relationships and coming-of-age stories. Drama anime exploring emotions, loss and changes in characters' lives.

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★ 6.0

Blue Seed Beyond

BLUE SEED 2

OVA · 1996 · Action, Comedy, Drama

Synopsis: A renegade scientist in San Francisco has found a way to create a new creature called a Neo-Aragami without the power of Susanoo. When these monsters start to terrorize California, the U.S. turns to the old members of the Terrestrial Administration Center (TAC) for help. (Source:…

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway Movie 3 (Provisional Title)

Movie · Action, Drama, Mecha

Synopsis: Third movie in the Hathaway trilogy celebrating the Gundam franchise's 40th anniversary.

★ 6.8

Black Jack Specials: Inochi wo Meguru Yottsu no Kiseki

TV · 2003 · Drama

Synopsis: Black Jack is the "Surgeon with the Hands of God," a mysterious young Japanese doctor who travels the world performing feats of miraculous surgical genius. Though all recognize his skill, Black Jack is widely hated, especially by the medical establishment, because he refuses to c…

★ 4.4

Saishuu Shiken Kujira

ONA · 2007 · Comedy, Drama, Ecchi

Synopsis: Like snow falling in summer, like a cicada lamenting the coming of winter... In a town watched over by a whale in the sky... the extraordinary is made ordinary. Spectacles that could never be given form are instead given flesh and soul. And in their midst, the story of a miracle …

★ 6.7

Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter

Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Kanketsu-hen

Movie · 1983 · Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The year is 2203, not long after the Bolar Federation was defeated by Desslok's Galman-Gamilon Empire. A subspace dimensional dislocation has caused a distant Red Galaxy to be relocated in a collision course with the Milky Way. Stars and planets collide, making a wreck of the Gal…

★ 6.1

Loving Angel Angelique: Radiant Tomorrow

Koi Suru Tenshi Angelique: Kagayaki no Ashita

TV · 2007 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Synopsis: Ange is now trapped in the Seijuu Universe, and cannot leave until she awakens Seijuu's Queen. In order to do this, she must gather nine new guardians. It sounds like a fairly simple task, but how can she convince these men to tear away from their own lives and protect the life o…

★ 4.7

Keitai Shoujo

ONA · 2007 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: This is about Hiro Aida and his friends. Their daily life at school and first romantic encounters with all the fun and confusion. All these people are connected to each other through cell phone messages. The anime has 5 regular episodes and 1 Epilogue episode.

★ 6.6

Katri

Makiba no Shoujo Katri

TV · 1984 · Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: This series tells the story of 9 year-old Katri, a girl who lives on a farm in Finland with her grandparents. Katri's mother has been away in Germany for three years. The farm is not doing well, so to help support her family, she goes to work on a neighboring farm. Katri faces ma…

★ 6.7

Space Warrior Baldios

Uchuu Senshi Baldios

TV · 1980 · Adventure, Drama, Mecha

Synopsis: After polluting their own planet beyond repair, a race of evil aliens target earth as their next home. Now it is up to a lone outcast and his robotic spacecraft, Baldios, to defend earth. But, first he must convince the distrusting human population of the impending danger. (Sourc…

★ 5.5

Mitsuwano

OVA · 2014 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: In Kyoto, apprentices known as maiko are skilled performers of traditional dance and song. It is said their elegance and grace leaves any audience entranced. Mai Ichinose, Riko Kikuzuki, and Midori Aikawa are young girls who aspire to become maiko. They reside together in a geish…

★ 7.5

Honkai: Star Rail - Ichor of Two Dragons

Benghuai: Xingqiong Tiedao - Xuanhuang

ONA · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: In the Year 4800 of the Star Calendar, the five lineages of the Vidyadhara made alliance on the Yuque, putting their sacred vow into writing. "This oath shall remain unbroken, standing stronger than even earth and steel." — History of the Xianzhou: Exodus of the Five Dragons In t…

★ 6.6

Be Forever Yamato

Yamato yo Towa ni

Movie · 1980 · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The Black Nebula Empire attacks Earth and threatens to blow up the planet with a bomb they placed on Earth if counter attacked. Earths hopes rest on the Yamato crew as they go to the Black Nebula Planet and try to find a way to difuse the bomb before it's too late. (Source: ANN)

True Beauty Season 2

Yeosingangnim 2nd Season

ONA · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Second season of Yeosin Gangnim.

★ 5.9

The Fake

Saibi

Movie · Drama, Psychological, Thriller

Synopsis: Who is good and who is evil? What is the boundary between them? An animated thriller about the tension between a good-hearted person speaking falsely and an evil-natured person speaking truthfully, and of those that surround them. (Source: Hancinema)

★ 5.8

Kimagure Orange Road TV Pilot

Kimagure Orange☆Road Pilot

OVA · 1985 · Drama, Romance

Synopsis: A special made before the rest of the KOR anime to test the possibility of making more. Essentially an alternate TV version of episode 46 , Kyosuke and Madoka go to the beach only to be trapped alone together.

★ 5.7

Legend of Himiko

Himiko-Den

TV · 1999 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: In a world where the dead walk, where good and evil exist as palpable forces, a darkness is stirring. The undead march against the cities of light, to capture the sacred fire that is the source of their power. But one hope remains. Called into this world by the magical flame, a y…

★ 7.9

Thunderbolt Fantasy - Bewitching Melody of the West

Thunderbolt Fantasy: Seiyuu Genka

Movie · 2019 · Action, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Lang Wu Yao is a boy born with a supernatural singing voice. Secluded in the snowy mountains, he is put through severe training by his blind mother. Her wish is for her son's voice to be unrivaled, so that it will be heard by the imperial court. But the intense training results i…

★ 5.9

Human Crossing

Ningen Kousaten

TV · 2003 · Drama, Slice of Life

Synopsis: Families, husbands and wives, lovers and ordinary people. Dramas that emerge from life's human crossroads... Ordinary people muddling through life and intersect with one another in random ways. Like people walking along road crossings in different directions with no apparent dest…

★ 6.7

The Snow Queen

Yuki no Joou

TV · 2005 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Based on the children's story by Hans Christian Andersen. Gerda and Kai have been neighbors and best friends since childhood. Gerda is eleven, Kai twelve. They were happy children who worked and played as they should. All that changed when the Snow Queen's mirror broke. The shard…

Rainy Day Serenade

Namida Ame to Serenade

TV · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: On rainy days, Hina Katagiri always dreams about her younger self playing with a mysterious boy, but she assumes these thoughts are nothing more than a childhood fantasy. Now a high school student, she focuses on her club activities and protecting her great-grandmother's necklace…

Ninja Kamui Season 3

TV · Action, Adventure, Drama

Synopsis: Third season of Ninja Kamui.

★ 5.5

Seikimatsu★Darling

OVA · 1996 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Kousaku Ogata has been nursing feelings for his coworker, Youichirou Takasugi, for so long that he can no longer sleep without dreaming of him. When he finally manages to confess, he is thrilled that Takasugi feels the same way. But despite their mutual attraction, Takasugi think…

★ 6.1

Shadow Skill: The Movie

Eigi: SHADOW SKILL (1996)

OVA · 1996 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: In a war torn world of deadly conflict, one small group of heroes stands against the forces of darkness, armed only with two weapons—their unswerving dedication to good and the superhuman martial art known as the Shadow Skill... (Source: ANN)

★ 7.8

Genshin Impact: The Song Burning in the Embers

Yuanshen: Jin Zhong Ge

ONA · Action, Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis: Animated short film about the backstory of Arlecchino from Genshin Impact.