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Drama Anime (2,913)

Plot-driven stories focused on realistic characters experiencing human struggle. Because drama stories ask the question of what it means to be human, the conflict and emotions will be relatable, even if the settings or characters themselves are not. Here, you will see humanity at its worst, its best, and everything in between.

Simply having a serious tone, dramatic moments, or evoking tears does not equal Drama. If the narrative focuses on eliciting emotional reactions rather than on characterization, then it is melodrama and not Drama. Slice of Life and Drama are incompatible by definition.

OVA, 1986Finished 1 ep, 69 min

It is an action comedy about a young man's persistent sexual fantasies. It has 4 distinct art styles: a manga style, a SD style, a realistic style, and a art-graphic pencil style. (Source: technogirls.org) Based on the manga by TAGAMI Yoshihisa (たがみ よしひさ) that serialised in Big Comic Spirits.

SourceManga
DemographicSeinen
6.21
1.4K
Movie, 1988Finished 1 ep, 67 min

The movie starts out with Katsuhiko going to the US, with Kasumi and Yusaku seeing him off at Narita. Two years later, Katsuhiko is a professional racer, and comes back to Japan to race (and to marry Kasumi). Yusaku's hobby is photography. (Source: AniDB)

StudioGroup TAC
SourceManga
6.59
1.4K
OVA, 1993Finished 1 ep, 30 min

We are now in the early 18th century, the Kyouhou era, when the merchant culture was flourishing. In Yoshiwara, the red light district of Edo, there is a popular courtesan with good looks and character, called Usugumo. She in fact is a daughter of a Christianized prostitute and Tokugawa Yoshimune (who was a real historical character and the 8th Shogun of Japan), but the power struggle in these times doesn't allow her to be with her father. Her fate is about to change when she meets the blond haired thief, Kikunosuke. With Kikunosuke, a doctor named Aoto Touichirou, who uses the yet unfamiliar Western medicine, and her pet cat, Kotetsu, Usugumo forms a thief group, the Kikugumi. In the meanwhile, a member of a mysterious group appears, aiming for Usugumo... (Source: AniDB)

StudioMadhouse
SourceManga
DemographicShoujo
5.42
1.4K
Movie, 1948Finished 1 ep, 17 min

Tora-chan and Miike and playing while their big sister prepares for her wedding. Just then a letter arrives; it's from Grandfather, who writes that he won't allow the wedding as long as he lives! Bride and groom rush to the church to get married before the old cat can stop them, but his boat has just arrived! Can Tora-chan and Miike keep him distracted long enough for their sister's happy day to go uninterrupted?

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
5.61
1.4K
ONA, 2014Finished 1 ep, 4 min

In the late 90's, in China, Tu Xiaoyi, an high school student, takes no interest in marks and prefers to play video games with his friend nicknamed "Peanut." One day, he was chosen by his teacher to become the class representative with Yao Zhetian, a very cute girl. He will experience his first love and disappointments.

SourceManga
ThemeSchool
5.94
1.4K
Movie, 2005Finished 1 ep, 82 min

August 1945. In a converted theological seminary on the outskirts of Nagasaki, a young doctor works to help his patients, as unsettling news comes of a new weapon used by the Americans on the city of Hiroshima. When the second nuclear weapon is dropped on Nagasaki, the hospital staff must work to save lives in the midst of the concentric circles of death that their city has become.

6.60
1.4K
TV, 1979Finished 13 eps, 25 min

The principal character is 15-year-old Isabelle Laustin, other characters being her parents Leon and Marie, Isabelle's friends Jean and his sister Marie, and Isabelle's suitor, Captain Victor. When Paris is besieged and Napoleon III's army is defeated, Isabelle escapes to London, disguised as a boy, and engages in secret agent stuff. (Source: AniDB)

SourceOriginal
5.67
1.4K
Movie, 2019Finished 1 ep, 29 min

A story about fourteen-year-old alien girl Aoi Hoshino. Her family uses certain medicine to disguise themselves as humans. For some reason the medicine slowly stops working, but only on Aoi... (Source: Official Website, edited)

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
5.68
1.4K
Movie, 1970Finished 1 ep, 65 min

The first recap film of Attack No.1 , it covers the first 6 episodes of the TV anime. Kozue is a high school girl and an enthusiastic volleyball player. Her dream is to play on the Japanese national volleyball team. Over the course of the series she makes it from the school district league up to the Japanese volleyball finals, step by step until the international volleyball championship. But the faster and higher Kozue climbs, the more she is confronted with the dark side of success: too-high expectations, self-conceit, and envy. (Source: ANN)

StudioUnknown
Source
DemographicShoujo
6.39
1.4K
Movie, 2015Finished 1 ep, 77 min

Our lives in the real world stand at the crossroads of countless decisions. The characters of this film—Maro and Crow, the department chief Ms. Kim, Sweet Potato and Titi, Ye-mi and Gang-bo—live in an imaginary animated world, but they face the real life concerns that confront all of us. This story takes a funny yet bittersweet look at the vast gulf between the reality and ideals of our lives at different moments—before we make a choice, during the process of choosing, and after a choice has been made. (Source: Korean Film Biz Zone)

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
N/A
1.4K
Movie, 2002Finished 4 eps, 13 min

The My Road series—Scarlet Road (2002), White Road (2003), Indigo Road (2006), and the most recent installment Lemon Road (2008)—can be read as meditations on loss and mourning. These poetic films tell their story through motif, character expression, music and montage and require repeated viewing for one to absorb the subtly evoked layers of meaning. (Source: Midnight Eye)

SourceOriginal
7.25
1.4K
Movie, 1977Finished 1 ep, 21 min

The story surrounds a boy and a cow who have always lived their lives together. One winter, a famine strikes their village. The villagers resolve to the cow, but the boy secretly helped the cow escape. A few years ago, the boy (now grown-up) and the cow meet again... (Source: AniDB)

SourceOriginal
DemographicKids
6.39
1.4K
ONA, 2023Finished 12 eps, 8 min

The second season of Xiao Lu He Xiao Lan.

SourceWeb manga
6.77
1.4K
TV, 1974Finished 26 eps, 24 min

The sequel to Konchuu Monogatari Minashigo Hutch where Hutch struggles with married life.

Source
7.08
1.4K
Movie, 1968Finished 1 ep, 80 min

Hans Christian Andersen is a little boy with a talent for making up stories. With his skill, his friends of all species, and his positive attitude, he helps brighten the lives of the people around him. This movie contains elements of many of Andersen's tales, most prominently The Red Shoes and The Little Match Girl.

Source
DemographicKids
6.24
1.4K
Movie, 1928Finished 1 ep, 6 min

A short movie produced by Yasuji Murata. Based on the Japanese fairy tale Hanasaka Jiijii, also called Hanasaka Jiisan. A kind old man and his wife dig up the ground where their dog is barking, and find koban (oval gold coins formerly used in Japan) there. (Source: animation.filmarchives.jp)

StudioUnknown
SourceOther
4.77
1.4K
ONA, 2024Finished 15 eps, 8 min

(No synopsis yet.)

6.71
1.4K
ONA, 2002Finished 6 eps, 15 min

A flash animation remake of the Ginga Tetsudou 999 series.

Source
ThemeSpace
6.23
1.4K
Movie, 2007Finished 1 ep, 5 min

The story of Adam and Eve with jazzy music. Short experimental animation without words.

StudioMirai Film
SourceBook
4.68
1.4K
OVA, 1986Finished 1 ep, 58 min

A recap OVA that portrays the first half of the series Heavy Metal L-Gaim. After the credits, there is a short clip animated for the OVA entitled "Lady Gavlet", which is intended to be comic relief.

StudioSunrise
Source
ThemesMechaSpace
6.47
1.4K
Movie, 1925Finished 1 ep, 18 min

Once upon a time, there was a lord in Shinano Province who hated old men. In accordance with the rules of the province, a person was exiled to an island when they turned 60 years old. On the night of August 15th, there was one such farmer woman, but her son loved her, and took her to a mountain to leave her there instead of turning her over to the cruel officers. However, he felt sorry about what he was doing and hid her under the earthen floor of a barn. One day, a messenger of the lord of the neighboring province was sent to the lord of Shinano Province making an unreasonable demand that a silk thread be threaded through a winding hole in a crystal ball and threatened that force would be used unless the task was done. The devoted son consulted with his mother, and she taught him a method in which you put honey around the end of one hole and let an ant tied with a thread go through it from the other end. The lord rewarded the son. However, a messenger was sent from the neighboring province again demanding that they identify which of two identical mares is the parent and which is the child. The son asked his mother again and then told the solution to the lord. When told by the lord that he would grant the son’s wish, he pleaded for his mother’s life. Since then, old men and women have been treated with respect and are no longer exiled. (Source: Japanese Animated Film Classics)

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
5.46
1.4K
Movie, 1990Finished 1 ep, 21 min

An alternate retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. The story begins in the same way as the original story but our young heroine instead of falling under the mystical spell begins to uncover the mystery of the man who cursed her and his relationship with her mother. It is a realistic reminder that "They lived happily ever after...", may not be as happy as we once envisioned.

StudioUnknown
SourceOther
6.12
1.4K
OVA, 1995Finished 1 ep, 50 min

Compiler and Assembler have been given 3 days to return the the 2-D world. If they do not return the council has sworn to destroy it. How will the they spend their last days on earth. Will they be able to confess their love. If only things were that simple. Now a mysterious character is eliminating other individuals from the 2-D world. Can Compiler and Assembler stop this new fiend and be together with those they love. (Source: ANN)

Source
5.31
1.4K
Special, 2018Finished 1 ep, 4 min

Lee Myeongyi has lived his whole life with pneumothorax—a collapsed lung. He despises the attention he draws at school with his bouts of loud hyperventilating, extended coughing fits, and exemption from physical education as well as military service. Whether suffering through the curiosity or ire of his classmates, Myeongyi is left feeling like a complete outcast. However, the class president Han Seonho often shows Myeongyi kindness and understanding. With his friendly gestures and handsome looks, he becomes Myeongyi's first crush. Nine years later, Myeongyi attends his high school reunion for only one reason: to see Han Seonho once again. He holds a tiny glimmer of hope about the other man's feelings for him—but after seeing the bright gold ring on Seonho's left hand and listening to their classmates' prying questions, that hope is quickly dashed. Excusing himself to go take a smoke, regardless of the state of his lungs, Myeongyi is followed outside by Seonho. Unexpectedly, that marks the beginning of their illicit love affair. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

SourceOther
6.99
1.4K
Movie, 1987Finished 1 ep, 72 min

Foxes Ken and Chin become the proud parents of cubs, Koro and Kan, who enjoy a carefree life on the northern Japanese island of Chironup. They befriend a fisherman and his wife but are forced to run for their lives when soldiers on a military exercise decide to take home some fox pelts as souvenirs. A sweet little film that obliquely symbolizes the plight of Japan's aboriginal Ainu people and the northern islands that have been contested with Russia since they were occupied by Stalin's soldiers in 1945. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

StudioGroup TAC
SourceNovel
6.39
1.3K
ONA, 2015Finished 10 eps, 13 min

On his wedding day, Shi Xiaoguang could only helplessly watch as a mysterious power took his bride Xiaqing, away. Afterwards, he found that no one remembered the existence of “Xiaqing” and he is hunted by this unclear force. Faced with this situation, Shi Xiaoguang slowly began understanding that the world as he knew it had changed.

StudioUnknown
SourceManga
5.10
1.3K
Movie, 2003Finished 1 ep, 20 min

Doctor Tenma, chief of the Ministry of Science, brought a digital brain genome from an aircraft. Doctor Tenma begins a trip to Mars, then combines the genome with a robot. Doctor Tenma's son, Tobio, who had died in a traffic accident, has been revived. (Source: AstroBoy Online)

StudioUnknown
Source
6.10
1.3K
-, 2025Not yet aired ? eps, 0 min

San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers. When ordered to die for their country, the remaining members of the group escape only to face the harsh environment of a tropical paradise that has become a hellish battlefield.

StudioSasayuri
SourceManga
DemographicJosei
ONA, 2018Finished 20 eps, 1 min

Can a relationship survive after an affair? Azu is 30-year-old stay at home mom and she runs a nail salon in her apartment. While carrying the frustration of thinking that her husband Junpei (32) doesn't love her as a woman anymore, she raises the child they were blessed with and continues through the motions of everyday life. One day, while Azu is running her salon, a customer asks to borrow her cellphone, and shows her something dangerously entrancing. A few days afterward, she receives a notification from an unknown man, sending Junpei and Azu's relationship into the deep-end... From Yukari Koyama of the TV drama "Rose-Colored Crusade" comes a challenging original work! You are invited to the story of 4 married people that could take place anywhere, filled with temptation, betrayal, and broken hearts - a true love story! (Source: Manga Box)

StudioUnknown
SourceManga
N/A
1.3K
TV Special, 2001Finished 2 eps, 45 min

A summary of the Akage no Anne full series aired as a TV specials. Anne is an orphan full of imagination. When she arrives at her new home she learns that sometimes you have to be a sensible person too; at the same time her unique character changes, or at least attracts, the people around her. The story covers Anne's growth from about eleven to seventeen years old as she makes friends, goes to school and studies. At a difficult point in her life, Anne will have to make a hard choice and perhaps find a new dream. (Source: AniDB)

Source
6.27
1.3K
Movie, 2006Finished 1 ep, 34 min

Jae-young, an ordinary woman in her mid-20s is sentenced to death by an angel, and ascends to Heaven. Going to Heaven means nothing to her because she assumes Heaven is devoid of reason and humanity. But she accepts her fate and proceeds to bid farewell to her mother and friend. During her farewells, the desire for life starts to torture her. (Source: KoBiz)

StudioUnknown
Source
5.72
1.3K
TV, 1979Finished 13 eps, 25 min

During the civil war a girl living in Virginia, named Jeanie, waits for her old boyfriend Robert to marry him, according to a childish promise, but the war makes the things complicated and, Robert comes back as northerner soldier. Only with the conflict's end, and many misadventures, their dream will become true.

SourceMusic
6.01
1.3K
TV, 1980Finished 22 eps, 24 min

Moero Arthur Hakuba no Oji is an anime based on the Arthurian legend and it is a sequel to the earlier series Entaku no Kishi Monogatari: Moero Arthur. This time Arthur conceals his true identity in order to defeat Ziking as he and his four new companions begin a journey of adventures. (Source: Toei Animation)

Source
6.88
1.3K
Movie, 1985Finished 1 ep, 70 min

Gongitsune is a famous Japanese children's story about the life of a little fox called Gon. The story is considered the masterpiece of Nankichi Niimi, also sometimes known as the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan. Gon is a little fox. Looking for food he comes to a little village where he repeatedly steals food and creates other mischief, constantly evading the angry villagers. (Source: AniDB)

StudioUnknown
SourcePicture book
DemographicKids
6.28
1.3K
TV Special, 2007Finished 1 ep, 45 min

Futatsu no Kurumi is a short story following 12-year-old Ayaka as she is teleported back in time to the fire bombing of Tokyo in 1945 and covers her experiences in this very different and unfamiliar environment. (source: saizen-fansubs)

SourceOriginal
6.57
1.3K
TV, 1971Finished 52 eps, 24 min

Adaptations of numerous stories written by Hans Christian Andersen.

StudioUnknown
Source
DemographicKids
6.86
1.3K
Special, 1967Finished 1 ep, 5 min

Pilot episode of the famous anime Heidi.

StudioUnknown
SourceBook
5.19
1.3K
Movie, 1917Finished 1 ep, 6 min

Short movie produced by the first generation animator Kitayama Seitarou. Based on the Japanese fairy tale Hanasaka Jiijii, also called Hanasaka Jiisan.

StudioUnknown
SourceOther
4.96
1.3K
OVA, 1992Finished 1 ep, 41 min

In this adaptation of a manga by Fumi Shibama, itself a retelling of a 1972 manga by Kazuo Kamimura (the original Age of Cohabitation whose existence is implied by the "new" in this title), Honda has been living with Eri for two years and debates whether or not he should ask her to marry him. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

StudioAnimaruya
SourceManga
6.23
1.3K
TV, -Not yet aired ? eps, 0 min

Mizuha's 17th birthday is the pits. Her parents totally forgot, and the senpai she likes isn't interested in her. But when her longtime childhood friend asks her out, Mizuha has to sort out what this change in relationship could mean. And her feelings may not be the only ones changing...! (Source: Kodansha USA)

StudioUnknown
SourceManga
DemographicShoujo
OVA, 1987Finished 1 ep, 56 min

A recap OVA that portrays the second half of the series Heavy Metal L-Gaim. After the credits, there is a short clip animated for the OVA entitled "Pentagona Dolls", which is intended to be comic relief.

StudioSunrise
Source
ThemesMechaSpace
6.41
1.3K
ONA, 2021Finished 1 ep, 42 min

Special chapter of Ling Long: Incarnation.

SourceOriginal
7.10
1.3K
Movie, 1977Finished 1 ep, 20 min

It's a Sanrio picture that feels partly like an anime art film and partly like a Warner Bros. cartoon. The film features some very creative imagery, a groovy 70's jazz score, and very little spoken dialogue. It's a story about a dog named Joe that falls in love with a rose and protects it from a mean-spirited crow. There's some energetic Friz Freleng style action, and also some unexpectedly grim tragedy. (Source: animenation.net)

StudioUnknown
SourcePicture book
DemographicKids
5.68
1.2K
TV Special, 1988Finished 1 ep, 34 min

In 1945, the second and third-year students of a Hiroshima girls' school are taken away to work in war factories. The remaining 220 girls of the first year try to make the best of their new-found status as the only teenagers in an almost deserted town, even amid the deprivations of wartime. On the 7th of August, an American bomber changes their lives forever. Broadcast on the 43rd anniversary of Hiroshima in memory of "the girls who lost their lives to the atom bomb." (Source: Anime Encyclopedia)

StudioMadhouse
SourceOther
6.10
1.2K
Music, 2014Finished 1 ep, 3 min

Music video for Sound Horizon's song "Yodaka no Hoshi." The full version of "Yodaka no Hoshi" music video was bundled with the limited edition release of their single "Vanishing Starlight."

SourceOriginal
ThemeMusic
5.93
1.2K
Movie, 2002Finished 1 ep, 0 min

The movie was screened in several Planetariums in Japan and followed the adventures of Tetsuro, Maetel and a bunch of new characters like Nanami Yuma.

Source
ThemeSpace
6.54
1.2K
Movie, 2015Finished 1 ep, 7 min

Short anti-war animation adapting the picture book Sensou no Tsukurikata. It was created by the group NOddIN.

SourcePicture book
6.33
1.2K
TV Special, 1982Finished 1 ep, 73 min

White Fang is born on the planes of Alaska to a wolf father and a half-wolf, half-dog mother. One day he and his mother run into an Alaskan inuit boy Mit-sah, who has long dreamed of a dog of his own, and by a marvellous twist of fate, the wolves are taken in by him and his father. But life in Alaska is harsh for humans and wolves alike, and as winter comes, hardships lie in waiting for White Fang and Mit-sah. Facing the extreme coldness of their habitat and that of humans' greedy hearts, the two journey towards what they hope to be a happier environment. (Source: ANN)

StudioSunrise
SourceNovel
6.39
1.2K
TV, 1982Finished 26 eps, 25 min

Once Upon a Time... Space differs from the rest of the Once Upon a Time titles in the sense that the series revolve on a dramatic content rather than an educational premise. The series still has a handful of educational information (such as an episode discussing the rings of Planet Saturn). The series succeeds Once Upon a Time... Man. It reprises almost the entire totality of the characters of the previous series and adapts them into a science-fiction context. The story tells about the confrontation of many big galactic powers. Among them there is the Omega Confederation, of which Earth is a member of; the military republic of Cassiopée led by the general Le Teigneux; and a powerful supercomputer which controls an army of robots. Once Upon a Time... Space features the adventures of Pierrot (son of colonel Pierre and president Pierrette) and his friend Psi.

StudioEiken
Source
6.72
1.2K
Movie, 2012Finished 1 ep, 31 min

The 30-minute film centers around a group of high school nurses called Himeyuri who served during the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. The Himeyuri Alumnae Incorporated Foundation, which runs the Himeyuri Peace Museum in Okinawa, produced the film with the aim to convey the experiences of those high school nurses, many of whom lost their lives during the battle, to children. (Source: ANN)

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
6.39
1.2K
Movie, 1984Finished 1 ep, 121 min

Oshin comes from a family of poor rice farmers. Her father and brother must work in the fields and her grandmother and mother, who is expecting another child, barely have enough to eat. In order to make ends meet for her family, 7-year-old Oshin gives up school and decides to become a servant in the household of a wealthy family, where she faces trials and tribulation beyond her worst fears. (Source: ANN)

StudioUnknown
Source
6.74
1.2K
TV, 2024Not yet aired ? eps, 0 min

Kurumi Mirai is in the first year of high school. She has enrolled in junior high section of the Redrun Magic School, the world's only facility for mages that approved by International Mage League and able to work under royal families when graduates, and she was always top of the class. However, when she applies for the high school section and took the examination to get into a mage training class "Ma-gumi (Mage Class)", she wasn't able to get in in spite having full scores and was top of the class for the whole three years. There are some students in the class next to her that takes that class. Among that there's someone she admires. How will Kurumi Mirai who has extraordinary brain but didn't get in to be a mage candidate try to overcome and grow up? What is the aim for Minami Suzuki, a loyal mage who suddenly appears to be the homeroom teacher? This is a relaxing story of her growth. (Source: MAL News)

StudioJ.C.Staff
SourceNovel
ThemeSchool
ONA, 2017Finished 10 eps, 4 min

Working at an advertising agency, you suddenly become in charge of a new CM project. For an inaugural party, you had help from your friends to turn into a beauty from your normal homely office look. There you met an attractive man who saves you from falling down. But you find out he's the new hateful company president and he's set his eyes on you as prey!

StudioUnknown
SourceVisual novel
N/A
1.2K
TV, 1983Finished 52 eps, 22 min

Set in Hokkaido, Japan's outback, a young boy discovers a fawn whose mother has been hit by a car and attempts to raise it himself. (Source: ANN)

StudioVisual 80
SourceNovel
6.97
1.2K
ONA, 2020Finished 2 eps, 15 min

A digest video that recaps the contents of the TV anime Kami no Tou in 15 minutes.

SourceWeb manga
5.83
1.2K
OVA, 1991Finished 1 ep, 50 min

Yazawa, a Japanese pilot, suffers a crash in his Phantom jetfighter. After a six month recovery, his old friend from an airplane magazine wants him to investigate the appearance of a Phantom in an armed conflict in El Salvador. Yazawa's investigations makes him wind up in an international arms conspiracy. Based on a series of military fiction novels.

StudioUnknown
SourceNovel
ThemeMilitary
DemographicSeinen
5.80
1.2K
OVA, 1985Finished 1 ep, 55 min

Recap special.

StudioSunrise
SourceOriginal
6.71
1.2K
ONA, 2022Finished 12 eps, 18 min

(No synopsis yet.)

6.67
1.2K
OVA, 1990Finished 1 ep, 53 min

Second OVA of "Hana no Asukagumi!".

SourceManga
DemographicShoujo
5.57
1.2K
TV Special, 1979Finished 1 ep, 69 min

Animated adaptation of Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables".

SourceNovel
6.19
1.2K
Movie, 1987Finished 1 ep, 52 min

On a Wednesday morning, Kenji goes touring to Hakone pass with his girlfriend Tomomi. There, he sees other riders waiting for something and stops his bike. One of the riders, Hayase Junichi, explains to him that a legendary female driver nicknamed Wednesday Cinderella passes this place every Wednesday in her white Porsche. Kenji becomes interested in this mysterious driver; however, racing with her proves more dangerous than it first seems to be. (Source: Singan)

StudioPierrot
SourceManga
DemographicShounen
6.32
1.2K
OVA, 1991Finished 1 ep, 49 min

Special based on the manga by Ooya Kazumi, published in Betsukomi Flower Comics. An all-male pop group doubles as a detective agency. The cute girl member of the agency is kidnapped when one of the men's past returns to trouble them all in the present. (Source: sandg-anime)

SourceManga
DemographicShoujo
6.01
1.2K
Special, 1978Finished 1 ep, 67 min

The conflicting fates of human beings and wild animals are depicted in a naturalistic setting. The main character of the story is Fang, who was born to a hunting dog and a circus-runaway European wolf. Although Fang was raised by a human family, he is a wild animal after all, and is destined to live amongst nature. The story reaches its climax when Fang returns from the circus and faces his foe, a giant brown bear which killed his family. (Source: AnimeNfo)

SourceNovel
6.61
1.2K
Movie, 1987Finished 1 ep, 88 min

A 88-minute theatrical recut of the original Takarajima TV series.

SourceNovel
6.55
1.2K
Movie, 1927Finished 1 ep, 5 min

A father crab Kanisuke and his son Kanitaro sow persimmon seeds in their garden that they got from Sarukichi the monkey. A large sprout begins to grow, and it turns into a tree which then bears a lot of fruit. Watching Kanisuke, Sarukichi notices that the father crab is having difficulty picking persimmons, so he picks a basket-full of the fruit and runs away. When Sarukichi sees Kanisuke following him, he throws persimmon at Kanisuke and kills him. In order to avenge his father's death, the child crab Kanitaro consults with his three uncles, Kurisaku (chestnut), Hachinosuke (bee), and Usubei (mortar). The three promise him to help him. The three uncles enter Sarukichi's house while he is away, where Usubei climbs up on the roof, Hachinosuke stays outside the house, and Kurisaku hides himself behind a folding screen. When Sarukichi returns home, he is surprised by the bursting of chestnuts Kurisaku threw in the fireplace and they have a sword fight. Hachinosuke joins the fight with his spear. When Sarukichi runs out of the house, Usubei falls on his head, and Kanitaro cuts off his nose. Hanging Sarukichi from the spear, the three uncles and Kanitaro return triumphantly. (Source: animation.filmarchives.jp)

StudioUnknown
SourceOther
5.23
1.2K
Movie, 1978Finished 1 ep, 9 min

An animation documentary describing the tragic consequences of the A-bomb explosion in Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The flash of the A-bomb, 100 times brighter than the sun, is called "PICA", and the enormous shock wave which came right after the flash is called "DON". At the time this film was completed, it was the very first attempt in the world to deal with such a sensitive subject of Hiroshima using animation media. Because of this short film, the City of Hiroshima decided to establish the Hiroshima International Animation Festival in 1984, appreciating animation art as an effective medium. (Source: flickerfest.com.au)

StudioUnknown
Source
6.33
1.2K
TV Special, 1979Finished 1 ep, 82 min

This is the true story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during WW2. Anne's father realizes on time the danger the Jews face and hides his family (his wife Edith and his two daughters Margo (16) and Anne (13), along with four more people, in "the house behind". For two years the 8 people live in darkness and whispers, in fear to be discovered and sent to the German crematories. During that time young Anne writes a diary, describing day by day life in the cellar, her complicated realtionship with her mother and the story of her first love - Peter, the young boy in the hiding place. Anne writes down her wishes to run out free and breath the air and flowers, her dreams to be free at last. Then they are discovered and are all sent to death. (Source: ANN)

SourceBook
6.22
1.2K
ONA, 2023Finished 1 ep, 3 min

The music film is a part of TOHO animation's 10th anniversary project.

SourceOriginal
6.20
1.2K
TV, 2004Finished 25 eps, 24 min

Sequel to Monkey Turn.

StudioOLM
SourceManga
ThemeRacing
DemographicShounen
7.24
1.1K
Movie, 2010Finished 1 ep, 10 min

A huge pig is lying down in front of a house. Father, mother, grandmother, six children and a dog live in the house. Everyone is aware of the huge pig, and the pig is aware of the family. But nobody knows how and what the other think. The mother doesn't understand the father… It depends what you imagine when you hear about normal family life. (Source: Fresh Film Fest Website)

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
4.63
1.1K
Movie, 1917Finished 1 ep, 6 min

A monkey tricks a crab and steals his food. More crabs arrive and begin fighting the monkey. (Source: AniDB)

StudioUnknown
SourceOther
4.93
1.1K
OVA, 1992Finished 1 ep, 46 min

Based on a story from the After School Series line of light novels. Kenichi Akizuki and Misako Watanabe work together to solve the mysterious disappearance of their classmate Ryouko Miyazaki. The only clue left by the kidnapper is signed Koushin Okazaki, her late classmate who'd committed suicide to preserve his youth and become like Peter Pan.

SourceLight novel
ThemeSchool
5.51
1.1K
Movie, 1992Finished 1 ep, 82 min

What a sensation Tottoi felt when he discovered the small creature in the mysterious cave! The beauty and pride of wild animals capture the hearts of innocent people who have not lost their passion for nature. Sardinia is abundant in beautiful beaches and mysterious caves which are known as the habitat of a peculiar kind of seal on the verge of extinction. After moving to this island, Tottoi, fascinated by nature, visits different beaches and caves everyday. When he finds a seal cub and its mother in an isolated cave, he is surprised by the humorous movements and innocence of the cub and the dignity of its mother. Tottoi soon becomes attached to the seals, but his secret is revealed to heartless adults. In the name of preservation, a plan is developed to capture them for an aquarium. Now the dignity and pride of the wild seal are in danger. No matter how painful for Tottoi to be separated from his small friends, he must fight for the welfare of the wild mammals and let them go free into the sea. (Source: Official Website)

SourceNovel
DemographicKids
6.13
1.1K
ONA, 2020Finished 1 ep, 4 min

For her sake, he would sacrifice anything... While volunteering in Nepal, a Korean medical student named Sangmin Han encounters the beautiful yet tragic Sita. Previously, she was a Kumari—a prepubescent girl worshipped as the vessel of a goddess. But she has since been forsaken as a Kumari, and cast out from society. Falling in love, they marry and move to Korea, but their blissful love is short-lived; Sita dies only a year later. Losing the woman dearest to him, Sangmin desperately begs the gods to bring Sita back. His prayers are answered but in exchange for a sacrifice, and he awakens in the streets of Nepal. However, something is amiss—his body has suddenly aged, and standing in front of him is a young Sita, with no memory of him. Through two lovers bound together by a destiny running deeper than it first appears, For the Sake of Sita is the story of Sita growing up as a Kumari, and Sangmin's tribulations in trying to avert her terrible fate. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

StudioUnknown
SourceWeb manga
6.16
1.1K
Movie, 1990Finished 1 ep, 52 min

Gai, a karate expert in the New York slum, is trained to be a boxing champion by a cancer-strucken doctor and a transvestite suffering from AIDS. Based on the manga by Motoka Murakami.

StudioArtland
SourceManga
5.86
1.1K
ONA, 2016Finished 40 eps, 20 min

The continuation of Hua Jianghu: Bu Liang Ren.

StudioRocen
SourceOriginal
6.28
1.1K
Movie, 1940Finished 1 ep, 12 min

Butterfly, a faithful Japanese wife, waits patiently in Nagasaki for the return of her American husband, Pinkerton. She sees the Stars and Stripes fluttering atop an approaching ship and rightly surmises that Pinkerton is onboard. However, the feckless foreigner is arriving in the company of his "real" Caucasian wife, causing the heartbroken Butterfly to commit suicide. This masterpiece of Japanese silhouette animation makes the best of its source material. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

StudioUnknown
SourceOther
5.56
1.1K
Movie, 1970Finished 1 ep, 81 min

Based on Sans Famille by Hector Malot. This is a faithful if compressed adaptation, telling the story of Remi who is sold off to Vitalis the travelling musician and his band of performing animals. It has musical numbers typical this era of Toei films, some awkward slapstic, plenty of scenes tailored to pull on the heartstrings, and very smooth animation. Overall a pleasant film that's interesting to watch for the technical aspects; but the story leaves much to be desired, being on the melodramatic-maudlin side. The later Dezaki/Sugino version is very different, with 52 episodes for the story to breathe in and far more compelling storytelling. (Source: AniDB)

SourceNovel
5.90
1.1K
Movie, 1979Finished 1 ep, 94 min

The young girl Clara visits her Aunt Gerda and Uncle Drosselmeyer. Her aunt tells her scary stories about the Ragman, a creepy and mysterious man who turns children into mice if they don't go to bed on time. The Ragman is always spying on sleeping children searching for more victims. Just before Clara goes to bed her eccentric uncle gives her a wooden nutcracker doll. He's a bit embarrassed because the only part on the doll that's perfect is the heart, but Clara loves her new doll. She falls asleep but wakes up hearing mice squeaking...

StudioUnknown
Source
6.23
1.1K
TV Special, 1995Finished 49 eps, 5 min

Two caterpillars investigate objects on a kitchen counter while searching for food. One of them finds a piece of pasta and is intrigued by the fact that there's a hole in the middle. They are having fun until a big mean caterpillar arrives. It's time for a major show down...

StudioI.Toon
Source
DemographicKids
N/A
1.1K
TV, 1979Finished 13 eps, 25 min

Eleven-year-old Julie Braun lives in the lush green mountain pastures of Austria's Southern Tyrol. Her parents are killed by Italian soldiers, and she is sent to Vienna to live with her relatives, the Clementes. She befriends cousins Johan and Tanya but has trouble adjusting to life with Uncle Karl and Aunt Klara. As Austria is plunged into World War I, Karl is fired from his job at a glass factory, and Julie's new family is forced into a life of hardship. (Source: animevice.com)

SourceOriginal
6.91
1.1K
Movie, 2007Finished 1 ep, 32 min

Sometime in the 21st century on the Earth, Galaxy Express 999 destined for Great Andromeda is about to depart. A mysterious girl, Jula, suddenly appears in front of Maetel and Tetsuro who are visiting a museum. After predicting the fall of the human race, Jula has disappeared into outer space. Matel and Tetsuro follow her riding in the 999. Tetsuro finds Jula on asteroid Itokawa, which was once explored by the Hayabusa probe. Jula disappears into space again but her spacecraft crashes into an asteroid, falling down to Jupiter. Will Tetsuro be able to rescue Jula? What does Jula mean by the "fall of the human race"? Transcending space and time, this is the saga of the 999 traveling among the stars in our solar system. (Source: Toei Animation)

Source
6.36
1.1K
ONA, 2023Finished 1 ep, 6 min

The music film is a part of TOHO animation's 10th anniversary project.

StudioUnknown
SourceMusic
6.86
1.1K
Movie, 1997Finished 1 ep, 90 min

In the future, tensions are rising between Japan and China. The jewel of humankind is the new Ocean Techno Polis, a man-made city which floats above the sea. One day, a mysterious catastrophe destroys a Taiwanese submarine followed by the entire city of Ocean Techno Polis. One of the engineers of Ocean Techno Polis, Kurase, must race to rescue his family. Along the way, he must deal with a Japanese navy trying to keep their own secrets under wraps, and discover why Ocean Techno Polis sank to the bottom of the sea.

SourceNovel
ThemeMilitary
5.91
1.1K
TV, 2019Finished 52 eps, 11 min

The eco-systems of planet Earth are endangered. Lucky for us, a super-powered robot boy is flying to rescue! astro in on a mission to help anyone anywhere in the world with a problem involving natural phenomena. Go little Astro Boy! GO! (Source: Planet Nemo)

SourceManga
DemographicKids
5.86
1.1K
Movie, 1990Finished 1 ep, 67 min

Hiroshima, summer of 1945. A young girl named Nobuko saves a starving kitten from crows. She wants to keep the kitten, but her parents dismiss the idea. Nobuko eventually convinces them to let her keep it. She and her brother Makoto name the cat Kuro. Kuro quickly brings joy and laughter to the family. As World War II takes its toll on Japan, it becomes harder for Nobuko and her family to care for Kuro. One August morning, Kuro begins acting strangely...

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
6.38
1.1K
Movie, 2014Finished 1 ep, 10 min

The two of them, all alone at home. All alone with her father's corpse. Memories, ideals, and reality all sink beneath the muck. Everyone is alone. Everyone is in solitude. (Source: Geidai Animation)

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
5.74
1.1K
OVA, 1988Finished 1 ep, 24 min

The Acorns and the Wildcat is a unique short film in picture-book format from the creator of Night on the Galactic Railroad and Gauche the Cellist. Unusually for an anime, a narrator reads Kenji's story aloud while the action is played out on the screen by a succession of warm and evocative illustrations brought to life by subtle touches of animation. If the film feels somehow familiar yet you can't put your finger on the reason why, it's probably the sumptuously minimalist animation by Yasuhiro Nagura, who was the animation director of Mamoru Oshii's artsy 1986 feature Angel's Egg. That, and Kenji's wildcat is said to have been the inspiration for Miyazaki's Panda/Totoro creature. The idea of reading Kenji's story aloud instead of playing it out as a drama is quite refreshing, and Kenji's magical language and narrative style are entirely sufficient to sustain interest. Combined with the spacey music and breathtaking art, the result is a pleasantly unassuming little gem of a film. (Source: pelleas.net)

StudioMadhouse
Source
5.89
1.1K
TV Special, 2001Finished 2 eps, 45 min

A summary of the Ie Naki Ko Remy full series aired as a TV specials.

SourceNovel
6.58
1.1K
Movie, 1983Finished 1 ep, 80 min

In the planet Deloyer, a colony of the Earth federation, Colonel Von Stein stages a coup d'etat on behalf of the Federation chairman Donan Cashim.

StudioSunrise
SourceOriginal
6.09
1.1K
OVA, 1986Finished 2 eps, 76 min

Two-part OVA that summarises the entire Honoo no Alpenrose TV series featuring a new dubbing and reworked scenes. (Source: AniDB)

SourceManga
DemographicShoujo
6.66
1.1K
Movie, 1970Finished 1 ep, 60 min

The 2nd Attack No.1 recap film. This covers episode 7-14 of the original TV series.

StudioUnknown
Source
DemographicShoujo
6.36
1.1K
OVA, 1986Finished 4 eps, 57 min

A summarized version of the TV series in 4 parts.

StudioSunrise
SourceOriginal
6.07
1.1K
OVA, 1990Finished 1 ep, 53 min

A pretty 22-year-old girl leaves university and gets her dream job as a TV newscaster, only to discover that life is tough at the top. Adaptation of the "Young Action" manga by Michio Yanagisawa. (Source: AniDB)

StudioUnknown
Source
5.22
1.1K
TV Special, 1979Finished 1 ep, 60 min

An orphan girl receives a scholarship for a prestigious school from an anonymous benefactor who she refers to as Daddy Long Legs. Note: This TV special is not related to the 1990's series directly. (Source: AniDB)

SourceNovel
5.57
1.1K
Special, 2006Finished 1 ep, 5 min

The pilot of Giniro no Kami no Agito included on the DVD release of the film. It contains no dialogue. It was also included on the later BD release of the film.

StudioGonzo
SourceOriginal
6.01
1.1K
OVA, 1985Finished 1 ep, 57 min

Highlight special.

StudioSunrise
SourceOriginal
6.53
1.1K
Special, 1980Finished 1 ep, 24 min

Due to a conflict in scheduling, the broadcast of Versailles no Bara was cancelled in several regions after episode 23. In order to conclude the story, an original episode titled Moetsukita Bara no Shouzou was created. While it features some similar story beats to the actual story, it differs greatly. This episode was never aired again or released on home video.

SourceManga
DemographicShoujo
N/A
1.1K
TV, 1992Finished 39 eps, 25 min

In the middle of the 19th century, Japan was still closed off from the outside world. There were just the beginning signs of reformation in the long regime of Shogun Tokugawa. In the remote countryside, on the island of Shikoko, a young boy named Ryoma is growing up in a lower-class Samurai family. A decade later, he is to become on of the leading figures to topple the Shogun's reign and open Japan to the western world. Our story begins with Ryoma, a dreaming kid of seven years. Ryoma is an honest and tenderd-hearted boy who hates any sort of violence and brutality. He is so sensitive, and a bit naive, that he often cries from pity when he sees even the simples act of violence such as another kid trampling a tiny insect. The kids and even his family call him a "cry baby". However, he is not a coward -- not a "chicken" at all. His distress comes from a desire to prevent unreasonable acts and the wrong doings in life. His older sister is the only person who understands his depth. She recognizes that her brother is gifted with a special talent and she does her best to protect him and cheer him up. (Source: Enoki Films USA)

SourceManga
7.22
1.1K
OVA, 1987Finished 1 ep, 92 min

The Centaurs are a racing team of 93 bikers from the port city of Yokohama who are named after the legendary Greek horse/men. Arthur and Ken fall out over their love for the same lady deciding to settle their competition with a race. Film based around the Kentauros biker gang.

SourceManga
6.18
1.1K