20 Drama Anime to Watch
A curated MovieDB guide to 20 drama anime, selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
Rank 1TV Series
March Comes In Like a Lion
This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a 17-year-old pro shogi player who is burdened with deep loneliness. Rei lives alone in an old town in Tokyo, but after becoming acquainted with three sisters, Akari, Hinata and Momo, he begins to change little by little...
Runner-up picks
2TV Series
Violet Evergarden
The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.
3TV Series
Fruits Basket
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high school student Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out… into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Soma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Somas have a secret of their own—when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!
More rankings
4TV SeriesNANA
2006★ 8.5
5TV SeriesYour Lie in April
2014★ 8.6
6TV SeriesClannad
2007★ 8.3
7TV SeriesA Place Further than the Universe
2018★ 7.9
8TV SeriesAnohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
2011★ 8.2
9TV SeriesBlue Period
2021★ 7.1
10TV SeriesOrange
2016★ 8.0
11TV SeriesERASED
2016★ 8.5
12TV SeriesTokyo Magnitude 8.0
2009★ 7.8
13TV SeriesTo Your Eternity
2021★ 8.2
14TV SeriesThe Great Passage
2016★ 7.1
15TV SeriesShowa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
2016★ 8.0
16TV SeriesKids on the Slope
2012★ 7.7
17TV SeriesHoney and Clover
2005★ 8.0
18TV SeriesMy Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
2013★ 8.2
19TV SeriesBanana Fish
2018★ 8.6
20TV SeriesMonster
2004★ 8.5
About this list
A curated MovieDB guide to 20 drama anime, selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
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