Best Anime Dramas on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Anime Dramas on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 100 titles in category code 452. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Death Note (2006)
Rated 9/10 on IMDb, from 2006. When a Japanese high schooler comes into possession of a mystical notebook, he finds he has the power to kill anybody whose name he enters in it.
2. Horimiya (2021)
Rated 9/10 on IMDb, from 2021. An outgoing, popular girl who’s secretly a homebody bonds with her nerdy classmate who hides his tattoos and piercings while at school.
3. Attack on Titan (2013)
Rated 8.8/10 on IMDb, from 2013. With his hometown in ruins, young Eren Yeager becomes determined to fight back against the giant Titans that threaten to destroy the human race.
4. Steins;Gate (2011)
Rated 8.8/10 on IMDb, from 2011. A mad scientist and his friends invent a microwave phone that sends text messages into the past and allows them to travel through time.
5. VINLAND SAGA (2019)
Rated 8.8/10 on IMDb, from 2019. After his father is killed, young Thorfinn joins the mercenary band of his murderer Askeladd, waiting for his revenge while Askeladd plots politics.
6. Slam Dunk (1996)
Rated 8.7/10 on IMDb, from 1996. High school delinquent Hanamichi Sakuragi joins the basketball team, discovering his talent for the sport while striving for the championship.
7. Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, from 2003. Brothers Edward and Alphonse use alchemy to resurrect their mother, but they unleash a chemical reaction that tears apart their bodies.
8. Your Lie in April (2014)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, from 2014. After his mother's death, a piano prodigy's will to play disappears.
9. Ping Pong the Animation (2014)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, from 2014. Teenage boys Peco and Smile grew up playing table tennis together and now face grueling competition, forcing them to grow as both athletes and men.
10. CLANNAD (2008)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, from 2008. Maladjusted high school student Tomoya's life begins to change when he befriends his classmate Nagisa and several other eccentric girls.