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The Anime Dramas category on Netflix is identified by the secret code 452 . Below are 100 Anime Dramas titles currently traceable on Netflix, sorted by rating. Top picks include Death Note (2006), Horimiya (2021), Attack on Titan (2013).
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Last updated: 28 Sep 2021. Independent reference, not affiliated with Netflix.
Death Note (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.
Year: 200670204970 · IMDb
Horimiya (2021) An outgoing, popular girl who’s secretly a homebody bonds with her nerdy classmate who hides his tattoos and piercings while at school.
Year: 202181020819 · IMDb
Attack on Titan (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.
Year: 201370299043 · IMDb
Steins;Gate (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.
Year: 201180005874 · IMDb
VINLAND SAGA (2019) After his father is killed, young Thorfinn joins the mercenary band of his murderer Askeladd, waiting for his revenge while Askeladd plots politics.
Year: 201981249833 · IMDb
Slam Dunk (1996) High school delinquent Hanamichi Sakuragi joins the basketball team, discovering his talent for the sport while striving for the championship.
Year: 199670024218 · IMDb
Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) Brothers Edward and Alphonse use alchemy to resurrect their mother, but they unleash a chemical reaction that tears apart their bodies.
Year: 200370204980 · IMDb
Your Lie in April (2014) After his mother's death, a piano prodigy's will to play disappears. But meeting a free-spirited girl who plays the violin turns his life around.
Year: 201480041089 · IMDb
Ping Pong the Animation (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.
Year: 201480169477 · IMDb
CLANNAD (2008) Maladjusted high school student Tomoya's life begins to change when he befriends his classmate Nagisa and several other eccentric girls.
Year: 200870204963 · IMDb
Samurai Champloo (2004) After a waitress saves two warriors from execution, she demands that they accompany her on a journey to find 'a samurai who smells of sunflowers.'
Year: 200470213065 · IMDb
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Two orphans fight for survival in post-World War II Japan, but society is harsh and they struggle to escape the hardships of war and find enough food.
Year: 1988557010 · IMDb
Violet Evergarden (2018) 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.
Year: 201880182123 · IMDb
Violet Evergarden: Special (2018) Auto Memory Doll Violet Evergarden writes letters for people who can’t, learning about her war-torn country and her own hardened heart along the way.
Year: 201881010662 · IMDb
Rilakkuma and Kaoru (2019) Her life might be a little mundane, but Kaoru gets to go home to Rilakkuma, her endearingly lazy roommate who happens to be a fuzzy toy bear.
Year: 201980196883 · IMDb
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1999) Ex-hoodlum Eikichi Onizuka decides to be Japan's best teacher. He's hired to supervise a class of hopeless cases; it's his chance to prove himself.
Year: 199980124041 · IMDb
Nana (2006) Two girls who share the same name -- one an ambitious punk rocker and the other a lovelorn follower -- arrive in Tokyo to for a new start.
Year: 200670205010 · IMDb
The Tatami Galaxy (2010) A nameless college junior considers the different ways his university life could have gone, and whether he'll ever win the heart of his crush, Akashi.
Year: 201080169679 · IMDb
Your Name (2016) A bored girl in the countryside starts sporadically waking up in the body of a city boy who's living the exciting life she'd always dreamed of.
Year: 201680161371 · IMDb
March Comes in Like a Lion (2016) Orphaned young, a reclusive 17-year-old professional shogi player starts to come out of his shell when three sisters take him under their wing.
Year: 201680196657 · IMDb
Yuri on Ice (2016) Figure skater Yuri Katsuki flops in his latest season. When five-time world champion Victor Nikiforov becomes his coach, he gets another chance.
Year: 201680185797 · IMDb
Madoka Magica (2011) One day, Madoka Kaname has a very magical encounter, one that can change her destiny. This is the beginning of the new story of magical witch girls.
Year: 201170302572 · IMDb
Kuroko's Basketball (2015) Five middle school basketball stars went to separate high schools, and now Tetsuya Kuroko and Seirin High are making their play for glory.
Year: 201580063153 · IMDb
Fruits Basket (2019) Tohru Honda moves in with the reclusive Soma clan after her family dies, and learns their secret: they've been bound for centuries by a zodiac curse.
Year: 201980987063 · IMDb
BEASTARS (2019) In a world where beasts of all kinds coexist, a gentle wolf awakens to his own predatory urges as his school deals with a murder within its midst.
Year: 201981054847 · IMDb
Kaiji (2011) With his back against the wall, desperate gambler Kaiji accepts an offer that could wipe away his debt in a single night — if he can survive the odds.
Year: 201181409812 · IMDb
Ouran High School Host Club (2006) New student Haruhi stumbles on the Ouran High School Host Club, an all-male group that makes money by entertaining the girls of the school.
Year: 200670205014 · IMDb
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011) A teen haunted by the spirit of an old friend summons the other members of their childhood club to help fulfill the girl's final wish.
Year: 201180075178 · IMDb
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2013) After the death of young Menma Honma, a group of her childhood friends sees her miraculous return in this cinematic adaptation of the anime series.
Year: 201370299545 · IMDb
Cross Game (2010) Gifted pitcher Aoba grows closer to her older sister Wakaba's friend Ko after Wakaba's death. Ko is secretly training to fulfill Wakaba's dream.
Year: 201080161920 · IMDb
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma (2016) Young chef Soma enters the prestigious Totsuki Culinary Academy, where he must emerge victorious in over-the-top cooking battles or face expulsion.
Year: 201680182054 · IMDb
A Silent Voice (2016) A former class bully reaches out to the deaf girl he'd tormented in grade school. He feels unworthy of redemption but tries to make things right.
Year: 201680223226 · IMDb
A Place Further than the Universe (2018) Ridiculed at first, a determined high schooler leads her eclectic group of friends on an expedition to Antarctica in search of her mother.
Year: 201880995912 · IMDb
Run with the Wind (2018) Former ace runner Kakeru grudgingly returns to the sport when college senior Haiji recruits him to an unlikely team with one goal: the Hakoden relay.
Year: 201881145654 · IMDb
Moriarty the Patriot (2020) Amidst 19th century England's stifling inequality, William James Moriarty plans to overturn the repressive class system and create a more just society.
Year: 202081335206 · IMDb
Chihayafuru (2019) With guts and determination, high school student Chihaya works towards her childhood dream of becoming the top-ranked female karuta player in Japan.
Year: 201981403566 · IMDb
Ace of Diamond (2019) Scouted for his potential, brash left-handed pitcher Eijun Sawamura joins baseball powerhouse Seido High to become the undisputed ace of the team.
Year: 201981424512 · IMDb
Eureka Seven (2005) On a vastly transformed Earth ten millennia in the future, the young air-surfer or 'lifter' Renton joins a rebel group and befriends the pilot Eureka.
Year: 200580006212 · IMDb
Wolf Children (2012) A college student has children with a werewolf who dies soon after, leaving the mother to raise her unusual offspring in both society and the wild.
Year: 201280117293 · IMDb
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010) SOS Brigade chief Haruhi Suzumiya announces that they are going to hold a Christmas party, but a couple of days later, Haruhi goes missing.
Year: 201070223722 · IMDb
Natsume's Book of Friends (2012) Orphan Natsume has an inconvenient gift: he can see yokai. He just wants to be normal, but the spirits he encounters don't take no for an answer.
Year: 201281032481 · IMDb
Great Pretender (2020) Supposedly Japan's greatest swindler, Makoto Edamura gets more than he bargained for when he tries to con Laurent Thierry, a real world-class crook.
Year: 202081220435 · IMDb
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Eternal (2012) Kyoko enlists Madoka Kaname's help in turning Sayaka human again, and Homura reveals a shocking secret as she battles the witch called Walpurgisnacht.
Year: 201280041087 · IMDb
Kaguyahime no monogatari (2014) A magical nymph plucked from a bamboo stalk rapidly grows up into a beautiful woman who is pursued by a stable of smitten suitors.
Year: 201480013552 · IMDb
Spice and Wolf (2008) When wolf-goddess Holo turns up in the cart of nomadic trader Kraft Lawrence, the quirky duo sets off on a lively journey to return her to her home.
Year: 200870205026 · IMDb
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009) When an 8.0 earthquake strikes Tokyo, siblings Mirai and Yuki Onozawa team up with motorcycle courier Mari to reach their home across the city.
Year: 200980150602 · IMDb
MAJOR (2004) Young Goro Honda battles tragedy and hardship to follow in his baseball player father's footsteps, starting with kindergarten and Little League.
Year: 200480152611 · IMDb
Bakuman. (2010) Junior high students Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi team up to become manga artists, propelled by a promise from Mashiro's crush, Miho Azuki.
Year: 201080147367 · IMDb
SHIROBAKO (2015) Five best friends move to Tokyo after high school, determined to break into the anime industry and create something great together one day.
Year: 201580186110 · IMDb
Touch (1985) Baseball ace Kazuya, his slacker twin brother and the girl next door have been always been inseparable, but as they grow older, new challenges arise.
Year: 198581086888 · IMDb
Perfect Blue (1997) Idol Mima Kirigoe takes a controversial role that may kill her pop star persona. That is, if her fans or her growing paranoia don't kill her first.
Year: 199760000043 · IMDb
Whisper of the Heart (1995) After learning that all her library books were previously borrowed by the same person, schoolgirl Shizuku sets out to meet him and follow her dreams.
Year: 199570045021 · IMDb
InuYasha (2000) Yanked down a well, schoolgirl Kagome Higurashi emerges in feudal Japan, where she must reassemble a sacred jewel while eluding half-demon InuYasha.
Year: 200070204995 · IMDb
Yowamushi Pedal (2013) A timid, anime-loving teen gets drawn into a school cycling club, where his new friends help him face tough challenges to develop his racing talent.
Year: 201380061943 · IMDb
Durarara!! (2010) A young man looking for excitement moves to Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, where he finds a world of mystery in which the past and present mesh.
Year: 201080040119 · IMDb
Basilisk (2005) The year is 1614, and two warring ninja clans each support a different son of the ailing ruler as the next shogun in this anime adventure.
Year: 200570204952 · IMDb
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2002) Set in the year 2071, this engaging animated tale follows an eclectic crew of space bounty hunters as they hunt down a biochemical terrorist on Mars.
Year: 200260027581 · IMDb
Clannad (2007) Alienated Tomoya goes through high school by rote until he meets Nagisa, who's been ill. When she decides to restart the Drama Club, his life changes.
Year: 200780245375 · IMDb
Megalo Box (2018) Created for the 50th anniversary of manga 'Ashita No Joe,' mechanized human fighters known as Megalo Boxers battle each other for boxing supremacy.
Year: 201880987707 · IMDb
Kuroko's Basketball: Last Game (2017) Kuroko reunites with the 'Generation of Miracles' when former rivals are humiliated in an exhibition game against a notorious street basketball team.
Year: 201780991755 · IMDb
CAROLE and TUESDAY (2019) Part-timer Carole meets rich girl Tuesday, and each realizes they've found the musical partner they need. Together, they just might make it.
Year: 201980992137 · IMDb
Banana Fish (2018) A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.
Year: 201881218604 · IMDb
Golden Kamuy (2018) A Russo-Japanese War veteran partners with an Ainu girl to find a treasure stolen from her people, but they’re not the only ones pursuing the gold.
Year: 201881423281 · IMDb
Days (2018) A meek guy with untapped potential joins his high school's highly-ranked soccer team and forms unbreakable bonds with his unique teammates.
Year: 201880116834 · IMDb
Boys over Flowers (1996) Middle class Tsukushi is not impressed by the four rich, popular boys who rule the prestigious academy she attends, even when one of them falls for her.
Year: 199670018258 · IMDb
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) This anime follows the adventures of a seemingly ordinary high school student who learns that she has the ability to travel back in time.
Year: 200670108975 · IMDb
The Wind Rises (2013) Animator Hayao Miyazaki spins a decades-spanning tale inspired by the life of Jirô Horikoshi, designer of the World War II fighter plane the Zero.
Year: 201370293674 · IMDb
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009) High schooler Haruhi Suzumiya wants to live in a world where aliens, psychics and time travelers are real. To make it happen, she starts a club.
Year: 200980132288 · IMDb
In This Corner of the World (2016) Suzu marries into a family living outside of Hiroshima and quickly settles into her new life, until World War II challenges her ability to survive.
Year: 201680192244 · IMDb
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018) After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.
Year: 201881037593 · IMDb
given (2019) When musically gifted Ritsuka reluctantly teaches a melancholic fellow student to play the guitar, his life turns around as their relationship deepens.
Year: 201981303669 · IMDb
Tokyo Godfathers (2003) After finding an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve, three homeless people go in search of the child's parents, meeting a host of oddballs along the way.
Year: 200360034521 · IMDb
Yakitate!! Japan (2004) With his warm hands and unbridled vision, Kazuma sets his sights on creating a signature bread for Japan, learning from worthy rivals along the way!
Year: 200481424091 · IMDb
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Beginnings (2012) A young girl and her friend are rescued from harm by a magical creature, who offers them a chance to have a wish granted if they will help fight witches.
Year: 201280041086 · IMDb
Samurai 7 (2004) As villages perish under the thumb of a cruel race of warriors, a young priestess named Kirara travels the countryside gathering stray samurais.
Year: 200470205019 · IMDb
Afro Samurai (2007) In a futuristic Japan where conflicts are settled by the sword, Afro Samurai must avenge his father's murder by challenging a powerful warrior.
Year: 200770204947 · IMDb
Paprika (2006) Reality and the dream world are on a collision course after a device that can record dreams is stolen from a psychiatric research facility.
Year: 200670065105 · IMDb
ReLIFE (2016) Underemployed Arata is offered a job -- with a catch: become a tester for 'ReLIFE' and relive a year of high school after rejuvenation treatment.
Year: 201680218507 · IMDb
Only Yesterday (1991) From pineapples to first loves: the now-and-then tale of a 27-year-old woman from Tokyo as she takes a trip out of the city and down memory lane.
Year: 199180092922 · IMDb
Mix: Meisei Story (2019) Two stepbrothers vow to bring their school's baseball team to the Summer Koshien National Championship, honoring their fathers' legacy 30 years later.
Year: 201981046488 · IMDb
When Marnie Was There (2014) Sent to spend the summer in a sleepy seaside town, sickly Anna befriends a curious girl living in a deserted villa. But is their connection real?
Year: 201480036398 · IMDb
Eyeshield 21 (2005) Gifted with speed and agility, a bullied teen aims to reinvent himself by joining his high school's undermanned American football team.
Year: 200581422700 · IMDb
5 Centimeters Per Second (2007) Inseparable fourth-graders Takaki Tonoo and Akari Shinohara -- bonded by a love of books -- begin to slowly drift apart when their families relocate.
Year: 200770093699 · IMDb
Non Non Biyori (2013) When fifth-grader Hotaru Ichijo moves to tiny Asahigaoka, it takes her some time to adjust to life at a five-student school in the countryside.
Year: 201380132200 · IMDb
The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2016) Arslan, the prince of the kingdom of Pars, fights to regain his throne after Pars is conquered by the neighboring realm of Lusitania.
Year: 201680146298 · IMDb
Girls' Last Tour (2017) Mechanic Chito and marksman Yuri band together to survive after the apocalypse, scavenging food and supplies as they travel through the ruined world.
Year: 201780221653 · IMDb
Vampire Knight (2008) At Cross Academy, two student disciplinary committee members are tasked with keeping the peace between a human class and a night class of vampires.
Year: 200870309457 · IMDb
The Garden of Words (2013) When a lonely teenager skips his morning classes to sit in a lovely garden, he meets a mysterious older woman who shares his feelings of alienation.
Year: 201370291121 · IMDb
Bokurano (2007) Fifteen middle schoolers agree to test the game that a is creating in a seaside cave and find themselves defending Earth from giant robots.
Year: 200780133772 · IMDb
Free! (2013) After going their separate ways, four childhood friends now in high school reunite to restore the Iwatobi Swim Club back to its former glory.
Year: 201380186018 · IMDb
Girls und Panzer (2012) Miho Nishizumi tries to escape her family's tradition of tankery by enrolling at a new high school. Instead she gets back into the sport with friends.
Year: 201280205232 · IMDb
Love Live! School Idol Project (2014) The girls of Otonokizaka Academy, led by the intrepid Honoka Kosaka, form an idol group to try to save their beloved school from shutting down.
Year: 201480150600 · IMDb
Weathering with You (2019) The summer of his freshman year, Hodaka runs away to bustling, ever-raining Tokyo and falls for Hina, a girl who seems able to manipulate the weather.
Year: 201981172898 · IMDb
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea (2014) In a world where humans are divided between the land and the sea, four childhood friends from the ocean must attend middle school on the surface.
Year: 201480132218 · IMDb
Gosick (2011) Kazuya Kujo transfers to a school in the Alps infested with spooky rumors. There he meets Victorique de Blois, and together, they solve mysteries.
Year: 201180209888 · IMDb
The Prince of Tennis (2001) Tennis prodigiy Ryoma Echizen enters the tennis powerhouse Seishun Academy. Once he fights his way onto the team, the game will never be the same.
Year: 200180185867 · IMDb
New Initial D the Movie Legend 1: Awakening (2014) Delivery boy Takumi Fujiwara's ho-hum life hits the fast lane when his exemplary driving skills catch the attention of Gunma prefecture's racers.
Year: 201480185869 · IMDb
New Initial D the Movie Legend 2: Racer (2015) High school student Takumi's journey to becoming a road legend continues when a death match puts his driving skills to the test.
Year: 201580185923 · IMDb
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018) When an eternally youthful being adopts a human infant, she must confront the fact that she will inevitably outlive her only source of joy: her son.
Year: 201880998990 · IMDb
From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) Two high schoolers find hope as they fight to save an old wartime era clubhouse from destruction during the preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Year: 201170262786 · IMDb
