Top 10 Anime: Drama
The highest-graded drama anime we have reviewed, best first.
Attack on TitanA siege story that keeps widening its own frame until the walls are the least of it.Read the review
Death NoteTwo clever people writing rules at each other, staged like a thriller and scored like an opera.
MonsterSeventy-four episodes of moral thriller that never reach for a fight scene and never lose their grip.
Vinland SagaA revenge story that spends two seasons dismantling the appeal of revenge, and Askeladd is why it works.
Spirited AwayA film with no villain, no prophecy, and no chosen one, and it still holds a child completely rapt.
Princess MononokeMiyazaki's least sentimental film, in which the forest, the ironworks, and the war are all right at once.
Grave of the FirefliesTakahata gives away the ending in the first line, then makes you watch it happen anyway.
The Tale of the Princess KaguyaTakahata spent eight years proving that a drawing does not have to be finished to be alive.
Puella Magi Madoka MagicaThe magical girl show that reads the contract's small print, and turns a bright genre into the defining anime tragedy of its decade.
Steins;GateEleven slow episodes buy the best second half in the medium, and the payoff justifies every minute.
