Genres
Drama Anime from 2004
46 drama anime that aired in 2004, ranked by score.
- 1
Monster8.9TV · 74 ep · spring
Dr. Kenzou Tenma, an elite neurosurgeon recently engaged to his hospital director's daughter, is well on his way to ascending the hospital hierarchy.
- 2

TV · 26 ep · fall
Fourteen-year-old Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka is a dispirited young boy with no goals in life. However, this all changes when Koyuki saves a strange-looking dog named Beck from being…
- 3

TV · 24 ep · spring
Takumi Fujiwara finally joins Ryousuke and Keisuke Takahashi to create "Project D." Their goal is twofold: Ryousuke wants to develop his "High-Speed Street Racing Theory," while…
- 4

TV · 24 ep · fall
In the year 5053, French aristocrats Viscount Albert de Morcerf and Baron Franz d'Epinay attend the festival of Carnival on the moon city of Luna.
- 5

TV · 13 ep · winter
The infamous Shounen Bat is terrorizing the residents of Musashino City. Flying around on his rollerblades and beating people down with a golden baseball bat, the assailant…
- 6

TV · 13 ep · summer
The spring term is beginning for the students at Lillian Girls' Academy. Friends are reunited, but for the Yamayuri Council, it's a bittersweet time.
- 7

TV · 61 ep · fall
Black Jack is an "unregistered" doctor with a clouded, mysterious past. He works with his little assistant Pinoko (who has a massive crush on the doctor), dealing with medical…
- 8
Zipang7.5TV · 26 ep · fall
A Ripple in Time Turns the Crucial Tide of WWII. Scheduled for routine military exercises, Commander Kadomatsu and the crew of Japan's newest and most modern Battlecruiser, The…
- 9
Elfen Lied7.5TV · 13 ep · summer
Lucy is a special breed of human referred to as Diclonius, born with a short pair of horns and invisible telekinetic hands that lands her as a victim of inhumane scientific…
- 10

TV · 26 ep · spring
Katakura Kippei is in every way a high school playboy. Spending his days flirting with any girl he can see, responsibility is the last thing on his mind.
- 11
Rozen Maiden7.4TV · 12 ep · fall
Traumatized by school, Jun Sakurada spends his days at home as a shut-in, purchasing things online, only to send them back before the free trial period ends.
- 12

TV · 13 ep · fall
Nanoha Takamachi, an ordinary third-grader who enjoys spending time with her family and friends, rescues an injured ferret that she had dreamed about the night before.
- 13
Tetsujin 287.4TV · 26 ep · spring
In post-WWII Japan, Prof. Shikishima has built up Shikishima Industries to be a technological powerhouse, working on developing robots.
- 14

TV · 26 ep · spring
The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection.
- 15

TV · 13 ep · winter
Sachiko Ogasawara, a brilliant and refined student at Lillian Girls' Academy, hides a troubled personality behind her status as the school idol.
- 16

TV · 24 ep · summer
It is the year 2100, and on the colonized Moon, a project is under way to explore new aspects of energy.
- 17
Fafner7.3TV · 25 ep · summer
Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles.
- 18

TV · 50 ep · fall
In the year Cosmic Era 0071, a wartime brawl between two mobile suits results in the destruction of a neutral country.
- 19

TV · 13 ep · winter
"Negotiation means, you turn words into weapons" This is the realization of the popular comic Yu-go that was published in Kondasha Afternoon Magazine over a period of 10…
- 20
Phoenix7.1TV · 13 ep · spring
From prehistoric times to the distant future, Hi no Tori portrays how the legendary immortal bird Phoenix acts as a witness and chronicler for the history of mankind's endless…
- 21

TV · 13 ep · summer
Despite having seemingly returned to their normal lives, Kei Kurono, Masaru Katou, and Kei Kishimoto are forced back into the lethal game after Gantz's recent activity.
- 22
Madlax7.0TV · 26 ep · spring
In the country of Gazth-Sonika, civil war rages. There, a mercenary called Madlax plies her trade, with almost supernatural skill.
- 23
Area 88 (TV)7.0TV · 12 ep · winter
Deep in the sandy plains of the Middle Eastern kingdom of Asran, Japanese photojournalist Makoto Shinjou travels to the remote airbase Area 88 to document the activities of the…
- 24
Gantz7.0TV · 13 ep · spring
Knowing that he is risking his life, Kei Kurono makes the uncharacteristic decision to jump onto train tracks to save a homeless man from death, only to perish in the process.
- 25
Koi Kaze7.0TV · 13 ep · spring
Saeki Koushirou works as a wedding planner, but his own love life is in shambles. His background makes it difficult for him to commit himself wholeheartedly to love.
- 26

TV · 26 ep · summer
The year is 972 A.D. in Kyoto, the capital of ancient Japan. Kyoto is becoming a corrupt and run-down city; selfish samurai and onmyoji, who care only about gaining political…
- 27
Tenjho Tenge6.9TV · 24 ep · spring
For some people, high school represents the opportunity for a fresh start. You can take new classes and make new friends.
- 28

TV · 13 ep · winter
Three hundred years ago, in the frigid land of Siberia, Jubei Yagyu engaged in a fierce battle with Kitaretsusai of the Northern Yagyu clan.
- 29

TV · 12 ep · fall
Kannazuki no Miko begins in the village of Mahoroba, where time passes slowly for both man and nature.
- 30

TV · 24 ep · winter
In the future, water has covered much of the Earth due to the effects of global warming. The orphaned Maia Mizuki, 15, just graduated from middle school and has already applied…
- 31

TV · 13 ep · summer
Maetel abandoned her mother and her home planet, the doomed and frozen La Metal, where people must become cyborgs to survive.
- 32

TV · 12 ep · spring
High school student Takeru Takemoto works part time as a (motor)bike courier. During one of his deliveries, he saw a mysterious light passing him and fell into a forest.
- 33
Utakata6.7TV · 12 ep · fall
It's the last day of the school term in Kamakura Girl's School, and summer is about to begin.
- 34

TV · 12 ep · winter
If a couple sees the diamond dust together, then they will certainly find eternal happiness. Or so it is said.
- 35

TV · 13 ep · fall
Ever since their parents died a few years ago, Ryo and his sister Akane have been living alone together.
- 36

- 37

TV · 13 ep · fall
The first season begins with introducing the characters, their past and their ambitions. Orpherus, Eduard, Camus, Lui, and Naoji are five noblemen who attend the prestigious…
- 38
Monkey Turn6.4TV · 25 ep · winter
Based on Kawai Katsutoshi's manga of the same name, published in Weekly Shounen Sunday, Monkey Turn is a sports anime based around professional speed boat racing.
- 39

TV · 13 ep · fall
Time flies by; Hiroyuki and Akari are 12th-graders now. Both of them and their friends have grown up gradually in someway, physically or mentally, but one of their best friends…
- 40

TV · 13 ep · winter
Through the long distance warp called the "Exodus Project", Worns, Ryer and the other crew members of "Watchers Nest" manage to escape from the Earth.
- 41
Double Wish6.1TV · 13 ep · fall
Based on a game by Princess Soft The main character, Junna has a twin sister Senna. He is an ordinal student of an elite school.
- 42

TV · 12 ep · winter
AD. 2023, Tokyo. Because of the change of the society such as internationalization and enlargement of the trading, the dark side of the society also continues changing.
- 43

TV · 13 ep · summer
Naoki Kuzumi, a junior in high school, had lost his parents in an accident five years ago, and is living with his aunt, uncle, and cousin Matsuri.
- 44

TV · 13 ep · summer
Okano Makoto transferred to the school in his home town. There, he spent normal but happy school days with his sister, Hinata, a jokey classmate, Tachibana Tsutomu, Shikouin…
- 45
Kakyusei 25.8TV · 13 ep · fall
Many people have fond memories of meeting a certain teenage boy in their younger years. However, their ages vary widely, and each remembers him as a teen.
- 46

TV · 12 ep · fall
It is the early 21st century, and mankind is doomed. Due to a mysterious virus that steals the essence of human life, humanity has been pushed to the brink of extinction with…