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Drama Anime from 2016

28 drama anime that aired in 2016, ranked by score.

  1. 1
    Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

    TV · 13 ep · winter

    Yotarou is a former yakuza member fresh out of prison and fixated on just one thing: rather than return to a life of crime, the young man aspires to take to the stage of rakugo,…

  2. 2
    March Comes In Like a Lion

    TV · 22 ep · fall

    Having reached professional status in middle school, Rei Kiriyama is one of the few elite in the world of shogi.

  3. 3
    Sound! Euphonium 2

    TV · 13 ep · fall

    Following their success in the qualifying round for the Kansai regional competition, the members of the Kitauji High School concert band set their sights on the next upcoming…

  4. 4
    Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

    TV · 25 ep · spring

    When Subaru Natsuki leaves the convenience store, the last thing he expects is to be wrenched from his everyday life and dropped into a fantasy world.

  5. 5
    Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season

    TV · 25 ep · fall

    Tekkadan has now become a direct affiliate of Teiwaz after procuring a new trade agreement with Arbrau.

  6. 6
    Snow White with the Red Hair 2

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Shirayuki and Zen Wistalia have finally confirmed their romantic feelings for each other, and everyone has resumed their daily lives.

  7. 7
    ReLIFE

    TV · 13 ep · summer

    Dismissed as a hopeless loser by those around him, 27-year-old Arata Kaizaki bounces around from one job to another after quitting his first company.

  8. 8
    91 Days

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    As a child living in the town of Lawless, Angelo Lagusa has witnessed a tragedy: his parents and younger brother have been mercilessly slaughtered by the Vanetti mafia family.

  9. 9
    Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Fear, survival, instinct. Thrown into a foreign land with nothing but hazy memories and the knowledge of their name, they can feel only these three emotions resonating deep…

  10. 10
    Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096

    TV · 22 ep · spring

    By the year 0096 of the Universal Century, a fragile peace emerges from the ashes of conflict.

  11. 11
    Orange

    TV · 13 ep · summer

    Naho Takamiya's first day of her sophomore year of high school is off to an uneasy start. After waking up late, she receives a strange letter addressed to her.

  12. 12
    The Great Passage

    TV · 11 ep · fall

    Kouhei Araki, a veteran editor of the dictionary editorial division at Genbu Publishing, plans to retire in order to better care for his ailing wife.

  13. 13
    The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance

    TV · 8 ep · summer

    Continuing on his quest to retake Ecbatana, Prince Arslan and his company march toward the city.

  14. 14
    Kiznaiver

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    Katsuhira Agata is a quiet and reserved teenage boy whose sense of pain has all but vanished.

  15. 15
    Nanbaka

    TV · 13 ep · fall

    Nanba is the world's most formidable prison, built to incarcerate criminals who are too slippery to stay in ordinary confinement.

  16. 16
    Joker Game

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    With World War II right around the corner, intelligence on other countries' social and economic situation has become a valuable asset.

  17. 17
    ViVid Strike!

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    The aggressive Fuuka Reventon often finds herself in fights as she struggles to make a living.

  18. 18
    Tiger Mask W

    TV · 38 ep · fall

    Two young wrestlers face each other in a recently revived underground wrestling organization, the Tiger's Lair, which destroyed the wrestling dojo they grew up in.

  19. 19
    Schwarzes Marken

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    The year is 1983. The Cold War is in full effect, and humanity is under attack. Strange aliens, given the name "BETA," have descended to Earth with the goal of destroying all…

  20. 20
    BBK/BRNK: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Sequel of Bubuki Buranki.

  21. 21
    Super Lovers

    TV · 10 ep · spring

    Upon hearing news that his mother was on verge of death, Haru Kaidou—the eldest son of the family—flies all the way to Canada.

  22. 22
    Ace Attorney

    TV · 24 ep · spring

    Since he was a child, Ryuuichi Naruhodou's dream was to become a defense attorney, protecting the innocent when no one else would.

  23. 23
    Berserk (2016)

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    Now branded for death and destined to be hunted by demons until the day he dies, Guts embarks on a journey to defy such a gruesome fate, as waves of beasts relentlessly pursue…

  24. 24
    Trickster

    TV · 24 ep · fall

    Kogorou Akechi is the founder of a private investigation firm known as the Boy Detectives' Club. Together, this group takes on cases both great and small.

  25. 25
    BBK/BRNK

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    Away from home for 10 years, Azuma Kazuki had no idea what was awaiting him upon his return.

  26. 26
    Tabimachi Lateshow

    TV · 4 ep · winter

    Departures are moments that evoke both hope and melancholy. Tabi Machi Late Show examines how these ambivalent emotions continue to persist long beyond that singular moment of…

  27. 27
    Battery

    TV · 11 ep · summer

    At only 12 years old, Takumi Harada is already hailed as a prodigious baseball pitcher. But when his family moves to the backwater town of Nitta, Takumi has no choice but to…

  28. 28
    The Lost Village

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    A bus full of eccentric individuals is headed toward the urban legend known as Nanaki Village, a place where one can supposedly start over and live a perfect life.