Drama/Live Action Titles

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Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces or emotions. Dramas in this sense refers to stories that are neither comedies nor tragedies and do not (necessarily) involve gun-action or overt violence. For more information, see Wikipedia entry for ↗drama.

Live Action: (Type) A term used to describe and flag non-animated movies and films. It is common for a popular manga (or manhwa) series to be animated, but some titles are rereleased as live-action stories. Examples include the animated series Nodame Cantabile and Nodame Cantabile (Live Action), and Moyashimon and Moyashimon (Live Action).

Title Rating Synopsis
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Boku no Katsu Seni Kanojo no... Unevaluated A tradgic Love Story w/ a VERY odd twist!
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Casshern Buy See Casshern: The Last Day on Earth

Casshern: The Last Day on Earth
Buy Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of the use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, much of Earth has become uninhabitable and people have become prey to new diseases. Professor Azuma's "neo-cell" project, which is supposed to be the answer to mankinds hardships, becomes a nightmare come true when mutants spawned from the experiment escape and declare war on the human race. Azuma's son Tetsuya, who was killed during the previous war, is reborn into the cyborg Casshern as mankind's last hope against the new mutant threat. (Source: ANN)
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Death Note (live-action movie #1)
Watch Yagami Light is a brilliant college student who, one day, finds a notebook simply titled "Death Note." Inside of this book is a list of rules and details as for the use of the "Death Note." When he realizes the power he holds, he decides he's going to make over the world. He wants to make it into a better place by killing those who do others harm. He has been nicknamed by the police "Kira." L, a brilliant detective who lives in secrecy, rises from the shadows and puts his life on the line trying to capture Light. Both L and Light believe themselves on the side of Justice, and the two match wits trying to show exactly which of them is "good" and which of them is "evil."
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Escuela de Escorpiones (Spanish) Watch See Volcano High
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Hwasango (Korean) Watch See Volcano High
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Kami no Shizuku Wine
Unevaluated A story about a young man named Shizuku Kanzaki, who discovers the beauty of wine after his father, a famous wine critic, dies and leaves an unusual and cryptic will for his son: a description of 12 wines whom he considered to be the best in the world, and even dares to compare them to Jesus Christ’s disciples.
Kyashan: La Rinascita (Italian) Buy See Casshern: The Last Day on Earth
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L Change the WorLd (live-action)
Rent L is recruited to save humanity from a deadly virus that wiped out a whole Thai village and his friend F. His oponents are K and a twisted environmental group who want to "cleanse" the world of it's excess population with the deadly virus. His accomplices are two young children - a English speaking boy who's the only survivor of the virus infected Thai village; and a Japanese school girl who's the child of the Professor who developed the virus antidote. His FBI partners are Watari who dies early in the show, and Sugura who joins later as a brief comical decoy for L on the run.
Les Gouttes de Dieu Unevaluated See Kami no Shizuku Wine
Lの本当の秘密 (Japanese) Rent See L Change the WorLd (live-action)
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My life without her... Unevaluated See Boku no Katsu Seni Kanojo no...
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Nodame Cantabile (Live Action)
Buy At a top music academy in Japan, Shinichi Chiaki's arrogance is matched only by his top-notch piano playing. But when Chiaki and the teacher get into a fight, he's demoted to the reject class. Chiaki is left to pursue his dream of being a composer while surrounded by a bunch of loser musicians and one annoying girl, Noda Megumi, who has proclaimed herself Chiaki's girlfriend. Nodame (Noda Megumi) is a clueless, dirty girl who doesn't know how to cook, clean, or even has a sense of value. What she has is the ability to replay a song after she has heard it. She latches onto Chiaki and together they might be able to help each other overcome their own personal problems.
Nodame Cantabile - special (Live Action) Unevaluated See Nodame Cantabile in Europe (Live Action)

Nodame Cantabile in Europe (Live Action)
Unevaluated The story of Chiaki and his (un)girlfriend, Nodame continues as they travel to Europe (Paris & Prague) as told in this live-action story.
Genre
Action(5) Adventure(1) Comedy(3) Horror(1)
Mystery(1) Parody(1) Romance(3) Suspense(1)
Tragedy(2)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Modern(6) Sci-Fi(2)
Demographic
Josei(2) Kid at heart(1)
Style
Dark(3) Korean Wave(1) Weird(1)
Characters and Their Abilities
Story Elements and Location
Coming of Age(1) Depression(2) Epic(1) Fighting(3)
Friendship(1) High School(2) Martial Arts(1) Mecha(1)
Music(2) Police(1) Slice of Life(1) Soul Mates(1)
Spiritual(1) Supernatural(1) Swordplay(2) War(1)
Keywords
Objectionable
Violent(3)
Type
Movie(3) ONA(1) TV(4)
Release Year
2009(1) 2008(3) 2007(1) 2006(1) 2004(1) 2001(1)
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