Movie/Drama/Slice of Life Titles

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Movie: (Type) Self-explanatory. This should only apply to movies released in the theater.

Drama: (Genre) Titles that show a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces. See also: "Action Drama".

Title Rating Synopsis
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Candy Candy the Movie
Watch Candy, an orphan, a fighter, a carer, who tried to be the best for everyone, faced with the choice of friendship or happiness. A classic 'poor girl' story who willing to sacrifice herself to make everyone else happy, yet still fight for the rightness of people.
Chiyoko Millenial Actress Buy See Sennen Joyu
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If You Listen Closely Buy See Whisper of the Heart
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Millennium Actress Buy See Sennen Joyu
Mimi wo Sumaseba Buy See Whisper of the Heart
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Oseam
Buy This animation is based on a Korean fairy tale of the same name with the local sale over 100,000 copies by Jeong Chae-bong, a writer well known for his innocent and heart-stirring tales. It is a story about two orphans, Gilson, a five-year-old boy, and his blind sister Gami who are brought up by a charitable monk at a secluded temple in Mt. Seorak. Gilson, a mischievous boy, is the guide for this hour-long travel in search of innocence. Having a pure heart, he befriends all living things and communicates with clouds, birds and flowers. One snowy day, however...
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Pia Carrot - The Movie See Welcome to Pia Carrot ~Sayaka`s Love Story~
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Sayaka`s Love Story See Welcome to Pia Carrot ~Sayaka`s Love Story~

Sennen Joyu
Buy Fujiwara Chiyoko was once a major movie star who dominated the Japanese cinema world. Thirty years ago, she abruptly disappeared from the screen and from public view. One of her greatest admirers, Tachibana Genya, a documentary filmmaker, has traveled to the isolated mountain lodge where she makes her home to interview her. He presents her with an old key that once meant everything to her, and as if that key had opened a door to her memories Chiyoko starts telling the story of her life, interweaving moments from her past and future and passing through the boundary between reality and the movies that had made up so much of her life, guiding the audience through a millennium of Japanese history.
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Welcome to Pia Carrot ~Sayaka`s Love Story~
In a continuation of the Pia Carrot series, Sayaka (a main character of the TV series) decides to run away from her fears of heart-break and accepts a position in opening a new Pia Carrot restaurant located on the beach, in a different city. While arriving in a fun and exciting new town, she is unable to find peace due to her unspoken feelings for Akihiko, a fellow employee of the original Pia Carrot. Does he have feelings for her? And will he forget her in her absence? But true feelings of love always seem to have a way of working out (at least, in anime..)

Whisper of the Heart
Buy Tsukishima Shizuku, a middle-school student and bookworm, is surprised to find out that a number of books she borrowed from the lending library (where her father works) show a notice that one certain Amasawa Seiji had borrowed all these books just some weeks before her. While trying to find out who this guy might be, she has to face the challenges of growing up, be that at school, with her best friend's first love or being respected by her older sister and parents.
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xxxHOLiC - A Midsummer Night’s Dream Rent See xxxHOLiC - Manatsu no Yoru no Yume

xxxHOLiC - Manatsu no Yoru no Yume
Rent

Yuuko-san receives an invitation for the opening of an auction from a mysterious unknown sender. Likewise, fanatical collectors are summoned to an old mansion whose owner doesn't make an appearance. One after another, each collector disappears and a number of other strange occurrences happen during the night. The questions of what exactly it is that's being auctioned and who the owner of the mansion is must be solved in order for Yuuko-san and Watanuki-kun to get to the bottom of this.

xxxHOLiC: The Movie Rent See xxxHOLiC - Manatsu no Yoru no Yume
キャンディ・キャンディ Watch See Candy Candy the Movie
Genre
Mystery(1) Romance(4)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Historical(2) Modern(2)
Demographic
All Ages(2)
Style
Acquired Taste(1) Artistic(2) Creepy(1) Surreal(2)
Weird(1)
Keywords
Adventure(2) Bishounen(1) Coming of Age(1) Dark(1)
Friendship(1) High School(1) Middle School(1) Music Oriented(1)
Occult(1) Psychics(1) Spiritual(1) Supernatural(1)
Type
OVA(1)
Release Year
2005(1) 2003(2) 2001(1) 1995(1) 1992(1)
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