This same week, TVE has doubled the afternoon schedule of period dramas with ‘Poldark’, which arrives openly on television to give us one of the most acclaimed period dramas of recent years.
‘Poldark’ They have a total of 43 episodes with their five seasons, and they will be broadcast on TVE from Monday to Friday. We have many chapters ahead, but if they are not going to be enough and we still want more romantic dramaswe do not have to stay only in the field of real action.
Luckily in streaming we have some really powerful options and more are being added every day…so here they go 4 Exciting Period Anime With Lots Of Drama And A Splash Of Romance.
‘The wind rises’
Even though Studio Ghibli He also gave us a beautiful period drama with ‘Poppy Hill’, we are going to focus on what is the last film released to date Hayao Miyazaki: ‘The wind rises’.
This is the fictional biography of Jiro Hirokoshi, a legendary aircraft engineer who designed several fighter planes for Japan during World War II. Miyazaki does an extraordinary job with great attention to detail to capture this period and Hirokoshi’s love of airplanes, but one of the most tender and beautiful aspects of the entire movie is the relationship between Jiro and his wife Nahoko.
‘Art’
We started in the 16th century Florence in the midst of the Renaissance and with a great artistic explosion ahead. The story follows Art Spallettiwho since childhood has shown a lot of love for painting, and is forced to put aside her great passion and look for a wealthy husband in order to save her family from ruin.
‘Art’ not only has its doses of drama, romance and difficulties for the protagonist… It’s also a really nice series that overflows love for art and this historical period.
‘Violet Evergarden’
One of the most beautiful anime series that we have encountered in recent years. ‘Violet Evergarden’ is a little gem set after a great war, with an aftertaste of Europe at the beginning of the 20th century.
The story focuses on purple, who was trained as a girl soldier and after the end of the armed conflict has lost her purpose in life and Major Gilbert, who took care of her and confessed his love to her before dying. Trying to make sense of these last words, Violet starts working as an Automatic Memories Doll writing letters for other people.
Yona of the Dawn
If we are looking for an intense story full of twists, betrayal and revenge, Yona of the Dawn may be the perfect choice. The story is set in a fictional kingdom inspired by the Three Kingdoms Period of Korea and follows Princess Yona of Kouka.
Yona has always lived surrounded by luxury, until her father is murdered and in order to survive she must escape with her bodyguard, Son Hak. Since then, Yona discovers that her kingdom was not as perfect as she believed and embarks on a quest to save her people.