Highest-ranked title
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Hiro Shimono has 26 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Attack on Titan.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Mt. Natagumo Arc
2020
Animation · Action
Attack on Titan
2013 · Series · Voice
Top 1%Crunchyroll · Included
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2019 · Series · Voice
Top 1%Netflix · Included
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
2020 · Movie · Voice
Top 3%Crunchyroll · Included
Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK
2024 · Movie · Voice
Top 3%Crunchyroll · Included
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
2025 · Movie · Voice
Top 18%Crunchyroll · Included
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
2009 · Series · Voice
Top 19%Crunchyroll · Included
100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!
With Marina Inoue, Hiro Shimono, Yuki Kaji
After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.
With Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito, Hiro Shimono
as Zenitsu Agatsuma (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!
Dir. Haruo Sotozaki · With Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito, Hiro Shimono
as Connie Springer (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
A colossal-sized omnibus film bringing together the last two episodes of Attack on Titan in the franchise's first-ever theatrical experience. After venturing beyond the walls and separated from his comrades, Eren finds himself inspired by this new truth and plots the "Rumbling," a terrifying plan to eradicate every living thing in the world. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, a motley crew of Eren's former comrades and enemies scramble to halt his deadly mission. The only question is, can they stop him?
Dir. Yuichiro Hayashi · With Yuki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa, Marina Inoue
as Zenitsu Agatsuma (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji begins.
Dir. Haruo Sotozaki · With Natsuki Hanae, Takahiro Sakurai, Akira Ishida
The Sacred war tale that took place during the 18th century is now unveiled. Tenma, Alone and Sasha, three orphans living their childhood protecting each other and then separated at diferent ages made a pact to meet again. Find themselves again connected but now in roles they never saw as posible. Pegasus, Hades and Athena. Its now time to fight but destiny can be bitter since war between Athena and Hades forces can put old friends and families face to face.
With Tetsuya Kakihara, Hiro Shimono, Aya Hirano
Every day an epic struggle rages in grocery stores across Japan - the battle for half-priced bento boxes! Once the discount stickers go on, ravenous brawlers start throwing punches in a knockdown, drag-out war over who gets to take home the cheap eats. When a young, broke high school student named Sato joins the Half-Priced Food Lovers Club, he proves to be a rising talent in the world of insane food fights. But does he have what it takes to become the king of clearance cuisine?
With Hiro Shimono, Mariya Ise, Emiri Kato
Living her best single life, romance is the last thing on Anzu's mind — until a tiny match-making wizard suddenly turns her life into a clichéd romcom.
With Rie Takahashi, Mikako Komatsu, Yuuichirou Umehara
Miyo's abusive family deems her worthless – but together with her powerful husband-to-be, her true self and hidden powers slowly begin to shine.
With Reina Ueda, Kaito Ishikawa, Hiro Shimono
as The Hero Akatsuki (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
When young Princess Syalis is kidnapped and imprisoned by the Demon King, she's rather indifferent about her situation. But she quickly comes to a terrible realisation—she can't sleep soundly in such an uncomfortable bed! She soon escapes her cell and sets off in search of ways to improve her sleep quality, leaving the castle's inhabitants, and even the Demon King himself, scrambling to keep the unruly princess out of trouble during her chaotic adventures.
With Inori Minase, Kaito Ishikawa, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
When a stray black cat named Kuro crosses Mahiru Shirota's path, the high school freshman's life will never be the same again. Kuro is, in fact, no ordinary feline, but a servamp: a servant vampire. While Mahiru's personal philosophy is one of non-intervention, he soon becomes embroiled in an ancient, altogether surreal conflict between vampires and humans.
With Yuuto Suzuki, Takuma Terashima, Yuki Kaji
Grigio Academy Boarding School. Students who attend this school in two countries and reside in their own dormitories. Inazuka and Persia are rival dormitory leaders, but in secret they love each other. Now, they have to keep their relationship a secret from their dorm mates, or ruined things will happen to them.
With Yuki Ono, Ai Kayano, Ayane Sakura
A collection of animated horror stories based on the works of Japanese artist Junji Ito.
With Yuji Mitsuya, Mami Koyama, Rie Suegara
as Peter Grill (voice) · Voice
Upon winning a fighting tournament and being crowned the world’s strongest warrior, Peter Grill discovers a downside to his newfound fame. Women of all species, from ogres to elves, are scrambling over each other for his seed to ensure they have the strongest babies possible. Poor Peter just wants to settle down with his lovey dovey fiancée, but he’ll have to outmatch, outwit, and outrun a harem of very determined monster girls to do so!
With Hiro Shimono, Yui Ninomiya, Ayana Taketatsu
Your favorite characters from Attack on Titan are back in…junior high school? Adapted from the hit spinoff manga series—Attack on Titan: Junior High (written by Saki Nakagawa), this parody reimagines Eren, Mikasa, Armin, and other characters from the original manga as students and teachers at Titan Junior High School.
With Yuki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa, Marina Inoue
as Keiki Kiryū (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
A high school student whose years of not having a girlfriend is his age, Keiki Kiryuu, suddenly receives a love letter. He is happy he can finally have a girlfriend, but is also surprised because not only is there no sender name but also included is white underwear…??? The cute girls who gather around him are all weird and with reasons!? Who is the Cinderella who sent the underwear?
With Hiro Shimono, Ayana Taketatsu, Rina Hidaka
It is the year 20XX. Earth was assaulted by monsters that would come to be known as "the Enemy of Humanity." In order to deal with this threat, special schools composed of teenagers with extraordinary abilities were formed. These people, who came to be known as "the Talented," had abilities that could defy the rules of reality. Among these people with supernatural powers was an outlier, an individual who was sent to one of these schools despite having no innate special abilities whatsoever. This is the story of our protagonist, who attempts to defeat the Enemies of Humanity through the use of intelligence and manipulation alone.
With Rumi Okubo, Hiro Shimono, Yuichi Nakamura
In the near future, in a world born of human imagination, what humans would call ghosts or monsters appear, and they come to be called "phantoms." Haruhiko Ichijō, is a first year at Hosea Academy along with his upperclassman Mai Kawakami, who fights phantoms with the ability "Spirit of Five Elements," Reina Izumi, who has the ability "Phantom Eater," and Koito Minase, who fights phantoms in solitude. They experience the ups and downs of high school life before a certain incident leads them to the truth of this world.
With Hiro Shimono, Sumire Uesaka, Saori Hayami
as Erwin von Alnim (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
Ichinomiya Shingo, an everyday twenty-five-year-old office worker, wakes up as Wendelin, the 8th son of an impoverished noble family out in the sticks. He soon despairs at his lack of succession rights and knowledge to navigate the political world, but finds hope in his aptitude for magic. This is the story of that young man earning his keep and his freedom through magic, with no world saving involved, and spending quite a while escaping his solitude. Ultimately, it is also the story of him being unable to escape the shackles of society.
With Asuka Nishi, Junya Enoki, Daisuke Namikawa
as 加賀 良介 / Ryousuke Kaga (voice) · Voice
Ryousuke Kaga, a helplessly romantic teenager, was walking in the rain when he sees a beautiful girl with red eyes drenched in the rain. Everyone was avoiding her, but Ryousuke was taught to treasure women so he offered his help by letting her dry off at his home. Ryousuke can’t imagine that this mysterious girl would stab him in the chest and leave him to die… Or did she? Who is this pretty girl and what does she want with him?
Dir. Tachibana Pan · With Hiro Shimono, Kaori Ishihara, Aya Endo
Foiled by a hero when he’s inches away from conquering the world, the devil finds himself in modern-day Tokyo. With no real-world skills to speak of, the devil is forced to make ends meet flipping burgers at a fast food joint! To stall any further plans of world domination, the hero tracks the devil’s trail and takes on the lowly tasks of a telemarketer.
With Ryota Osaka, Yoko Hikasa, Nao Toyama
as Akihisa Yoshii (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
Advanced placement into a school of higher grade proof-reading is determined by the results of the Promotion Test strictly for class type. Ranging from A class with the best facilities anyone can offer all the way down to F Class which is composed of low dining tables, rotten tatami mats and other worn out facilities. Students can change classes by competing using the Examination Summons Battle system or ESB. Students summon characters with their equivalent test mark scores and use them to compete with other classes.
With Hiro Shimono, Hitomi Harada, Kaori Mizuhashi
Spurred by the flame raging in his heart, the Black Swordsman Guts continues his seemingly endless quest for revenge. Standing in his path are heinous outlaws, delusional evil spirits, and a devout child of god. Even as it chips away at his life, Guts continues to fight his enemies, who wield repulsive and inhumane power, with nary but his body and sword—his strength as a human.
With Hiroaki Iwanaga, Toa Yukinari, Kaoru Mizuhara
as Seiichi Hiiragi (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
High school student Hiiragi Seiichi is bullied by his classmates for being a "loser." One day, his entire school is suddenly transported to a video game-like world of swords and sorcery. When he accidentally eats "the Fruit of Evolution," his life as a successful "winner" begins.
With Hiro Shimono, Kana Hanazawa, Marina Inoue
A warrior from a post-apocalyptic future travels to 1997 to protect an AI scientist being hunted by an unfeeling — and indestructible — cyborg.
Dir. Mattson Tomlin · With Yuuya Uchida, Hiro Shimono, Saori Hayami
as Haruka Kasugano (voice) · Voice
Kasugano Haruka and his sister Sora have lost both their parents in an accident, and with them all their support. They decide to move out of the city to the rural town where they once spent summers with their late grandfather. At first everything seems familiar and peaceful, but changes come as Haruka starts to remember things from his youth.
With Hiro Shimono, Hiroko Taguchi, Kayo Sakata
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