Highest-ranked title
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Nobuyuki Hiyama has 15 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars.
One Piece: Stampede
2019
Animation · Action
Yu Yu Hakusho
1992 · Series · Voice
Top 15%Crunchyroll · Included
Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
2021 · Movie · Voice
Top 17%Crunchyroll · Included
High School of the Dead
2010 · Series · Voice
Top 24%Hulu · Included
Gurren Lagann
2007 · Series · Voice
Top 25%Netflix · Included
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
2013 · Series · Voice
Top 25%Crunchyroll · Included
Promare
2019 · Movie · Voice
Top 56%Max · Included
as Viral (voice) · Voice
Seven years have passed after the battle of Teppelin... Humans have since reclaimed the surface of the earth and enjoy an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity. However, humanity's increasing population growth triggers the sudden emergence of an unknown, powerful enemy. The fearsome, manipulative power of the mysterious Anti-Spiral proves too overwhelming for humans to even fight back. When everyone becomes desperate and loses hope, Team Dai-Gurren members reunite to stand up once again!
Dir. Hiroyuki Imaishi · With Tetsuya Kakihara, Yukari Fukui, Marina Inoue
Simon and Kamina live in an underground city monitored by the village chief. When Simon stumbles upon an artifact and beastmen invade from the surface, Simon and Kamina rebel against them.
Dir. Hiroyuki Imaishi · With Tetsuya Kakihara, Katsuyuki Konishi, Marina Inoue
as Kouta Hirano (voice) · Voice
In their efforts to find a safe haven from the zombie apocalypse, the gang find themselves on a deserted island. Now, they take advantage of the momentary respite to enjoy some surf, sand and bathing suits!
Dir. Tetsuro Araki · With Marina Inoue, Eri Kitamura, Miyuki Sawashiro
as Joe Higashi (voice) · Voice
The Armor of Mars -- a suit of armor consisting of six pieces. If anyone from the bloodline of the ancient warrior Godimus were to find all six pieces for himself, he would receive power equal to the level of a god. The Curse of Godimus, however, also dictates that this same person would lose all sense of himself and become an insane killing machine.
Dir. Masami Obari · With Kazukiyo Nishikiori, Keiichi Nanba, Kotono Mitsuishi
After dying to save a boy, delinquent tough guy Yusuke Urameshi is granted another chance at life by redeeming himself as a "Spirit Detective."
With Nozomu Sasaki, Shigeru Chiba, Megumi Ogata
as Diabel (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included
Asuna Yuuki had never played online games until accidentally putting on the NerveGear for Sword Art Online, the world’s first VRMMORPG. She soon finds herself and other players trapped inside a game, where if a player dies in the game, they die in the real world. As she continues to live on in this world where death is always a step away, a solitary swordsman named Kirito appears before her.
Dir. Ayako Kono · With Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Inori Minase
as Saw Paing Yoroizuka (voice) · Voice
It's the ultimate showdown. The toughest fighters from "Baki Hanma" and "Kengan Ashura" clash in this unprecedented, hard-hitting martial arts crossover.
Dir. Toshiki Hirano · With Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Akio Otsuka
A small group of students at Fujimi High are fighting for their lives after surviving a zombie outbreak. It is up to Takashi to unite the survivors and escape the horrors that surround them. In this new world of the living dead...will they escape?
Dir. Daisuke Satou · With Junichi Suwabe, Marina Inoue, Miyuki Sawashiro
When a young laborer escapes to the world aboveground, he discovers a violent land in which humans battle robots controlled by a power-hungry noble.
With Tetsuya Kakihara, Katsuyuki Konishi, Marina Inoue
as Yoshiteru Zaimokuza (voice) · Voice
Crunchyroll · Included+1
So exactly what’s going to happen when Hachiman Hikigaya, an isolated high school student with no friends, no interest in making any and a belief that everyone else’s supposedly great high school experiences are either delusions or outright lies, is coerced by a well meaning faculty member into joining the one member “Volunteer Services Club” run by Yukino Yukinoshita, who’s smart, attractive and generally considers everyone in her school to be her complete inferior?
With Takuya Eguchi, Saori Hayami, Nao Toyama
Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are able to control and wield flames, and the fire disaster they have unleashed on Earth.
Dir. Hiroyuki Imaishi · With Kenichi Matsuyama, Taichi Saotome, Ayane Sakura
Sakamoto is not a normal high schooler. He’s smart, he’s dashing, he’s popular with girls. Much to the dislike of the male population of his school, who tries every trick in the book to mess Sakamoto up. But in the end, Sakamoto comes out of every trap with style and makes himself look cooler. Does he do this for popularity? Is this just who he is? No one really knows, but haven’t you heard? He’s Sakamoto!
With Hikaru Midorikawa, Koji Yusa, Mikako Takahashi
as The Flash (voice) · Voice
The Batman family has returned to the present to discover that Japan has disappeared, and a giant island - Hinomoto - is now in the sky over Gotham City. At the top sit the Yakuza, a group of superpowered individuals who reign without honor or humanity and look suspiciously like the Justice League. Now, it’s up to Batman and his allies to save Gotham!
Dir. Jumpei Mizusaki, Shinji Takagi · With Koichi Yamadera, Yuki Kaji, Kengo Kawanishi
Gaea is a mythical realm ruled by sword and sorcery and immersed in blood and violence. Thrust into a conflict she doesn't quite understand, Hitomi Kanzaki helps aid the young Prince Van as they embark upon a journey to fight the Black Dragon Clan. The battle over a legendary suit of dragon armor, Escaflowne, has begun.
Dir. Kazuki Akane · With Maaya Sakamoto, Tomokazu Seki, Mayumi Izuka
as Makoto Kyogoku (voice) · Voice
Prime Video · Rent
The world's greatest blue sapphire, the "blue lapis fist", said to have sunk in a pirate ship in the late 19th century, on the coasts of Singapore. A local millionaire plots to retrieve it, and when it's exhibited in an exhibition at the Singaporean Marina Sands hotel, a murder takes place.
Dir. Chika Nagaoka · With Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki
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