The Best Ken Narita Movies, Ranked
34 credits from 1996 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island (2022) comes out on top with a score of 88. The biggest box office hit is Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013) with $36.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Ken Narita Box Office Hits
Ken Narita's films have made $71.3M worldwide in total. Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013) is the biggest hit at $36.3M, ahead of Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001) ($10.5M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea 2013 · Drama $36.3M - 2
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time 2001 · Fantasy $10.5M - 3
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island 2022 · Sci-Fi $7.01M - 4
Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler 2003 · Fantasy $6.65M - 5
Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island 2004 · Adventure $6.12M - 6
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man 2005 · Sci-Fi $2.06M - 7
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet 2018 · Animation $2.05M - 8
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation 2017 · Drama $526K
The Best Ken Narita Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Ken Narita has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Animation leads with 17 films, and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet (2018) is the pick of them.
- Animation 17 films Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet 2018 · as Bright Noa (voice)
- Drama 7 films Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea 2013 · as Makoto Sekiguchi (voice)
- Fantasy 3 films Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time 2001 · as Sesshômaru (voice)
- Sci-Fi 2 films Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island 2022 · as Bright Noa (voice) Movie Echo Score: 88
- Adventure 1 film Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island 2004 · as Sesshomaru (voice)
The Best Ken Narita Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Ken Narita's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Ken Narita Movies
The most recent films Ken Narita is credited on, newest first — starting with The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom 2025 · Leonardo (voice) -
Nintama Rantaro: Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja 2024 · Monjiro Shioe (voice) - Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island 2022 · Bright Noa (voice)
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Spriggan 2022 · Kouichi Moroha (voice) -
Star☆Twinkle PreCure 2019 · (voice) - Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet 2018 · Bright Noa (voice)
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Crossing Time 2018 · Saiki (voice) - Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation 2017 · Jeremiah Gottwald (voice)
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Schwarzes Marken 2016 · Heinze Axmann (voice) -
Akame ga Kill! 2014 · Dr. Stylish (voice) - Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea 2013 · Makoto Sekiguchi (voice)
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Arve Rezzle: Mechanized Fairies 2013 · Seiji Katasu (voice)
The Best Ken Narita Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Ken Narita films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Ken Narita movie?
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island (2022) is the best-rated Ken Narita film, with a Movie Echo Score of 88. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Ken Narita movie?
Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (2013) made the most at the box office, with $36.3M worldwide, followed by Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001) with $10.5M. Together, Ken Narita's films with box office figures have made $71.3M.
What is the best Ken Narita animation movie?
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet (2018) is the best-rated of Ken Narita's animation films. In other genres: Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea (drama), Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (fantasy) and Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island (sci-fi).
What is the newest Ken Narita movie?
The newest film on Ken Narita's filmography is The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom (2025), with Ken Narita as Leonardo (voice).
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