The Best Maaya Sakamoto Movies, Ranked
115 credits from 1988 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020) comes out on top with a score of 87. The biggest box office hit is Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) with $93.9M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Maaya Sakamoto Movies
The 6 highest-rated films Maaya Sakamoto is credited on. Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020) leads with 87, followed by Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) at 79. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 87 Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul 2020 · Adventure -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 79 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky 2018 · Fantasy -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop 2020 · Romance -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 Fruits Basket -prelude- 2022 · Romance -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 63 NiNoKuni 2019 · Family
Biggest Maaya Sakamoto Box Office Hits
Maaya Sakamoto's films have made $146M worldwide in total. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) is the biggest hit at $93.9M, ahead of Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) ($8.56M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021 · Action $93.9M $811K dom.
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Pretty Cure All Stars F 2023 · Family $8.56M - 3
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu 2016 · Action $6.32M - 4 Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul 2020 · Adventure $4.97M
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Macross Frontier: The False Songstress 2009 · Animation $4.84M - 6 The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky 2018 · Fantasy $3.91M
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Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu 2016 · Animation $3.55M - 8 NiNoKuni 2019 · Family $2.86M
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Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior: Legend of Raoh-Chapter of Death in Love 2006 · Animation $2.45M - 10
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man 2005 · Sci-Fi $2.06M
The Best Maaya Sakamoto Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Maaya Sakamoto has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Animation leads with 46 films, and Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009) is the pick of them.
- Animation 46 films Macross Frontier: The False Songstress 2009 · as Ranxue Mei
- Action 15 films Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021 · as Makinami Mari Illustrious Movie Echo Score: 79
- Sci-Fi 8 films Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man 2005 · as Little Motoko (voice)
- Adventure 6 films Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul 2020 · as Lyza / Narration (voice) Movie Echo Score: 87
- Fantasy 6 films The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky 2018 · as Merlin (voice) Movie Echo Score: 77
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Mystery 5 films Made in Abyss: Journey’s Dawn 2019 · as Lyza (voice) -
Crime 5 films Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 5: Pyrophoric Cult 2015 · as Motoko Kusanagi (voice) - Romance 4 films Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop 2020 · as Maria (voice) Movie Echo Score: 77
- Family 2 films NiNoKuni 2019 · as Saki / Versa (voice) Movie Echo Score: 63
The Best Maaya Sakamoto Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Maaya Sakamoto's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Maaya Sakamoto Movies
The most recent films Maaya Sakamoto 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 · Fianna (voice) -
KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp- 2024 · Kissshot Acerolaorion Heartunderblade - Pretty Cure All Stars F 2023 · Preme / Cure Supreme (voice)
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Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage 2023 · Amelothée (voice) -
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EVANGELION:3.0(-46h) 2023 · Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice) -
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EVANGELION:3.0(-120min.) 2023 · Mari Illustrious-Makinami (voice) -
The Fire Hunter 2023 · Akira (voice) -
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Intrigue 1 2022 · Annerose von Grünewald -
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Collision 1 2022 · Annerose von Grünewald (voice) - Fruits Basket -prelude- 2022 · Akito Soma (voice)
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The Tatami Time Machine Blues 2022 · Akashi (voice) -
Child of Kamiari Month 2021 · Shiro (voice)
The Best Maaya Sakamoto Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Maaya Sakamoto films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Maaya Sakamoto movie?
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020) is the best-rated Maaya Sakamoto film, with a Movie Echo Score of 87, ahead of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) (79) and The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky (2018) (77). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Maaya Sakamoto movie?
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) made the most at the box office, with $93.9M worldwide, followed by Pretty Cure All Stars F (2023) with $8.56M. Together, Maaya Sakamoto's films with box office figures have made $146M.
What is the best Maaya Sakamoto animation movie?
Macross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009) is the best-rated of Maaya Sakamoto's animation films. In other genres: Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (action), Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (sci-fi) and Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (adventure).
What is the newest Maaya Sakamoto movie?
The newest film on Maaya Sakamoto's filmography is The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom (2025), with Maaya Sakamoto as Fianna (voice).
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