The Best Megumi Hayashibara Movies, Ranked
202 credits from 1986 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night (2021) comes out on top with a score of 85. The biggest box office hit is Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025) with $166M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Megumi Hayashibara Movies
The 8 highest-rated films Megumi Hayashibara is credited on. Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night (2021) leads with 85, followed by Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (2021) at 83. 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 85 Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night 2021 · Animation -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 83 Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night 2021 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 79 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle 2021 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! 2017 · Action -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us 2018 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 51 Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution 2020 · Action -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 45 Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution 2019 · Family
Biggest Megumi Hayashibara Box Office Hits
Megumi Hayashibara's films have made $1.39B worldwide in total. Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025) is the biggest hit at $166M, ahead of Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023) ($107M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback 2025 · Animation $166M - 2
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine 2023 · Crime $107M - 3
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet 2021 · Crime $95.4M - 4 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021 · Action $93.9M $811K dom.
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Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween 2022 · Animation $72.7M - 6
Wolf Children 2013 · Drama $55.3M $258K dom. - 7
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior 2008 · Fantasy $47.5M - 8
Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker 2012 · Animation $44.4M - 9
Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence 2011 · Mystery $42.8M - 10
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser 2009 · Animation $39.7M
The Best Megumi Hayashibara Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Megumi Hayashibara has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Animation leads with 77 films, and Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night (2021) is the pick of them.
- Animation 77 films Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night 2021 · as Kyouko Yuuki (voice) Movie Echo Score: 85
- Action 21 films Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night 2021 · as Kyouko Yuuki Movie Echo Score: 83
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Sci-Fi 16 films Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth 1997 · as Rei Ayanami / Yui Ikari (voice) - Drama 13 films Wolf Children 2013
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Adventure 12 films Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew 2005 · as Musashi (voice) - Fantasy 10 films Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior 2008 · as Musashi (voice)
- Family 9 films Pokémon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution 2019 · as Musashi (voice) Movie Echo Score: 45
- Mystery 9 films Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence 2011 · as Ai Haibara (voice)
- Crime 7 films Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine 2023 · as Ai Haibara (voice)
The Best Megumi Hayashibara Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Megumi Hayashibara's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
- 2020s 19 films Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night 2021 · as Kyouko Yuuki (voice) Movie Echo Score: 85
- 2010s 65 films Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! 2017 · as Musashi Movie Echo Score: 75
- 2000s 47 films Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior 2008 · as Musashi (voice)
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1990s 53 films Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 1997 · as Rei Ayanami / Yui Ikari (voice) -
1980s 14 films Mobile Suit SD Gundam’s Counterattack 1989 · as Christina McKenzie (voice)
The Latest Megumi Hayashibara Movies
The most recent films Megumi Hayashibara is credited on, newest first — starting with Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback 2025 · Ai Haibara (voice)
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Case Closed: The Million-Dollar Pentagram 2024 · Ai Haibara (voice) -
The End of Evangelion 2024 · Rei Ayanami, Yui Ikari - Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine 2023 · Ai Haibara (voice)
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Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train 2023 · Ai Haibara (voice) -
Pokémon: Distant Blue Sky! 2022 · Jessie (voice) - Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween 2022 · Ai Haibara (voice)
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Detective Conan: Love Story at Police Headquarters ~Wedding Eve~ 2022 · Ai Haibara (voice) -
Case Closed: Zero’s Tea Time 2022 · Elena Miyano (voice) -
Case Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa 2022 · Ai Haibara (voice) - Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night 2021 · Kyouko Yuuki
- Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle 2021 · Musashi
The Best Megumi Hayashibara Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Megumi Hayashibara films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Megumi Hayashibara movie?
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night (2021) is the best-rated Megumi Hayashibara film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85, ahead of Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (2021) (83) and Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) (79). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Megumi Hayashibara movie?
Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025) made the most at the box office, with $166M worldwide, followed by Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023) with $107M. Together, Megumi Hayashibara's films with box office figures have made $1.39B.
What is the best Megumi Hayashibara animation movie?
Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night (2021) is the best-rated of Megumi Hayashibara's animation films, with a score of 85. In other genres: Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (action), Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (sci-fi) and Wolf Children (drama).
What is the newest Megumi Hayashibara movie?
The newest film on Megumi Hayashibara's filmography is Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025), with Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara (voice).
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