The Best Yoshiyuki Tomino Movies, Ranked
35 credits from 1972 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) (2025) with $36M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Yoshiyuki Tomino Box Office Hits
Yoshiyuki Tomino's films have made $49.7M worldwide in total. Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) (2025) is the biggest hit at $36M, ahead of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars (2005) ($7.31M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) 2025 · Animation $36M - 2
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars 2005 · Animation $7.31M - 3
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers 2005 · Animation $3.96M - 4
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars 2006 · Animation $2.21M - 5
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack 1988 · Action $150K - 6
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 1991 · Animation $17.4K - 7
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 1991 · Animation $17.4K
The Best Yoshiyuki Tomino Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Yoshiyuki Tomino's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Yoshiyuki Tomino Movies
The most recent films Yoshiyuki Tomino is credited on, newest first — starting with Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) 2025 · Director
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Gundam Reconguista in G Movie V: Beyond the Peril of Death 2022 · Director -
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie IV: Love That Cries Out in Battle 2022 · Director -
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie III: Legacy from Space 2021 · Director -
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie II: Bellri’s Fierce Charge 2020 · Director -
Gundam Reconguista in G Movie I: Go! Core Fighter 2019 · Director -
Ring of Gundam 2009 · Director -
Japan Sinks 2006 · Sci-Fi - Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars 2006 · Director
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers 2005 · Director
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars 2005 · Director
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Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean 2005 · Drama
The Best Yoshiyuki Tomino Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Yoshiyuki Tomino films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Yoshiyuki Tomino movie?
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) (2025) made the most at the box office, with $36M worldwide, followed by Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heir to the Stars (2005) with $7.31M. Together, Yoshiyuki Tomino's films with box office figures have made $49.7M.
What is the best Yoshiyuki Tomino animation movie?
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) (2025) is the best-rated of Yoshiyuki Tomino's animation films. In other genres: Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack (action).
What is the newest Yoshiyuki Tomino movie?
The newest film on Yoshiyuki Tomino's filmography is Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) (2025), directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
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