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Hiroyuki Sawano

Hiroyuki Sawano

Composer · Born September 12, 1980 (46) · Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Sawano is a Japanese composer, arranger, musician, lyricist and pianist best known for his work on many anime series, television dramas, and movies. He was represented by Legendoor between 2006 and 2017, and is currently represented by VV-ALKLINE. In 2014, he started a new vocal project under the name "SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]".

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 12, 1980 (46)
From
Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Composer
Titles
38 on MovieCove · 86 credits in all

What are Hiroyuki Sawano's films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 12

Gentle 0 · Charged 8 · Intense 6

Steady 5 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 5

Casual 4 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 4

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Thrilling
11
Melancholic
9
Hopeful
6
Dread
4
Other
8

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet10
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Hiroyuki Sawano's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 38 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (27).

Subscription and free streaming for Hiroyuki Sawano's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

86 credits, 38 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Tokyo MPD PR Unit 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 11 episodes · Composer

  • 澤野弘之 20th Anniversary Concert × Aniplex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • To Be Hero X(2025)

    Show 24 episodes · Composer · Music Arranger · Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • Aldnoah.Zero (Re+) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Final Chapter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • The Rose of Versailles(2025)

    Composer · Music Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Fate/Strange Fake(2024)

    Show 13 episodes · Composer · Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
  • 澤野弘之 LIVE [nZk] in Shanghai 2024 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
  • Sawano Hiroyuki LIVE [nZk]008 @ NHK Hall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Writer · as Self

  • Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Solo Leveling(2024)

    Show 25 episodes · Composer · Main Title Theme Composer · Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage(2023)

    Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2(2023)

    Composer · Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • SACRA MUSIC FES. 2022 -5th Anniversary- (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • COLORs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Kaina of the Great Snow Sea(2023)

    Show 11 episodes · Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
  • Dragon Raja -The Blazing Dawn-(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · Main Title Theme Composer · Music Arranger · Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Fanfare of Adolescence(2022)

    Show 13 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • 澤野弘之 LIVE [nZk]007 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Bubble(2022)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • 澤野弘之 LIVE【emU】2021 Special Program (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • 86(2021)

    Show 23 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • Sawano Hiroyuki LIVE [emU] 2021 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Sawano Hiroyuki LIVE “BEST OF VOCAL WORKS [nZk]” Side SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Attack on Titan: Chronicle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • SACRA MUSIC FES.2019 -NEW GENERATION- (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Sawano Hiroyuki LIVE [nZk] in Shanghai 2019 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Sawano Hiroyuki BEST OF VOCAL WORKS [nZk] 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Promare(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Promare / Side: Galo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • Promare / Side: Lio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Sawano Hiroyuki REMEMBER (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • 「進撃の巨人」Reading&Live Event Orchestra「Attack 音 体感 II」 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • 澤野弘之 LIVE[nZk]004 (2016/11/03@TOKYO DOME CITY HALL) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • CRISIS: Special Security Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

  • Re:Creators (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 22 episodes · Composer

  • Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That Burns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • Thunderbolt Fantasy(2016)

    Show 13 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
  • Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress(2016)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 22 episodes · Composer

  • Sawano Hiroyuki Live[nZk]003 Exclusive Live Broadcast (NicoNico 2015) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • Seraph of the End(2015)

    Show 24 episodes · Composer · Music Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
  • Attack on Titan: Crimson Bow and Arrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • The Seven Deadly Sins(2014)

    Show 96 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
  • The Making of Kill la Kill: 500 Days of Total Coverage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as (Self)

  • Aldnoah.Zero(2014)

    Show 24 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Film And Live The Final - A Mon Seul Desir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • Attack on Taikan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • Kill La Kill(2013)

    Show 24 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • Attack on Titan(2013)

    Show 87 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Platinum Data (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • Lady Joker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 7 episodes · Composer

  • Someday at a Place in the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

  • Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Kingdom(2012)

    Show 79 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Presumed Guilty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

  • Guilty Crown(2011)

    Show 22 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
  • Marumo's Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 11 episodes · Composer

  • Blue Exorcist(2011)

    Show 73 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Marks' Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

  • Box! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Composer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn(2010)

    Show 7 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
  • My Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

  • BOSS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 22 episodes · Composer

  • Prisoner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

  • Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 11 episodes · Composer

  • Flowers in the Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Composer

  • BOMB BEE MEN (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 9 episodes · Composer

  • Happily Ever After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Zombie-Loan(2007)

    Show 11 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
  • Gigantic Formula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

  • A Song to the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

  • GARO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 25 episodes · Composer

Career shape

A full career of 84 titles from 2005 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting14 of 84: 14 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting1 of 84: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 84: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleMusic68 of 84: 63 only music, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score77thOther crew6 of 84: 1 only other crew, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score88th

84 titles, 6 with more than one role.

By decade

2000s11 · crew2010s43 · 7 acting · 36 crew2020s30 · 7 acting · 23 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Hiroyuki Sawano's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 38 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up20
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the sound and music 74/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 60. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Hiroyuki Sawano's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 3 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 56 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles8–46 · median 22 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Hiroyuki Sawano work with?

People who share at least 2 of Hiroyuki Sawano's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yûki Kaji shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Yûki Kaji7 titles
    See all 7 shared titles with Yûki Kaji
  • Jun Fukuyama5 titles
    See all 5 shared titles with Jun Fukuyama
  • Sora Amamiya4 titles
    See all 4 shared titles with Sora Amamiya
  • Aoi Yûki3 titles
    See all 3 shared titles with Aoi Yûki

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles