9.3/103 votes#1 - Showdown! Inuyasha vs. Sesshomaru
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/2000
Kagome is able to pull out the Tetsusaiga. Sesshomaru tries to kill her, and Inuyasha is angered and fights to protect Kagome. His will to protect a human changes the Tetsusaiga into its true form, a fang sword.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: N/A
9.0/104 votes#2 - If I Could Take One Step Toward You
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2022
Miorine rejects Shaddiq's business offer and challenges him to a duel. They agree on a team battle, but her side lacks mobile suits and pilots.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
9.0/103 votes#3 - Keep Marching On Instead of Running Off
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/2023
Suletta has to change her attitude if she's going to save Miorine and everyone else. Meanwhile, Miorine and Guel will fight to survive.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Ichiro Okouchi
9.0/101 votes#4 - Not the Best Way
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/28/2023
Descending to Earth with the Aerial, Miorine holds discussions with the Earthians leading the protests. Given the grim situation on the ground, it seems peaceful negotiations will be almost impossible. Meanwhile, the members of Earth House are unable to cheer up the despairing Suletta...
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Ichiro Okouchi
9.0/101 votes#5 - Unrelenting Tenderness
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/25/2023
Piloting the Calibarn, Suletta confronts Ericht head-on. Guel squares off against Lauda, who is burning with bitter hatred for Miorine. And amid the chaos of battle, a rocket carrying Miorine and the others makes its way to Quiet Zero.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Ichiro Okouchi
8.5/102 votes#6 - Farewell Under the Lunar Eclipse
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/2021
The truth behind the night that sealed the fate of Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha’s parents is finally revealed.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
8.3/103 votes#7 - Naraku's True Identity Unveiled
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/9/2001
Kagome returns to the shrine in the middle of her date with Hojo. She senses the presence of the Shikon Jewel shards and returns to feudal Japan. Naraku reveals that fifty years ago, Onigumo was in love with Kikyo. The demons that were drawn to Onigumo by his malice devoured Onigumo, and the demon Naraku was born.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: N/A
8.2/109 votes#8 - Zero
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 7/28/2007
After managing to capture Cornelia, Lelouch forces her to reveal what little information she knows of Marianne's murder, but the answers do not please him one bit. V.V. takes Nunnally to Kaminejima, and Lelouch abandons the Black Knights to rescue his sister. Without Lelouch, the Black Knights begin to lose ground to the Britannian Army. Suzaku follows Lelouch, leading to a final confrontation between the former friends.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Ichiro Okouchi
8.0/101 votes#9 - Sesshomaru and Kirinmaru
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/6/2021
Konton learns of the origins of the Rainbow Pearl and the connection between Kirinmaru and the Dream Butterfly. He summons an ogre to attack the Half-Demon Princesses.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
8.0/101 votes#10 - Wielding the Tenseiga
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/2/2021
Sesshomaru hands the broken Tenseiga to a grieving Towa, leaving Setsuna’s fate in her hands. Will Towa be able to bring Setsuna back to life?
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
8.0/101 votes#11 - Kikyo & Inuyasha, Into the Miasma
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 6/25/2001
Inuyasha and the others stumble across a cave full of demons fighting to the death. They soon discover that Naraku is using to find a new demon to integrate into his being. However, the large demonic aura brings Kikyo into the mess.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votes#12 - The Man Who Fell In Love With Kagome
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 7/30/2001
Inuyasha and the group must battle the Birds of Paradise, before they can reach the wolf den. Meanwhile, back at the den, Koga expresses his true feelings for Kagome. When the final battle with the Birds ensues, will Inuyasha's jealousy cost Koga his life?
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votes#13 - Kagura's Dance and Kanna's Mirror
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 8/27/2001
Inuyasha and his companions come upon an orphan named Koharu, a young woman who believes she is in love with Miroku, after he helped her three years ago. When Koharu needs help again, they assist her and find her a home in a new village. When Naraku sends Kagura and Kanna to destroy Inuyasha and his companions, Koharu and the villagers become the new pawns in Naraku's devious plan.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votes#14 - Juromaru and Kageromaru
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 10/15/2001
Naraku sends his two new incarnations, Juromaru & Kageromaru, to attack Koga, and also, Inuyasha and his companions. Can Inuyasha and Koga work together as a team to defeat these new foes?
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votes#15 - Inuyasha's Soul, Devoured
Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 11/19/2001
Sesshomaru learns from the wise tree-demon, Boku'seno that when Inuyasha transforms into a demon, his demon blood takes full control turning him into a mindless killing machine. Elsewhere, Inuyasha and the others arrive at a village that is ruthlessly being held under the control of the Moth Demon, Gatenmaru and his band of thieves.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votes#16 - Distant Festival Lights
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/2016
Natsume and his friends go to a distant hot springs to help with the renovations. When he arrives, he meets an old friend of Tanumas, but he quickly gets caught up in local youkai trouble. Tanuma's old friend is actually a youkai, and she threatens terrible things if Natsume reveals her secret.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Aya Yoshinaga
8.0/101 votes#17 - Envoys from the Earth
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/9/2023
It has been two weeks since the attack on Plant Quetta. At first glance, it seems daily life at the school has remained peaceful, but a gag order has been imposed regarding the incident, and the members of Earth House feel suffocated. As preparations get under way for the next day's Open Campus event, a pair of transfer students appear before Suletta.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
8.0/104 votes#18 - Rush
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2022
Because of Kuon’s betrayal, Team Z is faced with a desperate situation of playing 12-on-10, with the opponent knowing everything about their weapons and strategies. Even under such a circumstance, Team Z never gives up on the fight, and Isagi continues to believe in himself. Inspired by their passion, Chigiri runs through the field at an incredible speed, his weapon he has sealed away. His ego rocks the match when they are losing at 3-4.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.5/108 votes#19 - Hideout
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/27/2006
The group is confronted by a vagrant Proxy and its companion AutoReiv, and Re-l puts her new weapon to use.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Yuko Kawabe
7.4/109 votes#20 - Confession
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/4/2006
Re-l struggles to convince her peers of her encounters with the monsters, which she learns are called Proxy. She is removed from the investigation and finds that Iggy has had his memories of recent events erased. Meanwhile, Vincent finds himself on the run from a proxy and then the city’s authorities.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Dai Sato
7.4/107 votes#21 - Bilbul
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/5/2006
As the city continues to crumble, Vincent and Re-l encounter Proxy One. Raul is overcome with regret and despair, and sets out to find Pino.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Yuko Kawabe
7.2/109 votes#22 - So They Threw Me Into the Basement of a Freak Show...
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/24/2022
Even Takafumi’s uncle has memories he’d rather forget. But he also remembers a rare heroic moment he experienced in the other dimension.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Kenta Ihara
7.2/108 votes#23 - Re-L124C41+
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/15/2006
Re-l recovers from her illness. Daedalus shows her the disturbing mechanisms responsible for the Dome’s continued survival. Vincent makes his way home, slowly losing his companions along the way, ending up alone with Pino. A group of infected AutoReivs is unleashed on Re-l, Iggy, and Daedalus. The episode ends with Daedalus filling out Re-l’s death certificate.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Dai Sato
7.0/101 votes#24 - Moroha and Family, Together Again
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 1/15/2022
Inside the Black Pearl, Moroha is finally reunited with her parents, Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha begins to see a way out of the Black Pearl. Meanwhile, Kirinmaru’s attack leaves Sesshomaru gravely injured.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
7.0/101 votes#25 - The Collapse of the Windmill of Time
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 2/5/2022
To destroy the Grim Comet, Towa, Moroha, and Setsuna must travel to the present day using the Windmill of Time, but Meidomaru stands in their way. Kirinmaru takes Rion and tries to travel across time by force.
Director: Akira Toba
Writer: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
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"Showdown! Inuyasha vs. Sesshomaru" is the best rated episode directed by Akira Toba. It scored 9.3/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 11/27/2000 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "If I Could Take One Step Toward You".