The Best Episodes Directed By Akira Yamada

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   10.0/10(1 votes)

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   #1 - Episode 5

   S1:E511/1/2022

   After waking up in a cold sweat from a nightmare, Hanzawa makes a terrible decision and goes out into the dangerous streets of Beika at night.

   Director:Akira Yamada

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   8.5/10(11 votes)

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   #2 - Heartless Choice

   S4:E1112/22/2019

   Asuna has created a bottomless chasm. The dark knights and the pugilists attempt to cross over to the other side, where the Human Empire Army waits. Meanwhile, Critter releases an announcement about a limited-time beta test for a bizarre new VRMMO.

   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Muneo Nakamoto

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   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Muneo Nakamoto
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   8.5/10(11 votes)

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   #3 - Alice

   S4:E229/13/2020

   The “Rath Attack Incident,” masterminded by the American National Security Agency, is over. Now head of the newly formed Oceanic Resource Exploration & Research Institution, Rinko unveils Alice to the world as an authentic artificial general intelligence.

   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Muneo Nakamoto

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   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Muneo Nakamoto
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   8.1/10(10 votes)

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   #4 - Prince of Hell

   S4:E178/9/2020

   Asuna and the others succumb to Vassago and the Chinese/Korean players. Discovering the catatonic Kirito, Vassago kicks his wheelchair over. Enraged, Klein lunges at Vassago, only to be pinned down by enemy players. Just then, someone unexpected appears.

   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Muneo Nakamoto

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   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Muneo Nakamoto
5. 

   7.6/10(10 votes)

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   #5 - Friend and Girlfriend

   S1:E48/1/2020

   Mami’s plan comes to a head as Kazuya decides to set the story straight, to mixed reactions.

   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Mitsutaka Hirota

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   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Mitsutaka Hirota
6. 

   7.3/10(3 votes)

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   #6 - The Meaning of Courage

   S2:E410/28/2023

   Ru begins his training under Will and Menel. He tells Will that he's eager to learn from him what courage is and what it means to be a warrior, but Will himself is struggling with the meaning of courage as he recalls the Lord of Holly's prophecy.

   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Shota Goto

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   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Shota Goto
7. 

   7.0/10(1 votes)

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   #7 - Like a River Stream

   S1:E106/8/2018

   Hitomi leaves home when her mother refuses to believe that she’s coming home late all the time because she’s working. Anzu wants to buy her foster parents a gift, but she doesn’t quite have enough.

   Director:Akira Yamada

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8. 

   6.8/10(4 votes)

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   #8 - Rest for This Up-and-Coming Adventurer!

   S3:E75/22/2024

   Kazuma and his friends return to Axel and receive 300 million eris as a reward for subjugating Sylvia, an executive of the Devil King's army. Kazuma and Aqua go to high-end restaurants, and Aqua enjoys her long-awaited life as a celebrity.

   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Takaomi Kanasaki

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   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Takaomi Kanasaki
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   6.3/10(7 votes)

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   #9 - I Can't Believe You Picked It Up

   S1:E208/17/2019

   Hiro Soma comes to introduce himself, and it rapidly becomes obvious that he is not a Tohru Honda fan.

   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Taku Kishimoto

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   Director:Akira Yamada

   Writer:Taku Kishimoto
10. 

    6.0/10(2 votes)

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    #10 - Episode 6

    S1:E611/8/2022

    Hanzawa needs a job fast, but the only work available is risky, scary, and probably illegal. But desperate times call for desperate measures.

    Director:Akira Yamada

    Writer:N/A

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