The Best Episodes Directed By Atsushi Nakayama
Every TV Episode Directed by Atsushi Nakayama Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Atsushi Nakayama Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Atsushi Nakayama is "Yes, Hair in Pigtails", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Makoto Uezu". "Yes, Hair in Pigtails" aired on 1/25/2011 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Hey, Which Middle School Are You At?".
10.0/10 1 votes#1 - Yes, Hair in Pigtails
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/2011
While Ayumu goes bowling with a friend from school, his three lovely roommates spend the afternoon playing twister and fighting over the last package of pudding.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Makoto Uezu
10.0/10 1 votes#2 - Hey, Which Middle School Are You At?
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/2011
Ayumu’s exams are interrupted by a rampaging demon-horse and the arrival of a killer-soup wielding vampire ninja! If the poor boy can survive his latest adventure, he may find a mate for life!
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Touko Machida
10.0/10 1 votes#3 - A Hero is Born!
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/2/2011
Cinque Izumi makes a promise with his best friend Rebecca to go flower viewing during the last three days of Spring Break. However, while he is alone trying out some acrobatic moves in school, a dog appears and opens a magical portal while Cinque is in mid-air, resulting in him jumping through the portal with the dog. He arrives in the land of Flonyard, and is greeted by a beautiful girl, albeit with bestial features like dog ears and tail. The girl, who introduces herself as Princess Millhiore, requests for his assistance, which he agrees to and becomes the Princess' Hero, in order to drive away the forces of Galette which seeks to invade Biscotti.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: N/A
10.0/10 1 votes#4 - Declaration of War
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/14/2011
Desperate to change Millhiore and Cinque's dreadful fate, Leonmichelli challenges Biscotti for another battle with each country waging their most sacred treasures on it. Millhiore reluctantly accepts the challenge, unaware of her true intentions.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: N/A
10.0/10 2 votes#5 - Tower of Confusion
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 9/19/2010
Minato and his Sekireis begin their infiltration of the MBI Tower in downtown Tokyo in order to find out what the data on the antidote is to help cure Chiho of her condition. Minaka hinders the team from successfully completing it by activating anti-personnel traps, deploying the disciplinary squad to attack the Sekireis and keep them busy before he announced the activation of hidden explosive charges throughout the building. This forces Minato and Musubi to run harder towards the upper floors of the MBI Tower. Outside, the botanical gardens were already burning thanks to Homura's fire attacks.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 2 votes#6 - Knight & Dragon
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/18/2017
The Jarodeks launch a counterattack with a powerful flying wyvern mech. Ernie fights back, but his foe this time is far smarter than before, and has a new trap that can defeat even the Ikaruga!
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Michiko Yokote
8.0/10 2 votes#7 - Duo
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2015
Tor and Julie settle in as roommates until the time comes to form official Duos. Each has an ideal partner in mind, but will they get what they want?
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Takamitsu Kohno
8.0/10 2 votes#8 - Avenger
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2015
Tor and Julie face an unexpected hurdle at the end of their mock-battle tournament. Julie confronts Tor about someone from his past.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Takamitsu Kohno
8.0/10 2 votes#9 - Exception
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2015
Transfer student Lilith Bristol joins Tor's class and immediately flaunts her status as an Exception. Tor and Julie go into town for some shopping.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 2 votes#10 - Level Up
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2015
The Rite of Sublimation has given Tor and his friends upgraded powers. Lilith has another proposal for Tor ahead of a challenging inter-class battle.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Yasunori Yamada
8.0/10 2 votes#11 - Survive
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2015
Lilith ropes her fellow students into fighting her in a battle royale. A mysterious figure shows up out of nowhere with his own plans for Lilith.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 2 votes#12 - Silver-Blonde, Yellow Topaz
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2015
The class is off to a seaside summer camp, but this is Koryo Academy. No ordinary school function is complete without some kind of combat.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Yasunori Yamada
8.0/10 2 votes#13 - Selection
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/2015
A week of training is capped off by a day at leisure--and where better to unwind than at the beach? Miyabi takes a big step in her feelings about Tor.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 2 votes#14 - Rebels
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/2015
Koryo Academy is under attack! Tor and Julie work together in battling the chief of the marauding corps, while Tomoe searches for a missing Miyabi.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Takamitsu Kohno
8.0/10 2 votes#15 - Reign Conference
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2015
Miyabi is still MIA as Koryo Academy prepares to host the mysterious Reign group. Tor presses Lilith for answers about Absolute Duo.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Yasunori Yamada
8.0/10 2 votes#16 - Killing Game
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/15/2015
Tor and his friends confront the Rebels in Smith's grand killing game. Tomoe realizes she knows little about her Duo. K challenges Tor to a rematch.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 2 votes#17 - Absolute Duo
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/22/2015
The idea of wanting to protect someone is still foreign to K, so in a dramatic, no-holds-barred faceoff, Tor decides to show him how it's done.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Takamitsu Kohno
8.0/10 3 votes#18 - Robots & Fantasy
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/2/2017
A young genius programmer has a passion for building model robots. After dying in a car accident, he finds himself reincarnated in a world where robots are real, and he can pilot and build them!
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Michiko Yokote
8.0/10 2 votes#19 - Trial & Error
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/6/2017
With the Casadeus incident resolved, it's time for work on the Telestale to be completed. The nation's biggest mech design lab, the Silhoutte Knight Laboratory, is sent a copy so that they can attempt to make one of their own, and a tournament between the two will be held to see if Ernie's designs are as powerful as they seem.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Noboru Kimura
8.0/10 11 votes#20 - The Storm Dragon, Veldora
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2018
Mikami Satoru, a businessman, is stabbed by a criminal on the street and killed. When he regains consciousness in the darkness, he finds that he's been reincarnated as a slime! With nothing better to do, he spends his time devouring all the rare herbs and precious ores he comes across. As he does, he encounters the Storm Dragon Veldora, who was sealed in this cave 300 years ago by a hero's "Unlimited Imprisonment" skill. He's frightened at first, but as they talk, he becomes friends with the long-isolated Veldora.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
7.2/10 8 votes#21 - A Goddess for This Corrupt Hot Springs Town!
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/2017
The party makes their way to Arcanretia, a city known for it's recuperative hot springs! But what they don't know about the city might spell doom for their vacation.
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Makoto Uezu
5.5/10 2 votes#22 - Yes, There’s Still More
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/29/2011
The fighting is all finished, but the action is just beginning to heat up! Haruna wins a special trip to the pool, and we all know what that means: swimsuits!
Director: Atsushi Nakayama
Writer: Makoto Uezu