The Best Episodes Directed By Hiromichi Matano
Every TV Episode Directed by Hiromichi Matano Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Hiromichi Matano Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Hiromichi Matano is "Everyone's Night", rated 9.5/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by Taku Kishimoto". "Everyone's Night" aired on 3/7/2020 and is rated 0.8 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Yugi vs. Pegasus: Match of the Millennium (4)".
9.5/10 2 votes#1 - Everyone's Night
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2020
The new year has come and the members Karasuno High School Volleyball team were nervous. The long-awaited battle on the orange court, the Spring Tournament, was finally here!
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.7/10 3 votes#2 - Yugi vs. Pegasus: Match of the Millennium (4)
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 1/16/2001
Yugi crumples in exhaustion under the crippling power of the Shadow Game. His friends yell desperate encouragement, but their voices cannot penetrate the sphere of darkness. Yugi’s chance at victory is slipping away, as is his life!
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Junki Takegami
8.5/10 4 votes#3 - A Gutless Afternoon
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/1993
Sakuragi Hanamichi has been training in the basics for two weeks under Ayako and he wants to play with the other. Akagi refused to let him play. Out of frustration, he quits the team. But after seeing Haruko's face, he changes his mind again.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
8.2/10 9 votes#4 - The Stranger
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2014
Running late to school, Shinichi sees Nagai in trouble with some punks. When Shinichi steps in to help, he meets a high school student, Kimishima Kana. Shinichi and Satomi share a close moment when she tends to his injuries, but his life is about to take a sudden turn with a single phone call from his father...
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Shouji Yonemura
8.0/10 7 votes#5 - The Story of Mercilessness
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/2019
Dororo comes down with a high fever. While woozy from its effects, the youngster catches a glimpse of some red spider lilies, which stirs up memories of past days spent with parents Hibukuro and Ojiya.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi
8.0/10 1 votes#6 - Special Training with Cap!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/19/2023
Liko and Roy learn a thing or two about Pokémon battles from Friede and Captain Pikachu!
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#7 - Reunion at the Ancient Castle!
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/13/2023
Finally meeting up with her grandma, Liko learns the identity of the pendant Pokémon.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#8 - The SOS Is from Tandemaus?
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 2/2/2024
Liko, Mollie and their Pokémon set out to save a Tandemaus pair separated by a storm.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 7 votes#9 - The Adventure of the Dying Detective
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/2015
Having determined Tamura to be a threat, Kusano's group moves to eliminate her. Meanwhile, Kuramori moves to avenge his family's death by abducting Tamura's baby. With her baby in his arms, Kuramori faces Tamura and threatens to throw the infant down a steep slope--what will Tamura do?
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Shinzo Fujita
7.3/10 3 votes#10 - The Angel in the Dream
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/2023
Amane explains the reason he left home in middle school and began living alone. Mahiru empathizes with his sorrow and embraces him. "At least let me spoil you a little." The next day, Mahiru's classmates ask her about the boy she was seen walking with. Mahiru nonchalantly admits that it was a date, surprising Amane. Mahiru then confesses, "there's no one more dear to me in life than him."
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Keiichiro Ochi
7.3/10 12 votes#11 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/2023
A beloved Swiss robot is found blown into in pieces. Meanwhile, Europol robot inspector Gesicht investigates another eerily related murder.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Heisuke Yamashita
7.3/10 9 votes#12 - The Blue Bird
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2014
Kana's feelings for Shinichi grows day by day, and so does Shinichi's apprehension about Kana's ability. As ordinary life returns, Satomi struggles with her mounting suspicion that something has changed in Shinichi. Meanwhile, a new parasite appears to wreak havoc in a local gang hideout. Everyone's lives are about to get shattered yet again.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Shouji Yonemura
7.3/10 7 votes#13 - Life and Oath
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/19/2015
With no chance to survive, Shinichi pulls off a desperate move.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Shouji Yonemura
7.0/10 1 votes#14 - What's Lacking
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2016
The Jinko rugby club's training camp has begun. As the team engages in intense practice, an old man appears and tells them they're wasting their time. The harsh words of former national team coach Komori Shingo leave the team at a loss. Meanwhile, Sekizan asks him what the team is lacking. Will Komori become the savior of the leaderless Jinko rugby team?
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Shingo Irie
7.0/10 1 votes#15 - You Have No Feel For The Game
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2016
Gion and Kamo have arrived at Ryoin Academy to spy on the team. Among the Ryoin team that overwhelmed its opponent, twin flankers Kirishima Sekito and Kokuto stood out from the rest!! Along with their 92 centimeter 98 kilogram ace Zanba Ryujin, the two feel firsthand just how amazing Ryoin Academy is. Gion's path has become clear to him, while Kamo is overwhelmed by the amazing prowess of Ryoin. On their way home, they stop by a sporting goods store where they run into Sekito and Kokuto...
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
7.0/10 1 votes#16 - Training Separately
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2021
While Irina undergoes her solitude training, a visitor from Sangrad with special interest in N44 has come to watch the candidates train.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Takayo Ikami
7.0/10 2 votes#17 - First Time in Town, with the Slimes
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2020
Ryoma and the Jamil family travel to Gimul, a mining town. There, Ryoma and Eliaria take the first steps in becoming professionals in their crafts. Ryoma is given another opportunity to flex his new powers.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
7.0/10 2 votes#18 - The Incurable Disease
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/5/2022
Noé begs Count Orlok to save Vanitas from a strange ailment. Vanitas bumps into Roland and asks him about love "for a friend." Jeanne confides in Luca to his dismay. Dominque seems strangely obsessed with Noé. Noé tells Vanitas he is glad they met.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Deko Akao
7.0/10 2 votes#19 - CONFUSION
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/3/2022
Chateau leaves herself with Jinon and his associate, Nikka, in order to carry out her operation. Meanwhile, both the boss and Jim are put in danger.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Ayumu Hisao
7.0/10 1 votes#20 - And So the Two...
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2022
Eli isn’t the only bookworm in her family. In fact, the bookishness of the Bernsteins is well known to the royal family — and particularly to the Crown Prince.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Mitsutaka Hirota
7.0/10 3 votes#21 - Why Raeliana Made a Contract
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/17/2023
Raeliana moves to the Wynknight mansion so she and Noah can be officially engaged. She used her knowledge of Noah's possession of the royal seal to convince him to make the deal with her, but Noah seems unfazed, making her wonder if he'll really accept.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Mitsutaka Hirota
7.0/10 1 votes#22 - Special Training Time!
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/11/2023
Fuecoco and Wattrel aren't getting along, so Roy sets up some teamwork training!
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: N/A
6.8/10 4 votes#23 - Bear Hunting, a Queen, a Bath, and Monsters
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/2022
After returning to Felskeilo, Cayna finds a lot of quests available and takes on a quest from the The White-Tailed Black Rabbit. When she leaves the guild, she runs into Lonti and her Academy friend Mye. Lonti was trying to find Cayna to ask if she could be Mye's bodyguard because she ran away from home. Cayna then escorts the girls into the lush forest right outside of the city.
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
6.0/10 1 votes#24 - Body and Soul
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2013
After finding the photo of him and Linda, Banri runs to the bridge where the accident that caused his amnesia occurred to remember more, but cannot. The spirit of the eighteen-year-old Banri Tada watches him, and explains that the fall caused his eighteen-year-old spirit, and all his memories, to leave his body, and that he cannot be seen or heard by the current Banri. After returning to school, Banri meets Kōko, who gives him a mirror that matches hers to commemorate their friendship. The next day, Banri and Mitsuo run into Kōko, who begins to act overly cheerful and dramatic about her friendship with Banri. Linda, who is helping Kōko register for classes, soon joins them and meets Mitsuo, while later inquiring about Kōko and Banri's joining the Festival Club. Kōko answers that both of them will join, while Banri wonders why Linda has not mentioned that she knows him from before. At their first dance rehearsal, Kōko demonstrates she cannot dance, which causes her to be depressed and cry. After calming down, she apologizes to Banri for her behavior, and confesses that she is still recovering from being dumped by Mitsuo, but he reassures her it is fine, and reaffirms their friendship by using the mirror she gave him. That night, Banri recalls the memory from when he escaped the hospital; he had seen a flashing light from his window, and when he snuck out to see what it was, he discovered it was Linda. As the two talk, she reveals that she was the one who inspired Banri to come to Tokyo. Banri wonders why Linda has not mentioned any of this to him, and the spirit of Banri laments that he cannot tell the current Banri how important Linda was to him. (Source: Wikipedia)
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
6.0/10 1 votes#25 - Trouble Party
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2013
Banri and Kōko ride the train and discuss Kōko's new Festival Club nickname "RoboGirl", so named because she looks like a robot when she dances.They look forward to the Awa dance festival and the beach trip they have planned. Banri worries about whether Kōko is the one who took the photo of Linda and him from his apartment. They meet up with the rest of the Festival Club, and discuss the preparations needed before the festival. Afterwards Banri speaks with the upperclassmen and asks for advice about his beach trip with Kōko. When they find out that Banri only intends to take her by train for a day trip, they tell him that a classy girl like Kōko won't be happy with the low-budget, simple trip he has planned. They advise him to get a job and make some money. Later Kōko tells him that she doesn't want him to get a job because it would mean they wouldn't get to see each other much. Kōko offers to pay for both of them on their trip. She tells him that she wants to spend as much time with him as she can, and admits that she worries about what he's doing when they're not together. She says that she knows she is awkward, overbearing, and annoying, but says she's learning to hold back. Kōko then tells Banri that she wishes she could shrink him down so that she can keep him with her in her bag for safety. Oka-chan walks up and says hello, then announces that she is on her way to her part time job. Oka-chan advises Banri that her employer is looking for more people, so they follow her to the upscale cafe where she works. Kōko, though, forbids Banri from working. Banri visits Nana to pay her back for cab fare and bring her cookies. Upon finding out Banri needs money, Nana invites him to be a waiter at a weekend party. She also insists he bring Mitsuo with him. Mitsuo resists the idea until the Tea Club tries to recruit them for questionable employment. On the night of the party Banri tells Mitsuo that Kōko had wanted to come over, but that he told her he had to work on a report. At the party, Banri finds himself dressed as a maid. The party host offers Mitsuo an extra 10,000 yen to wear nothing but a flesh-colored Speedo, which he accepts. While waiting on party-goers, Banri sees that Linda is also working at the party dressed as a devil girl. Meanwhile, Kōko is unable to contact Banri as he is not carrying his phone with him at the party. (Source: Wikipedia)
Director: Hiromichi Matano
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo