The Best Episodes Directed By Johei Matsuura

Every TV Episode Directed by Johei Matsuura Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Layer:07 – SOCIETY
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Layer:07 – SOCIETY

    S1:E7

    As the Knights activities make the evening news, a strange man named Nazumi wanders the city with machines strapped to his body. People on the WIRED are asking: ""Who is Lain"". Meanwhile, the two MIB agents take Lain to the Techibana offices where Lain's identity is challenged by a man; how well does she know her parents, her sister, herself? Can Lain answer him?

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY

    S1:E11

    Alone and frightened, Lain immerses herself in the WIRED, processing the events of the past few weeks and searching for the truth of who she is.

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Bloody Sports Festival – Datto!
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Bloody Sports Festival – Datto!

    S1:E5

    The gang helps Keiichiro train for a sports festival at school. A mysterious boy shows up at the track, running alongside Keiichiro. Despite the bonding between the two, it seems the new boy isn't quite alive--and he's got a penchant for cutting off the feet of those who run!

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - The Alchemy Exam
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    #4 - The Alchemy Exam

    S1:E6

    Once in Central City, Ed and Al move into the vast mansion of sewing-life alchemist Shou Tucker and begin to prepare for the Alchemy Exam.

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - The Picture that Swallows People – da Vinci
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Picture that Swallows People – da Vinci

    S1:E13

    A ghostly painter with the ability to trap souls within his work has reawakened, and not even the other ghosts of the old schoolhouse want anything to do with him. Satsuki and the gang travel back in time in order to put the artist back to sleep, where they meet someone familiar.

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Ladd Russo Enjoys Talking a Lot and Slaughtering a Lot
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #6 - Ladd Russo Enjoys Talking a Lot and Slaughtering a Lot

    S1:E4

    10 hours before the Flying Pussyfoot departs, in California, Russo learns that his cash was stolen by a couple and one of his underlings was killed. Then Ladd barges in and shows Russo just how much of a homicidal maniac his before heading to the Flying Pussyfoot with his subordinates. Back to the Flying Pussyfoot, Vicky has been killed by the "Lemurs" and yet again Ladd shows how much of a maniac he is. In New York Isaac and Miria happily enter the hat shop and after their purchase they are hit by the car Ennis is driving. She happens to be chauffeuring Szilard to the secret society of old geezers.

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 55 - Stalked by the Rare Hunters
    0.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Stalked by the Rare Hunters

    S1:E55

    Jonouchi is cornered by a group of sinister Rare Hunters who force Jonouchi into a duel where if Jonouchi loses, the Rare Hunters get his precious Red-Eyes B. Dragon! Though Jonouchi pummels his foes with his mighty monster armada, eliminating life points isn’t the only path to victory…

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 67 - Mime Control (3)
    0.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Mime Control (3)

    S1:E67

    The spell Infinite Cards allows Strings to hold an unlimited number of cards in his hand, so Strings’s Slifer the Sky Dragon can grow to infinite attack power! Can Yugi discover Slifer’s one fatal flaw before he’s annihilated by tens of thousands of attack points?

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Johei Matsuura Ratings Summary

"Layer:07 – SOCIETY" is the best rated episode directed by Johei Matsuura. It scored 8.4/10 based on 7 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 8/17/1998 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "Layer:11 – INFORNOGRAPHY".