8.4/107 votes#1 - When You Go To The Sea
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2008
During a trip to Ami's beach villa, Taiga has a nightmare about being married to Ryūji and schemes to bring him and Minori together.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
8.3/107 votes#2 - One Step Forward
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/2009
Yūsaku reveals his love for Sumire, a student council president who is leaving to study abroad, so his friends urge him to run for her council seat.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Tatsuto Higuchi
8.1/1016 votes#3 - Everyone's Dignity
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 6/26/2019
Garo is at last surrounded by multiple heroes and forced to fight, even though he’s covered in wounds and nearly at his limit. The hero hunter still has his incredible ability to read opponents’ fighting styles, but there are surprises in store for all.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Tatsuro Inamoto
8.0/101 votes#4 - A World of Changing
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2012
Big changes are happening at the Hall when Sorata finally makes his decision. Will the other residents admit their true feelings, too?
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: N/A
8.0/105 votes#5 - Case 2_5: Singapore Sky
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/10/2020
With the air race finals on the horizon, all the pieces move into place. Makoto has a serious talk with each pilot before making a wager of his own.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Ryota Kosawa
8.0/106 votes#6 - That Look You Had
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2008
Taiga has a photo album full of blurry pictures of Kitamura. Ryūji offers to snap some pictures of him instead.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Mari Okada
7.8/108 votes#7 - Into the Sky Where Cherry Blossoms Flutter
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/11/2021
Rebecca Bluegarden visits the nearly deserted Granbell Kingdom. There she meets the sole human inhabitant, Shiki, who wants to be her friend.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Mitsutaka Hirota
7.6/107 votes#8 - Confession
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/2009
The truth about Taiga and Ryūji's feelings for each other finally comes out, and they make a plan to run off together and get married.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Mari Okada
7.5/102 votes#9 - Yellow Sparrow
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/13/2021
Rin is intent on wiping out the demons, but without a plan, it'd be too easy for some to escape. With that in mind, Ysley contacts another Idaten named Prontea to formulate a strategy, while the demons begin their own divide-and-conquer campaign against their divine enemies.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
7.3/103 votes#10 - A Home to Return to
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/30/2017
When Sana and Zoroku are loaded onto a cargo ship, the one who appears to rescue them is Cabinet Information Research Office agents Ichijo Shizuku and Yamada Noriko. As they all plan their escape, Minnie C stand before them once again. As she attacks with the invisible arms that she can control freely, Ichijo links with Yamada to unleash various abilities of her own. As this battle between Dreams of Alice rages on, Sana tells Zoroku what she truly wishes for.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
7.3/103 votes#11 - I'm Home
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/25/2017
As Hatori's parents desperately search for Hatori, it is revealed that she and Sana have been missing for ten days in the real world. In Wonderland, the two girls attempt to find a new exit and come across a rabbit that is holding Hatori's cell phone.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
7.0/103 votes#12 - The Red Queen Escapes
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/2/2017
In a deep, remote forest, a blond-haired girl runs amidst heavy rain and wind. Some pursue her, while others extend a hand to help her. As various motives tangle together, the girl, named Sana, makes her flight to the outside world for the first time in her life. In the end, Sana arrives at the bustling district of Kabukicho in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. In a convenience store there, she meets Kashimura Zoroku, the quintessential "stubborn old man."
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
7.0/103 votes#13 - Dreams of Alice
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/9/2017
Since Sana had nowhere to go, Zoroku decided to let her stay in his own home for the time being. After he finds out that the previous day's incident isn't being covered by any media, he makes a call to an old friend. Meanwhile, Sana awakens to find Zoroku's granddaughter, Sanae, watching over her. Sanae says her grandpa asked her to keep an eye on Sana while he went to work. Sana was untrusting at first, but they eventually warm up to each other. Then Sana recalls her time spent at the research facility...
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
7.0/103 votes#14 - Cards
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/16/2017
Kashimura Floral is in an uproar after Sana uses her Dream of Alice, suddenly landing herself and Sanae in the shop. Even after things quiet down, Zoroku scolds Sana for breaking her promise not to use her power. Then Naito, an old acquaintance of Zoroku's, enters the scene with a proposal for Zoroku. Meanwhile, Kito and his team in pursuit of Sana are steadily closing in...
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
7.0/103 votes#15 - Something Not Human
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/23/2017
Minnie C and her group took advantage of a moment's negligence to kidnap Sana. Left behind at his office, Zoroku demands answers from Naito as to just what Sana really is. Meanwhile, the giant "arms" controlled by Minnie C have Sana completely trapped, and Minnie C asks her, "Did you think that you were human?" Just when it seems all hope is lost, Sana's powerful thoughts take the situation in an unexpected direction...
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
7.0/103 votes#16 - The Kashimura Family
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/14/2017
The seasons have quickly turned to winter. The matter of the research facility has been resolved, and life is normal again in Zoroku's household. Sana seems to have fully adjusted to being a member of the Kashimura family, as well. After seeing Sanae off on her way to school, she heads for the flower shop with Zoroku, where she sometimes helps with his work. She still has some trouble with stamina, but she has adapted well to the outside world. Then, one day, Sana goes out with Zoroku to get her overgrown hair cut...
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
7.0/103 votes#17 - Friends
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/21/2017
Zoroku is making a trip to Yokohama to meet a client, so he takes Sana with him. Accompanied by Ichijo, Sana is impressed by the sight of the ocean and the robot-operated factory that she visits, and enjoys her day out to the fullest. Rejoined by Zoroku, the trio visits Chinatown, but then Asahi and Yonaga suddenly appear after being unseen ever since the research facility incident was resolved. The twins run away as Sana and Ichijo chase after them...
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
7.0/103 votes#18 - The Evil Witch
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/28/2017
Shikishima Hatori is a completely ordinary grade school girl. Then, one day, she develops a "Dream of Alice" power. Hurt by the sight of her parents constantly fighting over her future schooling, Hatori prays that they'll go back to being her kind mom and dad again... and that dream is realized in a way she never expected. Meanwhile, Sana is helping out at the flower shop as usual, waiting excitedly for Asahi and Yonaga to come for a visit...
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
7.0/103 votes#19 - Where the Cheshire Cat Smiles
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/4/2017
Sana collapsed after meeting Hatori and Ayumu, and Asahi and Yonaga brought her back to Zoroku's house. The three girls are now having a great time playing together for the first time in so long. Then Sana comes up with a plan to teach Hatori a lesson for doing something so awful to Zoroku. Meanwhile, Hatori's emotional state has changed yet again after her encounter with Sana. She tells her best friend, Ayumu, that she's used her power too much and can't go to school again. So a concerned Ayumu returns to Harajuku to search for Sana.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
7.0/103 votes#20 - The Little Queen
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/11/2017
A collision with a "Dream of Alice" power has left Sana and Hatori trapped in the deepest part of Wonderland. They wander all over this world so unlike their own, but there's no sign of an exit anywhere. Meanwhile. after learning what's happened to Sana, Zoroku and Sanae head to Wonderland with Ichijo. They can't help gazing with wonder at their first sight of Wonderland, the place where Sana was born. But they've barely begun the search before Ichijo...
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
6.7/103 votes#21 - The Queen and the Witch
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/18/2017
Ten days have passed in the outside world since Sana and Hatori got trapped in Wonderland. Ayumu, remembering a promise they once made, begins to worry that Hatori won't ever come back. As he and Sanae search, Zoroku looks back on on all the things that have happened since they met Sana. Meanwhile, Sana and Hatori finally find an exit out of Wonderland, but it has already begun expanding at an accelerated rate, to the point that it's affecting the outside world...
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
6.5/102 votes#22 - Youth is a Lovely Thing
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/23/2009
After being asked by Yasuko to accompany her to school, Fumi worries about who to walk to school with: her childhood friend or girl who she likes. When revealing her predicament to Akira, she laughs and they come up with a solution to her problem. In the meantime, Kyouko starts to inquire about Yasuko...
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
6.5/102 votes#23 - The Case of the Missing Hinata Apartment Money: A Mystery
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/14/2000
A thief has stolen the rent money of Hinata Inn and everyone panics. That is everyone except Detective Kitsune and her sidekick Kaolla Su. The cast begins to assemble the clues and attempt to solve the mystery of the missing rent money.
Director: Katsushi Sakurabi
Writer: Mitsuyasu Sakai
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"When You Go To The Sea" is the best rated episode directed by Katsushi Sakurabi. It scored 8.4/10 based on 7 votes. It was written by Tatsuto Higuchi. It aired on 11/27/2008 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "One Step Forward".