10.0/102 votes#1 - Preparations for Interception! Rob Lucci Strikes!
Season 22 Episode 1099 - Aired 3/31/2024
CP-0 led by Rob Lucci makes a forced landing at Egghead and people on the Fabriophase are plunged into confusion while Shaka and the others prepare to fight back on the Labophase. The enraged Atlas stands up to defend the peace of the island.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Ryo Yamazaki
10.0/101 votes#2 - The Holy Land in Tumult! Sai and Leo's Full-Power Blow!
Season 22 Episode 1118 - Aired 9/8/2024
In the Holy Land Mary Geoise during the Reverie, Sabo runs into Bartholomew Kuma’s daughter Bonney. Meanwhile, King Cobra of the Kingdom of Alabasta begins asking the Five Elders questions that trouble them.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Shouji Yonemura
9.5/104 votes#3 - An Unexpectedly Uphill Battle! Vegeta's Great Blast of Fury!
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 3/27/2016
Vegeta is struggling during his match with Magetta. What is Magetta doing to Vegeta?!
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: N/A
9.3/103 votes#4 - A Chaotic Victory Party! Showdown at Last? Monaka vs. Goku!
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 5/8/2016
The Tournament may be over, but Goku still wants to battle Monaku to see how really strong he is. While Beers and the rest of Dragon Ball Cast try and keep his secret hidden from Goku.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: N/A
9.3/103 votes#5 - Goku vs. Black! A Closed-Off Road to the Future
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 7/3/2016
Goku Black invades from Trunks' future! Excited to fight a strong opponent, Goku immediately challenges him to one-on-one combat, but Goku Black isn't taking the fight seriously?!
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: N/A
9.0/102 votes#6 - Kaido Laughs! The Emperors of the Sea vs. the New Generation!
Season 21 Episode 1018 - Aired 5/22/2022
Luffy pummels Kaido with his well-trained Kong Gatling and delivers a final blow using all his strength. Big Mom tries to fight back, but Law gets in her way and Kid and Killer also try to finish Kaido off.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Shinzo Fujita
8.5/101 votes#7 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2016
"I've got nothing, so I'm going there." Former small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale "Shinigami" that the great artist Yurakutei Yakumo performed to him in prison. After his release, he goes right to Yakumo's theater, and pleads to be made his apprentice. He's accepted, but quckly finds himself dealing with many strange twists in the world of rakugo, including a growing bond with Yakumo's ward, Konatsu, and reminders from his own inescapable past.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Jun Kumagai
8.0/101 votes#8 - Zoro, Stunned! The Shocking Identity of the Mysterious Woman!
Season 21 Episode 935 - Aired 8/2/2020
Luffy’s next enemies in the deadly sumo match in the Excavation Labor Camp are two tough Gifters. Much to Old Man Hyo’s surprise, Luffy keeps practicing using Haki properly at the same time as he fights them. Meanwhile, the wounded Zoro wakes up to find out the stunning identity of the mysterious woman he saved.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Ryo Yamazaki
8.0/101 votes#9 - Crossing Swords! Roger and Whitebeard!
Season 21 Episode 965 - Aired 3/7/2021
Orochi plots to take the shogunate with Higurashi's assistance. As Oden continues his journey with the Whitebeard Pirates, he finally encounters the Roger Pirates. A clash between Edward Newgate and Gol D. Roger ensues.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Jin Tanaka
7.9/109 votes#10 - C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/18/2003
Following the events of the "RE-VIEW", Togusa has been rushed to the hospital. Just before he goes into surgery, he passes what he has learned to the rest of his team. As he fights for his life, his colleagues at Section 9 take over the case to find the vaccine recipient ledger and the person responsible for taking it. However, others in the government are not happy about this investigation. The Drug and Narcotic Suppression Squad, the same unit that had shot Togusa in the previous episode, is again dispatched by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare in order to find the thief and the ledger before Section 9 does.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Dai Sato
7.5/102 votes#11 - That Starlike Fairy...
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2005
Fall has arrived in Neo-Venezia and the girls have switched into their winter uniforms. And yet, Aika feels so unmotivated... She wants to do more than just go through the motions of everyday practice. She wants to really sharpen her skills, and become as good as the legendary Great Water Fairy, the greatest Undine of all time! So the three of them are sent to go visit this legendary lady in her house out in the country... but she's nothing like what the girls expect.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Ayuna Fujisaki
7.5/102 votes#12 - Those Orange Days...
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2005
On one bleak winter day, when the clouds are thick and the snow is gently falling, the girls finish their sculling practice to find that Alicia, Aika and Athena are all together at the Aria Company, sitting around the fire. Over cups of hot cocoa, they discuss their younger days, and how it was that they all came to be friends.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Ayuna Fujisaki
7.5/102 votes#13 - To the New Era! Settled! The Determination of the Brats
Season 21 Episode 1067 - Aired 7/2/2023
Kid’s all-out deadly attack and Law’s tactical action leave Big Mom in the lurch. Then she remembers what Roger said in the past and wonders if the treasure he mentioned is out there after all.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Shinzo Fujita
7.3/1018 votes#14 - Hope x And x Ambition
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2011
During the first test, a number of participants fall out from fatigue after running for at least forty kilometers. Leorio almost gives up until he is encouraged by Gon, who waits for him. Killua, a participant, is introduced and he is curious of Gon's personality when he discovers that the boy is the same age as him. Kurapika and Leorio talk about the reason for being a hunter, with Kurapika wanting to take down the Phantom Troupe as his clan was massacred by them for their precious scarlet eyes, which manifest when the Kurta uses their heightened sense. Leorio aims to be a hunter for money, for purely altruistic reasons, as his childhood friend died of an illness without the funds to save him. He wishes to be a doctor so he can give his patients free treatment. Finally, the participants reach the end of the tunnel they are in and up to the surface to the Numere Wetlands, also known as Swindlers' Swamp.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Atsushi Maekawa
7.0/101 votes#15 - While I Wait For You
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2014
Murakami Ryota's best friend, Kuroneko, died in an accident trying to prove aliens existed when they were kids. Now, a girl who looks just like her transfers into his high school. When confronted Kuroha Neko insists she isn't Kuroneko, but she ends up revealing something else even more surprising...
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Yukinori Kitajima
6.8/1010 votes#16 - SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/2003
A new sniper device is tested out, but is found to have flaws. While Section 9 attends a debriefing session on the fate of the sniping device, the Tachikomas themselves begin to worry that tomorrow they could be the ones that are scrapped. The Tachikomas of Section 9 unite and discuss the various issues dealing with them that have occurred within previous episodes. They worry that the Major does not appreciate them. At the same time, the Major is looking into the idea of proceeding without the Tachikomas at Section 9's side. "Machine désirante (Desiring-Machine)" is one of the key concepts of Anti-Œdipus, written by contemporary French philosopher Gilles Deleuze.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.4/107 votes#17 - DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 8/7/2004
During a scheduled maintenance, the Tachikomas begin to chat away about the Individual Eleven. While talking in their new "forum", Batou and Togusa appear and take one of the Tachikomas - who just happens to be Batou's pet - with them to Spring-8 to look at the scientific evidence gathered on the Individual Eleven.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
6.4/107 votes#18 - IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 10/2/2004
Section 9 heads to Etorofu in search of Kuze. During their investigations, the Major finds an interesting floppy disk on the body of a dead addict. The floppy proves to be a goldmine of information, as it contains records of plutonium transactions. The last buyer to purchase the material was a group of Asian refugees. Realizing the transaction is about to take place, the team rushes to the location and is surprised by what they find.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
6.2/108 votes#19 - DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/8/2004
Several bombings have occurred throughout New Port City. Each time, Section 9 arrives too late to stop their detonations. With a fifth and final bomb set to go off somewhere in the city, the unit puts all of the information they have found from the first four bombings together. Even the Cabinet Intelligence Service is having their fair share of difficulties. A hacker has infiltrated its incredibly advanced computer security system. The hacker enters the vast array of information stored at the CIS and begins to collect data...
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
6.1/108 votes#20 - IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/2004
During a visit to the Dejima Refugee Residential District off the coast of Nagasaki, Prime Minister Kayabuki receives a bouquet of flowers that is accompanied by an envelope stamped with the diamond seal seen in "NATURAL ENEMY". The envelope contains a letter that promises an attempt to take the Prime Minister's life. At a meeting of the Prime Minister's Cabinet, Aramaki is shown the letter and told that so far the stamp on the envelope has turned up in eight other terrorist incidents. The Cabinet calls for Section 9's assistance. However, much to the unit members' chagrin, Section 9 will not be deployed in an offensive role.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
6.0/108 votes#21 - DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/1/2004
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is put on full display. A Japanese National named Gino, who suffered through the horrors of Non-Nuclear World War IV, the Second Vietnam War, now passes his days as a helicopter pilot for the chairman of a media conglomerate. His cushy job, however, does not take away the sheer internal pain that Gino is facing. As he moves through his isolated existence, Gino leaps between reality and fantasy. However, he keeps his dementia solely to himself. Having no one to help him, his condition continues to worsen.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
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"Preparations for Interception! Rob Lucci Strikes!" is the best rated episode directed by Kenichi Takeshita. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Ryo Yamazaki. It aired on 3/31/2024 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Holy Land in Tumult! Sai and Leo's Full-Power Blow!".