9.0/101 votes#1 - Cheerful Child
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/5/2014
Handsome young master calligrapher Handa Seishuu has been exiled to a far-western island for punching a critic. He plans to focus on his writing in solitude, but rambunctious little Naru won't leave him alone...
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
9.0/101 votes#2 - Glad You're Back
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/27/2014
With his calligraphy exhibition entry finished, Handa wants to return to the island and the people he cares about there. Unfortunately, his mom is dead set against it. How will he convince her to let him go?
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
7.5/102 votes#3 - The Lost Genesis
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/20/2016
Loser shows the others his memories, and Kyōma starts to remember more of his past as they search for the lost coil, Genesis.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Ryou Higaki
7.5/106 votes#4 - IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 12/4/2004
With the felling of Dejima Bridge by the refugees, a rumor circulates around the Cabinet that the refugees plan a mass suicide bombing using nuclear bombs. Fearing this, the Cabinet steps up the attack against the city. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Kayabuki has been secretly arrested and taken to an unknown location. Aramaki, Togusa and Proto, in trying to help the P.M. are also taken into custody and secured in her office. With Section 9 having entered the non-communication zone and Aramaki being cut off from communication, Ishikawa and a Tachikoma make their way to Spring-8 on their own. Meanwhile, Gouda has sent an unwitting Section 4 after Section 9 to retrieve the plutonium.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
7.5/102 votes#5 - Pyrophoric Cult, Part II
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/7/2015
Motoko and the gang have caught their man--or have they?
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: N/A
7.4/1011 votes#6 - C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/2002
As Togusa and Bato track down Nanao, Motoko and Paz are attempting to protect the Superintendent-General at a press conference about the police misuse of interceptors. When the virus does hit, Motoko and Paz have to act fast to save the intended victim. Meanwhile, the road to Nanao=A hits a dead end.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
7.1/1010 votes#7 - SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/1/2003
Batou goes undercover on a military base to shadow one of his former heroes, a man named Zaitsev who was an Olympic silver medalist. Now, however, he's under suspicion of espionage. Batou befriends him easily, and the two really seem to get along--which is unusual for Batou. But when Batou learns the truth behind his hero, he must make a very difficult decision.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Nobutoshi Terado
7.0/109 votes#8 - C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/1/2003
Motoko is about to be fitted for her new prosthetic body. But when the doctor arrives and begins the procedure, it's clear that she has no intent of letting Motoko out alive. Meanwhile, Aramaki receives a disturbing message that his brother has been kidnapped.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
6.8/1010 votes#9 - C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/1/2003
Motoko enters into an online chat room devoted to the Laughing Man to see if she can find any new information on him. What she discovers is a spirited debate among the self-proclaimed "fans" of the Laughing Man, but very little hard evidence.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Dai Sato
6.5/1013 votes#10 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2004
Armed terrorists have taken over the Chinese Embassy in New Port City. Holding an unknown number of hostages, the group, calling themselves the Individual Eleven, are demanding that the government cease accepting Asian refugees and dissolve the five Asian refugee camps situated throughout Japan. The members of Section 9 have mobilized and are in position to move in. However, due to the events of the Laughing Man Incident (1st GIG), Section 9 technically no longer exists. The unit must wait for an official order from Chief Aramaki, who is busy making his case in front of the new Prime Minister of Japan.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
6.4/107 votes#11 - IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 6/5/2004
Section 9 has uncovered Shō Kawashima's ("FAKE FOOD") external memory device on the net. Hidden in a route to the Asian matrix only accessible through the European array, Section 9 concludes that the device was hidden by Gouda. Unfortunately, Gouda has left no trace of his movements in the device. The Major prepares to dive into the device with Bōma and Ishikawa watching her closely. However, before she can dive, Aramaki notifies her that someone even more important than the external memory device has just surfaced...
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
6.3/107 votes#12 - IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 8/7/2004
Ishikawa returns from the Peninsula with the latest intel on Kuze, but is surprised to learn of a possible refugee uprising. The Major and Aramaki are sent to see the Prime Minister to discuss this matter and the existence of "hub cyberbrains". While they wait, the rest of the team listens to Ishikawa's report on Kuze's past.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
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"Cheerful Child" is the best rated episode directed by Masaki Tachibana. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Pierre Sugiura. It aired on 7/5/2014 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Glad You're Back".