7.9/107 votes#1 - IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 1/8/2005
The tables seem to be turning in favor of Section 9, but the nuclear missile is still being prepared for launch.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
7.1/108 votes#2 - DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 7/3/2004
Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
7.1/107 votes#3 - IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 11/6/2004
Much to the chagrin of Batou, Motoko, and the rest of the team, Kuze and the refugees manage to escape in one of the camouflaged boats. They are further hampered when an explosion causes heavy losses, leaving them unable to follow the fleeing boat.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
7.0/1011 votes#4 - SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/1/2003
One of the Tachikomas decides to take a little stroll through the city. It meets a little girl, Miki, who is searching for her lost dog and it agrees to help her. On their journey, the Tachikoma finds a strange box.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
7.0/102 votes#5 - In the Case of Mai Minase
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/20/2002
In the first volume of the .hack//Liminality series, a Japanese school girl Mai Minase and her friend Tomonari Kasumi became unconscious from playing an online computer game and was rushed to the hospital. Fortunately, Mai Minase regained consciousness, but Tomonari remains in a comatose state. Later after the incident, Mai is one day on her way to school until she ran into a man named Junichiro Tokuoka who claims to know what caused her friend Tomonari to be in a coma. At that time, Mai doesn't know or believes him. Later, Mai had no choice but to believe Tokuoka and tries to find out how the popular online game, "The World" did this to Tomonari. Can Mai and Tokuoka find out clues about "The World" and wake Tomonari Kasumi up out of his coma?
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Kazunori Ito
6.8/1012 votes#6 - SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2002
A certain type of android, the GA07_JL, nicknamed Jeri by its users, has been affected by a virus. Recently, all Jeri model androids have been committing "suicide". Section 9 is called in as it may be related to a virus detected in an android at the National Assembly Building.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.7/1010 votes#7 - SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 6/1/2003
Aramaki attends the funeral of an old war buddy, and is greeted by his departed friend's daughter. Later, Section 9 is assigned the task of protecting the Chinese Foreign Minister from being assassinated.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
6.7/109 votes#8 - DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/7/2004
A routine live-fire exercise goes wrong, leaving a fleet of AI controlled helicopters flying above a refugee area, firing on anyone who comes near. And a mysterious and creepy man known as Gohda arrives to tell Section 9 how to handle it.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
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"IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG" is the best rated episode directed by Masayuki Yoshihara. It scored 7.9/10 based on 7 votes. It was written by Kenji Kamiyama. It aired on 1/8/2005 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE".