7.7/106 votes#1 - IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 1/8/2005
Kuze and the Major come up with a plan to save the refugees, but the chances of its success are slim. Realizing this, the Tachikomas disobey the Major's orders and come up with a plan of their own. Batou has also disobeyed the Major's orders to go to the bridge and is desperately searching for her in the ruins of Dejima. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister is frustrated with being spurned by the Chief Cabinet Secretary. Determined to be remembered as more than a mere figurehead, she takes matters into her own hands.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
7.0/107 votes#2 - DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 7/3/2004
While on an assignment guarding the Prime Minister, Saitou and the Tachikomas pass the time playing poker with a few policemen who are also assigned to the case. Much to the chagrin of the other men, Saitou wins hand after hand. The Tachikomas take notice of Saitou's uncanny accuracy and start to comment. Their constant chattering quickly gets on the other player's nerves, so to smooth things over Saitou recounts his time working as a sniper for mercenaries in Mexico.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
7.0/106 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. Regrouping, the team decides to refocus the investigation to the events surrounding Kuze. They start a secret investigation into Sagawa Electronics, the company responsible for the nuclear material transaction, and find that Gouda was involved. Meanwhile, as the boat heads for Dejima, Kuze makes his own unsettling discovery.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
7.0/102 votes#4 - 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
6.8/1010 votes#5 - SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2002
"Tachikoma Runaway": The Tachikoma that Batou has been feeding natural oil to awakens before the other Tachikomas do and leaves the hanger to have an adventure. On the town, it meets up with a girl named Miki who is searching for her dog. "The Movie Director's Dream": While out on its adventure, Batou's Tachikoma found a cyberbrain that has something very interesting within it. One of Section 9's lab techs has become "lost" inside the device, and it's up to the Major to bring him back.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.7/1011 votes#6 - SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2002
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
6.7/109 votes#7 - SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/28/2003
Chinese Vice Minister Jin has arrived in Japan to visit the Kagoshima War Memorial where hundreds of Japanese and Chinese soldiers and civilians from a previous war have been interred. Many protesters are demonstrating against the Vice Minister's visit to the memorial. Security is of the utmost concern in this matter. That's where Section 9 comes into the picture...
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
6.5/108 votes#8 - DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/7/2004
A joint training exercise between the Japanese Ground and Maritime Self-Defense Armies that takes place within the sealed sector of New Port City's Refugee District goes awry, putting the Asian refugees in danger. Section 9 Chief Aramaki takes the matter up with Kubota, his friend at the Ministry of Defense. While there, Aramaki is approached by a man from the Cabinet Intelligence Service: Kazunoto Gouda. Acting as a representative for his superior, the Chief Cabinet Secretary, Gōda requests that Aramaki bring the full force of Section 9 to bear on the situation. There's just one catch...
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 7.7/10 based on 6 votes. It was written by Kenji Kamiyama. It aired on 1/8/2005 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE".