The Best Episodes Directed By Nanako Shimazaki

Takeo and Rinko are now text pals. Takeo's heart skips a beat every time he gets a girly text from Rinko, but he believes Rinko has fallen for Suna and vows to make her dream come true.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Natsuko Takahashi

Rinko's birthday is fast approaching, and Takeo plans out their birthday date with Suna's help. Sensing something amiss with Suna, Rinko suggests inviting Suna to their date, but Suna says that he has something he needs to do that day...

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Natsuko Takahashi

Summer means going to the beach! Takeo and Rinko's crew get together for a beach outing. Always dazzled by Takeo's superhuman abilities, Rinko's plan is to set Takeo's heart a-flutter with her swimsuit, but will it result in anything more?

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Seiko Takagi

Mariya Saijou, a classmate of Takeo's, would not count running as one of her favorite activities, but she ends up being assigned to a relay at the school festival along with Takeo. He tries to help her improve through practice. Mariya, who barely knows Takeo, gradually comes to realize his rare qualities...

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Natsuko Takahashi

Takeo's long-awaited birthday has finally arrived. Rinko really wants to make it a memorable one by attempting a first kiss. But Takeo's obliviousness may ruin everything...

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Seiko Takagi

With help from Takeo and Rinko, Yukika finally manages to tell Sunakawa her feelings. Yukika takes it even a step further by inviting Suna to go on a date with her to a zoo! Yet despite having had a great time there, Yukika looks unhappy...

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Seiko Takagi

After hearing Roberto's threat against Eva, Tenma decides to confess to all charges against him so he can be placed in the same van transporting a prisoner to a Federal Penetentary as the prisoner is arranging for a jailbreak.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

While trying to escape from police in Frankfurt, Tenma is hit by a van. He awakes in the Turkish Quarter of the city, the same one that he saved from The Baby's plot. The man who saved him plans to kill Petr Capek at a convention, but he fails at this task and is shot dead. Nina, in Frankfurt, sees the picture of Petr Capek and it triggers yet another memory.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Seigo Nishikawa

Ippos day off. Miyata and Mashiba face off.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: N/A

A man who claims to be the son of a millionaire has committed suicide, and a detective is determined to solve the case.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Namiko Abe

Ippo practices shadow boxing.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: N/A

Professor Ochanomizu brings a battered robot dog home and attempts to fix it. Soon after, a mysterious man claiming to be the owner visits his house.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Tatsuro Inamoto

Shinpachi is forced into a plot to assassinate the inaugural prime minister of Japan, Donald Zuramp!

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Masaki Tachihara

Senpai visits Nagatoro’s home to deliver handouts from school. Her sister lets him in and decides to mess with both him and Nagatoro.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Taku Kishimoto

Vash is completely smitten with Elizabeth, a stunning beauty who has arrived in town to repair the local plant. Hopefully Vash isn’t too distracted by her charms - because the enemy is very close indeed.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Yosuke Kuroda

Shido wakes up and finds that the world around him is different. His attempt to thwart disaster may have succeeded, but for how long will it last?

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Hideki Shirane

With Keita ill before the big exams Ako and Riko step up to the mark by getting out of school and making Keita feel better by nursing him back to health, but a slow recovery is the last thing Keita wants as his two stepsisters fight for the place closest to his heart. Both of them end up licking the sweat off his body, which passes the cold over to them whilst Keita makes a full recovery. The final exams are overseen by Yūzuki, who is surprised to find Keita there. Whilst Keita takes his exams, Ako and Riko remember how Keita was there for them when they were taking their exams. After returning from his exams, Keita gives his thanks to a sleeping Ako and Riko, who are surprised about it once he leaves.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: N/A

Voices are creeping the underground world (the film which Doc and Ichise watched) retelling Lux's history, the surface world of Hades, and many prophetic things about Ichise. Shinji attemps to kill everyone of the Class. A voice sounding like Ran tells Onishi to kill the Obelisk.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Chiaki J. Konaka

Aratake, the strongest delinquent in school, and his gang can't believe Naoya Shirakawa, a former gang leader himself, has gone soft; so the gang abducts a cross-dressing Yukimura, who they mistake for Naoya's girlfriend.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Masahiro Yokotani

When young Hibiki is attacked by the Noise, she suddenly transforms into an armored warrior to fight them off. But when the government comes to clean up, instead of actually thanking her, they... arrest her...?!

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Akifumi Kaneko

The 4 hour game of "Restricted Rock Paper Scissors" is nearing its end and Kaiji's group is forced to join Funai's idea of reshuffling all the cards amongst the remaining participants. However soon afterwards they are stuck in their tracks with no one to play against. Kaiji was finally able to stop Funai from getting any more matches, after revealing his cheating plan and also comes up with a risky plan to survive.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Mitsutaka Hirota

Ippo learns how to heal his right fist and gets ready for the All Japan but something happens his powerful right punches!

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Ryosuke Nakamura

After a sudden call from Mato, Minare goes on air for the first official episode of her program to give a fictitious report about how she killed Mitsuo, her ex-boyfriend.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: N/A

Hideki discovered that Shinbo and Ms. Shimizu on the street hugging each other. The next day, Shinbo and Ms. Shimizu aren't at class. And then Sumomo is left in Hideki's care! Could something be up with those two? And isn't Ms. Shimizu married?

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Sumio Uetake

Alice is in a pretty bad mood. Her dorm doesn't allow pets but she's secretly taking care of a kitten; her mentor Athena is an absolute clutz; and to top it all off, she has decided that her left hand isn't as skilled as her right hand, and is therefore useless. Though Alice certainly does have a strange set of problems, and they all seem separate from each other, she's certain to discover that the answers to each all are connected.

Director: Nanako Shimazaki

Writer: Reiko Yoshida