The Best Episodes Directed By Nanako Shimazaki
Every TV Episode Directed by Nanako Shimazaki Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Nanako Shimazaki Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Nanako Shimazaki is "My Romance", rated 10/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by Natsuko Takahashi". "My Romance" aired on 4/16/2015 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "My Friend".
10.0/10 2 votes#1 - My Romance
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/16/2015
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
10.0/10 2 votes#2 - My Friend
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/28/2015
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
10.0/10 2 votes#3 - My Ocean
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/18/2015
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
10.0/10 2 votes#4 - My Girlfriend
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/16/2015
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
10.0/10 2 votes#5 - My Birthday
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/6/2015
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
10.0/10 2 votes#6 - The Letter to Me
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/3/2015
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
9.5/10 2 votes#7 - Determination
Season 1 Episode 53 - Aired 5/4/2005
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
9.3/10 3 votes#8 - A Pleasant Dinner Table
Season 1 Episode 62 - Aired 7/6/2005
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
9.0/10 2 votes#9 - Another Semi-Final
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/2001
Ippos day off. Miyata and Mashiba face off.
Director: Nanako Shimazaki
Writer: N/A
9.0/10 2 votes#10 - The Secret Woods
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 10/6/2004
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
8.7/10 3 votes#11 - Shadow Boxing
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2000
Ippo practices shadow boxing.
Director: Nanako Shimazaki
Writer: N/A
8.7/10 7 votes#12 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2023
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
8.5/10 4 votes#13 - Lost July
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/7/1998
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
8.5/10 2 votes#14 - Specter
Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 9/9/2018
Shinpachi is forced into a plot to assassinate the inaugural prime minister of Japan, Donald Zuramp!
Director: Nanako Shimazaki
Writer: Masaki Tachihara
8.2/10 5 votes#15 - Why Don't You Come Inside, Senpai-kun?
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2023
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
8.0/10 1 votes#16 - Another World, Another Girl
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 3/15/2019
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
8.0/10 1 votes#17 - At Last, the Real Thing!
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/7/2010
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
8.0/10 2 votes#18 - Encephalopathy
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/18/2003
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
8.0/10 2 votes#19 - Idiots & Juveniles & Heroes &...
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/24/2010
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
8.0/10 1 votes#20 - Noise and Disharmony
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2012
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
8.0/10 2 votes#21 - To Enemy Ground
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/30/2001
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
8.0/10 1 votes#22 - You’re Not Getting Out Alive
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/2/2020
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
8.0/10 3 votes#23 - Chii Doesn't Do Anything
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/16/2002
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
7.5/10 2 votes#24 - That Which You Want to Protect...
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2005
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
7.3/10 3 votes#25 - Chi Wears And Takes Off
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/10/2002
Hideki takes Chi to work. There, Chi changes into the wrong uniform. Ueda tells her it's the wrong one, but before she goes to change, Yumi sees her wearing it from outside the shop and runs away crying. As it turns out, Yumi used to work at the store, and that had been her uniform. When Yumi was working for Mr. Ueda, the two had started falling in love, but when Yumi learned about Mr. Ueda's previous marriage to a Persocom, she concluded that he believed Persocoms to be superior to humans, so she quit her job at his bakery and broke off the relationship.
Director: Nanako Shimazaki
Writer: Akiko Horii