8.8/104 votes#1 - String from the Sky
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/5/2006
Seijirou is fascinated by the stars and enjoys stargazing. One day he was by the riverbed with the village nanny Fuki when she notices a string coming down the sky and as she tries to pull all of a sudden she disappears, right before Seijirou's eye. Ginko is travelling through the mountains and is being followed by a peculiar girl. It turns out that it's Fuki, who has been exposed to a strong Mushi presence and can't be seen by anyone.
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Aki Itami
8.0/101 votes#2 - We're Off! Land of Suspension Bridges
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/18/2024
On their way to meet up with Nadeshiko for a three-girl camping trip, Rin and Ayano bike their way around Ikawa to see the area's impressive array of suspension bridges.
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Pierre Sugiura
7.8/1011 votes#3 - Meeting the Goblins
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2018
The slime Mikami and the Storm Dragon Veldora decide to give each other names. Veldora gives the slime Mikami the name "Rimuru," and Rimuru comes up with a family name for both of them: "Tempest." Then Rimuru uses his Predator skill to take Veldora into his body and analyze the "Unlimited Imprisonment" seal in hopes of breaking it... but this action sends a shock through the nations surrounding the Great Forest of Jura. With Veldora gone, there's a chance that the larger nations could become bold and invade the smaller provinces. With no knowledge of this, Rimuru leaves the cave and meets some Goblins.
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
7.5/1013 votes#4 - Hellhounds for Hire (1)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/10/2004
After leaving the domineering Fuu behind, Mugen and Jin arrive in town. Once there, it's not long before they're hired on as bodyguards by the two clans that run the city.
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Shinji Obara
6.5/102 votes#5 - The Defiers
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2016
Akane and the team go to an abandoned section for special training. During the latter part of their training, they meet a group called "The Defiers." Hybrid of human and animals, they have super strengths, and begins attacking Akane and the team.
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Takamitsu Kohno
6.5/102 votes#6 - Your Name…
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/2016
With "despair" being the key to the Divine Gate, both Akane and Midori's loss of their significant person tragically gives them access to the Gate as well. However, Aoto is up for more despair as he faces his twin brother, Ariton.
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Natsuko Takahashi
6.0/102 votes#7 - Devour
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/2023
Isagi realizes that the conclusion of the match is in his and Naruhaya's hands. However, how will he go about beating Naruhaya? This will be a game that will not depend on genius players, but on "mediocre" players.
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
5.5/102 votes#8 - Donkey
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/2023
Isagi begins to realize that his former teammates made a great trio with Reo, making the best use of their own weapons. Now, he'll have to think about how he's going to get his much-desired "chemical reaction" with Nagi and Barou, if not, he won't be able to win. That said, the Barou remain not very cooperative...
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
4.0/101 votes#9 - The Time Has Come
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/26/2023
Rin chooses to add Isagi to his team, and together with Bachira they pass the second selection. Waiting for them on the other side is a 5-on-5 match against a team of world-class players. Thanks to Isagi, Bachira, and Rin's coordinated play, they manage to score the first goal, but they soon find themselves overwhelmed by the opposing team's superior skill and ability. Despite this, they desperately keep fighting until the last second, unleashing their own "egos." As a result, the "Blue Lock" project, aiming to produce the world's greatest striker, enters a new phase.
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
1.0/101 votes#10 - Poemy is in a Bad Mood
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/7/2001
At the start of a new school year the over-energetic Poemy Watanabe is introduced, along with her adoptive parents Nabeshin and Kumi-Kumi. Poemy rushes to the school to be the first there, at the same time she repeatedly proclaims her desire to become a successful voice actress. At the school, Poemy's best girl friend, Futaba Aasu, is presented as Poemy's biggest supporter and in fact perennially sexually attracted to her. Back from school, Poemy and Futaba realize the horror of finding Poemy's parents and their robot dog crucified by Alien #1, an extraterrestrial assassin with peculiar genitalia. Her home destroyed, Poemy moves in with Futaba and her six sisters. Later, a massive alien robot attacks the city, whereupon it turns out that Futaba and her sisters are actually a secret team of super-powered heroines dedicated to defending the Earth, also known as Sol III. Unfortunately, the Aasu sisters' magic is strictly defensive, so they are unable to defeat the rampaging robot.
Director: Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Yosuke Kuroda
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"String from the Sky" is the best rated episode directed by Shintaro Inokawa. It scored 8.8/10 based on 4 votes. It was written by Aki Itami. It aired on 3/5/2006 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "We're Off! Land of Suspension Bridges".