The Best Episodes Directed By Shunsuke Machitani

On the way home from an enjoyable Summerket. They bump into Aragaki Ayase, Kirino's best friend.

Director: Shunsuke Machitani

Writer: N/A

This city has been dead for over thirty years, abandoned after the biological weapons strike rendered it uninhabitable. A lone man prowls the dead streets, looking for useful loot. He stumbles across something he never expected - a warm greeting.

Director: Shunsuke Machitani

Writer: Shogo Yasukawa

After many hours of hard work, the Junker manages to fix the projector. For the first time in decades, Yumemi does what she was made for - presenting the starry sky to an eager and attentive audience.

Director: Shunsuke Machitani

Writer: Shogo Yasukawa

Yumemi and the Junker travel through the lifeless city. Yumemi continues to provide a glimpse of the past - the features of the city as she remembers them - as the Junker ponders what he can achieve in the future.

Director: Shunsuke Machitani

Writer: Naokatsu Tsuda

A young girl contacts the Narumi Detective Agency about her missing grandfather. But what does her case have to do with Shadow Fuuto?

Director: Shunsuke Machitani

Writer: Toshizo Nemoto

W and Accel are forced out of Shadow Fuuto by the nuclear-powered Nikaido and his army of monstrous Road Dopants. Will they find their way back in time to rescue Tokime and Rentaro?

Director: Shunsuke Machitani

Writer: Toshizo Nemoto

Holo and Lawrence visit the port in Renos, where they sit down for a meal. Holo uses her sharp senses and informs Lawrence that foreign fur merchants are unable to sell their wares, resulting in some unrest. However, she becomes inebriated from the meal and has to rest. Lawrence, meanwhile, visits a local bar to gather information and learns that the entire town is on edge due to some issues with the fur trade. After dinner, Lawrence goes to talk with the innkeeper but is interrupted by the arrival of the mysterious cloaked stranger, who introduces herself as Eve Bolan. She and Lawrence briefly chat, and she tells him that they should chat further if their interests coincide.

Director: Shunsuke Machitani

Writer: Naruhisa Arakawa

The final battle!

Director: Shunsuke Machitani

Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi

A man in a beat-up cloak watches Kirito fight his first battle and demands to know if he's "the real thing". The man has the tattoo of Laughing Coffin, a murderer's guild that existed within SAO. He tells Kirito that he'll kill him someday, and vanishes.

Director: Shunsuke Machitani

Writer: Yukito Kizawa