The Best Episodes Directed By Tadahito Matsubayashi
Every TV Episode Directed by Tadahito Matsubayashi Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Tadahito Matsubayashi Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Tadahito Matsubayashi is "End of the Prologue", rated 9.188/10 from 16 user votes. It was "written by Kenta Ihara". "End of the Prologue" aired on 12/30/2019 and is rated 0.9 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "An Empty Man".
9.2/10 16 votes#1 - End of the Prologue
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/30/2019
Askeladd comes forth before King Sweyn and implores him to halt his invasion of Wales. Meanwhile, Thorfinn decides to return home at Leif’s urging. However, the moment before he boards the ship, Thorfinn catches a glimpse of a single tern taking off into the sky...
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Kenta Ihara
8.3/10 9 votes#2 - An Empty Man
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/2023
Thorfinn has nightmares almost every night, but he can never remember what he dreamed about — and that bothers him.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.2/10 6 votes#3 - Great Purpose
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 4/25/2023
As Snake intensifies his search, Arnheid tells Einar and Thorfinn everything she's done. Knowing the risks, Einar and Thorfinn offer to help her.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
8.0/10 8 votes#4 - It's Hard, but Not Impossible
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/2021
Miyamura runs into some unfriendly faces. Hori tries to get Miyamura to fulfill her darkest desires. Mizouchi's love is unrequited. Tanihara confronts his past with Miyamura.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Takawo Yoshioka
8.0/10 2 votes#5 - A New Appearance! The Gotei 13, Arrives!
Season 1 Episode 361 - Aired 2/21/2012
Stripped of his Fullbring, the powerless Ichigo Kurosaki is stabbed by Rukia Kuchiki and has his Shinigami powers returned to him.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Kenta Shimoyama
8.0/10 1 votes#6 - Magical Girl Site
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2018
Aya Asagiri has nowhere to call her own. Bullied at school and abused by her brother at home, she spends every day wishing for death. One day, Aya happens upon a mysterious website called the Magical Girl Site.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Takayo Ikami
8.0/10 1 votes#7 - A Love That Cannot Be
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/2013
At last, Haruki sleeps with Kazusa. Her wish finally comes true, and she prepares to leave for Europe. Haruki takes Setsuna to the airport, hoping that they can all be together once again. When the three are reunited, everyone remembers the best moment of their lives: the last song they sang at the school concert. The title of the song was...
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Fumiaki Maruto
7.5/10 2 votes#8 - The Possibilities of the Dead
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2016
Mira is trapped in the past as Kyōma and the others fight against the ghosts in the fog attacking the hotel.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Matsuya Yuuichirou
7.4/10 5 votes#9 - Gehenna Gate
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/24/2011
Fujimoto and his companions try their best to protect Rin from the demons who are after him, but he ends up posessed by Satan, the most powerful of the demons and Rin's father. Seeing his guardian taking his own life to protect him fron Satan, Rin decides to fight back by unlocking his demonic powers, even knowing that by doing it he would not be a human anymore.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi
7.4/10 15 votes#10 - Captivity
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/15/2014
After Kaneki and Hinami witness Ryoko's fate, the personnel at Anteiku are grieved, and Touka decides to take matters with the investigators into her own hands. Kaneki is fed up with not being able to do anything, and makes up his mind to become involved.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Chuji Mikasano
7.3/10 13 votes#11 - Aogiri
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/5/2014
The 11th Ward offices of CCG are attacked by ghouls, wiping everyone out. Banjo and company stop in at Anteiku, looking for Rize to warn her to flee from Aogiri Tree, a new group of ghouls bent on taking over-- until Kaneki accidentally knocks him out!
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Chuji Mikasano
7.3/10 3 votes#12 - A Game of Tag
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/3/2011
The Exwires are tasked to look for the ghost of a child that is haunting Mephisto Pheles' amusement park. Rin and Shiemi manage to find the ghost first, but Shiemi ends up chasing it by herself while Amaimon, a higher demon and another son of Satan, steals Rin's sword and forces Rin to fight with him. Mean while another exorcist comes to defend him, and it is reveal to be an old friend of Rin's brother.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Ikuko Takahashi
7.2/10 4 votes#13 - The Day the Angel Falls
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/2020
Sora wakes up and tells her family about her friend's failing ramen restaurant. Hina hatches a plan to save it. Meanwhile, a mysterious boy returns to Japan.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 2 votes#14 - Confidential File 642, The Witching Hour
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/19/2021
Sawa's brief respite from the cycle of violence has been irreversibly shattered. But even if she defeats the monster who brought an end to her dream, will she have anything left afterwards?
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Rika Nezu
7.0/10 2 votes#15 - Next Target, The Devil's Hand Aims at Orihime!
Season 1 Episode 349 - Aired 11/22/2011
Inoue Orihime is suddenly stopped and asked to die by a man named Shishigawara Moe.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Mio Imamura
7.0/10 2 votes#16 - Tsukishima's Ability, the Danger is Drawing Near!
Season 1 Episode 357 - Aired 1/24/2012
Ichigo trains with his Fullbring. Chad and Orihime investigate Tsukishima and engage in battle.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Kenta Shimoyama
7.0/10 3 votes#17 - The Dawn of a New Era
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2023
Adventurers from all over the kingdom flock to the new area that Saitou discovered. Saitou wants to go and investigate the curiosity that first lead to the discovery. Meanwhile, the king orders his allies to retrieve a hidden treasure from the new area.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Kenta Ihara
6.8/10 6 votes#18 - Dancing Flowers
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2015
Now with Kaneki at their ranks, the Aogiri Tree takes the offensive against the CCG, and Amon is introduced to Mado's daughter Akira, who is assigned to become his new partner.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Chuji Mikasano
6.8/10 5 votes#19 - Days of Play
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/2020
Yota has finally found Hina, but she recoils at his touch. Yota's false identity will only last 2 weeks. Can he turn the situation around before then?
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: N/A
6.8/10 18 votes#20 - Supper
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/25/2014
Kaneki starts receiving self-defense lessons from Yomo. He meets Itori, who runs her own bar, and is friends with Uta and Yomo. Kaneki is befriended by Tsukiyama, a ghoul who knew Rize, who also enjoys reading, and possesses other, more epicurean tastes.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Chuji Mikasano
6.5/10 2 votes#21 - Before the Fair
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2013
Kazusa's overworking finally catches up to her, and she collapses two days before the school fair. Haruki cares for her as he continues to practice his guitar. Kazusa, in a (possibly) fevered state, tells him about her troubled relationship with her mother Youko. But meanwhile, at the concert rehearsal in the gym, Setsuna is separated from the other two and feels lonely and afraid her first time on stage.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Fumiaki Maruto
6.4/10 7 votes#22 - Thousand Paths
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2015
The appearance of the "One-Eyed-Ghoul", considered the most dangerous of them all, leaves the CCG in a state of alert while Kaneki writhes in pain due to his new condition.
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Chuji Mikasano
6.3/10 3 votes#23 - Let's Go to the Manga Artist's House (2)
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 7/9/2016
Koichi suddenly arrives at Rohan's house. Koichi carefully goes inside and finds Rohan drawing manga at an incredible speed. Apparently he can't stop himself from drawing after reading about Koichi's experiences. Rohan attempts to tear another page from Koichi by using Heaven's Door, when someone unexpected shows up at his door...
Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi
Writer: Yasuko Kobayashi