The Best Episodes Directed By Taichi Ishidate
Every TV Episode Directed by Taichi Ishidate Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Taichi Ishidate Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Taichi Ishidate is "No Music Room!", rated 9/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by Reiko Yoshida". "No Music Room!" aired on 7/28/2010 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Episode 26".
9.0/10 2 votes#1 - No Music Room!
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 7/28/2010
While the club room is closed for repairs, the girls have nowhere to practice. All is not lost, though, because the girls finally write lyrics to the music Tsumugi wrote.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
9.0/10 1 votes#2 - Episode 26
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 9/25/2011
Let's have a birthday party for Nano! Professor, what do you mean, "a little one?" Got it! I'll take this ugly one away, too! Cake, cake, cake!
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Keiichi Arawi
9.0/10 1 votes#3 - Sound! Euphonium
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2016
Asuka is about to lose her seat competing in the Nationals. But that might not be why she invited Kumiko over.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Jukki Hanada
9.0/10 1 votes#4 - Nocturne of Separation
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/16/2007
Still basking in the glow of their kiss, Yuichi and Ayu spend more and more time together. Everything appears to be going splendidly - until their burgeoning romance is derailed by a visit to Ayu’s school.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.7/10 3 votes#5 - The Tidal Breeze's Mischief
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/2009
When Tomoya brings Ushio to school he meets her teacher, who is none other than Kyou Fujibayashi and they have a conversation. After that, Tomoya goes to work and Yoshino asks him for Fuko to play with Ushio, since she likes her. Tomoya agrees to this and Fuko arrives at his house to play until the evening when she goes back home. When it is time to sleep, Tomoya uses Nagisa's song to lull Ushio to sleep. The next day, Kyou tells Tomoya about sports day at school where the parents are to participate as well. He is reluctant about it, but Ushio encourages him, which makes him change his mind. One evening, Ushio is taking a stroll to the new hospital by herself and encounters Fuko on her way. When the latter asks why she does this, Ushio says it is for no real reason. The next day, Tomoya is preparing for the meet at the Furukawa bakery with Sanae and Akio, when Ushio is suddenly struck with a fever, much to the others' shock.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.7/10 3 votes#6 - Hot!
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/2010
An exceptionally hot day launches a crusade to have air conditioning installed in the club room.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Katsuhiko Muramoto
8.5/10 2 votes#7 - After School!
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 9/8/2010
The girls decide to record an album as an emblem of their time at the school.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.5/10 2 votes#8 - Carmine
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2013
When Akihito sees a girl about to jump off the school roof, he surprises even himself as he races up the stairs to rescue her. Much to his surprise, the girl he saved is a Spirit World Warrior. And as a half-youmu, he’s now her prey!
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.5/10 2 votes#9 - Twilight for Two
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2024
Now that she's well into her third-year, Kumiko is now facing pressure from teachers and parents alike to choose what she's doing after high school. Concert band members form groups to attend the Agata Festival, but Kumiko has other plans.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.5/10 11 votes#10 - Episode 13
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/5/2018
The signing ceremony concludes, officially bringing an end to the war. While writing letters for an air show, Violet composes a letter to the Major.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.3/10 3 votes#11 - Staying Home!
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2010
Azusa and Ui, along with their classmate Jun, spend time together while the third years are on their trip to Kyoto. Noticing that Ui would be lonely without her sister around, Jun and Azusa decide to sleepover at her house.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.3/10 3 votes#12 - A New Family
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/2009
Nagisa and Tomoya are now a married couple living together. Nagisa tries to find work and starts working in a family restaurant with Nishina. Akio and Tomoya visit Nagisa at work and scare out a couple of customers who were hitting on Nagisa. Nagisa tells Tomoya that the old building of the school they went to is going to be torn down. Knowing that the drama club was in the old building, Tomoya freaks out and admits that he is uncomfortable with all the changes happening in their town. Tomoya and Nagisa visit Akio and Sanae, who tells them Nagisa is most likely pregnant. Akio gets angry at Tomoya at first, but he congratulates him afterwards.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.3/10 7 votes#13 - New Club Member!
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/29/2009
Azusa Nakano joins the Light Music Club but realizes that the laid-back club might not be for her, and Azusa’s membership is at stake.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
8.2/10 4 votes#14 - Theory of Everything
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/2008
Kotomi finally leaves the house to find that Tomoya worked in the garden all night long and had fallen asleep. When she returns to school, Tomoya, Kyou, Ryou and Nagisa are all waiting for her. The mysterious stranger whom she was so frightened of, believing he wanted to steal her parents' thesis, is there as well. Kotomi and her friends find out that he is her legal guardian, and that there never were any written notes for the thesis after all. The envelope Kotomi set fire to, and felt so guilty about, was nothing important. The stranger also has a birthday gift for her: her parents' suitcase, which survived the plane crash and was passed from hand to hand for years until he found it. Inside is a teddy bear, Kotomi's gift request to them before they left, and an affectionate letter. Kotomi, holding the bear, is so happy that sparkles literally fill the room, and makes peace with her parents' deaths at last.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.0/10 2 votes#15 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/10/2011
The incantation of resurrection. A shark. A warrior never goes back on her word! My life is over!
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.0/10 2 votes#16 - Gray World
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2013
Now that Akihito and Mirai have been reunited, they must work together to defeat Beyond the Boundary’s core. But what will happen to Mirai and Akihito once it has been defeated...? Will either of them survive?
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.0/10 2 votes#17 - Dissonant Tuning
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/2024
Mayu taking the soli part has made the concert band uneasy. Despite Kumiko's insistence that this is how it should be, several members take issue with Taki's decision.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.0/10 1 votes#18 - Introit in the Snow
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2006
After his first day at school, Yuichi is able to stir the memories of Ayu, who happily recalls a promise he made to her years before. But the strange girl who later attacks Yuichi doesn’t seem happy at all.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.0/10 1 votes#19 - Fantasia of Reminiscence
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/2006
Yuichi finds his feelings for Makoto growing, and his memory offers clues of who she might really be. Meanwhile, a girl named Mishio offers him startling information about Makoto - and a strange warning.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.0/10 1 votes#20 - Cracked Concerto
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/2007
Yuichi is throttled by Mai’s revelation that the demons might come after him next. Sayuri is worried about both of her friends, but an attempt to surprise Mai on her birthday could end disastrously!
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
8.0/10 2 votes#21 - The Doll That Took a Detour
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/17/2012
Hotaro is enlisted by Eru to appear in a Dolls' Festival parade that her local shrine holds every year. When construction work unexpectedly causes a last-minute detour, it leaves the participants wondering what went awry.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Shoji Gatoh
7.8/10 4 votes#22 - The Wind That Vanishes Into Dusk
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2007
More people from school are not able to see Fuko anymore and now even those close to Fuko in the past are beginning to forget about her. First Youhei forget after he goes to see her in the hospital, followed by Kyou and Ryou. Tomoyo manages to remember with Tomoya's help however. Later, Youhei manages to remember Fuko for a moment, but is unable to remember any more. Tomoya and Nagisa buy Fuko a birthday party set to cheer her up. When they get back to the bakery, they discover that Nagisa's father has forgotten Fuko, and while Nagisa's mother has not forgotten completely, she cannot see her anymore. Tomoya and Nagisa decide to take Fuko back to school for now.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.8/10 4 votes#23 - A Hidden Past
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/2008
After hearing Nagisa talk about the story for the play she wants to perform, Tomoya tries asking Nagisa's parents about it, but they do not know any story like that. After Akio catches Tomoya and Nagisa in the shed, he tells them to leave, and later brings Tomoya aside to tell him about what happened in the past. Ten years prior, Nagisa was running a high fever one snowy day, and in the midst of this, her parents had to work, so they left her alone for a couple of hours. When Akio returned, he found Nagisa collapsed outside as she had been waiting for them to return. Due to Nagisa nearly dying, both of her parents abandoned their jobs and their dreams in order to protect Nagisa. Akio tells Tomoya not to tell either Sanae or Nagisa about the story since he does not want it coming up again. Tomoya goes on a picnic with Nagisa's family, and during a baseball game with some local young boys, Nagisa accidentally confesses her love to Tomoya indirectly.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo
7.6/10 16 votes#24 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2018
Hodgins retrieves Violet from the hospital, as Major Gilbert asked him to look out for her. After they meet Gilbert's relatives, he offers her a job.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
7.2/10 4 votes#25 - In Search of False Love
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2008
Mei has become worried about her older brother since he still does not have a plan after high school, and comes to stay at Nagisa's for the time being. Based on a fleeting comment by Youhei, Tomoya gets the idea to ask a girl to pose as his girlfriend so Mei will stop worrying about him. Youhei goes around with Tomoya and Nagisa asking Ryou, Tomoyo, Kotomi, and Yukine, but no one can help him. Sanae overhears Youhei's trouble and decides to be his fake girlfriend if it will help push him in the right direction in life. Youhei, however, still believes her to be Nagisa's older sister. When Mei meets her brother's "girlfriend", Sanae is posing as a student from Tomoya's high school.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Fumihiko Shimo