The Best Episodes Directed By Tomonari Tanaka
Every TV Episode Directed by Tomonari Tanaka Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Tomonari Tanaka Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Tomonari Tanaka is "My Wish", rated 10/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by Seiko Takagi". "My Wish" aired on 5/14/2015 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Friends You Can Count On".
10.0/10 2 votes#1 - My Wish
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/14/2015
Now that he has a girlfriend for the first time in his life, Takeo has been treating Rinko with kid gloves. But Rinko's been acting unhappy of late, which leads Ai to believe that she's hiding something from Takeo. What is Rinko's secret, and what will Ai do once she finds out what it is...?
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Seiko Takagi
10.0/10 1 votes#2 - Friends You Can Count On
Season 11 Episode 236 - Aired 11/10/2011
While talking with his students, Shino talks about how he and his team got together and became more close as friends and teammates. The story switches to Shino's flashback during the first part of Naruto. They are on a mission assigned by Kurenai in which a Jonin assassin from a neighboring village. Shino gets defeated because of weak taijutsu and descends into depression. He even reveals he was going to abandon the team that helped him because he didn't think he was useful to them. But after his friends get in trouble with the rouge Shino comes back and defeats the rouge.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Shin Yoshida
7.7/10 6 votes#3 - Beyond Time
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 9/6/2020
The maximum-acceleration phase has begun. Alice successfully logs out of the Underworld, but Kirito doesn’t make it in time. In the real world, Higa and Kikuoka rush to shut down the STL, in order to disable the maximum-acceleration phase, but…
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Muneo Nakamoto
7.6/10 19 votes#4 - Hisoka x Is x Sneaky
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2011
While following Satotz, a fog moves into the swamp and most of the participants are either rendered unconscious or killed by traps and verocious beasts. A group of candidates target Hisoka as they feel he's a threat. Gon and Killua are separated from Leorio and Kurapika and both sides are eventually attacked by monsters. Leorio and Kurapika encounter Hisoka about to be attacked by candidates but are shocked to watch the magician easily take the candidates down. Hisoka then targets Leorio and Kurapika, but realizing that they are no match for him, they decide to head in different directions to stop him from following. However, Leorio returns, unable to run away from a fight. As expected, Leorio is beaten badly by Hisoka. Before the melee can get any worse, Gon, who is separated from Killua, arrives to stop Hisoka. Although he is also no match for Hisoka, he manages to hit his face once before being strangled by Hisoka.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Fumiyo Sakai
7.5/10 14 votes#5 - Baffling x Turn of x Events
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/2012
Gon wakes up, and finds himself being congratulated by Satotz for being the first person to pass the Hunter Exam. Gon asks Satotz if the Exam was still going on, and Satotz tells him that it's over. Satotz reveals what happens after he lost consciousness, and Gon finds out some shocking turn of events.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Yasushi Hirano
7.4/10 14 votes#6 - Nen x And x "Nen"
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/22/2012
While working to understand Nen and Ren, Gon and Killua run into a familiar acquaintance.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Shouji Yonemura
7.0/10 2 votes#7 - She's a Skeleton Now
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/2013
Staz Charlie Blood is a powerful vampire with a huge love for Japanese anime and games. When a young schoolgirl named Fuyumi wanders into his territory, Staz cannot hide his excitement at meeting a living human from his favorite culture.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 13 votes#8 - Power x To x Avenge!
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 6/3/2012
Gon has fights against Gido and Riehlvelt coming up. He's still mad about what they did to Zushi. Gon is able to withstand Gido's attacks and overwhelm him in battle. This causes Hisoka to smile.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Tsutomu Kamishiro
6.9/10 14 votes#9 - Last x Test Of x Resolve!
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2011
The team stays inside a small room for fifty hours and keep themselves from getting bored. Then they spend the remaining time going to a series of traps and tricks. At the last room, they encountered two doors and are forced to either choose the long and hard path (45 hours) in which all of them may use or the shortcut (about 3 minutes) wherein two of them must be left behind. As disputes break out among them, Gon comes up with an ingenious idea of opening the long way and breaking through the wall to go to the shortcut so all five of them pass this phase.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Yasushi Hirano
6.8/10 13 votes#10 - Nen x Users x Unite?
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 7/22/2012
Kurapika and the other job candidates have to battle their way out of the employers mansion... if they ever hope of obtaining any of the items they even need for the job.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Tsutomu Kamishiro
6.7/10 7 votes#11 - Revival of the Demon Clan
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2018
As the kingdom begins to rebuild after the coup attempt, the king honors the Seven Deadly Sins for their bravery with a medal ceremony.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Takawo Yoshioka
6.2/10 5 votes#12 - The Slightest Terrible Cost
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/17/2022
A large-scale power outage hits the heart of Bayron City's Downtown. It was a D Hazard caused by a giant caterpillar-shaped Demonically Possessed. With detailed information on Demon Possession that he obtained from somewhere, Shu decides that this is a job that "must be done" and uses Ayano for insider info to pull strings. As Shu's company is about to win the bidding war at a discount, significant new information about the Demonically Possessed is revealed. Those who took the situation most seriously decided to suspend bidding and expelled Shu from hazard prevention measures.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Fumiaki Maruto
6.0/10 3 votes#13 - Unresolved Grand Finale
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/25/2022
In the chaotic mix of humans and demons, Shu and Kanna meet in a violent clash worthy of their 12-year-gap as various motives intermingle in a battle engulfed by a sea of flames. Ayano, Sharon and Kisara try to somehow intervene in the siblings' fight that puts the fate of the world at stake. The only way to stop a powerful demon is with the power of a demon. Shu and Kisara join hands once again. Will the accumulation of their feelings reach Kanna, embroiled in her rage? At the end of the battle, what future lies ahead for humans and demons alike?
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: Fumiaki Maruto
6.0/10 1 votes#14 - Mash Burnedead and His Good Friends
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/30/2024
Innocent Zero leaves a fusion of dead monster bodies that form a giant in his wake. Seeing Mash fight against this monster in a trapped, hopeless situation where all magic has become ineffective, the students from the school start to cheer him on.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: N/A
5.5/10 2 votes#15 - That Was Then, This Is Now
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/22/2011
Determined to rescue his mentor, Van Hesling, from the clutches of a pack of Mandurago vampires, Blade tracks him to a local slum in the Philippines. He also remembers his difficult childhood and the time he met his undead mother.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: N/A
5.5/10 2 votes#16 - Sins of the Father
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/9/2011
Captured Blade is taken to the Existence research lab known as 'The Factory', in Cambodia, to be experimented on by Deacon Frost who divulges his own tragic personal history, twisted motives and awful ambitions. Makoto finds them.
Director: Tomonari Tanaka
Writer: N/A