The Best Episodes Directed By Tsutomu Mizushima
Every TV Episode Directed by Tsutomu Mizushima Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Tsutomu Mizushima Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Tsutomu Mizushima is "Hyoketsu in the Moonlight", rated 8/10 from 1 user votes. It was "written by Mari Okada". "Hyoketsu in the Moonlight" aired on 5/27/2016 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Danger Past, God Forgotten".
8.0/10 1 votes#1 - Hyoketsu in the Moonlight
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/27/2016
As members of the group left behind try to make sense of their situation, Masaki, Hayato, Mitsumune, and the bus driver continue toward the tunnel. Masaki finally explains why she is adamantly against going through the tunnel, but how much of what she says can be trusted?
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Mari Okada
8.0/10 1 votes#2 - Danger Past, God Forgotten
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/3/2016
Mitsumune regains consciousness in the outside world, but he can't shake off the feeling that he must go back to get the others. Meanwhile, the group left behind in Nanaki Village experience a curious, growing lethargy.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Mari Okada
7.6/10 9 votes#3 - Stand by Oneself
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/27/2012
Chaos runs through the lodge hallways as students desperately seek the key to stopping the Class 3 Curse once and for all. Will Kouichi be able to find the answer before another victim is claimed?
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Ryou Higaki
7.6/10 9 votes#4 - The Peep Job
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2015
Five boys newly enrolled in a formerly all-girls school, already having difficulty connecting with the girl students, run afoul of the school’s "Underground Student Council" and face strict disciplinary measures.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.5/10 2 votes#5 - Hozuki
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/3/2006
Yūko receives a magic lantern, also called a "ground cherry", and asks Watanuki and Doumeki to take it to a very uncommon festival.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Tsutomu Mizushima
7.5/10 2 votes#6 - Choice
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/21/2006
As Watanuki has more encounters with the mysterious woman, his condition worsens and Doumeki decides to intervene.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.2/10 11 votes#7 - Rough Sketch
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2012
Kouichi Sakakibara has just arrived in Yomiyama, and he's already hospitalized with a collapsed lung. After joining the local middle school almost a month late, he becomes friends with someone he met while in the hospital — a quiet girl with an eye patch.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Ryou Higaki
7.0/10 3 votes#8 - Hitsuzen
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2006
Watanuki's life changes completely when he meets Yūko for the first time. Watanuki is given a job at Yūko's shop, paying off his debt. Mokona, Maru and Moro all make their first appearance in this episode.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Michiko Yokote
7.0/10 1 votes#9 - Look Before You Leap
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2016
A group of young men and women are headed to Nanaki Village for a fresh start in life. There, it's rumored that people declared missing are in fact leading a utopian existence...
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Mari Okada
7.0/10 1 votes#10 - Blinding Mist
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2016
Finally in Nanaki Village, the group steels themselves to meet the current residents, only to find the village seemingly abandoned. As they begin to explore the village, many begin to question the group's organizers...
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Mari Okada
7.0/10 1 votes#11 - Aloof
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2016
The group forms a search party to find the missing members - Yottsun and Masaki - but find what seems to be a large bear. As Mitsumune runs away, he spots a bruised and cowering Masaki. The group tries to interrogate her on Yottsun's whereabouts, but she provides little information as Mitsumune defends her. Later, Dahara tries to calm down the group by organizing sleeping arrangements and dinner. In one of the rooms, Jack gets angry with Hyoketsu when he accuses him of copying his persona, and attacks him with a hoe. The boys restrain him as Lovepon screams for his execution, but Mitsumune and Maimai plead for mercy, and Valkana defuses the situation by throwing Jack in an underground cell he found. Later, Valkana reveals his backstory to Koharun. That night, Mitsumune runs into Maimai while going to see Jack. Lovepon then reappears, hoping they wish to execute him. When Mitsumune refuses, Lovepon tries to kill him instead. Mitsumune manages to throw her off when he spots Yottsun's body floating down the river in front of him.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Mari Okada
7.0/10 1 votes#12 - Yottsun's Drowning
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/22/2016
The tour is now divided into two camps: those who wish to stay and those who wish to leave. As the former decide their course of action to secure their safety, the latter heads back down the mountain. Will they manage to leave?
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Keigo Koyanagi
7.0/10 1 votes#13 - Three Yuunas Is a Crowd
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/29/2016
Their escape plans thwarted, Mikage's group returns to the village to report their findings, only to find that Jack has broken free. As accusations fly, their unease only grows...
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Mari Okada
7.0/10 1 votes#14 - The Monk's Immorality
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/6/2016
While the two groups reunite in the village, the mounting suspicion of each other strains the group dynamic. As the group struggles to find some semblance of cohesion, more members begin seeing apparitions...
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Mari Okada
7.0/10 1 votes#15 - When the Cat's Away, the Mice Will Play Mischief
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/13/2016
Mitsumune and Masaki have a heart-to-heart where Mitsumune reveals his past and what led him to Nanaki Village. Masaki tells him he can leave the village if he can confront his past, but...
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Mari Okada
7.0/10 1 votes#16 - Visit Nanaki Before Doubting Masaki
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/20/2016
Captured by the group, Masaki reluctantly begins telling her story and what her connection is to the Village. But not everyone trusts her words...
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Keigo Koyanagi
7.0/10 1 votes#17 - Get in the Bus, and It'll Get the Song in You
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/10/2016
Valkana's crew attempts to revive the other tour members who're experiencing a strange lassitude, but their efforts are interrupted by Jack and Judgeness, who reveal the true mastermind behind the whole tour.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Mari Okada
7.0/10 1 votes#18 - Nanaki Mirrors Your Soul
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/17/2016
With Hayato's Nanaki on the loose, the group runs for their lives. Haruka is watching her plan unfold when she receives word from the last person she expects to hear from.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Mari Okada
7.0/10 1 votes#19 - Ama Tsukase
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/2011
Saya begins her morning meditating on a light that continues to escape her grasp. Her trance is broken by her father reminding her to hurry up if she wants to eat breakfast before school. At school she converses with her friends before having to head home early to their disappointment. At home her father hands her a katana and tells her to slay the Elder Bairn.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Nanase Ohkawa
7.0/10 1 votes#20 - For Some Men I Grieve
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/30/2011
Saya finally remembers that, having been captured by Fumito, she had her memories altered and was put on a stage to feed on Furukimonos as a test to see if she would change. Fumito has the Furukimono to kill Shinichiro, Nene and Nono for disobeying their orders. Saya kills the Furukimono before it can kill Kanako, but she is instead killed by Takayoshi who is revealed to be half-Furukimono that has gone beserk from drinking Saya's blood. As Saya fights against Tadayoshi, she manages to obtain a powerful light, allowing her to defeat him. As Fumito makes his escape, sending an army of multiplying Furukimono to kill everyone in town, Itsuki sacrifices himself in order to protect Saya, admitting he had fallen for her before passing away. After beating the Furukimono, Saya tries to attack Fumito before he escapes, but is shot in the head. Left along on the island, Saya treats herself and prepares to make her next move.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Nanase Ohkawa
5.0/10 1 votes#21 - Takamiya-kun and the Fire Witch
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/2014
Takamiya Honoka is a completely average student at Fuyutsuki High School. Up to now, he normally went unnoticed, but it turns out he has a mysterious connection to his classmate Kagari Ayaka, the most popular girl in the school, earning him the wrath of her overzealous fan club.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Tsutomu Mizushima
5.0/10 1 votes#22 - Exodus to Tomorrow!
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2014
The members of the Kaminoyama Animation Club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa and Midori swore upon donuts that one day, they would all work in the anime industry. Two and a half years later, they are heading toward those dreams and all the hardships that come with them. Aoi is now working as a production assistant at an animation studio and doing her best. After getting key frames from one of the animation supervisors, she returns to the office but there's no one around.
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Writer: Michiko Yokote