The Best Episodes Directed By Yasuhiro Matsumura

#1 - Becoming a Bully's Buddy

Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/18/2000

Ippo fights and wins his second match via K.O.,After the fight he was befriended by Umezawa, his former bully.

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

#2 - Zodd the Immortal

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1997

In another raid, Guts and Griffith come across a demon known as Nosferatu Zodd.

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka

#3 - The Ultimate Union! Pesche's Seriousness

Season 1 Episode 195 - Aired 11/18/2008

Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck returns to her child form, leaving Ichigo Kurosaki in the hands of Tesra Lindocruz. Szayelaporro Granz is seemingly impervious to attack, Zommari Rureaux is about to finish off Rukia Kuchiki, whilst the Exequias plan to execute Yasutora Sado.

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Rika Nakase

#4 - Fierce Fighting Conclusion! Who's the Strongest?

Season 1 Episode 202 - Aired 1/13/2009

Captain Kenpachi Zaraki and Nnoitra Gilga conclude their battle.

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Rika Nakase

#5 - Steel Step Suite

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/9/2014

There were no traces of the battle that once occurred on Tanegashima, which was heavily damaged in Heaven’s Fall. When they arrive, Marito is flooded with memories of the fierce fighting there. But then, the Kataphraktos of a female Mars Knight comes at them relentlessly. Meanwhile, Slain, who has been acting without the knowledge of his superiors, acts recklessly.

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Katsuhiko Takayama

#6 - The Battle

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1997

On a stormy battlefield, Caska, Griffith's second in command, is wounded while fighting the leader of an enemy army. Guts runs to her rescue but when she passes out at the edge of a cliff, he cannot catch her in time and they both fall into the river below.

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Atsuhiro Tomioka

#7 - Soldiers' Pay

Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/2015

Lt. Marito, who is serving with Yuki Kaizuka, receives orders for a new operation. Yagarai is concerned about the position this will put Yuki in, who has been assigned to a unit away from the Deucalion. Meanwhile, a group of Mars Knights who oppose the Earthborn Slaine’s rise to power plan a new attack on Earth in hopes of securing more power of their own.

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Shinsuke Onishi

#8 - Texhnophile

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/1/2003

We see some flashbacks of Ichise's childhood. His father was tortured and hanged for some crime he committed. A short time later, his mother became very ill and died. He received a vial from the hospital that contained some of her cells and he had kept it with him since. He wakes up in Doc's Lab and he freaks out that he doesn't have the vial. She tells him that she used the contents as part of a new Texhnolyze Unit that will become his new arm and leg. He freaks out, but she knocks him unconscious. Some men from the Alliance attempt to assassinate Oonishi, but fail miserably. We learn that Kimata, the Alliance's leader, is Texhnolyzed, which is strictly against their ideals. We also see Oonishi's wife, Mana, for the first time. She is very unresponsive and almost seems to be off in her 'own world'.

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Chiaki J. Konaka

#9 - Let's Tell A Fortune!

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/1998

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Chinatsu Hōjō

#10 - Friendship? Hatred? Haineko & Tobiume

Season 1 Episode 238 - Aired 9/22/2009

10th Division Lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto and 5th Division Lieutenant Momo Hinamori battle their Zanpakutō Spirits, and 10th Division Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya tells Hyōrinmaru what his name is while Muramasa limps through the Forest of Menos.

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Genki Yoshimura

#11 - Special Mission! Rescue Captain Commander Yamamoto!

Season 1 Episode 246 - Aired 11/17/2009

A group of Shinigami attempt to rescue Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, but they are held back by several Zanpakutō Spirits. Meanwhile, Ichigo Kurosaki arrives at the barrier surrounding Yamamoto and prepares to destroy it.

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Genki Yoshimura

#12 - Karakuraizer's Last Day

Season 1 Episode 214 - Aired 4/7/2009

The Karakura-Raizer Team face off against a female Arrancar.

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Writer: Masahiro Okubo