The Best Episodes Directed By Yuuji Yanase

#1 - The Shinobi Unite

Season 20 Episode 449 - Aired 2/18/2016

Several months after Pain’s attack, Jiraiya arrives with intel regarding the Akatsuki, who are attacking shinobi villages and kidnapping their Kage and jonin. He also reveals that Sasuke is working with them. Naruto is determined to bring his friend and comrade Sasuke back, once and for all!

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Junki Takegami

#2 - Plot Silent Plot Deep

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2013

Shin'ichi's efforts to spread the Otaku culture bear fruit. However, when there is a shortage of products from Japan, leading to various conflicts amongst the people in Eldant, Shin'ichi learns the true intentions of the Japanese government and falls into despair upon it, until Myusel inspires him to come with a solution.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Naruhisa Arakawa

#3 - Hakone-chan and Hakoneko

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2015

Hakone-chan shows off her talents and lands a job.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#4 - Hakone-chan and the Hot Spring Pool

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2015

Miya invites the gang to her hot spring pool. Something's fishy, but seeing Haruna in her swimsuit, Tohya goes along with it.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#5 - Hakone-chan and Jigokudani

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2015

Tour ambassador Hakone goes to Jigokudani, where Aki gives her a scare by saying there are still demons there.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#6 - Hakone-chan Has Descended!

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2015

While wishing to the shrine of the hot spring spirit that he would get closer to Haruna, Tohya drops a steamed bun into the water, and out pops a strange little girl.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#7 - Hakone-chan and the Secret Box

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2015

Haruna's sister, Aki, doesn't believe is the spirit of the hot springs, but while they're taking a bath, she shows them her powers.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#8 - Hot Spring Spirit Hakone-chan

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2015

Hakone, the new tour ambassador for Yumoto, works a little too hard.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#9 - Hakone-chan and Hakone-sama

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2015

Hakone gets a level up!

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#10 - Hakone-chan and Miya-chan

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2015

A new hotel opens up next to Shunjusou. The owner is a girl named Miki, another hot spring spirit.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#11 - Hakone-chan and Otamagaike

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/2015

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#12 - Hakone-chan and Gora Park

Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2015

Hakone and the gang visit Goura Parks, where they're attacked by the resident spirit.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#13 - Hakone-chan and the Tekkosen

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2015

It turns out that there are more hot spring spirits out there.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#14 - Hakone-chan and the New Hot Spring Spirits

Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/2015

Hakone and Miya, accompanied by Haruna, Aki, and Tōya, are returning to Motohakone via the Tekkosen. Miya tries using her Water of Servitude to deal with the crowds.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#15 - A New Day with Hakone-chan

Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/27/2015

For a moment Hakone and Miya regained their full powers upon reaching the shrine. Hakone mentions that no hot spring spirit can warm the soul with stolen powers. Sensing wisdom in her words Gōra tells Ashinoko to stop. Ashinoko turns on Gōra as a result, but that is because Ashinoko, being still too young, cannot fully handle her powers yet.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Corie Tomonaga

#16 - I Feel Like I've Lost as a Girl

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/2014

Arikawa Hime is a student at Shimoshina High School. One day, he was being pursued by loan sharks and is saved by the student council. Up until then, everything was okay, but...

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: N/A

#17 - In That Room, There is No Longer the Scent of Tea

Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/2015

Hachiman has yet to figure out how to fix the student council president election problem. But a discussion with his sister finally gives him the ability to take action.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Keiichiro Ochi

#18 - Ryoma, with the Slimes

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2020

Ryoma Takebayashi is a young boy living by himself in a forest, who, in a previous lifetime, used to be a tortured middle-aged Japanese office worker. He meets a group of distressed travelers in the forest, and decides to save them.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

#19 - An Inn, a Tower, a Bear, and a Banquet

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/2022

Keina Kagami was injured in an accident so badly that she could not survive without being hooked up to life-support machines. One day, those life-support machines stop functioning and she loses her life. When she wakes up, she's in the world of the VRMMORPG "Leadale," and in the form of her avatar, Cayna. But something seemed a bit different than the game world she was used to...

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

#20 - The Rock Golem, the Chief, a Skeleton, and a Fairy

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/2022

Caerina and the other knights struggle against a horde of rock golems who attacked them.Things start to look grim but then Cayna blasts the rock golems with lightning! Caerina thanks Cayna for saving them, but she can't help but feel a bit of fear and jealousy at just how powerful Cayna is. Meanwhile, Cayna realizes that there are other players left in the world of Leadale after the battle with the rock golems.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

#21 - The Beginning of a New Era, with the Slimes

Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/2020

Ryoma and Eliaria make another attempt to tame the limour birds. If they succeed, it would be a great milestone in their careers as monster tamers. However, whatever the outcome, their separation is inevitable as Eliaria leaves for school.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

#22 - The Young Girl's Wish

Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/19/2019

Rita's baby is due soon, Latina's tenure at school is ending, and changes is in the air. What ill the future hold for the young devil girl and her guardian?

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Takawo Yoshioka

#23 - Relocating, Building, Flying, and the Earth

Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/2022

The day after the banquet, Cayna yet again awakens to a hangover. She ends up inheriting the land where the house of the pioneer of the village once stood. Cayna uses magic to start building her house and immediately, Cayna and Luca's new house is complete. Luca stares in utter shock and Cayna reaches out her hand. Their new life together is about to begin

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu

#24 - Black and Deep Desires

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/10/2016

The identity of the traitor who leaked information to Fango and tried to kill Nero has been revealed. With Corteo taken into custody, the Vanetti family has been thrown into an uproar. But Corteo stubbornly refuses to confess anything, a fact which will likely lead to his death. Though he won't admit to it, Avilio is unusually shaken by this. And then Cerotto pays him a visit.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Yuichiro Kido

#25 - Monster Hunting, with the Slimes

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2020

The Adventurer's Guild sets up a large-scale group of adventurers to deal with the massive monster infestation discovered in the abandoned mines. Ryoma joins them.

Director: Yuuji Yanase

Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu