Season 1

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  5.4/107 votes

  Stairway to Heaven

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/1999

  Oji Tanaka starts the day by losing his beloved "Flying V" guitar twice because his wife wants to get rid of it. At work his boss harries him. Later, after work, he believes he is being seduced by his new coworker (an alien in disguise).

  Director: Masashi Abe

  Writer: Naruhisa Arakawa

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  5.6/107 votes

  All Night Long

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/15/1999

  The next morning, Tanaka's son Gen accidentally destroys his prized autographed LP record by his idol Michael Schenker, and his wife is shown to be entirely unmoved by his loss. At work, Tanaka believes that his "stairway to heaven" experience from the night before was not a dream.

  Director: Kazunari Kume

  Writer: Naruhisa Arakawa

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  N/A/100 votes

  Hot House

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/22/1999

  Spurred by busybody rumormongering neighbors, Yoshiko's suspicion that Oji is cheating on her grows, though she tries to suppress it. It did not help matters that she spots Oji with Layla.

  Director: Akihiro Izumi, Takuya Nonaka

  Writer: Mitsuhiro Yamada

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  N/A/100 votes

  Space Child

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/29/1999

  Oji reluctantly babysits his son Gen because Yoshiko is going to her high school reunion, but feels compelled to play his guitar at the model house, leaving Gen behind in his haste.

  Director: Susumu Ishizaki, Makoto Bessho

  Writer: Naruhisa Arakawa

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  N/A/100 votes

  These Are the Days

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/5/1999

  Oji feels re-energized and dresses in his old rock outfits (blond wig, leather jacket, and leather pants, which he can't button anymore because he's gained weight) in an attempt to revive his rocker identity as "Gabriel."

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Walk Away

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/19/1999

  Oji is in a funk because he's decided to quit music. Alien Chief Scientist Hamill vows to do anything she can to have Oji play again. Meanwhile, Kotoko, Eriko, and Rinko try various futile methods to "inspire" Oji,

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  In Need

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/26/1999

  The aliens are under increasing attacks from their enemies. Hamill tries to persuade Oji to play music, and he seems receptive by playing twice. However, the ultimate weapon mysteriously does not fire properly.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  All Right Now

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/2/1999

  Oji invites his surviving former bandmates from Black Heaven, Sato/Michael, Yamada/Luke, and Suzuki/Raphael for drinks. They reminisce about the old times and Oji tells him about the alien war and his music weapon.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Get Off of My Cloud

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/9/1999

  Oji attempts to recruit members for his new band, the New Black Heaven, and has his son Gen draw the "space attitude" recruitment poster.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Ten Years Ago

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/16/1999

  Black Heaven, and by extension the ultimate weapon, is not at full power because it is missing its keyboardist Watanabe/Joseph.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Sweet Emotion

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/23/1999

  The rival aliens are perfecting their own final weapon using a clone of Watanabe's corpse.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  Into the Arena

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/30/1999

  The rival aliens test their ultimate weapon "Biomechanical Android Watanabe", which has 6 arms and can play 3 keyboards simultaneously, and almost destroy the aliens, canceling out Black Heaven.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  N/A/100 votes

  The End

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/7/1999

  1999 The final battle begins, and Black Heaven plays a marathon session in their struggle against the Watanabe clone.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown