The Best Episodes Written By Akatsuki Yamatoya

#1 - Breaking Through the Enemy Front

Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/2007

Zola's group arrives at the Republic of Metia, the nation next to the Grankingdom. From there they hope to cross through a canyon into the Grankingdom, but General Logi is ready and waiting with an ambush. With the formidable Shadow wielders Gilliam, Cynthia and Lemaire against them, Shu and his friends find themselves in dangerous combat.

Director: Hayato Goda

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#2 - The Pretty-Boy Detective! He Appears at Last!!

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/3/2003

Director: Katsuyoshi Yatabe

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#3 - Showdown! The Cutthroat Who Crossed Through Time!!

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/10/2003

Director: Junya Koshiba

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#4 - The Cursed Idol

Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/23/2003

Director: Noriyuki Abe

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#5 - Resonance of the Soul - Will Soul Eater Become a Death Scythe?

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2008

With 99 evil souls consumed, Soul just needs to defeat a witch to become a Death Scythe. He and Maka make their move against Blair - but a pointy hat doesn’t always mean witch!

Director: Takuya Igarashi

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#6 - Make Characters So Anybody Can Tell Who They Are by Just Their Silhouettes

Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 2/15/2007

Otae, Sa-chan, and Catherine all try to go for the series' heroine position and Katsura enlists the Yorozuya to help him save Elizabeth-- but they need some ninja finesse to do it first.

Director: Yasuhiro Minami

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#7 - Kintoki and Gintoki

Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2012

Tama reveals Kintoki's origins and hatches a plan with Gintoki and Sadaharu to make the town remember the real Odd Jobs leader.

Director: Chizuru Miyawaki

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#8 - Kin-san's Kintama

Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2012

After Gintoki saves Tama from Kintoki, he finds the whole town turned against him after Kintoki frames him for the attack! Now Gintoki must face not only Kintoki, but all his former friends too! However, some of them are beginning to have doubts.

Director: Yasuhiro Minami

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#9 - The Perfect Boy - Death the Kid's Magnificent Mission?

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2008

Death the Kid, Patty, and Liz travel to the desert to battle a witch who’s raising the dead. If a horde of mummies doesn’t stop them, Kid’s freaky symmetry obsession might.

Director: Mitsuhiro Yoneda

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#10 - Chase in Akihabara

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/18/2015

A mysterious young woman offers to recruit Junichiro Kagami as a teacher at her school. Junichiro, unwilling to let go of his freedom, escapes to his natural Otaku habitat, the town of Akihabara. The chase is on!

Director: N/A

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#11 - Dignity of Maids

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/25/2015

For Junichiro's first lecture, he attempts to change the views of stubborn Makina Momozono, Koyomi's right-hand girl. What does it mean to have dignity as a maid in an Akihabara-style Maid Cafe?

Director: N/A

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#12 - A Beautiful Girl's Secret

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/16/2015

If you're born with something that some people poke fun of, would you hide it away, or show it off as part of your identity? Kanan Chinami swears to hide her characteristic voice for the rest of her life, but Junichiro has other plans for her.

Director: N/A

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#13 - The Girl in the Game

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/30/2015

Junichiro and his in-game partner Luce have completed almost every quest in the popular MMO Uroboros. Just one quest remains - the one that requires a large party. Junichiro convinces the students to join, but realizes he needs one more.

Director: N/A

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#14 - The Melancholy of Koutaro

Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/6/2015

Koutaro Araki, the class truant also known as Luce, teaches his classmates how to play Uroboros. The team rapidly become competition-ready. However, will Koutaro be able to face his fears and stand side by side with his classmates?

Director: N/A

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#15 - The Doctor from Geneva

Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/27/2015

Tim, a scientist of international fame, bursts into the Kagami household, offering Junichiro a job offer that few others would turn down. Junichiro refuses the offer, but cannot back down from Tim's intellectual challenge.

Director: N/A

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#16 - Nobody with Natural Straight Hair Can Be That Bad

Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2012

Gintoki returns from a six-month vacation to find he has been replaced by a gold-haired imposter.

Director: Kei Umabiki

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#17 - Ikkakumon's Harpoon Torpedo

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/18/1999

Tai and Matt argue whether they should climb Infinity Mountain. Joe and Gomamon decide to climb the mountain by themselves. While on the mountain, they are attacked by a Unimon.

Director: Harume Kosaka

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#18 - Sasuke's Decision: Pushed to the Edge!

Season 2 Episode 75 - Aired 3/17/2004

Sasuke struggles to keep up with Gaara's monstrous capacity. Only able to use Chidori twice in normal circumstances, Sasuke remembers that tragic day when his family died and realises he must risk the use of Chidori beyond his limit if he is to defeat Gaara. That is, if he can...

Director: Mitsutaka Noshitani

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#19 - A Hymn of Hope

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2008

A mesmerizing robotic songstress needs Casshern’s help to evade a hoard of murderous robots and bring hope to those who’ve thus far survived the Ruin.

Director: Tatsufumi Itoh

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#20 - Watch Out! Weekly Shonen JUMP Sometimes Comes Out on Saturdays!

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/25/2006

Gintoki and Shinpachi meet an amanto alien girl who's been chased after by gangster.

Director: Shinji Takamatsu

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#21 - I Am the Star! The Big Man is Showing Up Here?

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2008

A mobster and his goons are gunning for a witch, and Black☆Star and Tsubaki want the souls of all involved. Their plan runs into trouble when the witch’s bodyguard draws his sword.

Director: Takebumi Anzai

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#22 - Engage the Witch Hunter! A Remedial Lesson in the Graveyard?

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/28/2008

It’s a graveyard rumble when Maka, Soul, Black☆Star, and Tsubaki take on Sid. He used to be a respected teacher at the Academy, but now he’s a zombie - and he’s actively recruiting for the undead!

Director: Ikuro Sato

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#23 - Shape of the Soul - Enter the Ultimate Meister Stein?

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2008

Maka, Soul, Black☆Star, and Tsubaki tangle with the mad scientist responsible for turning Sid into a zombie - the amazingly powerful Dr. Stein!

Director: Shin Matsuo

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#24 - The New Student: Kid's First Day at the Academy - Will it be an Entrance to Remember?

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2008

Death the Kid shows up for his first day at Death Weapon Meister Academy, and Black☆Star and Soul decide to welcome him with closed fists instead of open arms.

Director: Takebumi Anzai

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya

#25 - Assassin of the Moonlit Night

Season 2 Episode 76 - Aired 3/24/2004

As Sasuke is about to be defeated, Naruto and Sakura show up to save him. With this Gaara begins to have flashbacks of his childhood. What happened in Gaara's past to make him experience so much suffering?

Director: Rion Kujo

Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya