The Best Episodes Written By Taiki Sakurai
Every TV Episode Written by Taiki Sakurai Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Taiki Sakurai Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Taiki Sakurai is "C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE", rated 8/10 from 9 user votes. It was "directed by Kazunobu Fuseki". "C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE" aired on 3/18/2003 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION".
8.0/10 9 votes#1 - C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/18/2003
As the JMSDF's Special Forces Unit rounds up the remaining members of Section 9, Daisuke Aramaki meets with the Minister of Justice to make one last appeal to the government to salvage his team. Section 9 may be down, but certainly not out. They have help in the form of their "think-tanks", otherwise known as the Tachikomas. Public Security will make one final push to save itself from extinction.
Director: Kazunobu Fuseki
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
7.9/10 9 votes#2 - C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/11/2003
Togusa, at the request of Chief Aramaki, returns to work. Both head out to the Prime Minister's residence with a detailed report citing Secretary-General Yakushima as the real power behind the Laughing Man Incident. However, before they can even leave their own building, they are told by the Minister of Home Affairs that Public Security has already been accused of being the masterminds behind the Laughing Man. The situation has gone from bad to worse and it will take a concerted effort by all of its members for Section 9 to clear itself of the charges.
Director: Yasuhiro Geshi
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
7.3/10 3 votes#3 - Falsehood
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2006
A client seeks Yūko's aid because she has problems with her right little finger; Yūko tells her that it is happening because of a bad habit of hers. Watanuki learns more about Yūko while becoming the shop's cook. Himawari-chan and Doumeki both make their first appearance in this episode.
Director: N/A
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
7.2/10 10 votes#4 - C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2002
A high-level hacking has occured at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Section 9 has traced the source of the hack job back to a vocational aid center located high in the mountains. The hack was done by someone very skilled since it only took two hours to crack the MHLW's ultra-secure barriers. The odd thing is that the MHLW has not filed a formal complaint about the incident. Togusa is sent undercover to discover what is going on at the aid center.
Director: Toshiyuki Kono
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
7.0/10 7 votes#5 - DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 7/3/2004
While on an assignment guarding the Prime Minister, Saitou and the Tachikomas pass the time playing poker with a few policemen who are also assigned to the case. Much to the chagrin of the other men, Saitou wins hand after hand. The Tachikomas take notice of Saitou's uncanny accuracy and start to comment. Their constant chattering quickly gets on the other player's nerves, so to smooth things over Saitou recounts his time working as a sniper for mercenaries in Mexico.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
7.0/10 1 votes#6 - After the Dance
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2005
An annual ball is being held in the lycee. Students, guardians and guests in formal attire are gathered in the school cafeteria when Saya arrives in a dress she borrowed from Min. On the dance floor, Saya meets a young man named Solomon, who asks her for a dance. As the music starts, David reaches the entrance to the basement surrounded by blue roses...
Director: Naomichi Yamato
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.9/10 10 votes#7 - SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2002
Motoko is asked by her friend Kurutan to investigate a strange scenario. A six-year old girl's life was saved by an immediate heart transplant. When her parents tried to send their gratitude to the donor, the donor's parents filed a police report since they never gave permission for the donation. What's more, the investigating officer has now been hospitalized after an accident. There is more to this case then meets the eye and Motoko and her colleagues must find out who's behind these apparent illegal organ donations.
Director: Kazunobu Fuseki
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.9/10 9 votes#8 - SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/21/2003
Aramaki and Kusanagi attend an international security conference in London. While there, Aramaki visits an old acquaintance of his, who is the operator of a wine fund, a place where people store their wines in order to let the wine age and become more expensive. Their meeting is not purely a social one, but before Aramaki and his friend can sit down and talk about the old days, the bank is broken into by two mafia men.
Director: Yasuhiro Geshi
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.8/10 10 votes#9 - SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2002
"Tachikoma Runaway": The Tachikoma that Batou has been feeding natural oil to awakens before the other Tachikomas do and leaves the hanger to have an adventure. On the town, it meets up with a girl named Miki who is searching for her dog. "The Movie Director's Dream": While out on its adventure, Batou's Tachikoma found a cyberbrain that has something very interesting within it. One of Section 9's lab techs has become "lost" inside the device, and it's up to the Major to bring him back.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.8/10 10 votes#10 - SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/2003
A new sniper device is tested out, but is found to have flaws. While Section 9 attends a debriefing session on the fate of the sniping device, the Tachikomas themselves begin to worry that tomorrow they could be the ones that are scrapped. The Tachikomas of Section 9 unite and discuss the various issues dealing with them that have occurred within previous episodes. They worry that the Major does not appreciate them. At the same time, the Major is looking into the idea of proceeding without the Tachikomas at Section 9's side. "Machine désirante (Desiring-Machine)" is one of the key concepts of Anti-Œdipus, written by contemporary French philosopher Gilles Deleuze.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.7/10 10 votes#11 - SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2002
A certain type of android, the GA07_JL, nicknamed Jeri by its users, has been affected by a virus. Recently, all Jeri model androids have been committing "suicide". Section 9 is called in as it may be related to a virus detected in an android at the National Assembly Building.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.6/10 7 votes#12 - DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/8/2004
Togusa aids a woman who has been chased by a man through the streets of Niihama. With his Mateba, Togusa is able to disable the man's prosthetic body. However, he does not secure the man's pistol. When Togusa helps the woman up, the man has enough movement left in his body to aim his gun and fire at the woman, killing her instantly. The murderer is brought to trial. However, due to the events that occurred immediately following the murder, Togusa is brutally cross-examined by the murderer's lawyer.
Director: Toshiyuki Kono
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.5/10 13 votes#13 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2004
Armed terrorists have taken over the Chinese Embassy in New Port City. Holding an unknown number of hostages, the group, calling themselves the Individual Eleven, are demanding that the government cease accepting Asian refugees and dissolve the five Asian refugee camps situated throughout Japan. The members of Section 9 have mobilized and are in position to move in. However, due to the events of the Laughing Man Incident (1st GIG), Section 9 technically no longer exists. The unit must wait for an official order from Chief Aramaki, who is busy making his case in front of the new Prime Minister of Japan.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.4/10 7 votes#14 - DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 8/7/2004
During a scheduled maintenance, the Tachikomas begin to chat away about the Individual Eleven. While talking in their new "forum", Batou and Togusa appear and take one of the Tachikomas - who just happens to be Batou's pet - with them to Spring-8 to look at the scientific evidence gathered on the Individual Eleven.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
6.0/10 2 votes#15 - The Place Where It All Started
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2005
The memory of that terrible night is fading away: not a trace is left, and a brand new desk is placed in the biology room, as if nothing had happened. On her way home from school, George takes Saya to the grave of the Miyagusuku family, on a hill overlooking the sea colored by the sunset. George talks about his past and his meeting with Saya. Back at Omoro, David reveals to Saya that she is the only living being who can defeat the chiropterans, as the creatures like the one that attacked her at school are called. Saya is shocked, but a new menace is just approaching, its eyes shining red...
Director: Tomoaki Ohta
Writer: Taiki Sakurai