The BEST episodes directed by Atsushi Nakayama
#1 - My Future In Bloom
Cardfight!! Vanguard - Season 8 - Episode 7
A month has passed since Tokoha began studying abroad in France, where she is also assisting with the Vanguard Association's Paris Branch. One day, she is introduced by Jaime to a young man named Miguel Torres, a polite albeit unlucky cardfighter who aspires to be a pro in the future. Through a friendly match with him, Tokoha learns that despite Miguel's misfortune, he is indeed a strong fighter and passionate about his dream of becoming a pro. The next day, Tokoha and Miguel spend the day together when she explains how she has yet to find a goal for herself. Nonetheless, Miguel expresses how he will wholeheartedly support her. Some time later, Jaime calls Tokoha and tells her that Miguel has died.
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#2 - Ah, My Darling is a Ne'er-do-well
Is This a Zombie? - Season 2 - Episode 9
Finding Kyoko's information useless, Ayumu is told by Dai-sensei to seek out the strongest underworld warrior, Naegleria Nebiros, who is an old friend of Eucliwood's. After agreeing to attend one of Saras' concerts, Ayumu meets up with Naegleria and ends up having to help her draw her doujinshi, with the others later joining him. As they learn the story is about Eucliwood and how things might've been for her, the gang become determined to complete it but get set back thanks to Sera's cooking. After completing a fair amount of work, Ayumu manages to make it to Saras' concert before it ends. After the concert, Saras takes Ayumu out to the roof and gives him a carton of coffee milk. When Ayumu is distracted while talking to Saras, Saras sucks on Ayumu's straw, thus marries Ayumu. The end of the episode shows Naegleria and Chris hanging out together, proving that they have a friendlike relationship.
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#3 - Yes, It Goes Around Every Year
Is This a Zombie? - Season 2 - Episode 5
Sera and the other vampire ninjas are called back to their village, leaving Haruna in charge of the house. Eucliwood comes down with a fever, and Ayumu goes to great lengths to look after her, but ends up having to call in outside, underworlder help.
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#4 - Call Me Sister
Is the Order a Rabbit? - Season 1 - Episode 7
Chino and Cocoa get into small, cute fights with each other over puzzles and pancakes. Later, the girls hand out flyers for their cafes.
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#5 - Days in Nest: Holiday
Tokyo Ravens - Season 1 - Episode 6
Weird rumors are going around about Harutora and Natsume, and they are made worse when Harutora and Natsume go shopping together on their day off.
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#6 - Birth of a Demon Lord
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 11
Rimuru succeeds in collecting enough souls to carry out his plan to evolve, and the Harvest Festival begins. But he's suddenly overcome by intense sleepiness at the same time, so he summons a demon to stop Razen, the one target who escaped alive. Then, upon returning to Tempest after successfully becoming a Demon Lord, Rimuru sets about attempting to revive Shion and the rest of the fallen. Through Raphael, the evolved form of Great Sage, the Secret Arts of Spirit Resurrection and Revival of the Dead are activated...
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#7 - Yes, There's Still More
Is This a Zombie? - Season 1 - Episode 12
The fighting is all finished, but the action is just beginning to heat up! Haruna wins a special trip to the pool, and we all know what that means: swimsuits!
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#8 - The New Pop Quiz Teacher
A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives - Season 1 - Episode 7
Taito wants to become stronger so he can protect Saitohimea. Gekkou sends him off to meet Eduluca who will grant any wish but takes "payment" of equal value. Before he makes his wish, Taito learns that Saitohimea came to Eduluca when he had died previously and exchanged a large amount of her power to revive him. Taito wishes to become strong but only through his own power. Eduluca is disappointed but grants his wish by planting within him a lot of useful and useless information but still takes something important to Taito though doesn't reveal what it is. Saitohimea offers to help Taito search for something helpful within the amount of information he was given, wherein Taito meets and forms a contract with Vishoub Eleranka. Meanwhile Cross appears in the Student Council room to reveal that the military has commissioned him to keep an eye on things. Gekkou calls the military incompetent and Cross reveals his superior speed to aggravate him into a scuffle and show him that he isn't as powerful as he thought himself to be.
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#9 - Pale White Graduation
A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives - Season 1 - Episode 12
The summer holidays brings with it the summer heat! And so, Haruka decides to invite Taito to the public baths. Coincidentally, Izumi convinces Saitohimea to go as well and they meet Gekkou, Mirai and even Hasga and Serge there too. Hilarities then ensue. Meanwhile, Cross in a monologue reveals that the mysterious girl he was talking to in an earlier episode is called Liir and is currently with the student president and that the dark rabbit within Taito might awaken soon. Also seen in a monologue is Hinata, who talks to himself saying that his brother might actually be able to do something about the prophecy. After the baths, Taito and the rest of the group jump into a portal and leaves the series in a cliffhanger.
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#10 - Hey, Which Middle School Are You At?
Is This a Zombie? - Season 1 - Episode 7
Ayumu’s exams are interrupted by a rampaging demon-horse and the arrival of a killer-soup wielding vampire ninja! If the poor boy can survive his latest adventure, he may find a mate for life!
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#11 - Megiddo
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 10
The battle for revenge has begun. Benimaru and his trusted companions carry out their respective missions, while Hakurou and his party face Shogo and Kyoya once again. And Rimuru's fury rains down upon the army from Falmuth.
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#12 - Promise
Dog Days - Season 1 - Episode 13
Just after Millhiore confesses her love for him, Cinque is sent back home and has no recollecions of his days at Flonyard. However, Ricotta learns that a way to make his memories return and be summoned back is possible, thanks to the possessions he left behind as a keepsake to his friends and the promise he made to them that he would indeed return. Upon regaining his memories, Cinque renews his vow to visit Flonyard again as soon as possible.
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#13 - Please Put It In...
Nogizaka Haruka's Secret - Season 2 - Episode 2
Yūto and Haruka begin making a dōjinshi together, though Haruka's skill in drawing is still lacking. Nobunaga asks Yūto to cover for him selling dōjinshi for one of his friends' dōjin circles at an upcoming event for Nocturne Girl's School Lacrosse Club. Yūto asks Haruka to accompany him, who is overjoyed at the prospect of helping out an already established circle. Yūto and Haruka continue their work on Haruka's illustration book of the Nocturne Girl's School Lacrosse Club lead character Haruna, though the day of the event Haruka's book is not selling. Nobunaga gives Yūto some advice, telling him that half the enjoyment is actually making the dōjinshi and Yūto realizes there are more important things that the book selling or not. Yūto goes back to Haruka and starts promoting Haruka's book, and eventually three people end up buying it.
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#14 - Returning from the Brink
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 23
Veldora's sudden appearance surprises Rimuru, but this saves him from Milim's attacks. It's time to try to end the battle against Clayman.
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#15 - Demon Lords' Banquet ~Walpurgis~
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 22
The long-awaited feast of the Demon Lords begins, and Clayman serves the first course: a hate-filled, accusation-filled speech to put Rimuru against the wall.
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#16 - SHAMAN*CLAN Promise
Tokyo Ravens - Season 1 - Episode 1
All Harutora Tsuchimikado wants is to spend his days idly with his friends, but as a descendant of the famous onmyo mage, Abe no Seimei, he has no choice but to follow his family's traditions.
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#17 - It Might Have Gone In...
Nogizaka Haruka's Secret - Season 2 - Episode 7
During the New Years break, Shiina expects something good from the fortune she received at the shrine, and coincidentally runs into Yūto on the street. Her hairpin gets knocked off into the river and Yūto goes in to retrieve it; as a thank you gift, Shiina prepares some cooked squid, but hurts her foot in the process. Mai and Ryouko, two of Shiina's friends, and Yūto come to pay her a visit, during which Yūto gives the three girls an unforgettable massage, a "punishment" for losing a game of old maid. Later on, Yūto and the others leave for the day, but Yūto comes back because he was worried about Shiina. Yūto helps her by preparing dinner, and the two spend the rest of the night having fun together. On the day Shiina returns to school from the holidays, she is cheerful, and gets giddier with joy when she meets Yūto, even with Haruka near him.
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#18 - Duo
Absolute Duo - Season 1 - Episode 2
The following day, rumors of Tooru and Julie had spread like wildfire. The two, the only boy-girl duo in the year, become quick friends with Tomoe and Miyabi at breakfast. After they had a strange and weird lesson on the rules and basics, the class then went onto training. More misunderstandings were made by Tomoe. After that, they went onto sparring. Due to Julie's remarkable talent in sparring, no one other than Tooru volunteered to spar with her. The end of the week has come and Tooru had discovered that Julie still doesn't have a Duo after Tomoe's rejection so he runs after her and with the sounds of the bells on her hairband, he finds her standing on the balcony of the clock tower. It was there that they made their Duo oath to each other and became a Duo...
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#19 - Proclamation of War
Dog Days - Season 1 - Episode 7
Desperate to change Millhiore and Cinque's dreadful fate, Leonmitchelli challenges Biscotti for another battle with each country waging their most sacred treasures on it. Millhiore reluctantly accepts the challenge, unaware of her true intentions.
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#21 - The One Unleashed
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 12
Shion and the rest of the fallen are revived, Diablo has joined the team... It seems as if all is going smoothly, but Rimuru then receives a report that Milim has declared war and Eurazania has been destroyed, and there's still the matter of the Western Holy Church's hostility toward monsters, even with Falmuth out of the picture. But at the same time, Raphael informs him that the Appraisal of Unlimited Imprisonment has been completed. At last, two years after Rimuru's reincarnation into this world, he can finally fulfill the first promise he made here: to free Veldora.
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#22 - I Want to Keep Feeling It..
Nogizaka Haruka's Secret - Season 2 - Episode 11
Yūto has to make a tough decision of whether to stay with Haruka or leave her so she can become an idol. Yūto asks Milan to attend her concert on Valentine's Day. During the concert, Yūto, with some "on-stage prodding" by Milan, decides to leave so as to go to Haruka's audition. Shiina is worried about Yūto and Haruka's relationship. Yūto decides that he wants to stay with Haruka and it is finally revealed to the unaware Haruka how Yayoi had planned to make her into an idol. Yayoi and Nozomi try desperately to stop him, but Haruka's family and maids help to get the upper hand against them. The final blow comes when they are later forced out of their talent agency after Haruka's father buys it and all associated material from them in a hostile takeover. Later at the Nogizaka mansion, as Akiho and Gento watches Yayoi and Nozomi in some mud wrestling contest on TV, Haruka gives a Valentine's present to Yūto.
#23 - Yes, Hair in Pigtails
Is This a Zombie? - Season 1 - Episode 3
While Ayumu goes bowling with a friend from school, his three lovely roommates spend the afternoon playing twister and fighting over the last package of pudding.
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#24 - Adalman, the Index Finger
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 21
On the other side of the front, Shuna, Souei and Hakurou must face Adalman, one of Clayman's most powerful subjects.
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#25 - Octagram
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 24
Clayman awakened as a true demon lord. The fight between Rimuru and the puppet master continues, but the difference in strength is very evident. The battle and its aftermath bring profound changes to the Ten Demon Lords.
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#27 - On This Land Where It All Happened
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 20
Gabiru and the Three Beast Warriors battle Clayman's forces until they encounter formidable opponents. Benimaru will have to take action.
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#28 - The Beauty Makes Her Move
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 6
At the same time as the attack on Tempest, Rimuru is also under attack. With one look, Rimuru realizes that his assailant is one of Shizu's former students, an Otherworlder, and the woman then introduces herself as the strongest of the Holy Knights, Hinata Sakaguchi. Rimuru is backed into a corner when her Holy Field seals most of his magic. At the same time, Shion and Hakurou, whose magic has been sealed by a similar barrier, are backed into a corner by Shogo and Kyoya.
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#29 - The Great Clash
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 1 - Episode 13
Rimuru and his Goblin riders set out for the marshlands to finalize their alliance with the Lizardmen. On the way, they save a Lizardman who'd been attacked by the Orcs. The victim turns out to be Gabiru's younger sister, who reveals that Gabiru led an insurrection and left to fight the Orc Lord without waiting for the alliance. She also pleads with Rimuru to save Gabiru and the rest of her clan. Meanwhile, Gabiru faces the massive Orc army and is shocked when he witnesses the power of their unique skill, Starved.
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#30 - Hope
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 8
Rimuru learns about Clayman and the schemes of the Kingdom of Falmuth, but no matter how hard he wishes for it, his fallen comrades and their peaceful lifestyle will never return. He's just about to give up when Eren tells him of a fairy tale that might offer a glimmer of hope. The probability of success is about 3%... but if Rimuru can manage to become a Demon Lord by taking in the souls of 10,000 humans as nourishment, he just might have a chance at bringing his comrades back to life. As Falmuth's army of 20,000 men marches toward Tempest, Rimuru takes hold of that hope and decides to become a Demon Lord.
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#31 - Avenger
Absolute Duo - Season 1 - Episode 3
On the day after the official duos have been determined, Rito Tsukimi informed her students in the classroom of the upcoming New Blade Battle which will be held in the next couple of days. In preparation for the battle, Tooru and Julie trained themselves and practiced their combat skills with their Blazes. Later at the sport stadium, Tooru found Miyabi, exhausted, running along the track when she suddenly collapsed. Unconscious, she is picked up and carried back to her dormitory by Tooru. On the way, she wakes up and Tooru encouraged her to keep training in order to become stronger. On the next day, late afternoon, the New Blade Battle starts at 5 o'clock. The duos have 2 hours to survive and eliminate all other duos to win the battle. As the battle continues, the defeated duos are eliminated from the battle. The three last duos remaining are Tooru's, Tomoe's and Tora's. Tomoe and Miyabi are eventually defeated by Tooru and Julie. Tooru and Julie continue and move on to find the other remaining duo. By the time Tooru and Julie gets there, Tora and his partner are found injured lying on the floor. Momentarily, Rito shows up and suddenly attack Tooru, revealing that she is the person who injure Tora and Tatsu. Then she explains that it is her duty to eliminate any student who is not up to the task. The fight between Tooru, Julie and Rito carries on. Afer learning from Rito that by breaking enemy's Blaze the enemy's soul will be damaged, Tooru uses his Mjolnir punch to break Rito's Blaze and end the fight. The next morning, still recovering from the injury, Tooru and Julie sit at the table and have their usual morning tea. They are then visited by Tomoe and Miyabi who bring them refreshments. That night, Tooru wakes up from the repeating nightmare about the past incident. The noises wake Julie up as well. She shows him the scar on her back, revealing that she is an Avenger like Tooru.
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#32 - Conqueror of Flames
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 1 - Episode 7
The Demon Lord Leon Cromwell summoned Shizu out of Tokyo as it burned during in the air raids, then forced the high-ranked spirit Ifrit to possess her. After taking over Shizu's body, Ifrit begins to rampage.
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#33 - The Signal to Begin the Banquet
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 19
Benimaru is in command of the troops that will face Clayman's army, which invaded the Animal Kingdom. If everything goes according to plan, achieving victory is just a matter of time.
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#34 - Birth of a Hero!
Dog Days - Season 1 - Episode 1
Cinque Izumi makes a promise with Rebecca Anderson to go flower viewing during the last three days of Spring Break. However, while he is alone trying out some acrobatic moves in school, a dog appears and opens a magical portal while Cinque is in mid-air, resulting in him jumping through the portal with the dog. He arrives in the land of Flonyard, and is greeted by a beautiful girl, albeit with bestial features like dog ears and tail. The girl, who introduces herself as Princess Millhiore, requests for his assistance, which he agrees to and becomes the Princess' Hero, in order to drive away the forces of Galette which seeks to invade Biscotti.
#35 - The Visitors
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 13
After saving his city and inhabitants, Rimuru brings back a very important figure to the people of the Great Forest of Jura. The end of the war between Falmuth and Tempest leads to the next step: reorganizing forces and treaties.
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#36 - Despair
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 7
Rimuru faced grave danger in his battle with Hinata, but he managed to escape in the nick of time by using a doppelganger to take the damage while he rushed back to Tempest. Upon arrival, he found the city in a tragic state, engulfed by blood and smoke. Benimaru tries to capture Myulan, the top suspect behind this disaster, but Youm and Grucius stand in his way. Swallowing his rage and grief, Rimuru realizes who their true enemy is and calmly questions Myulan instead of punishing her.
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#37 - Prelude to the Disaster
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 5
Following Clayman's orders, Myulan ignores the words of Youm and Grucius, both of whom have fallen in love with her, and activates the Anti-Magic Area spell. At the same time, Reyheim also activates Prison Field. The double barrier prevents Shion and the other fighters of Tempest from fighting as well as usual, and they end up at a disadvantage in their fights with three Otherworlders. Benimaru tries to contact Rimuru, who still hasn't returned, but he can't even get in touch with him due to the barriers.
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#38 - The Demon Lords
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 18
After sending his troops towards Eurazania, Rimuru needs to prepare for the Walpurgis, the great gathering of Demon Lords - and also for the confrontation with Clayman for what he has been doing.
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#39 - The Green Girl
Sekirei - Season 1 - Episode 3
Minato takes a job at a local construction site where he meets another Ashikabi, Seo Kaoru. With Seo's help, Minato infiltrates a nearby botanical garden, drawn by visions of a young Sekirei girl named Kusano, after Seo and his Sekireis eliminate a MBI roadblock in front of the garden. Musubi soon arrives and with her help, Minato rescues Kusano, who later makes Minato her Ashikabi.
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#40 - Rebels
Absolute Duo - Season 1 - Episode 9
Koryo Academy is under attack! Tor and Julie work together in battling the chief of the marauding corps, while Tomoe searches for a missing Miyabi.
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#41 - Charybdis
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 1 - Episode 19
Its seal removed, the calamity-class monster Charybdis and its Medalodon minions advance on the capital city of Rimuru. The Jura Tempest Federation combines all its forces under Rimuru to intercept the attack. King Gazel even sends 100 of his Pegasus Knights to aid in the battle. But Charybdis's extra skills Magic Jamming and Ultraspeed Regeneration make it a formidable foe. So Rimuru unleashes his new skill, Gluttony...
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#42 - The Eve of Battle
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 2 - Episode 17
The announcement of the upcoming event that will bring together several Demon Lords serves as part of the plan to face Clayman. But before that, Rimuru must find a way to save the people of Eurazania, who have become the target of a diabolical plot by Clayman.
#43 - The Storm Dragon, Veldora
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - Season 1 - Episode 1
Mikami Satoru, a businessman, is stabbed by a criminal on the street and killed. When he regains consciousness in the darkness, he finds that he's been reincarnated as a slime! With nothing better to do, he spends his time devouring all the rare herbs and precious ores he comes across. As he does, he encounters the Storm Dragon Veldora, who was sealed in this cave 300 years ago by a hero's "Unlimited Imprisonment" skill. He's frightened at first, but as they talk, he becomes friends with the long-isolated Veldora.
#44 - Reign Conference
Absolute Duo - Season 1 - Episode 10
In the ruins of the facility, Tooru and his friends are searching for a missing Miyabi, only to be stopped by Rito who tells the students that they had to leave the island. Despite Tomoe's and Tooru's plea to stay in for their search, the rabbit teacher tells them that it was under the headmistress orders, forcing them aboard the ship and leave the island. Two days has passed since the incident, Tooru senses something different about Tomoe even her discipline remains unchanged, though only Lilith seeing Tomoe's upset reaction over Miyabi's disappearance while passing though the shower room. In the class, Tooru remarks over Rito's word about not to spread a word about Miyabi's disappearance, which winds up upsetting in his fellow classmates. At the same time, Lilith is cheering both Tooru and Tomoe up in the class before Julie also following suit.
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#45 - A Goddess for This Corrupt Hot Springs Town!
KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!! - Season 2 - Episode 9
After witnessing Aqua warp the town's citizens with her petty confessional hearings, Kazuma takes a dip in the mixed bath, where he comes across another man who is as sick of the town's behavior as he is.
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#46 - Absolute Duo
Absolute Duo - Season 1 - Episode 12
The idea of wanting to protect someone is still foreign to K, so in a dramatic, no-holds-barred faceoff, Tor decides to show him how it's done.
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#47 - Trial & Error
Knight's & Magic - Season 1 - Episode 6
Following the events in Fort Casadesus, a new order is created with Ernie as it's commander, the Order of the Silver Phoenix. They have been asked to continue development of new models in secret.
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#48 - Storming the Capital
Kingdom (2012) - Season 1 - Episode 10
Zheng, Xin, and their companions arrive at the gates of Xianyang, capital of the Qin Kingdom, with a force far too small to assault such a great fortress. A stratagem may get them inside the walls, but they won't reach the Royal Court without a fight.
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#49 - Knight & Dragon
Knight's & Magic - Season 1 - Episode 12
After discussing their battle plans, the Silver Phoenix and Kuschperchans agree to Eleonora's strategy where she will lead the entire Kuschperchan army to recapture their capital Delvancul while Ernie and the Silver Phoenix Knights battle the Vyver.
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#50 - Silver-Blonde, Yellow Topaz
Absolute Duo - Season 1 - Episode 7
On the way to the island for the training camp with a boat, Julie's laying at Tooru's lap because she is feeling bad. Later, Tora and Tatsu tells them that Rito wants to see them; she tells the students that they're going to swim from the boat to the island where the camping is. But Julie can't swim, so Tooru has to carry her. On they're way, Lilith appereas and jumps from the helicopter to play with Tooru, however, he tells her that there's no time to play, which Lilith agrees on. After reaching the island, Tooru is laying at the beach to rest after the long trip. Continuing to reach the camp, the three have to go through the forest, however, some people attacked them - causing them to fight back. But what Tooru didn't expect is that he met someone he is familiar with; which is the lively Imari Nagakura, his opponent during the Kouryou Academy enrollment exam...
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