The BEST episodes directed by Hiroyuki Kakudo
#1 - The War Draws to a Close! Ringing War and Wide, the Proud Fantasia
One Piece - Season 9 - Episode 50
The 400 year war on Sky Island comes to an end. Montblanc Cricket and the Masira Brothers hear the Golden Bell ringing and realize that the Gold City was always in the sky. Eneru, who was thrown to the Blue Sea heads out to the Fairy Vearth (the Moon). The Sky People (both Skypieans and shandians) celebrate the end of the war with a great bonfire.
#2 - Zoro's Imprisonment and Chopper's Emergency Operation!
One Piece - Season 10 - Episode 3
Zoro is taken prisoner as Chopper and Nami assist a nervous doctor in treating injured Marines.
#3 - The Foxy Pirate Crew and the Davy Back!
One Piece - Season 10 - Episode 13
After Tonjit re-unites with his horse, they are soon attacked by Captain Foxy and his subordinates, who challenge Luffy in a Davy Back Fight, a contest of pirates where the stakes are members of the crew.
#5 - Full Power Noro Noro Beam vs The Invulnerable Luffy
One Piece - Season 10 - Episode 23
Luffy continues to battle Foxy with the odds not in his favor, and the fight continues inside Foxy's ship.
#7 - Trap on Lovely Street! Almighty God Enel
One Piece - Season 9 - Episode 15
Conis leads Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji to a boat to get to Upper Yard, but she tells them it is a trap and almost gets hit by "Heaven's Judgment".
#8 - The Python Strikes! The Survival Game Begins
One Piece - Season 9 - Episode 25
A giant python makes Luffy, Robin, Chopper and Zoro split while going to the ruins at the south.
#9 - Monsters Appear! Don't Touch the Whitebeard Pirates
One Piece - Season 9 - Episode 2
The Straw Hats decide to go to Jaya island to look for information on Skypeia. Meanwhile, Ace suddenly shows up on Buggy's ship; Buggy doesn't let any of his men attack Ace, fearing Whitebeard's retribution.
#10 - Guidance from the Sound of a Bell! The Great Warrior and Tales of an Explorer
One Piece - Season 9 - Episode 44
The history of Norland and Calgara is told, as a flashback from Wyper.
#11 - Luffy is in Sight! Gather at the Courthouse Plaza
One Piece - Season 11 - Episode 46
Although Gomorrah was blinded, he continues on. Sanji and Zoro crush a building in the king bull's path and the party arrives at the courthouse. On the other side of the drawbridge, Spandam is brought a transponder snail phone with an urgent report. Confident that he will only be told of the Straw Hats' capture, he allows Robin and Franky to listen in, letting them know of their rescuers' success. In front of the courthouse, Zoro cuts open the building's immense stone door. The Franky Family split into three groups, two of which storm the drawbridge towers to reach the levelers at their tops. On the courthouse's roof, Luffy and Blueno fight on even terms until Luffy activates his newest technique, the Gear Second.
#12 - The Blueprints Aren't Passed! Franky's Decision
One Piece - Season 11 - Episode 58
Franky had hidden the blueprints for the ancient weapon Pluton within his body. He shows them to the CP9, explaining that they were only kept in existence so that an opposing force could be constructed in case the other ancient weapons still in existence were revived by Robin. Having realized that she is not the demon that rumors characterized her as, he bets the world's fate on the Straw Hats ability to rescue her and burns the blueprints. Enraged, Spandam throws Franky off the balcony. Kokoro runs Rocketman up the half-lowered drawbridge. The Straw Hats, informed via transponder snail phone, jump aboard. Hitting Franky on the way and carrying him along, the train jumps over the waterfall and crashes into the Tower of Justice.
#13 - Zoro's New Technique Explodes! The Katana's Name is Sogeking?
One Piece - Season 11 - Episode 63
Refreshed after having placed three full bottles of cola in his stomach compartment, Franky turns the tide in his battle with Fukurou. After breaking through a few walls, they continue fighting outside. They fall into the sea and by the force of the currents are drawn towards the waterfall surrounding Enies Lobby's main island. Franky barely saves himself from falling down by grabbing onto Fukurou's leg with his extendable arm. Unable to shake off his opponent, Fukurou is forced to use his air-walking technique to drag both of them towards land. As they close in on the Tower of Justice, he attempts to crush Franky into it. However, Franky is prepared, and holds onto his opponent with his dividable legs and uses his air pressure cannon to propel him flying into the ground.
#14 - Kick! Full Course of Sanji's Footwork
One Piece - Season 11 - Episode 72
Nami drags the wounded Sogeking from the fighting zone. As she is on the verge of going downstairs, Sogeking has an idea. Meanwhile, Sanji starts exchanging blows with Jyabura, who sends him flying into the hallway. Continuing their fight there, Jyabura tries in vain to trick Sanji with a made-up story of being Robin's long-lost brother. The battle seems even, until the wolf-man gains the upper hand over his opponent with well-placed blows. Realizing that he is on the losing side, Sanji resolves to use his newest technique. He spins around until his leg starts glowing red with heat, and defeats Jyabura in a fierce mid-air final.
#15 - The Island Sinking in Gunfire! Franky's Outcry of Regret
One Piece - Season 11 - Episode 81
Franky and Robin are throwing the last remaining marines off their commandeered convoy ship when Kokoro, in mermaid form, jumps out of the water and on board, carrying the whole group from the underground passage. A moment of happiness arises as they reunite with Robin, but does not last long. The battleships have set the whole island aflame and via loudspeaker a voice announces the destruction of the group of escapees at the main gate. With no more targets left, the fleet turns its attention toward the Bridge of Hesitation, where the Straw Hats are forced to wait for their captain's arrival.
#16 - The Strongest Family Line? Luffy's Father Revealed!
One Piece - Season 11 - Episode 88
Garp is revealed to be Luffy's grandfather and is accompanied by old acquaintances of Luffy and Zoro from the beginning of their journey, Coby and Helmeppo. After giving Luffy a lecture for becoming a pirate instead of a marine, he tells him about his father, Monkey D. Dragon. Although Luffy does not know of it, he was once saved by him in Loguetown, where he was almost captured by Captain Smoker.
#17 - The Resounding Bad News! The Buster Call is Invoked
One Piece - Season 11 - Episode 68
On the Courthouse Plaza, the marines defeat Oimo and Kāshī and capture the Straw Hats' allies in the courthouse. Almost on the Bridge of Hesitation, which leads through the Gate of Justice, Spandam tries to contact the CP9 members at the tower, but accidentally invokes a Buster Call, causing ten battleships and five vice-admirals to be dispatched to Enies Lobby from the nearby navy headquarters. Realizing his first mistake, Spandam makes another by informing the whole island of the coming threat. Out of fear, the island's 10,000 soldiers leave their prisoners and flee to the coast.
#18 - Everyone's Finally Wanted! The Crew of Over Six Hundred Million!
One Piece - Season 11 - Episode 94
Franky, Iceburg, and the Galley-La foremen work throughout the night to build the new ship for the Straw Hats. Usopp spends the time practicing the manner in which he will convince his former crewmates to let him join again. The next day, the Straw Hats are summoned to the shore to receive their ship. On departing, they are intercepted by the Franky Family, bringing the new wanted posters of the crew. However, the true reason they came is that Franky has received a bounty as well. They fear that, should he stay with them, he might be captured once more and that they would not be able to rescue him again. Therefore, they beg the Straw Hats to take Franky with them, regardless of whether he wants them to or not.
#20 - Luffy Charges In! Great Decisive Battle on the Judiciary Island!
One Piece - Season 11 - Episode 39
Luffy easily gets past the second gate, while the Franky Family and the Galley-La foremen, following their initial plan, break the first gate's defenses. All goes smoothly at first, but by the time the Franky Family's main force reaches the second gate, the marines have called for help. The giants Oimo and Kāshī, the island's front gate gatekeepers, take up their posts. Overmatched in strength and size, the Franky Family send their best fighters, the Kairiki Destroyers. However, even these overly large humans can do little against the giants' power and are quickly defeated. On the other side of the gate, Luffy faces the collective might of Enies Lobby's 10,000 men.