The BEST episodes directed by Junji Nishimura

Union Fest
star
9.76
34 votes

#1 - Union Fest

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 9

A new war between the nations is about to begin but Biscotti's Captain of the Imperial Guard is having problems that will lead Biscotti into ruin.

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Summer Memories
star
9.68
34 votes

#2 - Summer Memories

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 13

Shinku, Rebecca and Nanami spend the final days of their stay on Flonyard alongside their friends. The night before their departed, Shinku and Millhiore talks about the last time they parted ways, remembering how she confesses to him and how he answered back. The Princess requested to Shinku to hug him for her to remember Shinku's "warm and happy" hug. Each of them also receive from their respective rulers a special present before they are sent back to Earth, with the promise of returning in the near future.

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Final Stage
star
9.65
34 votes

#3 - Final Stage

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 12

Wanting to get a gift for Rebecca, Couverte along with Rico and Noir descend into the vault underneath Castle Eschenbach. All the traps should be disabled in this ancient maze, right?

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One-On-One In The Skies and On Land
star
9.54
35 votes

#4 - One-On-One In The Skies and On Land

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 10

One on one battles continue with Becky vs. Millihiore, Rebecca vs. Hina, and Sink vs. Gaul. A wild card appears to shake the battle up even more.

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Change My Heart
star
9.54
35 votes

#5 - Change My Heart

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 11

The Union Festival comes to a close, and Millihi and Sink take some time to relax at Yukikaze's house. But things take an unexpected turn when Millihi finds a strange crystal, and the three are engulfed in a blue fog...

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Galette Sword Style Record!
star
8.91
66 votes

#6 - Galette Sword Style Record!

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 5

Highway Bandits are ruining the lives of the people in Ayase. Nana, Vert, and Jau head out to stop the bandits but meet a much more interesting character.

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Battle at the Cave of Sealing!
star
8.89
65 votes

#7 - Battle at the Cave of Sealing!

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 7

A seal in a cave of monsters has been broken leaving the Heroes of old to call in the new generation.

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Pastillage Joins the Fight!
star
8.87
67 votes

#8 - Pastillage Joins the Fight!

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 2

With one hero at each side, the special match between Biscotti and Gallete intensifies until the Pastillage army led by Couvert join the battle. After abducting Rebecca, Couvert has her forces confronting Shinku and Nanami's teams while she convinces Rebecca to join her side and be Pastillage's hero.

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The Hero has Arrived!
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8.84
70 votes

#9 - The Hero has Arrived!

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 1

Three months after leaving Flonyard, Shinku returns to Biscotti along with his friend Rebecca, while his cousin Nanami is summoned to Galette by Leomichelli and accepts to become her hero. After a brief reunion with Millhiore and his other friends, Shinku takes part in a special battle celebrating his return, soon after Nanami also joins the fight while Rebecca stays back at the castle with Millhiore. Watching the battle at her castle, Couvert, the Princess of Pastillage, decides to set off for Biscotti to ask Rebecca to become her hero.

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Esnart Arts and Music Festival
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8.47
64 votes

#10 - Esnart Arts and Music Festival

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 8

Millhiore is invited to sing at the Esnart Art and Music Festival in Pastillage. Just before her performance, the princess and Rebecca are attacked by a rogue cat deity who tries to steal their jewels and Shinku leads a team to catch her before she causes more trouble.

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Love, Kōrin Festival
star
8.45
67 votes

#11 - Love, Kōrin Festival

Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow - Season 1 - Episode 20

It's the day before the school festival so Minko wakes early, buys the ingredients, and starts prepping with the unwanted help of Ohana. When Nako asks to have omelette rice for lunch, Minko, unfazed, makes a perfect omelette rice dish. Adding Ohana's twist to the dish, they decide to also serve it on the menu of Class 2-A's princess cafe. Tōru arrives and Minko adds a big ketchup heart around his omelette rice. After they see from the class building that the campfire was lit, Minko, Ohana, Yuina, Nako, and her classmate decide to go down and take a look.

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Three Heroes!
star
8.30
96 votes

#12 - Three Heroes!

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 3

Couvert and Rebecca join the fight and the three-way battle becomes even more intense until it ends with Gallete's victory. Shinku takes Nanami and Rebecca for a tour around Biscotti before he embarks for a special training camp with Éclair and Yukikaze.

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Pastillage's Hero King Legend
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8.29
94 votes

#13 - Pastillage's Hero King Legend

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 6

Couverte and Sink have accidently released the Demon King from his sleep. Even with all the heroes powers combined he proves to be a formidable enemy. Only the Hero King can stop his rampage.

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Biscotti Summer Camp!
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8.27
96 votes

#14 - Biscotti Summer Camp!

Dog Days - Season 2 - Episode 4

With the war games over each Princess has gone back to their respective kingdoms. Sink, along with friends, are spending their time training in counter-monster skills.

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The Punch
star
7.75
16 votes

#15 - The Punch

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 6

Touko feels uneasy around Kakeru because of the fragments of the future. Hiro invites her ahead of everyone else to Kazemichi Café.

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Hinode Bridge
star
7.60
15 votes

#16 - Hinode Bridge

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 5

Accompanied by Yanagi, Yuki goes to a track meeting for the first time since recovering from his injury. Meanwhile, Touko goes to Kazemichi Café by herself, and learns from Hiro's grandfather that Hiro was absent from the store, out on a date.

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The Bicycle
star
7.57
14 votes

#17 - The Bicycle

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 7

Yanagi and Touko talk at the beach, when the glitter of the water triggers a "fragment of the future". Meanwhile, Hiro meets Sachi's mother for the first time while visiting her at the hospital. To add to Hiro's nervousness, Sachi introduces him to her mother as her boyfriend.

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Homecoming
star
7.50
6 votes

#18 - Homecoming

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 12

Once the Sky Whale is restored, Shinku and his friends return to the surface. Some time later, the heroes are once again sent back to Earth, promising to return to Flonyard in the near future.

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The Slope
star
7.44
16 votes

#19 - The Slope

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 4

Touko learns that Yanagi had hurt her right leg during a lesson, and she rushes to the hospital. Meanwhile, Hiro visits Sachi's home to return a book that he had borrowed from her.

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Jonathan
star
7.42
12 votes

#20 - Jonathan

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 10

Sachi looks somehow relieved as she makes her confession to Touko and Hiro. Touko, having heard that Yanagi wanted to renew herself, also re-evaluates her relationship with Kakeru.

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Fireworks
star
7.24
33 votes

#21 - Fireworks

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 1

A lively fireworks festival. Yanagi Takayama wins a pair of diffraction glasses at a ring toss game. She chatters with her friend Touko Fukami. Touko tries on the glasses when, amidst the hazy scenery, she hears a voice say "I've finally found you".

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Snow
star
7.23
13 votes

#22 - Snow

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 8

The fragment of the future Touko saw at sunset on the beach was vivid enough to throw her to the ground. Yanagi talks to Sachi at the hospital about how Yukinari went off to training camp without letting her know, about Sachi and Hiro, about Touko's incident at the beach and her relationship with Kakeru.

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The Bench
star
7.20
20 votes

#23 - The Bench

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 2

Touko and the gang gather at Kazemichi Café, run by Hiro's grandfather. Yukinari and the others are alarmed at Kakeru's uninvited presence. Unfazed, Kakeru tells Touko where and when to meet him, and leaves.

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The Moon
star
7.17
12 votes

#24 - The Moon

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 9

Touko sees a snowy fragment of the future in which she shares a kiss with Kakeru. Kakeru can't hear any fragments. Yanagi texts Yukihiro at training camp. Despite the awkwardness, Hiro and Sachi begin to move forward.

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The Water Can
star
7.05
19 votes

#25 - The Water Can

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 3

With her discovery that she can see the fragments of the future vividly when she is with Kakeru, and with Yukinari's confession that he likes her rather than Yanagi, Touko is filled with anxiety about change. After thinking about how she could keep her friends from becoming separated, she decides to ask Kakeru about seeing Yanagi and Yukinari's future.

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Once Again, The Hero Returns
star
7.00
7 votes

#26 - Once Again, The Hero Returns

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 1

The three heroes return to Flonyard but Cinque and Nanami's summoning is disrupted by a lighting bolt, leaving them stranded in a forest. While their friends search for the duo, they meet a girl named Sharu who offers them aid.

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The Dragon Priestess
star
7.00
5 votes

#27 - The Dragon Priestess

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 2

Cinque and Nanami help Sharu protect the forest against hordes of rogue beasts, but after reuniting with their friends, a bigger threat appears.

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What's Passed On
star
7.00
5 votes

#28 - What's Passed On

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 4

With the crisis averted, the heroes return to their respective kingdoms, but when Nanami and the Genoise Trio pay a visit to Pastillage, they get into a slimy mess when some dangerous creatures break free at the castle.

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Exploration at the Crystal Mines!
star
7.00
6 votes

#29 - Exploration at the Crystal Mines!

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 5

Cinque and Rebecca joins a scientific expedition that turns into a dangerous adventure when a cursed creature threatens the local Fairies.

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The Lion's Arranged Marriage
star
7.00
6 votes

#30 - The Lion's Arranged Marriage

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 6

The time has come for Leonmitchelle's annual challenge in which whoever defeats the princess earns the right to marry her, but this time, a new and powerful contestant who is an old friend of hers, appears as well.

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The Star Whale in the Sky Sea
star
7.00
6 votes

#31 - The Star Whale in the Sky Sea

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 9

Upon learning that something is amiss with the Sky Priestess, Sharu seeks for the Heroes' aid and departs with them to the insides of the Star Whale, a massive flying deity where she resides.

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Song of the Stars
star
7.00
7 votes

#32 - Song of the Stars

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 11

Once returning with reinforcements, Shinku joins forces with Gaul against Verde to rescue Aria, while Milhiore uses her song to heal the Sky Whale.

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Debut!!
star
7.00
18 votes

#33 - Debut!!

Bakuon!! - Season 1 - Episode 3

With Hane now having her license, the girls visit the Nicoichi Motors used bike store, which turns out to be Onsa's family business. Despite the poor condition of most of the bikes on sale, Hane decides to buy a pink Honda CB400SF Hyper VTEC Spec III that catches her eye. Later, the girls overhear Rin being cheerful after a microphone is installed in her helmet, encouraging her to join them on the trip. Afterwards, the girls learn that the Bike Club has been defunct for twenty years and look to getting it reapproved, while Raimu and Tazuko, the school's headmistress reminisce about how it came to be defunct in the first place. After Raimu promises to protect the other girls from harm, Tazuko presents Raimu with a new Student ID and has the Bike Club officially reinstated.

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The Race is On!
star
6.95
38 votes

#34 - The Race is On!

Beyblade - Season 1 - Episode 14

It's the morning of the semi-finals at the Asian Beyblade Tournament and Tyson manages to sleep in. The rest of the team leaves early, but Ray stays behind to make sure Tyson wakes up. As the tournament gets underway, Max is the first to battle. Meanwhile, Ray and Tyson are caught up in a traffic jam created by a landslide (Created by Kevin), so they decide to walk. But the shortest route is over a mountain where Ray sprains his ankle and Tyson is left to carrying him all the way to there. Meanwhile, back at the tournament, Team Bladebreakers has heard about the landslide and are worried about their teammates. And to add insult to injury, if Tyson doesn't show up soon, their team will have to forfeit. Time is running out for Tyson and Ray, when Kai uncharacteristically steps up to the plate to stall for time until Tyson shows up.

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School!!
star
6.92
24 votes

#35 - School!!

Bakuon!! - Season 1 - Episode 2

As Rin manages to get her bike license, she remains angry at Onsa over her prejudice towards her Katana, but is awed by Hane's honest compliments. Later, a freshman named Hijiri Minowa comes to join the bike club, giving Hane the idea to have Onsa and Rin settle their dispute with a chicken race. Though Onsa and Rin stop in order to keep their bikes safe, Hijiri and her butler Hayakawa go full force against Raimu. On the day of her license exam, Hane becomes nervous when she has to ride a different bike than from her lessons, but Hijiri and the others manage to cheer her on, allowing her to successfully pass her exam.

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Piano
star
6.92
12 votes

#36 - Piano

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 11

Touko and Kakeru sit quietly in the art prep room. Kakeru plans a small piano recital for his mother, inviting Touko. Meanwhile, Sachi asks Hiro to go hiking again, and Yukinari goes to watch Yanagi at her dance practice for the first time.

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Showdown in Hong Kong
star
6.85
40 votes

#37 - Showdown in Hong Kong

Beyblade - Season 1 - Episode 9

Kevin disses the BladeBreakers (especially Ray) and challenges Ray to a battle. Tyson has had enough and battles Kevin instead, but he falls quickly to the Bey's ability to wobble and multiply. The Blader who challenged Tyson beforehand bumps into Lee, Gary and Mariah, the other members of the White Tigers, and he tells them about his encounter with Ray. Tyson then beats Kevin in battle, before the rest of the White Tigers show up. They all seem to know Ray, calling him "traitor", and tell him that they will be entering the tournament too.

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Decisive Battle! The Dragon's Forest!
star
6.83
6 votes

#38 - Decisive Battle! The Dragon's Forest!

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 3

The armies of Biscotti, Gallete and Pastillage join forces to vanquish a powerful demon that threatens the forest. To help Sharu seal the demon, Cinque, Nanami and Rebecca bring their powers to the limit.

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Recollection: The Story of the Hero and the Princess
star
6.83
6 votes

#39 - Recollection: The Story of the Hero and the Princess

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 8

Adel and Valério tell Couvert and her friends their exploits to clear the land of demons along with Brioche, Isuca and Valério's long lost sister, Princess Clarifier, the one who summoned Adel to Flonyard and became her closest friend.

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Fireworks (Again)
star
6.82
11 votes

#40 - Fireworks (Again)

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 12

Touko Fukami, having just moved from Tokyo, isn't sure she will be well there. By coincidence, she meets Kakeru Okikura at the station. He takes her to Kazemichi Cafe, where she meets Yukinari Imi, Yanagi Takayama, Sachi Nagamiya and Hiro Shirosaki. They set out to watch fireworks that night.

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Joining the Club!!
star
6.77
26 votes

#41 - Joining the Club!!

Bakuon!! - Season 1 - Episode 1

On her way to her first day of school, Hane Sakura takes interest in her classmate, Onsa Amano, after seeing her ride a motorbike to school. The two go to the school's Bike Club, whose only club member is a silent girl in a helmet named Raimu Kawasaki, who takes Hane for a ride on her Kawasaki ZX-12R. After joining the club alongside Onsa, Hane applies for a motorcycle license, initially struggle with lifting a bike but managing to pull it off after seemingly hearing a voice coming from her bike. During her lessons, Hane comes across another classmate, Rin Suzunoki, who takes her and the others to a bike shop to pick out a bike, only to argue with Onsa when she disses her taste in Suzuki bikes.

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The Sky Priestess and the Star People
star
6.75
8 votes

#42 - The Sky Priestess and the Star People

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 10

Upon meeting the Sky Priestess, Cinque's party learns that the Star Whale is infested of demons, and the only way to cleanse it is by the voice of a talented singer. With Aria, the Sky People's songstress unable to sing, Cinque and Rebecca return to the surface seeking Milhiore's aid, but a strange enemy appears, intending to claim Aria for himself.

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The Little Prince and the Legendary Hero
star
6.71
7 votes

#43 - The Little Prince and the Legendary Hero

Dog Days - Season 3 - Episode 7

After almost defeating Leonmitchelle in the challenge, Prince Leaf from the Kingdom of Halver is showed around Galette, Biscotti and Pastillage by the locals, and after attending one of Milhiore's concerts, they gather around Adel, who is about to tell them old stories of the past.

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Catch a Shooting All-Star!
star
6.63
8 votes

#44 - Catch a Shooting All-Star!

Beyblade - Season 1 - Episode 26

Tensions rise as the American Tournament heats up. Max fights for a chance to beyblade against his mother’s team the All-Starz in an upcoming match, while Tyson and the rest of the Bladebreakers realize that the All-Starz are a bigger threat then they previously thought. At the end of two tense rounds, Tyson and Steve are tied one-all.

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Practice Makes Perfect!
star
6.25
8 votes

#45 - Practice Makes Perfect!

Beyblade - Season 1 - Episode 21

For some strange reason, Mr. Dickenson sends the Blade Breakers to a remote mountain retreat to hone their blading skills for the upcoming American Tournament as well as to get Kenny and Dizzi to figure out a way to increase Ray's Bit Beast's power. Once there, they meet up with an enthusiastic young boy named Antonio who they think is there to train them. Turns out, Antonio is a pathetic blader. Frustrated, the Breakers question the reason why Mr. Dickenson would send them all the way up to the middle of nowhere to train without any decent equipment. Turns out, the BBA Chairman had an ulterior motive - to teach the boys a valuable lesson about the importance of practice. Even Kenny learns from this and is able to tweak Ray's blade up a few notches.

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Shooting Stars
star
5.67
12 votes

#46 - Shooting Stars

Glasslip - Season 1 - Episode 13

Touko is shocked by the world she saw, and loses consciousness at the end of Kakeru's mother's performance. At Touko's request, Kakeru's mother plays once more, as she wonders about Kakeru's future. Meanwhile, at Kazemichi, Yukinari, Yanagi, Hiro and Sachi arrive all by coincidence.

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