The BEST episodes directed by Kenjirou Okada
#1 - A Cold and Sunlit Place
From the New World - Season 1 - Episode 20
Saki and Satoru create a diversion and manage to escape their boat before the Fiend incinerates it. They continue on to the village in order to warn the townspeople, but come across a mutant fish that attacks them, blowing itself up in a suicide mission. Saki is blown away by the explosion, and is separated from Satoru. While in mid air, she has hallucinations of Shun, who is faceless. She still cannot recall his name or what he looked like. She lands, and is attacked by a young boy who mistakes her for a Monster Rat. They continue to the village, which is now in shambles, with many dead or injured. The canals have been drained in order to prevent mutant fish from accessing the town, but Saki wonders if this was Yakomaru's attempt at cutting the town off from its only means of transportation. She finds an injured Tomiko, who refuses to believe that a Fiend is on the loose. She tells her to find the Security Council and warn the others, while she stays behind.
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#2 - Cosmos: The Joys That Love Life Can Bring
Assault Lily: BOUQUET - Season 1 - Episode 9
When Yuri's origins are revealed, she is classified as a Huge. Riri flees the academy with her, but orders are issued for their capture. What will the other Lilies choose when ordered to hunt one of their own?
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#3 - Crowds
Gatchaman Crowds - Season 1 - Episode 10
Hajime encounters Katze on GALAX, who leaves her with a cryptic poem before instructing the Neo Hundred to go after the prime minister, offering a rare Crowds to whoever can take him down. As the Crowds attack Tachikawa, the Gatchaman arrive and make the Crowds visible to normal humans, before working to capture them so that their users won't slip into comas. Joe, having lost confidence in himself, prepares to leave with the evacuees, but receives a message from Sugane, encouraging him to fight again. As the man who assigned as the Neo Hundred's leader, Koichi Umeda, objects to attacks occuring in the city his wife and daughter lives in, he falls into despair when Katze turns on him and posts his personal information on the internet.
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#4 - The Pretty Boy on D. Hill (Part 3)
Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 12
On the day of the elections for student council president, Kinshiro Yokuya, Mayumi’s rival candidate and classmate, sits next to her. Before Mayumi’s speech, Kinshiro sets his last trap...! Will the Pretty Boy Detective Club be able to protect Yubiwa Academy?
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#5 - Your Smile Means Everything
Captain Earth - Season 1 - Episode 19
After hijacking a transport to return home, Daichi and the others are pursued by an unmanned Impacter from Salty Dog, who is determined to capture Hana at all costs for the sake of their plans, but seeing her friends in danger, she takes a drastic measure to save them.
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#6 - The Pretty Boy Traveling with the Brocade Portrait (Part 1)
Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 8
A huge oshie-hagoita (wooden paddle decorated with a brocade portrait) from an anonymous sender suddenly arrives at the art room that has been transformed into the Pretty Boy Detective Club headquarters. The Pretty Boy Detective Club deduce that the sender was Kodaki Kawaike, a first-year student at Yubiwa Academy and Nagahiro’s young fiancée. Contrary to her beautiful looks, Kodaki is feared by the Detective Club members as a demon...
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#7 - The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone (Part 1)
Pretty Boy Detective Club - Season 1 - Episode 1
Mayumi Dojima gazes at the stars from the rooftop of Yubiwa Academy Middle School. She has been searching for a star that she saw in the night sky ten years ago. She meets a mysterious and beautiful boy named Manabu Sotoin who suddenly takes her to the headquarters of the Pretty Boy Detective Club, where she meets five pretty boys with unique personalities. She asks the Pretty Boy Detective Club to search for the lost star but...
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#8 - Red, White, Black, Yellow
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 1
Ruby Rose, a girl who admires Huntsmen, along with her elder sister Yang Xiao Long enroll into Beacon Academy, a training school for Huntsmen. Her talents were discovered by Ozpin, the school’s Headmaster. Weiss Schnee, heiress of the world’s largest Dust manufacturing company, the Schnee Dust Company (S.D.C.), has disagreements with her father, defeats Arma Gigas, and leaves. Blake Belladona, a former member of White Fang, a terrorist organization and sworn enemy of the S.D.C., also leaves her organization. These two girls also become new students at Beacon. With hope and secret passion in their hearts, the story of these four girls who dream to become Huntsmen, now begin.
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#9 - Applying to Be an Amica
Aria the Scarlet Ammo AA - Season 1 - Episode 3
Kirin Shima is a junior high school student and an intern at Butei High School. Last year, she was an Amica with Riko Mine (current Year 2 student); however, she’s determined to become Raika Hino’s Amica this year. Will Raika accept her request?
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#10 - A Nightmare Comes
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 3
Based on the test results, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang form “Team RWBY”, and their school life beings. However, the four are not able to open up to each other just yet. Weiss, unaccepting that Ruby was chosen as team leader, appeals to the professor that she is more capable of the role, but is advised to "be the best teammate".
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#11 - This Is Beacon
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 2
Young boys and girls wanting to become Huntsmen gather to attend Beacon’s entrance ceremony. As everyone gathers, a shy Ruby is being urged by Yang to make friends. However, after being dismissed by Blake and angering Weiss, she gets depressed.
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#12 - Ice Queendom
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 4
On her snowboard, Ruby slides down the snowy field. Weiss, possessed by the Grimm “Nightmare”, created a world in her dreams, which is a reflection of her mind. With the help of Shion, a Huntsman specializing in the Grimm “Nightmare”, Ruby sneaks into Weiss’ dream and heads toward the place where the “Nightmare” had taken root. Those possessed by the “Nightmare” will be entrapped in a nightmare where Aura and life will be deprived. Weiss was already in a dangerous condition. Ruby was so eager to quickly free Weiss from the “Nightmare” but the world reflecting Weiss’ mind, block’s Ruby’s way.
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#13 - My Dream, Your Dream
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 9
In the dorm room, Weiss, smiling, hands Ruby a cup of coffee and the two talk. Weiss leave the room saying, “There is a reason for everything.” It was Ruby’s dream, who was possessed by the “Nightmare” due to her weakening spirit. Ruby awakes just in time with Jaune’s help. Meanwhile, Yang and Blake had been sent to a mansion, which looked like it was symbolizing the history of the conflict between the White Fang and the S.D.C. Ruby, who had returned to Weiss’ dream, and Blake each propose a new plan.
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#14 - Dreams Come Rued
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 7
With advice from Team JNPR, Penny, and Sun, Ruby’s party decides to try a new plan. Along with Jaune, who had acquired immunity toward the “Nightmare”, the four sneak into Weiss’ dream. Using the train they had rescued from White Fang, they were able to approach close to the center of the empire. Jaune, not being affected by the “Nightmare”, was able to move freely, releases the Sillies, the residents of the dream who were locked away by the empire, and succeeds in obtaining a new relic. Suddenly, a large number of little Weiss jumps out…
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#15 - Light in Shadows
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 11
As Yang fights the statue of Nicholas, Jaune and the Sillies fight the statue of Jacques. The robot army that had been created from Weiss’s nightmare fight the deformed White Fang which had been created from Blake’s nightmare. While battles are held in various places, Nega-Weiss clashes with Nega-Blake. Weiss is overwhelmed but tries to confront Nega-Blake, raging with Faunus’ anger who were being continuously oppressed. On the other hand, Ruby reaches the core of the dream and attacks the briar that covers the “Nightmare” but it quickly goes back to its original form and she is unable to destroy it. As she gets flustered, she remembers the words Weiss had said in Ruby’s dreams.
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#16 - Mirror of Darkness
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 10
Blake’s plan was a much too dangerous one, making the “Nightmare” possess Blake so that they could confront Nega-Weiss. Yang objects but Blake was firmly determined. Shion and Ozpin decide to accept her plan, considering Weiss’s urgent condition. As Blake becomes covered with the “Nightmare”, an ominous herd of shadows appears. Blake gives the word of command, “Burry the Schnee Dust Company!” toward the shadows, which looked just like Adam, who she had left behind in her past. Blake attacks Nega-Weiss along with the herd, and Nega-Weiss confronts them with anger. It was indistinguishable if the herd was Grimm or the White Fang. Meanwhile, Ruby uses this chance to head toward the center core of the dream, where the “Nightmare” had rooted.
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#17 - Awaken in a Dream
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 5
Attacked by Weiss and finding herself cornered, Ruby is rescued by Shion. Even after she had awakened from the dream, Ruby starts to feel uncertain having heard Weiss’ aggressive words. However, she decides to take on the challenge once again and returns to the dream, this time accompanied by Yang and Blake. In the dream, the empire, ruled by the Schnee family and protected by Nega-Weiss, had increased their alert levels due to Ruby’s escape. Seeing how important the Schnee family is to Weiss and also her fear and hatred toward the White Fang, the three girls get confused but nevertheless make their way into the dream.
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#18 - Best Day Ever
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 12
Defeating the “Nightmare” and released from the nightmare, Team RWBY and Team JNPR resume their school life. The teammates had opened their hearts to each other more than before. Along with Ozpin, Shion who is going to set out on another journey, watches over the students who were growing up. Experiencing that building a relationship of trust with her friends leads to power, Ruby decides to do her best as leader, and Yang supports her younger sister’s decision. Meanwhile, Weiss and Blake promise to accept each other as teammates. The girls had deepened their bonds with their friends, and together, they set out on their way to becoming a Huntsmen.
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#19 - Do You Have a Plan?
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 6
Ruby’s party reaches the inner depths of the dream, but Nega-Weiss attacks trying to eliminate Blake. Blake has a difficult timing fighting Weiss’ relentless attacks and is also hurt from hearing harsh words that she and the Faunus were enemies to her. Although they were able to find the “Nightmare”, they could not defeat Weiss, who had exploded in anger by Ruby and Yang’s betrayal and hatred toward Blake. The three had no choice but to retreat to the real world. Ruby’s party had become depress, hearing that sneaking into the dream which meant defeating the “Nightmare”, had become more difficult because of this failure. Dark clouds had gathered concerning this mission of exploring Weiss’ mind and heart…
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#20 - Where You Belong
RWBY: Ice Queendom - Season 1 - Episode 8
The city falls along with the deformed Sillies and the robot soldiers affected by the bugs’ rampage. As the situation gets chaotic, Nega-Weiss shows up with a giant statute of Nicholas, capturing the Sillies one after another. Although Jaune bravely confronts the statue of Jacques, who is wearing armor that’s reminiscent of Grimm “Geist”, he and Pyrrha, a resident of the dream, are captured. Meanwhile, Ruby’s party manages to reach the core of the dream where the “Nightmare” had rooted, but Nega-Weiss stands in their way. Yang and Blake are swallowed into the glyphs and disappear.
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