The BEST episodes directed by Masahiko Otsuka

That Vase Is 5 Million...
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9.11
91 votes

#1 - That Vase Is 5 Million...

He Is My Master - Season 1 - Episode 2

Yoshitaka convinces the girls to come back inside, then hands them the bill for all the things Pochi and Izumi broke the previous day. Between needing to pay off their debt and needing a place to stay, the girls end up employed by Yoshitaka.

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Let's Go, Buddy
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8.76
222 votes

#2 - Let's Go, Buddy

Gurren Lagann - Season 1 - Episode 26

With the sacrifice of one of their important comrades, the Super Galactic Great Gurren is finally able to transform into the "Super Galactic Great Gurren Lagann". Now they stand a fighting chance against the Anti-Spirals. However the enemy then creates an "Alternate Space Labyrinth", to use their own memories and desires against them but an old friend appears to help.

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Later, Buddy
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8.47
314 votes

#3 - Later, Buddy

Gurren Lagann - Season 1 - Episode 8

Kamina, Simon and the rest of the Great Gurren Brigade plan to take down Thymilph, one of the Four Divine Generals of the Spiral King, and his massive mobile Gunmen fortress, the Dai-Ganzan. Their plan involves having Simon using Lagann to take over the Dai-Ganzan the same way he fuses with the Gurren, but an something unexpected causes a great tragedy in the following battle.

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I Will Head Towards Tomorrow
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8.31
249 votes

#4 - I Will Head Towards Tomorrow

Gurren Lagann - Season 1 - Episode 15

The last of the Divine Generals have fallen and all that stands before the Great Gurren Brigade and victory, is the Imperial City Teppelin. However right before their eyes Teppelin collapses and reveals its true form, as a Gunman of gigantic proportions. Nia request to go along with Simon, in the Gurren-Lagann, to confront her father Lord Genome. First they must penetrate the impregnable defense.

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You Don't Know Anything
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7.96
244 votes

#5 - You Don't Know Anything

Gurren Lagann - Season 1 - Episode 17

Seven years have past, since the capture of Teppelin and under Simon's leadership, a new capital city has been built from the remnants of the royal capital. As the humans being to prosper and including the lives of those who helped make it all happen. However, these peaceful times come to end when the threat mentioned in Lord Genome's last words starts to reveal itself.

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We Have To Contact Each Other And Confirm Our Feelings. Because We're Friends!
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7.79
52 votes

#6 - We Have To Contact Each Other And Confirm Our Feelings. Because We're Friends!

Kiznaiver - Season 1 - Episode 11

Katsuhira finds out what happened to the friends from his childhood and Sonozaki is intent on making the Kizna Experiment successful no matter what.

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Bust Through the Heavens with Your Drill!
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7.77
472 votes

#7 - Bust Through the Heavens with Your Drill!

Gurren Lagann - Season 1 - Episode 1

Kamina is jailed for trying to escape to the surface. Suddenly, a mysterious woman named Yoko comes from aboves to the underground village while fighting a giant robot. Simon helps fend off the robot with the help of his new "Gunmen", which he found while drilling around.

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The Subjectivity of Happiness
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6.94
47 votes

#8 - The Subjectivity of Happiness

His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 13

Tsubasa decides to go home, but her loathing for her father getting remarried is renewed upon meeting her future stepbrother... a punk-rocker named Kazuma. How could she ever possibly relate to someone so completely different?

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Your Voice That Changes Me
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6.70
46 votes

#9 - Your Voice That Changes Me

His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 6

Arima and Yukino lead very similar lives despite their differences... but how will their bond stand against the test of time? While Yukino feels as if she's been liberated of her guise of perfection.

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Their Secret
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6.63
51 votes

#10 - Their Secret

His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 2

Yukino's inadvertently made a fool of herself in front of Arima and now he's blackmailing her! Getting her to do his work, act as his slave... she's just about at her wit's end!

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Progress
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6.51
43 votes

#11 - Progress

His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 18

Arima's feelings for Yukino are beginning to build up and he knows now, more than anything, he wants to take their relationship to the next level...

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The Story So Far: Part 1
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5.78
45 votes

#12 - The Story So Far: Part 1

His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 14

Yukino and Arima's story up to this point is revisited.

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