The BEST episodes directed by Mitsuyuki Masuhara
#1 - Unleashed
Ace of Diamond - Season 3 - Episode 25
Sawamura puts a lot of effort into the powerful Hakuryu High School. Gunma's high school baseball fans, who were hoping for a good pitch in Senbatsu, will have to gradually recognize their abilities. On the other hand, Furuya, who started in the left field, has a desire to stand on the mound. What is Kataoka's decision for Furuya, who shows a lack of concentration? On the other hand, Sawamura will face Mima for the third time!
#2 - Go EXCEED!!
Ace of Diamond - Season 3 - Episode 45
In the match against the powerful Kokonoe, who had the total settlement before the summer, Sawamura pitched in a dignified manner and managed to concede 8 innings to 2 goals. On the other hand, Ochiai praises Furuya, who carries the ace number from the new team and continues to grow under the pressure of ace. Is it Sawamura or Furuya who will carry the ace number of the blue road this summer? Kataoka's decision ──?
#3 - Summer Training Camp
Ace of Diamond - Season 3 - Episode 43
The blue road baseball club that holds a summer training camp. The managers devote themselves to making rice balls as a supplement. Sawamura was trying to make natto, which he was not good at, in order to give him stamina that wouldn't hurt even if he threw it nine times. And the players' interest is in the number at the summer university, which is determined by future achievements including the training camp. Sawamura, Furuya, Kawakami ... Who will give the ace number of interest?
#4 - Only After You've Won
Ace of Diamond - Season 3 - Episode 16
It's the spring tournament semifinal game against Ichidai. After saving his team with his perfect relief pitching, Sawamura is now the lead-off batter in the top of the sixth. Can Sawamura get on base and lead his team in a counterattack? Ichidai Third High's Amahisa's impeccable pitching hasn't allowed Seido a run since the second inning. Will the Seido batters support Sawamura and mount a comeback? Which team will advance to the final?
#5 - Common Destiny
Ace of Diamond - Season 3 - Episode 41
Practice game with Nishiho, where a tense pitcher fight of 0-0 continues. In the 6th time, Sawamura invites a pinch, but survives the predicament with the ball returned by Center Aso. Behind that, the ball hit by Shoji, one year of the leading batter, draws a high parabola. The whereabouts of the ball is ----. Sawamura, on the other hand, keeps the pitch of the coach, taking on the expectations of the coach and the team. In this figure full of fighting spirit, hot feelings are transmitted not only to nine and bench members but also to the audience at the stand.
#6 - I'm Counting On You
Ace of Diamond - Season 3 - Episode 39
Furuya, who teamed up with Yui who wears a mask instead of the injured Ono, disturbs the rhythm with repeated walks and errors. He allowed a goal without picking up, and when he invited another pinch, Furuya dropped out. Kaneda, who took over after him, threw it tenaciously, but the momentum of Yamamori Gakuin could not be stopped, and the record of consecutive wins on the blue road stopped at 19. In the second game that follows, Sawamura started against Aichi's male Seiho High School. Sawamura shook his heart and headed for the mound.
#7 - Because He's Awesome
Ace of Diamond - Season 3 - Episode 35
Tokyo selection to play against the American Wind Youth Academy team. The starting lineup is Yang Shunomi, the right arm of Akikawa Gakuen. Although Yang is called a precision machine, it will be the first pitching in a long time according to the Takano Ren regulations. Will Yang's pitching work for the American team? On the other hand, at the Seido Ground, a three-way practice game had begun, heading for a strong school called Saiho and Yamamori. How will Seido, who lacks good luck, fight against this formidable opponent?
#8 - One Pitch, One Second
Ace of Diamond - Season 3 - Episode 23
A strong school that has entered the Golden Week holidays in May and is holding practice games for the summer tournament all over the country. In Osaka, Osaka Kiryu vs. Hokkaido Koma Ofujimaki. Inami vs. Seiho High School in Aichi. In Kumamoto, Yoshinaga and Shogakukan in Tokushima. In Miyagi, Yamanashi's Yamamori vs. Ikuei. And in Saitama, Seido and Yamaga face off. A strong team that competes with each other. And finally Sawamura goes to the mound of the Senbatsu Best 4 strong Gunma Hakuryu High School game.
#9 - You're in the First-String
Ace of Diamond - Season 1 - Episode 13
To stop the attacks on Chris, Sawamura reverts back to his original pitching form while maintaining the wall against the dangerous Naoyuki Zaizen. The results not only improve Sawamura's speed, but they start putting pressure on Zaizen and reveal an injury he had earlier. With Chris and Zaizen being of equal strength now, the momentum swings back to Seido. After 3 innings Chris and Sawamura are pulled from the game. The game concludes and the Coach calls everyone together. Two players are moved up to the varsity team, and many third years have their hearts broken. While Chris isn't brought up to play, he is brought up as a manager for the varsity team.
#10 - Chi Encounters
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 42
The black cat appears again in the Yamada house and eats Chi's dinner while the others are away.
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#11 - Chi Finds
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 33
Mrs. Yamada needs to take out the trash, but Chi clings to the bag. Mrs. Yamada distracts Chi with a ball, but while Mrs. Yamada is out, Chi climbs to a window and is almost seen.
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#12 - Chi Promises
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 101
The black bear cat brings Chi a "souvenir" and plays with her. Then as the black bear cat leaves Chi asks for the black bear cat to play with her again later and the black bear cat agrees, then leaves.
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#13 - Chi Sees Off
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 102
The Yamadas and Chi watch as The black bear cat and his family pack up and move and as the black bear cat leaves Chi doesn't realize the black bear cat is moving.
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#14 - Kind of Like a Promise
Ace of Diamond - Season 3 - Episode 31
Director Kataoka keeps players in multiple positions in case of an unforeseen situation at the summer tournament. Sawamura participates in a practice game on the left, and Furuya is knocked by the infield. Kataoka asks Yui, a first-year student who joined the army, if he can keep multiple positions. What is Yui's answer, who has lived a baseball life as a catcher? On the other hand, Okumura, who is a bullpen catcher in the second army, is instructed by the director to receive Sawamura's ball. Okumura's unexpected answer makes the surroundings buzz.
#15 - Dusk of the Destroyers
Gungrave - Season 1 - Episode 26
Bunji’s cat wanders the streets, chasing his master’s ghost. Grave and Harry enter the clubhouse and sit down in their old booth across from each other. Harry reflects on how Brandon was brought back and if Brandon truly understood all of what Harry had really been doing the whole time: the murders, necrolyzation research, everything. Harry believes that Brandon hasn’t changed a bit in all these years and asks Brandon why he didn’t kill him back then. Brandon responds that he believed that Harry could become “Millennion.” Harry revels in what he believes to be true, but Brandon tells him that Millennion isn’t just about power and control. Brandon and Harry each see one another as the one who betrayed. Harry pulls out a bottle of bourbon from the year they were born and proposes a toast. Harry realizes that Big Daddy’s words were true, Big Daddy was the original, the whiskey, Harry was only a derivative, bourbon. However, Harry sees Big Daddy as evil as his crimes, but Brandon points out that Big Daddy knew his mistakes and still tried to seek “harmony” in all things. This, Brandon says, is what Millennion is all about. Harry can’t stand Brandon’s loyalty to Big Daddy, and tries to figure out where things all went so wrong. Harry then lays Brandon and Harry’s guns from the elevator sequence, which ended in Brandon’s death, on the table. As they draw their guns at one another, they share a memory of a cloth blowing in the wind, obscuring the sun. They both turn and fire at a Millennion agent at the window, and we’re shown reinforcements gathering all around them. As the agents open fire on the building, the two men join sides once again, attempting to stave off the forces surrounding them. As Brandon dives in front of Harry, Brandon takes two bullets to the chest and pins two of the assailants to the ground, gun drawn. Brandon looks into their eyes and decides to spare their lives. Harry demands to know why Brandon is defending them; the
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#16 - Grave
Gungrave - Season 1 - Episode 18
This is a re-telling of episode 1, with some of the footage dropped to make way for flashbacks and a few new sequences, like an extended bridge fight scene involving Brandon's use of the Demolition Shot(from Gungrave PS2), Death Blow(a really big rocket from his coffin), to finish off the armored tank on the bridge. This episode also contains more elaboration on Brandon trying to come to grips with his shattered memories and a longer boardroom meeting.
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#17 - Chi Cries
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 103
The black bear cat moves away so Chi is sad.
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#18 - Chi Begs
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 100
Chi is sad and staring at the moon wanting to go outside when the black bear cat appears at the door, Chi then begs Yohei to open the door so that Chi can play with the black bear cat and Yohei gives in and opens the door making Chi happy.
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#19 - Chi Wants to See
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 34
Mrs. Yamada takes away the books and boxes so Chi can't climb to the window. However, when Chi jumps, she's just a few centimeters short of reaching the windowsill.
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#20 - Chi Chases
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 60
The power goes out in the Yamada house, so Dad brings out the flashlight and Chi chases it, then Mom and Yohei all play with Chi with the flashlight in the dark.
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#21 - Chi Rests
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 95
Chi and the black bear cat escape from the landlady by taking refuge in the black bear cat's home, But the landlady finds out where the black bear cat is staying so they have to escape out the window. Yohei and Mrs. Yamada continue to follow Chi's trail.
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#22 - Chi Strives
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 97
The Yamadas discuss how Chi was seen by the landlady, while Chi climbs the curtains and ends up stuck and tangled.
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#23 - Chi Learns
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 96
Chi must jump out the window to the roof of another building but is too scared to do so, so the black bear cat tells her to "smile and look forward" giving her the courage to jump. Then while Chi and the black bear cat are getting down from the roof using a tree, Yohei seeing the black bear cat helping Chi.
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#24 - Chi is Lured
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 30
Things are inexplicably boring around Chi's house, and dinner is unusually large... a conspiracy is afoot to help her become independent.
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#25 - Chi Runs Away From Home
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 2 - Episode 3
Youhei overhears Mom and Dad talking about sending Chi away and runs away with her. Chi runs from Youhei when he is talking with his parents in the park and chases a bird.
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#26 - Chi Desires
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 98
The landlady sends out a notice stating that pets are forbidden in the apartments but Chi wants to go outside and visit the black bear cat.
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#27 - Chi Discovers
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 104
Chi discovers that the black bear cat is still there, she just can't see him.
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#28 - Chi Goes Home
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 52
Chi returns home by taking advice from the big black cat by looking at the sky.
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#29 - Chi is Attacked
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 90
Juri comes over for a visit but Chi doesn't seem to happy about her coming, deciding she can't let her guard down around Juri.
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#30 - Chi is Interested
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 91
Juri's brought a Crab with her from her home and Chi's interesred in the live crab, also Juri decides to pet Chi but is a little to rough but in the end Chi thinks it's fun.
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#31 - Chi Hits It Off
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 92
Chi's taken a liking to Juri and they start playing, leaving Yohei feeling left out.
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#32 - Forward! Forward!
Fighting Spirit - Season 1 - Episode 22
Ippo defeats Hayami via K.O. Ippo's training with Aoki and Kimura's help Ippo win the match.
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#33 - Chi is Edible
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 43
After eating Chi's dinner, the black cat picks her up and walks over to take her chew toy and Chi tries to protect it. Then the black cat decides to groom Chi's back and so Chi realizes the cat isn't as mean as it looks. And leaves once again into the bushes.
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#34 - Chi Reports
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 44
Everyone tells Dad about the large black cat at dinner.
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#35 - Chi Gets Attention
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 45
Chi wants to play with everyone but everyone is too busy. Once they all come together to play with her, she dislikes the attention and walks away.
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#36 - Chi Grows Timid
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 55
Chi goes to the vet after Yohei captures her. When she returns home the black cat tells her not to trust humans, but Chi doesn't know what trust is.
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#37 - Chi Finds Comrades
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 56
Chi returns home just to eat, but gets a treat of Tuna of tells the Yamada family to be her comrades.
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#38 - Chi Cuddles
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 61
Yohei becomes ill, but Chi still wants to play. So she stands over him while he sleeps, then eventually cuddles and sleeps next to him.
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#40 - Chi Sees
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 35
Chi is able to jump up to the windowsill, so Mrs. Yamada closes the door to Mr. Yamada's workroom. This angers Chi. Mr. Yamada buys a stuffed animal.
#41 - Chi Has a Showdown
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 40
Yohei and Chi are both annoying each other with their bad sleeping postures, then later sleep comfortable together.
#42 - Chi Stands Firm
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 41
While Chi and Yohei are playing in the sand box, a large black cat appears from behind the bushes so they run inside and the black cat walks into their home.
#43 - Chi Gets Excited
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 57
There's a storm coming to the Yamada home.
#44 - Chi Surprises
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 59
Dad finds Chi outside the window in the storm.
#45 - Chi Wants
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 65
Chi tries a tasty cat treat and refuses to eat her dinner.
#46 - Chi Learns
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 93
Chi follows the black bear cat outside and the black bear cat and Chi try to steal food but end up being seen by the landlady and another resident.
#47 - Chi is Taken Away
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 2 - Episode 2
Dad dreams that Chi is taken away to Hokkaido by Juri.
#48 - Chi Goes West.
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 2 - Episode 1
The Yamada family talks about whether they should send Chi to Juri in Hokkaido or not.
#49 - Chi Decides Again
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 2 - Episode 4
Chi comes back to the family, and they decide that instead of sending her away, they will move to a house where pets are allowed.
#50 - Chi Hides More
Chi's Sweet Home - Season 1 - Episode 87
With the Landlady visiting, Youkei and Chi hide in the bathroom but unfortunately because Chi wants to play, The Yamadas have to try to make up excuses so she doesn't find Chi.