The BEST episodes directed by Shinji Takamatsu
#1 - Knighthood
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 24
It’s an all-out war between the Empire, Jugglaburk, and the hidden hand of the Ulga.
#2 - Off Key
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 19
The cowlick is back and the Princess wants to sing. Sing Kon! Sing Mari! Sing Sainglain! The world depends on it!
#3 - Metamorphose at Gate
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 21
The Mysterious woman has brought Ecarlate and her group along with Erec and his team to tell them the reason behind everything.
#4 - Midnight Trial
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 15
Kon just wants to make it to the library but will uncover the capitals many hidden societies, whether he likes it or not.
#5 - Bridal Service
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 17
Kon answers on how to get home are at the research center, but when he makes it the lab chief will not give up any answers without payment.
#6 - Xing Point
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 20
Ecarlate and Jugglaburk will spend their first night together and Ecarlate is prepared to fulfill her duties. Kon is beside himself and can’t handle the atmosphere.
#7 - Formality and Obstruction
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 18
Kon performs wedding rituals on behalf of the princess, becoming increasingly more frustrated with each new one.
#8 - Accidental Contact
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 13
After Kon and Ecarlate faked their death, the group finally can travel without worry. However, a crazy, misunderstanding young girl changes all that.
#9 - Evidence Veiled
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 14
While the group debates the best way to continue on to the capital, Kon discovers something interesting about their furry little friend.
#10 - Unexpected Victory
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 11
A surprise attack by Erec and his men with their new super weapons leave Kon and crew running for their lives. In the aftermath, each group is left with a prisoner of war to “interrogate”.
#11 - Incognito Trail
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 9
Erecpyle travels with the mysterious beauty Alma Flora to retrieve a new weapon; meanwhile the announcement of his return has caused his subordinates to fight for the honor of Erec’s right hand man.
#12 - Highness Guardians
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 6
The group has never been in more danger than now. The princess has entered her hyperactivity period and no person, city, or country is safe if she reaches her danger zone.
#13 - Behavioral Examination
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 12
Gustave has taken it upon himself to observe Marion and Sanglain following the death of the Princess and DT. But KT thinks Gustave is in the city of Marquesas for other reasons.
#14 - No Margin
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 23
The easy part was becoming a Hyperion; the hard part is dealing with family.
#15 - Keep On
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 7
What should have been a relaxing trip to the hot springs and complicated by Kon’s glowing inability to control his self and that Erec is staying at the same inn.
#16 - Hit Back
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 16
Incognito has been ordered on stand by and therefore unable to track the still alive Kon. But that won’t stop one member from sneaking aboard the Lords airship and putting a bullet into his enemies.
#17 - Beautiful Life
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 5
Marian is trans, something Kon keeps forgetting. When he ask about Marian's back story, the story he is given is…expected.
#18 - Feel Love, Narcissus!
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 3
Binan High's traditional pretty boy contest is drawing near. The members of the Earth Defense Club, not showing much interest in the event, mess around in the club in their free time. But when a rival in the student council tries to oppose Ryuu, the club decides to hold a strategy meeting to propel the Earth Defense Club's "#1 Hustler" to victory. Meanwhile, the ballet club advisor's fruitless struggles to take the #1 pretty boy slot catch the eye of Zundar's team. The day of the contest arrives, and the winner is about to be announced, when suddenly...
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#19 - Erecpyle Dukakis
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 2
After his defeat to Kon, Erec has been left lopsided. Meanwhile, Kon wants to find a way home but the Princess has other plans.
#20 - Shining Master
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 8
Kon-trol, Kon-sumer, Kon-vention, Kon-pact, Kon-vict?
#21 - Before Crisis
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 22
The beginning of the group, Incognito, is a unique tale that requires sharing.
#22 - Pretty kama
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 4
Erec has returned home to recover, a plot against honor and family is hatched against him.
#23 - Home Sick
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 10
Kon has seemed to have lost his mind and reverted back to his days as an anti-social gamer nerd. The princess has ordered Marion and Sainglain to bring him back to his senses.
#24 - Love Is Something You Should Never Regret
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 2
Elegant music plays in the background as the Binan High student council convenes. The council members: president Kusatsu Kinshiro, Arima Ibushi, and Gero Akoya wish to purge the world of fools by way of the Total Conquest of Earth's Lifeforms Project.
#25 - The Trial Called Love
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 11
Binan High is preparing for their Culture Festival. Since the class that wins the popularity vote gets a cash prize, the Defense Club will participate as well. They'll be serving Kinugawa's curry and transforming into their Battle Lovers costumes to serve "Cosplay Hero Curry."
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#26 - Love Wanders
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 8
As usual, Kinugawa and Yufuin are walking to Binan High School together as friends. But after a stop at the convenience store, Yufuin suddenly gets angry at Kinugawa and yells at him. A rift forms between the two, and soon a panic develops over them potentially leaving the Defense Club. Yumoto works blindly to try to get the two to make up, but Naruko and Zaou rebuke him for it. Will Yufuin and Kinugawa ever make up?!
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#27 - Love is Glasses...
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 10
The normally cheerful Yumoto is acting strangely. His classmate, the manager of the baseball club, takes his temperature and reveals that he has a slight fever. The members of the Defense Club take him home to the Kurotama Bath, getting an eyeful of extreme brotherly love as Gora devotedly looks after his sick brother.
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#28 - Love is Stronger Than Pride
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 9
Our Total Conquest of Earth's Lifeforms Project has reached a serious problem.
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#29 - Newcomer vs. Kon
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer - Season 1 - Episode 3
While Erec deals with the loss of another family jewel. Kon is in a battle against a furry little creature.
#30 - Love Forever
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 12
The clash between Kinugawa and Kusatsu has brought the true identities of the Battle Lovers and Caerula Adamas to light. Shocked, Vesta and Sulfur fight Perlite, and Cerulean faces Argent.
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#31 - Love, Summer Camp and Toothbrushes
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 7
Yufuin's inspiration leads the Defense Club decides to go on a training camp to the ocean on . Meanwhile, the three student council members head to a beach resort in a limousine. The beach has bright sun and white sand, but there's something a little off about it. A strange feeling starts hovering around the group's members...
#32 - To Steal Love Without Regret
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 5
The rainy season's here, and the Defense Club is dedicating themselves to various indoor activities. Suddenly, they realize that Mr. Tawarayama -- whom Wombat is controlling under the pretext of preserving his life -- is covered in mold! The club erupts into chaos. Just then, Kinozaki and Tazawa of the Press Society burst in looking for material for a story. Kinozaki chases them around, trying to learn their secret, which stresses out Wombat, Yufuin, Naruko, and Zaou.
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#33 - Love is Something You Wear on Your Back
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 6
The Caerula Adamas plot a way to destroy the mysterious Battle Lovers. They also want to destroy the Defense Club, so as to cut down on club expenses. Thus, they declare that if the club members' scores on their final exams do not meet the average, the club will be dissolved. The Defense Club reluctantly gets to studying. Meanwhile, the student council also tries to scout the financially savvy Naruko to be their treasurer. When Gero offers him a salary during negotiations, Naruko casually agrees to leave the Defense Club. Soon, a monster appears, and the four remaining Battle Lovers must struggle to defeat it themselves.
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#34 - Cute Little Boys of Love And Youth
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! - Season 1 - Episode 4
Long ago, two boys made wishes on a shooting star. One night in the student council room, Kusatsu thinks back on that day, and renews his oath of world domination. Meanwhile, the Earth Defense Club is holding one of its usual conversations about nothing in Kurotama Bath.
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#37 - Love Doesn't Require a Manual (2) / You Can't Judge a Person by His Appearance, Either
Gintama - Season 1 - Episode 35
Part 1 - Shinpachi deals with the kitty-dressed thief. Part 2 - Kondou's uncle gets him, Hijikata and Okita to help get her daughter to dump her boyfriend in which he is not approved of.
#38 - Rhinoceros Beetles Teach Boys that Life Is Precious
Gintama - Season 2 - Episode 16
Kagura's beetle was killed during a beetle fighting match. She tries to drag Gintoki and Shinpachi to go beetle hunting with her. That only succeeds when they know there is a high demand for the beetles - meaning they can make money of it. The trio encounters the Shinsengumi who also happens to be capturing beetles for reason unknown.
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#40 - Croquette Sandwiches Are Always the Most Popular Food Sold at the Stalls
Gintama - Season 2 - Episode 9
A serial killer has been going around town-- and one of the crew meets him head on! In the meantime, Gintoki is requested to locate "Benizakura", an unlucky sword stolen from its owner.
#41 - You Can't Judge a Movie by Its Title
Gintama - Season 1 - Episode 41
Dissatisfies with Gintoki's reaction to Kagura's departure, Shinpachi quits and goes after Kagura.
#42 - On a Moonless Night, Insects Are Drawn to the Light
Gintama - Season 2 - Episode 12
The battle comes to a conclusion, with benisakura finally taken over Okada's body, and Gintoki will have to use the sword Tetsuko gave him to stop this.
#43 - Eating Nmaibo Can Make You Full in No Time!
Gintama - Season 2 - Episode 15
A set of TV crews follow Katsura around for a day to do a television program special interview.
#44 - After School / Skirts / Ghost Stories / Female Companion / Literary Girl
Daily Lives of High School Boys - Season 1 - Episode 1
In this episode, see high school boys role play how to get a girlfriend, wear their sister's clothes, tell scary stories, block another boy's relationship with a girl, and act cool down by the river.
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#45 - A Dog's Paws Smell Fragrant / Drive with a "Might" Attitude
Gintama - Season 2 - Episode 23
Part 1 - Sadaharu is in "heat" and Yorozuya tries to find him a mate. Part 2 - Katsura attempts to take a driving lesson -- a "Might Happen" driving lesson, that is.
#46 - Some Things Can't Be Cut with a Sword
Gintama - Season 1 - Episode 27
After Okita showed them an underground death match arena (Rengokukan), the group proceeds to track down the reigning champion of those death matches.
#47 - It's All About the Beat and Timing
Gintama - Season 3 - Episode 6
The concluding finale to the (Itou) Shinsengumi Discord Arc.
#48 - A Woman's Best Make-Up Is Her Smile
Gintama - Season 2 - Episode 32
The final episode in the Yagyu story arc.
#49 - Love Doesn't Require a Manual (1)
Gintama - Season 1 - Episode 34
Shinpachi saves a girl with cat ears while on a train ride. Later in a letter she sends him, the girl proceeds to ask him out.
#50 - When Riding a Train, Make Sure You Grab the Straps with Both Hands
Gintama - Season 2 - Episode 45
Hasegawa gets a job. While commuting on his first day, an accident lands him in jail with harassment charges.