The BEST episodes directed by Takayuki Shibasaki
#1 - Resolution of a Single-Action
Kamen Rider - Season 17 - Episode 44
With Ryotaro continuing to deny the help of the Imagins out of fear of losing them, Momotaros decides to take a stand while the others deal with the stowaway Imagin in the King Terminal.
#2 - 555 Faces, 1 Treasure
Kamen Rider - Season 19 - Episode 11
After Tsukasa recovers the Faiz Gear, he learns Diend's reasons for wanting the belt before Takumi regains it so he and a shocked Yuri can escape on the Autovajin. However, as he exposed himself as the Wolf Orphnoch to protect her only to be forsaken, a saddened Takumi attempts to dispose of the Faiz Gear into the river. Managing to save the Gear while following him, Tsukasa returns to the photo studio where he put Yuri's confusion at ease. The next day, Daiki attacks Takumi to get the belt from him, nearly killing him when Tsukasa arrives with it. Refusing to take Tsukasa's words of something more precious than the Faiz Gear seriously, Daiki takes Decade's Ride Booker, and Narutaki takes advantage of the situation as he takes Tsukasa into another dimension to be killed by Kamen Rider Ryuga. However, after interrogating Kiva-la on the whereabouts, Daiki intervenes while claiming it was to get the Faiz Gear as he gives Tsukasa back the Ride Booker. While this occurs, the remaining Lucky Clover members start taking over the school to sire more of their kind until Takumi arrives to fight them in Orphnoch form. Though no match, Takumi attempts to protect Yuri's camera until Tsukasa arrives as he regains Faiz's Ride Cards. Decade and the Wolf Orphnoch are outmatched until Daiki arrives with the Faiz Gear and gives it to Takumi. The two transform and destroy the Dragon and Lobster Orphnoch. However, the Tiger Orphnoch revives his followers, and Decade counters with the Final Attack Ride Faiz Blaster, destroying him and his followers in one shot. As Takumi and Yuri rekindle their friendship, Daiki steals the Orga Belt from the ruins of the school, and Tsukasa follows him to the World of Agito.[11]
#3 - Destroy
Kamen Rider - Season 36 - Episode 23
Baku must decide whether or not to accept his role as a CODE agent.
#4 - 2019: Apocalypse
Kamen Rider - Season 29 - Episode 49
Tsukuyomi has transformed into a Kamen Rider and the final battle has begun.
#5 - Zangetsu's Betrayal
Kamen Rider - Season 24 - Episode 28
Takatora reports to Ryoma, Sid, and Yoko that Kouta will be working for them in hunting down the Overlords in an attempt to stop Helheim. They agree to the plan, but the next time they all enter the forest, Ryoma has set up a trap to take Takatora out of the equation.
#6 - Shocking! My Rival’s Bananas Transformation!
Kamen Rider - Season 24 - Episode 3
Kouta starts to gain a reputation in Inves Games by fighting them as Armored Rider Gaim, when Kumon Kaito reveals he too has a Sengoku Driver and the Banana Lockseed, beginning a new chapter for the Beat Riders and the Inves Games…
#7 - Phantom Thief of Faiz Academy
Kamen Rider - Season 19 - Episode 10
Upon arriving in the World of Faiz and once more encountering the mysterious Daiki Kaito, Tsukasa finds himself in a school uniform and enrolled at Smart Brain High School. He learns that the high school is attacked on a nightly basis by beings called the Orphnoch, with only Faiz to protect the school. Daiki challenges Tsukasa to find out who Faiz is, and Tsukasa then challenges the Lucky Clover clique to a tennis match to see if any of them are Faiz. He beats them, learning that they are Orphnoch who are also after Faiz, and is forced to become Decade, using Blade's power against them. However, Decade is outclassed when Momose appears as the Tiger Orphnoch and warns him to back off. Daiki then confronts the group, giving them a hint as to who Faiz is before going off. Then, the Lucky Clover members target Yuri Tonoda and Takumi Ogami, believing Yuri is Faiz until Takumi transforms and fights them off. When Tsukasa learns that Yuri is the target, he goes off to fight the Orphnoch, watching Faiz get defeated and losing the belt. The fight is then interrupted by Daiki Kaito who transforms into Kamen Rider Diend while revealing he used the Lucky Clover to take the belt for himself. Once the Centipede Orphnoch is destroyed, Decade and Diend have a stand off over the Faiz Belt as Momose attacks Yuri as the Tiger Orphnoch only to meet his match with Takumi who transforms into the Wolf Orphnoch to protect his friend.[10]
#8 - Journey's End
Kamen Rider - Season 19 - Episode 19
Using Ryuki's powers, Decade battles Gyuki while Ibuki and Zanki argue whose fault this was. When Akira and Todoroki join the fray in their Oni forms to save Asumu as he tries to protect them, with Decade joining them by using Den-O's Ax Form, they manage to defeat Gyuki. He runs off before regressing to Hibiki, and Yusuke and Natsumi find him shortly after. Later that night, after talking to Asumu, Akira and Todoroki confront their mentors to put aside their differences, with Tsukasa supporting them. Ibuki and Zanki promote them to the role of new teachers of their respective schools. Meanwhile, Hibiki reveals the nature of Gyuki to Yusuke and Natsumi as Daiki arrives to claim the last scroll. Hibiki stops him and gives Daiki his Onsa to give to Asumu with a final request. The next day, after suffering a Narutaki-induced vision of the future resulting from their actions, Natsumi finds Daiki, who uses Asumu as his cover to steal the final scroll. But as Tsukasa arrives, Daiki evokes Hibiki's final change into Gyuki to Asumu's horror, and the thief leaves them. After learning the secret of the three scrolls to be all schools as one, Daiki returns to give Asumu the Onsa. Asumu becomes Kamen Rider Hibiki in order to honor his mentor's final request: slay the Makamou to free Hibiki's soul. However, Narutaki arrives on a giant Bakegani (summoned with the help of Kamen Rider Ouja), with Todoroki and Amaki showing up shortly after. Once Diend destroys the scrolls, revealing that the true Ongekidō is all three styles in harmony, Decade regains Hibiki's powers. Decade, Diend, and the Oni all finish the Makamou off together. After Asumu and company thank Daiki for uniting the schools, Tsukasa and company return to Natsumi's world with Natsumi a bit worried.[19]
#9 - Order
Kamen Rider - Season 36 - Episode 30
Baku struggles to come to terms with the revelations about Minami.
#10 - What Does the Proud Hunter Want?
Kamen Rider - Season 25 - Episode 4
Shinnosuke must deal with both Chaser and the Paint Roidmude, as Rinna reveals to him the secrets to Asaya’s paintings.
#11 - The Samurai Sentai Appear
Kamen Rider - Season 19 - Episode 24
Arriving in the new world with a strange card in hand, Tsukasa finds himself in the costume of a kuroko before running into Daiki who just stole a squid-like artifact. Daiki mentions that this world is not like the other A.R. Worlds before running off prior to the appearance of mysterious red fish-like monsters. Tsukasa is about to transform before several other Kuroko show up along with five young men and women who transform into the Shinkengers to fight drive them back into the Sanzu River. Yusuke and Natsumi return to the Hikari Studio after losing sight of Tsukasa, with Natsumi worried about not being in an A.R. World. Tsukasa, however, is at the Shiba Clan household, listening in on a discussion between Takeru Shiba and his caretaker, Hikoma Kusakabe, over the latter's need to go to the hospital. Elsewhere, sushiman Genta Umemori catches up to Daiki, ready to fight him for stealing the Ika Origami. Both transform, and Diend summons both Kamen Riders Scissors and Raia to fight Shinken Gold. Unbeknownst to them, Bony Shitari sends the Ayakashi Chinomanako to investigate Diend out of dread of his appearance. Chinomanako arrives just as Shinken Gold takes out the summoned riders and steals the Diendriver from Daiki, knocking out Shinken Gold in the process. Chased by the Ayakashi, Daiki makes his way to Tsukasa who laugh at the irony before using Den-O's power as Decade to fight Chinomanako. The Ayakashi escapes at the last minute, and is suddenly compelled to use the Diendriver, inserting the Diend Kamen Ride Card and shooting it above him. Transformed into a monstrous version of Kamen Rider Diend, Chinomanako summons a mass of Nanashi to attack the mortal realm to Narutaki's horror of the newly born abomination.[24]
#12 - Revenge
Kamen Rider - Season 36 - Episode 22
The Nightmares have made it to the real world, and Baku must decide if he truly wants to be a part of CODE.
#13 - Trick
Kamen Rider - Season 36 - Episode 29
While in a dream, Baku encounters Minami, who has become an agent!
#14 - The Brothers’ Showdown! Zangetsu vs Zangetsu Shin!
Kamen Rider - Season 24 - Episode 36
Takatora finally seeks to stop Micchy once and for all.
#15 - The World Build Created
Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 49
Having managed to fuse the Lost Bottles and the white Panel, Sento unlocked the bridge to the new world, but Banjou sacrificed himself to force Evolt into the rift! Sento steps up one last time, to save his friends and the world, but will the world remember him for his heroism, or will Kiryuu Sento be forgotten forever?
#16 - Return! The Ichigo Arms of Friendship!
Kamen Rider - Season 24 - Episode 5
Kouta tries to overcome the events that befell him in the Helheim Forest against the white Rider while Kaito challenges Mitsuzane to a fight, with the new Armored Rider Ryugen unable to fight Baron on his own.
#17 - Rot
Kamen Rider - Season 36 - Episode 11
Baku attempts to protect the dreamer from the Mould Nightmare, and recover the national secret.
#18 - Gedou Rider Appears!
Kamen Rider - Season 19 - Episode 25
After Tsukasa reveals himself, Takeru realizes that Tsukasa is the "Decade" Narutaki warned him about. Before the two can fight, Narutaki arrives to tell Tsukasa he is to blame for the terror brought unto the world by the Ayakashi Chinomanako who now has the powers of Diend, and that the only way to save the worlds he entered if he ceases to exist. After Takeru takes out the Nanashi and drives off Chinomanako as Shinken Red, Genta attacks Tsukasa believing that he is in league with Daiki until Natsumi takes him to the Hikari Studio, where Hikoma Kusakabe is hiding. When the other Shinkengers arrive, Daiki uses their fears to cause a fight to break out and escapes with Genta not far behind, leaving Natsumi to break it up before going to a room where all of Tsukasa's photos are kept. When Chinomanako attacks again, Genta ends his chase and contacts the Shinkengers who go off to fight the Ayakashi Rakider alone. Tsukasa, troubled by Narutaki's words, stays behind with Yusuke trying to convince him to help before he goes off on his own. By then, Hikoma comes forward and convinces Tsukasa to continue to find his place, regardless of what Narutaki has said to him. Tsukasa joins the battle just as Chinomanako and his summoned Eagle Undead and Moose Fangire have overpowered the Shinkengers and Kuuga. Decade and Shinken Red fight Chinomanako, who has summoned Kamen Rider Blade to fight with him. The other Shinkengers and Kuuga manage to destroy the Eagle Undead and Moose Fangire as Decade becomes Complete Form and uses the powers of Blade King Form to attack Chinomanako. Using the Blade Final Form Ride Card, he transforms Chinomanako's Blade into the Blade Blade before switching weapons with Shinken Red to use active Rekka Daizantou Attack Ride Card to destroy Chinomanako, saving the world. Daiki shows up just in time to snatch the Diendriver back, only to be thwarted by Shinken Gold who forces him to give back the Ika Origami in exchange for the Diendriver, and then everyon
#19 - Debut! The Grape Third Rider!
Kamen Rider - Season 24 - Episode 4
Kouta and Kaito split up, each after their own goal in the Helheim Forest. As they do this, Kouta encounters a mysterious white Rider.
#20 - An Idol Awakens
Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 25
Build, Grease, and Cross-Z are all unmatched against the threat of Kamen Rider Rogue! Just then, Misora appears, eyes glowing green! Sento witnesses something incredible that begins the search behind the origins of Misora’s bangle. Something truly unbelievable is going on here…
#21 - Treacherous Deathmatch
Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 26
With Rogue’s theft of the box, Seito demands Touto’s surrender and their Fullbottles but agrees to a series of proxy battles with the Riders to decide things. As Kazumi trains with Ryuga, Sento prepares a new upgrade for Build, inspired by his experience with Misora’s power while in Hazard Form…
#22 - Legacy of Doubt
Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 42
Katsuragi Shinobu is working alongside Evolt and helping create the ten Lost Bottles needed to power the black Pandora Panel! Despite this, Sento puts his faith in the Rider System he finished, but his resolve is tested when another Build appears in front of him!
#23 - Something Missing
Kamen Rider - Season 17 - Episode 43
As Ryotaro comes to realize that defeating Kai would mean the Imagins might vanish, he resolves to prove he can fight on his own without their help…
#24 - Missing Hibiki
Kamen Rider - Season 19 - Episode 18
Arriving in the last world, the World of Hibiki, Tsukasa and company begin the search for Kamen Rider Hibiki when they are ambushed by the Makamou Kappa. An Oni in training named Asumu battles the monster until Decade uses Kabuto's powers to destroy it. On learning he is Hibiki's pupil, Tsukasa has Asumu bring him to his mentor. Upon seeing Tsukasa, Hibiki, who is shirking off from his duties as an Oni, believes him to be the legendary Ongekidō Grand Master. Meanwhile, Zanki slays a band of Bakeneko as Ibuki arrives to take them out as well. But when the last Bakeneko escapes them, Decade destroys it with the two groups as witness. Tsukasa visits Ibuki's school afterwads and talks with Ibuki and Akira about three special scrolls. Meanwhile, after failing to rob Hibiki as he takes his leave, Daiki is forced into becoming Asumu's mentor. Like Tsukasa, Daiki learns of the three scrolls of the Oni classes, and he convinces Asumu to become Hibiki's pupil again, before taking his leave to Zanki's dojo where he offers a proposition. Returning to find Hibiki and Asumu attacked by a Tengu, Kuuga attempts to battle the Makamou. At the same time, Natsumi encounters Narutaki as he reveals Tsukasa's actions actually doomed the worlds rather than saved them. When Kuuga is nearly killed, Hibiki assumes his Oni form to destroy the Tengu before he suddenly transforms into the monstrous Gyuki. While this occurs, the Ibuki School and Tsukasa receive a challenge from Zanki's School and Daiki with the scrolls on the line. With them representing the two Oni schools, Decade and Diend do battle. But once Diend reveals his intentions to steal both scrolls, he summons Momotaros who attacks the Oni Kamen Riders until Gyuki storms in and overwhelms the Oni. The episode ends with Decade using Ryuki's powers to take on the Makamou.[18]
#25 - The King of the Overlords
Kamen Rider - Season 24 - Episode 29
In the forest, Takatora is saved by the Overlords and introduced to their leader, Roshuo, who tells him of their past as the Femushinmu people.
#26 - Why Do the Two Genius Scientists Clash?
Kamen Rider - Season 25 - Episode 40
Gou believes that if Krim Steinbelt and Banno joined forces, the Roidmudes could be eliminated.
#27 - When Will the Whirlwind Kidnapper Attack?
Kamen Rider - Season 25 - Episode 39
Roidmude 008 has started his move! Intent on obtaining Super Evolution, he has started kidnapping women driving cars.
#28 - A Vulture, a Confrontation, and Ankh’s Return
Kamen Rider - Season 21 - Episode 43
Although finally restoring himself, Ankh retakes Shingo’s body and decides to start collecting Medals for himself, with Eiji trying to stop him.
#29 - Vanish
Kamen Rider - Season 36 - Episode 10
Baku investigates a dreamer who wants to keep a painting safe.
#30 - To a World of Love and Peace
Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 48
With Kazumi’s defeat, Evolt appears before the remaining three Riders as the final battle for the fate of the Earth begins! But, when Evolt gains the upper hand against them, Gentoku puts it all on the line in a last-ditch effort to stop Evolt once and for all!
#31 - Baron’s Soccer Summer Campaign!
Kamen Rider - Season 24 - Episode 37
Kaito gets caught up in an alternate world where he leads Team Baron in the competition for soccer’s All Rider Cup.
#32 - Cats, Evolution, and Gluttons
Kamen Rider - Season 21 - Episode 3
Ankh becomes troubled when Eiji prevents him from eliminating his possessed body’s sister.
#33 - Doubts, Pics, and a Helping Hand
Kamen Rider - Season 21 - Episode 4
Ankh threatens to leave OOO for Kazari and the Greed.
#34 - The Other Build
Kamen Rider - Season 28 - Episode 43
As tension builds within the team over Sento’s belief that his father hasn’t truly sided with Evolt, Misora is kidnapped to unlock the next Lost Bottle, and Shinobu reveals that thanks to Vernage’s power within her, Misora can’t be saved by the power of Genius! Can Sento formulate a plan to save Misora?
#35 - Who Took Her Smile?
Kamen Rider - Season 25 - Episode 3
Shinnosuke and Kiriko are sent to investigate an art gallery where there have been rumours of women’s ghosts being eaten by a monster.
#36 - Ankh, the Ring, and Fully-Loaded
Kamen Rider - Season 21 - Episode 26
Date and a worn-down Eiji work to stop the Yummy before the worn-out Okamura stands in the ring once more against his rival.
#37 - Soaking Wet, the Past, and the Blazing Combo
Kamen Rider - Season 21 - Episode 9
A string of serial bombings tied to a nest of Yummies leads Eiji to reveal his past to Hina, and causes him to encounter a strange man he believes is Mezool’s victim.
#38 - Activate! Another Monolith!
Kamen Rider - Season 26 - Episode 8
After chasing down a Giant Gamma in the Iguana Ghostriker, Takeru discovers Akari and Onari have been kidnapped by Gamma Commandos.
#39 - Destruction, Reason, and Eel Whips
Kamen Rider - Season 21 - Episode 18
After a second Yummy splits off from the original with a different motive, Eiji and Date must work to discover the true desire Rie held in order to figure how to truly destroy the creation.
#40 - A Kendo Girl, Oden, and a Dividing Yummy
Kamen Rider - Season 21 - Episode 17
Eiji and Ankh try to figure out Date Akira, the man who has become Kamen Rider Birth, as Uva creates a peculiar Yummy from a kendo girl who wishes to be stronger.
#41 - An Assembly, a Complete Revival, and Your Desire
Kamen Rider - Season 21 - Episode 44
Kougami reveals the importance of Eiji as the container and the danger of the Purple Medals, while Ankh unites the Greed in an effort to stop him and retake their Core Medals.
#42 - Coordinating With Heavy Metal
Kamen Rider - Season 22 - Episode 8
Gentarou, Miu, JK, and Yuki continue to track down the Hound Zodiarts, and Shun decides it’s time to make his own choices about his friends and school activities.
#43 - Fists, Experimentation, and A Super Bike
Kamen Rider - Season 21 - Episode 10
Eiji must figure the means of stopping the mad bomber.
#44 - The Day the Magic Died
Kamen Rider - Season 23 - Episode 30
Gremlin unleashes a dangerous Phantom who assumes the form of a man called Naitou. But unlike the Phantoms Haruto and Kousuke had faced before, Naitou is attacking humans without discrimination. It’s when he attacks Haruto that the game changes for the ringed magician…
#45 - Soar High in the Sky
Super Sentai - Season 40 - Episode 38
#46 - The Most Dangerous Game
Super Sentai - Season 40 - Episode 10
A group of Moeba attack. The Zyuohgers have defeated a good number of Players already. They make quick work of the grunts. This was, however, just the calm before the storm. “Greetings, inferior life forms of Earth.” A gigantic hologram appears. The sole image of this being is enough to terrify everyone around. His name is Ginis and he is the owner of the Deathgalien. Ginis is ready to start his own game now.
#47 - The Number One Super Star in the Galaxy
Super Sentai - Season 41 - Episode 1
88 constellations that exist in the universe have fallen into the hands of the evil Space Shogunate Jark Matter. However, the insurrection army Rebellion and three Kyurangers chosen by the Kyutama are opposing them to protect the people. By an accident, an adventurer traveling through space, Lucky witnesses Chamaealeon Green, Oushi Black, and Kajiki Yellow fighting on the planet Cthros. Lucky decides to become the 4th Kyuranger and they set out to planet Jagujagu to search for the Kyutama.
#48 - Let's Go! The BN Thieves
Super Sentai - Season 41 - Episode 2
The search is on for the remaining four Kyurangers. Lucky lands on Planet Jigama and encounters Balance and Nāga. They call themselves the “Phantom Thief Group BN”, stealing only from Jark Matter. Lucky hears their next aim is to steal a jewel from Jark Matter’s space ship Moraimarz. They soon meet the first Daikan commander, Gamettsui, who Balance betrayed. Elsewhere, Jark Matter’s general, Eridron, appears before Hammy and the others.
#49 - Better Not Underestimate This Planet
Super Sentai - Season 40 - Episode 2
Using the power of the Mark of the King, Yamato and the four Zyuman transformed into the Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger! Even though they defeated Deathgalien's first attack, the Zyumans lost one of the six Mark of the Kings needed to open the portal back to Zyuland. Now stuck in the Human World, Yamato feels responsible for what happened and takes care of the four Zyumans and have them stay with him in his uncle's place. Sela, Leo, and Amu accept the offer, but Tusk refuses and goes off alone. Concerned about Tusk, Yamato goes after him only to encounter a new Deathgalien.