The BEST episodes directed by Taketomo Ishikawa

Buddhist Chanting and Dancing
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8.68
87 votes

#1 - Buddhist Chanting and Dancing

Barakamon - Season 1 - Episode 8

It's Naru's birthday, and Handa wants to present her with a new rhinoceros beetle. However, Kenta not only refuses to help him catch one, but also declares a battle to get Naru the best bug! Later, Handa is invited along for a visit to the Kotoishi family gravesite, but finds the local Obon customs unusually cheerful.

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I am in Tokyo
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8.42
59 votes

#2 - I am in Tokyo

Barakamon - Season 1 - Episode 11

Handa has returned to Tokyo, to show his new "STAR" calligraphy to the gallery director he had punched and ask for forgiveness. However, Handa doesn't feel quite right about the work, and ends up smearing it before the director can. Could some inspiration from his time at the island help him create an even better work before the deadline?

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The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
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8.32
209 votes

#3 - The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

To LOVE-Ru - Season 1 - Episode 1

A mysterious extraterrestrial girl named Lala runs away to Earth in order to avoid daily arranged marriages set up by her father, the king of her home planet Deviluke. Due to one of her own inventions, she teleports naked into fifteen-year-old Rito Yūki's bathtub, and he accidentally feels up her breasts. It is later revealed to him that this is equivalent to a marriage proposal on Deviluke, and Lala happily accepts to become Rito's future bride. Rito, on the other hand, harbors feelings for a girl in his class named Haruna Sairenji, and does not want anything to do with Lala.

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Overwhelmed
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8.13
52 votes

#4 - Overwhelmed

Golden Kamuy - Season 2 - Episode 11

Chaos has broken loose at Abashiri. The 7th Division is shelling the prison. The prisoners are loose. Sugimoto is trapped inside. Can they find No-Face in the chaos?

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Island Dads
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8.06
71 votes

#5 - Island Dads

Barakamon - Season 1 - Episode 4

After his computer and cell phone break, Handa's only link to the outside world is the phone at the general store. He decides to focus on his entry for the upcoming Naruka Institute competition, but hits a wall. Can a job from Miwa's gangsterish dad help him break through it?

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Choromatsu Memorial Hall / Ear Cleaning / Persimmons
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7.50
2 votes

#6 - Choromatsu Memorial Hall / Ear Cleaning / Persimmons

Mr. Osomatsu - Season 3 - Episode 20

the partition that was in the eat-in of the convenience store has disappeared, something is completely visible. / A memorial hall where all of Choromatsu meet together. For some reason, there is a sea lion pine in such a memorial hall ... !! / Welcome to the Matsuno Choromatsu Memorial Hall.

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AI
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7.33
3 votes

#7 - AI

Mr. Osomatsu - Season 3 - Episode 12

The Riceballs are replaced with another AI when they fail to do their job and the sextuplets go to look for them.

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The Great Plan to Infiltrate the Asahikawa 7th Division!!
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7.15
52 votes

#8 - The Great Plan to Infiltrate the Asahikawa 7th Division!!

Golden Kamuy - Season 2 - Episode 4

The team is on a mission to rescue Shiraishi, who's been kidnapped by the 7th. But he's in the middle of a massive garrison, surrounded by hundreds of troops. How can they possibly sneak in...?

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