The BEST episodes directed by Tomoharu Katsumata
#1 - The Awakening of Volcanoes
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 40
A series of explosions start to occur under the sea and General Zuril wastes no time in discovering that this is raw Uranium. Saucer beast "Boi Boi" is launched to go and get this energy as this saucer beast naturally collects Uranium. At the same time Dr. Umon is alerted by these explosions which are close to an island with a Uranium capsule.
#2 - For The Love Of Earth
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 73
King Vega prepares to attack Earth but Duke and company are ready to stop him with the help of Grendizer and Spazers.
#3 - Shiro in Peril! Move Out, Mazinger Z!
Mazinger Z - Season 1 - Episode 30
#4 - Mach Mechanical Beast Jinrai
Mazinger Z - Season 1 - Episode 24
#5 - The Phantoms of the Transparent Planet (4)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 20
“Crisis on the Transparent Planet” (4/4): One of the most dangerous criminals of the universe escapes from a galactic high security prison. His name is Ul Quorn, an extraordinarily intelligent man, and also son of the murderer of Captain Future’s parents. Future vows to capture him. He learns that Ul Quorn discovered a parallel universe in which he can travel thanks to a unique spaceship made by a scientist who is now passed away. Not knowing where to search his enemy, Future and his crew travel to the planet Ariel where the scientist worked...
#6 - The Law of the Keeper (3)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 15
“Beyond the Shining Stars!" (3/4): The tiny planet Laguna is being evacuated because oxygen is running out and reaching a critical level. More planets are facing the same. To solve this difficult problem, Captain Future goes on a quest to seek the Birthplace of Matter, an instrument which can create and control all types of matter. Future asks Simon to modify the Comet for long-distance travel to Sagittarius Constellation where, according to legend, the Birthplace of Matter is kept...
#7 - The Resurrected Planet (4)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 16
“Beyond the Shining Stars!" (4/4): The tiny planet Laguna is being evacuated because oxygen is running out and reaching a critical level. More planets are facing the same. To solve this difficult problem, Captain Future goes on a quest to seek the Birthplace of Matter, an instrument which can create and control all types of matter. Future asks Simon to modify the Comet for long-distance travel to Sagittarius Constellation where, according to legend, the Birthplace of Matter is kept...
#8 - The Time of the Planet Losing Air (1)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 13
“Beyond the Shining Stars!" (1/4): The tiny planet Laguna is being evacuated because oxygen is running out and reaching a critical level. More planets are facing the same. To solve this difficult problem, Captain Future goes on a quest to seek the Birthplace of Matter, an instrument which can create and control all types of matter. Future asks Simon to modify the Comet for long-distance travel to Sagittarius Constellation where, according to legend, the Birthplace of Matter is kept...
#9 - The Tragedy of the Dark Star (2)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 14
“Beyond the Shining Stars!" (2/4): The tiny planet Laguna is being evacuated because oxygen is running out and reaching a critical level. More planets are facing the same. To solve this difficult problem, Captain Future goes on a quest to seek the Birthplace of Matter, an instrument which can create and control all types of matter. Future asks Simon to modify the Comet for long-distance travel to Sagittarius Constellation where, according to legend, the Birthplace of Matter is kept...
#10 - The Phantom Galen Cannon Is Going to Blow!!
Mazinger Z - Season 1 - Episode 11
#11 - Great Aerial Raid! Barras K, Outlaw of the Skies!
Mazinger Z - Season 1 - Episode 33
#12 - Vega's Spy
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 10
An inhabitant of the planet Rubi is contacted by Vega to explode the UFO carrier of Grendizer. The mission fails because of Duke Fleed and the Vegans try to kill the Rubinian. But Duke Fleed flies to his help.
#13 - The Horrible Sea-Devil (3)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 11
“Challenge! Sea Floor City Storm" (3/4): Gravium is a rare metal which is indispensable for controlling gravity. It allows man to travel space. There are only five Gravium mines in the entire universe. Captain Future opposes the evil Wrecker, who plans to destroy the mines one after another until destruction is complete. Once again, the fate of the universe is in Future’s hands...
#14 - The Miracle of the Flying Fortress (3)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 3
”Terror of the Space Emperor" (3/4): On the planet Megara, strange things are happening. Humans devolve into ape-men. Sperling, one of the top agents of the Interstellar Government, who was sent out to investigate the matter, returns transformed into a beast. Captain Future and his crew are contacted. They soon discover that the bad things happening are caused by a mysterious individual who calls himself the Space Emperor...
#15 - The Prison in the Sea of Flames (2)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 2
”Terror of the Space Emperor" (2/4): On the planet Megara, strange things are happening. Humans devolve into ape-men. Sperling, one of the top agents of the Interstellar Government, who was sent out to investigate the matter, returns transformed into a beast. Captain Future and his crew are contacted. They soon discover that the bad things happening are caused by a mysterious individual who calls himself the Space Emperor...
#16 - The Sea Floor Trap (2)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 10
“Challenge! Sea Floor City Storm" (2/4): Gravium is a rare metal which is indispensable for controlling gravity. It allows man to travel space. There are only five Gravium mines in the entire universe. Captain Future opposes the evil Wrecker, who plans to destroy the mines one after another until destruction is complete. Once again, the fate of the universe is in Future’s hands...
#17 - The Space Emperor Appears (1)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 1
”Terror of the Space Emperor" (1/4): On the planet Megara, strange things are happening. Humans devolve into ape-men. Sperling, one of the top agents of the Interstellar Government, who was sent out to investigate the matter, returns transformed into a beast. Captain Future and his crew are contacted. They soon discover that the bad things happening are caused by a mysterious individual who calls himself the Space Emperor...
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#18 - The Birth of a Miraculous Robot
Mazinger Z - Season 1 - Episode 1
The villainous Dr. Hell has amassed an army of mechanical beasts in his secret hideaway, the island of Bardos located in the Aegean Sea. He is capable of controlling mechanized beasts with his cane, and instructs them to unleash devastating attacks. However, Dr. Hell doesn't do all the dirty work by himself; he has his loyal henchman Baron Ashura to carry out his devilish plans. There are also those that will see to it that evil does not prevail. Kouji Kabuto is the young and feisty teenager with a score to settle: his goal is avenging the murder of his grandfather by Dr. Hell. And he might just be able to pull it off, as he is the pilot of Mazinger Z, a mighty giant robot made out of an indestructible metal known as Super-Alloy Z.
#19 - Alone on the Planet (3)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 19
“Crisis on the Transparent Planet” (3/4): One of the most dangerous criminals of the universe escapes from a galactic high security prison. His name is Ul Quorn, an extraordinarily intelligent man, and also son of the murderer of Captain Future’s parents. Future vows to capture him. He learns that Ul Quorn discovered a parallel universe in which he can travel thanks to a unique spaceship made by a scientist who is now passed away. Not knowing where to search his enemy, Future and his crew travel to the planet Ariel where the scientist worked...
#20 - Hades Chapter - Inferno: Farewell! Gold Saints...
Saint Seiya - Season 5 - Episode 12
#21 - Darkness Makers
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 38
Hikaru becomes a pilot. Duke Freed faces another Vegan saucer beast loaded with Vegatron rays, and Koji nearly gets captured by the Minifo after gathering the energy but manages to escape very injured.
#22 - Guts of Fire!! The Wild Venus!!
Great Mazinger - Season 1 - Episode 3
#23 - Baptism of Fire
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 41
Hikaru loses her consciousness during training and Duke Freed gets injured and his old wound gets worse. The Vegans begin their attack and Daisuke goes to the battle even though he is injured.
#24 - The Lightning Rock
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 30
A strange rock full of radiation energy lands on Earth and Dr. Umon can't make much of this new phenomenon. At the same time, the Vegans discover this strong source of energy and put it to use in their next saucer beast.
#25 - The Mercenary of Oppression
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 34
Vega promised Commander Gos that if he kills Duke Freed then Vega would spare the Wolf Planet from Vegan brutality.
#26 - Win or Perish
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 27
Grendizer's delicate weapon systems malfunction and he finds himself struggling against the enemy. The Vegans arrive and descend upon the Center. Hikaru and Daisuke must fix Grendizer and save the Center.
#27 - The Patrol of Eagles
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 39
Danbi tells Daisuke that his daughter is outstanding and capable of helping him and Koji. Daisuke disagrees insisting that war and sport are two different things. Finally Daisuke will allow Hikaru to be part of the team after her vital help.
#28 - The Wings of Death
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 33
The Vegans send a bird named "Zari Zari" to distroy Grendizer, but Duke remember a similar bird from his home planet Fleed and will use this knowledge to go and finish it off.
#29 - Ants and Men
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 45
With his telescope, Goro spots a meteor that splits in two with each piece landing in a different mountain. These actually contain eggs of the Vegan ants. When Goro tells everyone about it he is not taken seriously. Soon Grendizer and Drill Spazer will unite to face the new danger.
#30 - The Invincible Cosmos
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 36
Dr. Umon calls Daisuke and Koji to show them the way that Grendizer and Double Spazer can unite together and fly. The objective of this is to minimize the need for Grendizer to have to lock in and out of Spazer as these are Grendizer's weakest moments and he is helpless in them.
#31 - An SOS from 100 Million Years Ago (1)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 5
”Lost World” (1/4): During a flight-training in the asteroid-belt between Mars and Jupiter, Captain Future and his Crew receive a strange message of an old man asking for help, explaining his home planet Katain is facing imminent destruction. The Futuremen build a time-machine around their spaceship Comet and fly off into an unknown past in search for the lost planet Katain...
#32 - A Star is Dead
UFO Robot Grendizer - Season 1 - Episode 37
The Vegan plan is to steal a huge capsule full of Super Uranium from Earth. Vegan forces are dispatched immediately to do just that.
#33 - Ul Quorn’s Challenge (1)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 17
“Crisis on the Transparent Planet” (1/4): One of the most dangerous criminals of the universe escapes from a galactic high security prison. His name is Ul Quorn, an extraordinarily intelligent man, and also son of the murderer of Captain Future’s parents. Future vows to capture him. He learns that Ul Quorn discovered a parallel universe in which he can travel thanks to a unique spaceship made by a scientist who is now passed away. Not knowing where to search his enemy, Future and his crew travel to the planet Ariel where the scientist worked...
#34 - The Dark Tribe Under the Earth (2)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 18
“Crisis on the Transparent Planet” (2/4): One of the most dangerous criminals of the universe escapes from a galactic high security prison. His name is Ul Quorn, an extraordinarily intelligent man, and also son of the murderer of Captain Future’s parents. Future vows to capture him. He learns that Ul Quorn discovered a parallel universe in which he can travel thanks to a unique spaceship made by a scientist who is now passed away. Not knowing where to search his enemy, Future and his crew travel to the planet Ariel where the scientist worked...
#35 - Stop the Ashura Army!
Mazinger Z - Season 1 - Episode 2
#36 - Decisive Battle on Noon Moon (4)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 4
”Terror of the Space Emperor" (4/4): On the planet Megara, strange things are happening. Humans devolve into ape-men. Sperling, one of the top agents of the Interstellar Government, who was sent out to investigate the matter, returns transformed into a beast. Captain Future and his crew are contacted. They soon discover that the bad things happening are caused by a mysterious individual who calls himself the Space Emperor...
#37 - Hades Chapter - Elysion: Towards a World Filled with Light
Saint Seiya - Season 6 - Episode 6
#38 - Hades Chapter - Inferno: Athena! Offer your Life
Saint Seiya - Season 5 - Episode 9
#39 - The Conspiracy of the Destruction King (1)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 9
“Challenge! Sea Floor City Storm" (1/4): Gravium is a rare metal which is indispensable for controlling gravity. It allows man to travel space. There are only five Gravium mines in the entire universe. Captain Future opposes the evil Wrecker, who plans to destroy the mines one after another until destruction is complete. Once again, the fate of the universe is in Future’s hands...
#40 - Hades Chapter - Elysion: Golden Reinforcements
Saint Seiya - Season 6 - Episode 3
#41 - The Mystery of the Destruction King (4)
Captain Future - Season 1 - Episode 12
“Challenge! Sea Floor City Storm" (4/4): Gravium is a rare metal which is indispensable for controlling gravity. It allows man to travel space. There are only five Gravium mines in the entire universe. Captain Future opposes the evil Wrecker, who plans to destroy the mines one after another until destruction is complete. Once again, the fate of the universe is in Future’s hands...
#42 - Hades Chapter - Inferno: Desperation! The Wailing Wall
Saint Seiya - Season 5 - Episode 10
#43 - Hades Chapter - Elysion: The Legendary God Cloth
Saint Seiya - Season 6 - Episode 4
#44 - Hades Chapter - Elysion: Awakening from Myth
Saint Seiya - Season 6 - Episode 5
#45 - Hades Chapter - Inferno: Reunion! The Gold Cloths
Saint Seiya - Season 5 - Episode 11
#46 - Hades Chapter - Elysion: The Road to Elysion
Saint Seiya - Season 6 - Episode 1
#47 - Hades Chapter - Elysion: The Gods of Death and Sleep
Saint Seiya - Season 6 - Episode 2
#48 - Hades Chapter - Inferno: Fierce Fighting! Road to Giudecca
Saint Seiya - Season 5 - Episode 6
#49 - Hades Chapter - Inferno: God's Wrath! The Greatest Eclispe
Saint Seiya - Season 5 - Episode 7
