The BEST episodes directed by Toshiya Shinohara
#1 - Mermaid Princess and Shell Bra
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow - Season 1 - Episode 18
Nako has always been worried about her personality, which falters outside of her home. As Nako gets a larger bonus on payday, she becomes worried that she needs to change in order to deserve that amount. Later that day, she, Ohana, Minko and Yuina go shopping, where she ends up splashing out in the hopes of changing, though doesn't feel she has at the end of the day. The next day, Nako decides to go to work with the same attitude she has at home, but it ends up backfiring against her. When she asks Sui about why she got a high bonus, she explains it was as thanks from a customer who followed her advice, praising her for the personality she has at Kissuiso, which cheers Nako up.
Watch Now:Amazon
#2 - Unreachable Fingertips
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 13
Hikari thinks of Manaka while he's at home, and decides to tell her how he really feels about her. Manaka also tries to tell him something, but then tells him that she'll tell him as soon as the Ofunehiki is over.
Watch Now:Amazon
#3 - At the End of the Siege
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 11
A typhoon approaches as Kukuru locks herself inside Gama Gama to protest its closure.
Watch Now:Amazon
#4 - I Want to be Kind
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 12
Akari makes the decision to take Ojoshi-sama's place in the Ofunehiki and head into to marriage with Itaru like she was headed toward the Sea God. That was when the preparations to try to re-enact the first Ofunehiki went back under way.
Watch Now:Amazon
#5 - The Changing Times
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 11
Kaname suddenly confesses his feelings to Chisaki in front of her parents, and Chisaki doesn't know what to do. Hikari and Manaka do their best to go on with the Ofunehiki, hearing that if the Sea God gets his powers back, the disaster that is to befall their world may be stopped.
Watch Now:Amazon
#6 - The Ofunehiki Shakes
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 7
After school, the classmates get together in the woodshop room for the final stretch of getting the Ojoshi-sama done. After the students finish the Ojoshi-sama, even the teacher gets excited about the feat, and they wonder if it's possible to somehow do an actual Ofunehiki like they used to do with the surface and the sea working together.
Watch Now:Amazon
#7 - Hey, Sea Slug
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 5
Akari is able to tell Uroko-sama and her father how she feels about Itaru, and is starting to smile a little again. Hikari sees that and feels a little better and heads to school. While on their way to school, Chisaki is late and walking on her own.
Watch Now:Amazon
#8 - Beyond the Wavering Feelings
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 8
Akari decides once and for all that she is going to live on the surface, and Hikari also leaves the house because he feels that Akari isn't being treated fairly.
Watch Now:Amazon
#9 - Unknown Warmth
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 9
Miuna makes a snow sea slug out of the saltflake snow that had fallen on the surface. Meanwhile, Hikari thinks about how his father is doing alone in the sea. In the sea, Uroko-sama had gathered everyone to tell them of the calamity that was about to come.
Watch Now:Amazon
#10 - The Saltflake Snow Falls and Falls
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 10
Uroko-sama tells everyone that the Sea God's powers have become much smaller than they used to be, and that the saltflake snow will continue to fall both in the sea and on the surface until the world is cold and gray.
Watch Now:Amazon
#11 - Because We're Friends
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 4
Hikari finds out that Akari's boyfriend is in fact the father of the girl who had been picking fights with him, Miuna. Miuna asks him to help break the two apart. The next day, they are cooking in class and the Umimura kids are being isolated. Manaka works up the courage and tries to get the surface kids to try the food they made, but is greeted with an unfriendly response. Seeing that, Hikari jumps in...
Watch Now:Amazon
#12 - The Tradition of the Sea
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 3
Akari was rounded up by the older men of the village and Hikari and the others try to stop them. It's there that they first hear the rule that if you are seeing someone from the surface, you will be banished from the village. Hikari, unable to contain his rage, holds a guys-only meeting with Kaname. The girls are thrown out and go to another room, where Manaka finds a red-bellied sea slug. The sea slug is said to tell you the future if you tell it feelings you can't tell anyone else. It's then that Chisaki asks Manaka if she likes Tsumugu-kun...
Watch Now:Amazon
#13 - Beyond Tomoebi
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 6
The students get together in their swimsuits for swimming class. The sea kids are still getting used to school on land, but are starting to get along with the other kids. The teacher mentions that he's going to be timing them today and as the kids groan in response, Hikari and Tsumugu's rivalry fires up.
#14 - His Butler, Freeloader
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 13
Ciel begrudgingly lets Prince Soma and his butler, Agni, who arrived from India in search of someone, take up temporary residence at the Phantomhive Estate.
Watch Now:Amazon
#15 - His Butler, However You Please
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 11
Elizabeth becomes distraught and goes missing and Ciel and Sebastian head into the heart of London to search for her.
Watch Now:Amazon
#16 - The Chilly Desert
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 2
Because of Uroko-sama's curse, Manaka ends up with a fish face on her knee. It goes away the next day, but she has some regrets because Tsumugu had said it was pretty. Meanwhile, Hikari gets annoyed that Manaka and Tsumugu are talking and tells him to not concern himself with the people of Umimura.
Watch Now:Amazon
#17 - Our Oceans Are Endless
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 12
It’s Gama Gama Aquarium’s last day, and it’s receiving a lot of visitors. The staff are hard at work to make it memorable.
Watch Now:Amazon
#18 - His Butler, Forlorn
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 12
Ciel finds Elizabeth in a tower and rescues her after a brief battle against Drocell. Sebastian does not pursue a strange puppet that seems to have controlled Drocell as its master is far away. Later, Elizabeth celebrates Ciel's 13th birthday with a party at the Phantomhive Estate.
Watch Now:Amazon
#19 - Bark at the Night
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow - Season 1 - Episode 11
After the Kissuisō gets a scathing review in a magazine, it becomes apparents that all the hot spring inns in the area are receiving poor reviews whilst a newly constructed hotel is being praised. Wanting to get to the bottom of this, Ohana heads to Tokyo to find out who's responsible for the review, which turns out to be her mother, Satsuki. She reveals she wrote a poor review under orders from higher ups, which annoys Ohana, who had been bottling up her annoyances with her. When Satsuki refuses to go to Kissuisō to give her true opinion, Ohana decides to stage a protest. Whilst doing so, she decides to visit Kōichi, only to notice another girl seemingly attached to him. After hearing from Kōichi that the girl has an unrequited love for him, Ohana feels guilty and runs off into the rain in tears, but is found by Minko and Tōru.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#20 - His Butler, on Ice
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 10
Ciel and Sebastian visit a festival held on the frozen Thames River and enter an ice-sculpting contest for the prize, a ring with a slice of blue diamond called the Shard of Hope, which is important evidence in an investigation by Scotland Yard into the kidnappings of several young girls. Sebastian creates an ice model of Noah's Ark, complete with animals inside, but the Shard of Hope is apparently lost in the river following a bombing incident. Meanwhile, Elizabeth desperately looks for a present for Ciel's birthday. She later discovers the Shard of Hope in a toy ship she has bought.
Watch Now:Amazon
#21 - Tropical Fish in Boots
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 4
The touch pool, where people are invited to touch sea creatures with their own hands, is the biggest event of the summer at Gama Gama Aquarium. Kukuru, Kai, Kuuya and Fuuka are hard at work to prepare.
Watch Now:Amazon
#22 - The End of the Exodus
Charlotte (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 7
After the school collapse, Yuu wakes up in a hospital bed and is informed that Ayumi died. He subsequently enters shock and locks himself away in his apartment, becoming a recluse. Later on, Yumi comes by to talk to him but is turned away. Yuu ends up running away to another city and attempts to survive on snack foods while passing the time at a local arcade. However, as he grows progressively more unstable, he begins using his powers to pick fights with gangs. Before he can turn his attention to drugs, Yuu is stopped by Nao, who had been observing him the entire time using her invisibility. Nao attempts to reconnect with Yuu by taking him to Jōjirō's house and offering him some omurice. Upon eating it, Yuu realizes it tastes exactly like the dish that Ayumi would make for him using the secret pizza sauce. He soon resolves to return to the student council with Nao to work hard in memory of his sister.
Watch Now:Amazon
#23 - Sui Shijima, The Final Boss
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow - Season 1 - Episode 24
After spending some time with him, Ohana invites Ko to come to the Bonbori Festival before leaving Tokyo again. As Ohana arrives back at the Kissuiso, they start getting a flood of reservations thanks to a positive review written by Satsuki. However, Sui insists that she intends to close the Kissuiso down after the Bonbori Festival. The next day, Sui takes Ohana with her to visit her husband's grave, where Sui suddenly collapses. Sui explains that she wanted to close Kissuiso down so the others could do what they want. Upon returning to the Kissuiso, the others are at odds against Sui, with only Ohana offering to help out with the Bonbori Festival preparations.
Watch Now:Amazon
#24 - His Butler, Phantom Image
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 9
Ciel assigns his servants to take a photo of Sebastian with a camera that reveals what is most precious to the subject that is not of this world (e.g., dead things). Sebastian evades their efforts over and over again effortlessly. In the end, Sebastian takes a photo of Ciel, who had fallen asleep at his desk, with Pluto behind him at the back window which leads to an amusing photograph that confuses the rest of the servants at the mansion. Sebastian later comments that it was an honor to learn that the thing Ciel most treasures that is not of this world is Sebastian himself. (Sebastian is a demon, therefore he is able to show up in the photo because he is not someone of the normal world). Later, Finny wonders how Sebastian can show up as he thinks that Sebastian is someone of this world.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#25 - crab crisis
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 8
Karin finds a venue for a traveling aquarium at the pediatrics ward of the local clinic. The head nurse there has a fear of crabs.
Watch Now:Amazon
#26 - His Butler, Chance Encounter
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 5
Ciel and Sebastian continue to pursue Jack the Ripper and come to a confrontation at the house of the latest victim, Mary Kelly. They discover that the murderer is a combination of Madam Red and Grell Sutcliff, her seemingly bumbling butler, who is actually a Reaper. While Sebastian is busy fighting Grell, Madam Red attempts to kill Ciel, but she sees her sister's face in his and is unable to do so. Grell kills Madam Red because of this and her life is played back before his eyes, as Reapers can see a person's memories as they die. It is revealed that she loved Ciel's father, but he chose Rachel, her sister, over her. Eventually, she found someone she loved and married him, and was to have a child, but an accident killed her husband and caused the doctors to have to abort her baby and take out her womb to save her life, rendering her infertile. When one of her patients came to her and asked for an abortion, claiming children were a nuisance, something in her snapped and she followed the patient later that night and killed her. It was then that she met Grell, and the two of them murdered people as Jack the Ripper since then. Sebastian is ordered by Ciel to kill Grell.
Watch Now:Amazon
#27 - His Butler, Supremely Talented
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 14
Agni is revealed to be working for someone and Prince Soma plans to find out why. Along the way, a new goal is set to compete in the Curry Festival against Agni. At the end, Queen Victoria appears.
Watch Now:Amazon
#28 - His Butler, Merrymaking
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 7
By the command of the Queen, Ciel is to secure Houndsworth, a village controlled by a nobleman Henry Barrymore. The supposed resort that the company was in for is, in fact, a dark and dreary place inhabited by a demon dog.
Watch Now:Amazon
#29 - Cinderella, the Spy
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 9
Haebaru Chiyu is at Gama Gama Aquarium from Aquarium Tingarla to study how they do things, but she butts heads with Kukuru.
Watch Now:Amazon
#30 - His Butler, Training
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 8
Ciel and his servants confront the real demon dog of the village of Houndsworth and end up taking it home.
Watch Now:Amazon
#31 - His Butler, at the Funeral
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 6
Sebastian ends Jack the Ripper's reign of terror. Later, Ciel and Sebastian attend Madam Red's funeral and visit the grave of Jack the Ripper's last victim.
Watch Now:Amazon
#32 - Abandoned Illusions
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 10
With the Gama Gama Aquarium soon to be closed, Kukuru is desperate to find ways to keep it afloat. She tries to figure out a way to market the illusions that people had been witnessing there.
Watch Now:Amazon
#33 - Sweets Rhapsody
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 6
Kukuru and the crew brainstorm for ways to attract more visitors to Gama Gama Aquarium. They decide to try selling some sweets.
Watch Now:Amazon
#34 - His Butler, Capricious
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 4
The news of Jack the Ripper terrorizes the city of London. Sebastian narrows the suspects down to a single man, a Viscount. Madame Red creates a plan for Sebastian, Ciel and Lau to attend a ball to catch the culprit, which involves Ciel wearing a dress and Sebastian pretending to be his tutor. They realise that Elizabeth is attending the ball and dance across the ballroom to avoid her because she would then blow there cover and then they would get caught.As Ciel says that Elizabeth has too much energy. The Viscount takes a liking to Ciel, who attempts to seduce him, while Sebastian distracts Elizabeth and the other guests by pretending to be a magician and gets trapped in a box with all these knifes and chains with using only magic as he says(which is true). Alone in a room with the Viscount, which turns out has a smell that Ciel thinks its just a smell,then Ciel loses consciousness, later awaking to find himself being sold in a large underground auction, tied and blindfolded. When the Viscount removes the blindfold in order to display Ciel's eyes, the latter keeps them closed. After a moment, he opens them and calls for Sebastian. The lights go out, and the cries of many people are heard and the candles are suddenly relit to reveal Sebastian, who takes Ciel home as the police arrive at the scene.
Watch Now:Amazon
#35 - In Between the Sea and the Land
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 1
Because of their Hamaji Junior High School closing, Umimura residents Sakishima Hikari, Mukaido Manaka, Hiradaira Chisaki, and Isaki Kaname are transfered to Mihama Junior High on the surface.
Watch Now:Amazon
#36 - Ice Cream Toast
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 7
With shaved ice a success and new visitors drawn to Gama Gama Aquarium, Kukuru’s grandfather insists that the crew take a break.
Watch Now:Amazon
#38 - Tingarla in the Far Away Ocean
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 13
A year has passed since Gama Gama closed, and Kukuru has found work at Aquarium Tingarla. But for some reason, she’s assigned to Marketing.
Watch Now:Amazon
#39 - Tell Me the Secrets of This World
Gurren Lagann - Season 1 - Episode 18
Following the shocking declaration by Nia, everyone is in disarray, especially Simon who can't seem to find her. Rossiu has finally completed his secret project, to awaken Lord Genome in the form of data and learn some of the mysteries of the world.
Watch Now:Amazon
#40 - His Butler, Able
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 1
Ciel Phantomhive is awakened by his butler, Sebastian Michaelis, who informs Ciel that Damian, the head of one of his factories, is coming for a visit. Sebastian orders the household staff, Baldroy, the cook, Finnian, the gardener, and Mey-Rin, the maid, to prepare for Damian's arrival. However, their attempts result in disaster, as Baldo overcooks the food, Finnian kills the garden by spraying herbicides on it, and Mey-Rin breaks all of the china. To resolve the situation, Sebastian orders them to rearrange the yard into a stone Japanese garden and has Bard make beef tataki. Damian, impressed with the staff's preparations, plays a board game with Ciel in which his character loses his legs and is ultimately incinerated. Following the dinner, Damian calls his associate, commenting that the factory he owns has been sold and he is attempting to fraudulently acquire more money from Ciel. When Damian attempts to return to the lounge, the scenario in the game occurs in real life, as he breaks one of his legs, and Sebastian locks him in the oven, to be burned with the dessert. He later runs away from the mansion.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
#41 - The Great Sea Slug Debate
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 15
Kukuru is tasked with coming up with ideas for an event, but her proposal comes with some serious challenges.
Watch Now:Amazon
#42 - Mother Arrives
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 5
Fuuka’s mother comes to Gama Gama Aquarium to take her home, but she isn’t ready to leave just yet.
Watch Now:Amazon
#43 - Penguin Chaser
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 14
Fuuka has returned to Okinawa to find a dejected Kukuru, struggling to do well at work.
Watch Now:Amazon
#44 - His Butler, Strongest
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 2
Ciel is kidnapped for ransom, but Sebastian easily defeats a mob of underlings, with various kitchen supplies, and retrieves his master.
Watch Now:Amazon
#45 - Promise
Charlotte (2015) - Season 1 - Episode 12
Two days after the incident, Yuu wakes up in the hospital and learns of Kumagami's death. As Yuu's friends come to visit him during his rehabilitation, he has a discussion with Misa about life and death, encouraging her to visit her parents while she still has a chance. She gets this opportunity when Yusa hosts a food report on their parents' restaurant, allowing Misa to express her appreciation to them, which in turn gives Yuu a better appreciation of Ayumi's cooking. Later, as Yuu becomes determined to help Shunsuke, who is still in turmoil over Kumagami's death, Nao suggests that he could protect all of the ability users around the world by simply stealing their abilities. Despite the risk of taking on so many powers, Yuu accepts and then confesses his feelings to Nao, who tells him she will be waiting until he succeeds, before taking her ability. After informing Shunsuke of his mission, Yuu prepares to go overseas to find someone with a power similar to Kumagami's to track down other ability users. He takes the abilities of Jōjirō, Yusa, and Misa, the latter of whom leaves behind a letter for Yusa expressing how much fun she had. Before Yuu leaves, Nao hands him some flash cards while he gives back her MP3 player as a vow that he will come back from his journey alive.
Watch Now:Amazon
#46 - The Color Of The Sea. The Color Of The Land. The Color Of The Wind. The Color Of The Heart. The Color Of You. ~Earth color of a calm~
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 26
In order to save Manaka, Miuna is swallowed up by the whirpool that Ojoshi-sama made and is covered in Ena that wraps around her like a cocoon. Hikari and Tsumugu go to save her but are held back by the powers of a god.
Watch Now:Amazon
#47 - His Butler, Omnipotent
Black Butler - Season 1 - Episode 3
Elizabeth, Ciel's fiancee, arrives at the Phantomhive Estate for a visit. While Ciel does not wish to dance with her, Sebastian convinces him to learn to dance for the sake of preserving his social reputation, and teaches him a simple waltz. Later, Elizabeth is unhappy with Ciel wearing his own ring in favour of the one she has brought him, and she breaks Ciel's ring by throwing it on the floor. Ciel comes close to hitting Elizabeth but is stopped by Sebastian, who explains to Elizabeth that Ciel's ring is the Phantomhive family's ring. Elizabeth is upset, but Ciel throws the ring out of the window and declares that he is the head of the Phantomhive family, with or without it. Ciel then wipes Elizabeth's tears away and dances with her. That night, Sebastian finds Ciel depressed in bed and produces Ciel's ring, undamaged. Ciel wonders how many Phantomhives have died wearing the ring. He tells Sebastian to stay by his side until he falls asleep, amusing Sebastian and causing him to comment on Ciel showing his weaknesses to him.
Watch Now:Amazon
#48 - Life Begins in the Ocean
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 3
With Grandpa out of town, Kukuru and Fuuka work together to feed and weigh the penguins. Kukuru notices something wrong with one of the penguins, and decides to call the vet, who is on maternity leave.
Watch Now:Amazon
#49 - Getting Wet Is Part of the Job
The Aquatope on White Sand - Season 1 - Episode 2
Fuka finds out why Kukuru is working so hard to keep the aquarium running. She’s asked to feed the penguins for an event, but things don’t go quite as planned.
Watch Now:Amazon
#50 - The Promised Day
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea - Season 1 - Episode 14
Five years has passed since the Ofunehiki and Shioshishio's hibernation. Without knowing how Hikari or Manaka or any of the others are doing, now a 19 year old Chisaki goes to visit Tsumugu's grandfather in the hospital.
Watch Now:Amazon