The BEST episodes directed by Yasuhiro Matsumura

#1 - Hellsing VIII

Hellsing Ultimate - Season 1 - Episode 8

The harrowing conclusion to Hellsing Ultimate features the epic return of Alucard and Integra’s willingness to unleash his true power on their enemies!

#2 - Hellsing IV

Hellsing Ultimate - Season 1 - Episode 4

An important meeting between Hellsing and the Queen is interrupted by tidings of impending war. Meanwhile, Alucard is sent to deal with the deviants responsible for the hijacking of an aircraft carrier.

#3 - Dream of a KO

Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 19

Kobashi abandoned his strategy and loses the match to Ippo via K.O.

#4 - Becoming a Bully's Buddy

Hajime no Ippo - Season 1 - Episode 12

Ippo fights and wins his second match via K.O.,After the fight he was befriended by Umezawa, his former bully.

#5 - Let's Fly into Space

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 5

Continuing on from the previous episode, Gan-chan is launched into space by Urd and Skuld in a Saturn-style rocket. He orbits around Earth before performing a moon landing, quoting Neil Armstrong's famous line. He plants a flag and takes a moon rock before returning to his ship. Urd and Skuld convince him to fly to deep space, but they leave him when Belldandy announces that dinner is ready, leaving Gan-chan alone in deep space.

#6 - Slimming down! Go!

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 6

After having gained large amounts of weight, Gan-chan is unable to fit into his hole in the wall. He begs Skuld and Urd to help him slim down. Skuld tries several inventions, including Mr. Sauna, Mr. Icy Bath, and Mr. 4000 Years, but they all fail. Urd gives Gan-chan a pill that causes him to exercise. He exercises furiously, and collapses exhausted after crossing the entire world. However, when everybody wakes up the next morning, they discover that Gan-chan ate like a pig following his exercise and regained his weight.

#7 - Gabira - The Final Battle

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 8

Gan-chan, in the form of Gabira, heads towards the kitchen. Urd multiples herself to form an army, and Urd and Skuld set up multiple lines of defense to defeat Gabira. Using toy tanks, they slow down Gabria, but fail to stop him. When the goddesses retreat to their final line of defense and play rock music, the mold is disgusted by Gan-chan's lack of rhythm when he attempts to dance. The stereo overloads however. Keiichi finally destroys Gabira by exposing him to sunlight.

#8 - Let's Fly in the Sky

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 4

When Gan-chan expresses a wish to "fly like the birds", Skuld and Urd build him a series of progressively more complex flying machines, paralleling the history of flight. The devices begin with Urd's attempt to build Icarus' wings, followed by Skuld constructing the Montgolfier brothers' balloon, Otto Lilienthal's glider, Samuel Langley's (unsuccessful) Aerodrome and, ultimately, the Bell X-1, as Belldandy gives the history of flight. However, Gan-chan is still unsatisfied and wishes to travel to space.

#9 - The Secret of the Diamond

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 10

Gan-chan is having a bad day. Urd notices the ring Gan-chan has and asks Gan-chan if she can have it, and he gladly agrees. However, the bad luck almost immediately transfers to Urd, leading her to conclude that the diamond on the ring is cursed. They try to place a spiritual barrier on the ring, but it fails. The gang then attempts to exorcise the spirit in the ring, but a black cat emerges, gives them a business card, takes the ring, and leaves.

#10 - Gabira, the Giant Monster - The Birth

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 7

After eating a moldy cake, Gan-chan becomes ill. Urd and Skuld attempt to cure him using their potions and inventions, but to no avail. They try sprinkling salt, giving him exercise pills, silica gel, and a vacuum, but all to no avail. Finally, Urd seems to have solved the problem — only to discover that, as a side effect, Gan-chan has turned into mini-Godzilla named Gabira.

#11 - Let's Play Baseball!

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 12

Urd and Skuld argue about who is better at baseball. They duplicate themselves to make teams. Gan-chan and Belldandy commentate to a crowd of fake fans while the two battle. The game goes into extra innings, and Urd and Skuld begin to play in ridiculous fashions, like imitating the tornado pitch of the Tasmanian Devil. Urd then disappears for her "ultimate pitch," and the rest all imitate her, leaving the stadium deserted.

#12 - The Mysterious Can of Food

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 9

The goddesses and Gan-chan find a can containing a vile-looking green slime which surprisingly tastes totally delicious. But the origin of this strange food comes as an even greater surprise — a mysterious vending machine which has appeared at the temple. Upon venturing inside, Skuld, Urd and Gan-chan surprise the operators, who eject them from the machine, transform it into a spaceship, and rapidly depart from the temple.

#13 - Gabira, the Giant Monster - The Strike Back

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 11

Gan-chan has a relapse transformation into the monstrous Gabira. Urd and Skuld, using the strategy that destroyed Gabira before, bathe him sunlight. Unfortunately, it makes Gabira even stronger. Skuld unleashes a golden mecha version of Gabria after having run out of ideas. They grapple, but then become friends, reconciling their differences and leaving the temple grounds.

#14 - Goddess Love Theater - Goddess Blade

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 31

#15 - Welcome, Newlyweds

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 15

Urd and Gan-chan enjoy their newly wed life, that is until the magic rose petals start to fall down.

#16 - Fishing Journal

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 33

#17 - Rules of the Ninja - Volume I

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 35

#18 - Rules of the Ninja - Volume II

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 36

#19 - SOS in the Big Snowfield (Pt 1)

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 17

#20 - Urd vs. Urd

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 37

#21 - Gan-chan Runs for Election - Time of Change edition

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 39

#22 - Kitchen Fighters

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 19

#23 - Happy Birthday, Gan-chan!

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 41

#24 - This Happens Once In Awhile

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 43

#25 - Gan-chan the Locomotive

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 44

#26 - Ah! My Buddha

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 21

#27 - The Miso Jar

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 45

#28 - Female Detective Skuld’s First Case

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 30

#29 - The Proposal Scheme

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 14

Gan-chan has fallen in love with Kaoru, a pink female rat, and has a date. He is extremely nervous, so Belldandy gives him a pill. Urd creates costumes for Gan-chan, who decides upon a collared bowtie and a red rose. Urd casts a spell on the rose so that Kaoru will love him forever. Gan-chan forgets the rose, however, and when Urd attempts to return it to him, he accidentally proposes to Urd instead of Kaoru, who leaves, devastated.

#30 - Quick Fix Division of the Temple

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 32

#31 - Give Me Some Servants

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 34

#32 - Phone Me, Darling!

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 16

#33 - Mekimeki High School Memorial

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 47

#34 - Let's Form a Band, Side A (Pt 1)

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 23

#35 - What'll Happen Next?

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 48

#36 - Gan-chan Runs for Election - Being Self Made edition

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 38

#37 - SOS in the Big Snowfield (Pt 2)

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 18

#38 - Urd's Ultimate Diet

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 40

#39 - Let's Form a Band, Side B (Pt 2)

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 24

#40 - Chu Hard - Gan-Chan's Desperate Situation

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 25

#41 - Ah! My Average College Student!

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 42

#42 - Gan-chan's Magnificent Days

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 20

#43 - Deluxe Game of Life -- Satellite Version

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 46

#44 - The Story of Gan-chan - Love Me to the Bone

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 22

#45 - Chu Hard 2 - Descent of the Devil

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 26

#46 - Secret Treasure in the Attic (Pt 1)

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 2

Gan-chan, Urd, and Skuld laze around because they are bored out of their minds. However, when a rat falls through the ceiling and mutters about a treasure before collapsing unconscious, they all become excited and decide to go treasure hunting. Skuld builds mechas for the entire gang, and they go to explore the attic. However, they get attacked by a large rat.

#47 - Pop! Goes the Urd!

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 27

#48 - Rainy Day

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 28

Urd goes on a trip on a rainy day.

#49 - Secret Treasure in the Attic (Pt 2)

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 3

The gang does battle with the rat, but their attacks are largely ineffective in part due to the design of the mechas. They try to escape, but the rat calls in reinforcements and blocks their path. Gan-chan is volunteered to act as a distraction. A piece of cheese is strapped to his mecha and he manages to distract the rat gang. Urd and Skuld find the treasure, but it turns out to be a windup doll of a golden Buddha statue.

#50 - Let's Meet In Our Dreams

Ah! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess - Season 1 - Episode 29