The BEST episodes written by Shigeru Murakoshi
#1 - close/friend
The God of High School - Season 1 - Episode 8
The team led by Park Ilpyo, one of the participants considered a top Key candidate, faces the team led by Gwim Gi. Gwim Gi calls upon his charyeok, Jack the Ripper, but Ilpyo uses his antiquated taekkyon fighting style rather than relying on charyeok. Meanwhile, Daewi is suspended from the competition after interfering in a match and hitting Jugok. Mira scolds him, but Mori seems distracted. Something he sees on Ilpyo's back looks familiar...
#2 - renewal/soul
The God of High School - Season 1 - Episode 2
Mori, Daewi, and Mirahave made it through the first preliminary round. With the next round coming up, the three of them talk about their reasons for entering the tournament. Mira says she's hoping to find a strong man who can become the successor to her late father's Moon Light Sword Style and rebuild her family's dojo. On the day of the tournament, one of the favorites to win the tournament, Gang Manseok, faces off against tai chi user Go Gamdo.
#3 - oath/meaning
The God of High School - Season 1 - Episode 10
When he learns of Nox's existence and their role in Jin Taiejin's confinement, Mori swears to win the tournament and save him. But his opponent, Ilpyo, also has a good reason why he can't afford to lose. Four years ago, Seungah's sister and Ilpyo's cousin, Seungyeon, had her leg broken by Jegal and had to give up martial arts for good, and Ilpyo has made up his mind to become cold-hearted for her sake. Meanwhile, Paylong, whose attack on Mori failed, is eliminated... as Jegal wears a cruel smile.
#4 - Bloodville
GARO: The Animation - Season 1 - Episode 4
On the way to Santa Bard, León and Germán take a side trip to a village under the guise of pilgrims due to the rumors of people disappearing.
#5 - Black Knight
GARO: The Animation - Season 1 - Episode 6
León and Germán finally arrive to the city of Santa Bard where they meet a blacksmith and son before encountering the Black Knights of Castle Santa Bard.
#6 - Pure-Hearted Electric SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 4
Iron Frill's center, Shiori, has approached Ai with the intent of recruiting her. With the group's REVENGE at stake, will Junko be able to guide Franchouchou towards the kind of performance that will convince her to stay?
#7 - Walking Bet SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 6
Franchouchou's REVENGE is drawing ever closer, but as long as they remain in debt, it's going to seem out of reach. In the meantime, Tae heads into town to run some errands in a way that nobody else could!
#8 - Kidnap
Garo -Vanishing Line- - Season 1 - Episode 11
Sword and Sophie stop in a western town, Sun Dell Dios, while they wait for reinforcements. However the town is run by a vigilante group led by the sheriff Alfil. The townspeople try to take Sword into custody because they believe he kidnapped Sophie, while the waitress, Natalia, grabs Sophie and Alfil drives them out of town. When Natalia tries to sedate Sophie, she causes the car to crash. Back in town, Sword runs from the townspeople, unwilling to harm humans, and is eventually rescued by the arrival of Gina. Meanwhile Alfil reveals that he is a Horror and prepares to take Sophie captive, but she shoots him before he changes, and gains a reprieve until Sword arrives. While Sword fights the Horror Alfil, Bishop appears and prepares to take Sophie whom he calls princess, but again Gina comes to the rescue. Realizing the usefulness of the town has ended, Bishop reduces it to dust, however Gina had taken the precaution of placing a barrier around the townspeople so they were saved. As Sword, Gina and Sophie prepare to continue their journey, Zaruba compliments Sophie on her resourcefulness.
#9 - Those Who Strip with the Ones They Love
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! - Season 1 - Episode 3
I'm Mazama Jin, a first-year at Secon Academy. It's been nothing but smooth sailing in the cooking club I started with my beloved Hitomi-chan, and all kinds of rumors have been going around about what we do there! Will this draw in some more new members? Right after I asked that, two unfamiliar students showed up for a surprising reason! An exciting incident is in store for me and Hitomi-chan! Or... that's what would've happened if those two students weren't a dumb lion and a dumb naked mole-rat.
#10 - NO ZOMBIE NO IDOL SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 10
The girls of Franchouchou are going to have a dedicated concert! With a crowd capacity of five hundred! And Kotaro's plan to get them ready is... training in the mountains? Will his braindead idea pay off?
#11 - The SAGA of How These Zombies Will Get Their Revenge
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 10
Flash back to the events of early 2019 as Franchouchou undertakes the concert that nearly results in their destruction, and then rejoin them in the early 2020 as they enter the final phase of their REVENGE.
#12 - The Wild Habits of a Troubled Animal
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! - Season 1 - Episode 7
Mazama Jin here. The fact that I'm starting to get used to Seton Academy frightens me. What does it mean to be masculine or feminine? I just want to face Hitomi-chan as I am, without worrying about all that! With strong feelings and an unyielding heart, you can overcome any barrier! Or so I'd like to say, but somehow it's just annoying. Probably because the ones trying to overcome barriers are a stupid hyena and a stupid honey badger.
#13 - Dreadly Focus
GARO: The Animation - Season 1 - Episode 22
Once taking heed of Mendoza's master plan, Gérman takes the opportunity to betray him and make an opening for León and the others to infiltrate his hideout.
#14 - But It's Zombiemental SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 7
The time has come for Franchouchou to take the stage at the Saga Rock musical festival! But clouds are starting to gather, with the thunder and lightning causing Ai to freeze up in fear. Who will help re-animate her so that the show can be a success?
#15 - Intricacy
Garo -Vanishing Line- - Season 1 - Episode 6
Sophie sticks with Sword, hoping for some new leads on El Dorado. Luke finds out about her and voices his disapproval to Sword. All the while, it seems there is a movie theater where couples go and sometimes one of them disappears by the end credits.
#16 - Go Go Neverland SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 8
With Franchouchou gaining more notoriety from Saga Rock, the girls luck finally seems to be turning around. But they're in for a surprise: it's the return of the living dad when Lily's father spots her on TV!
#17 - Yu Light
Garo -Vanishing Line- - Season 1 - Episode 22
Bishop remotely watches as the scene between King and Sophie unfolds and thinks back to when he recruited the naive Martin Hennes. Sword finds Sophie and they watch as King causes El Dorado to be bathed in a red light. Sword and Sophie are suddenly surrounded by hoards of demonic creatures, but they are rescued by Zaruba on a reconstructed motorcycle. Sword and Sophie then lead the surviving citizens out of El Dorado. With Sword, Luke and Gina reunited, they realize that King's plan was to use Sophie to take over her brother Martin via the Madou Ring Bishop gave him. A message from Lizzy is broadcast on all TV screens, warning that as King consumes the souls within El Dorado he will grow stronger. She also tells them that Sophie has administrator access to The Eldo Net storage unit that houses the souls. Zaruba convinces the despondent Sophie to join the others with the ruby colored gem given to her by Gina. Suddenly Knight and Queen attack the group, but Luke and Gina stay to fight the two 'blades' of King, while Sword rides back into El Dorado with Sophie.
#18 - The Saga Incident, Part 1
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 8
Long before the REVENGE began, in the year 1882, the legendary courtesan, Yugiri, finds herself in the prefecture formerly known as Saga...
#19 - Who was Brave?
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! - Season 1 - Episode 5
Mazama Jin here. I'm slowly growing accustomed to Seton Academy. It's Field Day, and I'll be running... toward the shining future that awaits the two of us. For me, there's only one goal to run toward, and that's Hitomi-chan. Yes, it's only natural to think that just running isn't enough. I'm no fool. But I can't stop. I'd never last if I did. Because... this is the stupid animals' Field Day.
#20 - Warming Dead SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 4
Franchouchou is headed to the land of Ureshino in Saga to do perform for a big company! Will they be able to win over a new business partner with their singing and dancing?
#21 - Legends of Animal Ecology
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! - Season 1 - Episode 9
Mazama Jin here. I'm on track to set a perfect attendance record at Seton Academy. It's always difficult to keep yourself at just the right amount of distance, isn't it? Sometimes you're too close, sometimes too far. In my case, Hitomi-chan always comes close to me in front of the others. You shouldn't do that! When you're not sure how much distance is appropriate, one thing you can try is to look from the viewpoint of a third party. I'm a little bewildered at myself for thinking of givng that advice... because the ones struggling with the right distance are a stupid tarsier and a stupid naked mole-rat.
#22 - The Greatest SAGA in History
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 12
Saga is still recovering from the damage caused by the major storm that devastated the prefecture, but the deadline for Franchouchou's REVENGE draws near. What started as the group's attempt to make up for a previous failure has now turned into a saga that may save Saga itself!
#23 - A Gentle Savage
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! - Season 1 - Episode 10
Mazama Jin here. I've started to adapt to living in the dorm. I wonder what it's like to be in heat. It's hard for humans to understand, since we can breed at any time. If humans had a heat cycle, would Hitomi-chan be chasing me around all the time? Better hurry and get to me before someone else does! That particular worry might actually become a reality... if that mysterious new girl at school has anything to say about it.
#24 - The Nice Bird SAGA in Your Heart
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 5
After the trouble at the hot springs, the girls get an opportunity to promote a local legend. After they fail to chicken out, their next gig involves a train to Kashima to steal a muddy spotlight.
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#25 - Good Morning Again SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 12
The day of the Arpino show has come, and the other members of Franchouchou have made it clear to Sakura that they're not going to quarantine her because of her bad luck. But with a blizzard brewing, will the girls' undying loyalty to their friend prove to be their undoing?
#26 - Full Monty
GARO: The Animation - Season 1 - Episode 8
Separated from León, Germán has his own misadventures once he is deceived by some bandits and stripped of all his possessions, including his clothes.
#27 - The Acoustic SAGA of Love and Youth
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 3
Things are escalating rapidly for Franchouchou's REVENGE when they are booked to perform at the all-new Saga Arena... as the opening act for Iron Frill, the idol group that Ai belonged to when she was alive.
#28 - Good Morning Returns SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 1
A devastating defeat has sent the girls in Franchouchou scrambling for cash to pay off a serious debt, while their producer, Kotaro, falls apart... but all of that will only be prelude as the zombie pop idols prepare for their REVENGE!
#29 - Shadow Slasher
GARO: The Animation - Season 1 - Episode 11
When León fails to defeat Bernardo, he wants a rematch. But Bernardo, having sold his soul to Mendoza to settle things with Germán, soon becomes obsessed with winning once more.
#30 - Cure
GARO: The Animation - Season 1 - Episode 16
The capital is visited by the famous doctor Fabian, who treats his patients free of charge, but little the citizens know of his true nature and intentions.
#31 - Luke
Garo -Vanishing Line- - Season 1 - Episode 2
The morning after a crazy night, a strange rain begins to fall upon the bewildered construction men, washing away their memories of the entire. A single man stands watch with an umbrella overhead. His name is Luke, a Makai Alchemist.
#32 - Little Bodda Bope SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 5
Franchouchou's notoriety climbs higher and higher, with Lily making an appearance on a nationally-broadcast talent show, shining bright as the group continues their march toward REVENGE.
#33 - Rebirth
Garo -Vanishing Line- - Season 1 - Episode 10
Emergency services deal with the casualties from the battle. Meifang patches up Luke and reminds him of his duty to destroy Horrors, their number increasing since some protective barriers have been destroyed. He experiences the effort made by humans to selflessly help others. Again Luke thinks back to his time as a child training with his parents to fight Horrors and how his father killed his mother in a quest for greater power. He recalls his dying mother's words that power is not an end in itself, but to be used to protect others and realizes that he must follow Sword to El Dorado to help him confront its king.
#34 - DEAD OR LIVE SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 3
On the day of their first guerrilla show, Sakura and the girls have barely had any time to rehearse, and Junko and Ai aren't sure about joining in. Will they be able to set aside their differences and capture the hearts of the passing pedestrians?
#35 - Relic
Garo -Vanishing Line- - Season 1 - Episode 14
Luke arrives in a town after being sent by the Land of Guidance and visits an old man and his granddaughter Stella with a Makai Alchemist symbol on their door. Stella, an avid researcher of the occult, tells him the legend of a Demon Sealer who sealed a demon nearby many years ago. Apparently the seal has weakened and the demon is about to awaken with the impending full moon. They take him to the place where a statue of the Demon Sealer once stood and with Luke's help, locate a sea cave where the demon was sealed. Luke identifies it as a Knight that became a Horror. The next night, Luke goes to the cave to prevent the Horror from reappearing and Stella follows him. The powerful Horror awakes and Luke tries to fight him with all the weapons at his disposal, including the spirits of those the demon defeated in the past and he manages to destroy it. As he leaves, Luke wipes their memories of the previous night's events.
#36 - Maimai Revolution SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 7
The REVENGE of Franchouchou takes an unexpected twist when they have to welcome an unexpected new addition to the group!
#37 - Why Females Put XXX in Their Mouths
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! - Season 1 - Episode 2
I'm Mazama Jin. I just started at Seton Academy this year. The cooking club I started up with Hitomi-chan can't stay alive with only two members, so we got some awesome friends to join us, and they're taking a club entrance test so they can help support the two of us. We're living out our own romantic comedy surrounded by our unique friends! Or... that's how it would be if they weren't a dumb dog, a dumb koala, a dumb sloth, and a dumb cat.
#38 - Though My Life May Have Ended Once By Some Twist of Fate I Have Risen, and If Song and Dance Are to Be My Fate, Then Carrying the Memories of My Comrades In My Heart As I Sally Forth Shall Be My SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 9
It's been a long time since Saki used to fight an army of rival bikers in the darkness, but an unexpected encounter with the family of an old friend draws her into back into the kind of rough scene that could be anathema to her idol activities.
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#39 - The Self-Styled Young Man and the Giant Wolf
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! - Season 1 - Episode 4
Mazama Jin here. I go to school at Seton Academy, and right now, my happening high school life with Hitomi-chan is being threatened with violence! Everyone wants to be strong. I get that. So I told them this: true strength comes not from scaring people, but from loving them. Yep, just like Hitomi-chan and me. At least... I might have been able to say that, if the ones being violent weren't a stupid hyena and a stupid giant dog.
#40 - The Saga Incident, Part 2
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 9
As Yugiri's journey through the Meiji era continues, Kiichi's attempts to revive Saga are gaining momentum... but some of his comrades seem to be more focused on REVENGE for the transgressions of the Meiji government, instead of the bright future Kiichi envisions.
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#41 - The Legend of the Panda Girl
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! - Season 1 - Episode 6
Mazama Jin here. I've been attending Seton Academy for a few months now. Popular people exist everywhere. We may get sick of them sometimes, but there's always a reason for their popularity. We should not feel inferior or envious, but learn what we can from them and emulate the qualities worth emulating. As for me, I'm going to grow as a person for Hitomi-chan's sake. Or... maybe I could've seen it that way if the new popular person wasn't that stupid panda.
#42 - Good Morning SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 1
Minamoto Sakura is starting her second year of high school with a song in her heart and a head full of dreams! Can she really become a glittering idol on stage? Are her nights of living as a normal high school girl coming to an end?
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#43 - The Beach Bard
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! - Season 1 - Episode 8
Mazama Jin here. Seton Academy has a campus by the sea. Just try to picture it: blue sea, white clouds... and the one you care about most by your side. In my case, of course, that's Hitomi-chan. And in Hitomi-chan's case, it's me. I think. Look! The sea creatures are giving us their blessing with a beautiful performance! Maybe I could have immersed myself in that feeling... if the ones performing weren't a stupid beluga whale and a stupid bottlenose dolphin.
#44 - All It Takes Is for You to Be There SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 11
Franchouchou's REVENGE hits a major roadblock as all of Saga is struck by a cataclysmic storm that leaves its citizens stranded, without power, and offline. But when the spirits of the living hit their nadir, it may just be the undead who give everyone hope.
#45 - A One-Of-A-Kind SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 11
Sakura's amnesia is gone, and the results are unexpected. Will she be able to reconcile her new grim outlook on life in time for Franchouchou's big show, or is she doomed to be wasting away emotionally?
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#46 - The story of the Jorogumo silk spider
Dororo (2019) - Season 1 - Episode 7
The spider-like ghoul Jorogumo is wounded by Hyakkimaru. To heal itself, it transforms into a woman and takes advantage of the hospitality of a young man named Yajiro. Having let Jorogumo slip through their fingers, Dororo and Hyakkimaru stop at a village where they hear rumors of a kidnapper at large.
#47 - I <3 HIP HOP SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 2
It's the dawn of a new life as Sakura meets the rest of her idol unit! But can they overcome their differences in personalities and come together to as a team?
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#48 - Because It's Sentimental SAGA
Zombie Land Saga - Season 1 - Episode 6
Just when Franchouchou's efforts finally starting to attract some attention, a disagreement leads to Ai versus Junko in a battle of idol ideology.
#49 - The SAGA of an Almost-Broken Radio
Zombie Land Saga - Season 2 - Episode 2
The REVENGE begins in earnest, as Franchouchou co-hosts a TV segment with the Saga-born superstar, White Ryu.
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#50 - Double Dealer
GARO: The Animation - Season 1 - Episode 20
Once reunited, León, Alfonso and Emma start investigating the castle looking for clues about Mendoza's whereabouts, unaware that he is closer that they could imagine.