The BEST episodes written by Shouji Kawamori

It's Time to End This
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9.46
69 votes

#1 - It's Time to End This

Macross Plus - Season 1 - Episode 4

Angered by the news that the Stealth Valkyrie trials have been abruptly stopped, Isamu and Yang head toward Earth to get even with the pilot-less Valkyrie, "Ghost X-9." Guld, also hearing the same news goes after them for a final battle. The two fighters clash amidst interceptor missiles being fired from Earth. During this fight to the death, Guld recalls a fateful event that had been sealed in his memory. Meanwhile, in Macross City, Sharon Apple absorbs Myung's thoughts and twists them in a terrifying fashion. She now has full control over the city as well as the minds of its citizens. Sharon sends the "Ghost X-9" after Isamu and Guld.

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Brain Waves
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9.15
68 votes

#2 - Brain Waves

Macross Plus - Season 1 - Episode 2

Computer-generated mega-pop star Sharon Apple has packed in the masses again for another of her bestselling concerts. Amongst the fans are, Isamu Dyson, the maverick pilot, and Yang, who is about to pull off one of the biggest computer hacking stunts ever in front of millions. When Isamu returns to the New Edwards Test Center he is up against his old rival Guld for air supremacy as well as fighting for the affections of Myung, the discontented producer of Sharon Apple. A computer transmitted message alarms the pilots that Myung is in danger and both rush to her resuce. Guld emerges a hero and Isamu is jealous. Sparks fly and rivalry turns violent as they meet in ariel combat.

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A.D. 2040 (Deep Space)
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8.86
51 votes

#3 - A.D. 2040 (Deep Space)

Macross Plus - Season 1 - Episode 1

In 2040 A.D. on the colonial planet Eden, the Ministry of Defense is testing and developing a transforming aircraft, a new advanced defense to counter alien threats. Isamu Dyson is an extrovert jet fighter maverick assigned as a new test pilot on project Super Nova. Competition heats up when he discovers that his old rival Guld is test pilot for the competing project. The arrival of Myung, a mututal ex-girlfriend, adds mor tension to the conflict.

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The Flickering Gene
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8.00
2 votes

#4 - The Flickering Gene

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 10

Juna's heart is in turmoil when she sees Tokio and Sayuri together. However, Cindy can see through Tokio's confused emotions with her telepathic gifts, and tells Juna that she and Tokio are not through yet. First, Cindy tries to help Juna understand her own feelings. Cindy guides Juna back in time to her own mother's womb, where her thoughts first formed ...

The Here and Now
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8.00
1 votes

#5 - The Here and Now

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 13

The cataclysm begins. Huge droves of Raaja invade Japan, plunging the human population into chaos. However, driven by the will to survive, humanity perseveres in the vortex of the brewing storm. Tokio refuses to believe that hope is lost and resolves to save Sayuri and the others. Meanwhile, S.E.E.D. is virtually holding Juna captive in its American branch. Juna anguishes over her inability to rescue Tokio, her mom, or her sister. Can she release herself and save those she holds dearest?

Fateful Confession
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7.64
82 votes

#6 - Fateful Confession

Vision of Escaflowne - Season 1 - Episode 1

One fateful day, high school sprinter Hitomi Kanzaki experiences a disturbing vision of another world and discovers from her best friend that Amano (the track team star she has a crush on) is about to go abroad. On an impulse, she asks him the next day for her first kiss -- if she can sprint 100 meters in thirteen seconds. But then, a young warrior prince and a dragon appears before Hitomi during the run ....

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The Invisible Words
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7.50
2 votes

#7 - The Invisible Words

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 7

Confused by Juna's transformation, Tokio begins pulling away from her and spending more time with another girl named Sayuri. To make matters even more surreal, Juna can now see Tokio's uneasy thoughts take physical form! Meanwhile, Chris's body wilts and falls ill after confronting the Raaja all over the world. Cindy, his companion, summons Juna to S.E.E.D's underground sanctum to rescue him. When Juna reaches Chris, a mysterious power envelopes them all ...

The Distant Rain
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7.50
2 votes

#8 - The Distant Rain

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 8

Will down pouring rain fill a person's heart with sorrow? The stress of the ongoing crisis is wearing down the bond between Juna and Tokio. Although she may wield the holy Gandiva weapon, Juna is still a teenage girl at heart. Since Juna became the chosen one, she and Tokio have been acting more awkward around each other. Despite their mutual feelings, the couple seems to only disagree. Sayuri, Juna's rival, seizes the opportunity to make her move. Only the rain embraces a distraught heart...

The Death of a Nation
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7.50
2 votes

#9 - The Death of a Nation

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 12

S.E.E.D. rushes Juna to New York because her powerful TI counterpart there has fallen. There, she witnesses one path that a society can take. This society is built upon the ever-increasing garbage heap caused by mass consumption. Because of this, many people do not truly enjoy their lives. Can humanity break this cycle?

Investigation
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7.38
16 votes

#10 - Investigation

Macross Plus - Season 1 - Episode 3

A firestorm of emotion ignites when the dangerous rivalry between hotshot renegade Isamu Dyson and ice-cool Zentradei helf-breed Guld Bowman reaches the boiling point amid the pressure of the Super Nova test program. Former singer Myung Lone, now the manager of the computer-generated virtual idol Sharon Apple, is torn between her feelings for the two men as her memories of days gone by on planet Eden are shattered by harsh reality. After an investigation into the so-called 'accident' that left Dyson hospitalized, the UN Government in charge of the test program unveils its hidden agenda and cancels both Dyson and Bowman's experimental star fighters in favor of a new artificially intelligent aircraft. Myung leaves them behind, heading for Earth and an uncertain future, while Dyson, with the help of hacker genius Yang, hijacks the YF-19 fighter and heads after her. Only one other plane can catch him -- the rival YF-21. Bowman climbs aboard and the chase is on... Meanwhile on Earth, on the eve of her greatest concert, the computerized Sharon Apple has become self-aware for the very first time ... and the consequences can be murder...

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The First One
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7.33
3 votes

#11 - The First One

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 6

Recovered from the virus, Juna and Tokio are ready to adjust to normal life again when Juna's father shows up, leading to a strained conversation between father and daughter. When school starts up again, Raaja appear during Juna's math class, and Chris shows up once again in the middle of the battle. When Juna and Tokio follow the math teacher home, Juna learns about his life and passion for teaching, but Tokio, as does the rest of society, sees his discussion as worthless and confusing.

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The Blue Light
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7.06
33 votes

#12 - The Blue Light

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 2

During the crisis at the nuclear power plant, Juna (who is still learning to deal with her powers) receives the Holy Bow Gandiva.. but when she panics, she somehow calls us Ashura, the many-armed 'Protector of Time' who fights the Raaja for her. Meanwhile, Chris tells Juna that her job is NOT to destroy the Raaja, but to purify them. Chris takes over the fight, but Juna wants to prove that she can help him without destroying everything.

Transmigration
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7.00
32 votes

#13 - Transmigration

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 4

As Chris encourages Juna to learn to use her power on her own, Juna and Tokio find their way out of the mountains to the home of an old man who lives a completely organic/Earth-friendly lifestyle. In exchange for food and shelter, they help with gardening. Juna seeks to understand the strange shadows and pictures she can now see while looking at plants and food while Tokio bonds with the older man. When Juna sees a Raaja attacking the rice paddy, Tokio must force her to use her eyes as well as her powers.

The Small Voices
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7.00
3 votes

#14 - The Small Voices

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 5

Juna and Tokio return to the city and meet up with their classmate Saiyuri, while Teresa informs her SEED commander of a virus that's spreading over western Japan from genetically engineered agriculture. At a fast food restaurant, Juna learns one the perils of her new power, but all this is overshadowed when Tokio contracts the virus. Juna is sent into Tokio to save his life from the Raaja that lurks within both of them.

The Day of No Return
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7.00
2 votes

#15 - The Day of No Return

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 11

Juna travels alone to a laboratory endangered by a biohazard disaster. However, the man in charge is none other than Tokio's father. He dismisses Juna's concerns, seeing them only as the vague visions of one little girl. Tokio arrives, but the friction between him and his father only heats the debate even more.

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Tear of the Forest
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6.97
33 votes

#16 - Tear of the Forest

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 3

The SEED helicopter drops Juna off in the middle of the mountains to get her to commune with nature and learn to survive in the wild. Chris explains to an angry Tokio that the Earth is reaching a point where it can't put people's lives before its own needs. Tokio visits Juna's mother, who thinks that he's become a liar just like everyone else. As Arjuna slowly learns to resonate with the world around her, Tokio discovers a Raaja lurking within a landfill on the mountain.

The Drop of Time
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6.86
35 votes

#17 - The Drop of Time

Earth Girl Arjuna - Season 1 - Episode 1

Juna, a high school student who does traditional Japanese archery, is riding along the seaside on her friend Tokio's motorcycle when they get into a mysterious accident and she dies. As her spirit floats away, a boy stops her and tells her he will grant her a second life if she will fight to defend the Earth from the strange 'worms' called Raaja. We also meet the mysterious organization SEED, who are on scene at a disaster involving the Raaja at a nuclear power plant.

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