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The Best Episodes Directed By Masaki Tachibana

Every TV Episode Directed by Masaki Tachibana Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Glad You're Back
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E12

    With his calligraphy exhibition entry finished, Handa wants to return to the island and the people he cares about there. Unfortunately, his mom is dead set against it. How will he convince her to let him go?

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Cheerful Child
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E1

    Handsome young master calligrapher Handa Seishuu has been exiled to a far-western island for punching a critic. He plans to focus on his writing in solitude, but rambunctious little Naru won't leave him alone...

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - The Lost Genesis
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E11

    Loser shows the others his memories, and Kyōma starts to remember more of his past as they search for the lost coil, Genesis.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 24 - IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER
    7.3/10(10 votes)

    S2:E24

    The Prime Minister is taken into custody, and the military begins its strike on Dejima. The Major and part of Section 9 head to Dejima to try to hand over the nuclear device to the military there, in order to defuse the situation, while Ishikawa heads to SPring-8 to deliver the rest of the plutonium.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    S1:E6

    As Togusa and Bato track down Nanao, Motoko and Paz are attempting to protect the Superintendent-General at a press conference about the police misuse of interceptors. When the virus does hit, Motoko and Paz have to act fast to save the intended victim. Meanwhile, the road to Nanao=A hits a dead end.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    S1:E9

    Motoko enters into an online chat room devoted to the Laughing Man to see if she can find any new information on him. What she discovers is a spirited debate among the self-proclaimed "fans" of the Laughing Man, but very little hard evidence.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    S1:E16

    Batou goes undercover on a military base to shadow one of his former heroes, a man named Zaitsev who was an Olympic silver medalist. Now, however, he's under suspicion of espionage. Batou befriends him easily, and the two really seem to get along--which is unusual for Batou. But when Batou learns the truth behind his hero, he must make a very difficult decision.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 22 - C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL
    6.8/10(13 votes)

    S1:E22

    Motoko is about to be fitted for her new prosthetic body. But when the doctor arrives and begins the procedure, it's clear that she has no intent of letting Motoko out alive. Meanwhile, Aramaki receives a disturbing message that his brother has been kidnapped.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY
    6.7/10(19 votes)

    S2:E1

    A group of terrorists identifying themselves as the "Individual Eleven" barricade themselves within the Chinese Embassy. Section 9 is called in to eliminate the terrorists without any civilian casualties, all before the scheduled police raid.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    S2:E12

    The Tachikomas, Ishikawa, and Borma locate a suspicious file believed to be the Individual Eleven virus, The Major, Batou, Saito go after Kuze, and the Individual Eleven prepare to put their plan into action.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 16 - IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE
    6.5/10(11 votes)

    S2:E16

    The Prime Minister is alerted to the existence of "hub cyberbrains," while Ishikawa returns from the peninsula to report on what he found out about Kuze's past.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 5 - Yuko's Treasure
    6.3/10(8 votes)

    S3:E5

    A sheltered orphan teams up with a streetwise kid to rescue his droid and find a lost treasure.

    Director:Masaki Tachibana
    Writer:N/A

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Masaki Tachibana Ratings Summary

"Glad You're Back" is the best rated episode directed by Masaki Tachibana. It scored 9.0/10 from 2 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on September 27, 2014. It is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Cheerful Child".