Sket Dance - Season 1
Season 1
Network
Episodes51
DatesApr. 7, 2011 - März 29, 2012
Episodes
Season 1Episode 130 min
The Academy SKETs
A transfer student arrives on campus, and the three members of the SKET-dan introduce themselves, hoping the new student will join, but he politely declines. He returns soon after, covered in red paint as the apparent victim of bullying, asking the group for help. After investigating, they discover the culprit is actually the transfer student himself, who was operating under duress from the school bully and childhood acquaintance. After setting things straight, the new student is able to fit in comfortably at the school, and the members of SKET-dan look forward to their next task.
Apr. 7, 2011
Season 1Episode 230 min
Peppermint Samurai
The next person to request the aid of the Sket Brigade is a "self-proclaimed" samurai of the Kendo Club. In the end, the sket dan helps him win the tournament. The client in this episode is viewed like an idiot who claims that he is a samurai.
Apr. 14, 2011
Season 1Episode 330 min
The Legendary Onihime
Himeko was once a delinquent feared far and wide, the legendary yankee Onihime. She's totally reformed now, but starts to hear odd rumors that "the Onihime has started going on a rampage again.
Apr. 21, 2011
Season 1Episode 430 min
Romantic! Finding the Hilltop Pelolin!
Saotome Roman, member of the Manga Club, runs into her "prince" on a hill road on her way back from school in the rain. In order to meet her prince once again, Roman comes to the Sket-dan to ask their help, but...
Apr. 27, 2011
Season 1Episode 530 min
The Ghost of the Incinerator
Yuuki Reiko, member of the Occult Club, barges into the Sket-dan's room holding a picture of one of Kaimei Academy's seven mysteries, the "Ghost of the Incinerator". The Sket-dan are on the case (mainly Switch), trying to find out the truth behind the picture, and getting Shimada Takako from the Newspaper Club mixed up in it, too...
Mai 5, 2011
Season 1Episode 630 min
Even Onihime Has Tears in Her Eyes
Tsubaki from the Student Council tells the Sket-dan they're going to be disbanded. In order to prove the Sket-dan's effectiveness, Bossun takes on a request to put on a play for a local preschool. But the Student Council also takes on the same request, and the battle is on!
Mai 12, 2011
Season 1Episode 730 min
Summer Sakura
Tetsu comes and asks the Sket-dan to meet with someone in his place. It seems like a sickly girl who he was exchanging messages with under a false persona wants to come see him...
Mai 19, 2011
Season 1Episode 830 min
Nervous & Genesis
Momoka has come to the Sket-dan for help. It turns out that she's been asked to audition for a voice role in an anime after being discovered during her performance at the preschool puppet show. Switch leaps at the opportunity to start her harsh training in the way of anime!
Mai 26, 2011
Season 1Episode 930 min
Enta'll Do It!
Manga artist Hinohara Enta has come to interview students at Kaimei Academy. Bossun thinks he can get popular if he becomes the model for the main character of a manga, but everything he says ends up being way too "boring" and "plain". Then, something completely out-of-the-blue happens!
Juni 2, 2011
Season 1Episode 1030 min
Don't Look
The Sket-dan is having fun trying to take their minds off the upcoming midterms, when they hear rumors of a mysterious DVD that will curse you with bad luck if you watch it. Just then, Kuramoto Ayumi comes in with a simple request, to help cheer up her friend who has been acting strange lately. But there's more to this than meets the eye, as the stoic Yagi is acting like someone who has seen something they shouldn't have...
Juni 9, 2011
Season 1Episode 1130 min
Real-deal Bibage Battle
Yabasawa-san really wants a certain part for her avatar, and asks the Sket-dan to join a game tournament put on by a cellphone game site. The Sket-dan isn't particularly enthused about the prospect, but when they find out that the Student Council will also be participating...
Juni 16, 2011
Season 1Episode 1230 min
Shooting Gang Star Etc...
The second game of the Bibage Battle is a real show between Shinzou and Tsubaki, coming to a truly cinematic finish! Then the curtain rises on a sharp-shooting (or is it, sharp-tongued) battle between Switch and Daisey!
Juni 23, 2011
Season 1Episode 1330 min
Pixie's Garden
It's the second to last round, and it's a battle of love between the pitch perfect rich girl and the klutzy, head-in-the-clouds Roman-tic! Which one of the will break their team's hearts?
Juni 30, 2011
Season 1Episode 1430 min
Producing Uchida
Uchida Takaaki comes to the Sket Dance with a simple request: make him popular! Bossun and company immediately set their sights on getting Uchida to win a Mr. Popularity contest in their class, but Uchida's shy personality makes it difficult for him to stand out. Can Sket-dan Productions mold him into a star in just one week?!
Juli 7, 2011
Season 1Episode 1530 min
Mistaken Angel the 13th
Bossun may have a way with words, but these clients were born with their feet in their mouths! First is J-son-sensei, the shop teacher with the glass heart and looks straight out of some horror movie! Can the Sket-dan help him find love? A man of few words and many offstandish poses, "Dante" perhaps poses the greatest riddle of all... Can the Sket-dan help this Fallen Angel find his Wings
Juli 14, 2011
Season 1Episode 1630 min
Kaimei Rock Festival
Kaimei Academy's music festival is coming up! Bossun is bummed that Himeko and Switch each have joined up with bands to participate. But before long Bossun is invited to join a band and the three are set to compete against each other!
Juli 21, 2011
Season 1Episode 1730 min
Sketchbook
Bossun makes friends with a violinist while practicing for the upcoming Rock Festival, Sugisaki Ayano. He learns from her how fun music is, and in no time the curtain rises on the Kaimei Rock Festival!
Juli 28, 2011
Season 1Episode 1830 min
This is How a Man Plays Hyperion!
Yamanobe-sensei is back, and now he's trying to get everyone in the Sket-dan to play a nutty board game called Hyperion. Everyone except for Himeko, as only men can appreciate this game, supposedly. But the epicness gets Bossun and Switch very enthused about the game, and soon they find themselves heading to the world tournament...
Aug. 4, 2011
Season 1Episode 1930 min
Panic and 100 Haircuts in the Principal's Office and Clubroom
A writer for a local newspaper is coming to interview and take a photo of the Sket-dan, and Himeko demands that Bossun get his hair cut. But when Bossun refuses, Himeko takes things into her own hands... What could possibly go wrong? Afterwards, it's the principal's birthday, and the Student Council is planning a surprise party for him. But when the President makes a mess of his prized bronze bust, the principal will be in for a whole different kind of surprise...
Aug. 11, 2011
Season 1Episode 2030 min
Blind Group Date Tsukkomi
Bossun and Himeko get into a little fight, and things are made worse when Bossun and Switch are invited to a mixer with Seiji and three other girls. Bossun is rarin' to impress with his comedic flair, but he's in for a tough crowd. Without Himeko's fiery comebacks, Bossun's humor falls flat...
Aug. 18, 2011
Season 1Episode 2130 min
Otaku and Occult
Bossun bumps into Himeko outside on the weekend, and they happen to spot Switch and Yuuki meeting up nearby as well. Their curiosity piqued, they decide to trail the 'odd couple' into a shopping mall. Turns out Switch is helping Yuuki with a request- to choose and purchase a laptop, so she can create a website dedicated to her passion of all things occult. Hijinks ensue, with the embodiment of 'Otaku' and 'Occult' clashing their interests and respective positions(supernatural vs science) against each other all the way(in their usual fashion). Nonetheless, they seem to be getting along well(again, in their own way), and even Bossun and Himeko note how unusual it is for Switch to be going out of his way to help his 'archrival', Yuuki. Switch and Yuuki then bump into her old crush from middle school, Kobayashi, who was there with another girl. He talks down to Yuuki, which seems to rub Switch the wrong way.
Aug. 25, 2011
Season 1Episode 2230 min
Running Home Run (Revised)
The principal adores his grandson very much and asks the Sket-dan to prepare a picture play to entertain him. They decide to base the story off of Momotaro, but change things up from the usual... Afterwards, he asks them to play with his grandson for an afternoon, but the kid doesn't seem interested in having fun at all.
Sept. 1, 2011
Season 1Episode 2330 min
It Feels Great to Be a Little Princess!
Momoka comes to the Sket-dan to ask for help in her voice acting job. In an upcoming episode, she needs to play Liberty Maji back when she was little, and Momoka is having a hard time grasping the mindset of a child for her acting.
Sept. 8, 2011
Season 1Episode 2430 min
Older Brother, Younger Brother
After helping Yosshi arrange a date, the Sket-dan run into Shinzou arguing with his younger brother. Unlike the proper samurai, his younger brother is rebellious and they don't seem to get along... The two's relationship reminds Switch of his own brother and the events of the past...
Sept. 15, 2011
Season 1Episode 2530 min
Switch Off
In the second Arc finale, Switch's "origin story" continues as Sawa-chan goes to young Switch and his older brother for help from a stalker. In a moment of spite stemming from jealousy, though, Kazuyoshi sends Switch and Sawa off on their own to buy personal protection items. While they're gone, Sawa's friend Yukino warns Kazuyoshi that the stalker is also a slasher. Kazuyoshi means to go out after his little brother and the girl he loves, but fate intervenes...
Sept. 22, 2011
Season 1Episode 2630 min
Spirit Dance
Bossun, Himeko and Switch are having a normal day.
Sept. 29, 2011
Season 1Episode 2730 min
Together with Onee-san and Bad Scientist
The Sket-dan get a new assistant homeroom teacher (who wants everyone to call her, Onee-san), but she's a klutz and is upset she can't be a good role model for the students, so the Sket-dan ask Chuu-san to help with some of his strange drugs. Later, Switch goes through some old inventions of his that didn't work out as intended...
Okt. 6, 2011
Season 1Episode 2830 min
Shinba Michiru's Elegant Cooking
When the broadcasting club begins a weekly television talk show, their first guest is charismatic Student Council Shinba Michiru. The idea is for him to lead a cooking segment, but the show becomes chaotic due to Shinba's less-than-helpful assistants, the manipulative Agata and moody Daisey.
Okt. 13, 2011
Season 1Episode 2930 min
The Second Coming of the Mistaken Angel
Dante is back, and this time he's missing something from his pencil... But could he have a crush on someone? Plus Bossun and the gang discover another of captain's amazing talents, and try and put it to good use, but...
Okt. 20, 2011
Season 1Episode 3030 min
Turned the Crank-nyora!
The Sket-dan get obsessed with collecting a full set of "Super Slim-Figured Slenders" gatcha figures... Next Momoka's seem to have fame and moe get her head.
Okt. 27, 2011
Season 1Episode 3130 min
Samurai and Clothes
Shinzou asks the Sket-dan for help with a makeover to make a good impression when he meets Megumi-dono, a friend he made online, in person. But is shinzou in modern clothes even him anymore? Can Shinzou somehow rectify his samurai beliefs with modern garb? Later, Himeko tries a new workout video, but it doesn't "work out"....
Nov. 3, 2011
Season 1Episode 3230 min
Thief Dance, Plus
Bossun and his gang take a mission to rescue Roman, but the mission goes awry when
Bossun and his crew are playing Shiritori after facing boredom in space. Then, they intercept Tsubaki's ship and accept Tsubaki's request, to get Tsubaki back to his own planet. Then, Bossun's ship receives space pirate Sōjirō's transmission. The space pirate demands Tsubaki's treasure while threatening to hurt Tsubaki's fiancée, Mimori.
Okt. 11, 2011
Season 1Episode 3330 min
Man of Glass
Yagi and Saori Yasuda ask the SKET Dan to document their activities. When Bossun and Hime tell Yagi that they are boring, Yagi gives them a case to solve. The case is about a culprit who breaks windows without stealing anything. Can the Sket Dan solve this case?
Nov. 17, 2011
Season 1Episode 3430 min
Go for It, Onee-san Romantic Laboratory!
In the first story, Roman is mentoring her new member, Fumi, on how to draw manga. In the second story, Remi doubts her abilities as a teacher and recalls her fond memories as a TV host. After Remi accidentally threw her beloved doll, Specter, away, the Sket Dan team search for the doll.
Nov. 24, 2011
Season 1Episode 3530 min
Quiz Warrior Enigman
After sealing up the Pelorin doll that belongs to Himeko, Enigman appears through the Sket Dan Clubroom window and challenges the Sket Dan to a quiz battle at the rooftop of Kaimei High School.
Dez. 1, 2011
Season 1Episode 3630 min
Ogress
Himeko breaks her Cyclone while helping a client who was being assaulted for some cash from a bully. Because of that, she has to buy a new field hockey stick. As she bought one, she's reminded of her past before she met Bossun and Switch. As a result, Hime goes to a high school named Kaimei Academy where she meets Captain and Bossun.
Dez. 8, 2011
Season 1Episode 3730 min
Kunpuu, Pleasant Breeze
After being betrayed by Arisa, Himeko transfers to another school to start a new life, but the rumors of Onihime still prevails. When Himeko knocks out a softball far during sports, Chiaki tries to convince her to join the team. Even though Himeko declines Chiaki's offer, she warms up to Chiaki and eventually to Bossun. When Chiaki gets bullied by some thugs, Himeko struggles to choose between saving Chiaki and risk exposing her Onihime side or not.
Dez. 15, 2011
Season 1Episode 3830 min
Kigurumi Break
Bossun and his gang fill in as substitute mascot characters for Remi's old TV show, Can Mommy Come Too?. After a grueling rehearsal, Bossun and his crew relax in an abandoned warehouse. When they get locked in, can the Sket Dan get free in time before the show starts?
Dez. 22, 2011
Season 1Episode 3930 min
One Broken, Special... New Year's
After Switch fixes Yamanobe's Fancy Yunpyouter, Yamanobe has the Sket Dan crew play a game called Special Broken Mariko which is the parody of Super Mario Brothers. (See Special Mariko Broken page) Later, the Sket club and the rest of the cast celebrate the New Year with a compilation of clips from the anime.
Jan. 5, 2012
Season 1Episode 4030 min
Stakeout Blues
When an extortionist attacks students and takes their money, Bossun and Sasuke do a stakeout to get the guy. Somehow, they pick the same spot and end up together. Will they get along and take down the extortionist?
Jan. 12, 2012
Season 1Episode 4130 min
Vs. Student Council! The Rare Man Who Needlessly Fear the Battle Q!
Enigman, Quecchon and Bossun challenge the student council to Battle Q. If the student council loses, a photo of their mishaps with the principal's bust will be spread around the school. In the second half, Akitoshi asks the Sket Dan to help him prepare for a date with Quecchon.
Jan. 19, 2012
Season 1Episode 4230 min
Momoka's Sudden Road to Stage Actress
In the first half, Momoka who asks the Sket Dan to help her find a deeper meaning in the script for her audition. In the second half, Roman shares the good news of her manga artist debut.
Jan. 26, 2012
Season 1Episode 4330 min
Bashful Girl
When Himeko saves Jin from some thugs, Jin believes Himeko is his dream girl that the fortune teller has predicted. To Himeko's dismay, she has to prove to Jin that Bossun is her boyfriend in order to get Jin away. She has to take Bossun out to a date. Will Himeko succeed?
Feb. 2, 2012
Season 1Episode 4430 min
Drops
Chiaki asks Sket Dan to find a candy box that has a photo of her and Akina on it. To her surprise, Chiaki learns the truth why Akina broke her friendship with Chiaki. Will Chiaki find the candy box before Akina moves away?
Feb. 9, 2012
Season 1Episode 4530 min
Whispering Onee-san's Instruct-son
It's love problems times two with Remi going on a date and J-son-sensei trying his best at his marriage interviews. Of course, neither really goes all that well.
Feb. 16, 2012
Season 1Episode 4630 min
Happy Birthday, Part 1
It starts with man who looks like Bossun, yet viewers find out that he is Ryōsuke, Bossun's father. In the present, Bossun recalls finding old tapes and learns about his father. When Akane comes home, she finds Bossun watching the tapes, so she quickly locks them up. Desperate to know the truth, Bossun goes through the photo albums. What did Bossun uncover about his father and Akane's secret?
Feb. 23, 2012
Season 1Episode 4730 min
Happy Birthday, Part 2
Angry at the world and surrounded by loneliness, Bossun finds himself at the place where his father was slain in a car accident. A young man appears and explains to Bossun why his father died. He gives Bossun, a letter and present from his father that was supposed to be given to Haru. When Bossun sees a young man bullied by delinquents, will Bossun follow his father's philosophy or will he just live for himself?
März 1, 2012
Season 1Episode 4830 min
Happy Rebirthday
Funzō thanks Bossun for helping his sons and does a super rolling grovel out of the window. In the maid cafe, Funzō makes an order to Moe with his sons. Then, Akane and Rumi arrive to the maid cafe. Akane marvels about how beautiful Himeko has become. Rumi asks Switch about Bossun's relationship with Himeko and wonders if Bossun will be after his little sister. Switch replies that they are friends and assures her that Bossun would never go after Rumi that way. Outside, Dr. Tsubaki finds Bossun, and he begins apologizing to Bossun once he and Bossun are on the roof. When Dr. Tsubaki states that there is someone who shares his blood, Bossun recalls his father's letter. He realizes that he has a twin brother. Dr. Tsubaki states that he has harboring this secret for 17 years and says that his son had already found out. Bossun thinks back hard and realizes that Sasuke is his twin brother. Meanwhile, Sōjirō and his student council group wonder where Sasuke is.
März 8, 2012
Season 1Episode 4930 min
Genesis World Grand Prix
The Sket Dan + Chiaki go to Mpruin Chipesbu... Chipepe... er... a strange foreign country to play in the national Genesis tournament. Chiaki is new to the game, but manages to catch on quickly - especially when an all-you-can-eat buffet is named as a prize!
März 15, 2012
Season 1Episode 5030 min
I'll Do Anything, Master
Himeko can bend her hands back at the wrist, leading Bossun to give it a try - so Himeko helps him out. Of course, her "help" results in his arm in a cast. As compensation, Himeko is charged with acting the part of Bossun's maid until his arm heals.
März 22, 2012
Season 1Episode 5130 min
Happy to Meet You
Happy To Meet You (会えて嬉しい, Aete ureshii) is the 51th episode of the Sket Dance anime.
März 29, 2012
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