Hello 9th Season! The Spikey Kacho Takes On "Sonic The Hedgehog" (#64)

S09 E01 • Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008 • Jun 18 • 1h

The Kacho's Business Trip to the Cannes Film Festival

S09 E02 • Wednesday, Jul 2, 2008 • Jul 2 • 1h

Aired while Arino Kachou was hospitalized. Arino and the staff head to the Cannes Film Festival in hopes of selling the show overseas.

Welcome Back! The Kacho Returns! (#65)

S09 E03 • Wednesday, Jul 16, 2008 • Jul 16 • 1h

Arino was hospitalized after he discovered an abcess on his lung. Returning to work for the first time, Kibe "interrogates" the Kachou. Afterwords Arino enters "recovery mode". The staff decides it would be cruel to subject him to a usual challenge so soon. So Arino casually plays Super Mario Bros, and ends the episode playing Dr. Mario's VS mode with AD Nakayama.

Back to Work, Kacho! "Zombie Nation" (#67)

S09 E04 • Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008 • Jul 30 • 1h

Arino must save America from being completely zombiefied in the cult classic Abarenbou Tengu (Zombie Nation) for Famicom.

Fight! Sunsoft's Madonna, "The Wing of Madoola" (#68)

S09 E05 • Wednesday, Sep 3, 2008 • Sep 3 • 1h

Not since Clock Tower has Arino played as a girl in a challenge game before, but this season we have The Madoola no Tsubasa, starring the female knight Lucia.

The Perfect Missing Child!? "Legacy of the Wizard" (#69)

S09 E06 • Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 • Sep 17 • 1h

After three victories, Arino faces what could be his biggest challenge this season. The game before him is Namco/Falcom’s Dragon Slayer IV, known in America as Legacy of the Wizard. This action-RPG featurs a humongous mazelike dungeon, and a family of five, the Worzens, who must defeat the dormant dragon living beneath.