Opening
Episode 1 · 2009-07-02

- Animation
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Drama
- Mystery
- Crime
Episode overview
The Ushiromiya family gathers on Rokkenjima, a small island off the coast of Japan, for their annual family conference to discuss how the inheritance of the ailing family head, Kinzo, will be distributed among his children and their spouses. Battler, who has not attended the conference in six years, notices a new painting in the foyer of the mansion. He is told that it is a portrait of the "Golden Witch" Beatrice, who had supposedly given Kinzo all his wealth, and who Kinzo desires to see again. Battler, however, does not believe in witches or magic, and doubts she exists. A typhoon approaches the island, and Maria is left outside by her mother Rosa while searching for a wilted rose George had marked for her in the garden. When it begins to rain, Battler, Jessica, George, and Rosa go outside to find Maria with an umbrella she did not have before, which Maria says Beatrice gave her.
23 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Opening2009-07-02
2. First move2009-07-09
3. Dubious move2009-07-16
4. Blunder2009-07-23
5. Fool's mate2009-07-30
6. Middle game2009-08-06
7. Early queen move2009-08-13
8. Week square2009-08-20
9. Skewer2009-08-27
10. Accept2009-09-03
11. Back rank mate2009-09-10
12. Castling2009-09-17
13. Gambit2009-09-24
14. Positional play2009-10-01
15. Isolated Pawn2009-10-08
16. Queening Square2009-10-15
17. Promotion2009-10-22
18. Swindles2009-10-29
19. End Game2009-11-05
20. Zugzwang2009-11-12
21. Prophylaxis2009-11-19
22. Problem Child2009-11-26
23. Breakthrough2009-12-03
24. Adjourn2009-12-10
25. Forced move2009-12-17
26. Sacrifice2009-12-24