favorite fights in anime

[kenshin-dono]

Ive been in the mood for a decent fighting anime. Not naruto, or DBZ. Those are absolute shit. I mean something like Shura no toki or something.

Anyway it got me thinking about some of the best fights in anime. I was just wondering what you guys consider some of the best match ups/specific fights out there. Also if you can post a youtube link to it or something

I'll kick it off with a show im rewatching right now. Its got a lot of good fights but one that stands out in my mind is the Kurapika VS Ubogin fight in HxH. It was pretty intense but the best part was just how friggin cold and mechanical Kurapika was. His personality is completely changed at this point in the story. His eyes looked utterly devoid of emotion the whole fight. Kurapika was just calculating the effects of tearing Ubogin apart to gauge what will work to bring down the rest of the Ryodan. One of the reasons i love this show and that character so much is its one of the few characters in any show that STICKS with his desire for revenge. So often people give up and say revenge isn't worth it. He says F that, and sacrifices so much to gain the power he needs in order to get his revenge and this is the first fight where hes testing out the power he gained from signing away his life. Its also really surprising to see him just utterly dominate like that too

anyway i couldn't find the complete fight on youtube but i found a few AMVs. this one probably highlights it the best, though it doesn't have the savage beating he gives him at the end while questioning him. Note the very end spoils the end of the fight =P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GetulDI8NY

its only about 3 and a half minute sub par amv of about a 15 minute fight but it gives you the idea

Man i love HxH. A real classic in my eyes. One of the only shows where I like pretty much all the characters. No stand out irritating douche. (fave chars probably hisoka though, heh) any other fans out there?

so go ahead post your favorite fights and what show they're from. Preferably a youtube link or something showcasing it would be awesome in case some people havent seen it. And if anyone says DBZ i will find a way to bitch slap you over the interwebz! ;P

[mgz]

one of my favorite fights of all time while its not the best animated fight but is still awesome. Gau Ban in shadow skill vs an army of men. The main good guy super strong guy says to him prior to this fight something to the effect of. Well if you dont single handedly stop that army you just werent man enough.

actually come to think of it shadow skill has alot of really fucking awesome fights

diaz "black wing" ragu vs darkness another fuckin amazing fight same series

[kenshin-dono]

is that from the TV series or OAV? i remember i saw some of them a LOONGGG time ago on fansub VHS. I think it was the OAV. I recnetly bought the TV series on clearance but i heard it wasn't as good as the OAV. Wondering which series has the fight your talking about. I should have shagged the OAV durring free leech i forgot about it

I do remember the small amount i saw having some decent fights and animatino though, especially for the time.

No Youtube link eh? id like to see that

[mgz]

tv series
most of the fight in form of AMV between blackwing and darkness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1MzJVc3I2g&feature=related
one of those really epic fights

[Havoc10K]

not my favorite but one l like a lot:
DBZ Vegeta vs Freeza where freeza did a whoopin to Vegeta, it was fucking hillarious how overconfidence gets you asswhooped

[Humanoidz]

Cowboy Bebop TV series.  Spike's final gun fight.  Just feels so real and reminds me of top notch Hollywood productions.

Zoro and Kaku, Water 7 arc in One Piece.

Taro and the Avatar of Hate in my unproduced screenplay.  

[Monkemon]

One of my favourite animated fight scenes and a classic, Chun-Li VS Vega, may want to skip to 3:30 to get right to the action.  http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=783875999
This is one instance when switching the soundtrack worked in the movies favour.

[Takeshi]

The final fight in Sword of the Stranger. Be careful not to spoil it for yourself if you do search for it on Youtube. And fight between Sasuke vs. Killer Bee is also one I'll remember for a long time, and watch again and again. It's just so magnificently executed.

[AceD]

Strawhats vs CP9 at Ennies Lobby in One Piece, awesome fight.

[darrx001]

Archer V. Berserker in Fate/Stay Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZBAEk_Ugmk

and

Aisaka Taiga V. Kanou Sumire in Toradora!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du5wRPeQlnU

Both epic and poignant.

[Nikran]

almost all of Shiki's fights in Kara no Kyou Kai (sp?).

[shabutie]

The AntiSpiral vs Simon at the end of Gurren Lagann


(it's all mecha action... BUT IT KICKS ASS!)

[Havoc10K]

Archer V. Berserker in Fate/Stay Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZBAEk_Ugmk

hwo could l forget this great fight, both in the game in the anime as well, but also:

Rin vs Caster in UBW, hopefully we will see this fight in the movie
and
Sakura Matou vs Rin Tohsaka in HF

also

Shirou vs Casters Master in any fight, bastard is hardcore lolol

[SeventyX7]

If we're gonna talk about the VN FSN, don't know how you couldn't include the Gilgamesh vs Shirou fight at the end.  Can't wait to see that animated in the UBW movie.

Back to anime - Durarara ep 3 where Shizuo gets attacked by a bunch of punks.  He literally punches a guy so hard, his clothing falls off.

[Temuthril]

Battler vs. Dlanor & Erika in Umineko 5.

[lStealtherl]

Fights can increase tenfolds in awesomeness when you understand the story and characters (like the Kurapika fight, which if you don't know Kurapika, can seem pretty bland actually, like "I'm only fighting at 20% of my power" etc, not percieving his hate and the story behind the red eyes). FMA although being generally good animated, isn't really that awesome, but with the dramacomponent and Edward's emotion and strive it, most of them are really good. And any Gundam fight really, unless you have a mecha fetish.

Despite this, there are some that are so technically good that they deserve to be mentioned anyway.

Sword of the Stranger, last fight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tkU-_3y1QU&feature=related

Noein, several fights, particularly episode 12.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F89LHOcvdVI

Gunbuster can't be left out in this kind of threads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGgBavtodAo&feature=related

Are a lot of more, but you'll have to do with these since I'm too lazy .

[kenshin-dono]

tv series
most of the fight in form of AMV between blackwing and darkness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1MzJVc3I2g&feature=related
one of those really epic fights

ah, ya thats the show i recall, though im pretty sure it was the OAV i saw. The art was a bit different. That was alright, i think the fighting the army thing would be more interesting =) Also it seemed like there was some backround to the fight there i was missing. not that action packed.

not my favorite but one l like a lot:
DBZ Vegeta vs Freeza where freeza did a whoopin to Vegeta, it was fucking hillarious how overconfidence gets you asswhooped

i warned you! Now i need to find a way to travel through fiber optic lines to bitch slap you =P I guess to each his own but i honestly dont see how anyone can view lame DBZ fights as the most memorable or coolest ones out there


Takeshi; that was a great fight. Sword of the stranger was an average show story wise but the fights were pretty damn cool. That last one rocked. not just the final showdown but the entire battle leading up to it was blood and awesome. It ruled.

Archer V. Berserker in Fate/Stay Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZBAEk_Ugmk

and

Aisaka Taiga V. Kanou Sumire in Toradora!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du5wRPeQlnU

Both epic and poignant.

LOL @ the aisaka one. Thats great i wouldn't have normally thought of that, but your right. Its not an 'epic battle' in the traditional sense. But the emotion behind it and the sheer brutality of it make that a very memorable scene. Its also shocking to see women bloody themselves so much. Now thats a realistic cat fight! Thanks for reminding me of that; little gems like that would make this thread interesting. That series has 2 instances of women coming to blows.

for the fate/night one i droped that show after about 4 or 5 epps. the chars bugged me. Kinda an interesting fight even though i had no idea what was going on and you didn't see the end. Not all that action oriented or anything though, i guess its more of an emotional thing if you dig the characters. bah got an apointment to head off too that fight was like 7 mins. I'll have to check out the others later

[sdedalus83]

Taiga v. Sumire wipes the floor with all of them.  Real people, real setting, real consequences.  She lost her wooden sword and then, with her bare hands, beat down the armed and much larger Sumire.

Taiga kicks ass.

The handful of zero G combat sequences in PlanetES were awesome as well.  The tension inherent in a fight between people who are an eighth of an inch of glass, and one missed step, away from death is exhilarating.

[dbml]

Taiga v. Sumire wipes the floor with all of them.  Real people, real setting, real consequences.  She lost her wooden sword and then, with her bare hands, beat down the armed and much larger Sumire.

Wholeheartedly agree with that one. One of the most emotionally intense fights I've ever seen.

Also the final battle in Ga-Rei Zero. Loved it.

[SillyLootY]

the fights between Silene and Devilman in "Devilman: The Demon Bird"