Triangle Anime and Manga Review: What Makes a Fight Scene?

This week Logan and Ozzy discuss the finer points of anime fight scenes:

 

After discussing our experience with real life fight, we discuss what makes a fight interesting within an anime (7:20).

 

Then we talk about 6 of our favorite fights in anime. First we discuss Chessmaster battles, the battles of strategy. Ozzy discusses the practice match between Karasano and Nekoma from Haikyuu (29:00) and Logan discusses the battle between Lelouch and Shanma in the Code Geass movie: Lelouch of the Resurrection (37:00)

 

Then next set of fights is the spectacle fight, the ones that make you feel like you can't believe what you are seeing. Logan picks the fight between Saitama and Boros in the 1st season finale of One Punch Man (45:15). Ozzy picks a fight with a heavy narrative basis in the fight of Hawks and Endeavor against Nomu in My Hero Academia (52:25).

 

Finally we discuss our favorite core 1 on 1 fights between characters. Ozzy drops the weights and picks Gaara v Rock Lee from Naruto (59:45). Logan goes for a visual stunner in the final fight between the foreigner and no name in the movie Sword of the Stranger (1:08:55)

 

To end the episode (1:17:50) we discuss the manga recommendation from last episode "100 Girlfriends who Really Really Really Love You". Ozzy hates it, despite some of its comedic aspects.  Our manga review for next episode sticks with the fight theme. We will be reading "Kaguya-Sama: Love is War" a romantic comedy about two high schoolers who can't admit their love for each other, unless the other one confesses first.