Episode 58: Exploring Technical Brilliance in Combat Anime (feat. Ben-To, Kengan Ashura, and more!)
Episode Timestamps
Special Shout-out to Scenic Fights on YouTube for their technical analysis of combat and fighting scenes in anime, check them out at https://www.youtube.com/@ScenicFights!
(00:01:46) No News Today Because It's All Depressing Stuff
(00:04:30) Main Discussion Start
(00:04:56) Some Disclaimers and Definitions As Per Usual
(00:08:03) Our Experiences in Martial Arts and Combat Sports
(00:12:03) What The Heck Is CQC?
(00:15:23) How Is CQC Different From Hand-to-hand Combat?
(00:19:21) Fighting Games Were Probably our Earliest Experiences With Animated Fighting And Combat
(00:22:02) Sakuga And Its Relevance To Combat Anime
(00:25:43) More Money Equals Better Animation, Right?
(00:33:03) Action Scenes Aren't Always Fighting Scenes
(00:38:17) Notable Studios With Great Combat Animation
(01:05:48) Do You Need Combat Experience to Appreciate Combat Animation?
(01:08:51) Notable Combat Scenes In Anime
(01:31:57) Recommendation Time!
(01:32:24) Sword-based Combat
(01:32:38) Sword of the Stranger
(01:33:59) Moribito and Blade of the Immortal
(01:35:53) Shigurui
(01:39:28) Gorgeous Spectacular Combat
(01:39:54) God of High School and Fire Force
(01:46:26) Combat Anime That Are Just Beyond Explanation
(01:46:37) Ben-To
(01:50:22) Keijo!!!!!!!!
(01:53:41) Drifters and Record of Ragnarok
(01:57:19) Combat Anime Series Grounded In Technical Brilliance
(01:57:56) Kengan Ashura, Baki, and Hajime no Ippo
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Music Credits
Intro: Inure by Heyson
Break: Bottai by Ooyy
Outro: I Don't Mind (Instrumental Version) by Particle House
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