Favorite Fight Sequence Ever: Anime Edition
 

Been wanting to do this one for a while. Post your favorite fight sequences from any anime. Mark spoilers wherever you feel is appropriate.

I'll say it first before anyone else: the fight between Kenshin and Saito in Rurouni Kenshin ranks high up there. The buildup before the actual battle, the moment of tension as the sun sets outside the dojo, and the first battle where Kenshin has to revert back to his old roots. It's the one Kenshin DVD I own, and the fight never gets old no matter how many times I watch it.

Carry on. I'm in the mood for some good fighting anime, so perhaps some of the posts will inspire me to check out a few series.

I'll go with the obvious Spike and Vicious from Cowboy Bebop, as that fight was fucking awesome.

And SOLDIER, I'm sure you're referring to the Kenshin/Saito fight from the TV series, but I would also say the one from the first OAV was great as well. It was pretty short, but it was still great.

And the last one I can think of at the moment is the Grave/Bunji fight from Gungrave. It's great, given all the history between the two characters, like how Bunji used to look up to Brandon. All the fights between Grave and the Millenion leaders were great, but I found this one to be the best (and it's especially better if you've fought him in the game).

Naruto Episode 133; the one where Sasuke and Naruto duke it out for the entire episode. The speed, fluidity, and hard ass hits landed are outstanding. Makes you wish the entire series had that kind of awesome animation and fight quality. Actually, that was the last good episode of Naruto.

Before that though the triple Hokage fight was also intense. I think that was episode 73 or so.

Other than that there are a lot of choices. Spike vs. Vincent from Cowboy Bebop the movie. Both the one in the sky train and the one on the tower at the end were fantastic.

Also vividly remember the fight scenes from Read or Die the OVA. Unique and fast paced with nice fluid movements and style.

Speaking of style, we can't forget Samurai Champloo. Sara vs. Mugen/Jin and Mugen/Jin vs. the Hand of God. Hell, every fight in that series was asskicking.

Let us not forget Mugen vs. Jin... Yah I know it was like one of the first fights but I still think it was cool. The first time seeing something like the champloo style clashing with traditional swordsmanship just leaves an impression that says this shit is only gona get better!

Nothing beats the fight between EVAs 01 and 02 and Israfel. The music is awesome and the fight moves sync'd to the music are even more awesome.

You guys already posted the Classic battles >.<!.

We can't forget that interesting battle from Naruto, Rock Lee vs Kimimaro. The Drunken Fist ability was the best thing that came out of the whole story. The fighting was fast , not that exaggerating like the DB Legacy.



I barely remember this one battle but it was from the movie, Black Lion. All I can remember are the names of the samurai Shishimaru and the Cyborg Ginnai Doma. There was a lot of sword fights for a short 60 min OVA. and to think a normal human was able to take out a cyborg in a very early timeline is amazing.

We also have. Spike Spiegel vs Tongpu (that fat bastard who was just badass for his way of fighting and equipment of deadly ass weapons). That episode could've kicked ass as a movie.


Lets not forget our good friend DBZ ^^. There were alot of great battles in the Cell Saga.

Oh hell yes. Mad Pierrot is the coolest fucking dude ever, and it was even cooler how badly he kicked Spike's ass. Although I don't really think he was fat. That was just part of the whole circus getup he was wearing. And the fact that he was carrying hundreds of pound of weapons.

Hey guys, spoilers please, and note the anime!

Wanna add one from Tenchi Muyo:



EVA:

Lets see here:

Ninja Scroll the movie had some great fights. Nearly every fight Jubei was involved with was golden. One that comes to mind was with that fat huge guy that could chuck his sword like a boomarang. He died good.

Gundam GP03 vs. Neue Zeil from Gundam 0083. Nothing like two mobile armors blowing the shit out of each other.

Brings up a good point about CG and cell animation. This was an incredible battle and it worked excelletly without the use of CG. We need to go back to this style of animation. I hate it when my favorite mecha show is clogged up with horrible looking CG animation. Only good CG animation I have ever seen that was actually believable was Howl's Moving Castle.

D vs the Barabroi in Bloodlust, as well as the bounty hunter family vs the village of zombies in the same movie. Just... sweet.

i thought the same when i read the thread's topic, but i can add the fight in VF in macross plus between isamu and guld

Hajime No Ippo has a number of AMZAING fights. Anything with Sendo or Date kicks ass. My favorite was never animated though, I had to read it in the manga (Date vs Ricardo). It's one of the few animes I can watch again and again and not get tired of.

I'll agree with the other posters about Asuka in EoE. That was very possibly the most badass mecha fight ever.

Another anime worth mentioning is Elfen Lied. Almost every fight/battle was pure awsome.

Finally, if you're into gunfights (who isn't?), I can recomend Noir. Again, almost every fight was good. The first few episodes were REALLY slow though...

You stole my line. That's the exact fight I was going to mention. I simply love it, it doesn't matter how many times I watch it, it's always great.

Since my favorite was already mentioned I'll mention my 2nd favorite:
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
I belive that now everyboy has already seen that movie but I'll put a spoiler tag just in case.

For my fav, I'm going to have to say the fight between 'The Man In Black' and Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride.

It's entertaining, long, and funny :).

As far as just sheer awesomeness, definitely the fight at the end of FF7:AC, as Yuna mentioned.

There are several problems with this post. First, it's not very descriptive at all; in a thread like this, to keep it from being overrun with spam posts like this one, more content is needed.

Second, the last time I checked, The Princess Bride wasn't an anime; why you would name it in a thread about your favorite anime fight sequences is beyond me (unless you're stupid).

Third, your short description (see problem 1) can lead to confusion. While you're probably talking about Inigo's fight with Westley early in the movie, the lack of any other detail than naming his opponent as "The Man In Black" (which I don't think anyone was actually called in the movie) could lead one to think you were talking about his fight with Count Rugen at the end. Details like when the fight was and just who was fighting it are important. Please remember to include them. And to actually name anime fights in an anime fight thread.

As for my favorite anime fights, I have a few. A couple of them are running fights that cover more than episode. One is the fight from episodes 12 and 13 in R.O.D the TV wherein

Also, there's the huge fight sequence in epsiodes 1 and 2 of Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's.

I also have to include another fight from R.O.D the TV, Anita's in the school library in episode 4. I was impressed by the atmosphere there.

Wow, its really nice to know that in a thread full of 50% one-liner posts, mine is the only one qualifying as spam.

Yeah sorry, my bad :). I totally missed the anime part.

Westley is known as the 'Man in Black' at that point in the movie. Count Rugen was known as the 'Six Fingered Man.' I don't think anyone who has watched the movie should have a hard time figuring out what fight scene I was describing, anime or no.

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So yeah, revised, I'd have to say the Cloud vs Sephiroth at the end was pretty sweet. The Japanese version I like better simply because the voice acting seems to fit the characters better, & the translation I'm using is pretty sweet in terms of dialogue.

Had you bothered to read, you'd have noted that your post was singled out for reasons beyond its simple spammishness. PiccoloNamek and Yamamanama's Evangelion fights may be short on description, for instance, but they have two qualities your Princess Bride fight lacked: there wasn't doubt as to which fight they were talking about, and they were from anime.

Also, why are you talking back?

Also another great fight was in MD Geist. Its a very old anime that was shown back in IFC channel. I barely remember it but it was kinda a mecha-body type fight with Geist vs another dude ...heh, yes the description is bad but I need to see it and some of you should too.

Around the middle of Samurai X: Trust:


Around the end of Samurai X: Betrayal:



Sorry for just mentioning Samurai X, but a lot of the good ones have already been mentioned.

Many of you beat me to them:

Naruto
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Ep. 99ish
1)

sometime waaay after that
2)

Read Or Die OVA
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nearing the end
3)

The Law of Ueki
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Sano's Awakening
4)

Thanks to those using the spoiler tags. Its tough to quickly scroll once I catch a few words from shows I'd rather not have ruined for me, as "epic battles" kinda are big spoilers.

FFVII: AC

Since the big one's been mentioned--also my favorite--there's these:



Samurai Champloo:



Rurouni Kenshin:



Did I mention I love sword fights?

I can't say how many times I've put my FFVIIAC DVD just to watch this fight. Watching some of it in the trailer was already good but when the movie was released it was great. Everytime I showed this scene to a friend they didn't even dare to blink.

GunGrave in the last episode:


Naruto chuunin exam:


School rumble 2:


I'd also mention Advent children but all the good ones have already been said. Although I think I enjoyed every single fight in that movie, its hard for me to pick a favorite.

i have to say i enjoyed

monster's runge vs roberto

It wasn't a serious fight but,

School Rumble Season 1

Most of some of my favorites have alredy been said, mostly the Cowboy Bebop ones. I know I'm forgetting some, but it's been a while since I've seen some of the better action anime all the way through so my memory's a little rusty on the subject.







I liked that one as well. Actually...I kind of like all the Superior fights as well as that one.

I have a few memorable anime fights spinning in my head to say the least, but one stands out right now as my favorite. In One Piece, when

There are quite a few fight scenes that I have enjoyed, the most recently being the Cloud vs Sephiroth fight from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.



The next great fight I could remember after that was the Eva-02 fight against the mass production evangelions in End of Evangelion.



The fight scene which I thought was good but was cut short was the fight between Vash and Knives in Trigun.



One scene that I believe many people have commented on, is Kusanagi's battle with the spider tank in Ghost in the Shell.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this from Kenshin, but



Also from Last Exile:

We can't also forget that interesting battle that we saw in Kenshin Seisouhen

Yu Yu Hakusho:

well i didN,t really watch a lot of anime that have fight scene but I did really enjoy the fight in:

wonderful days(sky blue)


FFVII:AC

After rewatching the movie and reading Inhert I've been thinking, there isn't one fight in this movie that is at minimum amazing.

Some are more impressive than others but every single one of them makes you awe.

And whilst they arn't realy fights as such (Espeacily in the case of Stars and S) I always loved the final confrentations between the heros and the enemys in the Sailor Moon series.
However, any given fight in which Sailor Galixia is invovled was awesome.

The end fight scene from Trigun (the very last episode) was pretty hardcore. The battle between roy Mustang and the Fuhrer was pretty hardcore too.
Actually, just about all the fight scenes in full metal alchemist were awesome.

From Scryed (or whatever way you spell it)

No Gundam!? I'll have to change that...

Zeta Gundam:



Gundam 0080



Char's Counterattack



G Gundam



As has been mentioned many times, that one scene from End of Evangelion is amazing. I despise Asuka, and even I love that scene.

Berserk



Any fight scene from Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal. So beautiful.

I would definetely have to say some of my most favourite anime figting sequences are:

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (Dubbed)


Macross Plus


Akira

As Takahashi said, Episode 26 og s.CRY.ed



Dragon Ball Z
[spoiler]Majin Vegeta versus Goku was so badass! Its been years since ive seen the fight but i remember it being awesome.[/b]

All of the fights in AC were also really awesome.

Transformers the Movie, everything from Hotrod fishing to Prime uppercutting Megatron at the start.

Bleach:


I could name more, but I would just be repeating. I'll edit my post when I remember. All I can remember is the mainstream newage stuff ATM. Woot 1st post.

The opening fight sequence to Karas was superb they really blended in the CGI nicely which was a big plus. Shame only 3 episodes have been released so far.

Yay, someone mentioned G Gundam! The Domon/Sai Saici fight in the Gundam Fight Final Battle prelims was amazing.

G Gundam:

Yu Yu Hakusho:

Samurai Champloo:


Not gonna throw in my votes for Kenshin or Advent Children, as I agree with all of them. I will say, however, that the Tifa/Loz fight was amazing.

Dragonball Z:

The first Goku vs Vegeta battle. Only lasted maybe 1 episode, but it was pretty intense and well worth the build-up.

All of the Cell Games. The climax of DBZ as a whole. Again, worth the build-up...If it weren't as good as it was, I'd call the previous 70 or so episodes a complete waste.

Yu Yu Hakusho:

In general, I can't think of a fight sequence I didn't enjoy from this one. But the Round 2 battle with Dr. Ichigaki's team, Kurama's fight with Karasu, Yusuke vs Chu and Yusuke's first battle with Hiei in the early goings immediately stand out. Pound for pound, still my favorite series.

Many Ranma 1/2 battles stood out: Ranma's first (and only, I think) fight with Ukyo, his clashes with Ryoga (the one with Ryoga and the Bucks Eye Tenketsu stands out), Cologne (where he needed to get the Phoenix Pill), and the 2 on 1 episode, where he had to fight both Mousse and Ryoga.

And I also enjoyed Fuuko vs Recca in the early goings of Flame of Recca.

Slayers NEXT

Wow a lot of my favourites have been said already but I'll post them anyway.

Kenshin: It's been said by many people before but episode 30 of Kenshin where he fights Saito is just awesome. It's one of those episodes where so much seems to happen in just 20 minutes and really moves the story alond. I think that episode 40 where he fights Cho was also pretty sweet. Watching the end of that fight always gets me fired up

Dragonballz: There are two fight scenes from this that comes to mind. The first is around episode 170 when Gohan fights cell and releases all his anger and the other is in the Bojack movie. Gohan fighting Bojack is so great and I really enjoy the music, I find myself whisteling the tune often.

Bleach: My favourites from here were when Ichigo would be fighting someone and he seems down and out and then Zangetsu appears to him or there's a flashback to his training with Urahara or he just releases everything he's got. Pretty much just seeing him unleash is very enjoyable. I especially enjoyed Ichigo versus Urahara (lesson three), Renji, Kenpachi and Byakuya around episode 51

I'm sure I could come up with more fights but they are probably my most memorable. With Bleach still going I'll hopefully get a few more to add to my list soon

That would be one of my favorites, as well. Fantastic animation, and you really start to get a sense of how badly Major wants to meet the puppet master.

Along that same line, episodes 13, 24, and 25 of GITS SAC have some of my favorite gun battle moments in anime or live action.

And seconding other mentions, the opening of Karas has to be my favorite anime battle sequence of all time. It used to be The Marcus Brothers taking on the town full of vampires, but frankly it's hard to compete with something as excellently choreographed as Karas.

LOL, its fun how this thread is full of spoilers... by the way, how do you wrap something as spoiler?

Well, I was thinking about Kenshin but everyone has mentioned it, so here are others:

From SAMURAI 7 (the anime series of course) the first fight between Kambei and Kyuzo is just awesome, full of action and speed. And of course the last fight, that begins just after Katsushiro deflects the bullet of the robot... man, those fight really turn you on.

From Basilisk (Kouga Ninpou Chou) on the first episode, between Shogen and Yashamaru is amazing, it really gets you into the story. The animation is of the greatest quality, I don't remember the exact number of frames it took to make the first episode, but once I read it was many times more than the average.

Both series are full of action and great fighting scenes, if you have the chance to see them, don't hesitate.

I agree with most of the ones posted before; here's a few that haven't been mentioned yet:

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure


Noir


Elfen Lied

A few people have already mentioned the battle in One Piece against Luffy and Crocodile. I'm here to reiterate their claims. I caught the battle myself a couple of weeks ago, and promptly rewatched it several times.

I always enjoy the fights where the hero is the underdog, and manages to overcome an opponent that he should have no chance whatsoever of defeating. Such is the case here. This one clip doesn't do the fight real justice, since you have to watch the entire arc to appreciate the emotions and tension that this fight represents, in which hundreds of thousands of lives rest in the outcome of this fight, but newbies should find it to be an enjoyable clip nontheless.



The bar has been significantly raised here. If Luffy has a better fight later on, I'll be quite impressed.

By the way, if anyone has an mp3 of the classical piece played, please share it, thanks.

The music in that scene is from Dvorak's New World Symphony.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E0MKN5V9

Enjoy

I agree with the final showdown between Dio and JoJo. EPIC sums it up perfectly and you could see the writer put a lot of thought into it with all the characters actually thinking their moves through instead of random DBZ flurry of punches and junk.

It's not much of an actual fight but in EP 4 of DIEBUSTER:


EP 5 of Gunbuster

Wow. Let's see if I can pick out any fights from animes which haven't been mentioned yet here but should definitely be..

Mech Battles:

Gun X Sword:
The build up to that fight was great as well as the overall animation and even the music was pretty fitting. Come to think of it, that anime was full of awesome mech battles. True, some were too short but the animation was always awesome and the music nicely complimented it.

Power Battles:

X TV:
All fights in this series were awesome but of course the fight of was epic as long as your not sick of the repetitive music by that time.

Noein - Mou Hitori no Kimi e:
The fight between It has a unique animation style very fitting for fighting sequences.


I find it strange that I can only remember one epic mech battle ..aside from the ones already mentioned. Thanks to those who mentioned Macross Plus though, I've been planning on watching thpse OVAs for a while now. The Macross movie kind of turned me off.. but now I've got a good reason to watch it.

the fight between Kenshin and that guy who claimed himself to be the Son of God was awesome. the anime turned widescreen just for the fight! :D

also i like all the fights from Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou. they're fricken cool!! :D

Noein



Edit: Oh, just saw this was already mentioned. Seconding it anyway, it was an amazing sequence.

T_T Someone already mentioned the One Piece fight I was thinking about... Well, it was amazing xD However...



Another fight I loved was from Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Yeah, not the anime most of you would expect to see here)



Gankutsuou



And last but not least, probably every single battle scene in Eureka Seven. Mechas surfing in the sky AND fighting at the same time? That show is too amazing for it's own good @_@;;;