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May 8, 2010 8:39 AM
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What is your guys favorite sword fight scene from ANY anime.

I would have to say my favorite is Nanashi Vs. Lord Rarou in Sword Of The Stranger
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May 8, 2010 8:40 AM
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Waaah! I was just gonna say that but you beat me to it.
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May 8, 2010 8:42 AM
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Rurouni Kenshin

The battle between Kenshin and Saitou
May 8, 2010 8:45 AM
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nanashi vs Luo-Lang final fight....nuff said
May 8, 2010 12:22 PM
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TheFallenOne said:
Rurouni Kenshin

The battle between Kenshin and Saitou


That.
May 8, 2010 12:23 PM
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meh people who say that clearly haven't watched sword of the stranger :)
May 8, 2010 12:28 PM
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I've watched the Sword of the Stranger and still say the battle against Kagura and Yomi in Ga Rei -Zero- is better. Maybe it's just because of that one part where Kagura uses her sword to shoot Yomi with that case.
May 8, 2010 12:33 PM
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hmm interesting, never saw Ga Rei -Zero-, perhaps i will watch it though
May 8, 2010 12:48 PM
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It's a pretty awesome anime. The first episode? Fighting transparent zombies with motorcycle judo and flaming dinosaurs.
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Zahlzeit said:
It's a pretty awesome anime. The first episode? Fighting transparent zombies with motorcycle judo and flaming dinosaurs.


this sounds like a must see!
May 8, 2010 3:14 PM

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IDK probably Ichigo vs. Grimmjow... Not that I can remember many right now, I'm sleepy as hell...
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Any fights with Kenpachi are quite awesome. But my favorite has to be Sasuke vs Hachibi. He was using like 7 swords at once. Amazing.
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Though there aren't many fights at all in the anime, my favorite fight scenes are in Seirei no Moribito. The main character wields a spear, yes, but her opponents use swords. That should count for something, right?
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Despite the flack the series gets, Bleach's Ichigo v.s. Byakuya still ranks as one of my favourite battles since I watched it (and that was a while ago, when the episodes first aired).

I must also second Balsa's fight in episode 3 of Seirei no Moribito.

And the battles in the Benizakura, Yoshiwara, and Itou arcs in Gintama, as well, were pretty awesome.

There's also Teresa v.s. the other Claymore in, well, Claymore ^^;
May 8, 2010 10:18 PM

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Aeterna said:
The battles in the Benizakura, Yoshiwara, and Itou arcs in Gintama, as well, were pretty awesome.
^This. Particularly Gintoki vs. Hosen.
May 8, 2010 10:43 PM

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The duel between Utena and Saionji from Adolescence of Utena: The Movie.
The beautiful animation along with the soundtrack gives me chills.
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TheFallenOne said:
Rurouni Kenshin

The battle between Kenshin and Saitou


agreed
May 8, 2010 11:16 PM

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Cloud vs Kadaj/Sephiroth in FF: Advent Children.

sure, the show is not that great, but the fight was good ^_^
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Though there aren't many fights at all in the anime, my favorite fight scenes are in Seirei no Moribito. The main character wields a spear, yes, but her opponents use swords. That should count for something, right?


I aggree! The moment with Juro 5 vs 1, would have to be my most favourit melee combat scene I can recall. Even tho its not swords but spears vs spears. It was a very nice natural melee engagement ^_^.

I thought Ga Rei -Zero- was a poor anime and the action scenes were mostly bs.. But thats my opinion.
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Kenshin VS Saito was awesome, unfinished though.
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Kenshin vs. Saito indeed, almost forgot about that one :D

Might have to rewatch Kenshin soon.

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Can the swords be dicks?
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NS_Arcane said:
Though there aren't many fights at all in the anime, my favorite fight scenes are in Seirei no Moribito. The main character wields a spear, yes, but her opponents use swords. That should count for something, right?


I have to agree with this. While the fights in Moribito are few and far apart, they are still amazing and they always manage to get my heart pumping.

That being said, the entire final scene of Sword of the Stranger was awesome.
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I would like to start by stating my opinion that the Cloud vs. Sephiroth fight was good, but not as amazing as everyone makes it seem... I personally thought that the best fight in that movie was Cloud vs. Kadaj/Yazoo/Loz.
My favorite anime fight however... Would have to be either Ed vs. Father at the end of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, or the fight between Scar and King Bradley in the same anime. Or possibly Fu and Greed vs. King Bradley... In the same anime.
That being noted i realize that my opinion is close minded, but you guys should seriously look up those fights on youtube, they are AWESOME!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzv5CJJtbzo (Part one)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij8zmuZ6YAY (Part two)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTvx3rjtsYQ (Part three)

These videos contain big spoilers, so if you plan on watching the series... don't watch these videos.
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KARAS is cool gfx wise and the sword fights aint half bad either


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How about knife fights? Darker Than Black and Kara no Kyoukai had some epic knife fights.

I don't watch too many action animes, so I don't really know many sword fights. Kurozuka has some nice sword fights, though.
Jul 9, 2010 2:42 PM

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Mugen vs. Jin from Samurai Champloo.
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kenshin against one of shishio's henchmen.. the one that used a baby for hostage.. epic sword skill..
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InfluX said:

I would have to say my favorite is Nanashi Vs. Lord Rarou in Sword Of The Stranger


This.

Shichika Yasuri vs Sabi Hakuei might have been good..
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clow_card said:
Mugen vs. Jin from Samurai Champloo.


this.....surprised no one else's picked this up...specially Mugen's unorthodox way of fighting....Samurai Champloo Rox!

also suzuki rin and tamaki from bamboo blade had a pretty good showdown(even if they were using shinai's)

but i do have to admit, sword of the stranger does have the best sword fights for an anime

...hence why I have this on my profile:

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I count this as a sword fight, even though his body only produced steel. Zoro VS Mr. 1 from One Piece. While the end of the duel was too abrupt, it rocked my socks off. Also being drilled through the stomach was pretty hard core. o.o;



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Kenshin vs. Saito comes to mind.
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InfluX said:
What is your guys favorite sword fight scene from ANY anime.

I would have to say my favorite is Nanashi Vs. Lord Rarou in Sword Of The Stranger


This.

I didn't even have to think about it. In fact, I've watched that movie a couple of times and I always end up rewatching that final sword fight about 2 to 3 times.
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ninja scrolls first episode with the turtle persona nd pretty boy was epic, but all the fight scenes are amazing in that series.
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Nanashi vs Luo-Lang, followed by the final fight in Samurai Champloo and as short as it was, Gintoki vs Jiraia in Gintama was niiiiice, as was Kagura vs Abuto and Gintoki vs Hosen and all of the other action sequences. The Shinsengumi vs Choshu at the end of Peace Maker Kurogane was real nice too. Especially the sequence where the camera pans around Kondo as he slashes down enemies.
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I'm guessing Yomi vs Mei at Gai-Rei
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Kenshin Vs Saitou
Nanashi Vs. Lord Rarou in Sword Of The Stranger
Izumi Vs Hijikata
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Can the swords be dicks?
Oh god


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My all time favorite sword fighting scene.

Jul 13, 2010 7:02 AM

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Just saw the Wrath vs Greed fight from FMA: Brotherhood, that was pretty awesome, Wrath was the only one with swords though xD

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2nd OPENING of bleach : Ichigo vs Renji... too bad the anime have weak fight animation.
Ga-Rei -Zero- : almost every sword vs sword scene
Ah yes, the Kenshin scene is also awesome

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Definitely Gintoki vs Hosen. Badass combo.

Saito vs Kenshin would make a close 2nd.
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I would have to say the fight between Saito and Kenshin or the fight between Ichigo and Grimmjow when Grimmjow releases his zanpakuto.
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Cloud vs Kadaj/Sephiroth in FF: Advent Children.

sure, the show is not that great, but the fight was good ^_^
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Ekvi said:
Just saw the Wrath vs Greed fight from FMA: Brotherhood, that was pretty awesome, Wrath was the only one with swords though xD


Would have loved to see more of Lin and Wrath :P
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My favorite ones are definately basically all battles involving Shiki (Kara no Kyoukai), the last one in Sword of The Stranger and the ones in Unlimited Bladeworks.
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Samurai Champloo. Where else would you get beep-boxing samurais with breakdancing moves as they swing their swords?

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I gotta say, Sword of a Stranger has some of the best animated fight scenes I have ever seen, they're just astounding. Of course, this was already mentioned but really, I can't sing this films praises enough XD

For examples,

Fight on the Bridge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox5lwiZt09c&feature=related
Fight Inside The Temple - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5jACHN3Pwo&feature=related
Opening Battle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-UN-yAi-gg&feature=related
Final Battle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAo7IAvgCgk

And there are PLENTY more where that came from.

I mean, some of these are so epic, and the main guy doesn't even have to unsheath his sword. However, they do get a lot cool when he does.
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Yammin said:
Samurai Champloo. Where else would you get beep-boxing samurais with breakdancing moves as they swing their swords?

highfive yo! xD
and I remember Sword of the Stranger had some damn awesome battles *-*
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