| Ok. Basically, action anime with fluid movements (that hopefully abide by physics). To give you an idea, these are what i considered well choreographed: - FFAC (full-motion... a little bit cheating) - Seirei no Moribito - Sword of the Stranger - Samurai Champloo (only a few scenes) - Gintama (Gintoki v Nizou ONLY, so far gintoki v housen i am less than impressed with) - Naruto (Very Very few. E.g the early scenes in Sasuke v killer bee's fight) - Bleach (very very very very few. Byakuya v Koga fight's first 1 minute is ok) - FMA: Brotherhood (Also very few. Greed against Wrath(Lin) was the only thing i was impressed with, and that's only for some 30 seconds in a scene) - Soul Eater (Maka against Jack the Ripper ONLY, the rest was bad. Yes, even Black star against the samurai guy) This is a list of anime i haven't been impressed with in terms of action (maybe due to pace being too slow, or just having bad action scenes): - Rurouni Kenshin (No, kenshin v Hajime wasn't impressive. Same with any other scene in this) - Fate/Stay Night - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan (Bad) - Neon Genesis Evangelion - Darker Than Black - Blood+ - Katanagatari - Cowboy Bebop - History's Strongest Deciple Ken'ichi - One Piece These are things i do not appreciate: - Excessive commentary in action scenes - Excessive Slow Motion - Excessive Facial Closeups, revealing nothing about their movements, and comepletely focused on their face - Supermoves (kamehameha etc) that makes skill completely meaningless - movements that incorporates "blurs" such that characters become a blur and simply disappear in 1 frame, rather than moving out of the camera with a movement that's actually animated (cough, dbz, cough, bleach). These are things i appreciate: - Fluid movements between frames (movement does not seem slower in one frame transition when compared with the next transition etc.) - Fast Paced Scenes - Well positioned camera, and good camera movements - (Minor) Weapon/Projectile Movements from frame to frame, instead of simply a weapon/projectile trajectory. Slightly Blurred (to emphasize speed, etc) is ok. If anyone knows an anime i havent seen, and think that i'd be able to appreciate its choreography I'd welcome your suggestion. |
dxthegreatSep 20, 2010 7:00 AM
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| You might as well watch some damn Jackie Chan movies because your request probably won't find any anime that will please you. |
| There's no anime that fits those specifications. |
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| You either need to lower your standards a bit or watch a live-action flick, as ayEwyllie suggested. When you see a fight that is high quality and well choreographed, you know a lot of time and resources were spent on it. In other words, they are expensive. Each anime series is allowed only a certain budget so they have to work with what they've got, which often means they will cut corners here and there. If anything, don't search for series. Films tend to be better in quality overall because they are less lengthy than whole series. Unfortunately, I haven't watched any action anime films but maybe someone else can suggest something. |
| I suggest you re-watch the first movie of Ghost in the Shell (suprisingly you gave it a 3.) and second one if you haven't. The action is almost real-time except for a few slow motion scenes. |
dillianSep 20, 2010 10:21 AM
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| I heard Tetsuwan Birdy Decode has pretty awesome fights. |
| The Heroic Legend of Arslan fits your bill wonderfully. And it's nowhere near as bad as the title makes it sound. The art is absolutely gorgeous too. |
| This is a serious post. You're not allowed to delete it. |
| Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~. If that doesn't interest you, go watch some real movies. |
| Kara no Kyoukai That's all there is to it for me |
| Claymore? This thread mainly made me go, "really?" |
| For Cowboy Bebop and Rurouni Kenshin, they were old. Back then it was pretty darn good. My suggestion would be Ghost in the Shell SAC Also, have you checked out Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen? The "fluid animation" is taken a whole new level...I mean Hiko Seijuro proved it in just 3 minutes of the OVA... |
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| Hmm, how about Avatar: The Last Airbender? |
| Kara no Kyoukai i guess but seriously your not going to find what you are looking for and how can you not like the action scenes in cowboy bebop the fight scenes in the movie was one of the most fluid hand to hand combat scenes in an anime ever |
BLeakXBuRSTX19 said: Kara no Kyoukai i guess but seriously your not going to find what you are looking for and how can you not like the action scenes in cowboy bebop the fight scenes in the movie was one of the most fluid hand to hand combat scenes in an anime ever QFT Anyway my suggestion would be Spriggan, yes it is rather old but i thought the action was very good for its age. |
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| Black★Rock Shooter(get gg's abridged version) Casshern SINS Dai Mahou Touge Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows Heartcatch Precure Karas Macross Plus Macross Zero Megazone 23 Part II New Getter Robo Re: Cutie Honey Of course, the problem with most shows with well choreographed fight scenes is that they never last long enough. Also, seconding Kara no Kyokai. |
llxwarbirdxll said: Casshern SINS Definitely |
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| hmmm, From the recommendations here, the ones i haven't seen are: gundam unicorn, phantom, heroic legend of arslan, casshern sins and a bunch of (questionable) stuff warbird recommended. These recommendations ive already seen: Ive already seen Kara no Kyoukai and whilst the colours and level of detail in that anime are worth noting, the animation wasn't what i was looking for in this thread. The only exception is the climactic scene in movie 5. However, whilst colour may have been nice, the twisting camera and excessive blur effects made movements impossible to follow. The merit in Kara no Kyoukai wasn't in fluid animation or choreography, but in colour and visual effects. Ive already seen black rock shooter and yeah, i agree that the camera movements and choreography there are quite outstanding. Karas is... not what im looking for. It incorporates many slowmos and 1 hit kos and there really wasnt any intricate movements. Eureka Seven likes to recycle this idea of having their mecha twist, with missiles following them. The mecha would move further away from the camera and the missiles exhibit really really obvious CG movement. I mean... It's not bad, it's not really what i'm searching for here either. Also... it doesn't really matter whether the animation for cowboy bebop or rurouni kenshin was good for its time. Who cares if it's only good for its time? You rated it as is, by modern standards. Because animation standards are always rising higher. Just because earlier animators were handicapped back then, it doesn't mean we should handicap modern animation back. Unless.. what? Because Punch Card Input computers took decades of innovation, would you use it over a PC? Just because it was really innovative back then? Of course not. In any case, my gratitude for everyone for their recommendations (that is, everyone who replied except for jpem). |
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BLeakXBuRSTX19 said: Oh yeah, he hasn't seen the movie. The last fight is exactly what he's looking for.Kara no Kyoukai i guess but seriously your not going to find what you are looking for and how can you not like the action scenes in cowboy bebop the fight scenes in the movie was one of the most fluid hand to hand combat scenes in an anime ever Definitely worth checking out. |
dxthegreat said: Also... it doesn't really matter whether the animation for cowboy bebop or rurouni kenshin was good for its time. Who cares if it's only good for its time? Trouble is that (excluding CGs) Cowboy Bebop definitely has some of the most fluid animation found in TV series. It has been outdone, but definitely holds very well today. Maybe you can try the Area 88 OVAs, but the fights there are not between humans but planes. Oh, and definitely find the Cowboy Bebop movie. |
| yeah ill be sure to find the cowboy bebop movie then. I'm easily impressed by traditional animation that stands up to the quality of CG animation. The haruhi scene that was drawn using rotoscoping for example, i found pretty awesome. |
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