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internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

Okay! Kemonozume episode 1, monkey fight!

DIEBuster episode 4, variable gravity well firing enormous energy blasts clear through Titan and out the other side!

Go!

BalbanesBeoulve · . Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 84

Dude, no.

Come on.

internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

oh come on just list some

internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

Okay, fine. Would a mod please delete this thread? I merely wanted to express that the monkeyfight was excellent and got carried away with the thought. I won't do something so foolish again.

wourme · . Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 362 Location: Maridia

Just about my favorite everything in anime is in Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind. For this category, probably Lord Yupa infiltrating the airship.

"That's Lord Yupa! Kill him and you'll be famous!"

Also, the God Warrior in action.

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

Favorite action scene in any anime?

The other day some friends and I were watching Totoro at this guy's birthday party and this guy kept complaining about having to read the movie.

Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Most of Cowboy Bebop and Read or Die.
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OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

Coincidently, Cowboy Bebop is what made me decide that I want to be a filmmaker. It wasn't until I saw Clerks that I figured out that it's an easily attainable dream.

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:38 pm Post subject:

my favorite scene in cowboy bebop is probably the one in ganymede elegy where jet is chasing his ex and her new, wanted boyfriend through the canal streets while a capella music plays.

cowboy bebop is a show that uses music very well to recontextualize what is happening on-screen.
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TheRumblefish · . Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Location: Florida

Blue Submarine 6's underwater chase scenes rocked my socks. Also I adore the anime as a whole.

It took a lot to post in this thread.
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Ebrey · . Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 38

The last third of Zeta Gundam has some great fights. About 15 episodes from the end, a new side joins the war and it becomes an epic three-way battle. I love wars with more than two sides - you get shifting alliances and crazy battles. The fact that each side has an extremely badass in charge is also cool (the GOOD faction has the villain of the original Gundam as their leader).

ionus · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 12 Location: not philly

I love the ending to Berserk. So rough, harsh! It gets me very hyped to write or paint...

erm, is that okay?

extralife · . Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 233

as long as it doesn't arouse you.

ionus · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 12 Location: not philly

No, no, I'm pretty sure it dosen't do that. Actually, it's quite gut-wrenching to see what happens. Yet awsome scope at the same time. I love the backgrounds, and the godhand and whatnot!

Kipple · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 21

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:19 am Post subject:

incidentally, the broom fight versus elektra is awesome.
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Gouki · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 32 Location: Australia.

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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

man sundance endings are so : |
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DonMarco · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 349 Location: 33903

All my favorite non-Cowboy Bebop memories are with robots. Patlabor, Gundam 08th, Macross Plus, Ghost in the Shell, FLCL.... Too many to pick from.

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

I had totally forgotten about FLCL.

I think my problem with anime was that I started out watching the really great stuff (i.e. Bebop, FLCL, and the like) and, thusly, I found other series way under par.

professor_scissors · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 19

The Read or Die OVA wins for having a bad guy whose fire breath is powered by Buddhism. Now, what's this thing about the reason the music is so MGS?
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antitype · . Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 292

The action sequence near the end of Mind Game very nearly brought me to tears!
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Slonie · . Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 141

Cowboy Bebop is of course great...And Read or Die does have some action setpieces I love (I always like submarines on dry land!), but to name one that hasn't been named yet: I've always been a big fan of the sheer over-the-topness of Spriggan.

(Youtube link if you need it http://youtube.com/watch?v=S4jauaDejwc)
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TOLLMASTER · nippon ichi PR man Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 187

Gundam 08th MS Team's penultimate episode, and Gundam 0080 War in the Pocket's final episode. It says what the other Gundams were trying to say; that war really, really sucks. Usually, Gundam is too busy showing how war is AWESOME to show why it sucks, except for in 5-minute encapsulated segments (or the series finale where a depressed anime director kills everyone).

Both of the fight scenes use irony to get across their point. In the first example, a pacifist is fighting a man who is trying to protect a ship full of innocents; in the second, two teenagers who had an obvious attraction to each other are fighting for reasons that no longer matter. With all the emotion and pyrotechnics that are going on, you realize that everything that's happening is a total waste of human potential.

The giant robots are also very cool looking.

Toto · 4th Man Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Posts: 122

Guys, that once scene in Noein is like wow.
It makes me sad watching the pre-amble to it too, but then I remember and I MAN THE FUCK UP.

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:45 am Post subject:

Perseus · . Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 56

Giant Robo is full of awesome action scenes! The opening sequence of the first OVA and the final battle in the last OVA stand out for me.

Norio Matsumono animated three incredible fight scenes for Naruto- the Sasuke-Orochimaru fight in 30, the Hokage battle in 71 and the Sasuke-Naruto battle in 133 (one of the best fight scenes in any anime, ever and is necessary viewing for all animation fans).

Also, you should all watch Mamoru Hosoda's One Piece movie, which has the best animated punch ever (forgot to mention that!). Even if you hate One Piece, you will enjoy, or at least appreciate, the movie- which strays pretty far from the typical One Piece/Shonen Jump formula and is much better for it. Hosoda's the guy who Ghibli hired to make Howl and then fucked over (which is why Miyazaki ended up doing it) and his recent movie Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo is supposed to be really, really good.

I don't see why we can't call that scene in Mind Game an action scene! It had plenty enough action for me, not to mention being so incredible that it leaves you completely speechless and maybe even a little teary-eyed after watching it (even the second time. heck even the third).

FortNinety · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:28 am Post subject:

No mention of Akira? Its got loads of great stuff.

DonMarco · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 349 Location: 33903

Goddammit, Persusues. Goddamn yous all to hell.
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benreed · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:38 pm Post subject:

Black Lagoon, any and all episodes with Roberta, the killer Columbian maid.

Thread over.

internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

GitS: SAC, late episode when they have to get Immakuruz or what's his name out of the hotel before the drug guys take him out. Batou's work is pretty exciting, but when Kusanagi is rescued from the power suit in a very, very close call and shouts, "Saito, hand over that gun!" before torturing the bastard using her remaining arm, well, it's extremely tense, to say the least.

On the topic of GitS, though, nothing can ever trump the action scenes of the original movie, such as the takedown of that guy who they chase through the marketplace and canal before the Major slow-motion decimates him with her Chun-Li kicking action. But, in particular, everyone knows the tank scene in the old building by the waterfront at the end with the unbelievable music and the seaphim tree of life diagram engraved on the wall is the absolute greatest.

The Nausicaa post was epic! Nice job!

Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

Yes, it's towards the end of the first SAC series.

Persona-sama · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:20 am Post subject:

This thread needs more screenshots, you guys.

Incidentally, how do you take a screenshot of a divx movie? I guess there're programs to do that?
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internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

Your sig makes it perfect.

Perseus · . Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 56

internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

Cagliostro stands out because of the oddly perfect combination of humor and romance that colors all of its action. I can't single out any particular scene (any particular action scene, that is), though. Care to try?

Gouki · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 32 Location: Australia.

I'm pretty sure Cagliostro is one of my brothers all time favourite movies. It rates pretty highly on my list, too. It's amazingly good.
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Perseus · . Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 56

All of Cagliostro is wonderful (for a movie made in 1979, it's hardly dated at all!), but two action scenes stood out for me: the opening car chase scene, in particular the bit where Lupin drives his car up the side of a cliff (!), and the scene where Lupin and Zenigata team up, culminating in Lupin's gyro-copter rescue attempt.

You know how Cagliostro is a great movie while not really being faithful to it's source material at all? Hosoda's One Piece movie is great that way too (no I'm not suggesting it's anywhere near as good as Cagliostro- just similar in that way)- it's also really dark and pretty depressing at places!

FortNinety · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:02 am Post subject:

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professor_scissors · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 19

Yeah, Diebuster is awesome.
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internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

Omg! That poster! Look who is standing behind Nono! And to the left! And back!

Mister Toups · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject:

sup guys

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