Episode Timestamps
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(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 Series 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 Grounded In Technical Brilliance
- (01:57:56) Kengan Ashura, Baki, and Hajime no Ippo
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Break: Bottai by Ooyy
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