Friday 14 September 2018

My top 5 anime final battles

Almost every anime out there is always ending with some huge fight between the hero and the villain or some opponent they have to fight in some way. And a lot of these may even end up being some of, if not the best, fight in the entire series. They could be great because of incredible animation, choreography or because of the interactions or just because they're so entertaining and awesome. And so, here I'm counting down my top 5 favourite final battles from anime. There will be some rules here though, this won't have different anime like Fairy Tail, because even though the manga's finished, the anime hasn't caught up yet, Dragon Ball Super with Goku and Frieza vs. Jiren, because some people say that the show is still gonna keep going so it's not the final battle there, and One Piece because neither the anime or manga have finished yet. And so, here we go and I hope you all like this.
5. Yugi vs. Atem (Yu-Gi-Oh!):
Starting us off is the final duel between Yugi and Atem. After facing so many duels beforehand, it was all leading up to this. With Atem now remembering his name and his memories, he and Yugi had to duel in order for his spirit to pass on. With the two of them constantly looking like they're managing to out do each other's moves. With the risk of Atem being stuck in the real world for another 5000 years is on the line, Yugi must win at all cost. Not only that, but the actual duel is great too with us seeing old cards in play again, especially the Egyptian God Cards. And at the end, when it looks like Atem might win, Yugi pulls out one last card which is able to beat him once and for all, with there being a sad ending where the two of them have to say goodbye.
4. Team Sonic vs. The Metarex (Sonic X):
Kind of an underrated climax for an anime in my opinion is the final fight with Sonic and his team vs. Dark Oak and his two other Metarex. The Metarex manage to fuse together with the Planet Egg  and transform into monsters. At first it's everyone trying to attack them either by using force or by lasers, but then when the Emeralds are able to respond to the Chaos Emeralds which enable Sonic and Shadow to go Super. But when Dark Oak begins to cause the Planet Egg to explode, Cosmo taps into her true power allowing Tails to blast at the planet and, Dark Oak and her. While he hesitates at first, he tragically realises that he has to. And everything about this climax might actually be my favourite part of the whole show. I do also love the parts before this with the whole Shadow trying to attack Cosmo and discovering she's an accidental Metarex spy then finding her home planet. But this entire finale at the planet and them turning into monsters just has so many amazing moments in it in my opinion.
3. Goku and Vegeta vs Kid Buu (Dragon Ball Z):
Probably one of the most famous anime fights of all time, this is easily the biggest fight to happen in Dragon Ball at that point. After Kid Buu destroys the Earth, he teleports to the Kai's home world and has one last fight against Goku and Vegeta. While the actual hand-to-hand stuff is great here, the ending is what really makes this so special with Goku gathering as much energy as he can to form a Spirit Bomb. But, before he does, we get a great scene of Vegeta finally admitting that Goku is the best.
And the it finally works once Mr. Satan manages to convince everyone to help and then when Dende manages to use the Dragon Balls to restore Goku's power. All of this helps Goku to launch the Spirit Bomb at Buu finally killing him.
2. Naruto vs. Sasuke (Naruto Shippuden):
Coming in close to number 1 is the finishing rivalry fight between Naruto and Sasuke at the Final Valley. After the fight with Kaguya, Naruto and Sasuke still had their score to settle. So Sasuke decided to have their fight take place in the same location they fought the first time. Not only is this extremely fulfilling on so many level, but it plainly shows how far animes like this can go and still make it work extremely well. They start off with a simple hand-to-hand fight, then they begin to use their transformations which causes devastation to everything around them. Afterwards, it's another hand-to-hand fight and everything after that gets really brutal with them constantly punching and hitting each other, they're coughing up blood, their losing their teeth and it keeps going until they're both exhausted and it all combinates in one last Rasengan and Chidori clash which causes both of them to lose an arm. And I love everything in this. It has fantastic transformations, amazing hand-to-hand action, brutal displays of force and so many amazing and memorable moments that's helps make a perfect climax to a fantastic anime.
And my number 1 favourite anime final battle is... Everyone vs. Father (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood):
And finally at number 1 is the ending fight scene between everyone at Central going up against Father. After absorbing God and thinking he had it all won, father went to absorb more Philosopher's Stones. But then began a humongous fight between everyone in the show going up against him using everything they can to fight him and make him use his stones. With every character comes so new way to try to attack him. While he may not be moving and while he may be blocking everything they're using, he's burning through his stones fast. Afterwards, while he trying to absorb Ed, Al decides to sacrifice being in the armour and in that world in exchange for letting the Truth give Ed his right arm back which makes Ed so angry that he begins going nuts with attacking Father and punching him over and over. Everything in this climax is the definition of "epic." I love seeing everyone together and using their different fighting style to attack him. And Ed being able to finally give him some real punches is so awesome along with him using alchemy to hit him too in so many ways. I could not be happier with this climax. It was beautifully animated and it has so many amazing moments happing at once, especially when we see everyone attacking him at once. It's exactly what I look for in an anime fight and this delivered on that flawlessly. And so, everyone, those are my top 5 anime final battles. Thank you all for reading, please comment to tell me what you think and, if you like anime too, please tell me what your favourite anime final battle is.

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