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I think the best duel theory is in the Raymond E Feist novels by Nakor (paraphased cause I'm at work) "Battle magic is Difficult: a Magician has a trick, then the opponent's magician counters it, the first magician counters the counter... so on and so forth until someone with a big sword cuts them both down, since they look like they're just standing in the middle of the battlefield."
On the theme of 'best of' lists, I am trying to make a list of movies, animations, tv shows, and cartoons that show Wizard vs. Wizard battles. The more magic the better, and with scenes of any length.
Does anyone have a good suggestion?
On the anime side of things, theres:
1. Lyrical Nanoha- Magical girl series; the Magic, in this case, takes a magic-as-technology approach to things.
Here's an example.
2. JoJo's Bizarre Adventures- has an anime, manga, and several game adaptations made of it. The powers are more in line with psionics/ki than magic per say but they do have a tarot-based flavor to them.
In some european language, no less- no idea which language though
3. Scrapped Princess has something in the first episode that looks like a duel of magic. Of course, some sci-fi elements start crawling into their later episodes, but that shouldn't be much of an issue.
Here is the scene in question, dubbed in english for your convienience.
The movie seemed to end with a Wizard Duel.
Although, the overall tone was one of science fiction mentalism: " a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans "
It's actually very gnostic in a lot of ways. There is a reason a lot of mage: the ascention players identify with it as a film.
Well, since you mentioned animations, Full Metal Alchemist.I 100% agree. That series SCREAMS Wizard duels!
I just started watching Full Metal Alchemist.
Wow, this story is fantastic !!!
Kinda >trippy<
Well, since you mentioned animations, Full Metal Alchemist.I 100% agree. That series SCREAMS Wizard duels!I just started watching Full Metal Alchemist.
Wow, this story is fantastic !!!
One of my absolute favorites of all time.
I still need to see the FMA movies.
Found >two wizards battling< that I don't remember seeing before (starts @ 1:00).
I can't belive no one mentioned 'The Raven' with Vincent Price dueling it out with Boris Karloff. Link
That was mentioned on p. 1, along with all the others prefaced by the words "I can't believe no one mentioned...!" Two Towers and Conan the Destroyer have been "newly cited" like 4 times each, always with the assumption that no one else had mentioned them.
I can't belive no one mentioned 'The Raven' with Vincent Price dueling it out with Boris Karloff. LinkThat was mentioned on p. 1, along with all the others prefaced by the words "I can't believe no one mentioned...!" Two Towers and Conan the Destroyer have been "newly cited" like 4 times each, always with the assumption that no one else had mentioned them.
I scaned the text as best I could.
>This< is cool.
I found one! I found one!
Read more: > ゴジラ-Wizard fighting duels eternally <
I've seen some new ones.
Yoda and the Emperor's throwdown in Revenge of the Sith deserves a mention (unlike most anything else from that movie).
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Any of the duels from Bastard!
Any of the duels from Bastard!
One big +1
Dark Schnider for LIFE!!!!!!!!
HAROWEEEEEEEN!!!!!
They aren't really duels as such, more of opponents saying "Oh s&++! It's you!" then dying horribly.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!
HAROWEEEEEEEN!!!!!
They aren't really duels as such, more of opponents saying "Oh s+%*! It's you!" then dying horribly.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!
LOVED the manga. Will NEVER forgive Viz for mucking it up.
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as an example of a high-level fight between a Dragon-Blooded and an Alchemical: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N77tmqmMpA
You don't know how to linkify do you? Hahahahaa.
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as an example of a high-level fight between a Dragon-Blooded and an Alchemical: linkYou don't know how to linkify do you? Hahahahaa.
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Good job. I'll make a note in your file.
Check out >this< one.
Hmm. I don't think the guy getting fragged is spell-slinger however. Oh well, it is still cool.
does it have to be wizard on wizard or duels in general; in Dragon slayer; that wizard duels the dragon and it is pretty cool even today though it is a couple decades old.
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It absolutely does not count as the best wizard-on-wizard duel, but there is a fair magic duel in the otherwise largely unwatchable In The Name of the King. The segment is found here running roughly from the 11-minute to the 13:30 mark.
Don't watch any of the rest of it. It's not worth it. Even as a bad movie, it's not a good movie.
Has anyone mentioned Merlin vs. Madam Mim from Disney's The Sword in the Stone?
Here's a little MMD-Tohou contribution. If it doesn't look professional grade, that's because it's made with freeware.
More Tohou 3d duel action.
The opening credits for a non ZUN Tohou game.
Includes the two characters from the 2nd link
Has anyone played > this < Wizard duel game yet??
Wiz War waz great! Remember about 20 years ago and playing it... I believe that at one point several players ganged up on me and placed walls of stone on every side of me so my piece couldn't move for the rest of the game.
Best Cinematic piece of High level magic I reckon is Voldemort vs Dumbledore in tje Harry potter movie where they fight it out at the ministry of magic.
All the fights with Harry suck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zeIpWCBScI
I believe the animated dinosaur skeleton fight that was mentioned on the previous page was from a late-70's Dr. Strange movie, an early attempt by Marvel to bring the good mystic Dr to the big screen.
The recent cartoon of Dr Strange was also good, and I believe has been mentioned,
LOVE the Polymorph-off from Sword in the Stone,
There is an anime called 'Fairy Tail', (I can only find it on line and on NetFlix with subtitles) it is about a wizard's guild with a bad reputation. All of the jobs they do end up with more than acceptable collateral damage. :) All of the characters are 'wizards' although with Japanese/anime martial artist based spellcasting. But practically every episode is a wizards duel! And the characters are all very entertaining.
How about "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"? It's crap, but the special effects are rather pretty.
Someone may have already mentioned it, but Naruto is chock full of magic duels. Hmm, and there are a couple of Naruto movies out too.