one of the most common questions that
people have been asking me over and over
again is which movie or TV series has
the most realistic arms and armor and
fighting done to my it probably was a
your astonishment I have to say the most
realistic I've seen so far is from an
anime that's right anime which is often
trying to tell us that such shiny
nerdgasm ik pieces of fetish wear offer
adequate protection or that motorbikes
sized herb cutters are useful weapons
you know there's regular fantasy with
certain expectations of dramatic
exaggeration and then there is well this
but there is an anime series with the
title Maria the Virgin witch that gives
us a surprisingly realistic
representation of historical arms and
armor well yes there is also magic and
witches and succubi and all kinds of
strange things but at the same time it
portrays the Hundred Years War between
England and France very authentically
and that kind of blew me away
you have men-at-arms and gaba sense
which is basically a linen jacket which
is padded like what I'm wearing right
now and they have cattle helmets one of
them is wearing JAC chains which are
basically a cheaper alternative to
played armor that go on top of the
gambeson for extra protection and you
can even see the strings where they are
tied to the gambeson
so it's quite an amazing level of detail
I mean I'm not a historian so I might
miss minor inaccuracies here and there
but all the gear you see in the anime
the weapons and armor and clothing all
kinds of things architecture I've all
seen that from historical depictions or
original to museums or reproductions and
so on and so forth and you know
considering that it's already that
detailed and that close to reality again
except the magic but at that point I
really don't feel like nitpicking
anything even if there was something to
nitpick the weapons are all properly
shape and they are actually using the
weapons competently this guy for
instance and by the way sorry for the
mirror image I'm just sick of the
copyright nonsense on YouTube on things
that are clearly covered under fair use
but you know what go sometime so in the
anime he's actually holding the
Warhammer in the right in the buckler in
the left he stops the swing of the axe
before it has gained full momentum which
is exactly what you want to do and then
he counter-attacks by bashing the helmet
with the Warhammer and this guy here
first breaks his opponent's wrist with
the maze and then closes in wraps his
arm around being the guy's other arm to
trap him and then he unleashes the
buckler to the face which again is
perfectly realistic and even skilled
fighting and here's a proper stance with
sword and shield this is a guard that
you might assume an actual historical
fight the shoe is slightly at an angle
the weapon is raised pointing over the
shoulder the longbowman actually draw
their bows correctly and they even do
the English taunt the meaning of that is
the English archers were very dangerous
on the battlefield and caused
significant casualties on the French
side so the French threatened that they
would cut off every man's index and
middle finger they capture them to
punish the archers so basically they
just won here come and get it [ __ ]
and even the infamous murder stroke
makes its appearance this guy here and
the duel grabs the sword by the blade
and smashes the guard and pommel into
his opponent's helmet and yes that is a
real historical technique you can see
that in the historical manuals and in a
previous video I've also demonstrated
that it does actually work without
cutting yourself
even without gauntlets well I never
thought that I would say that at some
point but there you go the most
realistic historical arms and armor and
fighting that I've ever seen in a movie
or series comes from an anime Maria the
Virgin witch and by the way just brief
comment on the combination of realism
and magic because you do have things
like this as well but actually I think
that's very
interesting it suits the storyline very
well because the whole point is that
this witch is trying to use her magical
powers to end the war and magic may seem
out of place in that context because
everything is historical rune realistic
and everything well that's exactly the
point because she is also kind of out of
place the fact that she is trying to end
the violence and stop the war
nobody gets why you would do that why
would you want to and because at the
time war was just a you know kind of
self-evident part of life they were used
to it that's just how the world worked
you were your leash commanded you to go
out there arm yourself and then fight to
the death and that's what you did the
fact that she's trying to stop that is
kind of out of place it's kind of
unnatural so it's a beautiful message
really it works very well in terms of
symbolism magic is out of place there
and so is she but you know this kind of
thing I would actually like to see more
often and a fantasy that is not
completely high on PCP but that actually
has some realistic elements despite
there also being mythical creatures and
then magic and things of that nature
that makes it more interesting in my
opinion in any case thanks for watching
I hope you found this entertaining and
by the way there's also lots of sex
jokes and naked skin so if you need
another reason to watch this series
there