Holy shit. I wasn’t expecting much from a random video from 9 years ago, especially since after seeing the quality of MinusT, but saying this was amazing is an understatement. Once Reimu took off her ribbon and put on her scarf everything changed. It went from a “simple” 3D remake of the original dabmaku to a fight combined with the animators creativity. I loved the strong naruto vibes once Reimu fucking roundhouse kicked Okuu the entire battle had a completely different atmosphere. This quality is too good for almost 10 years ago, and is criminally underrated
I like how even though Reimu was redicuously outgunned, she still hung in and only shot when it mattered. Stilll, she wouldn`t have won without Yukari saving her twice.
I know some others may not think this, or consider it due to it being overshadowed by the rest of the fight, but Reimu's exit was damn slick (i love that smile !)
I...I don't even...wow. Just freaking wow. I can't WAIT to see this with the SFX put in eventually, if this is how it is even without them. This was absolutely freaking amazing, and that's all there is to it.
I absolutely loved this video. A great use of the actual gameplay mechanics, as well as an interesting switch midway between 11 and 12.3. Personally, I'd love to see any of the stage 4 battles from Imperishable Night, or perhaps one of the extra stages... Or either Sakuya or Remilia...
all it needs is some sound effects like the first part and it'd be reasonably good you can clearly see the animation skill increase as the fight goes on, it must have taken a long-ass time. I know that feeling
I found the melee combat intermission after Fixed Star to be quite enjoyable, but I have to admit that the lacking Hell and Heaven meltdown was a bit of a disppointment, and the ease with which Reimu dealt with Subterranean Sun (not to mention the scarce amount of tiles being drawn in to fuel the outgoing storm and the general quickness of its growth) gave the video a rather anticlimactic end. Still, extremely well done and worth the wait!
If Monty Oum decided to choreograph a Touhou fight scene, it would probably look a whole lot like this. Awesome interpretations of all Utsuho's spells and nonspells. (I especially liked the interpretation of Subterranean Sun--so the stuff coming from behind you is being ripped off the walls? Nifty.) The music was awesome, especially the "Flames Within These Black Feathers" one. Huzzah!
That's better. He uploaded this before at about 1 AM Eastern and the audio was all messed up. Much easier to watch when you don't have to mute it. Awesome job and I can't wait for someone to translate and/or give Reimu and Okku voices/ battle noises like the last one.
EXCELSIOR! The fight choreography in this is utterly flawless and might just be the best reproduction of a spell card duel I've ever seen. My only cripe is that the animation is a little lacking, though for a project this ambitious I guess it's both to be expected and forgivable.
I find it amusing that after all of that ridiculously high-energy combat, literally fighting with stars, the finisher is a fist. (My dog, but the output of that fight is insane. It's a wonder that Gensoukyo wasn't blasted right out of space-time.)
To elaborate on MagamiKent's answer, Subterranean Animism has a gimmick where you pick a youkai partner for your character, and gain a benefit based on that partner. When Reimu teams up with Yukari, she can pass from one edge of the screen to the other (as if the ends met up with each other). The rift warp thing is probably impulseJP's interpretation of that ability in a real 3D environment.
I swear that those cards at the end must be made of the same stuff the soccer ball is made of in Touhou Soccer. You'd think a frickin' nuclear sun would melt a pair of trading cards. Nope, apparently not.
So worth the wait for this to come out!!!!! For some odd reason I knew all these songs because I have them all on my favorites list for a while!~ I ♥ you Okuu!~
I've never played the touhou games, so forgive me, but 8:10... Did that gun just evolve? Awesome video though. Reimu is the world's best bullet hell player.
@kozkoz It actually only lacked the "hell" part, since Utsuho burned the "heaven" right after getting her new cannon, so the card was (barely) there. That's why the melee took place at ground level.
nope, its Lunatic Mode, 6:03 confirms it as that card is Blazing Star "Ten Evil Stars", and she only uses the 10 Large orb bullets in Lunatic Mode, in easy mode, she uses 6 of them and in normal and hard she uses 8 of them, so yes, this is indeed Lunatic Mode
@victor4544 Actually the guy doing the SFX is part of the group. Considering how long it takes to place proper timing cues for SFX (for 11min and all that danmaku? Around 48hr of solid work if just one person), they just released the final video/music version.
Yes, I know it is playable. I've beaten it before on a lunatic no death run. I lucked out because they sat still for the majority of the spells XD But even so, easy mode is not easy mode on that game XD
@PowerChaos125 Notice that Okuu moved the 10 Evil Stars to match Reimu's height? That and remember, if you leave the boundary field of a spellcard while it's still active, you effectively forfeit the entire duel. And both girls are Grazing like mad.
I really like this, but the only problem with is is that...honestly, Utsuho isn't my favorite final boss, although she's the only one who would actually resort to being downright ruthless as opposed to every other one. They're all too damn elegant, but I'd much rather see a fight with, say, Yuyuko or even Kaguya.
@kensaya There's a difference between dubbing a handful of lines, no doubt poorly, and adding in sound effects and vocal touches (grunts, screams, etc) through the entire thing like the previous clip that was made of the first 3 or so minutes of the battle past the 'conversation'.
Reiuzi Utsuho=YATAGARASU(Sacred bird) Three-legged crow on an errand for God. The three numbers represent the sun. Has become the symbol of Japan Football Association
Holy shit. I wasn’t expecting much from a random video from 9 years ago, especially since after seeing the quality of MinusT, but saying this was amazing is an understatement. Once Reimu took off her ribbon and put on her scarf everything changed. It went from a “simple” 3D remake of the original dabmaku to a fight combined with the animators creativity. I loved the strong naruto vibes once Reimu fucking roundhouse kicked Okuu the entire battle had a completely different atmosphere. This quality is too good for almost 10 years ago, and is criminally underrated
I like how even though Reimu was redicuously outgunned, she still hung in and only shot when it mattered. Stilll, she wouldn`t have won without Yukari saving her twice.
お空がいるときの変化(地球温暖化)部屋にいるとき(急に部屋が熱くなる)お空が空にいるとき(1週間真っぱれ)
At the end of the video, Reimu is like:
Job done. Yukari, to the next mission!
完成おめでとう!!
ありがとう!感動した。
I've been waiting for this for a long while and it was worth the wait. I love it
Amazing. I loved the end too, Satori showing discipline, yet love for her pet.
完成おめでとうございます。すごく面白かった。
White dwarf Utsuho was a very nice touch.
中学生の頃に見せてもらった動画がすぐ見つかった。お空 グレイス 弾幕ごっこで検索検索ぅ
グレイスってなんだろう(長年の謎)
Beautifully done, and well worth the wait. Thank you
Friggin' epic. Even though there weren't sound effects, it was well worth the wait!
Amazing, it's out at last.
Very nicely done, I was awaiting this alot.
I know some others may not think this, or consider it due to it being overshadowed by the rest of the fight, but Reimu's exit was damn slick (i love that smile !)
I...I don't even...wow. Just freaking wow.
I can't WAIT to see this with the SFX put in eventually, if this is how it is even without them. This was absolutely freaking amazing, and that's all there is to it.
That was a visual feast. Thank you so much~
I absolutely loved this video. A great use of the actual gameplay mechanics, as well as an interesting switch midway between 11 and 12.3. Personally, I'd love to see any of the stage 4 battles from Imperishable Night, or perhaps one of the extra stages... Or either Sakuya or Remilia...
Ahhh. I love Okuu. Easily my favorite character. Nice to see she was able to make such a great fight against Reimu. Many props to Mr.Video Maker man.
Even without sound effects, this is STILL worth the year long wait.
all it needs is some sound effects like the first part and it'd be reasonably good
you can clearly see the animation skill increase as the fight goes on, it must have taken a long-ass time. I know that feeling
I found the melee combat intermission after Fixed Star to be quite enjoyable, but I have to admit that the lacking Hell and Heaven meltdown was a bit of a disppointment, and the ease with which Reimu dealt with Subterranean Sun (not to mention the scarce amount of tiles being drawn in to fuel the outgoing storm and the general quickness of its growth) gave the video a rather anticlimactic end. Still, extremely well done and worth the wait!
If Monty Oum decided to choreograph a Touhou fight scene, it would probably look a whole lot like this. Awesome interpretations of all Utsuho's spells and nonspells. (I especially liked the interpretation of Subterranean Sun--so the stuff coming from behind you is being ripped off the walls? Nifty.) The music was awesome, especially the "Flames Within These Black Feathers" one. Huzzah!
Very great movie.
Thank you for shown me the fantastic animation and the great power of fanmade.
That's better. He uploaded this before at about 1 AM Eastern and the audio was all messed up. Much easier to watch when you don't have to mute it. Awesome job and I can't wait for someone to translate and/or give Reimu and Okku voices/ battle noises like the last one.
FINALLY! I WAS WAITING. But OH MAN, totally worth it!
Thx for this awesome fight, I wish someone start a competition of those 3D touhou-dogfight .
When science and magic cross, the story begins. ;p
EXCELSIOR! The fight choreography in this is utterly flawless and might just be the best reproduction of a spell card duel I've ever seen. My only cripe is that the animation is a little lacking, though for a project this ambitious I guess it's both to be expected and forgivable.
We need more of this 3D dogfight! I know it's very hard to make such awesome video. But I'll wait!
I have seen awesomeness, and I love it. Though my inner Okuu fanboy wishes that she won instead. Best Touhou Video to date.
I like how after all the spells and stuff it degenerates to a good fashioned fist fight.
Oh my....the extension of Nuclear Fusion's battle story. This is very epic and awesome :)
I always said that your animations could use more inertia
and I wish it was a lot smoother as well. I still like the choreography
I find it amusing that after all of that ridiculously high-energy combat, literally fighting with stars, the finisher is a fist.
(My dog, but the output of that fight is insane. It's a wonder that Gensoukyo wasn't blasted right out of space-time.)
Reimu left hooks her to her right jaw twice then Satori pimp slaps her on her left jaw. No one can accuse Okuu of having a glass jaw.
epic battle + epic sound = epic video
I wish I could find the full version of that Hellfire mantle remix they used at the beginning, great stuff
who knew a bunch of circles and rectangles could be so AWESOME!!!!!!!
This... Is... EPIC!
holy crap, my eyes just melted out of my skull and my brain fryed due to the epicness of this
Awesome!!!
Oh...my..GOD
O.O
This is AMAZING!!!
Best Cool 3D vid as ever. I love it xD
And imagine the graze points they both just got!
If there's one thing in the world that can define the word "epic," it's this video.
The words Epic and Badass fall short to describe this jewel.
OK, I just love this video.
Epic music... Epic battle...
To elaborate on MagamiKent's answer, Subterranean Animism has a gimmick where you pick a youkai partner for your character, and gain a benefit based on that partner. When Reimu teams up with Yukari, she can pass from one edge of the screen to the other (as if the ends met up with each other). The rift warp thing is probably impulseJP's interpretation of that ability in a real 3D environment.
@SonicMegamanFan My god, I would love it if there was actually one of these for every fight...
I recommend Full Screen & 720p.
That way more amazing now.
AWESOME.
That miko is gonna get what's coming for her one of these days.
.. too awesome for words.
I swear that those cards at the end must be made of the same stuff the soccer ball is made of in Touhou Soccer. You'd think a frickin' nuclear sun would melt a pair of trading cards. Nope, apparently not.
Every fight in Touhou deserves this treatment.
So worth the wait for this to come out!!!!!
For some odd reason I knew all these songs because I have them all on my favorites list for a while!~
I ♥ you Okuu!~
GJ!!!
Coolest thing I have *ever* seen.
Sweet! Now we just need KamiNekoYu to add the sound, and it'll epic to the max!
cool~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I've never played the touhou games, so forgive me, but 8:10...
Did that gun just evolve?
Awesome video though. Reimu is the world's best bullet hell player.
apparently yes
I seem to remember being able to punch Utsuho's face significantly less often.
Maybe it's because I've been playing with Marisa the whole time.
Didn't expect Foreground Eclipse's song to be used in here, but I suppose it worked.
And to think, this ISN'T the final version. He's still yet to add the sound-effects and such.
When mage meets ninja, It's go time.
@kozkoz It actually only lacked the "hell" part, since Utsuho burned the "heaven" right after getting her new cannon, so the card was (barely) there. That's why the melee took place at ground level.
Who else wants Flandre's fight to get this treatment?
Just Imagine this level of epicness set to UN Owen was her.
aww dont feel bad, okuu, coz this was a 2 on 1 !!
Holy crap, Blazing Star "Ten Evil Stars" .
nope, its Lunatic Mode, 6:03 confirms it as that card is Blazing Star "Ten Evil Stars", and she only uses the 10 Large orb bullets in Lunatic Mode, in easy mode, she uses 6 of them and in normal and hard she uses 8 of them, so yes, this is indeed Lunatic Mode
Holy S hit!!! I WANT TO SEE THE 2.0
No it's playable because I can play it, (some what) still working my way through stage 5... but I'll get it eventually.
just ... epic...
Actually, this would be Lunatic Mode as implied by the use of the spell card Blazing Star "Ten Evil Stars" in 6:02
This is how all danmaku battles should be like
Correction. It is called the Miko Punch.
Hmm, those gun models look very familiar. Did he get their idea from some popular fan-art? Awesome job nonetheless.
@victor4544
Actually the guy doing the SFX is part of the group. Considering how long it takes to place proper timing cues for SFX (for 11min and all that danmaku? Around 48hr of solid work if just one person), they just released the final video/music version.
so the final spellcard showoff was Abyss Nova and Fantasy Seal.
Yes, I know it is playable. I've beaten it before on a lunatic no death run. I lucked out because they sat still for the majority of the spells XD But even so, easy mode is not easy mode on that game XD
GOD. DAMN. I LOVE YOU.
4:20 Battle Garegga version of my theme
also, in easy normal and hard mode, the smaller bullets are yellow whereas in Lunatic they're Pink, just thought Id clarify this
KamiNekoYu needs to do the sounds for this one as well
NAH AH THERE IS NO WAY OKUU COULD LOOSE IN A FIGHT LIKE THAT. BUT I LOVED IT ANYWAYS
@PowerChaos125
Notice that Okuu moved the 10 Evil Stars to match Reimu's height? That and remember, if you leave the boundary field of a spellcard while it's still active, you effectively forfeit the entire duel.
And both girls are Grazing like mad.
すげー原作通り
Pretty damn awesome. Would be better if there was tea time at the shrine
おつかれGJ!
holy crap that was some eyecandy
I really like this, but the only problem with is is that...honestly, Utsuho isn't my favorite final boss, although she's the only one who would actually resort to being downright ruthless as opposed to every other one. They're all too damn elegant, but I'd much rather see a fight with, say, Yuyuko or even Kaguya.
肉 弾 戦
This answer's a little late, but hopefully still helpful...
She isn't; Yukari's making those gaps herself to help Reimu.
@kensaya There's a difference between dubbing a handful of lines, no doubt poorly, and adding in sound effects and vocal touches (grunts, screams, etc) through the entire thing like the previous clip that was made of the first 3 or so minutes of the battle past the 'conversation'.
I don't think she remembered to hold shift for focused movement.
Either that or Okuu doesn't give two shits about what difficulty it is and just wants to murder Reimu.
REIMU... PAAAAWNCH!!!
Good, good...
Now get the sound effects back in and I will literally piss my pants.
This video caused the March 2011 Nuclear meltdown in japan.
@ExzcellionGamma ah kay owo thanks, a friend just told that to me.. :3 good to know the source~
Reiuzi Utsuho=YATAGARASU(Sacred bird)
Three-legged crow on an errand for God. The three numbers represent the sun. Has become the symbol of Japan Football Association