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Everything movies taught me about archery is wrong. This is a complete mind-blower. 8D
If you are even remotely interested in archery or medieval combat, check this out, it’s just great!
OMFG EVERYONE PLEASE DROP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND WATCH IT RIGHT NOW O_O
HOLY HELL
Not only is this fascinating, there are a lot of images from art history here. It just goes to show that what you can learn from the past isn’t limited to facts you can know, but things you can do.
Lars Andersen originally started using bow and arrow to fight in pretend battles during Larps (live action role play) events, where he played a soldier in a medieval-inspired army. While Larps can be about anything – the Danish/Polish Harry Potter inspired larp College of Wizardry (cowlarp.com) recently got world-wide media attention and there wasn’t a rubber sword in sight there – many Larps take place in fantasy worlds inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. And it was at one of these Larps, that Lars started to learn to shoot fast while moving.
In 2012, Lars Andersen released his video, “Reinventing the fastest forgotten archery”, where he showed how he had learned to shoot from old archery manuscripts. Using these old, forgotten techniques, Lars demonstrated how he was now the fastest archer on the planet, and after its release, the video got 3 million hits on YouTube in two days.
Since the 2012 video was released, Lars has studied and practiced, and he is now able to fire three arrows in 0.6 seconds – a truly stunning feat making him much faster than the legendary fictional archer Legolas (played by Orlando Bloom in the Lord of the Rings movies).
The time benchmark he was trying to achieve, according to the video, was the expectation of the speed at which “Saracen” archers were expected to shoot. In fact, most of the source material as far as I can see isn’t European.
A lot of the techniques described are also used in Mongolian Archery, which requires being able to shoot from horseback, and is traditionally practiced by men and women. You can see a video here.
Holy shit I want that in my book but who wouldn’t call it unrealistic???
I have several themed lists coming, but here is a long-ish non-thematic list consisting of several of my personal favourites in anime and manga. Spreading the good word and all that.
Golden Kamuy
Why I love it: It’s hilarious and well-paced. Honestly, it’s surprisingly deep, too.
Xam’d: Lost Memories
Why I love it: Mature, inventive, beautiful.
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
Why I love it: Hardcore, thoughtful, beautiful.
Wolf’s Rain
Why I love it: Thoughtful, beautiful, incredible dub, unique story
To you, The Immortal
Why I love it: Gritty, truthful, deep and unexpected
Suijin no Hanayome
Why I love it: Subverts other yokai bride tropes, is set in ancient, ancient japan. Very thoughtful and sweet. Reminds me of Princess Mononoke atmospherically.
Speaking of Princess Mononke, did you happen to know that Kaya is not Ashitaka’s sister, but his betrothed?? In the Japanese version, she refers to him by a ‘big brother’ title that does not necessarily indicate a blood relation, but seniority.
Mononoke Soushi
Why I love it: Sad, fun, inventive, charming, witty
3 AM Dangerous Zone
Why I love it: Mature, thoughtful, realistic, romance
Servamp
Why I love it: Cute, Sad, hilarious, meaningful, unexpectedly deep
Otome Youkai Zakuro
Why I love it: I prefer the manga. Funny, thoughtful, slow-paced
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukahii
Why I love it: Hilarious, too real, lovely character dynamics
Red Data Girl
Why I love it: Deep, sweet, realistic characters, excellent dub, Shinto religion
Chouka Kou
Why I love it: Intelligent, thought provoking, deep and well played, witty
Umi no Cradle
Why I love it: Lovely mystery, fun kid shenanigans, great characters
Arte
Why I love it: Great genre busting lead, witty, slow-paced and thoughtful
Vagabond
Why I love it: Perfect in every way.
Taisho Wotome Otogibanashi
Why I love it: Great characters, subverts melodramatic tropes, very fluffy, romance
YuYu Hakusho
Why I love it: Perfect in every way.
Beelzebub:
Why I love it: Hilarious, funny, fun, laughable
Ryouko’s Record of Spiritual Events
Why I love it: 90′s feel, ghost mysteries, fun characters, cute plot
Miriam
Why I love it: Hilarious, witty, fun, adventure, romance
Meiji Meloncholia
Why I love it: Intelligent, mysteries, slow-paced, meaningful, well played
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Why I love it: Chilling, old school, clever, fun
Afterlife with Archie
Why I love it: Great dynamics, wonderful storytelling, spooky, gross, heart felt
