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Especially common with {{Shonen}} series adapted from comics that are serialized in a weekly manga anthology like ''Weekly Jump''. They have lots and lots of episodes, so their budget for animation gets spread thin.

** Onua VS infected Lewa: hit flashes punctuating complete darkness, illuminating the combatants standing in various poses. When you think about it, the whole animation isn't all that impressive, but many fans consider it to be one of the best fight scenes -- the [[CrowningMusic/WebGames music track]] may have something to do with it.

* {{Bakemonogatari}} [[TropesAreNotBad deliberately uses this as a stylistic choice]] when Araragi faces down the rainy demon. Most of the sequence focuses on his face, brief glimpses of a blow or another, and cuts to typography designs. It's a highly stylized series as it is to begin with.

* Parodied in ''TheOrderOfTheStick'' with the [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0456.html ultimate duel between clerics]], consisting entirely of touch attacks, most of which don't even work thanks to the would-be victim making his saving throw.

* Explicitly lampshaded in an episode of Series/EarthwormJim: Suddenly, [[DiabolusExNihilo for no reason whatsoever]], Jim is surrounded by a bunch of HighlyVisibleNinja. Cut to a news anchor explaining that because action sequences are expensive, studios have been forced to resort to cheap tricks, such as...

* Parodied in an episode of DroopyTheMasterDetectiveHound. A fight between Droopy and McWolf consist of the two bowing, and McWolf flying out the window. When demanding an explanation, Droopy's son shows a recording of the fight in "super slow motion" which is basically the two bowing, Droopy turning into a blur around McWolf, then stopping, then McWolf flying out the window.

* Early in DragonBall, young Krillian fights Master Roshi (in disguise) during a tournament and the fight is over in a blink of an eye. When the audience complains, Master Roshi and Krillian enlist the aid of the announcer and cameraman and re-enact the most improbable fight ever in slow motion.

* LetTheRightOneIn featured [spoiler: the final fight - all we see is the male lead almost being drowned in the pool (the camera is sub-water too), then suddenly, people from above the water begin to scream, the hand that is holding the boy down suddenly disappears. Cue showing the bloodbath above]. Being a drama with supernatural elements, this really works very well, and doesn't feel as an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.

* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma ½]]'': When Ranma is fighting skating martial artist Mikado Sanzenin there is a scene where it appears the latter is spinning Ranma around madly injuring him and preventing a counterattack. Only Akane's sharp eyes are able to see the Ranma is actually pummelling the hell out of him with blows almost too fast to see. It's only after the fight when Mikado's partner, Azusa asks if Mikado won the fight that Akane points out he has actually been knocked unconcious despite still being on his feet.

* {{Bakemonogatari}} [[TropesarenotBad deliberately uses this as a stylistic choice]] when Araragi faces down the rainy demon. Most of the sequence focuses on his face, brief glimpses of a blow or another, and cuts to typography designs. It's a highly stylized series as it is to begin with.

Compare RelaxOVision, MissedMomentOfAwesome, CoconutSuperpowers, and TheHitFlash. See also BolivianArmyEnding, ChargeIntoCombatCut, FightSceneFailure and TakeOurWordForIt. When a scene is skipped entirely and only described afterwords, it is SecondHandStorytelling instead.

* LetTheRightOneIn featured [spoiler: the final fight - all we see is the male lead almost being drowned in the pool (the camera is sub-water too), then suddenly, people from above the water begin to scream, the hand that is holding the boy down suddenly disappears. Cue showing the bloodbath above]. Being a drama with supernatural elements, this really works very well, and doesn't feel as a MissedMomentOfAwesome.

Compare RelaxOVision, MissedMomentOfAwesome, CoconutSuperpowers, and TheHitFlash. See also BolivianArmyEnding, FightSceneFailure and TakeOurWordForIt. When a scene is skipped entirely and only described afterwords, it is SecondHandStorytelling instead.

* Early in DragonBall, young Krillian fights Master Roshi (in disguise) during a tournament and the fight is over in a blink of an eye. When the audience complains, Master Roshi and Krillian enlist the aid of the announcer and cameraman and re-enact the most improbable fight ever in slow motion.

* [[Bakemonogatari Bakemonogatari]] [[TropesarenotBad deliberately uses this as a stylistic choice]] when Araragi faces down the rainy demon. Most of the sequence focuses on his face, brief glimpses of a blow or another, and cuts to typography designs. It's a highly stylized series as it is to begin with.

Making a [[CoconutSuperpowers virtue of necessity]], characters may "move too fast to be seen!" as one of their in-world powers. Ideally, they move between static poses in a split second and dramatically hold those poses for many frames, with the actual contact represented by a [[TheHitFlash Hit Flash.]]

Making a [[CoconutSuperpowers virtue of necessity]], characters may "move too fast to be seen!" as one of their in-world powers. Ideally, they move between long static poses in a split second.

Typically TheMovie will ditch these gimmicks entirely due to the amount of money that inevitably gets put into it.

Especially noticeable, as TheMovie will ditch these gimmicks entirely due to the amount of money that inevitably gets put into it.

Making a virtue of necessity, characters may "move too fast to be seen!" as one of their in-world powers. Ideally, they move between long static poses in a split second.