Naruto VS Ichigo

This is one of the most Anbattles of the series, though I think a battle royale between these two and Luffy would've been more hype but at 28 minutes long, its not hard to see why Luffy wasn't thrown into the mix.

Analysis

Naruto's analysis s extremely well done, covering pretty much everything in his HUGE arsenal from his chakra to his techniques to variations of his techniques to his transformations. We also get another piece of lore for Wiz and Boomstick which is always nice. It also makes use of pop-up trivia which helped condense the episode a bit. However, one minor problem is that it kinda pops up out of nowhere, we didn't have any indication that the episode would be using pop-up trivia beforehand and there's no accompanying sound (which is a good thing as it doesn't disturb the flow of the episode but at the same time the viewer most likely would not notice it until much later in the episode). The humor for the analysis is pretty spot on and prevents the long analysis from feeling dragged out.

Ichigo's analysis similarly starts out with a healthy amount of humor and background while also giving some more lore for Boomstick. It also does a good job covering Ichigo's powers, Zanpakuto and forms. The analysis also contains what will probably be one of the more memorable jokes in the series with Wiz's innocent innuendo. I give the analysis a 9.5 out of 10.

Animation

Despite its short length, the animation is probably one of the best 2D fights of the season. At certain points it actually feels like it came out of an anime with its great use of close-ups and the timing of transformations. The voice acting is on point as well. I mean Naruto and Kurama's VAs are good, I guess but Ichigo. I think Adam Park did an amazing job on the voice acting with only Johnny Yong Bosch being able to top him. The music Yates did for the battle is great as well. The killing blow is glorious and one of my favorite parts with a nice little shout out to Chuck and Segata. Overall with excellent choreography, voice acting and music, the animation gets a 9.9 out of 10.

Conclusion

Right off, the is one of those episodes where you can clearly see the amount of effort put into this episode. From the detail of the analysis to the amount of stuff going on in the animation. This conclusion is where it really shines with it being much longer than other episodes and Wiz and Boomstick trying to shoot down every possible argument. They give a good argument for why Ichigo's invisibility didn't matter. They even make the distinction between travel speed and reaction speed, a common criticism for multiple previous episodes. Wiz also decides to shoot down the multipliers but also decides to give Ichigo the benefit of the doubt resulting in a feat that still isn't as good as base Naruto. Overall a 9.1 out of 10 bringing the total score to 28.5 out of 30 or 95%.

Thor VS Wonder Woman

Sorry I'm late and no, I am not doing Smokey VS McGruff. As for this matchup we've finally got an episode pitting two returning combatants against each other. That alone makes the concept of this episode stand out but how does it actually fare?

Analysis

The analysis as a whole really shows how far death battle has come since season 1 and covers both combatants much better than their previous respective episodes did. I have to admit I was a bit skeptic when it came to Thor because Thor VS Raiden was one of the better episodes of that season but I severely underestimated the quality of season 4 compared to season 1; going far more in depth with Thor's arsenal of equipment and abilities. Although that doesn't mean it's without its faults. For example Wiz states that Thor has said that Mljonir can reach to the edge of the universe in 60 seconds when the only proof provided is to the edge of the universe. Also while Thor's analysis does go more in depth, this is a double-edged sword as it also constantly provides the viewer with as many calculations as it can which made me think Wonder Woman was going to win.

Wonder Woman benefits even more from the treatment as her episode was only the third episode of the entire series and as such the improvements are much more noticeable. The analysis provides plenty of feats but almost none actually get any real calculations which furthered my belief that the calc omission trap was being used in this episode. Of course the analysis is still really well done and goes into depth about Wonder Woman's arsenal, just not her true capabilities. Although I will give it this, the episode actually does provide proof that Wonder Woman is stronger than Thor in the analysis section with her moving the Earth and calculating it to be 2.2 quintillion tons so that softens the blow a bit.

The analysis is good but and does show the improvements in death battle but the abundance of calculations in Thor's section in a short amount of time makes the outcome predictable and as a result prevents it from being too good. I give the analysis a 7/10.

Animation

The animation is rather conflicting to say the least. While the voice acting and choreography is great, a lot of the effects leave a lot to be desired. I think the best parts of the fight are when its just Thor and Wonder Woman dueling it out with their weapons without using any of their standard gimmicks. Unfortunately one thing that hasn't changed is that the lightning effects are still pretty terrible. I've tolerated it in past battles because well its not something that has been used often when it is used but when Thor uses it a much as it does, it gets distracting and detracts from the fight. 

This becomes especially egregious during the more effects heavy portions of the battle such as when Thor summons a tornado yet also summons lightning in conjunction with that and the two effects don't really blend well together. However, the choreography while inside the tornado is excellent and the fight finally escalates to the moon which is promptly destroyed. Don't get me wrong that was awesome but the effects let it down. As the moon gets destroyed, half of it isn't quite blown up and the result is several rings that are just there for no reason. As the moon pieces were falling to the earth, there was a weird texture to them and it looked kind of out of place. And because Diana doesn't have any models without her bracelets off, the finisher felt really rushed and limited despite the admittedly badass one-liner delivered by Wonder Woman.

I think this is where the whole FIRST members get the episode two days early really let the battle down as the final product especially in that moon scene just comes off as rushed and the episode ended up being delayed anyway. Combine that with the awful effects and I have to give the animation a 5/10.

Conclusion

The conclusion starts off fairly well and does give adequate reasons as to why Diana won the fight but it also has its fair share of problems. For one they don't really give Diana anymore calculations and just rely on what has already been told in the analysis. The "Shattered God" feat essentially boils down to "Eh, its probably faster than what Mljonir has accomplished. Just take our word for it". Thankfully the 'Zoom' feat does back this up. They do give adequate reasons as to strength but they also pretty much said this in the analysis by giving both calculations in the analysis. There is also the problem with them bringing up Diana's weakness to piecing weapons considering that they have Thor's axe in the analysis. I understand that he normally wouldn't use it but some acknowledgement would've been nice especially considering the amount of people that actually bring this up. At the very least say something along the lines of "and even if Thor could exploit Diana's weakness to piercing weapons, her healing factor would take care of it for her". I give the conclusion a 6/10. Bringing the total score to 18/30 or 60%.