Neon Mecha Wire Sword Combat

[Reference Images and Character Fix]

Refer to the character in the source reference image and maintain the same character in every cut. Reference images are used only for face, eye shape, iris color, chin, age, hairstyle, hair color, hair texture, costume, decoration, physique, overall silhouette, atmosphere, character color, and 3D rendering representation. The background, room, furniture, pose, angle, and framing of the reference image itself are not reproduced.

If there are multiple reference images, face references are prioritized for face, eyes, jaw, age, and identity, while clothing, decorations, physique, full-body silhouette, and weapons are prioritized for full-body references. Do not average, mix, or simplify features. Alienation, costume swapping, hair color change, cloning, clones, additional characters, and extra limbs are prohibited. The only things that can change during battle are dignified expressions, gazes, mouths, postures, breathing, and natural swaying of hair, costumes, and decorations.

If the reference image shows a single sword and a single scabbard, its shape, design, and color scheme are preserved. If not, simply add a single sword and a single scabbard that naturally integrate into the reference character's outfit, cultural sphere, decorations, and color scheme. Dual-wielding and additional weapons are prohibited.

[Worldview & Visual Style]

Neon-lit city at night, valley among skyscrapers. A continuous cinematic 3D animation featuring one reference character and a massive dark combat mech, featuring ultra-fast wire swordplay.

High-end quality with the style of an urban fantasy action RPG. It brings the film's theatrical-level hand-drawn animation density to 3D, maintaining delicate key animations, fine outlines, 2–3 layers of clear shadows, high-quality composites, transparent lighting, and high-density background art. Dense depictions include hair, eyes, costumes, embroidery, decorations, blades, metal, mechanical armor, and even wet city surfaces. The fabric has an elegant subtle sheen, while the sword and mechanism reflect hardness.

Backgrounds, architectural designs, metal beams, signboard shapes, decorative particles, blade light, wire light, sparks, mechanical luminous parts, and ambient lighting are adjusted according to the reference character's cultural sphere, personality, costume motif, and main and secondary colors. However, the nighttime high-rise neon city, giant mechs, battle routes, fixed beams, attack targets, and cut-up configurations remain unchanged. The background of the reference image itself is not duplicated.

Character colors are prioritized, with soft main lighting for the face that makes skin and hair easy to read, and a thin secondary color from the reference image used for shadows. The background is a low-saturation night scene, and colors that conflict with the character's main color are limited to secondary colors. It uses a shallow depth of field, but the face, eyes, sword, wire, and hitpoints are always clear. Thick outlines, low-budget TV anime, flat cel animation, low-density backgrounds, non-personalized CG, photoreal, live-action, semi-live, muted colors, average faces, and mixed art styles are prohibited.

[Overall Action]

The character never stops moving, passing wire tension, gravity, body rotation, and the recoil of each slash to the next attack. Only six attacks are clearly hit on screen. The order is fixed.

First Hit: Right Knee Exterior
Second Strike: Exposed Internal Knee Joint
Third Strike: Right Shoulder Exterior
Fourth Strike: Exposed Internal Shoulder Drive Section
Fifth Hit: Back Core Cover
Sixth Strike: Core Outer Shell and Internal Control Layer
He accelerates in a rhythm of double hits, double hits, double strikes, and finally cuts just before the seventh hit.
【Cut 1】
From the start, both the character and the giant mech are shown simultaneously, and the character is already moving at high speed. The character is pulled by two glowing wires extending to the glass wall and the metal beam overhead, and approaches the mech's right knee in a low posture. The camera runs diagonally from the lower front to the middle frame, reading the face, both eyes, chest, the sword in the right hand, two wires, and the enemy's right knee.
He kicked the glass wall once to accelerate, then immediately released both wires and completely retracted them. After two of them disappear from the screen, a single new glowing wire is fired from the left wrist onto a fixed metal beam above and behind the enemy, marking the fixed point and the stretched line.
The first blow. A low horizontal cut to the exterior of his right knee with pendulum acceleration from a single wire. The contact points are clearly visible, the knee armor splits left and right, and the internal joints are exposed. Short hit accent of 0.03–0.05 seconds.

Instead of stopping the sword with the rebound of the first blow, he slashed back with a small strike at his wrist, shoulder, and waist. Second strike. A short reverse kesa slash to the exposed internal knee joint on the same trajectory. Sparks and small pieces of armor fly, and his right knee sinks one step. Converts reaction into upward rotation.

【Cut 2】

A natural shielding wipe that crosses the sunken right knee and forearm in front of the lens. I handed the camera to the mid-range at a diagonal side. Maintain the same single wire, same fixed beam, and pendulum track, moving diagonally upward from the knee to the right shoulder.

The third blow. Using waist rotation and rising speed, a sharp diagonal upward slash hits the right shoulder exterior. Only the shoulder armor is cut open, exposing the internal shoulder drive section. Short hit accents. The rebound directly leads to a pull in his right elbow and a reverse rotation of his upper body.

The fourth strike. Without swinging, a short horizontal sweep is made toward the exposed internal shoulder drive section. The light from the drive unit is disrupted, and the right arm is bounced far outward. Use the repelled arm for shielding and eye guidance, then circle the core side of the back with the same single wire.

【Cut 3】

A shielding wipe that crosses the right shoulder and torso in front of the lens. Pass the camera to the lower four-thirds on the back side. Maintains the same single wire, fixed beam, and pendulum arc, and moves continuously upward behind without teleporting.

Fifth strike. A quick horizontal cut to the rear core cover at the tangential speed of the pendulum. The two covers fly left and right, exposing the glowing core. Short hit accents. Without swinging too widely, connect the rebound to the reverse rotation of the wrist, shoulder, and waist.

Sixth strike. Using a stretched single wire and gravity, it stretches its body diagonally downward toward the core, then delivers a sharp reverse slash from top to bottom, deeply slashing into the core's outer shell, damaging the internal control layer. Only the sixth hit was clearly stopped for about 0.1 seconds. A thin X-shaped crack runs along the core, flickering violently but not going off.

The mecha lowered its injured knee, dropped its shoulder, and staggered greatly, but managed to hold its feet on the opposite leg, keeping its head sensor lit. The moment he turns his upper body toward the character, the next driving part from the base of his neck to the upper chest is exposed. Complete collapse, disappearance, guaranteed destruction, massive explosion, full-screen flash, and full armor disassembly are prohibited.

【Cut 4】

The reaction from the sixth hit directly connects to the next combo. Unwind the current single wire and wind it completely. The moment his body begins to leave his core, he points his left wrist toward the opposite elevated support frame and fires a new wire. After the old lines are completely removed, a new fixed point, a strongly stretched line, characters, and the exposed neckline to the upper chest drive are clearly displayed on the same screen.

With new tension, the direction of departure is reversed, and the same staggering machine is cut back diagonally forward and upward. A shielding wipe that passes the shoulder armor through the foreground. The camera doesn't pull far, but shifts to a mid-to-close view diagonally above the chest and waist. Align both eyes, face, chest, shoulders, and the direction of the sword in a straight line toward the next drive unit.

Hold the handle firmly with your right hand, with the blade facing the outside of your body. He folds his elbows, lowers his center of gravity, sharply rotates his hips, and accelerates toward the seventh strike, a diagonal slash. Just before the blade touches the target, the video cuts at the moment the speed increases further. No contact, impact sounds, or damage results are shown. Landing, Delivery