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From Ashita no Joe to Megalobox and beyond, the cross-counter punch referenced in the climactic fight of Creed III is one of anime’s most heavily cited tropes. Here’s the rundown on the origins of the cross-counter punch.

Chung is well known as the creator of MTV’s Æon Flux. He also directed Cartoon Network’s tv film Firebreather, for which he won an Emmy for character design, and the “Matriculated” segment in the Matrix spin-off Rugrats, and served as lead character designer on series including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Japanese-Korean production Reign: The Conqueror. Space Adventure Cobra (1982–83, also known as Space Cobra), an anime series directed by Osamu Dezaki and Yoshio Take...