up to what i've seen, there haven't been many battles per se, and the ones shown have been shown for strategic reasoning other than showing an all out battle... in one of the melees, they faught hand to hand it was pretty good i must say.. don't know if the battles get better after it (it probably should since it's such a long OVA, that the animation and such should've improved throught the years)... the strength behind this anime is the plot, the events, and the political struggle.. at least atm...