I spent four hours this morning putting together a mod that swaps Energy Melee's animations for Kinetic Melee's to match a weeaboo character concept. You can find it on City Modder here:https://mods.cityofheroes.dev/mod/274 and I assume the moddingtool under the name Energy Melee to Kinetic Melee (Partial).
I can't seem to locate whatever animation is attached to Energy Punch (and Brawl, and like 20 different attacks), Power Crash, or Energy Transfer - that's where the four hours went.
This is basically for anyone who wants a more fluid, graceful Energy Melee.
Update 0.2.4: Had the wrong anim file for Bonesmasher executing while airborne; corrected. (2hsmash + air_smashcast)