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Average 4.3
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Fuck yeah! It finally started in the following setting,  look like the mother of Illyasviel. Actually I confirmed it that she is from her appearance. I was not sure at first. Regardless she is gorgeous in the spoiler Kiritsugu’s intro here was top notch to show his bad ass stoic emotions. While his servant symbol looked most amazing here. His face close up just shows how the art gets most amazing in this series. The castle covered in snow here was splendid scenery to show off. Of course the logo in the spoiler On the other hand Rin when she small was cute in the following,  that little brat attitude of Rin. She was very adorable in the spoiler The graphics are mouth watering! On par and perhaps will be better than Fate/Stay Night This is the anime of 2011/2012! This is a message to all: if you think you have seen it all in Fate S/N, I think this series will be far more grotesque and bloodier. For one there is a person in there that is the sickest shit on earth. I feel ashamed as a human not being able to stop this shit before he makes history (well I was not born anyway so too bad) but not saying that person or anything about that person till that person shows up. For 2 they say a first fight is bloodier than what ever it may follow. In other words I have a feeling this fight is what made the 5th fight perhaps far more softer despite that it was not. Point being this series may be far more bloodier than the one after it. This may prove entertaining at the same time to watch the Carnival Phantasm to alleviate some trauma caused by the series. You all have no fucking idea how much disgust and shit happened to me when I saw that one part with the heart in the movie with Gilgamesh. G-R-O-S-S! No more no less. There will be far more of that, censors may come in for sure. Loved seeing Rin’s mother in the spoiler Poor Kariya here being abused and fed shit from Zoken. That piece of shit Zoken should die just the way he looks here. Kariya just looks terrible with those worms. They really make him look terrible. I totally knew that Waver did something to the old people in the spoiler Waver’s servant symbol. I really loved Sakura being hugged by Kariya in the spoiler In regards to the ED, seeing Illyasviel dancing around was nice and her with her daughter here was very cute. Looks like they introduce the master of Lancer and poor Sakura here being locked up. Makes me think of how Victorique’s mother got abused in Gosick. Some imagery from the ED in the spoiler |
Yumekichi11Oct 2, 2011 3:49 AM
Yumekichi11 said: Of course, glorious 360p is fabulous.The graphics are mouth watering! |
OrochiPLOct 1, 2011 9:48 AM
| レッツゴー ED イケイケゴーゴー |
OrochiPL said: Yeah even for streaming, usually they look like shit but this is another story. Might as well watch the whole series 3 times then a 4th time on BD, it sure out-pawns a lot of other series.Yumekichi11 said: Of course, glorious 360p is fabulous.The graphics are mouth watering! |
Yumekichi11 said: Your mouth must water easily.OrochiPL said: Yeah even for streaming, usually they look like shit but this is another story. Might as well watch the whole series 3 times then a 4th time on BD, it sure out-pawns a lot of other series.Yumekichi11 said: Of course, glorious 360p is fabulous.The graphics are mouth watering! |
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| I really enjoyed that they did quite a bit of talking in it explaining everything. Some people will complain about the lack of action in the opening episode but they followed the novel pretty damn well. It definitely lived up to what I was expecting so far. Also, for those of you who have only watched the F/SN anime done by DEEN and never touched the VN...Heaven's Feel was just spoiled for you in this episode. Oh well..such is life. |
| Ok™ |
| The streaming wasn't that great, but... That animation. The atmosphere is great. |
| Great ep I enjoyed everything about it.. I actually really liked the opening it got me so psyched for the rest of the series. |
Llama765Oct 1, 2011 11:05 AM
HawthorneKitty said: Actually no, I think it has to do with the art style. It tends to stay much more fluid even at low resolution. Perhaps it has to do with its linings. This would be therefore something amazing for people not being able to handle the high resolutions as they bitch less about the quality of it. Well that is a major IMO but seeing that I have seen lots of streaming, I may be right but that is just my opinion.Yumekichi11 said: Your mouth must water easily.OrochiPL said: Yeah even for streaming, usually they look like shit but this is another story. Might as well watch the whole series 3 times then a 4th time on BD, it sure out-pawns a lot of other series.Yumekichi11 said: Of course, glorious 360p is fabulous.The graphics are mouth watering! |
| Very nice first ep. Can't wait for the next. |
| and so the best anime of this season started |
| Finally the long wait is over! Probably one of the most unbearable waiting time I ever had. McRib said: I really enjoyed that they did quite a bit of talking in it explaining everything. Some people will complain about the lack of action in the opening episode but they followed the novel pretty damn well. It definitely lived up to what I was expecting so far. Also, for those of you who have only watched the F/SN anime done by DEEN and never touched the VN...Heaven's Feel was just spoiled for you in this episode. Oh well..such is life. Yea having read the VN n the zero novels I totally enjoyed this entire episode. The conversations between kirei and rin and sakura and kariya makes me so sad esp when I know what's going to come later on. Despite being 360p the graphics r definitely awesome, so glad ufotable handled it instead of DEEN. The opening song "oath sign" ain't too bad too, although I still prefer disillusion. Hopefully the coming action is rendered in the amazing quality of the opening song. Anyway that was a great way to end off the 1h special with saber's awesome phrase. Looking forward to the next ep! |
| I was worried how the first episode was going to turn out since it was pretty dialogue and backstory heavy, but it was actually well done. This is going to be a really interesting 24 weeks. ufotable, awesome job. |
ShockedOct 1, 2011 10:14 PM
| I love you ufotable. |
| Lovely first episode. Can't wait to see it again in HD~ |
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| Lots and lots of story but they got it all done in this [extended] episode so that's cool. NicoNico's subs could use a little bit more editing for minor things. |
| Eh, that they were competent enough to use "renege" in proper context (something that most native speakers cannot accomplish) shows me that other than minor errors, the translation should be a good one. |
| This was fantastic. While it was very information heavy, spoilerish for people who didn't finish Fate/Stay Night (I only watched half of it), and dialogue heavy, I still appreciated the world building, beautiful artwork (even in 360p), and character establishing. Everyone has a reason for participating in the Holy Grail War. Its really going to be sad for me to see some of the characters demises... I don't know who to root for! They're all interesting! Can't wait for more. |
| Got what I expected of the first episode. I'm completely satisfied even if it was all just review of what we already know. Dat Kariya |
| Loved it. The final 7 minutes is just EPIC. and DAMN YOU ZOUKEN~~~ |
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webkid94 said: Am i missing someone, or has the 7th haven't been revealed yet? Lol, he's been revealed in the OP sequence, the last master is going to be revealed in the 2nd episode according to the preview. |
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| So, like, the OP and ED are both better than the actual episode. That's all I wanted to say. And now I'mma stay away from here until the last episode in order to be safe from possible spoilers. Have fun o7 |
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Oosran said: And now I'mma stay away from here until the last episode in order to be safe from possible spoilers. Have fun o7 Wise decision. I hope you can enjoy Fate/Zero without any spoilers. |
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KrazyKobun said: I am rooting for only the survivor, not worth to tear out when you know most of the characters will be gone. Rooting also for Archer/Saber. Everyone has a reason for participating in the Holy Grail War. Its really going to be sad for me to see some of the characters demises... I don't know who to root for! They're all interesting! Can't wait for more. Might be rooting for some girls but yeah it is sad when you know who dies and who does not even when they are born in this series. It's insane. |
| so glad ive spent the past week going through the heavens fell route (the only one i hadnt already done) whoa this is gonna be good, oddly enough Kotomine (one of my least favs) is looking to be one of my preffered chars.... too much saber in the ep >.> ILYA!!!! need moar ILYA!!!! Waver and Rider are definatly gonna some of my fav chars from this show |
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| A really good start. 6 of 7 masters introduced 4 of 7 servants summoned! a really nice back story and start! Rin, sakura, and illya when they were young were cute! Rin still her tsudere self hehe! |
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ThinkEric said: I really love the art and animation not to mention the music. Definitely a top contender for anime of the year. My hope is that it will be a contender for best anime....ever |
| A really good episode here, almost all the masters were introduced, Kariya looks better than i imagined, and the worms even more creepier. Only 2 complains about the episode. 1st. Tokiomi and Risei walking in circles around Kirei was stupid (my opinion) 2nd, The op is good, not a masterpiece but... even so saber flying/spinning and destroying a good portion of fuyuki with the excalibur was ridiculous. worst part of the op. And saber fighting against assassin looks interesting, but i think this will never happen (if the story follows the light novel) |
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Gamaliel said: 1st. Tokiomi and Risei walking in circles around Kirei was stupid (my opinion) I'm happy that I wasn't the only that noticed this scene was stupid. My thoughts about the episode: - Nice, good introductory episode. A bit slow and I would dare to say tiring at some points, but overall, it accomplished its objective - Seems like the OST will be a nice one. This is only the first episode, so I can't assure anything, but there some quite nice pieces. The last one, though, was definitely great and already makes me all excited. - THAT ANIMATION! - Nice overview of the characters Looking forward to the next one. |
Gamaliel said: This so much. I thought that that was just me.1st. Tokiomi and Risei walking in circles around Kirei was stupid (my opinion) I know that they're trying to make up for the fact that this is a very dialogue-heavy and action-light episode, but they really shouldn't have done that. I mean it just came across as a very clumsy way of trying to invoke the old walk-and-talk. Maybe it would have worked if the circle wasn't perfectly choreographed, and if Tokiomi would have just put the wine down. Still, it was a good episode. |
| ZOKEN!!!! ALL OF MY RAGE!!!! FUCK YOU!!! Now that's I've gotten that out of the way.... Kariya is the only really decent person in this show. Waver is decent, and so is... what's his name... Saber's master. FUCK YOU ZOKEN!!!! Sorry, I can't help myself. He basically said that Sakura cried and screamed at first, but after a while, she couldn't even raise her voice. |
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| EPIC, SO FUCKING EPIC. Damn, I just cried when Saber said "I ask of you: Are you my master?" or something like this. Best anime of the year. |
Yumekichi11 said: I have no idea who survives...KrazyKobun said: I am rooting for only the survivor, not worth to tear out when you know most of the characters will be gone. Rooting also for Archer/Saber. Everyone has a reason for participating in the Holy Grail War. Its really going to be sad for me to see some of the characters demises... I don't know who to root for! They're all interesting! Can't wait for more. Might be rooting for some girls but yeah it is sad when you know who dies and who does not even when they are born in this series. It's insane. |
| This show. I am watching so hard. |
| It was much better than the first one thats for sure, just looking at the art and animation. I wasn't much of a fan of the fate/stay night (I still liked it though) but I think this will be amazing, animation is important in a action show and it has much better animation/art. I think the walking around part was just so it didn't seem so static. Also quit bitching about 360p. Its super fast, free and legit. Nico Nico douga rules. I can't believe some are still considering bootlegging. |
| Art/Animation is amazing for this. Not sure if i'll enjoy this to the fullest potential since watching Fate/stay night kind of tells you the ending. |
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| The ending was cool. The bugs grossed me out. That's probably all I got out of it since I'm not a huge F/S N fan. |
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| hate....bugs.... love....backstory....in....this....prequel HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH |
Rarokko said: Damn, I just cried when Saber said "I ask of you: Are you my master?" or something like this. Same here *w* And yeah, FUCKING EPIC ANIME IS EPIC ! Can't wait for the second episode :3 |
| what an awesome summoning of all the servants!! man fate/zero is too epic!! hyped for the next ep! |
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| whahahaha I accedently pressed "hated it" when I was going to press vote and had loved it checked... going throw my self in to a fire now :( |
| Where is everyone watching this? I tried nicovideo but there is all this text in the way. |
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| YES!! I started! And I got say, what an awesome first episode! It's been a very, very long time since I've been so impressed by an anime's first episode. I am totally loving every second of it. For the record, I am currently playing the VN, but I'm only on Unlimited Blade Works. I guess I'll have a lot of Heaven's Feel spoiled for me, eh? |
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