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Jan 15, 2016
Note: This is a review for both seasons.
Story: 1- Just as it says, the story is put simply...pathetic. It starts off with an hour long episode full of cringe worthy exposition. Where...get this...the majority of time that could be used for less wasteful things such as getting us to care about the characters is spent on more exposition, more exposition, and even more exposition. All the while they talk in circles! Oh but don't worry, you'll get even MORE exposition with each and every episode accompanied by cheap forced melodrama and pretentious preaching which holds little to no substance or value. Oh and can't
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forget about the dark nature of it. Because dark=good, right? Haha, yeah no...
Art: 5-Art is alright. Nowhere no as good as people make pukotable out to be. But it's okay if you like a bunch of wonky CGI clashing with a bunch of crappy excuses of character designs, I guess...
Sound: 6-Lol wow, can I say overrated? I was told Zero's music was great and...well it's really not. Don't get me wrong, it's good, just not great. Having Kenji Kawai instead would've really payed off here. Still, like I said, much like the animation it's still fine in it's own way, just not as good as it could've been.
Character: 1-And now we're back at the actually bad stages. These "characters" if they can even be called that lack two of the most basic factors, depth and development. Let's start off with depth, shall we? Most of these characters are either complete jerks or just not worth caring about. Listen Urobutchi, if you're going to randomly kill of your characters for pure shock value, AT LEAST MAKE US CARE! Then it might actually work...Anyway as a result, this ended up as darkness-induced audience apathy. I didn't care about any of the characters, so I didn't care if they all killed each other or not.
Now moving on to the MC, Kiritsugu and oh my...what an absolutely horrible character he was from start to finish. He has absolutely NO redeeming qualities to speak of. A man who is willing to betray his own family (I'll leave it at that as to not spoil anything) solely for his own personal gain. There is literally no reason to root for him, and honestly if I had cared about any of the other characters, I would've rooted against him. And when that happens both the writer and the character have failed in one of the most basic aspects of a story. However out of all the characters who originated in this show, there was a small beacon of hope, known as Rider. He was a very good character...in concept...Sadly Urobutchi didn't even do the best he could with him. Oh but don't worry the characters are ADULTS and that's ORIGINAL! That automatically makes them awesome! Again, no...maybe if they had actually been executed in a decent manner, I might have considered giving it points for that but they don't act any more like adults than the typical High School MC does so no...
Enjoyment: 1-Yeah, clearly I did not enjoy this. After all how does one enjoy something that fails at nearly every corner and turn of the road, and only barely passes in a small few areas? It was a complete and utter waste of time that I'll never get back.
Overall: 1-So, we've got exposition in circles, cheap and forced "drama" and "shock" value, a horrible main cast of characters that might as well be replaced with rocks, along with mediocre animation and music. Now compile all that with a story that tries so hard to be dark and doesn't end up as anything but laughable instead and you have yourself the big old waste of time that is known as Fate/Zero. This really does NOT live up to the undeserved hype. So if you haven't seen this yet, do yourself a favor, and AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS. Watching this would be a mistake and a horrible idea.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Jan 15, 2016
So among the filth that is Fate/Zero and Unlimited Blade Works (TV Version), I found this gem in the Fate series.
Story: 10-A thrilling ride from start to finish. It's pacing is on point, the action scenes don't drag on and you really feel the rush while they are occurring. Every now and again the story slows down for some Slice of Life moments to help build the characters and their depth, so you know...we actually care (something that this series prequel Fate/Zero failed horribly at). But after the slow scenes are over it picks up the pace again with smooth transitioning. Filled to the
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brim with interesting plot twists that were foreshadowed with excellent skill.
Art: 10-Art is just AMAZING. Both character design wise and animation wise. The character designs are all pretty and actually make them look like real people, unlike certain other studios *cough*ufotable*cough*. And the animation is crisp and fluid especially for 2006, it really adds to the epicness of the fights along with the music and already engaging story and characters. And some people say ufotable is better than DEEN...HAHAHA. DEEN is far superior to them in every way possible. And their great animation quality that isn't filled to the brim with crappy CGI proves it.
Sound: 10-Man oh man...how do I put this into words...put simply the music is epic. Not only does the legend Kenji Kawai improve all of the tracks from the VN (which were still decent enough even before being modified) but he adds some of his own songs to the OST as well, such as Unmei no Yoru, Tenchi Tou Hake, and La Sola. All of which are the greatest pieces of music in any FSN OST ever. The music is always played at exactly the right moment and fits the atmosphere of FSN very well. At times it can be intense, suspenseful, and eerie, other times it can be soothing calm and peaceful. And there are even times when it can be completely epic or heartbreakingly tragic.
Characters: 10-All around great characters, main and supporting casts both. Shirou as an MC and his development was handled with amazing care but I'll just let this quote of his speak for him "The weakness of wanting to die became the strength of wanting to live." He's also a supporting MC meaning he doesn't fight much and is more back up than anything, something you don't see often, especially not in anime of this nature. Then there's also other characters who don't come off as you expect them to or as they would first seem. Illya, Saber, Rin, Sakura, Kotomine, etc. Even Kirei gets to show off how great his character can be, something that Fate/Zero unfortunately was not capable of doing. All of these characters have an amazing amount of depth behind them which you will get to see as the series progresses.
Enjoyment: 10-Definitely enjoyed this one. It was a very interesting show which I don't regret watching at all. In fact, I would probably never get sick of rewatching it either, it just has that charm about it.
Overall: 10-A masterpiece of anime by Studio DEEN which deserves to be checked out. Great story supported by tons and tons of interesting well rounded characters, who each end up getting their own development in a different arc. Animated beautifully alongside and rocking OST, engaging and natural character reactions, and smooth plot twists at every turn, and what's not to love? Definitely a huge improvement upon the Visual Novel it was based on which suffered from only developing a very small closed in group of characters in different routes and completely ignoring all the others, leaving them out in the cold, Shirou's irritating and whiny monologues, and many other flaws which I won't get in to as this an anime review. Anyway, if you haven't gotten into the Fate series yet and are looking to start, this is the way to go. NEVER watch Fate/Zero and Unlimited Blade Works, and just go to the good one instead. I promise you, it's well worth it and that you won't regret it. It's nice knowing that underneath all that garbage, there was this masterpiece lying around just waiting for someone to experience it's glory. After this, I am most certainly willing to call the Studio DEEN, the best anime studio there is. Because if they can make something this incredible, then it's definitely true. So don't miss out on this masterpiece of an anime by this to-tier studio, go watch it ASAP.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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