Fate/Zero (TV) Reviews
Fate/Zero
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Title(s): Fate/Zero
フェイト/ゼロ
Creator: Gen Urobuchi
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Magic, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Tournament
Age Group: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Vintage: October 2, 2011
Status: Still Airing
Summary: * Based on Urobuchi Gen and Type-Moon's Fate/Zero novel

The Holy Grail War - A death-match between 7 magi (Masters) and their summoned heroic spirits (Servants) in which the prize is the legendary Holy Grail, said to have the power to grant miracles.

This is now the 4th Holy Grail War. The 3 preceding Wars had ended without a victor. In pursuit of their individual goals and ambitions, the magi congregate at a place called Fuyuki. All the magi will do anything, rationalize away any atrocity, in pursuit of the Holy Grail.

All of them, but one...

Kotomine Kirei is a mage, but one without a reason to fight. Unable to release himself from the threads of fate, he is drawn reluctantly into this War.

However, as fate would have it, one of his rival Masters turns out to be an old enemy, Emiya Kiritsugu, a man more severe and merciless than anyone else. A man who desires the miracles offered by the Holy Grail...

~ translated and adapted from official site by Cranston

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Fate/Zero: Way more intense than Fate/Stay Night
Written by Little_Wolf-18 on May 1, 2012 at 7:52 AM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 4
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
13 eps is all you get from this, the supposed 110th ep is a Fairy Tail one somebody didn't check twice before uploading. D:

Review: This story is highly different from its predecessor Fate/Stay Night, and although IMO it can be more memorable if you have watched FSN before, it manages to stand alone well.
A mixture of action, fantasy, adventure, drama, horror, romance and comedy, Fate/Zero still succeeds in stepping aside from generic. The storyline is detailed with excellent flow, unfolding events and character development while still keeping its mysteries. There’s no cheap scenes in this; everything shown is important. Still, it’s not completed yet, so I’m crossing my fingers that the second season will prove to be just as good.

In relation to “Fate/Stay Night”, “Fate/Zero” manages to close a few plot holes, and those who watched FSN before will recognize the heroic spirits and a few of the events taking place, even though the spirits may seem a bit different – Saber for example seems more manly than in FSN. (Not sure if I should recommend watching FSN though; personally, I’m not all too keen on it ^^")

The characters are vibrant, interesting, and their dynamics and development are well thought-out so far. I appreciate there’s no wimpy main character this time (don’t think a second Shirou would have held out over the run of the whole anime! XD) The reasons behind each master’s quests for the grail are interesting to uncover, and it’s funny how much each servant either compliments or contrasts their master. If anyone wants to research on heroes, that can get quite funny too (just saying: Diarmuid of the Love Spot O.O). Dialogue is plentiful, but not over the top, and even a tad philosophical at times, which I greatly appreciate.

The animation’s 2011 quality, with detailed but not too exaggerated action. Each servant has a different fighting style so it doesn’t get tiring.

A great watch for Fate/Stay Night lovers, or action/fantasy lovers in general. Having watched FSN before, I found this to be more mature, better thought out and generally a more satisfying watch than FSN, though not everyone might agree with me there.


Last unrelated note @ the admins - please take note of the recent spamming of the site and do something against it. Dudes like those spammers are those who make all anime watchers look bad, and it's pissing me off.
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