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| Buy | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | Dreamer | # |
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Here's another one I watched a while back but failed to comment on. I rewatched it so I can give a proper review. Art, Animation & Character Designs The art was done really well. It had high details with rich colors. At times, the artwork was really breathtaking. Animation was equally as good. As for character designs, really well done with high amount of details as well. Although you ha some stereotypical character designs, they were still well done if not better than most. Music The OP was really good. It was an alternative-pop piece with female vocals. The rest of the music was nothing special but fit well with the series. Series and Episode Story The plot had some great potential. Potential because even though it was good, it didn't seem as dramatic as one would think it to be as they're watching through the first several episodes. This is not to say that it crapped out near the end, but rather, it seemed the beginning had more "bang" than the ending. I loved how each character had a servant with which to do battle amongst each other. Some of fights scenes were top notch with extreme details and fast action. The character developments were good with enough background given that it keeps all them interesting. Overall, it was a darn good anime. My only real complaint was the plot had serious potential but somehow fell short for me. For others, it might be a perfect anime. It's still worth a buy however. Last updated Sunday, May 10 2009. Created Sunday, May 10 2009. | ||||||||
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Through 19 episodes... Finally watching and episode blogging this series.Last updated Saturday, May 30 2009. Created Friday, May 01 2009. | ||||||||
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I just started watching this one this week. I must admit I was impressed with the animation the storyline and the characterization. This one I will for sure watch more of. Just the new one I was looking for.
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| Buy | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | Marcus | # |
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Fate/stay night is an interesting and very entertaining series that stays true to many of the fantasy/high-school/ The characters are familiar, yet with subtle twists: Shirou is an honest 'nice guy' lead, yet is not weak or cowardly. And despite having girls all around him is not a lech and never tries anything. Rin is confident, brash and assertive, without being an obnoxious snot. Fuji-nee is perky without being a ditz. Sakura is probably the closest to a typical harem girl, shy and submissive, but even she has a great strength that manifests over time. The Servants are ruthless fighters, yet each has a unique, human personality to balance this. In all, these characters feel more like real people and less like the exaggerated stereotypes we see too often in anime. The fantasy element is another plus, with the different abilities of each Servant used to good effect, ensuring the battle scenes never become boring or predictable. And the series doesn't hide the fact that this is a war; people die and suffer realistic injuries, lending a certain dramatic intensity to events. These more serious elements are well-balanced with some light romance, comedy, and character development. While there are clear harem overtones, there is little if any sex, nudity or "oh I just walked in while you were changing clothes" fan-service. And unlike most harem, the girls do not pointlessly throw themselves at Shirou; rather he seems to have more believable, platonic, relationships with them. These slight differences keep the series from falling into boring cliches, even if the story development is a little predictable. The art and animation are generally well-done, although it is clear that we had a male production team behind this. The main females (Saber, Iliya, Sakura and especially Rin) are all beautiful and fluidly animated, whereas males such as Shirou have very basic designs. In all, a very good series, and proof that you can still make great anime within strict genre conventions. Well done Fate/stay night! Last updated Tuesday, July 29 2008. Created Friday, May 16 2008. | ||||||||
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I have a love hate relationship with this series. And it aggravates me so. The story sets up nicely. We get to know all the characters. The rules are set for the game. There a nice balance between action and information. As the plot progresses throughout the series, things don't develop quite the way you'd expect them to. There's a little bit of irony involved and I was genuinely surprised at some points. The blatant attempts at humor fall drastically short of the mark, it's really just not funny, but there are smaller subtle moments that elicit a smile. Shirou, our main character, is a stupid sexist git. He stays a stupid git though ultimately he makes the right decision. (rolls eyes) But perhaps I'm biased because this is a harem type series and thusly I hate the way they set everything to revolve around his stupid git character. For instance, I absolutely hate the decision that Rin (and ultimately Archer) made. I know all the girls in the harem are supposed to love Shirou and what not and that Shirou is the main character. But I absolutely hate it. However, the VA for Archer is so bad ass. Even though he was speaking Engrish pretty much, the effect came across very cool. His battle with Berseker is the best hands down. It was almost worth it. Lol at the quasi ero scene. Very suggestive dialogue-wise, no nudity of course...unless I just have a dirty mind. Towards the end I became somewhat unsatisfied. You're hit with twist after twist, and the rules are broken, changed. They insert a stupid episode where he goes on a date with Saber, yea, it's a dating sim spinoff, but honestly? I was angry that a such a serious and magical series had devolved into...a dating sim. And then, and then the series goes and completely blows me away with the ending. There's a kind of interesting study there, to see the fall of heroes, how the selfless...become selfish. I don't know, I didn't fully quite grasp why I liked it so much. I was so tired of Shirou by then I just wanted it to end, so I'll have to watch it again. But I like it a lot. Though what happened with Saber made me cry. Heh. So, put up with stupid Shirou, and the rule breakage and whatnot and you'll end up with a pretty nice series. the OP and EP are pretty (though that changes later). The rest of the OST is sweet, mostly sorrowful, soulful melodies, some of which remind me of kyuuketsuki miyu sometimes. Last updated Monday, October 09 2006. Created Sunday, October 08 2006. | ||||||||
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Drama : Low / High (It gets higher with every episode) Comedy : Med Action : High Scifi : High Ecchi : Low Of course since this is from Tsukihime's makers I am going to watch this through. I am mad that they used Deen instead of JC Staff. Emiya looks like a girl. Rin looks nice but I am getting evil Satsuki from Tsukihime. Animation is ok the backgrounds are incredible but the characters are just shy of triangle face. Now that it's over, all in all, it's good. But Tsukihime is better. More drama packed into 13 episodes and Shirou didn't get any and he had up to 5 girls living in his house! Damn Shiki (from Tsukihime) got more than him. What I liked about it:
R1 Release Notes Ok I've got the 1st R1 of this. Not bad. For voices Saber is deep, Rin is normal, Sakura is squeaky, and Ilya is just a little chiyo chan. The one who steals the show so far is Taiga-Sensei, her VA hams it up good. Episodes
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Other Sites
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| Official Japanese Series Web Site | http://www.staynight.com/ |
| Wikipedia entry for this series | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/stay_night |
| Wikipedia entry for TYPE-Moon | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TYPE-MOON |
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