Fate/stay night (TV) Reviews
Fate/stay night
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Title(s): Fate/stay night
Судьба: Ночь Схватки (Russian)
フェイト/ステイナイト (Japanese)
命運/停駐之夜 (Chinese (Taiwan))
페이트/스테이 나이트 (Korean)
Creator: Yuji Yamaguchi
Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Supernatural
Age Group: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Vintage: January 7, 2006
Status: Completed
Summary: Shirou Emiya lost his parents in a fire when he was young and was later adopted by a sorceror by the name of Kiritsugu Emiya. Although he was full of admiration for his adopted father and yearns to become an ally of justice, Shirou has limited powers and was unable to become a strong sorceror like his father. That is until one fateful day, he was drawn into the Holy Grail War and had to summon a female "Servant" known as Saber in order to protect himself. It turns out that the Holy Grail War involves a series of battles among powerful sorcerors to fight for the possession of a relic that will grant one's wishes, the Holy Grail. There are altogether seven "Masters" who can summon their respective "Servants" from different classes known as Saber, Archer, Rider, Berserker, Lancer, Caster and Assasin. These "Servants" have to hide their names in order not to reveal their weaknesses to the enemies. The story revolves around Shirou and his entanglement in the Holy Grail War.
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Written by Ginji015 on October 16, 2011 at 6:09 PM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 5
Dialogue: 3
Animation: 3
Entertainment: 3
One of the things that stands out about this anime is the story. Summoning heroes from different eras of time to help you reach your goal is quite an impressive spin on an anime that just captures people and makes you wanna learn more about them. In fact, it makes use of heroes serves as a sort of history lesson with a few tweets here and there but none the less offers more interest in the story. Also the heroes chosen are paralleled with their masters is also a neat twist in the story because the hero is also a sort of reflection of the masters themselves. Fate: Stay/Night's story is by far an impressive story with much to look forward.

Dialogue in the anime is rather stale. Basically motives and reasoning behind each character becomes repetitive and boring. Over time these reiterations can get annoying and push viewers from staying interested in the story. I felt more could have been done to make conversations more engaging but overall the dialogue was rather static.

The animation was decent but the story definitely evens this out.

As for the entertainment, the battles aren't the best but it keeps your attention enough to help you get to the next episode and keep the viewer in suspense. I felt their could have been more improvement in this department by watching the Servants battle it out strategically and their Masters incorporate magic to heighten the battle tension. However the fighting is rather straight forward and at sometimes dull looking. Some magic was used but not to the extent where the viewer could be like: "Damn that was tight!" If more time was spent on battles, it could have made this anime more interesting.

Final verdict, this anime is pretty average. The story is interesting but more consideration into the battle mechanics would definitely have made this series more hype. I quite enjoyed it nonetheless. If you are a hardcore anime watcher then this won't give you an adrenaline. I conclude by saying Fate: Stay/Night shines a new perspective on story creativity and it has potential to be better if they decide to do more with this series.
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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