It has good cjharacters but plot seem incomplete for me....
Fate/stay night tv Review
Fate/stay night was originally a game developed by TYPE-MOON, and is also the first creation which TYPE-MOON made after going into business (instead of being a group of Doujinshi artists).
Seven Masters, Seven Servants. Only one can correspond to the Holy Grail.
In the legend, the Holy Grail is an artifact that can make your wishes come true, in order to summon the Holy Grail, a ceremonial is required. The seven Masters chosen by the Holy Grail will be granted the seven Servants chosen by the Holy Grail: Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Caster, Assassin, and Berserker. The Master must prove him/herself that he or she is the only one qualified to use the Holy Grail. In other words, he or she must defeat all the other Masters to prove him/herself.
Shiro Emiya lost his parents in a fire when he was young, and was adopted by a magician, even though he denied teaching Shiro magic, the un-talented Shiro still master a little. When the magician died, Shiro remained a worthless magician. Entangled with the "War of the Holy Grail" by accident, Shiro was granted the Servant "Saber" and was chosen to be one of the seven Masters.
Credits: kulthuzard
NOTES:
- Alternative retelling from the perspective of different characters will be merged here.
- Tag only what you see! e.g. do NOT add the "Saber" tag if only Saber Alter is in the image.
Story & Characters
The synopsis is pretty clear in explaining what exactly the anime is about, so I'll spare you the time to read another synopsis.
After watching the last episode today, the anime did fairly well to meet my expectations. As a hentai-game adaption I wasn't expecting it to be superb, but I also wasn't expecting it to be utter crap either because of what I had read about it. Thankfully the anime proved to be quite a satisfying watch.
From the synopsis you can probably determine that this anime will have quite a bit of fighting in it, and what's great is the action doesn't disappoint. The story about the Holy Grail war helps to liven up the action between characters in the anime. Because unlike regular shonen anime where fight scenes occur just because it'd be cool to see how powerful the hero in the anime becomes or whatever, FSN puts fight scenes in where they fit and actually gives greater purpose to the action on screen. As the anime progresses, Shirou becomes more aware of what he is involved in and what he must do. And because of this, his relationship with Saber grows stronger with each fight. I won't go into too much detail about Shirou and Saber's relationship, because part of what makes the anime good is the way Shirou and Saber interact. You can find out and enjoy for yourselves!
Shirou also has other companions (besides Saber) in the anime and none more important than Tohsaka Rin. Rin assists Shirou (even though they are both servants fighting the same war) and is a huge part of Shirou's development throughout the anime. Shriou himself is quite an ignorant idiot and there are points in the anime where you ask yourself why Shirou is even the main character, but Rin is there to be the wiser of the two and make sure Shirou is on the right path. With Shirou and Rin there is again another nice combination of characters in the anime.
Overall the anime has a fairly decent story line. However, if the anime were to possess more intriguing plot twists, or at least a few side characters that add to the story (the only one that displayed any real importance was basically Ilya) then the rating I would give would be higher, but not by much. There were parts in the anime that were kind of cheezy and there were others where you would question how that was even possible, but in the end I was quite impressed with what I saw.
Rating:
Art
The art in the anime is actually quite well done. I'm not an artist so I can't critique the art too critically, but for simplicity's sake I liked what I saw. The fighting effects were very impressive, especially the nobel phantasms (you'll learn about those if you watch the anime :P).
I really liked the character design, from Shirou's casual clothes, all the way to Archer's red trench coat and Rider's sexy one piece leather suit. Rin was my favorite character, I absolutely loved her outfit and her hairstyle and her sexy green eyes! Throughout the anime characters and their design were both superb. Everything in the anime looked great actually, the artists did quite well to make the characters and surroundings look slightly more realistic than other general anime.
Overall the art was pretty good, I didn't really notice any parts in particular where the art was flawed or distorted so bad that it made me cringe or anything. But don't take my judgement too seriously, what I think looks good may just be medicore to an actual artist with far greater talent than myself (not that I have any to begin with)! haha.
Rating:
Sound
When I watched the first episode and heard Shirou's voice the first time, I immediately thought, 'great another Sasuke.' but to my surprise the voice actor for Shirou was casted quite appropriately. The rest of the voice actors fit their character's roles very well, I especially felt that with Fuji-nee and Rin's voice actors.
As for music, I have yet to listen to the OST for the series, however from what I can remember the BG music was all right, nothing spectactular as you can tell, otherwise I would have remembered and made a better comment :P. The OP and ED themes, on the other hand, I actually enjoyed. I especially liked the ending theme, and also the other 2 ending themes that were presented only once each. The opening themes are decent, if I had to choose I would say the 2nd theme is better than the 1st. Both the opening themes are quick paced songs, which help pump the viewers up for an expected action packed episode.
Rating:
Presentation
Though the conclusion of the anime was quite predictable, I did enjoy watching the series. The action was what kept me hooked. Again, being based off a H-game there wasn't really anything too great expected, however for those of you who stopped watching Naruto and/or Bleach due to fillers, you can choose to pick up this series to help cope with the missing action from your viewing library for the time being.
The anime itself was not strictly all action, there were parts of humor, parts that were saddening, and parts where only dialogue was very intruiging. In the end, I'm sure those who start and finish the series will be fairly impressed with the final product. There was always something happening each episode and at the end kept me wanting to watch the next one as soon as I could. If you're looking for a interesting action anime besides the incredibly popular ongoing series of Bleach and Naruto, then I'd recommend this to you. I'm sure you won't be disappointed if you decide to watch the whole thing through.
Cheers!
Rating:
Final Verdict
7.5000 (good)
Reviewed by maikusama, Jun 21, 2006
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