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mewtwowarrior ([personal profile] mewtwowarrior) wrote2007-10-17 07:48 pm

Fate/Stay Night Review

Here's another rambling, this time on an anime I finished recently.  I finished watching Fate/Stay Night last Friday, and enjoyed it very much!  ^_^

Title: Fate/Stay Night
Episodes: 24
Openings:
Opening # 1
Opening # 2
Cussing: Medium amount
Inappropriate Stuff: Very little
In America: Yes
Links:
Wikipedia Page
Archer's MySpace
Fate/Stay Night Curtain Raiser Trailer
Awesome Fate/Stay Night AMV


Fate/Stay Night is about what is called the Holy Grail War. This war takes place every so often, and this time, it's the 5th one. In every war, there are 7 magicians that each call 1 Servant, for a total of 7 Servants in each war. The Servants are heroes from all over time and the world. When there is only one magician and their Servant left, they win the war and can obtain the Holy Grail.

The show follows one magician in particular and his relationships with the other magicians, in battle and otherwise.

The characters are pretty cool, especially the Servants. There are a good amount of little plot twists that make the series mysterious and epic.

This series is one of my favorites, I found it very enjoyable, and will probably watch it again.

A note though, I have found out that it is based off of an adult hentai game. >_< That being said, the show is very clean, with very little inappropriateness, and what there is is pretty minor. An edited version, for everyone to play, of the game came out for Japanese PS2. The cussing is at a medium level, they don't cuss a horrible amount, but a few words here and there. If you go searching for information about the show, you have been warned about the hentai game in advance.

If you do watch the show, I recommend going and looking at the Wikipedia entry fairly in depth afterwards. It reveals the identities of the Servants that did not reveal their names in the show. It also talks about the different paths that happen in the adult game and the novels that follow. There even are some prequel novels that talk about the 4th Holy Grail War. Also, a PSP fighting game appears to be in the works.

That being said, if you do watch the show, it's fun to try and figure out the identities of the Servants before they are revealed (if they are revealed at all). I was wrong on all that I came up with a guess for. XD

All in all, it is an enjoyable series, and I recommend that if you are looking for an exciting anime with good characters and a bit of mystery that you watch Fate/Stay Night.