Fate/Zero #01b — Summoning
October 1st, 2011
Yeah, I can’t think of a witty title either.
As a side note, there was a commercial for the next episode of Carnival Phantasm during the airing that had Saber dressed up as a maid running around and Caster rolling around the floor. I think it had more animation in those 15 seconds as Kiritsugu had for the entire one hour affair.
Impressions:
Okay, time to struggle for remaining things to say. Almost the entirety of this first hour long episode is just exposition and setup, most of which is likely unneeded due to the series being what it is. The characters should drive the story, not the story drive the characters, and only really Waver and Kariya of all characters were really doing that. Kariya sacrificing himself for Sakura’s sake and Waver being… well… Waver are about the only particularly interesting parts so far because they’re the only two characters who really did anything or showed any kind of engagement to what was going on. Ending with a big ol’ cluster-montage of the different mages all summoning their Servants just reinforces that. Everything else was just explaining the Grail War and introducing the other characters and setting through the power of exposition. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. Whenever I can turn up the volume and walk out of the room for minutes at a time and miss nothing, a show is completely squandering its medium.
Hopefully things will get better next week. UFOTable did have some impressive promos for this show, but so far it has not lived up to any of them. It has reiterated a setting that almost everybody who would watch the show already knows about in an exceedingly boring fashion. Things don’t need to begin with explosions and bangs, but there is a world of difference between engaging storytelling and 40 minutes of "Monotone Heads In a Wide Angle Lens."
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i don’t know why people are so excited to see this . The original show was great but why make a prequel 1 reason to milk money. we all know what happens pretty much just another boring show with a ton of hype that will be nothing but a good old flop. should have just made a sequel to fate stay night would have been a much better idea. prequels blow period.
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October 1st, 2011 at 1:49 pm
For fans who have read the novel, this is a big thing. While I agree that their could be a potential amazing idea, having read the novel, I must tell you that I believe this is more than them just milking money out of the series. There is a more serious tone in this, more cut throat tactics, and overall I think the back stories of the characters are done really well. If this applies, try to think of it like halo reach to the halo trilogy. We are all entitled to our opinion, I’m just saying that if you liked the original, then this should be a treat. ;)
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October 1st, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Well for one thing, the Fate/Zero novel is almost as good, or even surpasses the Visual Novel of Fate/Stay Night. So having it being made into an anime, by Ufotable of all people; it’s bound to be epic.
And besides, the anime of Fate/Stay Night is laughable, if you’ve actually played the Visual Novel. The reason this is getting so much hype is because of its producer. Kara no Kyoukai, another of Type-Moon’s works, was adapted spectacularly by Ufotable. Studio Deen handled F/SN’s anime but you know how well THAT turned out.
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October 2nd, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Ted, you know nothing.
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October 3rd, 2011 at 11:32 pm
I thought the original was mediocre at best, but when I read about Fate/Zero I was much more excited. No more of that “People die when they are killed” crap, always hated the protagonist of the original; though I liked most of the other characters. (Talking about the anime here)
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