An Entertaining Action Anime Well Worth The Price
I found this series to be both entertaining and very enjoyable to watch. The short storyline is every few decades a sort of magical tournament is held where the victor after defeating or killing their enemies is granted one wish from the holy grail but only if that person is worthy to truly have the wish granted. The person who is usually a magician summons a spirit to fight for them the spirit is someone who shares their summoners personality and ideals to the most point. Also the summoned spirit is also granted their wish if they and their master win the tournament thus causing the servant to do their best to obtain victory. Thus Shirou a high school student with some unlearned magical abilities unwittingly becomes one of the combatants in the tournament. The story for me also seemed to have a more adult version of Pokeman in it but instead of some kid saying "I choose You" the master summons the spirit servant to fight for them. The animation was great nicely detailed and...
Fate Stay Night
Since I am personally somewhat of a TYPE-MOON fan (company that is responsible for producing the Fate/Stay Night PC game this anime is based on) I give this show a 5-star rating, something I rarely give out. I'm not a total TYPE-MOON fanatic though, I haven't played either of their PC games Fate/Stay Night or Tsukihime since I can't read Japanese and/or can't find the games. So I think most people will enjoy this show whether they already knew about it or not. I've only seen this disc with the first 4 episodes on it (out of 24) not the whole series, so that is what this review will be based on.
Story-wise I say Fate/Stay Night gets a 5 out of 5. It's not a perfect 5, and it's not some all-time classic, but it's quite interesting and will almost certainly continue developing in the same intruiging fashion that TYPE-MOON has become famous for. Directing is probably the weakest area of this show, I'd give it 3 or 4 stars. It's still fairly good, but the thing that annoys me...
This anime is what more action anime's should strive to be.
Fate/Stay night fought an uphill battle for a few years to get released stateside and I had always heard about the craze for it in Japan, so needless to say I was ecstatic when it was finally brought oversea's a little over a year ago. Of course it was extremelly limited and I had to fight tooth and nail to compelte the collection, but with this new package it can be yours easily.
As for the series itself, its a simple premise, but one with slight nuances and touches that make it interesting enough to sit through. Seven people who are themselves Magus'(people controlling the elements and magic) must summon themselves each one servant to do their fighting in a sort of battle royale to determine which is worthy to recieve the ultimate prize, the Holy Grail. Thats the main jist of this series, but again, I won't say anything more about who or what or why because its a fun series that mixes very well action and plot. The action sequences are some of the best I've seen in a long...
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