10 Saturday Apr 2021
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In the wake of the Heaven’s Feel movies and also the Absolute Demonic Front TV series the bar for Fate anime generally has been set a whole lot higher now.
The Fate/Grand Order – Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot: Wandering; Airgetlám isn’t a bad movie, it’s pleasant enough to watch but it’s mostly just there. Which is the whole problem.
So, where does Airgetlám[1] fail, and how?
Continue reading31 Tuesday Mar 2020
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Source: AnimeLab
Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, aka fgo_ep7[1] was a solid game adaptation, albeit with what I suspect is the usual degree of Continuity Lockout[2] for this type of show.
Overall much of what I said when I compared the opening episodes of KanColle, fgo_ep7, and Azur Lane is applicable to the whole series: fgo_ep7 is tightly focused on Mash and Ritsuka, and their character dynamics are what make the show work. Continue reading
08 Wednesday Jan 2020
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Fate/Apocrypha Key Visual (Netflix)
Well, I’ve finally gotten round to the anime series I signed up to Netflix to watch in the first place: Fate/Apocrypha.
At the halfway point I’m reasonably impressed. Continue reading
04 Monday Mar 2019
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Fate/Stay Night Poster (Source: Wikipedia)
If you can get past the Continuity Lockout, Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel I. presage flower is the best that Fate/Stay Night has ever looked, albeit with a very choppy edit and very little time to connect with the characters. Many spoilers ahead. Continue reading
16 Friday Mar 2018
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Source: Madman
Having reviewed the major components of the Fate/Stay Night franchise to date[1], what are my thoughts on the franchise as a whole?
I have appreciated each of the instalments in different ways, but might have approached the series differently under different circumstances.
Then I had other thoughts about the Servants, a possible meta structure for the franchise that is based entirely on my own biases, and some adaptational concerns across the franchise. Continue reading
