Alternative Titles
English: Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Season 2
Synonyms: Fate/stay night (2015), Fate - Stay Night
Japanese: Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] 2nd シーズン
Information
Type:
TV
Episodes:
13
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Apr 5, 2015 to Jun 28, 2015
Premiered:
Spring 2015
Broadcast:
Sundays at 00:00 (JST)
Licensors:
Aniplex of America
Studios:
ufotable
Source:
Visual novel
Duration:
23 min. per ep.
Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Statistics
Score:
8.371 (scored by 282,646 users)
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Ranked:
#1772
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Popularity:
#170
Members:
444,719
Favorites:
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Only having experienced Fate/Zero, I never encountered a Type-Moon written work before. But after watching UBW, I’m truly appalled at how terrible Type-Moon’s writing is. The basis of UBW’s plot is covered by its synopsis. In different wording, it’s a grandiose battle royale-like duel between seven masters who each get a servant to fight for them. The goal is to kill every servant to attain the Holy Grail, which can grant a master and servant any fathomable wish. This plot, even though basic on the surface, can become a masterpiece with proper execution, as seen in Fate/Zero with read more
The prologue/first few episodes of Unlimited Budget Works establishes the Fifth Holy Grail War; a battle royale between seven servants (made up of mythological figures such as Heracles) and mages where the last survivor is rewarded with being presented the Holy Grail which can grant them any wish they desire. During these episodes it is emphasized how dangerous this war is where even witnesses of the war will be murdered. Then in episode three the feeling of danger for our protagonists disappears read more
With the way the first half of Unlimited Blade Works was handled, part 2/Season 2 essentially sets up major events for the story. As for those who remembers, Saber is taken by Caster, Rin read more
That brings me to Fate/Stay Night UBW. In short, I'd say that this series was absolutely stunning. I'm so glad it didn't turn out like the 2006 one. Story- 8 Granted, the story was not as compelling as Fate/Zero. However, I was deeply surprised by the dark elements that were introduced. The 2006 one felt like a sad piece of shit, where viewers are supposed to feel sorry for Shiro throughout, read more
Some of the show's weak points were unavoidable - the original material's storyline quality is dubious at times and the fact that Unlimited Blade Works as a second route of Visual Novel is supposed to be built up over experiences from the first one definitely doesn't help when someone is adapting it. But VN's weaknesses aside, its premise is interesting enough to make read more
To give you a bit of background as to where I stand with Fate, I have read the visual novel and its semi-sequel multiple times, I have seen and own the 2006 anime, the prequel Fate/Zero, and the 2010 film adaptation of read more
The legendary words of Shirou Emiya have spread far and wide around the world ever since the 2006 adaptation of Fate/Stay Night with his infamous "people die when they are killed", and now our frustrating hero is back with more internal contradictions and bullshit ideals than ever. Through the course of Unlimited Blade Works one can watch Shirou go through the difficult process of realizing that his ideals are not only absurd but also simply borrowed from his father in a series of powerful scenes such as "saying the same thing to Archer for two episodes," "never talking read more
We had more action and character development. Giving focus mainly on the clash between Shirou and Archer. The animation in general was very good, just gave a fallen light in some scenes, but nothing too serious. In this adaptation of Fate managed to convey very well what the Visual novel wanted to spend. It was not a 100% faithful adaptation (maybe 90% faithful ), but unlike the previous studio, that enriched the story, adding more detail and develop harmoniously. We have seen some situations from the perspectives of other characters like read more
Story - 8/10 If you’re familiar with the Fate series, its pretty much is the same. But in Unlimited Blade Works it follows a different scenario. Sure the beginning is pretty much the same as it was in Fate/Stay Night, but the focus is much different. But to put you up to speed, 7 masters and heroic servants fight in the war to gain the ultimate wish fulfilling device known as the Holy Grail. The story this time around focuses a lot more on read more
I gotta say I love the sunset fading to night scene leading to the ending credits. It makes the viewer actually feel like they are experiencing that world in real time alongside those characters. Something about it was too beautiful to put into words. Guess you could say it's a perfect way to end a thought provoking epilogue that makes you think twice about dropping out of school. Right before, Rin was saying there is so much in the world that is worth suffering for and experiencing, so it was worth dropping their things and taking a risk going off the read more
Why Unlimited Blade Works? Why this underwhelming, anticlimactic excuse for a spluttering car crash of a visual novel route? Did ufotable have to faithfully adapt every wheel-spinning two hour conversation in which Pollyanna protagonist Shirou is repeatedly called a dweeb for his goofy idealism? Did they have to make sure we were reminded what a complete loser Archer is every time he appears, legs spread like his balls are prickly pears, perched on some conveniently placed rubble? What is actually appealing about Archer when his only major personal distinction from fellow Fate/stay night snarkster Lancer is his adolescent moral read more
Here's going to be my Fate/stay Night Unlimited Blade Works anime review as a whole. Now before anyone goes and attacks me, just because either of my rating score or my review, keep in mind what I will say first. The series is pretty much debatable, people can like it, people can despise it. There's an amount of people that goes and tries to debate on the show, me personally, as a person who likes this series, I won't take the show as a masterpiece, because it's not even a 10/10. And if there are people from read more
The problems have mostly to do with the conversion from one medium to another. Visual novels thrive on details, through the use of monologue while anime simply thrives on visual gimmicks. In essence, reading read more
Everyone has their own set of convictions. Whether they are religiously, politically, or morally based, there are certain creeds that we, as individuals, follow. Depending on the ideals we hold, our very person is shaped, directing the lives we lead and the paths that we take. For me, I uphold a simple one: “a little kindness goes a long way.” So I try to do just that. I hold the door for others, give my thanks whenever I can, and call my family to check up on them. Small stuff, and probably pretty common too, but read more
Story: 6 The story continues directly after season 1 (as one might assume) and the pace picks up considerably since season 1 had so much Shirou cooking read more
The story was good, the animation was excellent, sound was good, and the characters were okay. So where this anime falls short is the pacing of the entire show. The pacing was excruciating slow each episode. It took a really long time for the characters to do something resulting in bad payoff each week of an episode. They should've cut some of that slice of life scenes as well as their investigation scenes and concentrated on various characters instead of following just those two main characters all the time. This is why fate/zero was awesome, we got to know various characters stories read more
The first season was surprisingly engaging, but I still had my doubts since seeing the infamous first adaption. However, by season 2 I was already engrossed in this animation — one of the best of Spring 2015, although the English subs were somewhat difficult to comprehend at times. Shiro executed his role of Baka/OP MC flawlessly (another great line by him this season to watch out for: "just because you're correct doesn't mean you're right"), alongside strong female lead Tosaka Rin. I quite liked their somewhat unconventional romance mingled in with all the gory action. The sound and visuals were breath taking — they really read more
This is an adaption of 1 of the 3 routes from the famous VN Fate/stay night, hearing that this was getting Produced by the same studio as Fate/ Zero got me really excited as I consider Fate/ Zero to be a Great Anime, so did Fate/stay night Unlimited blade Works live up to the Hype ? Story 8.5/10 Let’s start with the story, Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works is the story of a secret tournament between seven chosen mages that happens in the shadows of our modern day world. Each mage is paired with a legendary figure from read more |