Story - 31/35 -Just when you thought Fate/Zero couldn't be more epic. Everything gets better in this series. More action, some unexpected plot twists, and much more. The story continues where season 1 stopped, and it uses the buildup to its advantage. The story flowed along nicely, and I especially liked the ending. The ending itself was good, but what I really liked was how the last episode was more like an epilogue to the series. I like that everyone and everything seemed to get wrapped up after episode 25, and the only loose ends are the ones explained in Fate/Stay Night. The problems with the show are the fact thats you needed to know some stuff about the Fate Franchise to understand everything that happened, and if you know about the franchise odds are you saw Stay Night, which means the ending came as no surprise to you. It's one of those problems that comes from being a prequel. Also, it sets the stage for Fate/Stay Night, so you will have to watch it to get the "complete story", and that anime is garbage (compared to this).
Characters - 32/35 - When I said everything get better, I meant it. The main characters all got more developed, especially Kiritsugu and Kirei. While we see Kirei develop the most out of the cast, we learn little about his past. For Kiritsugu, we learn a lot about his past (2 full episodes worth), and he doesn't start changing until the end. This show likes making the characters break down, and I must say it is really effective. The endings for each character is different, some get good endings, others are more bittersweet, while others are just sad. All of the characters (the ones that lived anyway) get more interesting compared to season 1.
Sound - 14/15 - I still found the openings and endings to be lackluster. While the score is still great, this is not the composers best work (really good, just not the best).
As I said before the dub sounds acceptable (for people who prefer dubs) but if you are like me and don't really care I say pick the sub on this one.
Animation 15/15 - I want to give it more, like a 16 because it STILL looks this good after 2 season. Most shows start to deteriorate a little after a while, but this show looks great up until the very last scene.
Overall - 92/100 - I gave Season 1 a 86/100, which would put this show around the 89 to 90 mark. A great series indeed. Not perfect, but easily one of the best I have seen and one of the best of 2012.
