Reviews

I must admit that when I first started watching this series, its atmosphere came off a little bit on the boring side for me. And in general, there are a few scenes throughout the episodes that gave off the same type of vibe (for example, I thought a handful of the fights were fairly predictable with no real major twists). The characters also seem typical, but are still very good; they're well developed and come off as pretty cool people. Especially Rin Tohsaka.

The only other problem I had with Fate/Stay Night is the lack of explanation it provided. There are a few relationships between characters that are not clearly explained, some of their pasts are never even mentioned or they are just given in very brief flashbacks if at all. I'm not saying an entire episode (or even more) needs to be devoted solely on a flashback of someone's life in order to understand them better, but a little more elaboration certainly would have helped.

I loved the animation, especially the way that the character designs looked. Saber's in particular I thought looked really cool, as well as the way that Eleanor and Berserker stood out beside each other (creepy combo much!) -- Every bit of the art was just brilliant.

All in all, and this is taking into account that the anime itself was on a low budget, I thought this was a very good show. There are little things here and there that bothered me about it but as a whole I really did enjoy it and definitely plan to watch its sequel. I score it at an 8/10