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| Rockmandash Reviews: Fate/Stay Night [Anime & Movie]; Part 2 & 3 of my Type-Moon Marathon | |
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| RockmanDash12 | Jan 19 2014, 08:08 PM Post #1 |
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Rockmandash Reviews: Fate/Stay Night [2006 Anime] Welcome to Rockmandash Reviews! I’m Kevin and this part 2 of my Fate/Stay Night Review, and just one of the many videos in my Type-Moon Marathon. This is review of the Fate/Stay Night anime, made by Studio Deen in 2006. Link to Visual Novel Review Link to Video Review  Plot - Adapting a visual novel can be difficult, as there are multiple routes. Studio Deen tried their best but could not tell the story as well as the visual novel. In Fate Stay night, there are 3 main routes, Fate, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's feel. They decided to take most basic yet bland arc; Fate, and try to throw other arc plot points into the story. Fate by itself is just above average, but when you throw in other plot points and never resolve them, It's kind of like the anime doesn't know that People die when they are killed, or how to make a story without plot holes and red hearings that weren't red hearings in the original. Even the parts directly from fate aren't explained as well. The plot is less than average, and but it's not the worst out there. Plot - 6.5/10 Pacing - One thing it did do well is the pacing, it's not too long but it's not too short. The pacing is pretty good in this anime, which is kinda surprising because the tsukihime anime was too short, and the source material was too long. Pacing - 8/10 Animation & Art - It's meh. Studio deen has a habit of going off model with shows, and even though it's better than say… higurashi, it's not great either. In comparison to the source material, it's pretty accurate, but usually looks worse… And out of nowhere… a CG dragon. FSN's visual novel has a few sex scenes, and what the anime did to get around this was make a Sega Saturn quality CG Dragon which looked horrible, and it was just rubbish. The biggest disappointment with the art in this show is the more detail you have in the video, the worse it looks. I first watched this on a low quality stream and I didn't think it looked too bad, then I watched a HD one and now that I can actually see the details, I can see all of the flaws this show has, and that's generally something that shouldn't happen. I have no other description for the animation other than its consistently worse than the visual novel. Animation & Art - 6/10 Sound - This soundtrack is actually quite great. I really liked the first Opening, it's one of my favorites and is really soothing. Most of the soundtrack fits the atmosphere better than the game does, and I prefer the soundtrack overall. It has a grander feel in comparison to the soundtrack in the game. The voice acting for the Japanese dub has the same voice actors as game, so if you liked the game's dub then you will like this one. As for the English dub, it's a mixed bag. Some of the acting is really good but others are very bad. Shirou, Issei and Ilya sound just horrible while Saber, Rin, and Archer are ok. The Dub has some really good talent on it, I just believe it's worse than the Japanese dub. Opening Sound 8/10 Personal Enjoyment - I've watched this show twice. I didn't care for it both times. It's just not very interesting in my opinion, but if you haven't seen the source material I'd assume you would like it more than I did. Personal Enjoyment - 7/10 Conclusion This show is weird. It's the polar opposite of the visual novel yet it's the same thing. The biggest problem this show faces is that studio deen messed with the plot, thus it becomes worse than it really should be, even if it's better in some aspects. If I were you, I'd just watch ufotable's Fate/Stay Night anime when it comes out. Overall - 7.5/10 Rockman Regrets Pros Good soundtrack Good pacing Cons Rubbish Animation Ruining of plot Edited by RockmanDash12, Jan 19 2014, 08:17 PM.
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| RockmanDash12 | Jan 19 2014, 08:16 PM Post #2 |
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Rockmandash Reviews: Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works [Anime Movie] Welcome to Rockmandash Reviews! This is another review in my Type-Moon Marathon, and this is a review of Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, an anime movie adaptation of the route with the same name, adapted by Studio Deen. How does the movie stand against the test of time in comparison to Anime? Quite well, as we are about to find out. Link to Visual Novel Review Link to Video Review  Plot & Pacing - Not much to say here, it’s pretty much Unlimited Blade Works, just rushed as all hell. It’s a pretty straightforward adaptation but the pacing really just sucks. The movie doesn’t explain ANYTHING and if you have not played the visual novel you will be totally lost as you try to piece together the plot of the movie. They mostly show action scenes, which is kind of just fan service for people who have already seen it, so very helpful. It’s like somebody went crazy with editing and cut half of the movie away... They did a good job trying to cram a 10-20 Hour Route into a 1 Hour 40 minute movie, but that’s exactly the problem with this movie… it’s a rushed version of Unlimited Blade Works. Plot & Pacing- 6.5/10 Art/Animation - This was the part I was most afraid of, as Studio Deen’s works have never been great here. This is a movie though, and looks much much better than the anime, but not the best. The gradients, lighting and backgrounds look beautiful, but the charecters are just better than average. The movie looks great, but ufotable’s stuff is better. Animation & Art - 9/10 Sound - The soundtrack was solid. It’s really enjoyable, it fits well with the scenes and it’s mostly original tracks. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t think the soundtrack stood out in any way and probably wouldn’t be a good listen outside of the movie. The voice acting: solid as ever. All of the Japanese versions of of fate stuff have the same voice actors, and this is no exeption. Sound 8/10 Personal Enjoyment - UBW was my favorite route, and this is a good adaptation if you know what actually happens, so I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. If you have seen UBW, this is a great, condensed way to see UBW, and be able to see the epic fight scenes fully animated. Personal Enjoyment - 8.5/10 Conclusion This is an inferior way of experiencing the Unlimited Blade Works route, but this is a check mark on Type moon’s check list for anime adaptations. It’s a nice condensed way of experiencing the story, but unless you have seen the original version, stay far, far away. About distribution, there really isn’t any official way to stream this. Sentai filmworks has it published though, and you can buy the blu ray for about 20 bucks. Mighty worth it in my opinion, if you’ve already played it. Overall - 7.5/10 If you’ve seen UBW in the Visual Novel, Rockman Reccomends If you have not… Rockman Regrets. Pros A beautiful version of Unlimited Blade Works Good pacing Cons Rubbish pacing Edited by RockmanDash12, Jan 19 2014, 08:18 PM.
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