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Fate/stay night (And the rest of the goddamn franchise)

Edit: I have now seen the Heaven's Feel route of the VN and I am torn. With that said, can wait for the movie AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Now, I'm not gonna lie when I say that I kind of wish I listened to the people telling me not to watch 2006's F/sn. The pacing of the adaptation was horrid and the animation doesn't really make that much of an impact on you (will expand on this in a minute).

But at the same time curiosity did get the best of me and I'll be the first to admit that some moments were not that horrible. Gilgamesh proclaiming Saber to be his was a definitive callback to Fate/Zero even before the goddamn prequel was released (tbh it was released while the anime was still airing), Shiro and Illya's conversation was rather bittersweet seeing as Shiro has no idea about them being siblings, Saber playing with a stuffed lion will always be a highlight, Rin and Illya's reactions at Shiro asking Saber out was priceless as hell and the kiss between Shiro and Saber was kind of sweet, no matter how forced the romance was in the anime. (I really am hoping that after ufotable finishes adapting Heaven's Feel, they'll put their spin on the Fate route.)

Having watched Fate/Zero before anything else, I was really looking forward to Shiro reacting to the fact that a) his adoptive father Kiritsugu Emiya participated in the previous Holy Grail war ten years back (read: Fate/Zero), b) Kiritsugu was also Saber's previous master and c) Illya was his older adoptive sister.

....I guess two out of three ain't bad, especially considering when that last point is revealed in Heaven's Feel.

Edit #2: I sobbed during both endings of the Heaven's Feel route. I'm sorry, I WANTED ILLYA TO LIVE.

And then in 2010, Studio Deen made a movie of the Unlimited Blade Works route, which I didn't watch but I still highly suggest not watching it. If you have watched the 2014 TV anime adaptation by ufotable, then you know the movie completely missed the point of Shiro's Reality Marble as well as his fight with Gilgamesh.

The animation of Studio Deen's versions was crap. And before you tell me about the limitations of the animation budget back then, I politely point you to a lot of 90's anime and 2003's adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist. FUCKING 2003. There really shouldn't be an excuse. Even though I think that the animation for Brotherhood was better in comparison, 2003's was still rather good.

Anyway, compared to the animation of ufotable's adaptations, as well as other anime that came around that time, Studio Deen's adaptations are really pale and rather outdated.

Here's why: the animation doesn't make an impact on you. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni came out that exact same year (and believe it or not, it was done by SD as well) and even though the animation wasn't that great either, it takes advantage of the bizarre characters designs to show how these innocent moe characters can be brutal killers. Because of this, when a character is being beaten to death (literally) you feel really sorry for them and the animation makes use of the small budget and eerie music (done by the same guy who did the music for the Fate games and Studio Deen's adaptations) to emphasize the horror aspect of the series.

Fate/stay night's was kind of bull because the animation doesn't make you feel. It feels standard and stiff, not making you feel the impact of the fights, even the bigger ones, make the fights themselves rather mundane.

And then Fate/Zero comes out.

My reaction when I found it on Netflix: 000000:

My reaction as I watched the anime: AHAHAHAHA THIS DEFINITELY HAS GEN UROBUCHI AND YUKI KAJIURA WRITTEN ALL OVER IT