10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favorite action animes, Oct 1 2010
By Andrea Lewis "Writer, cross-stitcher, anime fan" - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Fate/Stay Night: Complete Set (DVD)
I'm an equal opportunity anime watcher kind of gal, and I watch both shojo and shonen anime. I'm also fond of history and mythology. So when an anime combined the two, it was, in a word, brilliant.
Fate/Stay Night is about Shirou Emiya, a naive high school boy with an odd power to intuitively determine the structure of objects and has a dream to become a Hero of Justice and save everyone. He accidently gets roped into a magical battle royale called the Holy Grail Wars in which seven Servants, historical or mythological figures from the past, are magically summoned by magi, given form, and must fight each other to obtain the legendary Holy Grail. Along the way, Shirou falls in love with his Servant, Saber, and must make difficult decisions about his own future, Saber's, and the world's as he and Saber fight to obtain the Holy Grail and thus end the war.
The big joy of this series when you first watch it is playing the guessing game of the identity of each of the Servants (and some are not who you think they are!). The action scenes can be short at times, but what they lack in time they make up in blood (oh there is blood abound). The relationship between Shirou and Saber, while short (only about a couple of weeks) feels natural and sweet and awkward at times, but this aspect of the story makes you care much more about the two of them and the ultimate fate they must face.
An ingenious idea, Fate/Stay Night is definitely for those who like anime and mythology stirred together. It is definitely one of my favorite animes of all time.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Anime!, Dec 3 2010
By Raso - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Fate/Stay Night: Complete Set (DVD)
This was a good, fun anime.
Great story, amazing animation (some of the best I've seen in recent years), and good comedy.
One thing that is interesting to note is one of the most ironic modern anime tsundere characters, Rin Tohsaka is in this show, so if you're an anime fan and don't know who she is yet, then you need to watch this. And if you don't know that tsundere means, google it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Decent, but you should read the visual novel instead., Feb 28 2012
By superangelo128 - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Fate/Stay Night: Complete Set (DVD)
Fate/Stay Night is a decent popular anime that is well-liked for the action scenes, character development and interaction, guessing of the servants' identities, and the fight for the Holy Grail War in general.
What many people don't know is that the anime is actually an adaptation of only 1/3 of the whole visual novel Fate/Stay Night. In particular the visual novel has 3 big stories: "Fate", "Unlimited Blade Works" and "Heaven's Feel". All 3 share the same characters and the Holy Grail War is very important in all 3, but the plots and themes in all 3 are very different from each other.
The anime only covers the "Fate" story, and while it adapts the story pretty well for the most part it skips some details and changes a few things for the worse.
Related is the Unlimited Blade Works movie that is considered a "sequel" to this anime. It covers only the major events of the Unlimited Blade Works story in the visual novel, and moves at a ridicously fast and confusing pace though the action scenes (like the original anime) are quite good.
In the end, you can watch this anime to watch a decent adaptation of one of the stories, but I highly recommend reading the Fate/Stay Night visual novel for the FULL experience.