Trace On.....

Written by Ginji015 on October 16, 2011 at 6:09 PM

One of the things that stands out about this anime is the story. Summoning heroes from different eras of time to help you reach your goal is quite an impressive spin on an anime that just captures people and makes you wanna learn more about them. In fact, it makes use of heroes serves as a sort of history lesson with a few tweets here and there but none the less offers more interest in the story. Also the heroes chosen are paralleled with their masters is also a neat twist in the story because the hero is also a sort of reflection of the masters themselves. Fate: Stay/Night's story is by far an impressive story with much to look forward.

Dialogue in the anime is rather stale. Basically motives and reasoning behind each character becomes repetitive and boring. Over time these reiterations can get annoying and push viewers from staying interested in the story. I felt more could have been done to make conversations more engaging but overall the dialogue was rather static.

The animation was decent but the story definitely evens this out.

As for the entertainment, the battles aren't the best but it keeps your attention enough to help you get to the next episode and keep the viewer in suspense. I felt their could have been more improvement in this department by watching the Servants battle it out strategically and their Masters incorporate magic to heighten the battle tension. However the fighting is rather straight forward and at sometimes dull looking. Some magic was used but not to the extent where the viewer could be like: "Damn that was tight!" If more time was spent on battles, it could have made this anime more interesting.

Final verdict, this anime is pretty average. The story is interesting but more consideration into the battle mechanics would definitely have made this series more hype. I quite enjoyed it nonetheless. If you are a hardcore anime watcher then this won't give you an adrenaline. I conclude by saying Fate: Stay/Night shines a new perspective on story creativity and it has potential to be better if they decide to do more with this series.