Audience reviews
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ExecutorQ3
I finally started to watch a Fate/whatever anime for the first time from chrono order... and this was there as well... I won't lie i had my doubts, but still gave it a shot.
Ugh...
Whoever find this "deep" or any other nonsense like this is just fcked up in the head... The only episode i watched longer than 5mins (i think i actually watch almost whole deal) was no 7, other is just pedo garbage (and i'm so glad in a way that i had this on my disk, because i could fast forward fly thru it till the end and delete it from my hdd with "Extreme Prejudice"... man i wish nothing of this sort ever tought my hdd, i feel dirty).
Do yourself a favor and DO judge this sh*t by the cover, it deserves nothing better.
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My loli fanservice can't possibly be this competent: Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya
So I was suggested to review all the Fate anime and actually accepted since it seemed fun (even though it might have just been a joke.)
Let me say off the bat, this Fate spin-off is actually one of the well made ones and would definitely recommend, I'll explain why if that's not enough.
The competency of Silver Link. has started to become clearer to me as of late and Prisma☆Illya is a prime example of their capabilities with the show's great use of editing and shot composition. The character designs themselves are pretty attractive too along with background art and general animation as well.
Now in the scripting and story department, I'd say it ranges from average to above average. What I appreciate abou…
Read at the sourceMr_Yaz
Reviewer's note: This series is my 4th entry into the franchise (F/Z>F/S>UBW).
✪ Genre: action (swordplay), contemporary fantasy, comedy, magic (circles, summoning, spellcasting, magic weapons), mahou shoujo, school life, seinen, superpower (emotions awaken superpowers) with some loli and yuri elements
✔Positive Aspects✔
◧ Animation: adequately distinct characters, based on colors of moderate to low saturation/medium to high lumination, with the urban environment and the urban landscapes being a little more muted in comparison. Very cool are the various 'light' and 'spark' effects during the action sequences, with the characters swinging around & clashing their melee weapons and casting their magical spells. The protagonists' various metamorphoses are not that bad either.
◧ Comedic s…
Read at the sourceAgent_Redacted
[SPOILER-FREE REVIEW]
I actually started the Fate series just to watch this. Ended up liking the entire Fate series as well. Heh, worth it.
There are reasons why I want to watch this so bad. The reasons include :
- Yuri
- Magical Girl
- Cuteness
Believe it or not. This show has all of them! I’m not kidding. All of them. The yuri scenes are hot fire just like the ones I saw on XVIDEOS and Pornhub. There clearly is a magical girl. And everything is just moe moe. I couldn’t ask for more, lmao. This is what you call a masterpiece for degenerates. Absolutely top-tier.
[SPOILER REVIEW] ( An Additional )
[NOTE] : The spoiler-free review is above. Why bother reading this part if you haven’t even finished these followings - Fate/Zero, Fate Stay/Night : Unlimited Blade Works, Fate Stay/N…
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[This review will not contain spoilers]
Well, for starters I must say I did not enjoy this anime but I will give credit where credit is due.
I don’t the the whole idea of sexualizing some little girls into this extend (so many lower angle shots and other stuff that made me cringe) or the whole magic girl idea that Japan seems to like for whatever reason. I must say that I watched this because some Fate/ fans friends told me that 3Rei was good and was worth watching the previous seasons first (I’m still to check that for myself).
[ Story | 6 ]
The story, for me, is boring. Plain and simple. I don’t find joy in watching some “magical girls” over moe-fied to funny stuff while fighting the evils of the world. Leaving that aside, the plot is WELL CONSTRUCTED. Why do I say with this? The mecha…
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Since I can't be bothered to write a review for all three seasons that currently exist of Fate/Kaleid liner Prisma Illya, which will be shortened to Fate/Kaleid or variations of that for the rest of this review, this will apply to all of them.
Don't let the apathetic attitude from the first paragraph mislead you, I love Fate/Kaleid, to the point where I was unable to watch any other anime until halfway through my 3rd back-to-back rewatch of the show because I just wanted to be watching Fate/Kaleid.
Fate/Kaleid does something that I see so many animes, including the original Fate/Stay Night 2006 adaptation, forget about. They actually show the normal lives of the characters beyond episode 1. I've seen so many TV shows arbitrarily decide that the magical adventure the characters are on i…
Read at the sourceAlden_Tarkus
Fuck me, I’m two years late to this review. Oh well, it’s not like anyone will read my review anyway.
Fate/Kaleid liner Prisma Illya is a spinoff series of the popular “Fate” visual novel series. This show adopts a satirical take on the popular “Magical Girl” genre of shows with the well known Fate characters thrown into the mix. It aired in the Summer of 2013, adapted from the manga series of the same way.
My first experience with this particular series was a popular clip of two young girls clad in typical magical girl outfits making out, complete with close-ups of spit-swapping as another girl watches along clearly in a daze. Such a titillating scene, contrasted with such young age of the protagonists had me raising my eyebrows for a while. Subsequently, I caught whiffs of controversy…
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Do you like loli?
Do you like spin-off anime of excellent series that have nothing to do with said excellent series?
Do you like a show that can’t decide what the hell it wants to be?
Then sit down and watch Fate/Kaleid, a ten episode anime that is full of everything you love about Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night, such as hilarious comedy, underaged lesbians, and magical girls. You know, the kind of things fans asked for after watching the main series.
If you are a fan of the series, I’m sure you’re going to pass Kaleid up based upon the fact it is a cutesy magical girl anime. I went into it thinking such, which is why I was so scared after the first episode. I was already debating how a show based on a series that’s pretty adult in tone could appeal to little girls. I went into the seri…
Read at the sourceGiancarloLS
Whenever we're talking about Type-Moon's FATE SERIES, it's like we're talking about Mercedes-Benz. It's always about the quality, the execution of elegance, the prowess of what they're doing, and the legacy. In a one-word layman's term, it's the awesomeness.
Compared to my previous reviews where I was talking about Lexus, Hyundai and BMW as metaphors and analogies for the anime that has nothing to do with cars, in Fate/Kalied Liner Prisma Illya (or Prisma Illya for short), I've got a definite reason of talking about Mercedes Benz--it's because Irisviel's sports coupe that Kiritsugu bought for her is the Mercedes-Benz 300SL!
And the 300SL is the pioneering-gullwing Merc that is as legendary as the Excalibur. It's like Saber with gullwing doors and headlights: agile, powerful, and consider…
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when I first saw Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya as being a newcomer to the Fate/ universe I wasn't expecting much but oh boy my expectations were blown away the minute I hit play.
The story has a magical girl vibe where you make a contract to fight evil and become magical girls but keeping true to the Fate/ universe and its lore with most of the enemies Illya, Miyu, Rin and Luvia fight make up the 7 classes of servants from the Holy Grail War. all in told the story is great and the pacing is spot on as everything flows really well.
The art is beautiful to look at as the background looks pretty and the fight scenes in the parallel world are fluid and amazing to watch even the character designs are beautiful.
The sound design is amazing from the music to the minor sounds even the voice ac…
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Aight so Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya is the most dope anime I have seen so far in my life. This is the best out of all the Fate/ series. If you are thinking hey isn't this just a fan service show just like Carnival Phantasm? If you think that way I am sorry but you should get checked for brain damage because this show has everything you could ever want and more. The show contains the best girl from the Fate/ series Illya in a main character role and also she is a magical girl. Other Fate/ characters make appearances but they don't really matter at all. If you like action this show has it for you. If you like moe moe goodness this has it. If you like drama this show has it. There is nothing this show can't deliver. It is a perfect masterpiece 10/10 no other anime can compare.
TL;DR Best…
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STORY
On the outside, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya just seems to be a magical girl parody of the Fate series, and in many ways it is. Though, it manages to stand on its own with a story I can take seriously. The story starts off as a monster of the week show, but like any good magical girl show, it deviates from the formula. With focus on the internal conflict with Illya and external conflict with a new character Miyu. Though, I found the two conflicts to be cliche and predictable (Rehash of MGLN). The whole conflicts between rival magical girls and personal motivation, has been done else where and done better. Although, thanks to the direction of Shin Oonuma, the drama and conflicts were actually enjoyable. With Oonuma directing many drama series before, he knows how to make the viewer…
Read at the sourceBanjoTheBear
(This has been adapted from my reddit thread)
When people think of magic in relation to the fantastical, people think of wizards, spells, and all-powerful incantations. It's something that doesn't exist in the real world, as much as we would like it to be. "Magical girls" take it one step forward. On top of the magic, they also include transformations, cute girls, and life lessons. In Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya (what a name!), these common tropes are found once more.
STORY
F/k (I need to shorten the name at this point!) starts by having our main character, Illya, one day encountering Ruby, a magical stick that gives Illya the power to transform into a mighty magical girl.
Right off the bat, it's important to understand that the world behind F/k is not original. That is, F/k is a sp…
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To be honest I don't like the Fate series in general. And yet somehow the spin-off of the series turned out BRILLIANT. Also keep in mind that normally I don't like the whole magical girls idea thing at all.
Rin (from Fate stay) and Levi (original I guess?), along with their 2 magical wands (...damn you Seitokai...) are on a mission to collect all the heroic spirit cards for the archmage in Germany. The wands, (Ruby & Sapphire) have a will of their own and eventually get tired of their masters' constant fights, so they go ahead and choose new masters, 2 girls seemingly chosen at random (in Ruby's case perhaps with a bit more illegal purposes in mind). Illya, daughter of Irisviel and Kiritsugu, is chosen by Ruby and Sapphire chooses Miyu, a homeless girl of unknown background. The former ma…
Read at the sourceHime-In-A-Box
Fate/Kaleid is something that happens when you take a seemingly stupid idea and turn it into something that's close to spectacular.
Now, before I get started, I just want to point something out; A lot of people disliked this series, or dropped it in the first few episodes because it's a Fate/ series... turned Magical Girl. I did the same. When it was first airing, I dropped it, not because I didn't think it was interesting, I just didn't feel like watching it at the time. I, too, think that turning the Fate/ series into a Magical Girl series is a, well, stupid idea. I was wrong.
Also, this series is a lot darker than it seems, so do not judge a book by it's cover, including a fair amount of blood and suggestive themes. It's like Madoka Magica's rating, though I find that this series is m…
Read at the sourceLegendaryGirl-A
Where Fate/stay night meets Cardcaptor Sakura in a more kickass fashion.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya is a spin-off of Fate/stay night set in an alternate universe where Illyasviel von Einzbern is a magical girl. While it is directed by the same director as C³ - which was never really sure of what it wanted to be - Fate/kaleid knew exactly what it was and never tried to do anything else. It is a magical girl anime through and through and I wouldn't go into this expecting anything more.
The story is told in a simple, straight-forward fashion. It doesn’t take itself too seriously. It doesn’t try too hard to be deep and meaningful. Some may argue that this makes the story is predictable. Yes, we all know how it's going to end - with good guys triumphing over the bad guys - but the part we…
Read at the sourceLilGreasyKid
Few animes had the impact, drama and downright manliness of Fate/Zero, a Type-Moon production that blew away all my expectations for an anime. With this entry in the Fate series, I went in expecting something big. The bar set by the previous series was huge and I'm not surprised that this fell short (in fact, why even compare the two?) . However, what's here is a solid MG anime with a dash of Fate thrown in.
The story is told is a very straight forward fashion. Through the perspective of Illyasviel von Eizenbern, the viewer gets a blend of mediocre middle school drama, heart-pounding battles and a colorful main cast. The plot as a whole is solid, yet a tad predictable and the comedy, especially in the beginning, hits all the right notes. Despite the good foundation and nice twists in the…
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I hated, and didn't watch, Fate Stay Night because of how much Shirou sucked; being the usual self-insert male lead who doesn't have much skill and is at the mercy of the lot of females herein.
I wanted to beat the crap out of the douche bags responsible for Carnival Phantasia because it made Shirou (and whoever else is a male) even more pathetic.
Then comes a "magical girl spin-off." Rather than climb up the steep hill of "making [Shirou] likeable for the audience outside of Wapan," Type Moon pulls this stunt and takes the easy way out by catering to the pedophiles. I mean... DAMN.
Lyrical Nanoha Strikers atleast had the bravery to flip the skirts of, and gave nekkid transformations to, the older Nanoha and her associates. You'd think it wouldn't kill Type Moon to do the same to Rin, L…
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As you might have seen in the summary for this anime is that it is a spin off set in an alternate reality which illya and her parents are a family and Shiro is her cousin who frequently visits to check up on her as well as cook and do some house work. the series also has other characters from the fate series such as Tohsaka Rin and the epic heroes from both fate/stay night and fate/zero.
Now on with the review.
Story
What makes this different from other magical girl series is that there is no mascot animal that goes around and recruits female heroes. Instead, the magical wand who has a mind of its own with human personality and everything goes around to find the most suitable candidate to become a magical girl. After the girl is chosen, they are given the task of capturing the seven epi…
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Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya is one of those anime series where people may tends to look away just because for what it is. You know that saying that goes “don't judge a book by its cover?” Well, I guess some anime fans seems to do just the opposite of that and take the cover for granted. This is one of those anime series that might bring some disappointment at first especially to those loyal fans of the Type-Moon franchise. Series like Fate/Stay Night, Garden of Sinners, and a more recent example of Fate/Zero has a stance of that serious atmosphere going on. What does Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya have? More than what you hoped for.
At any rate, this series is adapted from the manga of the same name written by Hiroshi Hinoyama. An important note is that the series takes place in an alt…
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