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ciarcin
Hi, fellow Fate/stay night fans here. Let me start with what I actually liked: the cast is interesting, the premise is promising, and the first 7–8 episodes had me hooked. Seriously, the early setup looked like it could’ve been great.
But that’s about all the praise I can muster.
Once the male protagonist..... yes, our “Mary Sue” MC steps in, most of the rules, lore, and internal logic of the show start bending around him. The characters that were intriguing early on? Gone before you even get to know them. The stakes? Quickly evaporate.
And Jeanne the supposedly “neutral” Ruler-class Servant? Yeah… spoiler-free: she’s anything but neutral. Her actions exist almost solely to prop up the MC, ignoring her own role in the story.
Our MC? Should’ve been dead multiple times, but somehow survi…
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Your enjoyment of this anime will be contingent entirely on your investment in the Fate franchise as a whole. When I say Fate as a whole, I mean that very deliberately, because if the only Fate property you enjoy is Fate/Zero, suffice it to say you will not enjoy Apocrypha. I suppose it will also depend on your enjoyment of action anime as such, but since you’re here, reading this, I’m kind of taking that for granted.
When and how should you watch this? Whenever and however you want. Where does this fit in the larger Fate continuity? It doesn’t. Fate/Apocrypha is a completely separate timeline. It is its own thing. This can be the very first Fate show you watch or the very last. It makes no difference.
Fun fact, apocrypha is a religious term that is the antonym of canon. So, something li…
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A friend of mine warned me that Fate/Zero was an outlier in the Fate franchise and that I was probably not going to enjoy the rest of it. I should've listened.
Fate/Apocrypha is essentially a check list of shit I either hate or find exceptionally boring in anime. Dozens of interchangeable "I can't believe its not isekai" character designs, writing attempting to cover dark topics like slavery and child soldiers with the depth of of a sixteen year old's first fan fiction, and dull super combat moves that are rarely more than big laser swords and explosions.
Its so bland, repetitive and interchangeable with every other basic action shonen that it may be the thing that finally kills what momentum I had with the Fate franchise.
Plot: The Yggdmillenia family stole the grail with the Nazi's help…
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The show is not that bad... but not that good either.
The biggest problem with this show is that the characters are only "semi-likeable"; they're not bad but not nearly as likeable as the characters in Fate/Stay Night. Sieg is a very bland protagonist, so if you didn't like Shirou in F/SN, you'll like him even less. There are just too many characters, too, with not enough time for develop them all. For what its worth, the master/servant pairing of Kairi and Mordred clicked instantly, as they both have amazing chemistry together.
As far as the plot goes, it's nothing to write home about. It's about the holy grail war and stuff just sort of happens. Things pick up near the end, as more characters are eliminated from the war and more focus put on the remaining ones. The ending is well-made…
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First of all, im being really generous with a 4 as final rating.
Secondly, for me this thing doesnt exist in the nasuverse, and thanks god its in its own stupid timeline without ruining any of the billion other ones.
Now, if you watched some Nasuverse stuff before, you would be wondering how is there a gap so big between this abomination and the rest of the verse.
Well the reasons are 3 mainly: first, its not written by nasu, second its adapted by studio A-1, third,it was originally supposed to be a game originally and half of the cast was different, but they decided at the last moment to change that and make it a light novel.
The story is basically non existing, if you have to compare it to something its like the random uninspired "stories" that various anime's fighting games get (One Pie…
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I really don't get the reason behind why people are being so harsh about this series. I'm new to the fate franchise so i don't know much about the other series but one thing is for sure, Apocrypha was just awesome. The fight scene, the soundtrack, the character development and the execution was just marvelious. And the ending was amazing too! If you're still reading this, then lemme tell you just this, do not let the low reviews fool you. Because of the harsh criticism, i didn't even bothered to watch it until recently. This will be worth your time for sure!
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Sooooo... i see everyone trashtalking about this anime and saying that it was probably one of the worst anime of the season... of course it wasn’t !
I’m not specially a fan of the Fate franchise but I like it and i’ve seen the other Fate series. I liked all of them and Fate/Apocrypha is not an exception.
I really enjoyed this show and I don’t know why there is so much hate about it. Generally, people judge an anime from his plot and his development of the characters. This anime has 29 characters and it seems that most of the trashtalkers say that it’s too much...
Of course it’s too much ! 14 masters + 15 servants is a lot and there’s no way that the studio can develop everything in 25 episodes, but take it in the good way ! They focused on 5-6 masters and 5-6 servants, and it wasn’t too…
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Another year, another addition to the ever expanding Fate franchise that has birthed some of the most epic, and not-so-epic, stories to be told in anime. Here with Fate/Apocrypha, we get a new twist on the time honored battle for the Holy Grail. I was happy to see another Fate series get a 25 episode run and was eager to dive in.
Story: 6
Being a spin-off version of the typical Grail War, the 2 warring factions idea was a valiant attempt to breathe some fresh life into the established rules; however, this is the root of most of the show's shortcomings. The overwhelming amount of character bios and motivations being condensed from the immensity of the Nasuverse into a neat and tidy 23 minute package each week is extremely difficult. To be blunt, the narrative struggles mightily in the fir…
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What do you get when a drunk person watches a masterpiece like fate/zero and tries to recreate it? Ponder no more because fate/apocrypha comes along to answer that question. I love the fate franchise, and have given a 10 to every other tv fate series so far that I have seen (unlimited blade works, zero, and even deen/stay night). I really wanted to do the same here, but fate/apocrypha just wouldn't let me. This series could have been great but the writing of the show was either done by drunkards or by lazy people wanting to get paid for minimum effort.
As to my earlier question, why is fate/apocrypha a watered down version of fate/zero? Let me explain: The plot of both series are the same; win the grail war. Masters (humans) are granted heroic spirits (servants) by the holy grail to figh…
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When I first watched Fate/Zero, I was absolutely taken in by the animation and world-build up. The story’s gripping narrative made it one of my favorites. I also enjoyed Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, the sequel to Zero. When I watched the Fate series, I hadn’t watched a lot of anime, so I simply enjoyed the aesthetic quality of the series, so I’m looking over any criticism it has received. Having enjoyed Fate so much, naturally I was really looking forward to Fate/Apocrypha, which aired in the fall of 2017. And what are my thoughts on it? Well, A-1 Pictures managed to present another disaster of an anime this season!
I’ll not deny it, A-1 has given us some of the most popular shows in the last decade, but there are several shows by this studio that simply follow the mainstream o…
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This is a spoiler free review on an anime that both deserves and does not deserve a lot of hate. I know my score is relatively high, but I urge you to keep in mind that this review is written by someone who has watched all 25 episodes and has acknowledged both the strengths and flaws of the anime.
Story
Alright let's get this out of the way. This show is not like Fate/Zero or Unlimited Blade Works or really any other Fate plot in the franchise, but I don't understand why these anime are used to compare against Apocrypha. The plot in Apocrypha is very different and plays with the rules of the Holy Grail War instead of having the standard 7 master-servant pair. We instead have 14 pairs split into two factions with a ruler class servant in the mix. An argument can be said that bigger isn't…
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Fate/Apocrypha, what a ride it was!
When I started, I thought that it can't possibly as good as the previous Fate installments, since it didn't have the backing of an old, established story, neither the perfect animation of UFOtable.
Well, I was wrong. What this show lacked in stuff like visuals, it made up by the sheer enjoyment, given by other areas, where I think it did even better than it's predecessors.
Sound - 10/10 - a subjective area, but few can disagree here, I am sure. The soundtrack was simply outstanding.
Visuals - 9/10, the first parts, 7/10 the latter parts (they rushed it). But that's about it for the bad part, since the scale and the feel of the battles was WAY greater than the previous Fate animes.
Characters 10/10. This is not something you see every day, or in any…
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Think of the worst anime you've ever seen. Is it Mars of Destruction? Pupa? Maybe it's something more obscure, maybe it's some bland magic academy show, maybe it's something very popular that you just you don't like at all. Now be grateful, because if the show you just thought off isn't Fate/Apocrypha, it means that you haven't yet watched this abomination to the Fate franchise. Fate/Apocrypha is A-1's attempt at milking the cash cow that is Fate, written by the dude who wrote the script for the horrid Danganronpa 3 Mirai-hen anime cash in, and it is easily the worst anime I have ever seen. No, seriously, I am in no way exaggerating, out of all the awful shows I've seen, no show can even be compared to how bad Fate/Apocrypha is. I gave Fate/Apocrypha the honor of me finishing it, mainly be…
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Please note this review assumes that you have finished watching Fate/Apocrypha and while care has been taken to not spoil the story there may be potential spoilers within character analysis.
Based off a light novel of the same name Fate/Apocrypha is part of the Fate Stay Night franchise but rather than being a part of the main universe it’s a spin off of the series taking place in a parallel universe that has its own events and characters. True to the theme and premise of its parent series Fate/Apocrypha revolves around the struggle for the holy grail a mythical item that is said to be able to grant whoever attains it any wish that they want. However, while the previous series of the franchise have restricted this to relatively small-scale engagements between magus’s the difference and a…
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Introduction:
Type-Moon have delivered us splendid shows in the past already. One of them is the 'Fate' series. Due to ufotable's great job of adapting Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works and Fate/Zero, it's safe to say that the 'Fate' series are those series you can't just miss out. In Summer 2017 season, A-1 Pictures delivered us "Fate/Apocrypha". With it's attempt of trying to make a good 'Fate' adaptation, I just want to say it really didn't planned out to be better than any 'Fate' series out there or it's not really that good.
Story:
The story followed the two factions fight for the 'Holy Grail' in a never before seen type of royal rumble. Instead of 7 masters and 7 servants in total, there were 7 masters and 7 servants on each faction which was known as the Red and Black Faction.…
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Fate/Apocrypha - a completely new Fate experience.
Before I write down this review I will note few things:
-This will be a spoiler free review.
-I am reviewing it from a neutral standpoint and I have watched all Fate anime so far and I have extensive knowledge of the lore.
-This anime has nothing to do with Fate/Stay Night so you can watch it even if you did not watch the original work. The work does good explanation of how the basics of Fate universe works.
-I should also note that majority of negativity this show gets is because of fans of the franchise who expected another Fate/Stay Night story, which Apocrypha clearly is not. It has different theme, different characters and different setup. So I would suggest that you venture into this not expecting another FSN to get maximum exp…
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THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS
Ahhh. A-1 Pictures. The studio who have time and time again, blessed us with their heavenly touch. Once again delivering the seasonal train-wreck that they have been doing so effectively since the creation of time itself. Being one of the most popular studios for both Western and Japanese fans; A-1 have made some of the most popular shows to come out of the medium. Many battle shounen such as Magi, Blue Exorcist, Fairy Tail and The seven deadly sins have all been met with a warm embrace from anime fans. Last year’s big hit Erased, two of the most popular melodramas in Anohana and Your Lie in April, and the most important one of all: Sword Art Online. They have a lengthy list of popular shows but most of which are not met with the warmest of critical r…
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If you’ve been an anime fan over the past several years, it’s very likely you’re aware of the Fate franchise. The Type Moon Visual Novel first appeared to the anime world with the infamously mocked “people die when they are killed” 2006 adaptation of stay/night, but people REALLY got hooked with the adaptation of Gen Urobuchi’s Fate/Zero, a harrowing mature, and dramatic clash of ideals positioned as a battle Royale. From there, more and more iterations of the Fate mythos kept coming, with there being an Unlimited Blade Works TV anime, a mobile game adaptation in Fate/Grand Order, a Studio SHAFT Fate production due to air next year, and....in Summer 2017.........this.
THIS Fate, based on an alternate universe light novel by Yuuichirou Higashide and animated by A1 Pictures, tries to do eve…
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Fate/Apocrypha: A Postmortem Review
Now that 2017 is drawing to a close, we can certainly say Fate/Apocrypha lived up to its name, given that this is an entirely unnecessary installment to view due to its poor quality. It is arguably the blandest, most forgettable installment in the Fate series, notable only for current memes and trends in the community, such as traps and the meme of lewding fictional characters, as well as for what it tried and failed to accomplish over the course of its run. Now before I delve into the review proper, allow me to answer some burning questions:
“Can Fate/Apocrypha be watched as a standalone?”
Yes, but I wouldn't recommend doing so, as you want to know the rules of the main Holy Grail Wars first that way you know how this deviates. It doesn't explain all…
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Taking a footstep into the Type-Moon universe feels almost intimidating at first. The franchise consists of an immense fictional universe that’s filled with unnatural ideas. Their flagship titles include the Fate franchise that were adapted into several TV series, OVAs, and movies. However, Fate/Apocrypha came to me as a show that couldn’t hold itself together. What could have been a big hit of the year translated into a nakedly boring storyteller that dropped the ball.
To get the obvious out of the way, you don’t absolutely need to watch other Fate shows to understand Fate/Apocrypha. It’s advisable though since getting a better understanding of the general premise (in particular, the Holy Grail War) could improve your experience. Besides, the first few episodes does get into its expositi…
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