Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Caeruleus_CCXVI
5.75/10 ~ slightly better then Ageteram
This should be your 5th stop in the FGO anime timeline:
- First Order Movie
- Camelot Movie 1: Wandering; Agateram
- Camelot Movie 2: Paladin; Agateram
- Babylonia Initium Iter (ep 0)
And now the 21ep show of Babylonia. The Largest parts of the 1st 3 movies was that they were just giant advertisements for the game under the guise that they were a movie, with little to no story and honestly pretty weak fights and characters. Babylonia yes assumes like the previous movies that you have played the Game FGO, but also have at minimum watched the 3 movies and more then likely Zero+Original or UBW and skips over much of the ground work that all this material has presented. However without a stable ground of what and where it seems pretty aimless in its sto…
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I have watched this show 2 times already, it is an incredible show to anybody who has read the Epic of Gilgamesh, which is the book that the real life versions of gilgamesh, enkidu, and Ishtar are based on, and or has played or watched the "Fate" anime series or games, such as fate grand order.
If you don't know anything about either of them then this anime may be uninspiring to you. To myself who read the Epic of Gilgamesh and who has played the Fate Grand Order phone game, and who read the Fate series lore. I found it at times to be a very inspirational, emotional journey which made me laugh and cry.
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What makes an anime good? Well, we can answer this by asking what makes a story good. There are many aspects to a story. Characters, dialogue, world building, originality - the list goes on. There are also many aspects of a story that are only present in visual media - specifically animation. While it is hard to pinpoint what makes animation good, "you know it when you see it" is a pretty good rule of thumb.
I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia fails on every single level of story telling. Allow me to explain why.
First, let's talk about the plot. Saying that this animated adaptation of the Babylonia singularity of the popular "Fate/Grand Order" gacha game has a plot is like saying that a piece of white bread has flavor. Techni…
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this anime in short is how to ruin a great story with an adaptation.
The story was simplified, a more then half of dialogues from the original material were cut, just to add more scenes with self insert fujimaru, thus a 4.
the "art" is not comparable to any other fate anime, not even fucking apocrypha had such a bad case of same face syndrome + horrible cgi + random ass shots for no reason every 2 seconds, thus a 1.
the sound was so anonymous that i cant remember any music from this anime despite having watched it not long ago.
also the opening is as generic as it can get, thus a 1.
with the cut of dialogues, the characters were butchered too, making half of the anime just fujimaru having a pseudo harem of godesses.
what remained of the characters wasnt the worst thing of this adaptati…
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This review will have SPOILERS BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW IN TIME.
Animation:
1) For the first 9 episodes, the animation is absolutely brilliant. From battles, to action and to casual scenes, everything was a work of art. Every episode surpasses the previous one in terms of visuals. However, from episode 9 onwards the visuals get downgraded and I have no idea why. It was a major let down because the anime set the bar extremely high after so many episodes with such incredible visuals. It's such a shame to have the 2nd half of the entire season with fights that were poorly animated
2) boobs without nipples is lazy animation and will never look good
3) CGI was overused on pointless occasions (ex: random people walking around) and it broke immersion constantly
Sound:
1) sound volume is not op…
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** Visual orgasms and ear rape inbound **
Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front Babylonia is from a hellish gacha game Fate/Grand Order, which I unfortunately didn’t play yet. You don’t need to play the game before watching this. What I would recommend is to watch Fate/Zero and the prologue Fate/Grand Order as they explain how the system works and what has happened before hand.
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Visually an absolute shit AND a masterpiece! Let me tell you first that the CG is absolutely demonic and that’s why I didn’t rate this anime a 10. On the other hand, the hand drawn shots are absolutely amazing. The fighting sequences follow up as smooth as butter. The animators love to throw some but shots into the fights and that is absolute amazing. The way weapons are used is so satisfying tha…
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Story (10/10): Yes, this is a perfect story that is executed amazingly. As a player of the game, I was highly anticipating it and I was not disappointed at all. It's definitely my favourite fate with Fate/Zero as a close second. This focuses on the 7th Arc, I believe.
Art (10/10): This is very great art, despite it not being from Ufotable. The battle scenes have amazing quality and the characters have unique appearances, instead of your usual characters. The buildings and surroundings and also very well done.
Sound (10/10): I enjoyed the excitement of the opening and I loved the two ending songs. Also with this, the music that plays during battle is very reflective of the mood of the scene.
Character (9/10): I think that the characters are good, but it's definitely the worst part of…
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Stanning Gilgamesh. Fate/Grand Order : Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia is the isekai of the Fate franchise. Well. Technically.
The only word that I could use to describe this is “awesome”. I actually didn’t plan to review this at all because I don’t know how to make it spoiler-free. But I’ll try my best.
So if you like Gilgamesh and want to see a kinder side of him. This is where you go next. And if you want to see Rin wearing a hot outfit. This is where you go next. This is also where you go next if you want to see one of the most adorable pet ever along with uncensored pantyshots of a certain girl who has pink hair ( sorry. Had to say it ).
Another cool show flexing the budget of CloverWorks and the chaotic neutralness of the fate series. No idea where ufotable went, but CloverWorks…
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If you want something to hate watch, this could be for you. If you want to know how not to draw the faces of your main cast, this is for you. If you want ammo to hate on the Fate universe, this is for you. I am saddened that this has above a 5 for a rating. I'm am doubly saddened that people would rate this the same as Fate/Zero and/or Fate/stay night. I feel that it is a great disservice to those series being compared to this one.
I don't like to drop anime that I'm watching and am apparently a masochist considering I somehow finished this series. After I watched an episode of this I found myself being super thankful about anything I watched afterwards. I was more thankful of art, character development, and the stories of other anime than I ever was.
I rate this anime so poorly because th…
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My review for FGO: boobies and bums!
The positive! The animation generally looks very good, definitely above average. Many fight scenes are amazing and well choreographed. The scenery is usually also fair, sometimes a bit too realistic even!
The sound was generally satisfactory, with some nice themes here and there. Only at the end do they rely a bit too much on raspy bass noises that destroy your speakers and your ears for big attacks. Be sure to lower your volume at the point they are clearly telegraphed!
The bad: kinda everything else... ^^
I was hoping to see Gilgamesh' and Isthar's story. Instead, we get a totally new story after the written events. That's not bad on itself, except...
- It's not a stand-alone anime. In order to have the vaguest clue of what's going on, I'm assumi…
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What can I say....
One of the better fate series.
I have been a fate fan for ages, and I definitely love the characters, as most of them are very interesting and just love the fact that the servants are actual historical figures, just oversexualized. I mean, seriously, even loli-medusa? (Im not saying I dont like Ishtar's outfit.)
The plot, however, is average. A bit cliche. Nothing really stands out. On the other hand, the animation is really good and I really like how Gilgamesh is presented in the series. The setting, Uruk, is defenitely interesting, although I don't know how historically accurate it is.
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This is it, this is what all of our saint quartz paid off for.
I'll start by saying, yes, I do have a bias for this as an FGO addict, but don't think that will take away any critique I may have for this.
Characters - The heroic spirits we meet in Babylonia encapture what a heroic spirit really is better than any Fate adaption thus far in my opinion. When it comes down to it, despite their differing regrets in their past life, they will show their heroic nature. Gilgamesh in this adaption might just be my best boy of the year (2019/2020?). Ritsuka/Gudao however, falls flat in a lot of ways. As he is basically a self-insert, he doesn't hold much character, so certain scenes just fill out of place for him.
Art - As good as it gets, Cloverworks really showed everyone what they're capable of.…
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The MC is weak and no function at all. In almost fight scene the MC just a watcher and do anything but scream, scream and keep streaming to motivate others. What the heck is that? For the story line is good and the animation also so good but the characters built is disappointed.
For those who seek for a strong or OP main character, I do not prefer this but for those who seek enjoyable fighting and epic scene without realistic character built its okay. You guys can proceed.
Others, I loved the fight scene, but I do think the epilogue after the Tiamat fight was lacking a bit. It really didn't feel like they gave enough time or weight to the fact that you just downed a primoridal goddess that just wiped out Mesopotamia. Felt like they were just "mission accomplished, straight to the light…
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As another Type Moon franchise ends another sequel is now in the works and TBH I'm thinking that its probably another holy relic this time given that the said Holy Grail was with Fujimaru and Mash.......possible spoiler, somebody just said that so called "Holy Grail" may not be the real thing.....
So:
Story:
Pros: Basically this was the continuation of the first series witch is "Fate/Grand Order , First Order" but this time , the duo were send to some alternate world of Uruk and the duo's mission was to find out the series of distortion that affect that world in conjunction of their world.
Cons: There was still that "Holy Grail"thing that the duo must obtain , there was still that master and servant thing that has to be performed and pretty much every battle was just as usual with an…
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The most important thing I feel to know before you step into this world, is that there is so much lore explored previously. That's all. Knowing or not knowing may or may not influence your enjoyment, but it does exist , so when you finish the final episode it shouldn't feel like an end, nor a beginning, because there is so much before and after(both figuratively and literally).
My opinion is a bit biased as I play the game and thoroughly enjoy it, so my review will be in the perspective of a seasonal anime and a comparison to the game.
Story
The narrative is rather expansive, as it would be when following a war between humanity and the gods. The few moments in which the characters take their time to explore Uruk, really tries to drive home the importance of the culture at the time and ho…
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Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia is an anime with rather disappointing story with slight pacing problems, boring main characters, but also boasts of amazingly, stylishly animated battle scenes that are guaranteed to get your blood pumping.
While I believe the anime brushed up the fgo game storyline quite a bit(being a player myself,) I still found it quite lacking. Sudden resurrections without any good explanation, tons of exposition heavy mechanics that only pop up at the eleventh hour, and an obligatory focus on the boring, bland, fairly useless main character add up to a pretty unsatisfactory narrative.
Fujimaru Ritsuka is the fgo game player's proxy, and thus, is an unremarkable character. The anime maintains him as the main character, but instead of using him as a po…
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Fate Grand Order, the CGI dilemma, and the strange development of Ritsuka.
When this adaptation was announced, I was excited. However, I cannot say the same after seeing the entire adaptation. Although Fate Grand Order Babylonia arc has a good story, it made three mistakes. First, as a vivid fan of the whole Fate series and as a FGO player, I expected them to use the adaptation to expand the background of the characters, their relationships, reasons, for example, Tiamat, Quetz, Enkidu, Gilgamesh to name a few. I was hoping that they would add some new story to aid the plot and fill in the little holes left by the game's stages and, in some cases, the game plot choices. Unfortunately, this never happened, and you can notice unexpected behavior in some parts of the story without any previou…
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"Hey, that's hell you're walking into"
The Fate Series is undoubtedly one of the biggest franchise in anime, and to even start it, seems to be a very daunting task. When I decided to start my journey on the Fate Series, I got taken aback by its storytelling. Whether it is Unlimited Blade Works or Heaven's Feel, Fate has one of the most captivating stories out there to tell. So when I heard that Babylonia is getting an anime adaptation, I was so hyped. Among the many singularity stories in FGO, Babylonia was one of the best due to it being written by Nasu ( The creator of Fate/stay night ), so I had my expectations of this adaptation. But my god, I did not expect it to be this good.
OVERVIEW:
Babylonia is the 7th singularity, which is an unobservable region that does not exist within Chal…
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FGO: Babylonia successfully captures the magic of the game and expands upon it in a magnificent way offering an enjoyable experience for both newcomers and gacha heads.
Simply put, it’s one of the best game-anime adaptations I’ve ever seen. This isn’t just my Type-Moon bias talking. The show packs a punch. Unfortunately, due to fears about the complexities of the Fate series, many people did not get to experience this gem.
To calm any concerns, Babylonia tells the story of the 7th Fate/Grand Order singularity and is able to be watched and enjoyed without having seen or played the previous ones. The singularities are pretty self-contained and until Camelot, the 6th singularity, which will be receiving a series of films this year, the story doesn’t really hold much weight anyway.
You wil…
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It’s been several years since the gacha game Fate Grand Order made its debut. Now in this new decade and Sony is practically sitting on a gold mine. In fact, reports have been shown that the game made into the 3 billion figures in global player spending in 2019. That’s a whole lot of 0s. Ranked as one of the most popular global gacha games, FGO’s destiny is the inevitable anime adaptation. Let’s talk Fate Grand Order.
To get the obvious out of the way, viewers don’t need to absolutely watch the previous Fate shows or play the game. Sure, it can enhance the experience but Fate Grand Order is perfectly watchable if it’s your first entry into the Fate universe; although I do recommend watching at least the prologue or OVAs. Taking place in the A.D. 2016, Fate Grand Order Babylonia chronicles…
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