After 22 episodes of buildup, it looks like it’s finally time for Urobuchi-san to start dishing out the despair for real. This was really the first episode since before the Kiritsugu side-story that I really felt Fate/Zero was firing on all cylinders.  As a whole I think it’s lost a […] Read more

I think in order to enjoy F/Z to its fullest, you need to be either a major sadist or a major masochist.  Happily though, either would probably work. It’s not like he ever makes it easy to forget, but Urobuchi-san certainly likes to remind you with brute force just who’s […] Read more

I’m beginning to wonder if my luck with Fate/Zero is starting to run out. I knew going in that I was in the minority with this series in having never read the LNs, and not having managed to stay with through F/SN to the finish.  But for a season and […] Read more

It can’t be easy, believing you’re God. It’s a given that anything written by Urobuchi Gen and animated by ufotable is going to be good, at the very least, and interesting too.  Add voice talent like Rikiya Kamiya, Miyu Irino and Watanabe Akeno and you’re obviously going to get authentic […] Read more

So this is your plan eh, Urobuchi-san – turn Kiritsugu into a cute shota voiced by Miyu Irino to make me like him?  Devious, indeed… It seems odd for F/Z to take an unannounced two-episode break from a very involving storyline to delve into Kiritsugu’s past, but that’s exactly what’s […] Read more

Can’t say this was a hard one to see coming… Where’s Freddie Mercury when you need him?  Two things mentioned here last week, a “death of the week” scenario and Tokiomi being the next Master to face the axe, are certainly looking good so far.  I don’t know whether we’ll […] Read more

If this is what saving looks like, I’d rather not be saved, thanks. Obviously, that was a mighty powerful episode, easily the best of the second cour.  There’s no question in my mind that episodes like this one are where Fate/Zero shines brightest, because they’re the ones that best show […] Read more

Alas, poor Caster – we hardly… Eh, screw it – good riddance, you crazy bastard. Before I delve into this episode on its own terms, what struck me first while watching it is how interesting it was to do so after watching the first ep of Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean.  […] Read more

Come on now, ufotable – that was just showing off. OP: “to the beginning” by Kalafina I’m not really sure why that season break was necessary, because Fate/Zero – perhaps more than any show with such a pause – made no attempt to couch it in terms of a true […] Read more

Well – they really didn’t even try to end this in a good spot, did they? I thought a lot about how to categorize this show in terms of my both my normal blogging process and my year-end reviews.  Is this a series in and of itself, or are we […] Read more