Fate prototype
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There is a lot more to read about it online and a whole prequel-LN series named "Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver". Overall, I can sat that the Fate/Prototype trailer is quite enjoyable and it led me to take quite an interest in the Fate/Prototype universe. It is confusing, jumps from one thing to another every 10 seconds, but I suppose that is exactly what you would expect from a trailer. 12 minutes long preview of a project of such proportions do not do it justice. There really is not too much to say about this one, since it is so short. There are a lot of similarities character-wise between Fate/Prototype and Fate/Stay Night, and a fan can instantly see how different characters here (like the crazy priest) were re-imagined in F/SN (Kotomine Kirei).The only criticism I can give is that the MC looks quite generic - nothing more than a typical, shy, insecure school-girl, at least judging from this short preview. The character designs are obviously nice and unique, exactly what you would expect from Nasu. The art in this trailer is actually fairly good, and the short flashes of fight scenes, mostly between Saber and Archer, look great. There is a whole new tiered system of masters, which follows the angelic hierarchy (there is more to it, but it was not really possible to fully explain it in a 12 minute trailer). There are many commonalities rules-wise towards how the Holy Grail War works, with the main differences being that in this version, the War takes place every 8 years also, Shirou from the original is now a girl named Ayaka Sajyou, and servant Saber is a man (same hero though). This trailer shows Kinoko Nasu's original version of the Holy Grail War, which Nasu later re-worked into what we all know as Fate/Stay Night. I really wish the OVA was longer, as a few searches online gave me some really interesting information that I didn't catch during the quick flashes.įate/Prototype is not a full-fledged series, or even a proper OVA - instead this is more of a trailer/preview, that was released as a bonus segment with the third season of Carnival Phantasm. Overall, I think this was a really cool concept. Later online searches tell me she is named Manaka, and she's actually Ayaka's sister and a main villan. The character who stood out to me blonde girl at the very end who seems to be yandere for male!Saber. During the quick flashes, we get a glimpse at the villlains, all of which seem to be very interesting. The protagonist Ayaka seems to be the generic scared & shy girl type, but then again the OVA didn't really give much time to develop anything. The Servants have been slightly redesigned, including making Saber male.
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The characters are similar to Fate/staynight, given that this was the prototype for Staynight. Special mention goes to Gilgamesh's new powers.
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There are many battle scenes in the OVA, and they all seem to be really epic. I had to go search online for more info about the characters and such in order to fully understand the OVA. The rest of the OVA is composed of really quick flashes of scenes and battles. However, she gets attacked by Lancer, and ends up summoning Saber.
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She doesn't want to get involved in the present war (apparently they take place every 8 years now). In this version of the Holy Grail War, the main character is instead a girl called Ayaka, whose family was involved in the previous war. The format is kind of similar to a trailer.įirst of all, the animation is absolutely fantastic, and the soundtrack isn't bad either. This is basically what Fate/staynight could have been.