Fate/Prototype

I WISHED THIS WAS TURNED TO A FULL FLEDGED ANIME SERIES for fate's next 10 anniversary. Because this short work looked like it was going to be an announcement as the next big fate anime project. but it was an awesome commercial instead. The animation is top notch even if it isn't be utotable. and the fight scenes between gigamesh and male saber are epic. the female version of shirou is annoying as hell despite understanding to wanting to do anything with the holy grail war. The other characters aren't explained much in detail so that the end of that . Music was fitting butit gets the job done with the visuals. Finally I had fun watching this well done advertisement for a non existing product (it is it's actually the prototype for the well known fate stay night series) So that's my review for this short work

Fate/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. 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. Shirou from the original is now a girl named Ayaka Sajyou, and servant Saber is a man (same hero though). 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,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). The art in this trailer is actually fairly good, and the short flashes of fight scenes, mostly between Saber and Archer, look great. The character designs are obviously nice and unique, exactly what you would expect from Nasu. 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. There really is not too much to say about this one, since it is so short. 12 minutes long preview of a project of such proportions do not do it justice. 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. 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. There is a lot more to read about it online and a whole prequel-LN series named "Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver". So if you have some time, give this short preview a try, especially if you are a big fan of Nasuverse. One warning though - if you have never seen or read anything to do with Fate, you will most likely not understand or appreciate this.

Story (9/10): The Fate Story remains the same. There are 7 Masters and 7 Servants battling for the Holy Grail, a treasure that can grant any wish. The last Master alive gets the Holy Grail. This story is very greatly executed in this short OVA, which is kind of a trailer or a preview to the world of Fate/Prototype. Art (10/10): There is nothing bad to say about the art. It is simply outstanding. The characters and their surrounding are drawn amazingly. Sound (9/10): The sound is very exciting and goes with the whole OVA. The background magic is amazingly composed. The voice actors alsodo an amazing job. Character (8/10): There are good characters, but once again the main character is sort of lacking in a real distinguished personality. Overwise, the characters are amazing. Enjoyment (9/10): Very fast-paced and lovely combat. I'm not sure what was, but maybe I wanted this to be a whole series instead of an OVA. Overall (9/10): Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this OVA and it makes me curious about the world of Fate/Prototype. It has amazing art, an amazingly executed story and great voice acting and background music.

2021 will be the 10 year anniversary of the original release of this OVA. And I still don't have a proper Prototype anime. To say I'm bitter would be an understatement. while Fate Prototype definitely has similar themes and ideas that have been already explored in the original Stay Night series, I feel like there is enough difference that Prototype could appeal to a very different and much wider audience than the original Stay Night could (And no, not just because there are quite a few pretty bishounen boys to look at or it might appeal to the shoujo/josei crowd), as while the premise issomewhat the same, there is enough differences between characters like Ayaka to Shirou, Arthur to Arturia, etc. and even the way the rules of this holy grail war is set up that you could tell a much different story. TM absolutely knows that Prototype has potential, that Arthur and Proto Cu are very popular among fans, and the success of Fate Prototype Fragments as both an LN and drama CD, but also what has been explored of these characters in FGO and the subsequent merchandise that has come shows that they are not blind to knowing that people are curious to this idea. My only hope is that TM is still trying to figure out how to tell a different story with Prototype and Prototype Fragments than the story that was told in Stay Night, and that the delay of a proper Fate Prototype anime is due to this.