A sneak peek at, what could be, my favorite season in the fate franchise.

Quick disclaimer: This is my first review ever, I'll get better as I make more i promise.

The title says it all! These past few weeks I have been watching nothing else but Fate. I was so captivated by this well-made battle royale, with interesting masters, servants, powers, everything honestly. But fate/strange fake -whispers of dawn- grabbed my attention right before I even started fate, and today was the day I watched it, and boy, do I have stuff to say.

First off, let's start with the most important part for me: Characters.

What makes battle royale anime good for me are the not-so-right-in-the-head characters, or just characters that don't feel too basic, you can recognize them right off the bat when you look at them, and I must say, strange fake absolutely DELIVERS with these interesting characters. I seriously think this might be the best cast we have gotten (Fate/zero would be second). All of them have so much charisma, it is unreal. I've got to say, out of these 55 minutes my favorite characters might be:
Flatt Escardos

and Enkidu! They are such interesting additions to the series! Personally very excited to see if all the characters will be showcased well, but then again, the writer for this season is Ryougo Narita, who usually writes stories with large casts and all of the characters don't get lost in the writing, so I have a lot of hopes!

Next up I'd want to talk about the art.

I think that the change of artstyle is SO good. I love the thicker outlines way more and more attention to detail rather than smoothness, which was the main focus in other fate seasons by the studios. Very happy that they decided to change it up a bit, rather than keeping it like usual. Also, the studio is A-1 PICTURES. A studio that did kaguya sama, sword art online, 86:Eighty six, so when I had seen the studio, I was not scared at all for the adaptation. I just REALLY hope they do not rush the TV show, that's all I ask.

Now, let's talk about the soundtrack. HOLYYYYY.... Hiroyuki Sawano does it yet AGAIN. Seriously this man has so much talent. Every second from the music adds so much tension to the scenes, This is a professional right here!

Okay, one thing that is a bit sad is that the movie is not very good for someone who just started watching fate, it does not explain the whole world well and only gives out some context for the servants and masters. So if you are interested to watch it, please make sure to finish fate/zero, fate/stay night mainly.

Now, the highlight of the whole movie: Enkidu vs Gilgamesh.

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This MIGHT be my favorite fight scene I have seen in a long long time, the place that they were fighting in was so captivating, especially the detailed sky. Enkidu's powers were so beautiful, I am just super glad I was able to see him in action in the movie and not wait 2 years for the tv show to be released. Gilgamesh ofc is always entertaining to watch, his voice actor does a splendid job, always with the laughs LMAO.

Here, have some pretty views I had captured while watching.

In conclusion: Fate/strange fake is probably the show I'm anticipating the most next year! I'm hoping it is as good as this special episode, because it is an episode i will not forget in a WHILEEE.
Thank you so much for reading ;D!