Product Details

• Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Limited Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
• DVD Release Date: December 19, 2006
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000I2JSW6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,476 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am the bone of my sword... mwehahaha, January 26, 2007

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Lungbunny (NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fate/Stay Night. Vol. 1 - Adventure of the Holy Grail (DVD)

I discovered Fate/Stay Night through the original visual novel, and ero-game by the same title. The anime traces the Saber-focused romance path with omission of the sex scenes and such. Since the anime is based on a game/novel, there's a lot of things that a casual veiwer of the anime series will miss or simply not get off hand without investigation into the series. However, the anime can stand on it's own without the veiwer understanding the ins and outs of what's going on elsewhere.

*cough* Anyway...

The animation is solid, the music is solid, and the Japanese voice acting is very good as is the translation. The english voice acting, so far, seems weak though... Especially where Sakura and Taiga are concerned.

Overall, it's a series for fans of Typemoon's works. I happily recommend it.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing, December 21, 2006

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Someone (Somewhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fate/Stay Night. Vol. 1 - Adventure of the Holy Grail (DVD)

I'm being fairly generous with the 5th star since I've only watched the first 4 episodes that come on this, but I think it can live up to it.

The DVD released here by Geneon has to get a 2 at best, though. The only extras are a pathetic set of pencil sketches, opening and closing credits, and three previews. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect more when they charge $30 for something like that. The series box comes with it. So if you decide to buy all the DVDs, this purchase will give you a nice box to store them in. That big thing next to the first DVD is just a filler. Nothing special about it once you've inspected it.

On to the anime. The show didn't really impress me very much until about halfway through episode 2. The story centers around a boy, Shirou, who has a hazy past. He has the unusual habit of wanting to help people, which has believable roots in his past. It isn't entirely clear yet, but he appears to have a connection with a war that had been fought ten years prior to the story. This introduces the main plot: a war fought between teams of masters, such as Shirou, and their servants, heroic spirits from the past. Their goal is to obtain the Holy Grail and be granted a wish. Forget your traditional knowledge of the Grail story. This anime puts a more sinister twist to it, which isn't bad at all so far.

The animation quality is the strongest point so far. (The story is progressively growing on me, but I have to wait until the end to give it's full evaluation). I don't have another anime to compare it to. I'd have say it's a step above even animes like Fullmetal Alchemist. The music is fine. I don't think the intro and closing music stand out very much, though. If you browse online, you can find a Japanese opening that sounds much better and was what first drew me to the series.

Overall some of the dialouge could have been better executed, and the comic relief doesn't add that much to it yet. Both the story and dialouge improve though, and you can see the beginnings of a great bond forming between Shirou and his servant, Saber. Going by episode 4's ending, I'd say the next installment will be even better. It won't all get released until October, 2007, though.

I would definitely give this one a shot if you've got the cash to spare. This is the first anime of this type to make its way onto my shelf, and I think I made the right choice in choosing this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fate/Stay Night Vol. 1, April 5, 2008

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Joel D. Fernandez (Honolulu, HI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fate/Stay Night. Vol. 1 - Adventure of the Holy Grail (DVD)

I would consider this anime one of the best ones out there. I watched the whole thing prior to purchasing the DVD's and wanted a set for myself to have in my library.

The storyline was excellent, the characters were unforgettable, and the animation, to me, was top-notch.