Bakanogami posted:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-12-23/fate/zero-assassin-parker-jacket-offered-in-japan as if it wasn't already stupid-looking enough already to wear anime-paraphernalia
|
|
#
?
Dec 23, 2011 19:07
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 11, 2024 04:12 |
|
|
AlternateNu posted:So, another retarded FSN noob question. I haven't seen it specifically mentioned, but I'm guessing the grail actually grants two wishes? One for the servant and one for the master? What happens if there is a direct conflict or contradiction? Its not actually something you use to wish as much as something that have enough power to accomplish what you need. Saying more would be spoilers, but I'll say that the whole nature of this ritual is wrapped in conspiracies.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 01:46
|
|
|
AnacondaHL posted:as if it wasn't already stupid-looking enough already to wear anime-paraphernalia At least it's better than those retarded button up shirts with DBZ characters plastered all over them.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 10:20
|
|
|
Personally I can't wait for the videos displaying groups of Assassins running around harassing people.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 11:58
|
|
|
Speaking of Assassin, rarely you can stump on a good fanart of him. Much less a decent one. Truly the least popular class by far in the whole franchise, not counting Avenger of course.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 14:33
|
|
|
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1324737780 Last episode of season one is up. EDIT: Well drat, that was a fantastic way to go out. "I shall give you the greatest 'cool' you have ever seen!" Caster is the best. jonjonaug fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Dec 24, 2011 |
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 16:32
|
|
|
http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-6151.html The full version of episode 11 will air January 2nd.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 16:59
|
|
|
It's a cliffhanger Christmas. Ah well, better than what happened last year with Panty Stocking.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 17:14
|
|
|
Apparently, tomorrow is also Arcueid Brunestud's birthday...
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 17:16
|
|
|
Welp, time to seal myself in a cryogenic pod until April 2012.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 18:11
|
|
|
I hope they're using the time to the next season to make awesome animation. The next few episodes better be beyond epic.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 18:36
|
|
|
Holy poo poo that last scene with Saber dashing across the river to attack Not-Quite-Cthulhu was loving gorgeous. I'm perfectly fine waiting until April if they produce more animation like that. Also, is it bad that Ryunosuke's rant about God being a writer that loves his villainous characters as much as his heroes kind of made a lot of sense to me?
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 18:45
|
|
|
3 months of waiting noooooooooooooo Ended exactly at the cliffhanger I was afraid it would. At least we can count on the first episode of next season to basically be the greatest thing ever. Saber being all "Water? Heh." was a great little touch that they never mentioned in Stay/Night. 
Bakanogami fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Dec 24, 2011 |
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 20:27
|
|
|
God drat this loving show. Can't wait for april.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 20:46
|
|
|
Bakanogami posted:3 months of waiting noooooooooooooo Rider is best Santa. This episode was great, I was expecting the last episode to be a lot more anticlimactic. Liked the continued character development for Waver and Rider (arguably the real main characters) and also for Caster and Ryuunosuke.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 21:08
|
|
|
Caster and Uryuu's VAs are having way too much fun with this.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 21:23
|
|
|
DerLeo posted:Caster and Uryuu's VAs are having way too much fun with this.
|
|
#
?
Dec 24, 2011 21:57
|
|
|
This is exactly the sort of thing that will probably be explained, but near the end I kept wondering why they don't just focus on finding Casters worthless rear end Master, since he's not even a mage or anything I would assume he'd be much easier to take out Regardless, this has been a whole lot more entertaining than I thought it was going to be, definitely looking forward to season two.
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 04:40
|
|
|
a kitten posted:This is exactly the sort of thing that will probably be explained, but near the end I kept wondering why they don't just focus on finding Casters worthless rear end Master, since he's not even a mage or anything I would assume he'd be much easier to take out Lancer and Rider would rather fight head on. Tokiomi's plan is to wait and let the other Servants tire Caster out while Archer doesn't really care too much. Kotomine is still devoted to supporting Tokiomi from the shadows, it wouldn't be any good if he revealed that he was still working with Tokiomi if he were to hunt down Caster's Master on his own. Saber is the type to fight Caster directly and Kritsugu cares more about dispatching Lancer at the moment. Kariya only cares about killing Tokiomi and Berserker is Berserker.
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 04:47
|
|
|
Redcrimson posted:Holy poo poo that last scene with Saber dashing across the river to attack Not-Quite-Cthulhu was loving gorgeous. I'm perfectly fine waiting until April if they produce more animation like that. Considering the God of the original Torah... Yeah. Not-Quite-Cthulhu blew me away, I was HOPING that they would step up the Lovecraftian stuff a bit but they just went for the goal there. Factor_VIII posted:This, I've seen a couple of episodes in between Tsukihime routes and I don't see anything atrocious about it yet, I dug the way Arcueid sorta glared with a predator's eyes at Shiki at their 'second' meeting. But hell man, APRIL of all times? Argh. I have to wait for the goddamn Hobbit AND Fate/Zero? Hell man. Now it seems to be Assassin really doesn't get a lot of love, whenever I think of Assasin at this point I pretty much think Assassins Creed, would be nice if we had a solo Assassin dude who was as bad rear end. However on the other hand we finally seem to have a vaguely threatening caster so thats good news, think we might eventually get a light novel/anime original earlier Grail Wars or maybe hopefully later ones? Avenger sounds to me like a vaguely D&D Prestige class, if you were to have two others what would they be? Crusader sounds like a no contest name, maybe Sorcerer? I'm tempted to see what progress has been made on making a Type-Moon rpg system. Now my family ie my sister and my brother like Gargoyles and my brother likes Full Metal Alchemist (albeit only in English) and aren't anime fans, would Fate/Zero be a good effort to introduce them a bit into Anime?
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 05:10
|
|
|
Probably not. It's a bit too heavy in places. Though if any of them are mythology nerds and fine with playing somewhat fast and loose with said mythology it'd be worth a shot.
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 05:19
|
|
|
It's arguable that killing Caster's master wouldn't do anything to stop Caster anyways. Not like the guy is a magus, so Caster's getting all his juice by devouring people's souls probably.
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 08:07
|
|
|
-Troika- posted:It's arguable that killing Caster's master wouldn't do anything to stop Caster anyways. Not like the guy is a magus, so Caster's getting all his juice by devouring people's souls probably. There's also a cut line from the novel about how Caster here isn't strictly summoning psuedo-Cthulhu and getting him to do his bidding. He's just opening the gate without any of the normal restrictions and letting the big guy through to do what he will. Which is to eat the town. So they potentially need to not only kill Ryuunosuke/Caster, but beat Cthulhu himself. There's also the issue that nobody outside of Rin's actually met Ryuunosuke at this point, so none of the servants would even know who they're looking for. I hate to get people's hopes up since we've got four months to go, but the second half is going to be off the chain. All of my favorite fight scenes from the books are crammed in there, and they'll have all that time to work on it.
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 08:23
|
|
|
Raenir Salazar posted:This, I've seen a couple of episodes in between Tsukihime routes and I don't see anything atrocious about it yet, I dug the way Arcueid sorta glared with a predator's eyes at Shiki at their 'second' meeting. The problem people have with it is that it turns out it's actually not possible to fit in Nasu's endless mental dialogue and epitomes while at the same time having an enjoyable show. So a lot of stuff goes unexplained. Like Nanaya mode. It's the same reason the F/SN anime is so decried and why Shirou is so constantly portrayed as both a misogynist and completely retarded. Without a look into his thoughts we have no way of knowing that the reason he doesn't want girls to fight is because he doesn't want anyone to get hurt while he's still capable of battling, or that a good chunk of the time he knows he's being an idiot but presses on anyways because that's what a hero does.
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 08:50
|
|
|
Bakanogami posted:There's also a cut line from the novel about how Caster here isn't strictly summoning psuedo-Cthulhu and getting him to do his bidding. He's just opening the gate without any of the normal restrictions and letting the big guy through to do what he will. Which is to eat the town. So they potentially need to not only kill Ryuunosuke/Caster, but beat Cthulhu himself. Based from "The Elder Evils" (which actually sort of stats this sort of encounter) D&D source book I imagine they're fighting an aspect of Cthulhu since the 'stars aren't right' yet for it to be the sleeper of ryleh himself. is the term we are probably looking for.
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 08:59
|
|
|
Raenir Salazar posted:Based from "The Elder Evils" (which actually sort of stats this sort of encounter) D&D source book I imagine they're fighting an aspect of Cthulhu since the 'stars aren't right' yet for it to be the sleeper of ryleh himself. is the term we are probably looking for. Here's the exact description they give, if you're curious: The dirty lump of meat had already swelled to the size of a sphere. No, maybe this is the real form of the diabolic underworld. All the familiars Caster had employed until today had to be but the bits and pieces of this; small fries which would not exceed this. “That is......” A grotesque shadow rising with darkness as its background. At that disgusting and yet overwhelming majesty, Saber held her breath. Even the champions of the deep seas- whales and giant squids, could not boast of such large size. A nightmare which governs the ocean in the realm that is outside this world. Without a doubt, that aquatic giant fits the name of a “sea demon”.
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 10:10
|
|
|
 Last episode was such a cliffhanger, guess I should read novels now. Although I dislike reading something and knowing well that 90+% of the cast will die there.
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 11:38
|
|
|
-Troika- posted:It's arguable that killing Caster's master wouldn't do anything to stop Caster anyways. Not like the guy is a magus, so Caster's getting all his juice by devouring people's souls probably. Though even without a Master any servant can remain for a minimum of half an hour which is more than enough time for Cthulhu to exit the river and start eating people. Killing Ryuunosuke wouldn't make Caster disappear fast enough to make a difference. Raenir Salazar posted:Based from "The Elder Evils" (which actually sort of stats this sort of encounter) D&D source book I imagine they're fighting an aspect of Cthulhu since the 'stars aren't right' yet for it to be the sleeper of ryleh himself. is the term we are probably looking for. quote:怪魔 - Kaima Factor_VIII fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Dec 25, 2011 |
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 17:58
|
|
|
This show  Does anyone know if there's a full version of the song that plays while Caster is being absorbed ? 
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 19:13
|
|
|
That was an nice ep with the cliffhanger making wanting April to come already, at least it will be a good birthday present when it comes.
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 20:52
|
|
|
Such a good episode to end the season on... Caster summoning Cthulhu and about to wreck the whole city just to stick it to God; Rider, Saber, and Lancer going out to stop him, Rider going off in Gordius Wheel while Saber runs on water due to the protection of the Lady of the Lake, those F-15s in the preview heading towards the river, etc. It's going to be hell waiting these 4 months... Ryuunosuke and Caster continue to impress with their voice acting. I never thought that gratuitous English could be so perfectly chilling and funny at the same time. Also, Rider going to buy that game that's on his shirt was immensely hilarious. I can only imagine what the clerk must have looked like when he went to pay for it. At least Rider has pants now, though I guess he's had pants since the Feast of Kings...
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 22:31
|
|
|
Well, that was an exciting place to have a cliffhanger. Hopefully Lancer will kill himself getting rid of squidface, then Saber can get better without having to be all mopey about it. I liked how Riderfelt the need to go around telling everyone what was going on as if they wouldn't notice the gently caress-off huge monster bursting out of the river.
|
|
#
?
Dec 25, 2011 23:35
|
|
|
I need a reality check. I find Rider obnoxious, the serial killers' voices grating, their existence in the story a waste of time, and the setup to this fight cartoonish. Am I crazy? Depression maybe? Though I loved the banquet of the kings.
|
|
#
?
Dec 26, 2011 00:03
|
|
|
How many times has Rider stole the show now?
|
|
#
?
Dec 26, 2011 00:28
|
|
|
Xy Hapu posted:I need a reality check. I find Rider obnoxious, the serial killers' voices grating, their existence in the story a waste of time, and the setup to this fight cartoonish. Yea something is wrong Rider owns and banquet of king was kind of boring. Rider is like the secret servant class: Bro.
|
|
#
?
Dec 26, 2011 00:44
|
|
|
Xy Hapu posted:I need a reality check. I find Rider obnoxious, the serial killers' voices grating, their existence in the story a waste of time, and the setup to this fight cartoonish. Rider was kind of monodimensional up to Banquet of Kings but it was a pretty neat bit of characterization for him (to say nothing of Saber and Gilgamesh.) Caster hasn't had that kind of moment just yet, but he serves as a foil to the heroic characters. And I bet something interesting will happen when/if his goals every diverge significantly from his master's.
|
|
#
?
Dec 26, 2011 01:11
|
|
|
Raenir Salazar posted:Avenger sounds to me like a vaguely D&D Prestige class, if you were to have two others what would they be? Crusader sounds like a no contest name, maybe Sorcerer? I'm tempted to see what progress has been made on making a Type-Moon rpg system. Dareon did a write up on Fate: The Unauthorized Nasuverse RPG in the FATAL and Friends thread in Traditional Games. Check the second post of the thread for links to each update. It's not a very good game, sadly.
|
|
#
?
Dec 26, 2011 05:37
|
|
|
WrightOfWay posted:Dareon did a write up on Fate: The Unauthorized Nasuverse RPG in the FATAL and Friends thread in Traditional Games. Check the second post of the thread for links to each update. It's not a very good game, sadly. There's a link to that rpg here... http://www.heavens-feel.com/fate_nasuverse_rpg.html Randomzx fucked around with this message at 05:57 on Dec 26, 2011 |
|
#
?
Dec 26, 2011 05:55
|
|
|
Bakanogami posted:Kinda late, but this is loving awesome.
|
|
#
?
Dec 26, 2011 07:20
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 11, 2024 04:12 |
|
|
loving hell, I have to wait until April to have that resolved? I was like "holy poo poo that ending was badass! I can't wait a whole loving week for the next episode!" Then I find out I have to wait a minimum of 3 months. fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckingbullshitwhatthefuckisthisshit 
|
|
#
?
Dec 26, 2011 08:00
|
|