Another week, another anime of the week
and this weeks anime as chosen by a sticky dart being thrown at my anime collection is
Fate/Zero
Written by Gen Urobuchi aka the man behind Madoka Magica, Psycho Pass and more recently Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (all pretty big and awesome shows).
Produced by Ufotable who have done the Kara no Kyokai movies (My fave series of movies), Sonic X, Mobile Suit GUNDAM Seed and some other things too.
Now for the plot-
This is a prequal to Fate/Staynight, taking place 10 years before this is a tail of the 4th Holy Grail war a battle royal forming of seven masters who range from mages to mage hunters to priest to psychopathic killers each with there own Servant, Legendary warrior who have had there name marked in history either by conquering kingdoms, to folk legends to committing mass atrocity.
These Masters and there Servant must kill one another in order the obtain the Holy Grail which will grant the winning Master and Servant there wish.
And now I will sum up this show in one word. EPIC! with beautifully designed and complex characters and animation, a great musical score.
One thing I truly love about this anime are the servants, with me being a massive history and folk lore geek I had fun guessing the Identity of the Servants (at least the ones that gave me time to) and I got 6 out of 7 spot on .
http://www.crunchyroll.com/fate-zero < you can watch Fate/Zero here for free
And one last thing, this opening is epic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcm-kOe2UBo