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Fate/Zero (2011)

Fate/Zero poster
Genre
thriller anime, supernatural anime
Country
Japan
Length
2 seasons, 25 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 382 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man joins a secret war between mages and their summoned heroic spirits to claim a wish-granting artifact. The story follows his ruthless quest as he competes against other masters with conflicting ideals.

darkintensephilosophicaltragicvisually lushslow-burnunsettlingcerebral

What happens

Fate/Zero is a Japanese anime television series based on Gen Urobuchi and Takashi Takeuchi's light novel series Fate/Zero. It was produced by Ufotable, directed by Ei Aoki, and written by Akira Hiyama, Kazuharu Sato, Takumi Miyajima, and Akihiro Yoshida, with Atsushi Ikariya and Tomonori Sudo designing the characters and Yuki Kajiura composing the music. The series focuses on Kiritsugu Emiya, who joins the Fourth Holy Grail War on behalf of his wife's family, the Einzberns. Fate/Zero was broadcast in Japan on Tochigi Television, Tokyo MX and Gunma Television from October 2011 to December 2011. The second season was later broadcast on the same networks from April to June 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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