Underplayed Gems

Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018)

Fate/Extra Last Encore poster
Original title
Fate/EXTRA Last Encore
Genre
animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, Action, Fantasy, Psychological
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rated
14
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 100 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man with no memory wakes up in a virtual world where he must fight in a tournament for a wish-granting artifact. He teams up with a female version of a Roman emperor to battle other contestants in a strange and deadly arena.

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What happens

Fate/Extra Last Encore (フェイト/エクストラ ラストアンコール, Feito/Ekusutora Rasuto Ankōru) is a 2018 Japanese anime television series produced by Shaft as part of the Fate franchise by Type-Moon. It aired from January 28 to July 29, 2018 and was directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Yukihiro Miyamoto, with scripts by Kinoko Nasu and Hikaru Sakurai. The story follows amnesiac protagonist Hakuno Kishinami and his Servant Nero, a female incarnation of the Roman emperor Nero Claudius, as they take part in a deadly tournament and ascend the virtual world of SE.RA.PH in search of wish-granting artefact. Although based on the role-playing video game Fate/Extra from 2010, it is not a faithful adaptation but rather an alternate-history continuation that diverges near the end of the game's narrative and follows a different continuity within the Fate/Extra setting. Critical reception to Fate/Extra Last Encore was mixed. Reviewers consistently praised its ambitious visual presentation and the characterization of Nero, while criticizing its opaque storytelling, heavy fanservice, reliance on prior familiarity with the Fate franchise, and the comparatively subdued characterization of protagonist Hakuno Kishinami. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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