Review of Fate/Zero

This is definitely a recommended series, one that I believe will be one of the best of all time. That is if the second season is at least as good as this one. Because, yes, this first season ended very open ended, it was barely a cliffhanger, it doesn't feel like a season ending, they didn't even try to hide it being a 2-cour anime. About the season itself, it was of very high quality. To begin, the animation is top notch, one of the very best of its time. Soundtrack is also good, as is the dub. It's not very fast-paced, but when itshows action, it's good. But it's not about the action, it's more about the characters and they are well developed, they have depth and are interesting and they get philosophical at many points and for people that don't care only about action it's very engaging. That said, it feels a bit too slow at times. It's a near perfect realization of the premise, but it's not a perfect realization of its premise because despite it being a war for the holy grail between super strong warriors... they never seem intent on fighting or defeating each other, it's a bit anticlimactic and a bit disappointing most of the time. It feels like padding, it doesn't feel natural at all how the writer avoids battles and deaths. Because of that, this entire season felt like preparation and it feels like things still didn't begin to happen, they were simply put in place. It's not standalone at all, in any way. It felt like a prologue to set up characters and lore, which probably the producers intended it to be all along.