Fate/Extra: Last Encore - Illustrias Tendousetsu

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Synonyms: Fate/Extra: Last Encore - Irusterias Ptolemaic Theory

Japanese: Fate/EXTRA Last Encore イルステリアス天動説

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Type: TV

Episodes: 3

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 29, 2018

Premiered: Summer 2018

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: Shaft

Source: Game

Genres: Action, Fantasy

Duration: 32 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 6.52¹ (scored by 38,288 users)

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Ranked: #6955²

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Popularity: #2479

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After defeating the various Floor Masters of the six prior levels, Hakuno Kishinami and Saber arrive at the top floor of the Moon Cell. Their opponent will be Leonardo B. Harwey—the strongest Master in the history of the Holy Grail War and the current fan favorite, following his previous victory.

As they reach a field of flowers among floating isles, Hakuno, Saber, and Rin Toosaka come across a hooded man tending to the blossoms. Saber immediately draws her blade before the cloaked figure, who reveals himself as Prince Gawain: the Platinum Saber and Knight of the Round Table. However, when Gawain insists that he has no interest in fighting, the four discuss the infinite possibilities for the Holy Grail, with Hakuno determined to return the Moon Cell to its original form.

Their discussion ends with a clangor from afar, ringing through the skies. The threadbare Gawain, knowing its significance, informs the three that not much time remains for their lives. He beckons them towards the final battleground, where the two Sabers shall duel once more to determine the future of mankind.

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Adaptation:	Fate/Extra
Prequel:	Fate/Extra: Last Encore

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Characters & Voice Actors

Saber

Main

Tange, Sakura
Japanese

Kishinami, Hakuno

Main

Abe, Atsushi
Japanese

Toosaka, Rin

Supporting

Ueda, Kana
Japanese

Gawain

Supporting

Mizushima, Daichuu
Japanese

Kishinami, Hakuno

Supporting

Ishikawa, Yui
Japanese

Harwey, Leonardo Bistario

Supporting

Park, Romi
Japanese

H. Pieceman, Twice

Supporting

Touchi, Hiroki
Japanese

Harwey, Julius Belkisk

Supporting

Hatano, Wataru
Japanese

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Okada, Kenjirou

Episode Director

Kurosawa, Mamoru

Episode Director, Storyboard

Sakurai, Hikaru

Script

Kawabata, Takashi

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Opening Theme

"Bright Burning Shout" by Takanori Nishikawa (西川貴教)

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Ending Theme

"Tsuki to Hanataba (月と花束)" by Sayuri

Reviews

Aug 28, 2023

Syntan

Recommended

ill say it here and now, the art style and the composition is for the series is extremely well done
i garuntee you that most of the people who disliked this are hardcore type moon otakus with ridiculously high standards and really this series is fun and i like the mc and Nero, i wouldnt say its the best thing ever but i really enjoyed it. id say if youve watched fate stay night give this a try. and if its not for you thats fine just dont leave hate comments discouraging people to watch a work that was well produced.
Positives;
Music; the music seems to really ...

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May 5, 2020

2life

Mixed Feelings

What if saber went full UwU, hahahahahhahaha jk. Well shit now we got it to.

This is a review for season 1 and 2 for what is worth it. Fate/Extra is an alternative setting for Fate/Stay. As such there are elements overlapping in both anime. But that’s it. There is no relation to each other what so ever. So when you watch this keep that in mind.

Story:
Typical Fate/ story. Boy who was actually not involved in the grail war at all gets pulled in and gets a saber class servant. An important aspect is not if Hakonu (mc) will reach the moon cell, but how. As ... a more character driven story, the plot itself is ok, having the typical MC plot armor MC will be op, but that is somehow perfectly explained. I leave it at this, if I explain more it is just spoiling.
Note being a more character driven story than a story telling anime, there is not very much explanation of servants, the moon cell, earth and magic. Fate/zero would be an appropriate introduction (not explanation).

Art:
The art is okayish and Fate/ like, except the character design. Their face made it a tad awkward to look at after I was used to the style of Ufo-table (Stay, Zero, UBW). It is not bad. The action is fluent and vividly animated so that is a big plus. The still frames however killed it for me sometimes. What was rather impressive and sometimes distracting was how many times they switched frames. This adds to the aspect of Sabers noble phantasm (revealed in the finale). Switching so many times has to cost a lot of effort of animating.

Character & Voice Acting:
To understand the character you have to see the anime itself. They develop and get revealed with each new episode. Being a character driven show I think some aspects of Hakuno and the other enemies could have been more “human” or rather more interesting.

Saber: as I said before, UmU. They put a lot of effort into red Saber (not Arturia Pendragon). A. Lot. Of. Effort. As a main character she gets the most UmU, screen time and camera angles. It somehow does add to her character (which is rather awkward to see). To understand why Saber is so UmU you have to see her full noble phantasm. It is a theatre. All in all her details are well built, but still a bit too much UmU, OwO!? Her VA is rather good and enthusiastic and fits her face well. But gosh her UmU.

Hakuno: he is passive, but passive aggressive you know. It is like a dog who doesn’t really bite or bark but stands there. Silently growling. That struck me ass odd and bad character presentation but he was a lot less idealistic and annoying than Shirou in Fate/Stay. To fully understand him you have to watch it yourself. Even his VA feels passive aggressive. Love it, hate it, it is fully in character.

Rin: She is there simply as fan service for Rin fans. She gets here fair share of flare. In this anime it was her time to shine and she did. Being an active side character she does help the story develop, but don’t expect to get most actions of her while watching the first season. As for her VA, Rin is Rin. If you love Rin it will be an absolute Win.

The better part that was somehow lacking were the dialogues. I think the dialogues between the main cast and in the finale were quiet good and well-coordinated. What lies in between the start and finale was lacking so much emotions. It didn’t feel climatic or there was not enough tension. Again it just felt passive aggressive. So to say there was not much bombastic VA all together from the enemies.

Overal:
While I’m on my Fate/ crusade I thought that I had to see this to. Somehow I’m glad I did and somehow I wished that I went straight to Grand Order. While if you emerged yourself in the show, it was enjoyable. If you know what the grail war is, then this post-apocalyptic setting was unsettling. I think Fate/Extra is misunderstood because there was besides Rin not much likeable or hypeable characters. There was a lot of subtle and nuanced hints about the story throughout Hakuno’s journey (rather call it that than fights), but a not so attend viewer may miss it and might judge the anime as lackluster in storytelling. If you want UmU Saber this is your summon, other than that it might be only for Fate/ hardcore fans.

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Sep 12, 2020

Mr_Yaz

Not Recommended

Reviewer's note: This is my 18th entry into the Fate franchise and this review encompasses all 13 episodes.

✪ Genre: action (swordplay, gunfights), contemporary fantasy, magic (spellcasting), RPG, seinen, (superpower) with elements of sci-fi (artificial intelligence, post-apocalyptic, dystopia, virtual world)

✔Positive Aspects✔

◧ Animation: even though this series was created by Shaft, the design standards fit the same mold that previous studios followed - a combination of colors of moderate to low saturation/medium to high illumination, with the environment and landscapes, urban, natural and surreal, being comparably more "muted".

◧ Soundtrack: cool soundtrack, mostly dominated by slow and medium tempo orchestral music, whereas, and more infrequently, new age ... and medium temp electronic music is used.

◧ Character development: probably the best aspect of this title, since every single episode devotes significant time into explaining the motivations, intentions, and personal histories of the protagonists and/or deuteragonists and/or respective antagonists. On the downside, significant filling out of the protagonists'/antagonists' background histories took place during episodes 8, 9, and early 13, instead of taking place throughout the series in an even manner. Lastly, I found the regendering of the protagonistic servant a very interesting touch, especially given the unlikeliness of such a figure occupying that high of a position of power during his respective time period.

✘Negative Aspects✘

◧ Plot: spin-off titles tend to retain the premise of the Fate franchise, with magicians battling each other in order to acquire the omnipotent magical artifact called "Holy Grail", but reinterpreting it in a way that diverges enough to create a standalone product, and this title is no exception. However, this title reimagines the premise so radically that it moves into sci-fi territory, leading to a fairly convoluted end result. The entire series is largely incoherent until episodes 8 and 9, and 4 minutes into episode 13, and, even then, I can't say that I finished it without any head-scratching questions.

◧ Action sequences: they tend to escalate and finish up quickly, while being fairly generic, even for the genre. Previous studios, especially after Ubisoft's groundbreaking releases, followed a specific approach (various camera perspectives, different camera 'heights', quick zoom-ins/outs, etc.) that produced pretty satisfying fight scenes. Unfortunately, Shaft chose not to follow said approach.

Overall: This is a pretty tedious and confusing title. Usually, I go through a 13-episode series in a day or two, but I was not able to finish this in no less than 5 days.

P.S. For further reviews of the Fate franchise, please take a look at my profile.

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