>>280528756
For a while, people had a hate boner for DEEN due to Zero and UBW eclipsing it in terms of relevance. Now that the HF movies have come out and 00s nostalgia is in full swing, it's getting reappraised
DEEN SN on its own is a fun and campy urban fantasy story with consistently middling animation quality, great art direction, an all-star voice cast in the making and an amazing soundtrack. It's just that Stay Night as a VN is considered echelons above "campy urban fantasy" - some would even call it a MODERN EPIC. The anime just doesn't have the X factor the VN did to propel itself past being "just a good anime for its time", nor does it have the Ufo flair to hide the fact the plot & characters are butchered at parts.
VN adaptations are complimentary to the originals 9/10 and Fate is no exception
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>>280529457
I rabu the "DEEN look". Certainly nowhere near as good as Takeuchi's old art, but it tries to be faithful to it. After seeing so much fanart take after Ufotable's character designs and visuals, having Fate animation be the closest it's going to get to the look of the OG OPs made in 2003 is refreshing, albeit in a twisted way.