Fate/Apocrypha is an new entry to the fate franchise and was produced by our good old friends A1 Pictures which is totally.. acceptable? It describes the alternate story of the 4th holy grail war and that war is kinda different from that what we used to see in Fate/Zero.. for example. Its not an 7 Masters and 7 Servants free for all this time its an 14 v 14 war with 7 servants and 7 masters on each side. Team Black vs Team Red After reading some reviews on the glorious internet its easy to see that some people are confused about this anime or are just disappointed. Some people stating that its just a bad try to get the Fate formula running. I mean Heroic spirits fighting against each other with the goal to obtain the holy grail.. thats fucking awesome holy shit But the thing A1 Pictures missed while creating Fate/Apocrypha wasnt the formula Apocrypha had an interesting plot with interesting characters.. just like fate/zero.. but where did A1 Pictures mess up? That question is easy to answer.. time They had the perfect formula to make an great anime like Fate/Zero and Unlimited Blade Works. Interesting Plot Cool characters but it doesnt work if you try to fit this formula into 24 episodes while you contain more mass than Fate/Zero for example ca. 16 characters Like shit spills over and if you put it into the oven its not even completely baked and still semi liquid at the end 220https://pm1.narvii.com/5954/e8807fba3bd7bcedfc644bb2cb312bd48e7eccc5hq.jpg There was not enough time to introduce 30 characters in this anime so the characters suffered from bad writing or better said they had only a bit to no writing and the anime left us after 24 episodes without the viewer knowing anything about more than 50 of the characters which makes Jack the Ripper really awkward sometimes as a character.. I mean a 12 years old girl is the famous jack the ripper.. I mean what. If there is no time to introduce characters then there is also no time to explain some plot points which also leaves the viewer back with some question marks. To get closer to some of the characters: We have our main character couple with Sieg and Jeanne darc. Siege is a homunculus who escapes from team black which intended to use him to create a big fucking golem. And its just about how he gets his own ideals and finds the the reason why he wants to fight. And he also falls in love with Jeanne darc.. well if that wasnt obvious Jeanne darc is the 15th servant in this war as the ruler class which means she has some more punch than the other servants. As her class name states she has to observe the great holy grail war and pays attention that everybody is following the rules... am I right Shirou Kotomine?? Saber of Red Mordred is confusing for people who are not familiar with the fate verse or only have seen the other fate anime so of course their question is going to be: Why does she look like Saber from UBW?? And why is she the son of king Arthur? She is a girl that doesnt make sense.. 220https://imagescdn.9gag.com/photo/aMAOvLG700b.jpg Well King Arthur is also a girl in the fate verse and it makes it really strange when Mordred refers to Artoria as father. But dont worry there is no need to be confused a short look into the Type Moon wiki explains everything. So she is infact a clone of Artoria and was raised by Artorias sister to believe that she is Artorias son and that she is going to be king one day and didnt know that Artoria also was a girl... Artoria is master in crossdressing as it seems But Mordreds relationship with her master and the way she acted was really entertaining to watch. She was the opposite of Artoria which means that she was loud and aggressive.. and dont you dare to call her a girl. And while we are talking about cross dressing we have this thing.. 220https://myanimelist.cdndena.com/images/characters/7/311531.jpg no not him 220https://myanimelist.cdndena.com/images/characters/10/338153.jpg also not him pls give me the right one 220https://myanimelist.cdndena.com/images/characters/7/333308.jpg there he is Astolfo the trap already everybody knew about.. no seriously everybody was referring to him as a he since he had screen time and his master was a total creep.. WHAT IS SHE DOING He was even if he was just a trap an actually love able character.. because he didnt try to make many situations awkward for the viewer.. ok most of the time. BUT WHY IS HE WEARING A FUCKING SKIRT What else do we have? Hercules only with more steroids less lives and an serious crack addiction actually Spartakus 220http://i.ur.com/nNikwE0.png Karna who is Gilgamesh with bleached hair 220https://theglorioblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/apocrypha3karna.jpg Fucking Alucard.. haha you know Alucard = Dracula spelled backwards.. WE GET IT 220https://78.media.tumblr.com/0b591a6c97a18f8a9803c01f55ddf2a4/tumblrosux0t4bPL1wrmwqko1540.gif Jack the Ripper who is a disturbingly cute loli with an mental crack and no pants 220http://www.animeevo.net/wpcontent/uploads/2017/08/FateAcro065.jpg Frankenstein.. WHO IS ALSO A FUCKING GIRL 220https://i.yt.com/vi/CSp3afEUujY/maxresdefault.jpg Dr. Octopus 220https://pbs.tw.com/media/DGinpP6UMAAjUt.jpg Nazi Mage 220https://i0.wp.com/i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa288/reversethieves/show20images/Type20Moon/Fate20Apocrypha/Fate20Apocrypha200920C.jpgoriginal fucking William Shakespeare... I told you the cast is interesting 220https://i.yt.com/vi/e2z50zKyQQ/maxresdefault.jpg and Holy shit is that a crossover episode? 220https://i.yt.com/vi/MwPf0d4sk4/maxresdefault.jpg So you guys know now the basic story and some characters.. right? Right Lets come to the fun part now Animation and Music and I have to say that anime is looking good. Well thats something A1 Pictures is kinda decent at Characters are looking beautiful and the set building as well but there is one thing that was striking my eyes every time it came to an fight. The downgrade of details to make an more fluid animation which is totally acceptable. The fights were looking great and it was fun to watch but it was noticeable to a certain degree.. especially in the last six episodes.. Same thing goes for the music the music is good nothing outstanding but it supports the fights and the different scenes pretty decent. PLUS the openings are really really nice. I didnt like the endings that much well they are just normal endings. Not every ending can be like Kekkai Sensens.. I love that fucking ending or that one from Youjo Senki.. that damn nazi loli All in all Fate Apocrypha was an ok viewing experience and would be even more enjoyable if you just watch and dont use your brain.. the same reason why we are having fun with stupid harem and ecchi shows.. I mean maybe you enjoy watching it.. or you just hate it To be honest this anime is ok I would recommend it to people who like action anime and dont really mind how the characters are written and so on. And if you are just starting with the Fate series Just watch Fate/Zero and UBW first and then watch apocrypha if you still want to. Im not going to give this anime a score thats why there is a 0/100 Im just gonna say watch it if that what I wrote sounds interesting to you or dont watch it and move on to watch different shows.