Thread:Stray Bird/@comment-30314236-20170817160336/@comment-30314236-20180105005040

About Apocrypha, mmm...

When it comes to the animation, yes, there's a lot, and I mean A LOT, to improve. Some parts were just disappointing, really, and it's true that Ufotable would have done a better job with that. However, I found some of the battles really cool.

The premise is good, but fails in some points, IMO. The story tries to focus in a lot of characters at the beginning, but in the end feels like too much focus on Sieg and Jeanne. I haven't read the LN, but I feel like it could have been better if Mordred got a bigger role, although Astolfo was really good. I understand why Ruler would be the protagonist, and character wise I found her pretty well done, but that romance was... forced. I know this comes from the LN, and that is my main complaint about it (I have others, though). Also, you must not only be familiar with the original work to understand it, but since they put so many F/GO references in the animation, you will not get some parts if you haven't played it, like Medea Lily in Atalanta's memories.

The OST, superb, and while some people find the sound effects pretty bad, I liked them.

About Sieg... Some people seem to hate him because he's a plain character that was made a protagonist. I mean, he's a homunculus with just a few weeks of life, that would be normal, I think, and he kinda evolved in that aspect. If he becomes a Servant (the most probable scenario, and a welfare) I wish he gets the same treatment as Melt and Lip got for the CCC collab, where they explored more in their character and evolved.

Personally, I found it entertaining as a whole. It's not a masterpiece, and certainly, it could have been better, but I enjoyed watching it (although maybe what I liked the most were F/GO cameos and... this, and also this). I give it a 6.5, but, as I said, I haven't read the novel, so maybe my opinion would be different if I read it before watching it.