Yet, that mostly seemed like fluff to me. He meets an acquaintance from highschool and together, they bust out of their magic prison. Because that’s just classic Waver Velvet. Thus I have no complaints about the way Troyca have managed production in this regard, and I hope they can keep up this level of quality.Īs for the synopsis, Waver is interrogated by Kayneth’s niece where he recounts being captured and imprisoned by a rogue Middle-Easterner.
Yuki Kajiura is also back on board to do the music, and I can only accept that she must have a noble phantasm called Unlimited Choral Works that allows her to whip out cracking compositions – because the OST was frickin’ awesome as always. So give yourself a treat and let yourself experience Fate/Zero for the first time, in all its majesty.ĭid Troyca manage to fill out the big boots that Ufotable left behind? First thing’s first, the visuals were so stunning that I wouldn’t be able to tell any difference between Troyca and Ufotable in terms of quality – whereas the inferior visuals were easily noticeable with A-1 Pictures in Apocrypha. That this really is a guy worth following post-death, in terms of upholding his ideals and making his dreams come true. But for a newcomer, that’s simply not enough to convey just how awesome of a guy Rider was. Also, this episode might tell you that Rider was this great guy. This would be completely lost upon newcomers. As far as I’m concerned, they were easily the best duo in Fate/Zero – perhaps even the franchise as a whole. A lot of love towards Waver as a character, in spite of his flaws, comes from many viewers having built up that rapport and connection with him as a result of witnessing his magical adventures with Rider over the course of 21 episodes. If you’ve never seen Fate/Zero, I think you’ll need to watch that first.
While the name doesn’t make it obvious, this series is pretty much a direct sequel examining Waver’s life following Fate/Zero’s conclusion. Lord El-Melloi II (aka Waver Velvet-kun) was one of the important characters from Fate/Zero.