By far, Fate/Zero is one of the most poorly animated series (or at least inaugural episodes) I have seen in a very long time. The characters stick out from the CG backgrounds like neon signs, not unlike the various freeze frames that litter visual novels. Most of the shots are either close-ups of faces, or zoomed out shots where the characters become generic, faceless figures.

The former requires only repetitive lip flap, the latter allows the animation team to just loop footage of the characters walking around. Even then, the walk cycles are stilted and unnatural, especially obvious in a scene where two characters shuffle around in a circle for what feels like an hour. If the animation cost more than $500 and a cup of coffee,

I'll be stunned. Hopefully now that the exposition episode is over (please?), the series will be more visually interesting to look at. Still, rambling dialogue is no excuse for lazy animation. In a scene where two characters are talking in a playground, the background shows children in the distance, frozen midst play.

omg.. the caster master/servant are disgusting .. feel sick watching them 

Coz his face is covered

i know ur feeling bro.back then im a fan of lores and legends including king arthur's as i grew up with this stories.but when i heard this anime depict arthur as a girl i wuz liek "THIS IS BLASPHEMY!!THIS IS MADNESS!!!"
but after i finished the anime and vn i grew attached to it.why? because nasu's work is much more realistic than the original.if you read the original they rarely tell the reader abt his own feeling,still a boy but given the mantle of leadership.

and the most unbelievable of all is the depiction of arthur.caliburn grants eternal youth but all king arthur drawn is an old horny *******.

therefore i like nasu's more

As much as I love Nasu's work, I wouldn't go this far. Clearly you missed out on the inconsistent shit he pulls on his own system.

I lol'd at this episode.

Dammit suspension , Y U SO GOOD AT THAT.

>done with lunch
>curious about true identity of Caster
>wikies about Caster
I see what he did thar
*holds back puking*

We're gonna see that "child's play" in the director's cut BDs, I hope!

irreversible fate/ero poisoning happening to me so far:
>read up about King Arthur
>read up about Holy Grali
>wondered why there are no oriental heroes featured like QinShiHuang or Yellow Emperor
>No wonder all searches for Holy Grail ended in vain because Chinese Emperors have been possessing it since recorded history
>above statement justifies fall of milenniums of empire ruling in China to Western imperialism

15th till 18th century Imperialism is actually a recent search for the Holy Grail?
Conspiracy theory in the brewing?     

ishihara only cares abt TV broadcasts.

Hey I tried to watch this via the latest CCCP but the subtitles doesn't appear. Anyone knows how to resolve this?

Oh wow, it worked lol. Kinda embarassed that it's such a simple solution. Thanks for your help.

You totally ignored all those children.
And you also completely ignored

Go watch Fate/Stay Night.

Then come back here and tell me if you really want progression.

if this is yet another "oh because you never look up fate backstory/novel/wiki/eroge" crap, im NOT buying it.