Unboxing [US]: Fate/Stay Night - Collection 1 (Blu-ray)

My Rightstuf packages have finally arrived and I am excited to show them to everyone. They may not be the most popular of such but I got them all on a very good deal. For the forth item Rightstuf also reduced the set to as low as $9.99, just wow.

What's even wow is that this adaptation has the best line in anime history:
"People die if they are killed." The more you know...

Fate/Stay Night is an anime adapted from the very popular (and very long) visual novel of the same name by Type Moon and Kinoko Nasu. The visual novel has three major routes and this anime done by studio Deen only covers the Fate route but apparently also tries to cover the others. It's essentially a trainwreck that doesn't stop, but does an average enough job to help bring new fans to the franchise.

This set from Sentai Filmworks is pretty much barebones as it's your typical simple Blu-ray release. There are 2 Blu-ray discs that cover the first 12 episodes of the series and only creditless opening and closing animations. The subtitles are unlockable and this release is very old, old enough that you need to use the Bypass method if you don't have a Region A player (Disc 1 is Title 4 and Disc 2 is Title 3).

This particular Blu-ray release doesn't have the best treatment ever. For starters it's an upscaled release and also interlaced (1080i). The subtitles do have a couple errors and the video quality isn't the very best. Now there is a complete collection with 1080p but that release is basically the exact same set with the subtitles fixed. I don't know how Japan handled their Blu-ray Disc Box but chances are that it's way better than this version.

Blu-ray Specs:

Languages: Japanese, English

Audio: DTS-HD MA 2.0 [Japanese], DTS-HD MA 2.0 [English]

Video: 1080i SD Remaster/Upscale 16:9

Region: A

Subtitles: English [On-Screen/Lyrics], English [Japanese language]

Subtitles Locked: No

Discs: 2

Plot Synopsis (via Back Cover):

Raised by a mysterious sorcerer after the horrific death of his parents, Shiro Emiya has only just begun to help others using the small tidbits of magic that he's learned. However, when he's suddenly caught in a battle between two more powerful Magus, Shiro finds himself performing a spell above his expected ability, summoning the beautiful spirit warrior Saber to protect him! But safety is only momentary as Shiro and Saber now find themselves thrust into in a secret world of dark magic and deadly challenges: a no-holds barred duel to the death known as the Holy Grail War!

At stake is a prize of unimaginable power, but can the inexperienced Shiro and Saber survive long enough to even enter the contest? First they'll have to withstand waves of treachery and assassination, even as Shiro scrambles to learn everything he'll need to know to stay alive as seven teams of Magus and Spirit Servants face off in mortal combat!

Extra Content:

None

Fate/Stay Night, the 2006 version, is available on Blu-ray and DVD from Sentai Filmworks.