I'm on like episode 20. This is, oh man. Some crazy good anime. 

In case you're not familiar with the fate tv anime, the original fate stay night came out in like 2006. Only had 20 episodes and honestly was just decent. 

Then around 2011 they released a prequel series called Fate Zero that had around 24 episodes. It was an amazing series and become one of my top 10 animes. 

Now they have recently rebooted fate stay night with the same type of modern animation as Fate Zero and it's atonishingly well done. 

The fighting sequences are epic, but it's how well they tie in the story and characters. Everything just fits. 

I'm picky with animes so I'm not impressed easily. But if you're looking for a new anime world to dive yourself into, start with fate zero then watch the new stay night series. 

Anybody else like it? Thoughts 

On cool. I watched the original series, and while it was enjoyable it wasn't anything amazing. Might watch the prequel and this when I have time

Unlimited Blade Works (known as Unlimited Budget Works in some circles) was a fantastic addition to the multiple series that make up the Fate/Stay Night anime. I'd say only Fate/Zero was better.

Blade Works?  It's good, it just had the unfortunate task of following Fate Zero, which is better in pretty much every way.

It's also saddled with a Typical Shounen Protagonist, one that I wanted to personally strangle with my own two hands.  The series spent way too much time masturbating over him and finding ridiculous ways for him to survive when the bad guys had dozens of chances to kill him.  He was so bloody stupid and almost got Rin and Saber killed so many times that I just wanted one of them to snap and cut his head off.

Everything else was good, though.  Just not Fate Zero good.

I was going to say that it could have used more Saber but everything could always use more Saber.

How much Illya per episode? The Illya Ratio.

Basically, Fate/Stay Night has multiple versions of the main plot line surrounding the Holy Grail War. In the main line right now, there is Fate/Stay Night, no subtitle, which was the first series that focuses around the latest Holy Grail War. The most recent release was Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, which received a movie which was turned into a full, expanded 24 episode anime. This one is basically an alternative storyline to the original Fate/Stay Night. There is a prequel series, which is Fate/Stay Zero. Technically, Fate/Stay Zero spoils aspects of Fate/Stay Night, but Zero is vastly superior to the first series in terms of animation quality, action, and storytelling. Unlimited Blade Works is a good followup to Zero, as they share quality, although UBW does have its share of issues pointed out by another user. It's still great, regardless.

Finally, there is a completely different series featuring the same characters called Fate/Kaleid, but that is basically a magical girl anime that is a surprisingly fun watch. It has an entirely different tone and animation style compared to the other three series.

A type-moon work would never deserve less. I still recommend the VN though.

Pretty much this.

Well, it's no Kaleid.

I recommend: Fate/Zero -> Unlimited Blade Works

Alternatively, since it might be hard to go back to the original series after experiencing the high quality of the later ones: Fate/Stay Night -> Fate/Zero -> Unlimited Blade Works

Kaleid is good if you want something less dramatic. Just be aware that it is nothing like the three aforementioned series.