Type-Moon Weekly News Roundup: Saber Wars VIII – The Last Artoria

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This Saturday post is the weekly Type-Moon news in addition to the regular APB post on Sunday. If you have any suggestions for what to highlight on the Type-Moon Weekly News Roundup drop me a line via email or Twitter.

  • Sad Einzberns in Snow
    While it still does not have a release date the Prisma Illya movie does have a full title.
  • Dark Side of the Saber
    Crunchyroll’s summary of the Valentine’s Day event.
  • White Day Comes Early
    Grand order is rerunning the Valentine’s Day event from last year but this time the guys get to participate too.
  • Happy Valentine’s Day from Illya
    If you liked Illya’s Craft Essence from this year’s Valentine’s Day event in Grand Order here are some original sketches for the final art from the artist.
  • Come to the Dark Chocolate Side
    I found a translation of the “My Room” lines for Mysterious Heroine X Alter.
  • Will it have Free Stuff for the Game?
    They are releasing a Fate/Grand Order Chaldea Ace Magazine. I’m curious if they will bundle in anything for the game along with the magazine and the CD. There is a Count of Monte Cristo drama CD so it could also have a code for a Craft Essence with Edmond Dantès on it.
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Umbral Star
    ANN also gives a fairly balanced review of Fate/Extella.
  • Sweet Dreams are Made of These
    Sadly Magical Amber is not currently available in Fate/Grand Order.

    • Updated Originals
      Since Medea, Medusa, and Cú Chulainn got animation updates to their classic Fate/Stay Night versions in Fate/Grand Order I figured I should link to some videos of those makeovers here. Considering they are three of the original characters that kicked off the franchise it makes 1239=sense for them to have a little more flash in their animation even if they are only three stars.
    • Medea
    • Medusa
    • Cú Chulainn

Mysterious Heroine X Assassination Note: How Many Sabers Are There? (Update #5)

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hisui_icon_4040 I decided to finally do it. I would try to catalog all the various Saber variants there are. The fact that there are more and more variants of Artoria Pendragon has gone from a few different versions of the main heroine to a running joke that has had an official term for characters who look like Artoria: Saberface. In Fate/Grand Order there are units whose whole gimmick revolves around doing more damage to Saberfaced characters, certain characters will target Saberfaced characters, and there was even a whole event centered around Saberfaces.

All of this attention is clearly because Saber is a popular character but it has also engendered an equal amount of resentment for all the focus the Saberfaces have gotten. As a major aficionado of Saber, I decided to catalog how many Sabers there are. I went to all the different version of Sabers as well as the different costumes those characters have.

As always a few caveats on any list I make:

1. I am pretty much purposely invoking Cunningham’s Law here. I am almost surely missing an official iteration or two. I plan to update this list whenever I get the chance so new additions are always welcome.

2. I realize some of these are the same character in different outfits. The main thing is that over time some iterations of Saber in costume have become characters in their own right. Lily Saber and Saber Bride are 100% this case in action. Therefore I have just decided to make all different versions their own thing but readily admit that this list could easily be condensed.

Let’s see how bad this really is.

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Double PreCure 2017 Podcasts: Case Closed Review and S.W.A.T. Review

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As you may very well know, the ending of one PreCure series is also the beginning of another. We wrap up our final thoughts on the Maho Girls! PreCure and give you our initial take on the new and delicious Kirakira PreCure a la Mode!

Final impressions of Maho Girls PreCure! from Toei Animation. DOWNLOAD

First impressions of Kirakira PreCure a la Mode! Toei Animation. DOWNLOAD