Fate/kaleid liner prisma Illya

**Fate/kaleid liner prisma Illya** is an anime series directed by Shin Onuma, Takashi Sakamoto, and Miki Minato,

         written by Keiji Inoue and Hazuki Minase, musically composed by Tatsuya Kato, and produced by Studio Silver Link.  It was adapted from a manga written by Hiroshi Hiroyama and published by Kadokawa Shoten for the Seinen manga magazine Comp Ace.  the anime series has four seasons so far, the first three having ten episodes, the fourth having 12 episodes, and then there was an anime movie made that was released in thes ummer of 2017.  Fate/kaleid liner prisma Illya takes place in an alternate universe from Fate/stay night where the characer Illyasviel von Einzbern is the main character and becomes a magical girl.

## Plot

Illyasviel von Einzbern is an ordinary elementary school student who becomes a magical girl when the magical Kaleidostick Ruby deems her a more suitable master than the sorceress, Rin Tohsaka. Rin, who had been tasked by the wizard Zelretch to collect the seven Class Cards containing the spirits of Heroic Spirits from legend, finds that she is unable to change Ruby's mind and must supervise Illya in completing the task of collecting the Class Cards. During Illya's adventures, she receives a friend and rival in a girl named Miyu, the contracted master of the Kaleidostick Sapphire, which similarly abandoned its original master and Rin's rival, Luvia Edelfelt.

After a series of battles, Illya and Miyu were able to collect all Cards and became good friends, while Rin and Luvia remained in Japan by the order of Zelretch. However, the appearance of Kuro, a dark-skinned girl with a striking resemblance to Illya, soon complicates their lives as she attempts to eliminate Illya. Their battle is interrupted by the arrival of Illya's mother, Irisviel, who reveals that Kuro was originally intended to be the Holy Grail in the Holy Grail War, but after the war was prevented Kuro was sealed away so Illya could live a normal life. Illya supplies Kuro with the mana needed to sustain her physical form, and accepts her into the Einzbern family.

Shortly afterwards, the group is attacked by Bazett Fraga McRemitz, who was previously responsible for obtaining the Class Cards. A truce is forced when Rin reveals the existence of an eighth Class Card. The group confronts the eighth Class Card, Gilgamesh, who reveals that Miyu hails from a parallel world who was born as a Holy Grail, before absorbing her. Illya combines the Kaleidostick Ruby and Sapphire to become Kaleido Liner Zwei, giving her the power to defeat Gilgamesh and save Miyu.

This victory is short-lived, as Miyu is kidnapped by the Ainsworth family and whisked away into the parallel world. Illya and her friends enter the parallel world and teams up with Tanaka, an amnesiac girl whose goal is to defeat the Ainsworths; Gilgamesh, who wishes to take back his Class Card from the Ainsworths following his defeat by Illya; and a parallel Shirou Emiya, Miyu's older brother who is imprisoned by the Ainsworths. The Ainsworths reveal that they intend to use Miyu as the Holy Grail to save their dying world, but Illya swears that she will find a way to save the parallel world without sacrificing Miyu. Following a confrontation, the Ainsworths escape and Gilgamesh leaves the group after reclaiming his Class Card, while Angelica Ainsworth reluctantly joins the group after being left to die by her family and Miyu and Shirou are liberated.

## Movies

1. Fate/kaleid liner prisma Illya: The Movie - Oath Under Snow

## Why It Rocks

1. Great animation, although not as good as in the Studio Ufotable fate animes.
2. Very appealing art style and character designs.
3. Fan favorite characters appear in this series, some with crucial roles, such as Shirou Emiya, Illyasviel von Einzbern, (the main character), and Rin Tohsaka.
4. Good music.
5. It's able to appeal to both Fate fans and Magical Girl fans.
6. A huge abundance of excellent comedy.  Both episodes and individual scenes solely involving comedy, as well as comedy that's cleverly implimented into more dramatic and action heavy scenes.
7. Amazing action scenes, alhtough not as good as the Studio Ufotable Fate animes.

## Bad Qualities

1. This anime is loaded with tones of lolicon fanservice, which may turn a lot of viewers off from it.

## Reception

During it's four year airing, Fate/kaleid liner prisma Illya was very well received by both Fate fans and  Magical Girl fans.  While many did criticize it for its lolicon fanservice, that wasn't nearly enough to hamper its popularity.