Question about Fate/Zero

[20k]

Is it necessary to watch Fate/Stay-Night before I watch Fate/Zero? Because Stay-Night sucks and I really can't be bothered with it so I was wondering if i could just skip it without being too confused in Fate/Zero

 

[Yusuke Urameshi]

What is Fate/Zero?

 

[Sabuto Hayashi]

I wouldn't say so, as Fate/Zero is essentially the prequel to Fate/Stay Night. xd

Personally, I'd recommend that you play the visual novels.
The movies and the anime are watchable at least, but they're nothing compared to the original visual novels.

 

[-Tremendous-]

Do not watch fate say night, you'll die of boredom it's awful the worst anime I have seen :/ duno about fate/zero

 

[natssuu]

Fate/Zero makes sense even without watching Stay night.

 

[20k]

Fate/Zero makes sense even without watching Stay night.

Thats what I wanted to know.

 

[Miles vi Britannia]

You don't really need Stay Night I suppose, but it's by far the best idea to go through Stay Night first. Stay Night establishes the setting a lot more than Zero does, as Zero pretty much jumps into the story and intensity from the get-go while Stay Night takes a much slower pace. Not to mention 90% of Saber's development takes place in Stay Night so you'll find very little reason to care about her if you're just walking into Zero, which focuses a lot more on the characters that weren't present in Stay Night.

If you REALLY hate the anime, then like TheOfficialSabuto said, play the VN. As of yet I have only played through some (near the end of the Fate route), but reportedly it's much better than the anime was. The catch is that it's incredibly long. In the Fate route alone I'm pretty sure I could've watched and rewatched the entirety of the anime with how long it is, and there are two more routes of equal or greater length. Those are supposed to be even better storywise though.

 

[minatoisagod]

yes you can watch it you won't be confused one bit