The Fable Anime Review: Is It Worth Watching?

Anime is gaining global popularity, and enthusiasts eagerly await the release of new series across various genres like action, drama, comedy, suspense, and more.

The Fable, one of the iconic anime series, was released on Disney+ on April 6th, has gained a separate fan-base soon after its first episode was released. But the question arises:

But from what perspective am I saying that? Let’s delve deeper and understand the whole story.

What is “The Fable” Anime?

The Fable Anime Storytelling

The Fable Anime Rating–Wise

The fable anime rating-wise is not yet impressive in starting since its debut, earning #4278 in popularity among viewers and attracting a decent following of 26000+ members over the globe. However, the anime series garnered attention for its storyline and received various ratings in different platforms.

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The Fable Anime’s Animation Style

The animation style and quality can be appreciated in “The Fable” anime because of the Tezuka Productions. Tezuka Productions has been a genuine and formalized anime production since 1961 and is known for adapting some remarkable series like “Pluto,” “Black Jack,” and “The Quintessential Quintuplets”. The character designs in “The Fable” are handled by Kyuma Oshita, Saki Hasegawa, and Junichi Hayama.

Characters and Voice Artists of The Fable Anime

The characters in the anime series “The Fable” have different personalities and roles in the story. The animation style and voice actors make these characters come alive, creating an interesting story that attracts viewers. The voice actors bring emotions and personalities to their characters and make the anime more engaging.

The Fable Anime Review of Episodes

Episode 1:

I personally enjoyed the first episode, and the action in the beginning was impressive. The hitman’s shooting accuracy was crazy. The story follows, Akira Sato, also known as The Fable Hitman, who follows his boss’s orders to eliminate people. In just six years, he has killed over 70 individuals, including doctors, politicians, celebrities, and mobsters. His boss now orders Akira and Yoko Sato to stay in Osaka for a year without killing anyone.

Episode 2:

Even though he’s skilled at fitting in anywhere for his job, there’s something really hard about his new task. He ends up facing dangerous people who are quick to use violence. His partner, who is pretending to be his sister, has to take care of him as he tries not to instantly harm anyone who gets in his way because of his training.

Episode 3:

Takeshi and Takahashi talked on the phone. Takahashi told Takeshi about what they did to Fable but assured him that Yoko was safe. Then, an illegal arms dealer named Matsu gave Takeshi some bullets. Meanwhile, Takahashi’s friend followed Fable and planned trouble for him. Fable noticed them and ran away. He escaped by jumping off a bridge and landed safely. Eventually, Fable bought the bird he wanted named Captain.

Episode 4:

In Episode 4 of The Fable, Fable confronts his target and knocks him out. He then faces Takeshi, who orders him to kill the target. Instead, Fable knocks out another person and points a gun at Takeshi. Fable pleads to live in the town peacefully but Takeshi disagrees. Misaki is working multiple jobs to pay off her family’s debt and dreams of opening a store. However, Takeshi advises against getting involved with her but expresses his desire to give her flowers when she opens her shop. Finally, Fable returns home and contemplates finding work as suggested by Takeshi.

Episode 5:

In Episode 5 of The Fable, Takeshi meets with Kuro, who tells him that Hiroshi wants to speak with him. Hiroshi knows about Takeshi’s involvement with Fable and they have a conversation about it. They talk about professional hitmen, as Kuro expresses his ambition for a luxurious life and leaving his mark on the world. Later, Fable calls Takeshi to inform him about his new delivery job at Misaki’s workplace but Takeshi is upset by their interaction. Finally, Fable visits Yoko to share news of his new job offer while she expresses concern over its low pay rate.

Episode 6:

Ebihara welcomes Kojima after he gets out of prison, but Kojima thinks the Maguro clan has become weak. Meanwhile, Akira finishes his delivery in half the expected time, surprising everyone. A co-worker named Etsuji Kainuma offers to walk Misaki to her night job but secretly steals her keys. Kainuma sneaks into Misaki’s apartment wearing her underwear and finds out she was once a gravure idol. Misaki returns without keys and calls Akira for help. She agrees reluctantly and they find Yoko drunk when they arrive.

Episode 7:

Misaki leaves the next morning, and Akira says sorry for Yoko being drunk last night. Meanwhile, Takahashi visits Kojima, who still acts like a tough prisoner, hitting Takahashi and speaking badly about the Maguro clan. Later, Kojima threatens Akira with a knife at his place, demanding that both he and Yoko pay him 50,000 yen every month; Akira agrees. Then Kojima buys a gun and takes Takahashi to collect old debts but ends up killing one debtor just for excitement. In another scene, Kuroshio wants to be Akira’s student to become famous but Akira tells him not to do it.

Episode 8:

Yoko goes out for a drink, while Akira stays home to watch a TV show about Jackal. Yoko visits Bar Buffalo and flirts with a young man named Yuki Kawai before leaving with his phone number. Meanwhile, Kojima suggests starting a call girl business to Ebihara, who stops him because it would cause issues with Sunagawa. Despite this, Kojima moves forward and asks Kuroshio to find the girls. However, when Akira tries drawing something simple, both she and her boss agree it’s good for the project, and he gets a raise. Later in Taihei, Sunagawa is angry when he hears that Kojima is taking over his area.

Episode 9:

Kojima goes to Misaki’s apartment and forces her to work for him as a call girl, saying that Kuroshio hurt his leg protecting her. He threatens to cause problems for her friends and job, giving her 24 hours to decide. The next day, Misaki finds out that her boss was attacked and the business is temporarily shut down, but she still tells Kojima she won’t work for him. Elsewhere, Ebihara asks Akira to investigate Kojima and learns that Kojima plans a call girl business and recently shot someone in a warehouse. Ebihara then offers Akira his car to deal with Kojima. Meanwhile, Sunagawa hires a masked hitman to kill Kojima.

Episode 10:

Sunagawa tells his hitman to target two people: Kojima and another person. Akira takes Ebihara’s car to Kojima’s apartment to get a gun and sets up cameras. He barely escapes over the balcony before getting caught. Meanwhile, Akira figures out her situation and plans a rescue without being noticed. He asks Yoko to give Takahashi a watch with GPS tracking and makes a simple gun from hardware supplies and scrap metal.

Episode 11:

Misaki asks Akira to inform their boss that she is sick and won’t be able to work tomorrow. Akira agrees, thanks her for her kindness, and reassures her not to worry. Sunagawa and Kojima get ready for a meeting, each planning to eliminate the other. Meanwhile, an unknown man visits Ebihara in the hospital and questions him about involving Akira in his activities. At the meeting, Sunagawa orders one of his men to take Misaki aside to force her into the call girl business. The man removes Misaki’s clothes, but then Akira arrives and knocks him out silently with strong blows.

Episode 12:

Akira tells a kickboxer, who is one of Kojima’s injured men, to take Misaki home when he signals. He calms the tense situation by injuring Sunagawa’s hitman and kidnapping Kojima. Sunagawa’s group thinks Akira might be Fable. Meanwhile, the Boss warns Ebihara not to get Akira involved anymore. The kickboxer takes Misaki home and offers to protect her if needed. At the warehouse, Sunagawa decides not to take further action against Kojima to avoid trouble with the Maguro clan.

Episode 13:

Akira takes Kojima to the apartment’s garage and hands him over to Ebihara, who is briefly out of the hospital. Even though Kojima is like a brother to him, Ebihara considers him a risk and kills him. Misaki faints in the bath, and a very drunk Yoko has to ask Akira for help in getting her out of the tub. He later advises Kuroshio similarly and tells him not to reveal Akira’s true role. However, Kuroshio secretly still wants to learn from Akira because he thinks Akira is Fable.

Episode 14:

Sunagawa tries to pay Matsu for secrets about Fable, but Matsu says information is only shared when necessary. Meanwhile, Akira plans a three-day camping trip in the wild to keep his survival skills sharp because he thinks he’s getting rusty. He hesitantly lets Kuroshio join him. Yoko drops them off at dawn, and even though Kuroshio worries since Akira only has a knife and basic tools, he still follows his brother into the woods with minimal gear.

Episode 15:

Kuroshio finds it hard to keep up with Akira, who takes him through the forest to a spot where they set up camp for the night. Akira cooks a snake he caught earlier, and Kuroshio has to get over his dislike of eating it. The next day, Kuroshio faces a black bear at their campsite, but Akira returns just in time to scare it away. Kuroshio starts to admire Akira’s strong spirit and survival skills, like cooking frogs and grasshoppers for strength. Meanwhile, Yoko plans another night out drinking and calls Yuki Kawai, the man she met at Bar Buffalo.

Episode 16:

Akira gets ready to face the bear that attacked them before. He makes a spear using a branch and his knife, adding poison from a snake he caught earlier. Meanwhile, Yoko goes to Bar Buffalo for a drinking match with Kawai. They both drink tequila shots, trying to outdo each other. Yoko wins as Kawai feels sick and eventually collapses from drinking too much. The next morning, Yoko picks up Akira and Kuroshio. Akira is glad he still has his skills, while Kuroshio is very impressed by how well Akira handled the situation.

Episode 17:

At the Taihei Detective Agency, Rei Utsubo and his team—Tsutomu Isaki and Hinako Saba, who is in a wheelchair—mainly focus on scaring and kidnapping children of wealthy parents. Later, Akira and Hinako seem to recognize each other from a past event in a park. Utsubo tells Isaki to find out about Sanagawa’s ties with Ebihara through Kuroshio, but Kuroshio won’t help. Meanwhile, Akira asks Yoko to investigate a murder in Tokyo from four years ago. At the same time, Kainuma becomes more obsessed with Misaki and plans to sneak into her apartment again when she says she’ll be working late at her new job that night.

Episode 18:

From Yoko’s research, Akira links Hinako to his murder of a man involved in prostitution. Meanwhile, Kainuma finds out that the lock on Misaki’s apartment has been changed. Isaki sees Kainuma there and realizes he’s stalking Misaki. While Akira waits to meet Hinako again later, Suzuki warns him to stay away from his “sister.” Utsubo and Isaki enter Misaki’s apartment pretending to check for hidden cameras for free. They find the camera Kainuma planted while adding their own.

Episode 19:

At Octopus, Takoda asks Akira to draw a Christmas card even though Akira doesn’t know much about Santa or Christmas. Later, Akira takes business cards to Taihei Detective Agency and sees Hinako again. He recognizes Utsubo as someone he was supposed to kill four years ago. That night, Utsubo tells Suzuki about his past with a bad group that hurt young girls. He also lied to Hinako in the hospital, pretending to be a detective, and scared her into trusting him by saying Fable would harm her.

Episode 20:

Utsubo and Isaki trick Kainuma into following Misaki and ask his mother for 60 million yen using video from cameras in her apartment. Meanwhile, Akira meets Hinako in the park again and tells her to imagine her legs working. Akira quickly stops him. Later, Kainuma tries to escape but is kidnapped by Suzuki, which Akira sees. Isaki drives off with Kainuma, but Akira gives Suzuki 24 hours to bring him back safely. Suzuki gets Akira’s address from Isaki and goes there only to find Yoko, who cleverly disarms him when he threatens her. In the forest, Kainuma escapes from Isaki.

Episode 21:

Akira gets home and sees that Suzuki is tied up because Yoko beat him in a fight. Akira wants Kainuma back, but when Suzuki calls Isaki, he learns that Kainuma fell off a cliff and died. Suzuki tells Utsubo what happened with the Satos and thinks they are part of Fable. He asks why Utsubo is after Fable. Utsubo says his brother Kawahira was killed by Akira four years ago while Hinako was in the car. Suzuki agrees to help Utsubo kill Akira quietly so the Maguro clan doesn’t notice. Utsubo plans to trap the Satos using Hinako as bait.

Episode 22:

Suzuki visits Matsu to buy a silencer for an attack on Akira and plans an escape if it fails. Akira finds out about the murder of Hinako’s parents from Yoko. Utsubo tells Hinako that Akira killed her parents, so she wants to help Utsubo kill Akira. Suzuki sets a trap with a grenade at their apartment door. Then, Utsubo and Hinako leave town, and Utsubo calls Akira to meet him at his place. Suspecting a trap, Akira opens the door carefully and avoids the grenade explosion while Suzuki watches from afar.

Episode 23:

After Akira survives a grenade attack, he sees Suzuki leave and asks Yoko to follow him. Suzuki meets Utsubo and Hinako in the forest, captures Yoko, and ties her to a tree. To distract Utsubo’s group, Kuroshio honks the car horn while Akira sneaks closer. Hinako tries to shoot Utsubo because she realizes he killed her parents. When she stands for a better shot, Suzuki reveals she’s on an explosive that Utsubo planted for Akira. As she fires and steps back, Akira rushes out to stop her from falling.

Episode 24:

Under a sky full of stars, Akira helps Hinako stand on the mine. Utsubo grabs his gun, but Akira shoots him. Even though Utsubo is hurt, he throws a grenade. Akira asks Suzuki to use an excavator’s bucket to partly cover Hinako while he moves her off the mine. Angry that his plans failed, Utsubo throws another grenade, so Suzuki shoots him in the head and kills him. They bury Utsubo’s body before Hinako thanks Akira as he leaves, knowing she won’t see him again. Back home, after Yoko takes care of Akira’s wound, he starts drawing Christmas card images for Takoda right away.

Episode 25:

The Taihei police find Kainuma’s body in a river. Suzuki gets Kuroshio to take him to meet Isaki, who he then kills because he thinks Isaki is a problem. Suzuki tells him to forget about becoming an assassin because he could never beat Akira or Yoko. Akira’s Christmas card design is successful, and Takoda suggests inviting Yoko and celebrating Christmas together, hoping Akira and Misaki will get together. Akira reads Hinako’s heartfelt letter thanking him for everything he’s done for her, then burns it as she asked.

So, The Fable Anime Review – Should You Watch in 2024?

In my opinion, The Fable Anime is a must-watch in 2024. It has a great mix of new-style fighting skills, action scenes, and modern technology, which makes the storytelling really interesting. The animation looks amazing because of the latest technology and CGI animation style. The voice actors do a great job of bringing the characters to life. If you’re into intense action and detailed animation, you should definitely check it out!

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