Gilgamesh (Fate)

About

Gilgamesh is a character from the 2004 visual novel Fate/stay night and its subsequent sequels. He is considered one of the series' main antagonists, especially in the Unlimited Blade Works route for the original game.

Origin

Gilgamesh first appeared as a character in the 2004 visual novel Fate/stay night as one of the main antagonists. He later appeared in the anime adaptations of Fate/stay night (2005) and Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010), as well as ufotable's renditions of Fate/Zero (2011-2012) and Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014-2015). On May 14th, 2007, niconico user コメントを禁止されています uploaded a compilation of various clips featuring Gilgamesh with a live rendition of the song "The Ecstasy of Gold" playing in the background (shown below).

Spread

On October 12th, 2010, YouTuber Kronozs Nanaya uploaded the final fight scene from Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010) in which Gilgamesh battles main protagonist Shirou Emiya (shown below). As of August 2015 the video has over 783,000 views.

In late 2011, a website dedicated to both the historical Gilgamesh as well as the Fate adaptation, titled King of Heroes, was launched.^[1] On "Tumblr": there are various posts tagged under "Gilgamesh", a vast majority of which are related to the Fate incarnation of the character.^[2] There are also several fan-made blogs dedicated to the Fate Gilgamesh, such as MeanGilgamesh,^[3] AskGilgamesh,^[4] MotherfuckingKingofHeroes,^[5] as well as others.^[6][7][8][9] Various "AMVs": for Gilgamesh's fights throughout the franchise have been uploaded to YouTube as well.^[10] On April 20th, 2015, AMV producer Phenawesome AMVs uploaded an AMV for Gilgamesh's fight between Berserker in the 2015 adaptation of Unlimited Blade Works (shown below, left). On June 20th, 2015, AMV producer xBurguer AMVs uploaded a clip of the final fight between Gilgamesh and Shirou from the 2015 adaptation of Unlimited Blade Works (shown below, right).

Related Memes

Gate of Babylon

Gate of Babylon refers to a golden key that connects to the treasury of series antagonist Gilgamesh which contains every known noble phantasm from across the world. When activated, Gilgamesh is able to summon these weapons from his treasury through a dimensional gate which he then use as projectiles during battle. This ability has become the subject of fanart by fans with variations that replaces Gilgamesh and his weapons with characters and objects from various other media.

Various Examples

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