Fate stay night unlimited blade works english dub s1e1
The bad: removing Shirou's monologues which made him look even more stubborn now without reason. The good consisted of things like adding a backstory to Medea's master, showing more Illya backstory, clarifying Kuzuki's backstory, etc. The anime though made good and bad changes. Shirou's character dev was tiny in this, and Rin isn't a multilayered character like Saber but despite this, it's an improvement over the first route.
And of course Shirou always seeming to survive with the power of willpower only being able to fight because saber's sheath is inside him. UBW had plot conveniences for Shirou near the end Example: Archer projecting rho aias just as Shirou is about to be hit by Ea when archer was supposed to be dead (something not explained in the VN they didn't tell us he turned into spirit form after fighting Gilgamesh and fed on spirits in the Einzbern Forrest to survive). However, it also had narrative flaws that the first route didn't have. It also had more action than the first route and a serious twist I never saw coming. The Unlimited Blade Works route carried improvements over the fate route like fewer flashbacks and faster pacing. Visual Novel Rating: 8.1 Anime Rating: 7.9 The Visual Novel was Solid.
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Also, do check out Fate/Zero before diving into this series to get a better understanding of what previously happened. I think the only voice I didn't like all that much was Archer's but then again his previous voice actor was too mind blowing in that role. The voice cast in the dub I will admit took some time getting used as a lot of these expect for Taiga, Rin, Lancer and Illya all had new voices. And I even better then the studio dean verse as I notice there was quite a few errors like their animation which I am thankful for.
As for my overall thought I really enjoyed this route of the Fate series. After strange occurances of a hidden masters the beautiful thigh queen herself Rin Tosaka teams up with her classmate Shirou Emiya to search out this master.
Just like the original series 5 magians are choicen to fight in the holy grail in a battle to the death to see who wins the grail and they all have master including Archer, Caster, Gligamesh, Berserker, Rider, Lancer and finally saber. However, if you would like you can watch it to compare it with this series. To answer your question no you don't need to watch the old studio dean series to understand this as this is a brand new reboot completely.