My knowledge of the Type Moon fandom is somewhat limited but I have experienced the majority of the anime incarnations of the Fate series from the highs of the first season of Fate/Zero to the lows of the second season of Unlimited Blade Works. Ive also seen the Tsukihime anime but it was dog shit and I dont rmemeber it to any sort of vivid degree. Ive never played any of the games... Sue me... And im vaguely aware that theres a thing called Melty blood that exists I might watch that at some point. I still think I know just enough to enjoy Carnival Phantasm to the fullest as the humor is wellwritten enough to not be lost on newbies at least for the most part. In any case this OVA is a noncanon comedy collection featuring the stars of Type/Moons various intellectual properties with the excuse being that a certain Carnival has caused a rift in time and space allowing people from different worlds to meet or something. I never could catch all of it because I was too distracted by the sight of tiny little cat people trying to make serious expressions and nodding their heads enthusiastically making me laugh so hard that Im literally shaking while typing this sentence. Thankfully most of the material is based around the original Fate/Stay night and Unlimited Blade Works and the Tsukihime material is easy enough to grasp. The skits and scenarios are diverse but for the most part it works around one core joke... The Fate universe is superserious and this universe is super silly. You might think that would be too narrow a concept to base a twoandahalf hour series on but it works mainly due to the fact that it heavily emphasizes both extremes. It knows how 100 serious Fate was so everything about it is lampooned and played for laughs in the most ruthless ways possible. Honestly though as enjoyable as the comedy is the opening theme is probably the best part... Its insanely catchy with a ton of fun visuals that represent some of the more notabe and ongoing jokes in the series. Whether the contestants in the Holy Grail War are drag racing playing on a game show trying to survive mundane everyday tasks dressing up and eating each other or just watching Lancer die over and over again this was an idea that couldnt possibly fail and you can just tell that Type/Moon was having the time of their lives with it. And hey if thats not enough this OVA comes with its own OVAs Seriously you can watch the Holy Grail battlers face each other in a Mario Party style game to face the boss Ilya in her BerserCar Its a laugh a minute OVA comedy series and it couldnt be parodying a more perfect series.