It's one thing to say "Nanoha has a bit of an SRW feel to it"; another to say that it was intentional homage. I don't think it quite rises to that level, myself.
There's plenty of VAs who sound similar in multiple roles. Heck, some of them make a profession of it. (Norio Wakamoto! Though he's got range, he's got his "I am a smirking badass" voice that keeps cropping up.
I'd say Fate isn't a direct rip of Zengar so much as they're both feeding from a lot of the same inspiration. Admittedly, nobody does the big sword better than Zengar...
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