Do you know the Fate series anime? Ever heard of Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Zero and others? In this article, we are going to see a little about this game franchise called FATE and its anime adaptations with great quality.
The game industry TypeMoon was founded in 1998 by the artist Takahashi Takeuchi and the writer Kinoko Nasu. If you’re not familiar with the name, know that they are the creators of one of the most famous game and anime sagas of all time.
The saga of Fate initially took over computer screens. With games originally made for adults on the Windows, Playstation 2, and PS Vita platforms, it captured the audience with its innovative and distinctive gaming style of the time. It was the first game of the visual novel genre, launched on January 30, 2004.
Two years later, on January 7, 2006, the franchise takes over television screens. In all, there are eleven titles from the animated universe and you'll enjoy a little bit of the world of each one below!
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1. Fate/stay night and Fate/Stay Night Unlimited BladeWorks
The first anime of the Nasuverso franchise, Fate/Stay Night is an animated adaptation of the original game from the franchise released in 2004. It serves as the starting point that introduces us to the protagonists and main elements of the series.
The story of Stay Night revolves around Emiya Shirou. A young student who, unknowingly, ends up participating in a tournament that could lead him to death if he is not careful. The championship, called Fifth Holy Grail War, attracts magicians and warriors from various parts of the world.
The Holy Grail in history is a powerful object that can grant the user their greatest wishes. In this tournament, the young Shirou was about to die when he was saved by a beautiful girl who introduces herself as Saber.
The saga Unlimited Blade Works is a continuation – taking place between 2014 and 2015 – that explores the relationship between Shirou and other characters. In this part of the story, the young man is immersed, once again, in the chaotic environment of the Holy Grail War.
2. Fate/Zero
The story precedes the events of Stay Night and, consequently, Unlimited Blade Works.
The characters face each other in the Fourth Holy Grail War. The Einzbern family is determined to win this war due to the history of failure in the last three.
To do this, they hire the most powerful of wizards: Kiritsugu Emiya. The wizard is a notorious assassin, the character appears in the series Stay Night, being the one responsible for saving Shirou from a fire – which left him orphaned.
3. Fate/Apocrypha
Being a universe parallel to the events of Stay Night, Apocrypha brings a new theme to the universe of Fate. The group Yggdmillennia announces that it is in possession of the Santo Graal and its withdrawal from the Mage Association.
The narrative brings to light the war among the most powerful wizards to reclaim the Santo Graal from the group that orchestrated its plunder.
4. Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA | 2wei! | 3 king!! |
Another alternative universe that brings, in addition, the War of the Holy Grail as the theme of the narrative.
Kiritsugu and Irisviel prevent the ritual of Holy Grail War start. The two seal their daughter's magical abilities Illya and their memories to date.
Shirou appears in the middle of the story. As an adopted son of Kiritsugu. The young man and his half-sister Illya grow up together and know nothing about magic. In the plot, the parents are traveling and their guardians are saddle and Leysritt.
However, all this pacifism comes to an end when the fragments of the Letters of Classes – remnants of the Holy Grail War – appear in the city.
The series 2wei! tells the story of Kuro, a girl identical to Illya – except for her visual features. She appears due to the seal of Kiritsugu.
The saga continues in the subtitle 3rei!!. Where Miyu is captured by the new antagonists. The events take place shortly after the end of 2wei!.
5. Fate/Extra Last Encore
With the concept of Holy Grail War completely different from what was presented in the Stay Night saga, Last Encore brings a dark approach to the Fate saga.
The plot of the war is replaced by the Moon Cell which uses the Holy Grail War to collect data. The events take place in the year 3020 A.D. and only one hundred thousand people inhabit the Earth.
6. Fate/Grand Order – The Absolute Demon Battlefront Babylonia
Being an adaptation of the game Fate Grand Order, the anime is being considered for release on screens in 2019. Little is known about the main plot of the film, but what we do know is that it will take place in ancient times, following the structure of the Babylonia arc.
The work of the studios Clover will focus on the seventh order of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia in the year 2655 B.C., a time when humans separated from the gods.
However, still without a set premiere date, the adaptation promises to continue the franchise.