Summary
- Fate/Strange fake anime debut on Crunchyroll with an alternate future storyline in the Fate/Stay Night universe.
- The series was born out of an April Fool's joke and became a best-selling 9-volume light novel by Narita.
- The anime staff includes A-1 Pictures as animator, Enokido and Sakazume as director, and Ohigashi as head writer.
Fate Fans usually eagerly wait for the New Year's Eve surprises that TYPE-MOON prepares for them. This year they get the first episode of a new anime series, Fate/strange forgerywhose international stream on Crunchyroll has already been confirmed.
Aniplex premiered the episode with English dub back in November 2024 during the Fate 20th Anniversary Showcase in Hollywood. The episode was also available on Crunchyroll's YouTube channel for a limited time. Currently, The length of the series is yet to be announced, but they will likely release more information around New Year's Eve. Ahead of the traditional New Year's Eve special fateful event Fate/Stay Night Heaven's Feel The trilogy will stream on Crunchyroll and Hulu starting December 19th. This film takes place in a different timeline than Strange fakebut it's always good to have more Fate Content officially available.
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Fate/strange Fake has the potential to be the best Fate yet
With the first episode set to officially release at the end of the year, we're looking ahead to the next big story in the Fate series.
An April Fool's joke that became an official series
What would happen later Fate/Strange Forgery was actually one April Fool's Day posted on Ryogo Narita's (Durarara And Baccano! Creator) website in 2008, originally named Night of Destiny/States (a pun on “stay night” and “United States”). As the title suggests, it was a parody that a Fate Game project that would take place in the USA.
After April 1st the position was deleted. But TYPE-MOON liked the joke and later published it as a novel. In 2015 it became the Fate/strange forgery Light novel series with 9 volumes so far. The story was written by Narita and Morii Shizuki was responsible for the illustrations.
Plot Overview: An alternate future of Fate/Stay Night
It started as a joke, but what is this series about? Well, an American organization collected information during the Third Grail War, which took place in 1939 Fate/stay night's chronology and then started working on a way to reproduce it.
In 2009, they tried a town called Snowfield (but it didn't go as well as planned, leading to strange subpoenas). In this scenario, the (London-based) Mage's Association sends Langal and Faldeus to investigate Snowfield and this war, but Faldeus is actually a spy for the US organization. Timelines can be confusing, but for some of it, it's essentially a “what if” future Fate/stay night Narrative.
Fate/strange fake anime staff
The anime series features a recurring cast from the Fate/Strange Forgery: Whispers of Dawn Film. A-1 images animates it again (usually Fate Series are animated by Ufotable, but this one is different), with Avoid Enokido And Takahito Sakazume as directors.
For those who haven't seen the film, Enokido previously directed a music video titled Flower Rhapsody and worked as a director on several animated films Fate/Apocrypha episodes. Sakazume made his directorial debut with this series, but he has worked on series like this before Black Clover, Fate/Apocrypha And Fate/Great Order. Apocrypha is a type Strange fake Therefore, it is important that both directors have worked on it and that they are also working hard on it.
Daisuke Ohigashi is the lead author and his portfolio includes: Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 (script and screenplay) and noblesse (Script). Legendary composer Hiroyuki Sawano is responsible for the music (Sawano's portfolio is huge, but among his most recent works Solo leveling).
Whispers of Dawn Prologue Movie
This year there is a prologue film called Whisper of the Dawn aired on television (in Japan) and streaming (in Japan and internationally). It was scheduled to air during the 2023 New Year's Eve event, but was ultimately postponed to July. It was well received by a niche audience and even by people who would normally be interested in it Fate Series.
This prologue probably isn't a must-watch for those who just want to watch the anime series, but it could be a good introductory film for the franchise. It is available on Crunchyroll.
Fate/strange forgery
Episode 1 will air in Japan on December 31, 2024, but fans were able to watch the series dubbed in English in November. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.
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Fate/strange forgery
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Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn
