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Adaptations
Studio Deen
Studio Deen made a television anime adaptation of the Fate route. The episodes originally aired between January 2006 and June 2006 in Japan. The title was given a special summary released in two episodes called Fate/stay night TV reproduction.FSN UBW - LogoStudio Deen went on to make a movie adaptation of the Unlimited Blade Works route. It was titled Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works movie and released in Japanese theaters on January 23, 2010. The staff from the anime television series returned to work on the film, including director Yuji Yamaguchi, with most of the voice cast also reprising their roles. The film earned 280 million yen at the Japanese Box Office. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the Unlimited Blade Works film and will release it on DVD and Blu-ray featuring an English dub produced at Bang Zoom! Entertainment.
ufotable
ufotable made an anime adaptation of the Unlimited Blade Works route. The first season premiered December 27, 2014, and the second premiered on April 4, 2015. Takahiro Miura directed the series, and Atsushi Ikariya, Tomonori Sudou, and Hisayuki Tabata adapted Takashi Takeuchi's original character designs. The storyline features original content scripted by Kinoko Nasu, the original writer of Fate/stay night. The series was originally planned to adapt the Fate route, but it was changed to Unlimited Blade Works after production began. For the first season, Mashiro Ayano's "Ideal White" was the opening song and Kalafina's "believe" was the ending song. For the second season, Aimer's "Brave Shine" was the opening song and Kalafina's "Ring Your BelI" was the ending song. The Realta Nua visual novel version of Fate was instead set to be released for free on IOS and Android devices afterward.
ufotable also announced they would be making a movie adaptation of the Heaven's Feel route. Hideyuki Fukasawa will be the composer. During the AnimeJapan 2016 it was announced it would be composed by three films. The release date currently set for the first one is 2017.
Servant promotional poster
Master promotional poster
Unlimited Blade Works promotional poster
Heaven's Feel promotional poster
Related anime
Fate/Zero
Fate/Zero is a novel written by Gen Urobuchi as a prequel to Fate/stay night. It takes place 10 years prior to the events of Fate/stay night in the year 1994, detailing the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City
The 2011 issue of Type-Moon Ace magazine reported that an anime adaption of Fate/Zero was green-lit for production. It is produced by studio Ufotable and began airing in October 2011.
This is the third anime production in the Fate series, following the 24 episode Fate/stay night adaptation and the Unlimited Blade Works movie.
The anime was originally slated to run continuously for all episodes, but was later given a season break between 13 and 14 to allow for better animation. The first season ran from October to December 2011 and the second season ran from April to June 2012.