If you ask five people this question, you'll get six answers. There are conflicting opinions on this, and I'll try to outline the major options available in this answer. But first, a tl;dr tl;drIf you only want to watch anime:. Watch Ufotable's version of Unlimited Blade Works (, ). Wait for.
Then, watch the Fate/Zero anime (, )If you're willing to do whatever:. Read the. (Optionally, watch the Ufotable versions of Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel).
Watch the F/Z anime.It is generally agreed that Fate/stay night and Fate/Zero are the two core works of the Fate series. They both come in multiple forms. Whatever you do, consuming these two works in some form is the first thing you should do.
In my opinion (as senshin said, 5 people, 6 answer), if you are looking at the series from production release order, I'd do the following. 1) Fate/Stay Night Visual NovelAll works on Fate/Stay Night are adapted from this as. The anime mainly follows the Fate Route.
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Caster's Antagonist Role later in the anime is adapted from Unlimited Blade Works. (In Fate, she appears but is shortly killed. Her goal to prematurely summon the Grail was one of the main plots of Unlimited Blade Works).
Sakura's attacks on Rin in their battle during Caster's Arc is adapted from Heaven's Feel. The Unlimited Blade Works Movie adapts the Route of the same name in the Visual Novel. However, it is more faithful to the adaptation than the original anime (I say faithful in a loose sense - you can't be faithful to a few hour long game in a movie). The Unlimited Blade Works Anime series by Ufotable adapts the Route of the same name in the Visual Novel. Is a more faithful then the movie because it doesn't try to compress everything into one movie. It also expands on the fates of a couple of characters who simply disappeared inadapts the Route of the same name the route.
The Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel movie trilogy is suspected to adapt the Route of the same name (however currently only the first movie has been realsed)In terms of which Visual Novel, Fate/Stay Night Realta Nua PC is your best bet as Realta Nua uses the same updated engine as what Fate/Hollow Ataraxia uses. Realta Nua PC is for all ages and in Japanese. There is an English Patch for it and it does add an option to view both the original H Scenes from the original Visual Novel and their Realta Nua Replacements (Shiro and Saber's Bed Scene, Rin's Contract with Shiro, Rider stealing Prana from Shiro).
2) Fate/ZeroFate/Zero is a prequel to Fate/Stay Night. At the start of the Fate/Stay Night anime, you see Saber and Gilgamesh fight it out - this is sort of what happens in Fate/Zero (in the anime they don't fight but it may have been described in the Novel). Mainly, a lot of Fate/Zero is already revealed in Heaven's Feel like the state of the Grail, the Matou Family, and the true purpose of the wars.Regardless of the route in Fate/Stay Night, they all start from the aftermath of Fate/Zero. 3) Any other animeFrom this point, you will be well-versed on the events. As such, the anime titles will be an abridged version of what you've seen, but with more stylized fights (e.g. Lancer), which looks better animated in my opinion.If you are looking at the series from chronological order, I'd do the following:. Fate/Zero.
Fate/Stay Night (anime, if you really have to). Unlimited Blade Works (I'd watch Ufotable's series over Studio Deen's movie).
Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel movie trilogyWhile you say you don't intend to read the Visual Novel, you would miss out a lot. The Visual Novel isn't constricted to screening times, as such you can get quite detailed explanations of Nasuverse terminology such as True Magic, Magecraft, The Throne of Heroes, and how it's used with the Holy Grail. A lot of these are explained in the Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel Route, The latter has has only just been released partially as a movie with more films to be released.Also finally in Realta Nua, after seeing all 5 endings, there is -Last Episode- which is in 2 parts: the first is a review of the Fate Route, while the second part is the true conclusion to the Fate Route where 2 people fulfill the conditions to perform a Miracle.
You can also see it as a conclusion to the Fate/Stay Night anime since both the anime and the Fate Route have the same ending, as such, -Last Episode- would continue on from both. The original visual novel did not have this and a separate patch to Mirror Moon's patch was required to add it in.Outside of anime there are:.Fate/Hollow Ataraxia (Visual Novel) - This follows the Fate Route.
However, it does expect that you've played all the routes in Fate/Stay Night as it has elements that transpired in Heaven's Feel.The state of the Matou Family's as Zouken and Shinji are terrified by Sakura now that she is the head of the family and Alter-Saber being Saber's second personality.Fate/Extra (PSP Game) - This is set outside Fate/Stay Night. In the 1970's a certain event has drained Prana from the world. There are cameo's from Fate/Stay Night like Kotomine, Taiga, Rin's Lancer and Sakura, but their roles are different and not related to the original. Also, the Rin in this title, while looking like Rin from Fate/Stay Night, is not the same Rin but a descendant of Fate/Stay Night's Rin by at least 2 generations (implied to be either mother or grandmother).Fate/Extra CCC (PSP Game) - A split from Fate/Extra like Heaven's Feel is to Fate/Stay Night. Sakura has a much larger role which also adds Gilgamesh into the mix.
However, he's not so much as an ass as he is in Fate/Stay Night (though proudly showing off his naked body in front of Elizabeth as a weapon does show he's still got that ego).Fate/Apocrypha (Novel) - If you've watched Fate/Zero or Played the Visual Novel then you know of the 3rd Holy Grail War. Fate/Apocrypha splits from the 3rd war where the Grail was stolen from Fuyuki. In this story, there are 2 teams of Servants and a new class, Ruler, which acts as mediator over the war.
Also Mordred is summoned as Saber, keeping an established tradition in Fate series: the main Saber is related to Fate/Stay Night's Saber.Fate/Prototype - This was what Fate/Stay Night could have been feature a Male King Arthur with a Female Master. The Holy Grail War also different with a different purpose.Lord El-Melloi II Case Files - a side series following Lord El-Melloi II, AKA Waver Velvet from Fate/Zero, and Gray, a Descendant of Arturia's Bloodline, as they investigate mysteries in the thaumaturgy world generaly set around Clock Tower in London.Fate/Labyrinth - set in the Seventh Labyrinth of Caubac Alcatraz (a Dead Apostle Ancestor) where someone had installed and activated one of the Subcategory Holy Grails in Caubac' labyrinth.
Manaka Sajyou from Fate/Prototype appears but is now an existence connected to Akasha possesses the body of Norma who summons Arturia. This series is also one of the cases Lord El-Melloi II and Gray investigateThere are also other Nasuverse works such as Tsukihime and Witch of the Holy Night. Carnival Phantasm is a crossover of the Nasuverse like the heroes of Fate/Stay Night and Tsukihime trying to date all their heroines at the same time and alternate formats of the Holy Grail War.
I'll post this to help anyone like myself who can't get their hands on the visual novel.As said in another answers, it's best to start with Fate/stay night. The new version that comes out is based on the Unlimited Blade Works route of the visual novel. As such, I recommend this viewing order.Fate/stay night (2006)Fate/ZeroFate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014)Fate/stay night: Heaven's FeelThis viewing order avoids spoilers ruining the series and lets you see each route to completion before moving onto the next route. Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night (2006) have Saber as the female lead and thus the most connected.I would like to mention that while the 2006 anime receives negative critiques regarding its animation, when I watched it I enjoyed it.
Anyway, I have definitely seen worse anime. Although I am under no illusion that it is better than the visual novel, the source material is usually better than anime adaptations.Anyway I just thought to post this since the original question was to exclude the visual novels. Torisuda thanks for the vote I appreciate it. I have more news.
At the moment someone is posting a translated version walkthrough of the fate hollow visual novel onto youtube. The channal is Rothran Agnos. From what I got from the translation it is the sequel to the fate route. The apperance of scenarios from other routes is due to Rin messing up a magical experiment briefly connecting parrell worlds and as Shirou put creating a situation were anything and everything became possible.–Aug 13 '14 at 22:38.