Unless you can read Japanese I would recommend the anime over the novels, as the novel translation is complete trash.įate/Hollow Ataraxia: A 'fandisc' for F/SN. The only really faithful adaptation so far worth checking out would be the recent Unlimited Blade Works anime from ufotable, but I haven't actually watched it yet.įate/Zero (novel and anime): The only 100% 'actually good' iteration of the Fate franchise that's fully available in English. The first scenario, Fate, is mostly pretty boring. If you liked those, check out some of the billions of spinoffs.įate/stay night (game and anime): The second and third scenarios, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel, are both good. Deen's 2006 adaptation of the Fate route is in that 'good unless you've played the original in which case it's garbage' zone, while Deen's UBW movie is just plain bad.

Requires a high tolerance for loli fanservice.Īs far as anime adaptations of the original VN are concerned- the only one that's considered to be remotely good by fans of the original is the recent ufotable adaptation of the Unlimited Blade Works route. Prisma Ilya takes place in an AU from the other games and starts out as a fairly generic magical girl anime/manga that features Fate characters but gradually becomes less Magical Girl-ey and more Fate-ey as the series progresses. Hollow Ataraxia is a quasi-sequel to Stay Night- much more light-hearted and takes place in a weird continuity that doesn't fallow any FSN ending.įate/Extra is a spinoff/AU PSP game- I never finished it, but it's decent if you're a fan of the other games. Every Fate sequel/prequel/spinoff except the anime adaptations of the original game assumes you know everything about the original game, including the major plot twists, so you should start there.Īs far as the others, from what I've played/seen/gathered: While Zero, being a prequel, is obviously spoiled by Stay Night, Zero spoils way more about Stay Night than Stay Night spoils about Zero. Hell, play Stay Night before consuming any other Fate-related media. Play Fate/Stay Night before reading/watching Fate/Zero.

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