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Fate/stay night

★ 7.2 8K votes 2006–2006 1 season · 24 episodes Ended Teletama
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Urban fantasyMagic hidden inside the modern world.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Noriaki SugiyamaKari WahlgrenAyako KawasumiKana UedaJun'ichi SuwabeMai Kadowaki
Starring
Noriaki SugiyamaKari WahlgrenAyako KawasumiKana UedaJun'ichi SuwabeMai Kadowaki
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"The rough first draft of a beloved saga"

A teenage boy stumbles into a secret battle royale where mages summon legendary heroes, called Servants, to fight for a wish-granting Grail. This 2006 series was the first anime adaptation of the beloved visual novel, and it shows: the animation is rough, pacing uneven, and only one narrative path of a much larger story gets told. Still, the core hook lands, sword-wielding heroes clashing in modern Japan, doomed alliances, and a mystery about who's really pulling the strings. It's a flawed but formative entry point into a franchise that got much better later.

Watch it for

the introduction to a Holy Grail War concept that spawned a beloved multimedia franchise.

Maybe skip if

you're sensitive to dated animation or want the definitive version of this story.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12006
7.05K249h 12m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Hajimari no hi6.4
24123 min
▶2Unmei no yoru7.1
22323 min
▶3Kaimaku6.8
21423 min
▶4Saikyou no teki6.9
20823 min
▶5Majutsushi futari Zenpen6.8
20123 min
▶6Majutsushi futari kouhen6.8
19823 min
▶7Shundou6.5
19223 min
▶8Fukyo no oto6.7
18623 min
▶9Gekka ryuurei7.1
18723 min
▶10Odayakana makuai6.5
18623 min
▶11Senketsu shinden7.2
18523 min
▶12Sora o saku7.6
20023 min
▶13Fuyu no shiro6.9
18723 min
▶14Risou no hate8.2
21523 min
▶15Juuni no shiren6.9
18023 min
▶16Yakusoku sareta shouri no ken7.1
18023 min
▶17Majo no rakuin6.8
17223 min
▶18Kessen6.9
17023 min
▶19Ougon no oh7.0
17723 min
▶20Tooi yume ato6.2
18123 min
▶21Tenchi kairisu kaibyaku no hoshi7.0
18223 min
▶22Negai no hate7.1
17423 min
▶23Seihai7.2
17923 min
▶24Subete tooki risoukyou7.6
20323 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Noriaki Sugiyama Shiro Emiya
Kari Wahlgren Saber
Ayako Kawasumi Saber
Kana Ueda Rin Tosaka
Jun'ichi Suwabe Archer
Mai Kadowaki Illya
Noriko Shitaya Sakura Matou
Miki Itô Taiga Fujimura
Hiroshi Kamiya Shinji Mato
Tadahisa Saizen Berserker

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