List of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works episodes explained

Season Name:Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
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Num Episodes:26 + OVA
Network:Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works is an anime series primarily based on the Unlimited Blade Works storyline in the Fate/stay night visual novel, in which Shirou Emiya, a high school student and amateur mage living in Fuyuki City, Japan, is dragged into the Fifth Holy Grail War, a secret magical tournament. In it, seven participants, known as "Masters", and their "Servants", reincarnated personifications of legendary heroes of history, fight in a battle royale for the Holy Grail, an omnipotent magical chalice that can fulfill any wish or desire for its victor. Shirou and his Servant Saber, are forced to team up with Rin Tohsaka, another Master in the Holy Grail War, but Shirou finds himself earning the strong dislike of Rin's mysterious Servant Archer, whose motivations are unknown.

The anime is jointly produced by Aniplex, Notes, and Ufotable, the same studios that co-produced the 2011–2012 anime adaptation for Fate/Zero. It is also directed by Takahiro Miura, with music composed by Hideyuki Fukasawa; character designs by Tomonori Sudou, Hisayuki Tabata, and Atsushi Ikariya, based on the original designs by Takashi Takeuchi; and art, 3D, and photography directions by Koji Eto, Kōjirō Shishido, and Yuichi Terao, respectively. The first half of the series ran from October 4 to December 27, 2014. The second half ran from April 4 to June 27, 2015.[1] An advanced screening online premiered on September 28, 2014, in several countries across the world, including Japan, the United States, France, Germany and South Korea.[2]

The first opening theme is "Ideal White" by Mashiro Ayano and the first ending theme is "Believe" by Kalafina. A cover version of "This Illusion" from the original visual novel was used as the ending theme for episode 12, performed by LiSA. The second opening theme is "Brave Shine" by Aimer and the second ending theme is "Ring Your Bell" by Kalafina. A remix of "Ring Your Bell", titled "Ring Your Bell (in the silence)", was used as the ending theme for episode 15. The song "Last Stardust", performed by Aimer, was used as an insert song for episode 20.

Episode list

Season 2 (2015)

Home media release

Japanese

Aniplex (Region 2 — Japan)
VolumeEpisodesRelease date
Volume 10November 26, 2014[3]
Volume 21December 24, 2014[4]
Volume 32–4January 7, 2015[5]
Volume 45–7January 28, 2015[6]
Volume 58–10February 25, 2015[7]
Volume 611–12March 25, 2015[8]
Volume 713–15May 27, 2015[9]
Volume 816–18June 24, 2015[10]
Volume 919–21July 22, 2015[11]
Volume 1022–23August 26, 2015[12]
Volume 1124–25September 30, 2015[13]
Box I0–12March 25, 2015[14]
Box II13–25October 7, 2015[15]

English

Aniplex of America (Region 1/A — North America)
VolumeEpisodesRelease date
Season 10–12August 25, 2015[16]
Season 213–25February 16, 2016[17]
Complete Box Set0–25July 14, 2020[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Fate/stay night TV Anime is 'Unlimited Blade Works'. Anime News Network. July 27, 2014. July 27, 2014.
  2. Web site: Hulu, Crunchyroll to Stream Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works. Anime News Network. September 10, 2014. September 10, 2014.
  3. Web site: Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] Rental, Volume 1]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805072003/http://www.fate-sn.com/rental. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 5, 2015. Japanese.
  4. Web site: Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] Rental, Volume 2]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805072003/http://www.fate-sn.com/rental. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 5, 2015. Japanese.
  5. Web site: Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] Rental, Volume 3]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805072003/http://www.fate-sn.com/rental. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 5, 2015. Japanese.
  6. Web site: Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] Rental, Volume 4]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805072003/http://www.fate-sn.com/rental. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 5, 2015. Japanese.
  7. Web site: Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] Rental, Volume 5]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805072003/http://www.fate-sn.com/rental. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 5, 2015. Japanese.
  8. Web site: Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] Rental, Volume 6]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805072003/http://www.fate-sn.com/rental. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 5, 2015. Japanese.
  9. Web site: Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] Rental, Volume 7]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805072003/http://www.fate-sn.com/rental. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 5, 2015. Japanese.
  10. Web site: Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] Rental, Volume 8]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805072003/http://www.fate-sn.com/rental. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 5, 2015. Japanese.
  11. Web site: Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] Rental, Volume 9]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805072003/http://www.fate-sn.com/rental. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 5, 2015. Japanese.
  12. Web site: Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] Rental, Volume 10]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805072003/http://www.fate-sn.com/rental. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 5, 2015. Japanese.
  13. Web site: Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] Rental, Volume 11]. https://web.archive.org/web/20150805072003/http://www.fate-sn.com/rental. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 5, 2015. Japanese.
  14. Web site: Blu-ray Disc Box I / 早期予約・店舗特典. https://web.archive.org/web/20150810035316/http://www.fate-sn.com/bdbox/box_first.html. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 10, 2015. Japanese.
  15. Web site: Blu-ray Disc Box II / 早期予約・店舗特典. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818144622/http://www.fate-sn.com/bdbox/index.html. Type Moon. April 25, 2019. August 18, 2015. Japanese.
  16. Web site: Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Season 1 DVD. Right Stuf. June 2, 2022.
  17. Web site: Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Season 2 DVD. Right Stuf. June 2, 2022.
  18. Web site: Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Complete Box Set Blu-ray]. Right Stuf. June 2, 2022.