Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV series)
| Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works | |
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 Promotional artwork for the first DVD of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, featuring Rin Tōsaka (left) and Archer (right). | |
| No. of episodes | 26 + OVA |
| Release | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11 |
| Original release | October 4, 2014 – June 27, 2015 |
| Season chronology | |
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (officially Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]) is a 2014–2015 action, thriller, fantasy anime based on the visual novel Fate/stay night produced by Type-Moon. The plot of the episodes is primarily based on the Unlimited Blade Works storyline in the Fate/stay night visual novel, in which Shirō Emiya, a high school student and amateur magus 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. Shirō and his Servant, Saber, are forced to team up with Rin Tōsaka, another Master in the Holy Grail War, but Shirō 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]
Aniplex of America has acquired streaming and home video rights to the 2014 series for North America.[3] They released an English dub of the first half of the series on DVD and limited Blu-ray Disc on August 25, 2015.[4][5] A ten-minute original video animation episode was featured on the Blu-ray release of the second half of the series, which was released on October 7, 2015; the episode was based on an alternate ending from the visual novel, titled Sunny Day.[6]
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
First season
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Second season
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Music
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Original Soundtrack I is composed, arranged and produced by Hideyuki Fukasawa, Yuki Kajiura, and NUMBER 201. Vocals are performed by LiSA for "THIS ILLUSION". The album was first released in Japan on March 25, 2015 by Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), with catalog number ANZX-11636, and was re-released as part of the North American Limited Edition Blu-Ray box set on August 25, 2015 by Aniplex of America with catalog number AOA-6305B-DISC5.[citation needed]
Original Soundtrack I
| Untitled | |
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| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Unlimited Blade Works" | 5:30 |
| 2. | "Rin:Remembrance～召喚" | 2:35 |
| 3. | "Archer" | 3:11 |
| 4. | "Shirou:赤い記憶～Invocation" | 2:01 |
| 5. | "Face to Face" | 1:01 |
| 6. | "Souls to Fight" | 3:39 |
| 7. | "Storm" | 1:18 |
| 8. | "Vortex of Fate" | 4:29 |
| 9. | "Rin's Melody" | 1:04 |
| 10. | "Daydream" | 1:45 |
| 11. | "A Sword, No Words" | 1:52 |
| 12. | "Purple Shade" | 2:19 |
| 13. | "Into the Battles" | 1:26 |
| 14. | "Arrow" | 0:33 |
| 15. | "Rin:my wish" | 1:00 |
| 16. | "Two Hearts" | 1:51 |
| 17. | "Reason to Kill" | 1:25 |
| 18. | "Fist of desperate～Awakening" | 4:27 |
| 19. | "Dark Glow" | 2:53 |
| 20. | "Unacceptable" | 1:56 |
| 21. | "Rule Breaker" | 3:43 |
| 22. | "Shirou:Nowhere to go" | 2:03 |
| 23. | "Each Choices, Each Steps" | 5:39 |
| 24. | "Far Away from You" | 2:11 |
| 25. | "THIS ILLUSION" (Season 1 Ending Theme. Vocal by LiSA.) | 4:04 |
| 26. | "count it from zero" (Produced by Yuki Kajiura) | 4:34 |
| 27. | "down in the zero" (Produced by Yuki Kajiura) | 4:56 |
| Total length: | 73:25 | |
References
- ^ "New Fate/stay night TV Anime is 'Unlimited Blade Works'". Anime News Network. July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
- ^ "Hulu, Crunchyroll to Stream Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works". Anime News Network. September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
- ^ "Aniplex USA Streams 2 English-subtitles Fate/stay night Remake Trailers". Anime News Network. May 25, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- ^ "Anime Expo to Host Fate/Stay Night UBW's Singers, Voice Actress, Staff, English Dub". Anime News Network. June 13, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
- ^ "Aniplex USA Details Fate/stay night: UBW, Durarara!!×2 Shō Release Details". Anime News Network. July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- ^ "Fate/stay night UBW Blu-ray Box 2 Adds 10-Minute Short". Anime News Network. August 3, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ a b "Episode". MXTV. Retrieved October 15, 2014.