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Fate/Stay Night (2006 TV series)

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Fate/Stay Night
Genre
Based onFate/Stay Night
by Type-Moon
Developed byTakuya Satō
Written byKinoko Nasu
Directed byYūji Yamaguchi
Voices of
Music byKenji Kawai
Opening theme
Ending theme
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers
  • Masaaki Saito
  • Fate Project
CinematographyShin'yo Kondō
AnimatorStudio Deen
EditorMasahiro Matsumura
Running time24 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkTelevision Saitama, Tokyo MX, KBS, CTC, Television Kanagawa, SUN, TV Aichi, AT-X
ReleaseJanuary 7 (2006-01-07) –
June 17, 2006 (2006-06-17)

Fate/Stay Night (stylized as Fate/stay night) is a Japanese dark fantasy anime television series produced by Studio Deen, directed by Yūji Yamaguchi, and supervised by Takashi Yamana. The anime is the first animated series based on Type-Moon's Fate video game franchise, and focuses primarily on the Fate arc established in the previously released visual novel game Fate/Stay Night,[2] while incorporating certain elements from the other two routes, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel.[3][4] A 2-episode original video animation (OVA) titled Fate/Stay Night: TV Reproduction, that recapped all the television series' episodes was released in January 2010.

Twenty-four episodes aired from January 7 to June 17, 2006 on Television Saitama, and at later dates on other Japanese television stations including CTC, KBS, Television Kanagawa, Tokyo MX, SUN, TV Aichi and AT-X. The series later received its international television premieres on the anime television network Animax in 2007, also receiving its English-language television premiere on Animax's English networks in Southeast Asia from June 2007, as well as networks in other regions, including South Korea and Hong Kong. Geneon USA had licensed the series for distribution across North America.

Plot

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The Fate/Stay Night anime series is set in Fuyuki City and follows Shirou Emiya, an orphaned teenager who had lost his parents in a house fire ten years prior. He is reluctantly dragged into the Fifth Holy Grail War—a battle royale between mages known as Masters and Servants for the Holy Grail, which grants the wishes of the victor. After accidentally summoning the servant Saber to save his life, Shirou teams up with his fellow classmate, Rin Tohsaka, to stop the war and protect himself. During his battles with other participants, he attempts to protect others while grappling with his personal desire to be a hero. The series also focuses on the gradually progressing bond between Shirou and Saber, with the two ultimately attempting to destroy the cursed Holy Grail together, leading to a bittersweet resolution where they must accept their pasts and separate.

Production

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The Fate/Stay Night television series was a collaborative production between Studio Deen and the Fate Project,[5] which consisted of multiple Japanese companies, including Frontier Works, CREi, Type-Moon, and Geneon Entertainment among others.[6] The series' soundtrack would be handled by Kenji Kawai.[7]

Broadcast and distribution

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A prequel original video animation (OVA) titled Fate/Stay Night: Curtain Raiser was produced by Studio Deen, and released in November 23, 2005.[8][9] The 24-episode Fate/Stay Night anime television series was later directed by Yūji Yamaguchi,[1] and produced by Fate Project;[5] which consists of Geneon Entertainment, TBS, CREi, Type-Moon and Frontier Works.[6][10] It aired on multiple television stations between January and June 2006.[11]

Cover art for the complete DVD collection release of the anime

The series later received its international television premieres on the Japanese anime television network Animax in 2007, its English-language television premiere occurring on Animax's English networks in Southeast Asia in June, as well as its other networks in South Korea, Hong Kong and other regions.[12][13] Geneon USA would also license the series for distribution across North America, while Crunchyroll licensed it in the Australasia region. The English dub was produced at Bang Zoom! Entertainment, headquartered in Burbank, California.

In July 2008, Geneon Entertainment and Funimation Entertainment announced an agreement to distribute select titles in North America. While Geneon Entertainment retained the license, Funimation Entertainment assumed exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing, sales, and distribution of select titles.[14][15] In January 2010, an OVA titled Fate/Stay Night: TV Reproduction was released in two episodes.[3][16] Fate/Stay Night: TV Reproduction I and II each recapped 12 episodes from the anime and feature re-edited and re-compiled footage along with new opening and ending animation footage, with new ending songs by Jyukai and Sachi Tainaka.[16] Sentai Filmworks licensed the TV series and re-released it on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in January 2013.[17][18]

Home media

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The series' DVD releases were handled in Japan by Type-Moon. The series released in six volumes between March 28, 2006, and November 2, 2006.[19][20] A complete box set containing the whole series was later released for Blu-ray in May 2023.[21]

Music

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The anime's music is composed by Kenji Kawai, who had also provided the musical arrangement.[7] While other musical themes were adapted from the original 2004 visual novel, scored by KATE and James Harris. The music was released through Geneon Entertainment. The opening themes "Disillusion" and "Kirameku Namida wa Hoshi ni" were sung by Sachi Tainaka, while the ending themes "Anata ga Ita Mori" and "Hikari", were performed by musical duo Jyukai. The anime's original soundtrack was released in June 2006, as a single-CD set.

Reception

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Critical response

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The Fate/Stay Night anime television series had received mixed reviews from critics. It was met with multiple comments from staff of Anime News Network. In his review of the first DVD of Fate/Stay Night, Carl Kimlinger said that it was "a surfeit of atmosphere and a dearth of involvement".[7] While Theron Martin, in his review of the first blu-ray collection, had written that it "spends [so much] time establishing [...] particulars and monkeying around with developing character relationships" that it leaves little to almost no time for "significant" battles.[22] Martin, in his review of the second collection, noted it had attempted to accomplish two goals: "dish out a lot of flashy, super-powered battles and develop the central relationship between Shirou, Saber, and Rin".[23] On the DVD Talk website, reviewer Todd Douglass Jr. praised the narrative, including the characters and the story: "The characters are interesting and the premise is compelling enough to create a rich atmosphere".[24] Both Douglass and Martin agreed that a major flaw in the anime was the sound quality.[23][24]

Sales

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The DVD and Blu-ray releases of the series had sold around 283,864 units in Japan.[25] By March 2010, the DVD sales alone had exceeded 1 million. The first Fate/Stay Night Blu-ray Disc (BD) compilation volume had ranked in the top 10 of Anime News Network's Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking in September 2010.[26] By November 2011, it had about 5,768 copies in circulation.[27] The Blu-ray collection for Fate/Stay Night: TV Reproduction I and II OVA ranked at 10th and 13th on the Oricon chart,[28][29] and 11 and 12 on the Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking respectively.[30] The DVD volumes, however, ranked significantly higher than the BDs on Oricon. Volume one ranked at No. 5,[31] volume two at No. 6,[5] volume three and four at No. 4,[32][33] volume five at No. 6,[34] volume six at No. 2,[35] volume seven at No. 4,[36] and volume eight at No. 6.[37] The opening and ending theme songs "Kirameku Namida wa Hoshi ni" and "Anata ga Ita Mori", debuted at No. 9 and 16 on Japan's Oricon weekly singles chart,[38] respectively, both selling about 40,000 copies combined.[39][40]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Diffey, Hannah (March 13, 2025). "Fate Might Be Confusing, But the Anime Is Well Worth All the Trouble". Screen Rant. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  2. ↑ "TVアニメ「Fate/stay night」BD-BOXがスペシャルプライスで再登場、各種法人特典も". コミックナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Tan, Melvyn (June 6, 2020). "An Overview of Fate Series Anime". Anime Trending. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  4. ↑ "The Type-Moon Museum Shows a Fascinating Snippet of Fate/Stay Night's History". Anime News Network. January 13, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "Fate/stay night 2 下屋則子". オリコンニュース (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  6. 1 2 "「Fate/stay night」 ブルーレイにて発売決定!" (in Japanese). Fate/Stay Night. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
  7. 1 2 3 Kimlinger, Carl (January 31, 2007). "Fate/stay night — DVD 1 (Advent of the Magi)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Fate/stay night フェイト/ステイナイト". www.nbcuni.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  9. ↑ "The Mike Toole Show — Can't Fight Fate". Anime News Network. October 21, 2012. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  10. ↑ コミックマーケット73出展情報（2007.12.29～12.31） (in Japanese). Frontier Works. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
  11. ↑ 放送局・放送日時 一覧 (in Japanese). Fate/Stay Night. Archived from the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
  12. ↑ "Animax Rave April Issue". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 1, 2007.
  13. ↑ "Animax East Asia". Animax. Archived from the original on June 14, 2007. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
  14. ↑ "FUNimation Entertainment and Geneon Entertainment Sign Exclusive Distribution Agreement for North America". Anime News Network (Press release). July 3, 2008. Retrieved July 3, 2008.
  15. ↑ "Viz Offers Fate/Stay night Manga in Digital Format". Anime News Network. May 21, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  16. 1 2 "Fate/stay night Gets TV reproduction Special Editions". Anime News Network. November 17, 2009. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  17. ↑ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Fate/stay night TV Anime". Anime News Network. September 28, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Viewster Adds 10 Sentai Filmworks Shows Streaming". Anime News Network. August 28, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  19. ↑ "I DVD — Fate/stay night 〈フェイト/ステイナイト〉". Nbcuni (in Japanese). March 29, 2006. Archived from the original on November 1, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  20. ↑ "VIII DVD — Fate/stay night 〈フェイト/ステイナイト〉". Nbcuni (in Japanese). November 2, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Fate/Stay Night Complete Collection". Sentai. May 2, 2023. Archived from the original on January 17, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  22. ↑ Martin, Theron (February 8, 2013). "Fate/stay night Blu-Ray — Collection 1". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  23. 1 2 Martin, Theron (March 18, 2013). "Fate/stay night Blu-Ray 2". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  24. 1 2 Douglass Jr., Todd (February 20, 2007). "Fate/Stay Night. Vol. 2: War of the Magi". DVD Talk. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
  25. ↑ "2000-Present, Average Sales of 10,000 or More". Someanithing: Anime DVD/BD Sales in Japan. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  26. ↑ "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, September 20-26". Anime News Network. October 4, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  27. ↑ "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: November 7-13". Anime News Network. November 15, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  28. ↑ "Fate/stay night TV reproduction I (Type-Moon)". オリコンニュース (in Japanese). Oricon. January 22, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Fate/stay night TV reproduction II (Type-Moon)". オリコンニュース (in Japanese). Oricon. January 22, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  30. ↑ "Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, January 18-24". Anime News Network. February 1, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  31. ↑ "Fate/Stay Night #5 on Oricon — Anime News Network". Anime News Network. April 5, 2006. Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
  32. ↑ "Fate/stay night 3 アニメーション". オリコンニュース (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  33. ↑ "Fate/stay night 4 アニメーション". オリコンニュース (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  34. ↑ "Fate/stay night 5 (Type-Moon)". オリコンニュース (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  35. ↑ "Fate/stay night 6 アニメーション". オリコンニュース (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  36. ↑ "Fate/stay night 7 下屋則子". オリコンニュース (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  37. ↑ "Fate/stay night 8〈初回限定版〉(Type-Moon)". オリコンニュース (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  38. ↑ Collura, Scott (July 3, 2008). "AX08: Guests of Honor". IGN. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  39. ↑ あなたがいた森 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  40. ↑ "きらめく涙は星に/タイナカサチ". Oricon. Archived from the original on June 26, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2007.
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