More than half a year ago, the first episode of Fate/strange Fake TV anime debuted, and a preview of Episode 2 declared that it would premiere in 2025. Following this weekend’s FGO Fes. 2025, the exact premiere date of Fate/strange Fake‘s next episode remains elusive, but there’s a Francesca Prelati character visual and stills from Episode 2 to look at (the second episode had an advance screening at the event itself), at least. Take a look:
The Fate/strange Fake TV series was announced in July 2023, after the premiere of the Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- TV special (which had missed its intended debut as part of the Fate Project New Year’s Eve TV Special 2022). It’s an adaptation of the Dengeki Bunko light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Shizuki Morii, which is one of the many titles in the massive Fate multimedia franchise. Crunchyroll describes the anime as:
In a Holy Grail War, Mages (Masters) and their Heroic Spirits (Servants) fight for the control of the Holy Grail—an omnipotent wish-granting device said to fulfill any desire. Years have passed since the end of the Fifth Holy Grail War in Japan. Now, signs portend the emergence of a new Holy Grail in the western American city of Snowfield. Sure enough, Masters and Servants begin to gather… A missing Servant class… Impossible Servant summonings… A nation shrouded in secrecy… And a city created as a battleground. In the face of such irregularities, the Holy Grail War is twisted and driven into the depth of madness. Let the curtain rise on a masquerade of humans and heroes, made to dance upon the stage of a false Holy Grail.
The Fate/strange Fake light novel series started publication in 2015 and has nine volumes as of March 2024. The books previously received a TV commercial storyboarded and unit directed by the TV series and special’s co-director Takahito Sakazume.
Staff (reprising their roles from the Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- TV special unless stated otherwise)
• Director: Shun Enokido
• Director: Takahito Sakazume
• Character designer: Yukei Yamada
• Series composer: Daisuke Ohigashi
• Art director: Kusanagi’s Ayu Kawamoto (Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning)
• Compositing director: Yohei Miyawaki
• Color designer: Takahiro Mogi
• CG director: Graphinica’s Shinichi Miyakaze (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury)
• Music composer: Hiroyuki Sawano
• Sound director: Masanori Tsuchiya
• Sound effects: Yasumasa Koyama
• Animation production: A-1 Pictures
Cast
• Kana Hanazawa as Ayaka Sajyou
• Yuki Ono as Saber
• Sumire Morohoshi as Tiné Chelc
• Tomokazu Seki as Archer
• Yu Kobayashi as Lancer
• Lynn as Assassin
• Tatsumaru Tachibana as Jester Karture
• Kenyu Horiuchi as Berserker
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Flat Escardos
• Daisuke Namikawa as Lord El-Melloi II
• Shotaro Morikubo as Caster
• Wataru Hatano as Orlando Reeve
• Maya Uchida as Francesca Prelati
Source: @Fate_SF_Anime (1), (2)
