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Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]
Steel is my body... and fire is my blood.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Noriaki Sugiyama
Shirou Emiya (voice)
25 eps
Kana Ueda
Rin Tohsaka (voice)
25 eps
Junichi Suwabe
Archer (voice)
25 eps
Ayako Kawasumi
Saber (voice)
25 eps
Daisuke Namikawa
Lord El-Melloi II (voice)
1 eps
Daigo Fujimaki
Newscaster (voice)
1 eps
Reina Ueda
Student (voice)
1 eps
Michiru Yuimoto
Kaede Makidera (voice)
1 eps
Rie Nakagawa
Kane Himuro (voice)
1 eps
Noriko Shitaya
Sakura Matou (voice)
3 eps
Minami Takahashi
Female Student (voice)
3 eps
Yuu Asakawa
Rider (voice)
2 eps
Mitsuhiro Ichiki
Gai Gotou (voice)
2 eps
Konami Saito
Student (voice)
1 eps
Teppei Ono
Student (voice)
1 eps
Yuuki Takada
Student (voice)
1 eps
Yuya Tashiro
Student (voice)
1 eps
Junya Takada
Student (voice)
1 eps
Jun Hirose
Student (voice)
1 eps
Jun Fukushima
Atrum Galliasta (voice)
1 eps
Haruhi Nanao
Sella (voice)
3 eps
Miho Miyagawa
Leysritt (voice)
3 eps
Ringo Aoba
Homunculus (voice)
1 eps
Ayumi Tsuji
Homunculus (voice)
1 eps
Mitsuki Nakae
Homunculus (voice)
1 eps
Mitsuaki Madono
Issei Ryuudou (voice)
5 eps
Fumie Mizusawa
Ayako Mitsuzuri (voice)
3 eps
Hiroshi Kamiya
Shinji Matou (voice)
12 eps
Shou Okumura
TV Announcer (voice)
2 eps
Sakura Nakamura
Homunculus (voice)
2 eps
Junko Noda
Shirou Emiya (young) (voice)
5 eps
Shizuka Itoh
Luviagelita Edelfelt (voice)
1 eps
Ryuichi Kijima
Student (voice)
1 eps
Shin-ichiro Miki
Assassin (voice)
4 eps
Jouji Nakata
Kirei Kotomine (voice)
7 eps
Mai Kadowaki
Illyasviel von Einzbern (voice)
6 eps
Nobutoshi Canna
Lancer (voice)
8 eps
Masaki Terasoma
Souichirou Kuzuki (voice)
7 eps
Rikiya Koyama
Kiritsugu Emiya (voice)
5 eps
Miki Ito
Taiga Fujimura (voice)
7 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
This story focuses primarily on the heroine Rin Tohsaka. After her father’s death, Rin enters the Holy Grail War as the sole heir to the prestigious Tohsaka Household, with her servant Archer. But, she soon finds out that Shirou Emiya, a boy from her high school has gotten himself involved in the battles and unexpectedly saves him when he is fatally injured. Before long, Rin sets out to strike down the conspiracies surrounding the Holy Grail War along with Shirou and his summoned servant Saber. And so, the story begins to explore the truth behind Shirou’s powers and the nature behind his unyielding will to become a “hero.”
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Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E12
Unlimited Blade Works
With everything seeming to be against them, will Shirou and Rin be able to survive?
- Directed by Toshiyuki Shirai
- Written by Kazuharu Sato
S02E08
Unlimited Blade Works.
Rin is helpless now in Kirei's hands, while Shirou faces Archer. Is he skillful enough to defeat Archer?
- Directed by Takashi Suhara
- Written by Kazuharu Sato
S02E09
Answer
Shirou's battle with Archer continues. But then an unexpected visitor appears, and new information unfolds.
- Directed by Takuro Takahashi
- Written by Kazuharu Sato
S02E05
The Dark Sword Bares Its Fangs
Rin and Shirou begin their battle against Caster and Kuzuki while Lancer faces off with Archer. Will Rin's plan work in the end?
- Directed by Ryuhei Aoyagi
- Written by Kazuharu Sato
S01E03
The First Battle
Rin and Shirou run into a girl named Illyasviel von Einzbern. She has a Servant who is a big mad monster! What does this girl want from them?
- Directed by Kei Tsunematsu
- Written by Kazuharu Sato, Tatsuki Ichinose
S01E12
The Final Decision
Rin finally asks Shirou out on a date, but their enjoyment is cut short when Caster makes her move. Shirou is forced to make a difficult decision to protect the people he cares about.
- Directed by Toshiyuki Shirai, Takuro Takahashi
- Written by Kazuharu Sato, Akira Hiyama
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E12
Unlimited Blade Works
- Directed by Toshiyuki Shirai
- Written by Kazuharu Sato
S02E10
Winter Days, a Long Way Home
- Directed by Takuya Nonaka
- Written by Kazuharu Sato
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Hikaru KondôProducer
- Atsuhiro IwakamiProducer
- Takashi TakeuchiProducer
Writing
- Kazuharu SatoWriter
- Tatsuki IchinoseWriter
- Akira HiyamaWriter
Direction
- Yusuke MaruyamaDirector
- Toshiyuki ShiraiDirector
- Kei TsunematsuDirector
- Akihiko UdaDirector
- Masaru TakeuchiDirector
- Ryuhei AoyagiDirector
Cinematography
- Yuichi TeraoDirector of Photography
Music
- Hideyuki FukasawaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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