Fate/strange Fake

A new Holy Grail War is emerging in Snowfield, Nevada, where mages from around the world summon Servants, heroic spirits drawn from myth and history, to fight on their behalf. However, this war seems to differ from previous ones. The organization behind it appears to have used data from the Fuyuki Grail War for their ritual, resulting in strange happenings.

Unbeknownst to most participants, this budding conflict is actually a fake Grail War. There exists another set of seven true Servants who are summoned to fight in the genuine Holy Grail War. One of these Servants is a powerful Saber-class who saves the life of Ayaka Sajou, his apparent master, after being summoned.

With hidden agendas and unpredictable forces at play, the line between the fake and true Grail War becomes unclear, turning Snowfield into a dangerous battlefield.

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Gilgamesh Main

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Enkidu Main

Kobayashi, Yuu Japanese

Saber Main

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Sajou, Ayaka Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Kotomine, Kirei Supporting

Nakata, Jouji Japanese

Velvet, Waver Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Gray Supporting

Ueda, Reina Japanese

Prelati, Francesca Supporting

Uchida, Maaya Japanese

Escardos, Flatt Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Assassin Supporting

Lynn Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Kurosaki, Shizuka Producer

Nagamine, Rieko Producer

Fujita, Sachio Producer

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Mar 15, 2026

drnefario123

Recommended

Preliminary (10/13 eps)

Fate zero and UBW are some of my all-time favorites, so seeing A1 pictures doing a new fate series had me very excited, and they delivered(mostly).

Animation is beautiful, especially the fight scenes are remarkably fluent with great choreography. I still prefer ufotable, but nonetheless its very good.
The return of some fan favorite characters was also a highlight and very enjoyable.

The plot is a bit of a mixed bag for me, the premise is very unique and interesting, and there are many characters i like with good dialogue between them, however there are simply too many of them. As of episode 11 there are more ... than 30 characters that are important(And new ones appearing) and the problem is that a lot of them do not get explored in depth. I haven't read the novel so I'm not sure how much they cut but i can imagine that a lot of backstory and motivations were removed.

It still feels like its setting up the pieces 11 episodes in and i highly doubt they can wrap everything up in the amount of episodes left, but that will remain to be seen.
Still its very entertaining and i am excited to see how it will evolve.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 21, 2026

lukalaly

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (8/13 eps)

I feel like I would've enjoyed this show a lot more had I seen or read any fate media beforehand, but alas, that is not the case. Despite this immense sense of confusion that permeated through the entire show I was still pulled in by the beautiful animation and fun enough characters. That is, for the first 6 episodes, at least. Eventually, the constant influx of new terms and characters and plots became just too much to bare.
I'm almost certain that someone who is already familiar with the intricacies and fantasy terminologies that Fate uses would be able to enjoy this show much more ... than I can, but for those that are like me and know next to nothing going in, be warned that writers do not care to get you up to speed and will not throw you any sort of lifeline to help you catch up with everyone else.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 9, 2026

Deansdale

Not Recommended

Preliminary (10/13 eps)

This show is bad for three main reasons:

1. Its scope is so big it makes it innately confusing, and yet it tries to be overly cryptic on top of that. There are 30+ important named characters in the show and practically nothing is explained in any way, shape or form. If you don't have a PhD in the franchise lore and didn't read ahead in the light novel you're shit out of luck, it's all just a confusing mess of dozens of random people doing random shit and another heap of random things happening without the show telling you who did it and why. We ... have 3 episodes left in the season as I write this and we still haven't even seen or heard of a third of the important players. It would've been a lot better if the show tried to be much less cryptic and kept things relatively simple. Yeah, I know it's Fate, but still. (Also, some of the dialogues are confusing as heck too, characters say things that make zero sense and some other things that refer to stuff that happened outside of this show.)

2. Magic powers are almost all ill-defined. Apart from a few "simple" characters like King Richard or Gilgamesh everyone is confusing as hell. It feels like there are at least half a dozen characters with godlike powers who can do practically anything, because their powers and limits and personalities are so vague. Like, wtf is the bullshit that Jack the Ripper has now become Stephen King's "It" and he can be anything and turn into anything and do anything? When the story has no logic and no rules it becomes meaningless, it's quite literally just random sh*t the author thought was cool, and that's not good storytelling. Saying "it's a fake grail war so weird things happen" doesn't make bad writing good.

3. Nobody acts rationally or logically, and any time anyone wants to do anything some other random character shows up to prevent it without any rhyme or reason. "I did intervene for reasons I'm not explaining but it's time for me to go now before anything meaningful is achieved by anyone" is said in some form or another in almost every episode, or at least it feels like it. Some characters want to help/save/ally with others that they've never even met (certainly not during this show), and who are their enemies in the war. People who have a chance to kill their opponents don't do it. There are also what feels like half a dozen characters who don't know what they are, who they are, what they want, or why they are there.

Well, this could still be enjoyed by two kinds of people: hardcore Fate fans who are reading the light novel as it comes out, or people who know nothing about the franchise and just want some random meaningless fight scenes that look cool.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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