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Fate/strange Fake

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Japanese: Fate/strange Fake
English: Fate/strange Fake
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Jan 3, 2026 to Mar 28, 2026
Premiered: Winter 2026
Broadcast: Saturdays at 23:30 (JST)
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: A-1 Pictures
Genres: ActionAction, FantasyFantasy
Theme: Urban FantasyUrban Fantasy
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 8.481 (scored by 2176021,760 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #1702
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1795
Members: 146,722
Favorites: 842

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Synopsis

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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Characters & Voice Actors

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

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1: "Belong" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Yosh (eps 1)
2: "PROVANT" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Jean-Ken Johnny & TAKUMA (eps 2-)
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Ending Theme

1: "FAKEit" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Laco (eps 1)
2: "Senzaiteki na Ai (潜在的なアイ)" by 13.3g (eps 2-)

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Reviews

Mar 15, 2026
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 ...
Mar 21, 2026
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 ...
Mar 9, 2026
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 ...

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