“Orphaned Shirou enters deadly Holy Grail War with summoned knight Saber, testing his heroic ideals against brutal reality.”
Fate/stay night
Fate/stay night
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Synopsis
Orphaned Shirou enters deadly Holy Grail War with summoned knight Saber, testing his heroic ideals against brutal reality.
After a mysterious inferno kills his family, Shirou is saved and adopted by Kiritsugu Emiya, who teaches him the ways of magic and justice. One night, years after Kiritsugu's death, Shirou is cleaning at school, when he finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly encounter between two superhumans known as Servants. During his attempt to escape, the boy is caught by one of the Servants and receives a life-threatening injury. Miraculously, he survives, but the same Servant returns to finish what he started. In desperation, Shirou summons a Servant of his own, a knight named Saber. The two must now participate in the Fifth Holy Grail War, a battle royale of seven Servants and the mages who summoned them, with the grand prize being none other than the omnipotent Holy Grail itself. Fate/stay night follows Shirou as he struggles to find the fine line between a hero and a killer, his ideals clashing with the harsh reality around him. Will the boy become a hero like his foster father, or die trying?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 221 sampled reviews
What 221 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.20 · split reception
5.2 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 3.1
↓ 3.00
Running avg · Jul 2007 → Apr 2026
- 10 “I really enjoy this full of action pack anime!!!It's about a war between the seven master and slave for the desire of the holy grail. I like Saber and Shiro Emiya's teamwork they're great!!!For...”
- 8 “This series poses a conumdrum. Everything about this anime is very good, but I hated it. My reasons being the story. It's a very good story, but I felt that it detracted from the original visual...”
- 10 “This one i give a high intense score on overall. This anime will one of my greatest favorite especially one female character on Fate/Stay Night. On story the goes this one of the most interesting...”
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- Format 24 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2006 – Jun 2006 Winter 2006
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-0333 catalog
Produced by
- Frontier Works Producer
- TBS Producer
- KlockWorx Producer
- Notes Producer
- Geneon Entertainment Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor
- Geneon Entertainment USA Licensor