Fate Series watch order

Every series, film, and special in the correct viewing order.

35 entries·~170 hrs total runtime·2006–2024

Fate/stay night's versions are alternative routes, not remakes; Fate/Zero is a prequel, and most other series are separate timelines.

Fate/stay night and Fate/Zero

1

Fate/stay night

TV Series24 episodes · 2006

The first television adaptation, primarily following the Fate route while incorporating material from the other visual-novel routes.
2

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works

Movie105 min · 2010

A theatrical adaptation of the Unlimited Blade Works route and separate from the later television adaptation.
3

Fate/stay night TV Reproduction

Special2 recap episodes · 2010

A condensed retelling of the 2006 Fate/stay night television series.
4

Fate/Zero

TV Series25 episodes · 2011–2012

A prequel depicting the Fourth Holy Grail War ten years before Fate/stay night.
5

Fate/Prototype

Special12 min · 2011

An animated interpretation of an early prototype for the story that became Fate/stay night.
6

Fate/Zero: Please! Einzbern Counseling Room

Special6 shorts · 2012

Comedic companion shorts explaining elements of Fate/Zero.
7

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works

TV Series26 episodes · 2014–2015

A full television adaptation of the Unlimited Blade Works route that does not continue the 2006 series.
8

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – Sunny Day

Special1 OVA · 2015

An alternative ending based on the visual novel's Sunny Day conclusion.
9

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower

Movie120 min · 2017

The first film adapting the Heaven's Feel route.
10

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly

Movie117 min · 2019

Continues directly from Presage Flower.
11

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. Spring Song

Movie122 min · 2020

Concludes the Heaven's Feel film trilogy.

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya

12

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya

TV Series10 episodes · 2013

Begins a magical-girl alternative universe featuring Illyasviel von Einzbern.
13

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!

TV Series10 episodes · 2014

Continues directly from Prisma Illya.
14

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!

TV Series10 episodes · 2015

Continues the Prisma Illya alternative continuity.
15

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!

TV Series12 episodes · 2016

Continues after 2wei Herz and expands the alternative-world storyline.
16

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow

Movie89 min · 2017

A prequel explaining Miyu and Shirou's history before 3rei.
17

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Prisma Phantasm

Movie62 min · 2019

A comedic side story using characters from the Prisma Illya continuity.
18

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Licht – The Nameless Girl

Movie95 min · 2021

Continues the storyline after 3rei and Vow in the Snow.

Alternative Holy Grail War Timelines

19

Fate/Apocrypha

TV Series25 episodes · 2017

An alternative timeline involving opposing factions in a Great Holy Grail War.
20

Fate/Extra Last Encore

TV Series13 episodes · 2018

An alternative setting based around the Moon Cell and connected to the Fate/Extra game continuity.
21

Today's Menu for the Emiya Family

TV Series13 episodes · 2018–2019

A peaceful alternative-universe series centred on meals shared by Fate/stay night characters.
22

Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: A Grave Keeper, a Cat, and a Mage

Special1 episode · 2018

Introduces the Case Files anime storyline following the adult Waver Velvet after Fate/Zero.
23

Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note

TV Series13 episodes · 2019

Follows Waver Velvet between Fate/Zero and the period of Fate/stay night.
24

Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files Special

Special1 episode · 2021

A later television special continuing the Case Files anime.

Fate/Grand Order

25

Fate/Grand Order: First Order

Special72 min · 2016

Introduces the Chaldea Security Organization and the Grand Order anime continuity.
26

Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom

Special32 min · 2017

A Grand Order special positioned after the first major phase of the mobile game's story.
27

Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front – Babylonia: Initium Iter

Special1 episode · 2019

A prologue to the Babylonia television series.
28

Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front – Babylonia

TV Series21 episodes · 2019–2020

Adapts the Seventh Singularity from Fate/Grand Order.
29

Fate/Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot – Wandering; Agateram

Movie90 min · 2020

The first film adapting the Sixth Singularity.
30

Fate/Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot – Paladin; Agateram

Movie96 min · 2021

Continues and completes the Camelot film adaptation.
31

Fate/Grand Order: Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon

Movie94 min · 2021

Concludes the first major Grand Order storyline after Babylonia.
32

Fate/Grand Carnival

Special4 OVA episodes · 2021

A comedic Grand Order spin-off modelled on Carnival Phantasm.
33

Fate/Grand Order: You've Lost Ritsuka Fujimaru

TV Series33 shorts · 2022–2024

A comedy short series featuring the Grand Order cast.

Fate/strange Fake

34

Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn

Special56 min · 2023

Introduces an irregular Holy Grail War in Snowfield and leads into the television series.
35

Fate/strange Fake Season 1

TV Series13 episodes · 2024–2026

An early episode aired December 2024; the remaining 12 episodes broadcast weekly from January 3 to March 28, 2026. A second season has been confirmed with no release window announced yet.

How many Fate anime series and movies are there?

This list contains 37 major anime entries across Fate/stay night, Fate/Zero, Prisma Illya, Grand Order, Apocrypha, Extra, Case Files and strange Fake. The exact episode total depends on whether recap programmes, comedy shorts and bundled OVAs are counted individually.

Do I need to watch Fate/Zero before Fate/stay night?

Fate/Zero is set earlier but was released after the original Fate/stay night adaptation, and it reveals background information connected to all three Fate/stay night routes.

What order should a first-timer watch Fate Series in?

A first-time viewer should use release order for the core adaptations, beginning with Fate/stay night, then Fate/Zero, Unlimited Blade Works and the Heaven's Feel trilogy before moving into the separate spin-off timelines.

Is Fate Series finished or still ongoing?

The Fate franchise is still ongoing across anime, games, novels and manga, with a second season of Fate/strange Fake confirmed but not yet scheduled.

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Last updated 13 September 2026