Fate/Grand Order: First Order (Fate/Grand Order -First Order-)

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English: Fate/Grand Order -First Order-

Japanese: Fate/Grand Order -First Order-

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Type: Special

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Dec 31, 2016

Producers: Aniplex, Notes

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: Lay-duce

Source: Game

Genres: Action, Supernatural, Magic, Fantasy

Duration: 1 hr. 14 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.84¹ (scored by 64,047 users)

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Ranked: #4207²

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Popularity: #1093

Members: 112,155

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In 2015, the Chaldea Security Organization draws on experts of both the magical and mundane fields to observe the future of mankind for possible extinction events. Humanity's survival seems assured for the next century—until the verdict suddenly changes, and now eradication of the species awaits at the end of 2016. The cause is unknown, but appears to be linked with the Japanese town of Fuyuki and the events of 2004 during the Fifth Holy Grail War.

In response, Chaldea harnesses an experimental means of time travel, the Rayshift technology. With it, Ritsuka Fujimaru, a young man newly recruited to the organization, and the mysterious girl Mash Kyrielight, can travel back to 2004 and discover how to save humanity. A grand order to fight fate has been declared—an order to change the past and restore the future.

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Alternative setting:	Fate/stay night
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Characters & Voice Actors

Kyrielight, Mash

Main

Takahashi, Rie
Japanese

Fujimaru, Ritsuka

Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga
Japanese

Archer

Supporting

Lancer

Supporting

Canna, Nobutoshi
Japanese

Rider

Supporting

Archaman, Romani

Supporting

Suzumura, Kenichi
Japanese

Arsimilat Animusphere, Olga-Marie

Supporting

Yonezawa, Madoka
Japanese

Fou

Supporting

Kawasumi, Ayako
Japanese

Lainur, Lev

Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu
Japanese

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Nanba, Hitoshi

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Takadera, Takeshi

Sound Director

Tsukada, Takurou

Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director

Sekine, Ayumi

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"Shikisai (色彩)" by Maaya Sakamoto

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Dec 31, 2016

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 4

IzaEpsil (All reviews)

228 people found this review helpful

*Minor spoilers*

Civilization ends in December 2016? Well, would you look at that, it is the last day of December 2016 in my time, but January 1st 2017 in other places. Let us see what happens in the next few hours. *Shrugs*

Have you ever watched the Fate/Series? Yes? Well, I would say not to keep your hopes up on this part of the franchise, and I'll tell you why.

The start of the story is that Mash Kyrielight ponders into the distance, whilst sitting next to her companion, Fou. Fou is a familiar-like beast in which had befriended Mash. Fou suddenly sees a man on the floor, read more

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Dec 31, 2016

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

Stark700 (All reviews)

108 people found this review helpful

Adaptations based on the Fate franchise is hardly a new sight to see these days. In recent years, we’ve seen ufotable adapt Unlimited Blade Works while Silver Link put their talent into Fate/kaleid. Where does Fate Grand Order fit in? To be honest, this can be watched although not exactly a good place to start if you’ve just took your first step into Fate universe.

A lot of people often questions about what order to watch Fate series. Fate Grand Order draws references and alludes to Nasuverse quite frequently so at least a decent amount of understanding should be obtained before watching this special. As an episode worth of over 70 minutes of content, this to me was less of a special and more of a mini-movie. In addition, Fate Grand Order’s story is canon so it isn’t some fairy tale story made up from fans. This brings back a familiar feeling you’ll probably be experiencing if you’ve heard about the sacred Holy Grail Wars.

The special leaves little time for humor and instead jumps right into the meat of the story. It’s somewhat thrilling as the first few minutes introduces the main protagonists including Mash and Fujimaru. Following that, we get quite amount of info dumping about an organization known as “Chaldea”, humanity, and servants. This is where things gets interesting as Fujimaru gets involved with a mixture of complicated events. We are also told about the servants including one Fate fans will be very familiar with….Saber. However, what I’m most impressed in this special is Cu’s role including the fight that he gets involved with. The most prominent character from Chaldea is Olga and she also gets an unwelcoming surprise. However, a problem exists in this special about these characters. “Why should we care about them?” The simple answer is that you probably shouldn’t really put too much faith into the characterization. It’s hard to really characterize the cast in a mere 70+ minutes. In essence, the special is designed more as a way to attract fans to the game. There hasn’t been a full TV anime adaptation announced yet so this special serve more as an advertisement. Fate/Grand Order is a Japanese mobile game designed for iOS and Android although there hasn’t been an official English release yet.

That being said, I’m rather underwhelmed by the main male protagonist. It just feels like he’s there after getting a better understanding the events and purpose of Chaldea. The character chemistry between Fujimaru and Mash was just generic and there’s hardly interesting about either character. To me, it felt like others overshadowed their roles in this special. Yes, I’m looking at you, Cu. Not only that, I can’t really feel a lot of emotions from this even after what Olga discovered later on in the episode. With that being said though, if you’re into an action fest of servants and powers clashes, then this will be a treat for you. The animation quality by Lay-duce was decent although not at the level of famed studios like ufotable. On most parts, they got the battle choreography down right along with character designs. The joy of seeing servants fighting again in Nasuverse brings back the fun experience of what Fate fans has been waiting for. The soundtrack also compliments with the action sequences to make this into an acceptable supernatural thriller. On the other hand, the voice acting felt rather mediocre. Again, it feels like Cu stole a good part of the special despite not even being the main character.

So, should you watch Fate Grand Order? Honestly, for anyone familiar with the Fate franchise, I would say it’s a right choice to watch this. However, if you’ve never touched anything related to Fate or Nasuverse, then this will feel a lot more like some random movie on your PTW. Fate Grand Order is more or less advertised as a way to get viewers to try out the game. The anime, while offers base content, can’t be taken for granted for its main storytelling. There’s just a lot of potential that weren’t, and to be quite frank, impossible to unlock from this. And that’s a certain kind of disheartening.

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Dec 31, 2016

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

Choco_Pocky (All reviews)

71 people found this review helpful

I first saw a notification popping on a frequent website I use to watch anime. And I thought to myself I'm bored anyways lets watch this. When I first saw the movie I thought, well here is another rip off of Fate/Stay Night (Fate/Zero). And I first started it and then it lead to the thought, omg this is probably a hentai. Then I realized as I progressed into watching the movie, I was like this is boring. And the concept of the story is outstanding, even though it probably did take some details and inspiration from other shows. Its sort of unique in a read more

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Jan 1, 2017

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

Gozmit (All reviews)

51 people found this review helpful

As an avid fan of the overly popular Fate franchise, the hype I got before watching this film was immense. This is a great special, but it definitely has plenty of areas that could be improved. Although this film is admittedly worse than the other Fate series like Kaleid, UBW and Zero, it's still worth a watch.

Set in the year 2015, the final era of magic. Caldea is an organization established to observe the magical world and the world of science - as well as to prevent the final extinction of mankind. Humanity is guaranteed at least another 100 years, that is until the future realm observed by Caldea vanishes into thin air. Caldea is now sure humanity won't live past 2017, due to events taking place in the Japanese city of Fuyuki in 2004. The organization issues a Grand Order for a "Holy Grail Expedition" to investigate, uncover, and perhaps destroy the singularity responsible for wiping out mankind.

Right off the bat, the story looks very enticing... is an over exaggeration. The plot is honestly very linear and doesn't do much justice in terms of plot twists or suspense. The cast is pretty typical but those who watch will surely not take of complacent that the male protagonist is described and epitomized as "human". So you can expect the most cliche male protagonist possible.

This is a very good looking series in terms of art and animation. But with every adaptation, there is always a limited emphasis on character design. If you have watched any of the fate series, you will immediately recognize that some of the characters have been reused. The animation will look different from the other fate adaptations since it's not TYPE-MOON producing the film but Lay-duce, which I've never even heard of before. Again, this film may feel off if you've watched any of the other fate series. However, if you're a newcomer than there shouldn't be any problems in terms of quality and art.

This pacing of this film is undoubtedly fast being a 1 hour and 12 minute special. Although due to the amount of information and fast-pacing, it still feels somewhat maintainable. Without prior knowledge, the servants can be a bit one-sided. The thing you have to remember is that you're *supposed* to know the characters beforehand but that doesn't take away from the enjoyment. It shouldn't matter anyway since there is literally zero character development for the servants.

Sound is a non-sequitur. Nothing really stands out, nothing's really bad.

Overall, I give this film a 7 / 10. The plot has so much potential if they expand the story even further into multiple parts. But for me right now, the plot is very mediocre and the characters are too typical. Definitely deserves a watch if you're bored and have free time though.

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