Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn

In the American city of Snowfield, a new Holy Grail War is about to erupt. Such ruthless confrontations pit against each other magic experts known as magi, who ascend to the status of Master by summoning Servants—heroic spirits of the past. The winner is thought to have any one of their wishes granted.

However, it appears that the organization behind the present situation has merely managed to create an imperfect copy of the Third Holy Grail War. As the unusual ritual catches the attention of the Mage's Association in London, Flatt Escardos, the young apprentice of Lord El-Melloi II—a former participant of the Fourth Holy Grail War—travels to Snowfield and, to the great dismay of his teacher, joins the ranks of the Masters.

In this fake conflict where the line between Masters and Servants is blurred, the different factions will have a hard time preventing the city of Snowfield from plunging into total chaos.

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Gilgamesh Main

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Enkidu Main

Kobayashi, Yuu Japanese

Chelc, Tine Main

Morohoshi, Sumire Japanese

Assassin Main

Lynn Japanese

Berserker Main

Horiuchi, Kenyuu Japanese

Reeve, Orlando Main

Hatano, Wataru Japanese

Caster Main

Morikubo, Shoutarou Japanese

Velvet, Waver Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Gray Supporting

Sajou, Ayaka Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Kurosaki, Shizuka Producer

Sakazume, Takahito Director, Storyboard

Enokido, Shun Director, Storyboard

Tsuchiya, Masanori Sound Director

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Jul 2, 2023

MarokiC

Recommended

Look it's a TV Special. It's practically the prologue for the upcoming Fate Strange Fake Anime Series. Episode 0 we can say.
Let's not expect much of a conclusion from this. Was it good? Yes, it did its job introducing the Servants, Masters and our Boy Gilgamesh.

Storywise, I'd say it did a very interesting take on the Holy grail war, a war based in AMERICA? Why has this not been done before?? I think it was a great introduction for the characters, obviously not a lot shown, understandable given its very limited runtime but its enough. And the voice acting is AMAZING. But easily ... the best part for is the Animation, so many different animation styles, which reminded me of Apocrypha (just without the stillshots), honestly MOVIE level animation. A-1 really did good work with this.

Story 8/10 (understandable, we barely know anything, doesn't mean its bad. We must simply wait for the Series to begin)

Animation/Art (10/10) A-1 put in their A team (heh) into this. Beautiful all around, especially during that fight scene. the BACKGROUNDS my god, breathtaking.

Music (8/10) not a lot of soundtracks shown, but for what its worth, they were pretty good. Rap during the Enkidu vs Gilgamesh fight is an interesting choice.

Characters (10/10), all the characters I got shown seemed so interesting to me. Jack the ripper is a really interesting take from the Legend, and the blonde MC is surprisingly very likable. Cant comment too much without spoiling, but the characters felt really great, and I was never bored or annoyed by a character being shown onscreen.

If I were to put score this as a Prologue episode, which it is. And how well it did it job as a prologue I would give it a 9.
Im extremely excited for the series. Until next time

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 22, 2023

Chrismas95

Mixed Feelings

Funny

Admittedly I wasn’t aware this was a prologue/introduction for an anime (which has only just been announced as of writing this), so I was a bit confused by the methodical pace when watching. After all, Fake was apparently an April Fools’ joke that was made real, so I was expecting a little cheeky hour-long animation of that and that’s it. But this felt like it was taking itself as an actual story seriously, which I think is (ironically) a funny way to present jokes like this.

However, I was admittedly confused at everything that was going on. Almost everyone speaks verbosely, terms are thrown ... around, characters are cut to, and relationships are revealed in a way that was pretty hard to follow for me (and in a way I don’t remember the other Fate introductions being). Maybe I've just been out of Fate for too long or missed a few too many spin-offs that are prerequisites. It probably all comes together in hindsight once you watch the actual TV series at least?

It’s nice to see who the characters are going to be this time around. But personally I didn’t get much out of watching it alone simply a taste of what’s to come.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Jul 4, 2024

Wyatt

Not Recommended

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This was a decent episode, I quite liked some of the star-studded images in the final battle. I think with the hype of Enkidu and Gilgamesh meeting again after so long, the battle could have been even better. Nonetheless, it was unique and conveyed the majesty of their powers. The set up for Jack the Ripper's existential dilemma was compelling as well.

However the portrayal of Alexandre Dumas as a lecherous, annoying idiot (complete with hip hop music in the background, in case you didn't get it), was the most racist thing I have ever seen in an anime. I could not believe what I ... was seeing. Whoever's decision it was to present the famous Black author in such a hateful, inaccurate and flagrantly racist manner should be ashamed. We should not keep quiet about such things.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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