Is it ok to watch Fate/Zero and then this trilogy?

you have to watch the Movie Trilogy and THEN Fate/Zero.

U should know what happens in atleast UBW to enjoy Heaven's feel.but i advise u to watch zero first,as Heaven's feel is the best finale.
(watching the 2006 adaptation will enhance the experience)

You should atleast rewatch 1st ep of UBW before watching heaven's feel trilogy because the story continues from there (ofc different route)

You can, but highly not recommended. A lot of the lores that ties into heaven’s feel is in the og fate 2006 and UBW 2014.

There’s a lot of orders to watch the Fate Staynight franchise, I’ll put it down right here:

1. The long version (if you have a lot of time in on your hands)

Play the visual novel (og Realta Nua + Hollow Attaraxia)

Watch Fate Unlimited Bladeworks 2014

Watch Heaven’s Feel movies

Watch Fate Zero

Watch Lord El Melloi Case Files

2. Anime version

Watch Fate UBW 2014

Watch Fate Heaven’s Feel movies

Watch the 2006 Fate Staynight

Watch the last episode of the visual novel of the fate visual novel on Youtube

Watch Fate Zero

Watch Lord El Melloi Case Files

3. Chronological Order (Not recommended)

Fate Zero

Fate Staynight 2006

Fate UBW 2014

Fate Heaven’s Feel movies

Watch last episode of the visual novel on Youtube

Watch Lord El Melloi Case files

The Fate spinoffs can be watch in anyorder you want

Hope this helps!

wrong, Fate/Zero is a prequel and it will in a way spoil Fate/stay night: HF.

true, the movie skips some parts as it is expected that the viewer watched UBW and remembers everything

You da real one 😉

the chronological order is actually recommended though...I watched it that order and it was actually clear...just have to see the VN and lord el melloi

how tf can a prequel spoil the story told later? I don't remember anything in Fate Zero that spoiled Fate HF

lmao, I actually watched it like this:
Fate/Zero -> UBW -> HF
only after watching HF I understood what Fate/Zero spoilered

Not really though. The og visual novel that was turned into the anime actually came before the Fate Zero Light Novel. Watch Fate Zero spoils the plot and the mysteries that will unveiled in the Fate Staynight Franchise.

fuck, how do I mark smth with a spoiler tag?

Cuz Fate Zero was released after Fate Stay Night. The writer most likely assumed the reader of Fate Zero to already know what happened.

I'm more confused now than I was before making this thread, lol.

I am talking about Fate SN Heaven's feel not Saber's route

Yes , a lot.
You should at the very least (re-)watch UBW before HF , and the ideal would be to also include the 2006 Anime even before.



It's exactly because it's a Prequel that it spoils a lot.
A Prequel is a work that tells a story that happened before a pre-existing story.
It works incredibly well with tragic backstories , but it include huge spoilers for the original story most of the time.
Also , HF is actually the Route that get the most spoiled by Zero. (Fate is not far behind , and UBW is only slightly spoiled)

Just start watching it you will remember what happened in UBW bc they showed flashbacks from UBW first ep in the opening

Its an all in one package tho. The visual novel has 3 routes:
Saber route —-> Fate staynight 2006
UBW route ——> Fate UBW
Heaven’s Feel route ——> Fate Heaven’s Feel movies

I feel you as a new Fate watcher 😂 just watch an order I gave you that feel like it and you’ll have a great time buddy

watch fate unlimited blade works in between
but watching 1. f/ stay night 2. f/unlimitef blade warks 3 the trilogy 4 f/ zero is recommended

I know that but tell me the spoilers you got from watching fate zero

yeah, it's okay to watch fate/zero and then the trilogy

It's not even that big of spoiler you will know about Saber either way... I watched Fate zero first and still enjoyed it... And Shirou's past is shown in first 2-3 eps in UBW... Actually I believe watching Fate zero first will help you understand Shirou's backstory well... And in UBW they don't tell us about previous War participants (like Emiya Kiritsugu and his goal) in detail... I personally don't think watching UBW first is a great idea

A lot

Saber’s true identity and her motives

Rin’s backstory

Sakura’s backstory

Kotomine Kirei’s motives

Kiritsugu’s backstory that will be mentioned in F/SN series

Illya’s backstory

and many more

I mean you can watch it in any order you want tbh and still enjoy it. But watch Fate Zero first is like telling people who wants to watch Harry Potter first to watch Fantastic Beast first because chronologically in the timeline it came before Harry Potter.

I think these are all important to thoroughly understand Fate stay night... I dunno I still enjoyed it

Yeah you can. Heaven's Feel is just an alternate route of UBW (its way better than UBW though). Just skip straight to it if you want after finishing Zero.

You can watch UBW before these movies but it's not really necessary, do whatever you want. Don't have to follow the overly complicated watch orders

I mean sure and again everything is entirely subjective. But again Fate Zero light novel came out after Fate Staynight franchise—-> a lot of stuff that was meant to be unveiled as the story progress will be spoiled in Zero

It’s not an alternate route though lol Fate Staynight 2006, UBW 2014, and Heaven’s Feel movies are all 3 main routes of the Fate franchise

It's because it got already explained in the Saber's Route.
And since you are supposed to read/watch the Fate Route before UBW...



The thing is that Fate/Stay Night is a Slow-burn mystery based type of series.
Which means that you are supposed to slowly discover elements that are part of the truth , and link them yourself.
By watching Zero first , you spoil near 60% of those twists.

Edit : I see that you are a fan of Shingeki no Kyojin.
If you were to watch the flashback of Grisha before even starting the story of Eren , wouldn't it makes way , way more sense ?
But wouldn't it also completely annihilate the mystery from the point of view of Eren ?
Do you get what i mean ?

Exactly. Explaining Fate Staynight watch order is like going to war sometimes brrrr

I'd say the Heaven's Feel trilogy assumes you've seen UBW as it does skip over some of the details earlier on that were shown in the other routes. If you remember nothing of UBW, I'd probably recommend watching it again or you might feel a bit lost at times.

You kinda do need some context from the other staynight routes before HF, but it's fine I guess.

you can, I reccomend watching ubw in between though since heaven's feel skips content that focuses on Rin, Caster and some others. Heaven's feel focuses more towards Sakura and Illya since it's their route.

Ok, the crucial tidbit I got from this thread is that Zero was written after 2006/UBW/HF, which is something I had no idea about. So this:

Seems like the best order.

Thanks everyone. :)

I have also watched that in Chronological order and I love that. But there is only I problem and that is Zero contains some major spoilers.

Same here....😂

well it does but even if SN is watched first, it also spoils zero...so ig it's fine anyway, fate is renowned for its watch order anyway

just watch the first episode of UBW and then heaven's feel, you can watch zero afterwards.

as always, the visual novel is not only better than all of the anime but it makes everything make sense, so if you can read it, i highly recommend it— but if you aren't gonna read it, just go UBW > HEAVENS F > ZERO and then whatever else you want in Fate.

Meanwhile I’m here thinking the release order is the best order…
Dean Fate/Stay night -> Ufotable Unlimited blade works -> Zero -> Heaven’s feel.

The reason I think this is the best is that the creators know what you already know from previous shows and can use that as an advantage in the story telling. Watch it as the creators intended it.

I'd say so. Ignore the Fate nerds overcomplicating things like always. Release order is perfectly fine. Fate is not that complex of a story where it really matters.

bruh, I did this
so yeah, I recommend this

Exactly , except that the order you listed isn't how it was released nor is it how the creators expected you to see experiment their works...

So is the release order the best one?

SN -> Zero -> UBW -> HF?

? They are alternate routes. It's just influenced by choices the player makes in the original FSN visual novel that branches into 3 separate routes. All 3 occur at the same event, 5th Holy Grail War yet the way they progress differ from each other. That's what an alternate route is. Each route is standalone and does not depend on other routes. I don't see the problem of watching 1 without another

Its absolutely fine. The watch order isnt such a big deal.

You'd want the "real" release order, aka visual/light novel release order. So SN -> UBW -> HF -> Zero.

Nop , the best order is how the creators expected you to see their works :
2006 > UBW > HF > Zero.
Actually , there is even "Hollow/Ataraxia" between HF & Zero , but it still have no Anime Adaptation , so you can ignore it for now.