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I need help.

I am interested in watching this series but there's no clear order of everything. There are also loads of versions like fate/stay or fate/zero.

In what order do I watch these? Please help!


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Fate/stay night (2006 > Unlimited Blade Works > Heavens feel) > Fate/Zero
The order is irelevant for the rest of the franchise.
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Fate/Zero (2011) > Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works > Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works Heaven's Feel Movie Trilogy
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Nov 14, 2022 3:32 AM
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Don't watch Fate/Zero first.
Despite it being a prequel, it's actually just a spinoff aimed at an audience that's already familiar with the story and cast of Stay Night and even the author of FZ says so.
The order I'd recommend is:

Fate/Stay Night 2006
Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works TV
Fate/Stay Night Heaven's Feel
Fate/Zero

Would also recommend watching the Kara no Kyoukai movies (small series of short movies) alongside it.
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Lightzter said:
Fate/Zero (2011) > Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works > Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works Heaven's Feel Movie Trilogy

yeah this is chronological order.
Nov 14, 2022 3:36 AM
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Lightzter said:
Fate/Zero (2011) > Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works > Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works Heaven's Feel Movie Trilogy

This is the correct order for the main series. Everything else are spin-offs that you don't really need to watch in any particular order. @gxreprincess
Nov 14, 2022 3:45 AM
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don't watch zero at first cause you'll get spoiled about a lot of shit that is intended to be a sort of a plot twist in heaven's feel, and besides that it's also extremely complicated as it throws a bunch of info about holy grail and other plot points at your head in such a short time extent. Fate stay night 2006, while isn't the ideal route, I personally think it's the best way for someone to get introduced to the franchise as it slowly explains everything you would need to know about fate, as opposed to zero.
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GxrePrincess said:
I need help.

I am interested in watching this series but there's no clear order of everything. There are also loads of versions like fate/stay or fate/zero.

In what order do I watch these? Please help!

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Nov 14, 2022 4:04 AM
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just watch it in the release order
https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Fate_series
Nov 14, 2022 4:33 AM
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follow the order in which each came out easiest way
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ZaNDAcRoSS69 said:
GxrePrincess said:
I need help.

I am interested in watching this series but there's no clear order of everything. There are also loads of versions like fate/stay or fate/zero.

In what order do I watch these? Please help!

UR Using MyAnimeList. Check Sequel and Prequel Idiot!

the chronological order is not a good one
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Nov 14, 2022 4:48 AM
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GxrePrincess said:
I need help.

I am interested in watching this series but there's no clear order of everything. There are also loads of versions like fate/stay or fate/zero.

In what order do I watch these? Please help!

Watch fate/zero first then the rest of the seasons.
Nov 14, 2022 4:49 AM
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KingOfMAL said:
Dont listen to anyone...

Go to my profil n go to my Interest Stacks

If u listen to anyone else u will get spoiled 100%

FATE/ZERO contains Spoilers which makes UBW & HF reta##ed

fate/zero is where it all began so what exactly does it spoil?
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X-DEADSHOT-X said:
KingOfMAL said:
Dont listen to anyone...

Go to my profil n go to my Interest Stacks

If u listen to anyone else u will get spoiled 100%

FATE/ZERO contains Spoilers which makes UBW & HF reta##ed

fate/zero is where it all began so what exactly does it spoil?

its a prequel not the very first fate work
fate/stay night came out first, and zero was built to explain things for fsn
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salad_farded said:
X-DEADSHOT-X said:

fate/zero is where it all began so what exactly does it spoil?

its a prequel not the very first fate work
fate/stay night came out first, and zero was built to explain things for fsn

exactly...
imagine someone saying don't watch the season 1 of this show cause it spoils season 2
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X-DEADSHOT-X said:
salad_farded said:

its a prequel not the very first fate work
fate/stay night came out first, and zero was built to explain things for fsn

exactly...
imagine someone saying don't watch the season 1 of this show cause it spoils season 2

that aint how it works
zero isnt season 1, its a different series
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salad_farded said:
X-DEADSHOT-X said:

exactly...
imagine someone saying don't watch the season 1 of this show cause it spoils season 2

that aint how it works
zero isnt season 1, its a different series

I know I was just saying that as an example
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Fate StayNight 2006
Unlimited Blade Works (2cour)
Heavens Feel (3 movies)
Fate Zero (2cour)

The others u can watch them as u like they're
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GxrePrincess said:
I need help.

I am interested in watching this series but there's no clear order of everything. There are also loads of versions like fate/stay or fate/zero.

In what order do I watch these? Please help!

Fate/Zero (2 Seasons) -> Fate Stay/Night Unlimited Bladeworks (2 Seasons By Ufotable). It's better to just ignore the 2006 Fate Stay/Night Series by Studio Deen, the story is good, but the animation is kinda below average. U may opt to ignore it, if you want a shorter journey. However, if u want to watch it then watch it after Fate/Zero, and after completing Fate Stay/Night by Deen watch Fate UBW. Finally watch the Heaven's Feel Movie Triology to finish off the main series.

P.S. Some people might suggest you to watch Stay/Night first before Zero, but imo, the above route that I gave is the best one since Zero is a prequel to all the 3 different Stay/Night routes and must be watched first.
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GxrePrincess said:
I need help.

I am interested in watching this series but there's no clear order of everything. There are also loads of versions like fate/stay or fate/zero.

In what order do I watch these? Please help!

Fate/Zero (if you wanna experience Fate/Stay Night, read the Visual Novel)
Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel Trilogy
Nov 14, 2022 6:32 AM
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everyone will give you a different answer, but personally I did Fate/Zero into UBW into everything else and it worked for me
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GxrePrincess said:
I need help.

I am interested in watching this series but there's no clear order of everything. There are also loads of versions like fate/stay or fate/zero.

In what order do I watch these? Please help!

Read the vn.
If you don't have the time watch the adaptations of the vn (Fate/Stay Night, Unlimited Blade Works and then Heavens Feel in that order).
After that watch or read Fate/Zero and read Fate/Hollow Ataraxia (the prequel and sequel to Fate/Stay Night respectively)
Everything else can be watched in any order with the exception of sequels to other spin offs (pretty obvious like don't watch Illya 2 before Illya 1)

Nov 14, 2022 6:58 AM
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Here is everything and order to watch it

"Main Story"
I. Fate/Stay Night (dont watch this shit)
II. Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
III. Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel (movie trilogy)
IV. Fate Zero (Yes watch this after)
V. The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II
VI. Fate/Apocrypha

"Alternative/Future Universes"
VII. Fate/Prototype
VIII. Fate/EXTRA Last Encore
IX. Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family

"Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya"
X. Fate Kaleid/Liner Prisma Illya
XI. Fate Kaleid/Liner Prisma Illya 2wei!
XII. Fate Kaleid/Liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!
XIII. Fate Kaleid/Liner Prisma Illya Vow in the Snows
IXV. Fate Kaleid/Liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!
XV. Fate Kaleid/Liner Prisma Illya Licht – The Nameless Girl

"Fate/Grand Order"
XVI. Fate/Grand Order -First Order-
XVII. Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
XVIII. Fate/Grand Order – Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot, Part 1
IXX. Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon
XX. Fate/Grand Order – Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot, Part 2

"Kara No Kyuokai"
I. Kara no Kyoukai 1: Fukan Fuukei
II. Kara no Kyoukai 2: Satsujin Koustsu (Part 1)
III. Kara no Kyoukai 3: Tsuukaku Zanryuu
IV. Kara no Kyoukai 4: Garan no Dou
V. Kara no Kyoukai 5: Mujun Rasen
VI. Kara no Kyoukai 6: Boukyaku Rokuon
VII. Kara no Kyoukai Remix: Gate of the Seventh Heaven
VIII. Kara no Kyoukai 7: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 2)
IX. Kara no Kyoukai: Epilogue
X. Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin + Extra Chorus

"Mahoutsukai no Yoru"
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tbh just watch fate zero. the rest is a waste of time.
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Only watch Prisma Illya, the rest is filler
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bro just start with zero and then go to ubw, if you are really interested then you can go back to the og s/n and just go wild with the rest. do not listen to these people saying do not watch zero first, it isnt nearly as complicated as those people make it out to be. just watch fate zero, if you enjoyed that then you can watch ubw. you would get like 90 percent of the fate knowledge and not be lost with just these 2
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Im_Stuff said:
Only watch Prisma Illya, the rest is filler

I agree, only good fate series
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titodacat said:
Im_Stuff said:
Only watch Prisma Illya, the rest is filler

I agree, only good fate series

anime wise its trash
manga is peak tho
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tbh just watch fate zero. the rest is a waste of time.

That guy were clearly asking for Fate SERIES. Not Fate/Zero. Also Fate/Zero contain the Nasuverse lores only about 0.2%. I'm pretty sure that if you want to know the universe more deeply, you'll read, watch and immerse yourself into the whole contents feasted upon your eyes, not being picky about which is good or bad and saying "oH, onLy fAte/zEro iS gOod, tHe rEst iS trAsh". That's like the equivalent of saying Avengers: Endgame is trash but without watching the previous MCU movies ( which Fate follows in formula, except there's no endgame stuffs ).
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the problem with the fate watch order is that it was released in a weird way and adapted stupidly
all three fsn route adaptations suffer in being mediocre to actual garbage, but still kind of work as fun viewing experiences.
also the big reason people tell you to read the vn
zero was made as a prequel to be consumed after all 3 fsn routes
so its always better to either go vn then zero
or go anime fsn (all 3 routes) then zero
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the problem with the fate watch order is that it was released in a weird way and adapted stupidly
all three fsn route adaptations suffer in being mediocre to actual garbage, but still kind of work as fun viewing experiences.
also the big reason people tell you to read the vn
zero was made as a prequel to be consumed after all 3 fsn routes
so its always better to either go vn then zero
or go anime fsn (all 3 routes) then zero

If ufotable focuses on the story and characters in F/SN instead of pure eye-candies, I wouldn't rank F/SN anime adaptations as one of the lowest. Honestly Cloverworks's Babylonia and Solomon is far better than ufotable's works.
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Code-Valhalla said:
salad_farded said:
the problem with the fate watch order is that it was released in a weird way and adapted stupidly
all three fsn route adaptations suffer in being mediocre to actual garbage, but still kind of work as fun viewing experiences.
also the big reason people tell you to read the vn
zero was made as a prequel to be consumed after all 3 fsn routes
so its always better to either go vn then zero
or go anime fsn (all 3 routes) then zero

If ufotable focuses on the story and characters in F/SN instead of pure eye-candies, I wouldn't rank F/SN anime adaptations as one of the lowest. Honestly Cloverworks's Babylonia and Solomon is far better than ufotable's works.

cloverworks doing fsn and focusing on the story like their fgo adaptations would be the best thing ever
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there is no right or wrong way to watch the fate series, there will always be people giving you different watch orders. i watched fate/stay night (2006) thinking that it would benefit when all it did was make the ending of fate/zero less satisfying. personally i would suggest watching fate/zero first. (you also don’t have to waste your time reading the VN if you’re not into that)

TLDR: the watch order doesn’t matter, watch whichever one you want. it’s all connected anyway.
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i watched zero first and it seems logical this eay, don't care about any spoiling but I liked it this way too
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there is no right or wrong way to watch the fate series, there will always be people giving you different watch orders. i watched fate/stay night (2006) thinking that it would benefit when all it did was make the ending of fate/zero less satisfying. personally i would suggest watching fate/zero first. (you also don’t have to waste your time reading the VN if you’re not into that)

TLDR: the watch order doesn’t matter, watch whichever one you want. it’s all connected anyway.

vn isnt a waste of time,
the anime tell you 30% of the lore while the vn tells you almost everything with some things answered in other stories
but yeah if you dont wanna read then go with the anime
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Fate Zero first. Fate Stay Night’s anime is hindered without the context of Zero. To everyone saying Zero spoils, they all spoil lmao.
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salad_farded said:
simmich429 said:
there is no right or wrong way to watch the fate series, there will always be people giving you different watch orders. i watched fate/stay night (2006) thinking that it would benefit when all it did was make the ending of fate/zero less satisfying. personally i would suggest watching fate/zero first. (you also don’t have to waste your time reading the VN if you’re not into that)

TLDR: the watch order doesn’t matter, watch whichever one you want. it’s all connected anyway.

vn isnt a waste of time,
the anime tell you 30% of the lore while the vn tells you almost everything with some things answered in other stories
but yeah if you dont wanna read then go with the anime

i said don’t waste your time because it’s not the end all be all if someone decides not to read it. not a lot of people have 100+ hours to spend on a VN
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simmich429 said:
salad_farded said:

vn isnt a waste of time,
the anime tell you 30% of the lore while the vn tells you almost everything with some things answered in other stories
but yeah if you dont wanna read then go with the anime

i said don’t waste your time because it’s not the end all be all if someone decides not to read it. not a lot of people have 100+ hours to spend on a VN

its 60 not 100+ but yeah i understand what you mean now
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I think you start with Steins;Gate episode 22B
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Tyraq said:
Don't watch Fate/Zero first.
Despite it being a prequel, it's actually just a spinoff aimed at an audience that's already familiar with the story and cast of Stay Night and even the author of FZ says so.
The order I'd recommend is:

Fate/Stay Night 2006
Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works TV
Fate/Stay Night Heaven's Feel
Fate/Zero

Would also recommend watching the Kara no Kyoukai movies (small series of short movies) alongside it.

PLEASE NEVER START WITH FATE 2006 IT CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR EVERYTHING ELSE
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Best and Cannon order is as follows;

Fate UBW (2014)
Fate Heavens Feel Trilogy
Fate Zero
Any other fate content

Chronological order spoils many major plot twists. The reason this is such a debate is because there is no true to source material adaption of the First part of Fate Stay Night.

If you want the best telling of the story please read the Fate Stay Night visual novel. It has fantastic voice acting, music, and makes the main character 100000% better since you can read his thoughts and understated his character development.
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GxrePrincess said:
I need help.

I am interested in watching this series but there's no clear order of everything. There are also loads of versions like fate/stay or fate/zero.

In what order do I watch these? Please help!

Fate/Zero can be the first one or the last one, but If you don't know shit about Fate, watch it first, cuz the first 2 episodes explain about what Fate's about

Fate Stay Night (2006) Is pretty bad, and i would only recommend you watch this, If you wanna to complete the four main fate anime

Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works

Fate Heaven's Feel

That's the order.
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WraFh said:
GxrePrincess said:
I need help.

I am interested in watching this series but there's no clear order of everything. There are also loads of versions like fate/stay or fate/zero.

In what order do I watch these? Please help!

Fate/Zero can be the first one or the last one, but If you don't know shit about Fate, watch it first, cuz the first 2 episodes explain about what Fate's about

Fate Stay Night (2006) Is pretty bad, and i would only recommend you watch this, If you wanna to complete the four main fate anime

Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works

Fate Heaven's Feel

That's the order.

the first 2 episodes also spoil half of stay night
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Theo1899 said:
Fate/stay night (2006 > Unlimited Blade Works > Heavens feel) > Fate/Zero
The order is irelevant for the rest of the franchise.

That's it. Thank you. Other fans say different and it doesn't make sense. The studio gave you the order same way the visual novel did. Saber, Rin, Sakura. Cut and dry. My favorite is Illya's unofficial route though lol. Prisma Illya ❤️✨️
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Theo1899 said:
Fate/stay night (2006 > Unlimited Blade Works > Heavens feel) > Fate/Zero
The order is irelevant for the rest of the franchise.

this order is right
who said zero first is a clown, dont listen to them
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Tyraq said:
Don't watch Fate/Zero first.
Despite it being a prequel, it's actually just a spinoff aimed at an audience that's already familiar with the story and cast of Stay Night and even the author of FZ says so.
The order I'd recommend is:

Fate/Stay Night 2006
Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works TV
Fate/Stay Night Heaven's Feel
Fate/Zero

Would also recommend watching the Kara no Kyoukai movies (small series of short movies) alongside it.

nah zero before heavens feel
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In what order do I watch these? Please help!


As usual , almost everyone spit an order without explaining it.

So the Fate/Series is originally a Visual Novel with 3 Routes (Scenarios) that you must play in a specific order : Fate > UBW > HF. (The game locks you into it anyway) They got respectively adapted as Fate 2006 , UBW S1 & 2 , HF Trilogy of Movies.

2 years after the VN got released , another author got the permission to write a Light Novel (Fate/Zero) about the father of the protagonist of the main series , using the flashbacks given in it and filling the numerous blanks.
It must be read after the main series , as it use almost all keypoints from the 3 scenarios. (The VN is a slow-burn mystery , so reading this Prequel first just spoils you on everything.)
It then got adapted into 2 Seasons of Anime in 2011.

The problem is that as 99% of Visual Novel adaptations , the 2006 Anime adapted the original Route while adding a few stuffs from the other ones , making it... not that good.
In 2007 , Ufotable did a huge impression with their adaptations of Kara no Kyoukai (Another work of the author of Fate) , and got the rights for an adaptation of Zero , which was really popular at that time.
With the buzz of Zero , they then got the rights for a complete adaptation of the 2 "unadapted" Routes of the original VN.

So starting Fate in Anime format is basically a Pick your poison.
- The "not really good" 2006 Anime. (I personally recommend that)
- The "middle of the story" UBW Anime.
- The "i want to get spoiled on everything" Zero Anime.
(Watching HF first makes no sense , and no one would ever say to do that anyway.)
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What is actual chronological tho? is it 1 to 2 or is it that 2 came out first therefore 1 came into being.. wouldn't it be rhetorical to watch steins gate or future diary or star wars in order? Gotta watch the release order so you can respect retrospection
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