Interest Stacks

Prequel to the first work of the Fate franchise, however, is a perfectly fine start for getting into the Nasuverse

Introduces the concepts of how the power system works pretty well, as well as establishes the concepts specific to Fate very well.

Not to mention the gorgeous animation, direction, and overall production done by Ufotable, the studio behind Demon Slayer.

All of that coupled with the genius writing make this anime a must watch even for those not interested in the nasuverse

Original animation of the first route of the original Fate/Stay Night video game.

The animation is pretty bad, and its also not a great adaptation of the source material, but if you get super into Fate you may as well watch it.

An adaptation of my personal favorite of the three original routes from Stay Night, which is done beautifully. If this doesn't get you into Fate, I don't know what else will.

The final route of Stay Night adapted as a movie trilogy, quite possibly has the single best animation of all time, or at least the best from ufotable, and rounds out a lot of the "loose ends" the other routes had for their character writing.

This route is also completely insane, and has some pretty graphic stuff in it compared to the other routes, so be wary of that, but overall Heaven's Feel is amazing.

These movies conclude the story of Fate/Stay Night, however, Stay Night has a visual novel sequel that is definitely worth mentioning here: Fate/Hollow Ataraxia. Unfortunately, there is no full anime/manga adaptation yet. Importance wise, it is critical to understanding some of the events of Stay Night and Zero, but doesn't contribute much to the entire Nasuverse

Unimportant for the overall Nasuverse in general, but if you are as enthralled with the concepts from Fate/Zero and Stay Night as I am, you will probably like this anime.

It does drag on though, and isn't as much of a writing masterpiece as you may have expected from Fate by now, but oh well its still pretty cool. Its also gorgeously animated at times, however its not from ufo this time.

Adaptation of probably the strangest offshoot of the Fate franchise, and its pretty awful and uninteresting.

Short OVA about the literal prototype of Stay Night, straight from Nasu's beginning concepts of what he wanted the story to be.

Its simply a neat little insight to the creative process involved with Fate's creation

Similar to Apocrypha, its uses the concepts from Fate/Stay Night to create a similar narrative with some very cool and unique interactions.

I haven't read the manga or light novels, so I don't have much authority to speak on it, however, it does look very interesting and I'm excited for the anime's full release.

Four movies and a 21 episode anime dedicated to adapting half of the story of a gacha game.

Fate/Grand Order is just ridiculous. It takes the concepts from all of Type Moon's works and puts it in a cocktail of creativity that only Kinoku Nasu could cook up.

It almost has nothing to do with the core plot concepts of any other Fate, however it borrows from them in a way that's almost parasitic.

In scale of importance, FGO is probably the most important Nasuverse entry to understanding EVERYTHING, however, I personally don't think it is necessary if you're just trying to get the general gist of things.

That being said, Grand Order should be the last on your Nasuverse watchlist, as it has elements from nearly all of Nasu's anime, manga, novels, and games.

As expected with a Fate product, the animation is stellar, and it definitely has moments that are hall of famers in levels of animation quality.

Its like Fate/Stay Night but if the loli homunculus was a magical girl and yeah... its pretty awful.

Three seasons and a movie, all with not so great animation and a terrible dub.

It doesn't really expand on any important Nasuverse lore, and turns all of the Stay Night cast into unlikeable archetypes of themselves, which is another pretty bad factor about this show.

I don't particularly like magical girl anime, but for this one its not just bad because of its concept, its simply poorly written and directed.

In my opinion, this one is a skip for anybody just trying to understand Type Moon.

Anime adaptation of Kinoku Nasu's first visual novel.

To start, this anime is really, really bad. Do not watch it.

I put it here as a stand in for the VN, or its remake, or even its manga, because it is VERY important for understanding a lot of the intricacies of the Nasuverse.

It should be known it is not a Fate work. Tsukihime plot wise has nothing to do with Fate at all, despite sharing the same universe.

The VN is a fantastic work of fiction, and the manga does a very good job at adapting the first route.

Also, there is a sequel series of fighting games called Melty Blood, of which there is a manga adaptation of the original, and the other two (Actress Again and Type Lumina) are available on pretty much everything. They aren't super important to the Nasuverse, but I at least find them to be very fun and well made games

The first of Kinoku Nasu's works in general, Garden of Sinners does a wonderful job at establishing some of the basics for how the verse works, but also doesn't at the same time, which is why I recommend watching it at least after the first few Fate anime you watch.

The 8 movies are told out of chronological order, which makes for some confusion at times, but by the end of things the story connects everything rather nicely.

It is important to understanding some things about the Nasuverse, but not on the same scale as Tsukihime or Stay Night.

As far as I know, it has no actual connection to the Type Moon verse, but it is written by Nasu and published by TM so I thought it would be worth mentioning.