Fate is, by far, the franchise people ask "where do I start?" about the most — and fairly so: there are 15+ entries, three distinct routes from the original visual novel, and several dated adaptations. This guide follows the anti-spoiler route: you uncover the mysteries alongside the protagonist, and the prequel lands at the end as the climax.
- TV · 13 ep · 2014
The Fifth Holy Grail War, adapting the visual novel's UBW route. The modern entry point to the franchise.
- TV · 13 ep · 2015
- Movie · 2017
The third route, as a movie trilogy: the darkest one, centered on Sakura. It assumes you already know the cast and the rules of the war.
- Movie · 2019
- Movie · 2020
- TV · 13 ep · 2011
The prequel: the Fourth War, ten years earlier. Watched here it works as the grand climax — it explains the origin of everything you just saw, and its tragedies hit twice as hard when you know how the story ends.
- TV · 12 ep · 2012