Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works is an action-thriller fantasy anime based on the visual novel Fate/stay night produced by Type-Moon. The plot of the episodes is primarily based on the Unlimited Blade Works storyline in the Fate/stay night visual novel. It is based on the 2010 movie of the same name. The anime is jointly produced by Aniplex, Notes and Ufotable, the same studios that co-produced the 2011–2012 anime adaptation for Fate/Zero.
It was directed by Takahiro Miura, with music composed by Hideyuki Fukasawa, character designs by Tomonori Sudou, Hisayuki Tabata, and Atsushi Ikariya, which are based on the original designs by Takashi Takeuchi; along with art, 3D, and photography directions by Koji Eto, Kōjirō Shishido and Yuichi Terao, respectively.
The first half of the series ran from October 4, 2014 to December 27, 2014. The second half ran from April 4, 2015 to June 27, 2015. An advanced screening online premiered on September 28, 2014 in several countries across the world, including Japan, the United States, France, Germany, Italy and South Korea.
English Voice Cast
Main Cast
- Bryce Papenbrook - Shirou Emiya
- Kaiji Tang - Archer
- Kari Wahlgren - Saber
- Mela Lee - Rin Tohsaka
Secondary Cast
- David Earnest - Gilgamesh
- Kyle McCarley - Shinji Matou
- Lex Lang - Souichirou Kuzuki
- Megan Hollingshead - Caster
- Tony Oliver - Lancer
Minor Cast
- Brianna Knickerbocker - Leysritt
- Bridget Hoffman - Irisviel von Eizenbern (ep16)
- Brina Palencia - Ayako Mitsuzuri
- Cristina Vee - Sakura Matou
- Crispin Freeman - Kirei Kotomine
- Dorothy Fahn - Kane Himuro
- Erica Lindbeck - Kaede Makidera
- Jessica DiCicco - Yukika Saegusa
- Julie Ann Taylor - Taiga Fujimura
- Lauren Landa - Luvia (ep26)
- Lucien Dodge - Lord El-Melloi the Second (ep26)
- Matthew Mercer - Kiritsugu Emiya (eps2, 6)
- Melissa Fahn - Rider
- Mona Marshall - Shirou Emiya (Child)
- Rachael McCabe - Sella
- Robbie Daymond - Issei Ryudou, Atrum Galliasta (ep15)
- Stephanie Sheh - Illyasviel von Einzbern
- Todd Haberkorn - Assassin
Additional Voices (Uncredited)
- Bridget Hoffman - Homunculus (ep16)
- Crispin Freeman - Police Officer (ep19)
- Dorothy Fahn - Phone Message Voice (ep1)
- Jessica DiCicco - Female Student B (ep2)
- Lex Lang - News Anchor (ep2)
- Melissa Fahn - Female Student (ep10)
- Ryan Bartley - Homunculus, Additional Voices
- Stephanie Sheh - Female Student A (ep2)
