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.
Cast (English)
- Shirou Emiya: Bryce Papenbrook
- Rin Tohsaka: Mela Lee
- Saber: Kari Wahlgren
- Archer: Kaiji Tang
- Sakura Matou: Cristina Vee
- Illyasviel von Einzbern: Stephanie Sheh
- Souichirou Kuzuki: Lex Lang
- Lancer: Tony Oliver
- Caster: Megan Hollingshead
- Assassin: Todd Haberkorn
- Rider: Melissa Fahn
- Taiga Fujimura: Julie Ann Taylor
- Shinji Matou: Kyle McCarley
- Issei Ryudou: Robbie Daymond
- Kirei Kotomine: Crispin Freeman
- Kiritsugu Emiya: Matthew Mercer
- Gilgamesh: David Earnest
- Atrum Galliasta: Robbie Daymond (ep15)
- Irisviel von Eizenbern: Bridget Hoffman (ep16)
- Leysritt: Brianna Knickerbocker
- Sella: Rachael McCabe
- Shirou Emiya (child): Mona Marshall
- Ayako Mitsuzuri: Brina Palencia
- Yukika Saegusa: Jessica DiCicco
- Kaede Makidera: Erica Lindbeck
- Kane Himuro: Dorothy Fahn
- Luvia: Lauren Landa (ep26)
- Lord El-Melloi the Second: Lucien Dodge (ep26)
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
- Stephanie Sheh - Female Student A (ep2)
