Mahoutsukai no Yoru

If you are reading this and are new to the Fate series, the biggest advice I can give you is to just pick the one that sounds interesting to you and start it.

I think the thing most people seem to forget is that you don't need to know every single intricate detail of the lore to be able to enjoy this franchise. Just treat each one as its own story set within this expansive world and you can experience them in any order you want.

Yes, one of the most satisfying parts of being a fan is to figure out how they all connect to one another. But that's not really something someone new to the series really needs to worry about, so just pick one, any one, and start. The only thing you will need to do is to watch entries with the same sub title together in order to get the most out of their respective stories, eg Fate/Stay Night (Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Bladeworks etc), Fate/Grand Order (Fate/Grand Order: Babylonia etc),

With that said, the following is my personal suggested order. The one last important thing to note is that Fate is only one of franchises that's set within this fictional world, it's just the most popular and most expanded upon. This shared universe is named the "Nasuverse" after it's creator, Kinoko Nasu. I have included as much of the other series in the Nasuverse in this list as well, as they really help expand upon the world building beyond what we see in just Fates Holy Grail Wars. If you are only interested in Fate itself, then feel free to skip over them, but you'd be missing out on some great stories in their own right.

The only things I haven't included are some of the shorts, specials or recaps as I don't think they are absolutely essential, and this has a limit of 50 entries, so it is what it is.

This list contains all movies that aren't related with any anime series.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1255
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1267

This list is for people who are interested in Fate series and want to understand where to begin.


Fate series contains parent story, that I first showcase on this list. And then side stories that include: continuation-, alternate world- and other special stories. I will include info on side stories when I get more into them. I order them after the main story and don't mark all their entries for 2nd seasons or ova's if not necessary (but try to mention them). Main story list is ordered the best way to watch the series.
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There are lot of opinions in what order to watch the Fate series. In my opinion there is one good way and one ok way. One is chronological order and another one (better way) is for saving plot. It's also good to give a mind for the Fate novels, -manga and -games if you are interested.

1st order (Chronological): Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Fate/stay night: unlimited blade works and then Fate/stay night movie trilogy Heaven's feel.

2nd order (better way for saving plot): Fate/stay night, Fate/stay night: unlimited blade works, Fate/stay night movie trilogy Heaven's feel and then last Fate/Zero.

Fate/zero tells the beginning story for the other Fate/stay routes. It's best used to piece together the open spaces of plot what Fate/stay night variations leave behind. The Fate/stay night paths tell 3 different continuation stories for Fate/Zero and give different path's for Shiro Emiya's story, while Fate/Zero tells what happened before Fate/stay night and give detail to lots of cool characters.

Fate/Zero is very epic so you might think it's best to start with and it's chronologically the 'right way'. But it's meant to be watched after Fate/stay night. FSN was first vn and was first fate product that came out from Type-Moon (company that produces Fate).
You will spoil plot and make the story developments become more boring for Fate/stay night and Fate/Zero, and both lose significance in plot reveals what are meant to intrigue you.
So Fate/stay night is better at explaining story and plot without spoilers.
Also the quality only can get better from Fate/Stay night (The first FSN route) with it's bad adaptation from onwards, for it was made first and started off the anime production.

FSN Original route is the worst out of the three. It's nice in my opinion, though lacks in all aspects what the others FSN anime adaptations bring to live. (FSN can be skipped or watched later)

FSN Unlimited Blade Works is the very cool and clear upgrade from the 'original' path. It gives lot to many main characters and build up the hero theme.

FSN The Heaven's feel trilogy gives best conclusion out of the three Fate/stay night variations. It truly is cool masterpiece and ends in wholesome ending with surprising events.

There's vn game sequel for FSN named Fate/hollow Ataraxia if you want more after FSN. Also Fate/Stay Strange is very good ln/manga if you want some good Fate content.

Fate/Zero not lot to say here without spoiling anything. It is probably my favorite or one of the many Fate series. Very good.

Conclusion: You can watch Fate/zero first if you don't care about plot. But if you want to watch whole Fate story as it's finest with interesting plot twist, start with Fate/stay night, FSN UBW, FSN HF and then finish up the plot with Fate/Zero. If you still grave more Fate content, FHA and FSS are good game/literature options and all the listed anime in list below.

Thank you for reading this! For what it helps I myself watched Fate in chronological order and enjoyed it.

Only movies that are not related to tv series

i refuse to put every prisma illya entry on this list

Anime by Type-Moon sorted by release order Part 2. (NOT watch order!)
Part 1: (https://myanimelist.net/stacks/19328)

This is a continuation to the first list with the same premise.

HEY Newcomer to the Fate Universe. Hop in. This will take longer than you expected.

Explanation how the anime connect to each-other etc.

Since Fate as an anime has the biggest debate on how to watch it, the release order is the way to go.

Spoiler free :)

!!This Stack is not Finished Yet!!- I update the description box of the anime after I've watched them.

BONUS : I am going to humbly try in this stack entry to give you a comprehensive timeline watch order. Lets call the Fate parallel timeline numbers 1 to 4 and you can start your watch order from whichever you'd like, personally I recommend this order:

1. Fate/Prototype

2. Start with Mahoutsukai no Yoru (not yet released) and the time line splits into three
A) Tsukihime (links to Carnival Phantasm)
B) The Garden of Sinners -> 2-4-3-1-Extra Chorus-5-6-7-8-Mirai Fukuin.
C) Tsuki no Sango - which happens in the distant future (year 3000) so you can leave it for last.

3. This parallel universe start with Garden of Avalon (watch at 9anime). When the Third Holy Grail occurs we have four possible timelines:
A) Fate/Apocrypha (Alternative to the Fourth Holy Grail War where it never happened in Fuyuki City)
B) 60 Years before the events of Fate/Zero happen, something occurs on Earth thus we have Fate/EXTRA: Last Encore in the future(year 3200).
C) Fate/Zero - prequel to the Fifth Holy Grail War. Then watch Fate/Zero Caffe.
In an alternate universe Fate Ilya: Oath of Snow happens which allows for all the C.0)Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Ilya events to happen.
C.1) Lord El Melloi series happen just 2 months before Fate/Stay Night.
After Lord El Melloi we have the three routes.
D.1) Fate/Stay Night
D.2) Fate/Unlimited Blade Works - D.2.1) Another outcome of this timeline is Fate/ Sunny Days
D.3) Fate/Heaven's Feel
In a parallel universe after the end of the Fifth Holy Grail War, Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family happens.
D.4.1)After them we have Fate/Strange Fake.
Starting from D.1 - D.4 all link to Carnival Phantasm series.
All of this timeline except C.0) links to Fate/Grand Carnival

4. Now there are multiple events from Timeline number 2 and 3 which trigger this timeline that happens in the near future. These events are the First Holy Grail war, The Fifth Holy Grail War and the Garden of Sinners. However the main event that catalysis Fate/ Grand Order is when Marisbury wins the Fifth Holy Grail war.
Then we have Fate/Grand Order. Now this is how you watch this series in Order:
4.1) Fate/ Grand Order Absolute Demonic Font: Babylonia - Initium Iter.
4.2) Fate/Grand Order - First Order
4.3) Fate/Grand Order - Moonlight/Lostroom
4.5) Fate/ Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot - Wandering; Agateram
4.6) Fate/ Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot - Paladin; Agateram
4.7) Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front - Babylonia TV series.
4.8) Fate/ Grand Order Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon
This timeline links to Fate/Grand Carnival.

Everything here is listed in order of what I believe is the best way to navigate through the Nasuverse. Part 1 primarily covers the main TYPE-MOON/Nasuverse works with some of the more important spinoffs.


PLEASE view this stack in the detailed list layout to see my notes with my reasoning for placements, alternate placements, etc.

Part 2 can be found here: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/23651

Standalone movies from 2020-Present.
Some prequel movies are included: Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and Fruits Basket: Prelude.

I will update the description boxes but I’m just lazy.
If you decide to start fate in this order do tell me you experience.

SOME MAIN TERMINOLOGY YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE GETTING INTO FATE:
1.Nasuverse: It is a fan nickname referring to the shared setting of a number of TYPE-MOON (game company that produces visual novels also) works. Their works are adapted in manga form, light novels and anime.
2.Holy Grail War: The Holy Grail War is a competition where in the end the Greater Holy Grail is achieved. Basically a wish-granter that uses a relic (a cup) that received the blood of Christ. 7 Masters who use magic to summon 7 servants (one for each) to fight among themselves until one pair gets left.
3.Master: They are a magus. They do usually come from a long family lineage of magus. They participate in the Holy Grail war by forming a contract with a servant. They have 3.a) Magic Circuits (think of it like veins and arteries but for magic to flow through). A master provides magical energy for their servants.
They use a 3.b) COMMAND SPELL - Masters have three of them. If a magus uses it, the servant is obliged to fulfill any command that comes from their master. It is usually saved to command a servant to commit suicide in order to reach the root via the Greater Holy Grail.
4.Servant (also known as Heroic Spirit)- They are historical, myths or legend figures that have achieved great deeds in their lifetime and are summoned by Masters to fight alongside them in the Holy Grail
They are placed in classed
SABER , LANCER, ARCHER, RIDER, CASTER, ASSASSIN, BERSERKER. - Each of these main seven classes has a GRAND class. A GRAND (saber/lancer etc) servant is summoned to prevent mankind extinction.
And there are extra classes. Here are the main ones.
RULER- oversees the Holy Grail War and does not have any desire for it.
AVENGER - They are founded on vengeance, born from powerful resentment that does not fade even after death.
ALTER EGO - Alter Egos are a phenomenon where one persona of a Heroic Spirit gains independence as a separate entity.
SHIELDER - They utilize shields.
Pseudo-Servants - are Servants that have manifested utilizing humans as their vessels. (The servant controls the human body)
Demi-Servants - are conceptual humans who have taken the Heroic Spirits into their bodies, functioning as Servants. (The human controls their bodies.
After they die during a Holy Grail War, their souls are stored in the Lesser Grail.
When they die in real life their soul gets transported to the Throne of Heroes that resides outside of the World. From here servants can be summoned in different parallel timelines. When summoned the servants are just copies of their Throne of Heroes body. So if they are summoned again, or in another timeline they are just a copy with no memories of other previous holy grail wars they fought in.
5.Grail Vessel (Lesser Holy Grail): It is designed to intake defeated Servants. Up until the third Grail War, the vessel for the Grail was a literal "cup". However, during the events of the third War it was damaged. Irisvel and Illya were created to be the physical embodiment of the Lesser Grail.
6.Greater Holy Grail: The prize after the completion of the War that grants a wish. It needs mana to be activated (that is why the War usually happens every 60 years). Once the vessel is filled with seven (or six) servants, the Greater Grail opens a hole to Akasha.(see no.16)
7.Noble Phantasm: Trump card for Servants. These are very strong abilities that they have, unique to their own.
8.Holy Church: a group of people who target people who insult God, kill, twist laws of nature etc. So they do get involved in the Holy Grail War to keep peace of mankind since they see it as an irregularity.
9.Mage Association: an organization formed, to hide and develop Magecraft.
10.The Root: is a metaphysical location that is the source of all events and phenomenons of the universe. It exists outside of time. It has all information, events, past, present and future. The ultimate ambition for a Magi is to reach this root to obtain all knowledge (one way which they try to reach it is via the Holy Grail).
11.Reality Marbel: A created world that is completely cut off from normal reality. It can only be used for a few minutes because the world will seek to crush it.
It is responsible for the Projection and Reinforcement abilities. Some can be activated inside the body of the user. (E.g. Emiya Shirou in Fate/HF)
12.Chaldeas - Utilized by Chaldea Security Organization in the World of Fate/Grand Order for the purpose of saving humanity. CHALDEAS can be used to look 100 years into the future. It is a form of intelligent machine with characteristics of a black hole. Humans can not go into contact with it. It recreates planet Earth in miniature which is 100 years into the future (its world copy is set in 2117) that is why people can look so far.
It is located in Chaldea Headquarters in Antarctica.
With this machine singularities can be discovered.
Laplace- Monitors the past.
Sheba- Observes in detail the information in Chaldeas and displays it in a monitor.
Fate- Summons Heroic Spirits
Trismegistus- utilized in reyshiftin (timetravel)
13.Singularities: Important for the Fate/ Grand Order anime. Singularities are unobservable regions that do not exist within Chaldea's recorded history. A Holy Grail is given to a certain individual within a key historical time period, typically someone who will use it to cause major disruption to history. The future is reduced to a mass of arbitrary possibilities. The era in which the Singularity manifests in will be destroyed completely under the strain of the impossible events that the Singularity forces into existence, causing the end of history itself.
The power of the Grails and the circumstances within the Singularities allow for the summoning of Servants and their continued existence in the world, even without a Master. Master-less servants are summoned by the Grail itself as a reaction to its abuse.
*Singularity F - that happens in Fuyuki City 2004 AD (Fate/Grand Order First Order)
First Singularity - France year 1431
Second singularity - Roman Empire Year 60
Third Singularity - Okeanos Year 1573
Fourth Singularity - London Year 1888
Fifth Singularity - North America 1784
*Sixth Singualarity - Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot 1273
*Seventh Singularity - Mesopotamia 2655 BC
*Final Singularity - Fate/Grand Order: Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon 2016
14.Dead Apostles: are humans that became Vampires either by the use of Magecraft or by the actions of another Vampire of similar nature.
15.Magic (Maho): It is different from Magecraft. It represents the actualization of events that are impossible to reproduce in a certain era, whether by humans or the Planet, even if given an infinite amount of time and resources. The acquisition of the capacity to perform Magic is considered the ultimate accomplishment of a Magus, and only within the grasp of those who have accessed the Swirl of the Root. Concepts like time manipulation, teleportation, spatial warping and quarantine, and the Resurrection of the dead are miracles thought to be possible only through the application of Magic.
So Magic is being able to do something that can’t be done by means of since or nature (like teleporting). Magecraft is the opposite (making flames with hands for example which can be done with science or by nature). However with the development of science, if something that can be achieved by magic turns achievable by other means, than this magic turns into magecraft.
There are 5 magics (keep the third magic in mind) :
- First Domain: Details about it are unknown. Though the exact domain of the First Magic is uncertain, it is related to the generation of Ether(or void, part of 5 Great elemts- Wind. water, Fire, Earth) Clumps, which have been called "materialized nothing". Witches are supernatural beings involved in the establishment of the First Magic. (A girl magus is not necessarily a witch)
-Second Magic: Operation of Parallel Worlds
- The Third Magic: Materialization of the soul.
- The Fourth Magic: The details regarding its domain are unknown.
The Fifth Magic: Abilities related to Time Travel.
16.ALYA: The Counter Force is a safety device formed by a World (keep reading for explanation) to defend itself against extinction and is synonymous with the World it represents. They are described as passive spirals of energy that respond to threats of planet destruction or human extinction.
The World, is two types. Gaia is the will of the Earth, the planet's intrinsic wish to survive and prosper. Alaya, on the other hand, is the collective unconscious will of mankind to avoid extinction.
17. Counter Guardian: The Counter Force empowers a "normal person" in life to remove the factor that can trigger destruction. They act with no autonomy of their own and only appear in response to an event.
17.Moon Cell- It is a large computer-like construct created by an unknown civilization one hundred million years before the existence of the Earth or the Moon. It has recorded everything that has happened on the planet since its formation. It faithfully simulates all life on Earth and is capable of providing a definite prediction of the future.
18.SE.RA.PH - A part of the Moon Cell. It is a world where Souls are transformed into information. The SE.RA.PH is responsible for the summoning of the Servants during Fate/EXTRA. The SE.RA.PH restricts the exit until the tournament participants (of Fate/ Extra’s Holy Grail) are reduced to one, as per the Moon Cell's rules. It is also responsible for the existence of the NPCs and all areas in the tournament.
The landscapes generated by SE.RA.PH are all independent Reality Marbles

Upcoming/unreleased anime with potential to be absolute bangers and even game changing for the medium.

Basic Criteria:
- not a sequel
- Remakes are eligible
- Spinoffs are eligible if they are loosely related enough to the original.

This will be an endlessly ever growing and changing list being updated regularly, adding in new promising releases once announced and removing ones that have already started or finished airing.

Only CM, Movie, Music, OVA, PV, Special, TV, TV Special & Unknown are listed here....

ONA is covered in separate stack....
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41824

Anime which were announced more than 24 months ago....
& Nothing is heard about it till....

Note: List will be re-updapted on last week of June, 2024.

If something is not mentioned here, then please help me to improve it..

These are shows that I believe have an extremely high chance of being absolutely amazing. Not just a mild maybe, shows that I can assure you with 90% (right now it's closer to 50%, but don't worry we'll get there... probably) accuracy, that are going to be anywhere between great to instant classics.

things that many may put in their top 10, or call their favourite. so come with me, to take a sneak peak at the greatest entries, of the future of anime.

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Note: Shows here will be removed from the list a week or two after they finish airing, and movies will be removed a week or two after they are published online


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- ANIME THAT WERE HERE BEFORE THEY AIRED (and how I feel about them) -

Pluto _ Masterpiece

PHOENIX: EDEN17 _ It was good, But honestly, didn't leave up to the hype I put on it. A definitive L on my part.

Great Pretender: Razbliuto _ I have yet to see it, and that is true for too many people. This had horrible marketing.

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - It is literally the highest rated anime on the website

The Apothecary Diaries - Fantastic show

The Grimm Variations - It was pretty good, but I'll call it a miss, cause It wasn't anything mind blowing. Though to be fair to me, I was under the impression that clamp was also doing the story, not just the character designs.

Kingdom Season 5 - I mean, I haven't seen it, but from the score it seems like a hit to me

If you're new to the Fate series, it can be confusing to understand the connection between Nasuverse, Type-Moon, and the Fate franchise.

Don't worry, we've got you covered!
Our comprehensive guide will help you understand everything, making it easy for you to dive into the world of Fate.

First, we will talk about Type-Moon:
Basically, Type-Moon is a Japanese Game Company also known as Notes from which every Fate related concepts originates.

Second, we will talk about Nasuverse:
The Nasuverse is a fan nickname referring to the shared setting of a number of Type-Moon works.

This includes:
• Kara no Kyoukai (The Garden of Sinners)
• Mahoutsukai no Yoru (Witch on the Holy Night)
• Tsukihime Series
• Fate Series
• Tsuki no Sango (Coral of the Moon)

Third, Fate Series is part of the Nasuverse, including Fate/stay night, Fate/Zero, Fate/Extra, Fate/Apocrypha, Fate/Grand Order, and more.

Now, I hope you understand the basics!!

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First, It is highly recommended to watch Kara no Kyoukai (The Garden of Sinners) first above any Type-Moon Projects to understand the basic outline of how Type-Moon Universes Works.

Followed by Mahoutsukai no Yoru (Witch on the Holy Night) & Tsukihime Series to fully appreciate each mechanism of Fate World.

Kara no Kyoukai is arranged in chronological order.

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Then, we will cover complete Fate Series.
Just follow the list in order as they are arranged in chronological order.

Fate/Zero - Either you can watch it First or after completing all three routes.

Fate/Stay Night is divided into three routes with different storylines.
1st Route - Fate/Stay Night
2nd Route - Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
3rd Route - Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel

All three routes are compulsory.

After completing all three routes, Main Series of Fate is concluded.
Rest are alternative settings in the world of Fate.
All alternative settings are arranged in chronological order in their respective world.

i) Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya
ii) Fate/Apocrypha
iii) Fate/Extra
iv) Fate/Grand Order
v) Fate/strange Fake

Rest are covered in https://myanimelist.net/stacks/32642

All the Type moon stuff outside of Fate

Witch anime that I've watched and found on lists and discussions.

Here are some of the sources I've checked:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/CuteWitch/AnimeAndManga
https://www.entoin.com/entertainment/witch-anime
https://www.cbr.com/best-anime-about-training-witches/
https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/tags/witches
https://www.reddit.com/r/Animesuggest/comments/p6amrt/serious_witch_anime/?rdt=48131
https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/is9z0y/which_witch_anime_to_watch/
https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/qex8kf/any_anime_with_mage_girlswitches/