"Fate" New Year's Eve special program: "Fate/strange Fake" Episode 1 broadcast

It has been announced that the "Fate Project New Year's Eve TV Special", a special program based on the popular "Fate" game and anime series, will be broadcast on TOKYO MX, BS11 and other stations from 9:30 pm on December 31st. The first episode of the TV anime "Fate/strange Fake" series, "Heroic Spirit Incident", will be broadcast in advance, and the TV special "Whispers of Dawn" (episode 0) will also be rebroadcast. A preview PV for the first episode has also been released on YouTube.

Character visuals of Ayaka Sajo and Saber have also been released. Hanazawa Kana, who plays Ayaka, commented, "I'm so excited to finally be able to watch the first episode that I can hold out one last time until the end of the year! I hope you will enjoy the beauty of the animation while imagining why Ayaka came to Snowfield and who that girl is..."

Ono Yuki, who plays Saber, said, "Finally! Fake is starting!! I'm happy that we can deliver the first episode in advance. Saber is really fun to play, but... will she have more lines than episode 0!? Please look forward to it!"

"Fate/strange Fake" is a light novel by Narita Ryogo, who is known for "Baccano!" and "Durarara!!". The story is about a "fake Holy Grail War" that takes place in the US. It is published by Dengeki Bunko (KADOKAWA).

◇Staff (titles omitted)

Director: Shun Enokido, Takahito Sakazume▽Series Composition: Daito Daisuke▽Character Design: Yuki Yamada▽Sub-Character Design: Masaaki Takiyama, Hikaru Aine, Yurie Hama, Okazaki Oka▽Prop Design: Kazuma Tanaka▽Monster Design: Yuto Kajino, Shinpei Wada▽Image Board: Keigo Arihara▽Noble Phantasm Production Design: Go Hakuyu▽Art Director: Ayu Kiyoki (Kusanagi)▽Art Board: Kazuo Ogura (Kusanagi)▽Art Setting: Iho Narita (Kusanagi), Sayaka Itabashi (Graphinica), Ayumi Sugimoto (Senju Koubou), Masayuki Nizuma (Senju Koubou)▽Color Design: Takahiro Mogi▽CG Director: Shinichi Miyakaze (Graphinica)▽2D Works: Ryohei Matsuda▽Director of Photography: Yohei Miyawaki▽Editor: Yuji Kondo (REAL-T)▽Sound Director: Masaki Tsuchiya▽Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama▽Sound Production: INSPION Edge▽Music: Hiroyuki Sawano▽Production: A-1 Pictures

◇Cast (titles omitted)

Ayaka Sajo: Kana Hanazawa▽Saber: Yuki Ono▽Tine Cherk: Sumire Morohoshi▽Archer: Tomokazu Seki▽Lancer: Yu Kobayashi▽Tsubaki Kurioka: Aoi Koga▽Orlando Reeve: Wataru Hatano▽Caster: Shoutarou Morikubo▽Flat Escaldos: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka▽Berserker: Kenyuu Horiuchi▽Jester Carture: Ryumaru Tachibana▽Assassin: Lynn▽Francesca Prelati: Maaya Uchida▽Faldeus Dioland: Junya Enoki▽Lord El-Melloi II: Daisuke Namikawa▽Rangar: Shunsuke Sakino