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2006
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Fate/stay night is a Japanese anime television series based on the visual novel of the same name developed by Type-Moon. The show was produced by Studio Deen and aired on Teletama from January to June 2006. The series is set in Fuyuki City, Japan, where a war is about to commence between seven mages known as Masters, and their familiar summoned from ancient heroes or historical legends known as Servants. The winner of the war will have their wish granted by the Holy Grail.

The main protagonist of the story is Shirou Emiya (voiced by Noriaki Sugiyama), a high school student who gets caught up in the war after accidentally summoning a Servant, the strong-willed Saber (voiced by Ayako Kawasumi), believing that he can save everyone and bring prosperity to the world. Shirou's struggle to survive and understand the true nature of the war forms the core of the story.

Saber is a noble warrior who wields a sword called Excalibur and is determined to fulfill her duty as a Servant to win the war for her Master. Assisting Shirou and Saber are his classmates Rin Tohsaka (voiced by Kana Ueda) and Sakura Matou (voiced by Noriko Shitaya). Rin is a highly skilled and intelligent mage who is ruthless in her pursuit to win the war, and Sakura is Shirou's childhood friend who is caught up in the conflict due to her family's involvement.

Junichi Suwabe voices Archer, a mysterious Servant summoned by Rin, who possesses powerful weapons and magic. Mai Kadowaki voices Illyasviel von Einzbern, a young girl and one of the Masters, who is protected by her Servant Berserker (voiced by Nobutoshi Canna), a fierce warrior who fights with his bare hands. Atsuko Tanaka voices Caster, a cunning and manipulative mage who uses magic to control others. Shinichiro Miki voices Assassin, a stealthy and deadly Servant with exceptional fighting skills.

The animation style of Fate/stay night is visually stunning, with detailed character designs and impressive action sequences. Masaki Terasoma voices Kirei Kotomine, a priest who acts as a mediator in the war and is secretly plotting his own agenda. Yuu Asakawa voices Rider, a Servant who rides a motorcycle and possesses the power of illusion.

Other notable voice actors include Miki Ito as Taiga Fujimura, Shirou's friendly and energetic homeroom teacher, Hiroshi Kamiya as Shinji Matou, Sakura's abusive brother and one of the Masters, Jouji Nakata as Kirei's Servant, Kotomine, and Tomokazu Seki as Gilgamesh, the powerful and arrogant King of Heroes, who is summoned by Kirei to fight for him.

Overall, Fate/stay night is a thrilling and engaging anime series that explores themes of loyalty, sacrifice, and the price of power. It combines action, drama, and fantasy in a captivating way that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats from start to finish.

Fate/stay night is a series that ran for 1 seasons (24 episodes) between January 6, 2006 and on Teletama

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24. The All Distant Utopia

June 16, 2006

Shirou has found himself trapped in the same place Kirei Kotomine trapped Shirou's father. Surrounded by death Shirou must escape this place through will power alone, if he want's to end this Holy Grail War once and for all. Saber is also having trouble defeating the somewhat unbeatable Gilgamesh yet there is hope, with the power of "Avalon" The Ever-Distant Utopia.What will truly come about from destroying the Holy Grail? Will things be able to go back to normal?

23. Holy Grail

June 9, 2006

After the incident at the church, Saber and Shirou return home only to find Rin on the floor and badly injured. It turns out that Kirei Kotomine attacked her, while Shirou and Saber were occupied and that's not all because he has also taken Ilya and plans to make her the sacrifice for the Holy Grail. Aided with Rin's final advice, they both head to Ryudouji where Kirei is going to summon the Holy Grail. Saber will battle again with Gilgamesh and Shirou will have to leave her and deal with Kirei, who obviously has some sort of personal vendetta against Shirou.The final fight has just begun.

22. Result of a Wish

June 2, 2006

Saber can't seem to get Shirou of her mind but that is short lived when she finds out from Rin that Ilya has a terrible fever and may not last long. Meanwhile Shirou is still missing, having not returned from the night before and Saber knows that there's only one place he could be, the church. It doesn't take long for Saber to notice the wounded Shirou on the floor but she's unable to do anything because she's greeted by Lancer. Saber must decide whether she truly desires the Holy Grail as she's given a means in acquiring it.Kirei Kotomine reveals what really happened at the end of the last Holy Grail War and what will Shirou and Saber do knowing the true meaning of the Holy Grail?

21. Separation of Heaven and Earth and the Creation of a Star

May 26, 2006

With the appearance of the mysterious Archer-class Servant, Saber tells Shirou to escape while keeps him occupied. However Shirou, knowning that Saber couldn't defeat him before, foolishly tries to attack him head on and with the snap of his fingers Shirou is quickly defeated. Will Saber have the strength to defeat him, esepecially now knowing his true identity; owner of all the world's treasures, the King of Heroes of ancient Uruk, Gilgamesh.Kirei Kotomine also seems to play a major part in the Holy Grail War and it's not because he's the mediator.

20. Distant Trace of a Dream

May 19, 2006

Shirou takes Saber out on a date to try and convince her not to use the Grail and go back to her own time, but to stay in this time instead.

19. The Golden King

May 12, 2006

Saber's fight with Assassin and Shirou's fight with Souichirou reaches its climax. Souichirou shatters Shirou's blades again, sending him flying down to where Rin and Sakura are and it is upto Saber to defeat Assassin and make it down in time to save everyone. With Saber still affected by Caster's Noble Phantasm Rule Breaker, she isn't able to defeat Caster when all of a sudden their fight is interrupted by an unknown Servant. It seems that Saber is familiar with this Servant, but it turns out he's the eighth Servant in this Holy Grail War.In light of the appearance of the eighth Servant, Saber finally reveals to Shirou the shocking events of the previous Holy Grail War.

18. Decisive Battle

May 5, 2006

Shirou, Saber and Rin are at the steps to the temple.Assassin appears, he lets Shirou and Rin go past and fights Saber. Shirou and Rin head past Assassin and past him they see Sakura, in rather odd cloths who is in what seems to be pain as she is glowing red. She is in a pit arena area and as they prepare to go down there they are attacked from behind which Shirou notices and blocks the attack with Archer's swords. Souichirou appears and Shirou tells Rin to go ahead as he fights Souichirou and she goes to rescue Sakura. Meanwhile Saber and Assassin fight continues on. They compliment each other on being one of the best swordsmen they have ever faced and Assassin tells Saber that his identity, Sasaki Kojirou doesn't really exist. He is fabricated from people's minds of being a great swordsman so he is a fictional heroic soul. He says he has no desire for the Holy Grail therefore; his true desire is this, a fight with a worthy opponent.We find out more on the past of Rin & Sakura and how they once were bestfriends. Caster is watching this smiling says she just needs one magician for the sacrifice. Everything seems to be going as she had planned.

17. Mark of the Witch

April 28, 2006

Shirou wakes up after having yet another dream of Saber's past and is clearly shaken up by what happened. That morning, during breakfast, Ilya is introduced by Rin as another person to be staying there for a while and Taiga seems to accept it well. Meanwhile there have been news on even more gas leaks, meaning that the Master at Ryudouji seems to be escalating his plans. While Shirou, Rin and Saber are planning what to do about this, Ilya enters the room with a great deal of information on this topic.

16. The Sword That Brings The Promised Victory

April 21, 2006

The battle is at the turning point, where Rin is about to be squashed by Beserker and Saber is unable to save her. As a last resort Saber decides to use her Noble Phantasm to defeat Beserker, no matter how it would affect her. Realizing that Saber could disappear from this, Shirou forces her to stop and decides to take matters into his own hands.The advancement of Shirou's character as we find what he is really able to do.

15. The Twelve Trials

April 14, 2006

Archer has been defeated by the unbeatable Beserker and now Shirou, Saber and Rin are trying their best to escape the same fate. They are able to find shelter to bide some time, because Shirou has to find a way to replenish Saber's mana while Ilya looks for them. With Archer's sacrifice, Rin is that much more determined to get out of this alive and comes up with an elaborate plan. The beginning of a fight between Saber and Berserker commences.

14. The Ideal Conclusion

April 7, 2006

Rin, Saber and Archer just outside of Ilya's mansion. They see Ilya walk out so they soon head inside to rescue Shirou.Rin asks Archer to slow Berserker down by himself while the rest of them escape. Archer says fine but asks if it's ok to kick Berserker's ass while doing so. Rin kind of smiles and they run off, leaving Archer to fight Berserker. Before they leave Archer yells out Emiya Shirou. Shirou stops and Archer tells him, Get this straight: You are not one who fights. You're nothing more than one who creates. Throw irrelevant thoughts away. There's only one thing you can do. Master that one thing! Archer then causes part of the ceiling to fall separating them so that Shirou will run away.The fight between Archer and Berserker commences.

13. Winter Castle

March 31, 2006

Shirou falls asleep and sees a dream of a flashback of Saber's past. We see Saber in plain olden time cloths walking up to a sword in a stone.Saber wakes up and notices Shirou is gone. She talks to Rin and despite Archer's objection they go looking for him, suspecting he has been kidnapped by an enemy.Shirou wakes up in Ilya's house as her captive. Ilya says how she wants Shirou to become hers.

12. Splitting The Sky

March 24, 2006

Shirou is very worried about the well being of the students, staff, and of the school after yesterday's events, he's especially worried about Taiga who seems to be recovering well. Shirou is now determined to put an end to this and plans to go after Shinji before he can make another force field and with Sabers support they head out. However before that, Shirou has some important information to disclose to Rin about Shinji's Servant, Rider about the Noble Phantasm she used.

11. Blood Fort Andromeda

March 17, 2006

After a mornings training session with Saber, Shirou is then straightaway dragged off by Rin for some more training of her own. While this is going on Shirou receives a phone call from Shinji, asking Shirou to meet him at the school. Because it seemed urgent Shirou heads of to school and is greatly shocked by what he sees. Shinji shows his true colors and says how he wanted to show Rin how he was superior to Shirou and that he would defeat him here. What will happen to Shirou and does he have the will to fight off a Master and his Servant, alone?

10. The Calm Interlude

March 10, 2006

Rin suspects Kuzuki might be the Master of Caster. With the help of a hesitant Shirou, she implements a dangerous plan in a remote location to test out her theory.

9. Elegance In The Moonlight

March 3, 2006

Saber is eager to go to the temple but Shir? has insisted that they won't be going because it seems too dangerous. Nonetheless, as soon as Shir? falls asleep, Saber heads off by herself to the temple, not only to be confronted by the servant identified as Assassin. Unlike any other servant, Assassin actually reveals his true identity to Saber, as Sasaki Kojirou. Although the talking ends here and the fighting begins but while this is going on Rider sneaks past them and enters the temple to fight some woman. Who is this mysterious woman and was Shinji planning this all along?

8. Dissonant Melody

February 24, 2006

Shirou continues his training with Saber. She is glad that his abilities have improved, but there is something different about his technique. Meanwhile, Rin suspects there is a fourth Master at school.

7. Despicable Acts

February 17, 2006

Saber yelled at Shirou for not summoning her when he was in danger. Saber starts to go to school with Shirou. When Rin appears and says she will walk with Shirou to school, Saber allowing this after Rin talked to her. She explained that this way enemies may think it's a trap to not see Saber with him so they are less likely to attack.Rin explains that there should be spell marks around the school and if they destroy those it will delay the activation of the force field but not destroy it, and most likely force the master out of hiding. After school Shirou and Rin work to find spell marks and destroy them. They end up destroying a good amount of them and call it a night.On the way home, before Shirou gets anywhere but after Rin leaves he feels something really strong. He goes to investigate it and feels its coming from the archery club. Shirou heads inside where he sees a huge spell circle on the wall and when he tries to touch it he is shocked by magic. He then sees Rider and before she does anything Shinji walks in, commanding Rider making her step back and he asks Shirou if he wants to play.

6. The Two Magi (Part Two)

February 10, 2006

Rin giving Shirou the option of betraying Saber and stepping down as a master or she will break his arm and make it impossible to ever be used. Before Rin can do anything they hear a scream and Shirou goes to investigate it, followed by Rin. The two of them find girl lying unconscious on the floor. Rin starts to tend to her and Rin can't concentrate with the door to the outside open so Shirou goes to close it. Just then Shirou sees a spike being hurled towards them, at Rin's head. He blocks it with his arm and gets impaled through the arm by a spike that then disappears.A Servant reveals herself, she uses chains and spikes at the end of them as a weapon and starts attacking Shirou. Servant is about to kill him, Rin shoots the chain and frees Shirou, causing the Servant to retreat. Rin asks who the master was and Shirou says he doesn't know.Shirou heads home with Archer as his escort until he gets safely to Saber. Archer talks to Shirou about his method and plan for playing this Holy Grail War. Archer mentions how he heard about the fight with the Servant, who he calls Rider. Archer says that the longer you embrace an ideal, the more friction, contradiction you have with reality. He takes off without saying more.Shirou reflects upon what Archer said.

5. The Two Magi (Part One)

February 3, 2006

Shirou introduces Saber to Sakura and the one teacher saying she is a distant relative. The teacher tests Saber's skills to be able to defend Shirou rather pathetically, she allows her to stay at the house with him.Rin and Archer are talking he asks her why she doesn't go after Shirou, an easy target to kill. She says if he were to show up in front of her without being aware of it, she would kill him.At school some girls are missing from school for the second day in a row. After school, Shirou has stayed to investigate these disappearance when he runs into Rin. Rin confronts Shirou calling him an idiot for idly walking around without his Servant and she attacks him. Shirou runs from her and locks himself in a classroom. Shirou does the only magic he knows and fortifies a desk to protect against an attack from Rin. The whole school is being lit by this happenings, all this being watched by a mysterious character in the trees and the episode ends.

4. The Strongest Enemy

January 27, 2006

After the meeting with Kirei Kotomine Shirou and Rin leave the church only to run into another Master that goes by the name of, Illyasviel von Einzbern. Saber is forced to go into combat against an incomprehensibly stronger servant, called Beserker. With Saber's previous injury still causing major problems and reducing her fighting capacity, is there even a chance of her winning?

3. Raising The Curtain

January 20, 2006

Shirou is still lost and incredibly confused, after seeing an elegant warrior with the name Saber appear before him and choosing him as her Master. Shirou isn't even given a chance to get to grips of the situation before Saber continues her fight with Lancer, but before things get too serious Lancer walks off. Saber then chooses to pick a fight with Rin and her servant, but Saber reluctantly accepts Shirou's order to stop. Shirou then learns of the Holy Grail War, which he has gotten himself into.

2. Night of Fate

January 13, 2006

Rin seems to have problem with the servant she has and the fact that she wasn't powerful enough to call forth a more powerful servant. Back at school, Shirou has been asked by Ayako to keep an eye on Sakura's brother Shinji Matou, who's been fooling about in archery club. In the end Shinji takes advantage of Shirou's helpful nature and makes him take care of the archery club's dojo. However while Shirou's cleaning head goes out to inspect a noise, only to witness a fight between two servants.

1. The Day It Began

January 6, 2006

Ten years ago in Fuyuki City, a young boy was caught in a massive inferno that incinerated his parents and consumed a large portion of the city; as he was dying, a man saves him. Now this boy, Shirou Emiya, is an amateur mechanic who attends school at Homurabara Gakuen. Shirou also seems to be quite a bit of a magician but his abilities are no where near the level of his late father's. Meanwhile, the city is beginning to be plagued by gas spills and homicides and with Shirou's sense of justice starts to kick in, what could someone like him possibly do?

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Fate/stay night is available for streaming on the Teletama website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Fate/stay night on demand at Amazon Prime and Amazon.