The Holy Grail War that never was—until Nasu finally let us see what he originally imagined.
Fate/Prototype is a reimagined version of Kinoko Nasu's original version of Fate/stay night. The storyline takes place eight years after the tragic Heaven's Feel. Here, the Holy Grail is still the so desired object. However, the darkness under this so-called "Grail" is revealed while the characters proceed to fight against each other in order to win.
Direction
Seiji Kishi crams a whole visual novel's worth of angst into twelve minutes.
Cinematography
Gothic architecture and moonlit battles that scream 'this could have been a masterpiece.'
Acting
Takahiro Sakurai's Saber hits different—literally a different character entirely.
Director
Seiji Kishi
Kana Hanazawa
Ayaka Sajyou (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Saber (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Archer (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Lancer (voice)
Chiwa Saito
Misaya Reiroukan (voice)
Aki Toyosaki
Manaka Sajou (voice)
Mamoru Miyano
Rider (voice)
Megumi Ogata
Rider's Master (voice)
Hiroki Touchi
Father Sajyou (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
Phahn Sancraid (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This OVA was created for the Fate/stay night 10th anniversary and adapts Nasu's 1999 unpublished novel—literally the original draft before everything got genderbent and mainstream.
Male Saber aka Arthur Pendragon became a cult figure in Fate fandom specifically BECAUSE he's inaccessible—scarcity breeds obsession, baby.
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