Fate/Prototype

Fate/Prototype

Fate/Prototype

ActionFantasyRomance
6.61 episodesFinished Airing

Studio: Lerche

Synopsis

Coming from a renowned magus family, Ayaka Sajou is much expected to partake in the Holy Grail War. But ever since her father and sister's demise in the previous battle, she has grown gloomy and unwilling to involve herself in the matters that killed her loved ones. Soon, she finds herself in grave danger at the hands of a knight and ends up summoning her own Servant named Saber. With him by her side, Ayaka ultimately becomes an official participant in the war she initially wanted to avoid so much. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Characters & Voice Actors

Pendragon, Arthur

Pendragon, Arthur

Main

VA: Sakurai, Takahiro

Sajou, Ayaka

Sajou, Ayaka

Main

VA: Hanazawa, Kana

Cú Chulainn

Cú Chulainn

Supporting

VA: Nakai, Kazuya

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh

Supporting

VA: Nakamura, Yuuichi

Isemi, Aro

Isemi, Aro

Supporting

VA: Ogata, Megumi

Reiroukan, Misaya

Reiroukan, Misaya

Supporting

VA: Saitou, Chiwa

Rider

Rider

Supporting

VA: Miyano, Mamoru

Sajyou, Manaka

Sajyou, Manaka

Supporting

VA: Toyosaki, Aki

Sajyou, Hiroki

Sajyou, Hiroki

Supporting

VA: Touchi, Hiroki

Sancraid, Phahn

Sancraid, Phahn

Supporting

VA: Koyasu, Takehito

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Alternative Setting

Reviews

jessiferjessifer7

This is basically what Fate/staynight could have been. The format is kind of similar to a trailer. First of all, the animation is absolutely fantastic, and the soundtrack isn't bad either. In this version of the Holy Grail War, the main character is instead a girl called Ayaka, whose family was involved in the previous war. She doesn't want to get involved in the present war (apparently they take place every 8 years now). However, she gets attacked by Lancer, and ends up summoning Saber. Who is male. The rest of the OVA is composed of really quick flashes of scenes and battles. It's confusing to watch, andI had to go search online for more info about the characters and such in order to fully understand the OVA. There are many battle scenes in the OVA, and they all seem to be really epic. Special mention goes to Gilgamesh's new powers. The characters are similar to Fate/staynight, given that this was the prototype for Staynight. The Servants have been slightly redesigned, including making Saber male. The protagonist Ayaka seems to be the generic scared & shy girl type, but then again the OVA didn't really give much time to develop anything. During the quick flashes, we get a glimpse at the villlains, all of which seem to be very interesting. The character who stood out to me blonde girl at the very end who seems to be yandere for male!Saber. Later online searches tell me she is named Manaka, and she's actually Ayaka's sister and a main villan. She feels kind of like Illya to me. Overall, I think this was a really cool concept. I really wish the OVA was longer, as a few searches online gave me some really interesting information that I didn't catch during the quick flashes.

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OmegaKatana92OmegaKatana928

I WISHED THIS WAS TURNED TO A FULL FLEDGED ANIME SERIES for fate's next 10 anniversary. Because this short work looked like it was going to be an announcement as the next big fate anime project. but it was an awesome commercial instead. The animation is top notch even if it isn't be utotable. and the fight scenes between gigamesh and male saber are epic. the female version of shirou is annoying as hell despite understanding to wanting to do anything with the holy grail war. The other characters aren't explained much in detail so that the end of that . Music was fitting butit gets the job done with the visuals. Finally I had fun watching this well done advertisement for a non existing product (it is it's actually the prototype for the well known fate stay night series) So that's my review for this short work

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