Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (series)

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (フェイトステイナイトアンリミテッドブレイドワークス Feito/sutei naito Anrimiteddo Bureido Wākusu) is an anime series produced by Ufotable. It is based on the visual novel Fate/stay night produced by Type-Moon.

Synopsis

Shirō Emiya lost his parents in a fire when he was young and was later adopted by a sorcerer by the name of Kiritsugu Emiya. Although he was full of admiration for his adopted father and yearns to become an ally of justice, Shirou has limited powers and was unable to become a strong sorcerer like his father. That is until one fateful day, he was drawn into the Holy Grail War and had to summon a female "Servant" known as Saber in order to protect himself. It turns out that the Holy Grail War involves a series of battles among powerful sorcerers to fight for the possession of a relic that will grant one's wishes, the Holy Grail. There are altogether seven "Masters" who can summon their respective "Servants" from different classes known as Saber, Archer, Rider, Berserker, Lancer, Caster and Assassin. These "Servants" have to hide their names in order not to reveal their weaknesses to the enemies. The story revolves around Shirō and his entanglement in the Holy Grail War.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Season
Magi
	Shirō Emiya	Noriaki Sugiyama	Bryce Papenbrook	1ª-2ª
	Shirō Emiya	Junko Noda (child)	Mona Marshall	1ª-2ª
	Rin Tōsaka	Kana Ueda	Mela Lee	1ª-2ª
	Shinji Matō	Hiroshi Kamiya	Kyle McCarley	1ª-2ª
	Kirei Kotomine	Jōji Nakata	Crispin Freeman	1ª-2ª
	Illyasviel "Illya" von Einzbern	Mai Kadowaki	Stephanie Sheh	1ª-2ª
	Soichiro Kuzuki	Masaki Terasoma	Lex Lang	1ª-2ª
Servants
	Saber (Arturia Pendragon)	Ayako Kawasumi	Kari Wahlgren	1ª-2ª
	Archer (EMIYA)	Junichi Suwabe	Kaiji Tang	1ª-2ª
	Archer (Gilgamesh)	Tomokazu Seki	David Vincent	1ª-2ª
	Lancer (Cú Chulainn)	Nobutoshi Hayashi	Tony Oliver	1ª-2ª
	Rider (Medusa)	Yū Asakawa	Melissa Fahn	1ª-2ª
	Caster (Medea)	Atsuko Tanaka	Megan Hollingshead	1ª-2ª
	Assassin (Sasaki Kojirō)	Shinichirō Miki	Todd Haberkorn	1ª-2ª
	Berserker (Hercules)	Tadahisa Saizen	Michael McConnohie	1ª-2ª
Others
	Sakura Matō	Noriko Shitaya	Cristina Valenzuela	1ª
	Kiritsugu Emiya	Rikiya Koyama	Matthew Mercer	1ª
	Taiga Fujimura	Miki Itō	Julie Ann Taylor	1ª-2ª
	Issei Ryudo	Mitsuaki Madono	Robbie Daymond	1ª-2ª
	Ayako Mitsuzuri	Fumie Mizusawa	Brina Palencia	1ª-2ª
	Yukika Saegusa	Eri Nakao	Jessica DiCicco	1ª
	Sella	Haruhi Terada	Rachael Lillis	1ª-2ª
	Leysritt	Miho Miyagawa	Brianna Knickerbocker	1ª-2ª

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episode
Kaede Makidera	Michiru Yuimoto	Erica Lindbeck	01
Kane Himuro	Rie Nakagawa	Dorothy Elias-Fahn	01
Atrum Galliasta	Jun Fukushima	Robbie Daymond	14
Lord El-Melloi II	Daisuke Namikawa	Lucien Dodge	26
Luviagelita Edelfelt	Shizuka Itō	Lauren Landa	26

Additional Voices[]

Notes[]

Unlike the original "Fate/stay night" series and film, the producers felt that the story took a different approach compared to the previous series, and Tony Oliver served as the show's voice director replacing Kristi Reed. Because of this, almost all of the voices from the original show are recast entirely, with some of the voice actors such as Kari Wahlgren, Crispin Freeman, Cristina Valenzuela and Matthew Mercer being carried over from the dub of Fate/Zero.
- However, Mela Lee, Stephanie Sheh, Tony Oliver and Julie Ann Taylor did reprise their roles from the original Fate/stay night as Rin Tōsaka, Illyasviel "Illya" von Einzbern, Lancer, and Taiga Fujimura respectively.
Megan Hollingshead's first new anime role since Durarara!! in 2011.
Rachael Lillis's first new anime role since Dinosaur King, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn & Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I as well her first debut role in LA.
Aside from "Fate/Zero", this is the third and only English dub production of a Fate/stay night series to be unionized due to the appearance of Crispin Freeman, Kari Wahlgren, and Jessica DiCicco.
This dub features a mini reunion form 4Kids voice actors (Rachael Lillis & Megan Hollingshead)
As this Dub was recorded in LA, Luviagelita Edelfelt had to be recast from Shelley Calene-Black to Lauren Landa.

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Contents	Region	Country
Aniplex of America	2015-2016	The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
		2 Volumes	1 NTSC
		The Complete Series	A DVB-T
		2 Volumes	A DVB-T

External Links[]

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works at the Internet Movie Database
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia