Fate/Apocrypha

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Fate/Apocrypha is a Japanese light novel series in Type-Moon's Fate franchise, written by Yūichirō Higashide and illustrated by Ototsugu Konoe. Type-Moon published five volumes from December 2012 to December 2014. A manga adaptation illustrated by Akira Ishida was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine from June 2016 to April 2024. An anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired from July to December 2017.

Plot

Fate/Apocrypha focuses on Kairi Shishigō, a necromancer hired by the Clock Tower, who summons the Saber-class Mordred. The Red faction is led by priest Shirō Kotomine, though Shishigō remains independent, distrusting him. Shirō and his servant, Semiramis steal their command spells to control their Servants: Karna, Atalanta, Achilles, William Shakespeare, and Spartacus. Eventually the narrative switches to a malfunctioning homunculus who is named Sieg as well as the mediator of the Holy Grail War, Ruler Jeanne D'Arc. With the combined power of Siegfried and Frankenstein's Monster, Sieg can defeat Shirō, who is given a painless death by Semiramis via a poisoned kiss. The remaining Red servants vanish shortly afterwards.

Sieg and Astolfo, being the winners of the war, talk to the Grail's avatar Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern, who explains Shirō's wish will occur, but it will prevent humanity from evolving. Sieg requests that he be transformed into Fafnir. After the war, Astolfo sets off to explore the world. Sometime later, Jeanne's spirit reunites with Sieg, confessing their love as they began a new journey together.

Characters

Black faction

Servants

Masters

Red faction

Servants

Masters

Media

Light novels

Fate/Apocrypha is written by Yūichirō Higashide and illustrated by Ototsugu Konoe. Fate/Apocrypha was originally introduced as a canceled project for an online game, with various details and character designs by various artists collected in Fate/complete material IV Extra material. In November 2011, it was announced as a new project called Fate/Apocrypha,[1] and in early December, Higashide confirmed on Twitter that he is writing Fate/Apocrypha as a light novel.[2] On December 15, 2011, in the seventh volume of Type-Moon Ace magazine, it was first published as a short story penned by Higashide as the first chapter.[3] Although some story elements were present, the short story itself has no relation to the final version of the story presented in the novels. The original planned number of books was four, but Higashide later confirmed that the story was eventually extended to five books.[4] The defunct original online game project has since been rebooted as Fate/Grand Order.

No.TitleRelease dateISBN
1Gaiten: Seihai Taisen 外典：聖杯大戦December 29, 2012[5]—
2Kuro no Rinbu / Aka no Saiten 黒の輪舞/赤の祭典August 16, 2013[6]—
3Seijin no Gaisen 聖人の凱旋December 29, 2013[7]—
4Shiten no Hai 熾天の杯May 30, 2014[8]—
5Jaryū to Seijo 邪竜と聖女December 28, 2014[9]—

Manga

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Akira Ishida, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine from the August 2016 issue sold on June 25,[10][11] to the June 2024 issue sold on April 26,[12] and compiled into sixteen volumes.

No.Release dateISBN
1August 26, 2016[13]978-4-04-104684-5
2January 26, 2017[14]978-4-04-105220-4
3June 24, 2017[15]978-4-04-105765-0
4October 24, 2017[16]978-4-04-106099-5
5January 26, 2018[17]978-4-04-106487-0
6July 26, 2018[18]978-4-04-107166-3
7February 26, 2019[19]978-4-04-107811-2
8November 26, 2019[20]978-4-04-108687-2
9October 24, 2020[21]978-4-04-108690-2
10July 26, 2021[22]978-4-04-111676-0
11September 25, 2021[23]978-4-04-111677-7
12March 26, 2022[24]978-4-04-111678-4
13September 26, 2022[25]978-4-04-112945-6
14March 25, 2023[26]978-4-04-112946-3
15October 26, 2023[27]978-4-04-113945-5
16June 25, 2024[28]978-4-04-113946-2

Anime

An anime television series, directed by Yoshiyuki Asai and produced by A-1 Pictures, aired from July 2 to December 30, 2017, on Tokyo MX and other channels.[29][30] The series ran for 25 episodes.[31] Yūichirō Higashide wrote the scripts, Yūkei Yamada designed the characters, and Masaru Yokoyama composed the music.[32] The series is streamed on Netflix in Japan.[33] The first twelve episodes of the series began streaming on Netflix outside of Japan on November 7, 2017.[34] Aniplex of America later released the series on Blu-ray in two sets on November 20, 2018, and February 12, 2019, with a full English dub.[35] Madman Entertainment acquired the series for a home video release in Australia and New Zealand,[36] and MVM Entertainment acquired the series for a home video release in the UK and Ireland.[37]

Music

From episodes 1–12, the first opening theme is "Eiyū: Unmei no Uta" (英雄 運命の詩; "Heroes: Song of Fate") by Egoist while the ending theme is "Désir" (Desire) by Garnidelia.[38] From episodes 13 onwards, the second opening theme is "Ash" by LiSA while the ending theme is "Koe" by Asca.[39] The series' soundtrack, consisting of two CDs, was composed by Masaru Yokoyama.

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