The upcoming Fate/strange Fake TV anime has received a new, “TRUE” trailer, which contains moments like Saber taking on Gilgamesh and a preview of the newly announced 13.3g ending theme song “Senzaiteki na Ai.”
There’s also a “Night ver.” key visual and new information regarding the anime’s premiere. Fate/strange Fake‘s January 3, 2026 start will see the rebroadcast of Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- TV special and the TV series’ first episode as a single one-hour package, so those looking for the second episode will have to wait a little more.
Fate/strange Fake is an adaptation of the Dengeki Bunko light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Shizuki Morii, one of the many titles in the Fate multimedia franchise. Crunchyroll describes the anime as such:
In a Holy Grail War, Mages (Masters) and their Heroic Spirits (Servants) fight for the control of the Holy Grail—an omnipotent wish-granting device said to fulfill any desire. Years have passed since the end of the Fifth Holy Grail War in Japan. Now, signs portend the emergence of a new Holy Grail in the western American city of Snowfield. Sure enough, Masters and Servants begin to gather… A missing Servant class… Impossible Servant summonings… A nation shrouded in secrecy… And a city created as a battleground. In the face of such irregularities, the Holy Grail War is twisted and driven into the depth of madness. Let the curtain rise on a masquerade of humans and heroes, made to dance upon the stage of a false Holy Grail.
©Ryohgo Narita,TYPE-MOON/KADOKAWA/FSFPC
Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- was released in 2023, after a delay from its original premiere as part of the Fate Project New Year’s Eve TV Special 2022. The TV anime’s first episode was released in December 2024, and an advance screening of the second episode was held at FGO Fes. 2025 in August of this year.
The Fate/strange Fake light novel series began in 2015 and has nine volumes as of March 2024. It received a TV commercial storyboarded and unit directed by Takahito Sakazume, who is the co-director of the TV series and TV special. The books have a manga adaptation.
Staff (reprising their roles from the Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- TV special unless stated otherwise)
• Director: Shun Enokido
• Director: Takahito Sakazume
• Character designer: Yukei Yamada
• Series composer: Daisuke Ohigashi
• Background art director: Kusanagi’s Ayu Kawamoto (new, Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning)
• Compositing director: Yohei Miyawaki
• Color designer: Takahiro Mogi
• CG director: Graphinica’s Shinichi Miyakaze (new, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury)
• Music composer: Hiroyuki Sawano
• Sound director: Masanori Tsuchiya
• Sound effects: Yasumasa Koyama
• Animation production: A-1 Pictures
Cast
• Kana Hanazawa as Ayaka Sajyo
• Yuki Ono as Saber
• Sumire Morohoshi as Tiné Chelc
• Tomokazu Seki as Archer
• Yu Kobayashi as Lancer
• Lynn as Assassin
• Tatsumaru Tachibana as Jester Karture
• Kenyu Horiuchi as Berserker
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Flat Escardos
• Daisuke Namikawa as Lord El-Melloi II
• Shotaro Morikubo as Caster
• Wataru Hatano as Orlando Reeve
• Maya Uchida as Francesca Prelati
Source: Fate/strange Fake anime website
