Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn

In the American city of Snowfield, a new Holy Grail War is about to erupt. Such ruthless confrontations pit against each other magic experts known as magi, who ascend to the status of Master by summoning Servants—heroic spirits of the past. The winner is thought to have any one of their wishes granted.

However, it appears that the organization behind the present situation has merely managed to create an imperfect copy of the Third Holy Grail War. As the unusual ritual catches the attention of the Mage's Association in London, Flatt Escardos, the young apprentice of Lord El-Melloi II—a former participant of the Fourth Holy Grail War—travels to Snowfield and, to the great dismay of his teacher, joins the ranks of the Masters.

In this fake conflict where the line between Masters and Servants is blurred, the different factions will have a hard time preventing the city of Snowfield from plunging into total chaos.

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Gilgamesh Main

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Enkidu Main

Kobayashi, Yuu Japanese

Escardos, Flatt Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Assassin Main

Lynn Japanese

Chelc, Tine Main

Morohoshi, Sumire Japanese

Berserker Main

Horiuchi, Kenyuu Japanese

Caster Main

Morikubo, Shoutarou Japanese

Reeve, Orlando Main

Hatano, Wataru Japanese

Velvet, Waver Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Gray Supporting

Kurosaki, Shizuka Producer

Enokido, Shun Director, Storyboard, In-Between Animation

Sakazume, Takahito Director, Storyboard, In-Between Animation

Tsuchiya, Masanori Sound Director

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Jul 2, 2023

MarokiC

Recommended

Look it's a TV Special. It's practically the prologue for the upcoming Fate Strange Fake Anime Series. Episode 0 we can say.
Let's not expect much of a conclusion from this. Was it good? Yes, it did its job introducing the Servants, Masters and our Boy Gilgamesh.

Storywise, I'd say it did a very interesting take on the Holy grail war, a war based in AMERICA? Why has this not been done before?? I think it was a great introduction for the characters, obviously not a lot shown, understandable given its very limited runtime but its enough. And the voice acting is AMAZING. But easily ... the best part for is the Animation, so many different animation styles, which reminded me of Apocrypha (just without the stillshots), honestly MOVIE level animation. A-1 really did good work with this.

Story 8/10 (understandable, we barely know anything, doesn't mean its bad. We must simply wait for the Series to begin)

Animation/Art (10/10) A-1 put in their A team (heh) into this. Beautiful all around, especially during that fight scene. the BACKGROUNDS my god, breathtaking.

Music (8/10) not a lot of soundtracks shown, but for what its worth, they were pretty good. Rap during the Enkidu vs Gilgamesh fight is an interesting choice.

Characters (10/10), all the characters I got shown seemed so interesting to me. Jack the ripper is a really interesting take from the Legend, and the blonde MC is surprisingly very likable. Cant comment too much without spoiling, but the characters felt really great, and I was never bored or annoyed by a character being shown onscreen.

If I were to put score this as a Prologue episode, which it is. And how well it did it job as a prologue I would give it a 9.
Im extremely excited for the series. Until next time

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jul 22, 2023

Chrismas95

Mixed Feelings

Funny

Admittedly I wasn’t aware this was a prologue/introduction for an anime (which has only just been announced as of writing this), so I was a bit confused by the methodical pace when watching. After all, Fake was apparently an April Fools’ joke that was made real, so I was expecting a little cheeky hour-long animation of that and that’s it. But this felt like it was taking itself as an actual story seriously, which I think is (ironically) a funny way to present jokes like this.

However, I was admittedly confused at everything that was going on. Almost everyone speaks verbosely, terms are thrown ... around, characters are cut to, and relationships are revealed in a way that was pretty hard to follow for me (and in a way I don’t remember the other Fate introductions being). Maybe I've just been out of Fate for too long or missed a few too many spin-offs that are prerequisites. It probably all comes together in hindsight once you watch the actual TV series at least?

It’s nice to see who the characters are going to be this time around. But personally I didn’t get much out of watching it alone simply a taste of what’s to come.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Jan 2, 2025

joemaamah

Not Recommended

If this was the fake, I don't think I want to see the real thing.

The art work is nothing to write home about. It's about the same old-same old for the franchise. I did like some of the background stuff. But the animation was the epitome of flashy trash. Lots of color, and camera angles jumping around during the big battle. But if you looked past that, the rest was less than average. Half a notch above kid-vid. You'd think a franchise that has made this much money could do a lot better. Well, I am sure they could, but that would cut into ... profits.

The characters are the usual cut/paste assortment they've been using for years. Not a smidge of anything original or new happening here. Just slap a new skin on the old animation, and push them out the door, as fast and cheaply as you can.

Got the same impression from the VAs. They sounded like they were in a hurry to go get a bite at McDonald's. The direction is a study in inompetance. Especially where the soundtrack is concerned. I rarely mention that, but this one was so woefully abused and distracting, I'd be remiss if I let it slip.

This left me screaming at twilight. Time forever lost, to yet another gambit, to fleece otakus from another yen. If I graded this prolog, it gets no better than 64/100 for a mere D. Doesn't bode well for the series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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