Synopsis
During the third Fuyuki Holy Grail War, the most important item in the magical ritual, the Holy Grail was found by a master from the German forces. Long ago the German forces sent their armies to search for ancient arcane artifacts to help them win the war. But then the German forces were betrayed by the master who stole the Holy Grail he found for his own interests, and ended the third Fuyuki Holy Grail War. Following the theft, there were many pseudo-Holy Grail War waged all across the world. Soon the Yggdmillenia clan claimed that they have found the Holy Grail. The Yggdmillenia clan used the Grail to summon 7 servants, the forces who help 7 masters in a Holy Grail War. But the Grail itself has a failsafe system which allows for the summoning of 7 more servants if there were 7 servants controlled by single power. The Clock Tower mage association gathered another 7 mages as masters to summon servants as the Red Faction to fight back the Black Faction lead by the Yggdmillenia. The Great Holy Grail War where 7 masters versus 7 masters and their servants would soon begun.
Comments
The first episode of Fate/Apocrypha opens with four minutes of intense action scene with flashy yet adorably fascinating animation. The Fate series itselfs has been a part of Type-Moon universe for a long time and Fate/Apocrypha is not the first Fate story adapted into an anime series. But this doesn’t mean that the audience have to watch the previous Fate, Tsukihime, Kara no Kyoukai, or even Carneval Phantasm to understand the story in this series, although it’s a good idea to watch them in order to know what’s going on in the Type-Moon universe. In this first episode, there are some brief explanation about what is the Holy Grail War, and what is happened in the Fate universe to help new audience easily understand the story in this series. Last but not least, Fate/Apocrypha will be suited for your watch list in this season if you are a big fan of Fate Series, Egoist fans, or just want to look at some action anime with the hints of magical lore and historical legends.
Facts and Figures
| Source material | Light novel written by Yuuchiro Higashide and illustrated |
| Casts | Ai Nonaka as Black Berserker Ayumi Mano as Homunculus (eps 1) Daisuke Namikawa as Lord El-Melloi II (eps 1) Emiri Kato as Roche Frain Yggdmillenia Junichi Suwabe as Black Saber Kei Shindou as Red Assassin Kenji Nomura as Kairi Sisigou Koji Yusa as Red Lancer Kouki Uchiyama as Shiro Kotomine Maaya Sakamoto as Ruler Mai Nakahara as Reika Rikudou Makoto Furukawa as Red Rider Mitsuru Miyamoto as Black Caster Miyuki Sawashiro as Red Saber Natsuki Hanae as Sieg Nobuyuki Hiyama as Darnic Prestone Yggdmillenia Rumi Ookubo as Black Rider Ryotaro Okiayu as Black Lancer Sakura Tange as Black Assassin Saori Hayami as Red Archer Satoshi Tsuruoka as Red Berserker Shizuka Ishigami as Celenike Icecolle Yggdmillenia Shunsuke Takeuchi as Red Archer Tetsu Inada as Red Caster Tomohisa Asou as Rocco Belfeban (eps 1) Toru Ohkawa as Gordes Musik Yggdmillenia Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Flat Escardos (eps 1) Yusuke Kobayashi as Caules Forvedge Yggdmillenia |
| Director | Yoshiyuki Asai |
| Series composition | Yuichiro Higashide |
| Character design | Yukei Yamada |
| Opening theme | “Eiyū Unmei no Uta” by EGOIST |
| Ending theme | “Désir” by GARNiDELiA |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Official site | http://fate-apocrypha.com/ |
| @FateApocryphaTV | |
| Broadcast date | 1 July 2017 (1500 GMT/ 2200 WIB) 2 July 2017 (0000 JST) |
Screenshots and Trailers
https://youtu.be/tnV_T17YDII
The Indonesian Anime Times | by Rafly Nugroho
