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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Fate/stay night
| image = Fate-stay night.jpg
| caption = Original game cover by [[Takashi Takeuchi]], featuring Saber (in the center), Illya (lower right), (then counterclockwise) Lancer, Rin Tohsaka, Archer, Sakura Matou, and Berserker
| genre = [[Dark fantasy]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kimlinger |first1=Carl |title=Fate/stay night DVD 1 - Review |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/fate/stay-night/dvd-1 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 31, 2007|access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| developer    = [[Type-Moon]]{{Efn|Ported to PlayStation 2 and Vita by [[HuneX]]}}
| publisher    = {{Plain list|
* Type-Moon
* [[Kadokawa Shoten]] (PS2, Vita)
* [[Aniplex]] (NS, Steam)
}}
| genre        = [[Visual novel]], [[eroge]]
| engine       = [[KiriKiri]]
| 
| platforms    = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[PlayStation Vita]], [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Nintendo Switch]]
| released     = '''Windows'''{{vgrelease|JP|January 30, 2004|WW|August 8, 2024}}'''PlayStation 2'''{{Video game release|JP|April 19, 2007}}'''PlayStation Vita'''{{Video game release|JP|November 29, 2012}}'''iOS'''{{Video game release|JP|April 18, 2015}}'''Android'''{{Video game release|JP|May 29, 2015}}'''Nintendo Switch'''{{Video game release|WW|August 8, 2024}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| author       = Datto Nishiwaki
| publisher    = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[Tokyopop]] (formerly) <br /> [[Viz Media]] (digital)}}
| demographic  = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| magazine     = {{ubl|[[Shōnen Ace]]|Ace Assault|Type-Moon Ace}}
| first        = December 26, 2005
| last         = October 26, 2012
| volumes      = 20
| volume_list  = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = tv series
| director     = [[Yūji Yamaguchi]]
| producer     = Masaaki Saito
| writer       = [[Takuya Satō (scriptwriter)|Takuya Satō]]
| music        = [[Kenji Kawai]]
| studio       = [[Studio Deen]]
| licensee     = {{English anime licensee|AUS=[[Crunchyroll]]{{Efn|name=Crunchyroll|Through [[Madman Anime]].}}|NA=[[Sentai Filmworks]]|UK=[[MVM Films]]}}
| network      = [[Television Saitama|TVS]], [[Chiba Television Broadcasting|CTC]], [[Kyoto Broadcasting System|KBS]], [[Television Kanagawa|tvk]], [[Tokyo MX]], [[Sun Television|SUN]], [[Aichi Television Broadcasting|TVA]], [[AT-X (TV network)|AT-X]]
| network_en   = {{English anime network|SEA=[[Animax (Asian TV channel)|Animax]]|NA=[[Anime Network]]}}
| first        = January 7, 2006
| last         = June 17, 2006
| episodes     = 24
| episode_list = List of Fate/stay night episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Himuro no Tenchi Fate/school Life
| author       = Eiichirou Mashin
| publisher    = [[Ichijinsha]]
| publisher_en = 
| demographic  = ''Shōnen''
| magazine     = Manga 4koma Palette
| first        = November 25, 2006
| last         = 
| volumes      = 15
| volume_list  = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = ova
| title        = Fate/Prototype
| director     = [[Seiji Kishi]]
| producer     = Yūji Higa
| writer       = Makoto Uezu
| music        = Yasuharu Takanashi
| studio       = [[Lerche (brand)|Lerche]]
| released     = December 31, 2011
| runtime      = 12 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel
| author       = Taskohna 
| publisher    = Kadokawa Shoten
| publisher_en = 
| demographic  = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| magazine     = [[Young Ace]]
| first        = May 2, 2015
| last         = 
| volumes      = 11
| volume_list  = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
| author       = [[Daisuke Moriyama]]
| publisher    = [[ASCII Media Works]]
| publisher_en = 
| demographic  = ''Shōnen''
| magazine     = [[Dengeki Daioh]]
| first        = December 25, 2021
| last         = 
| volumes      = 6
| volume_list  = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title        = Other
| content      = 
* ''[[Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (film)|Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works]]'' (film)
* ''[[Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV series)|Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works]]'' (TV series)
* ''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel]]'' (film series)
** ''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower]]''
** ''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly]]''
** ''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song]]''
* ''[[Fate/hollow ataraxia]]''
* ''[[Fate/Zero]]''
* ''[[Fate/tiger colosseum]]''
* ''[[Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya]]''
** ''[[Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow]]''
* ''[[Fate/unlimited codes]]''
* ''[[Fate/Extra]]''
** ''[[Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star]]''
** ''[[Fate/Extra Last Encore]]''
* ''[[Carnival Phantasm]]''
* ''[[Fate/Apocrypha]]''
* ''[[The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II]]''
* ''[[Fate/strange Fake]]''
* ''[[Fate/Samurai Remnant]]''
* ''[[Fate/Grand Order]]''
** ''[[Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia]]''
* ''[[Today's Menu for the Emiya Family]]''
}}
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'''''Fate/stay night''''' is a Japanese [[visual novel]] game developed by [[Type-Moon]]. It was first released for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] on January 30, 2004. The story takes place over three distinct routes: ''Fate'', ''Unlimited Blade Works'', and ''Heaven's Feel''. It focuses on a young mage named [[Shirou Emiya]], who becomes a warrior in a battle between mages called "Masters" and their "Servants" known as the Holy Grail War. In each route, Shirou bonds with a heroine and confronts different adversaries participating in the war. 

An enhanced version, '''''Fate/stay night Réalta Nua''''', was released in April 2007 for the [[PlayStation 2]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Nasu |first1=Kinoko |last2=Takashi |first2=Takeuchi |date=June 2006 |title=インタビュー, Fate/stay night for PS2 |url=https://dengekionline.com/soft/interview/fate/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127172450/https://dengekionline.com/soft/interview/fate/index.html |archive-date=27 Jan 2022 |access-date=19 April 2024 |website=[[Dengeki Online]]}}</ref> ''Realta Nua'' was later ported to Windows in 2011, [[PlayStation Vita]] in 2012, and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]] in 2015. A [[Remaster#Video games|remastered]] version of ''Réalta Nua'' was released for [[Nintendo Switch]] and PC via [[Steam (service)|Steam]] in 2024, marking the first time the game was made available outside Japan. 

''Fate/stay night'' was a critical and commercial success, and is considered a defining work in the visual novel genre. It received several anime and manga adaptations, beginning with a 24-episode anime series by [[Studio Deen]], primarily based on the ''Fate'' route, which aired in Japan between January and June 2006. A film adaptation, ''[[Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (film)|Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works]]'', also by Studio Deen, was released in January 2010. A second anime television series, ''[[Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV series)|Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works]]'', was produced by [[Ufotable]] and aired between October 2014 and June 2015.  [[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel|A film trilogy]] by Ufotable adapted the ''Heaven's Feel'' route, consisting of three films: ''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower|presage flower]]'' (2017), ''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly|lost butterfly]]'' (2019), and ''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song|spring song]]'' (2020). A manga series adaptation by Datto Nishiwaki was serialized in [[Kadokawa Shoten]]'s ''[[Shōnen Ace]]'' magazine between February 2006 and December 2012. A second manga adaptation, based on ''Heaven's Feel'' and illustrated by Taskohna, began in 2015 in Kadokawa Shoten's ''[[Young Ace]]''. A third manga adaptation, based on ''Unlimited Blade Works'' and illustrated by [[Daisuke Moriyama]], began in 2021 in [[ASCII Media Works]]'s ''[[Dengeki Daioh]]''.

The visual novel spawned the '''''Fate''''' [[media franchise]], consisting of many adaptations and spin-offs in various different media. A sequel visual novel, titled ''[[Fate/hollow ataraxia]]'', was released in October 2005. A prequel [[light novel]] series titled ''[[Fate/Zero]]'' was published from 2006 to 2007, with an anime adaptation by Ufotable airing between October 2011 and June 2012. A spin-off [[magical girl]] manga series, ''[[Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya]]'', began serialization in 2007, and has received several anime adaptations. Numerous spin-off video games have been released, including the fighting games ''[[Fate/tiger colosseum]]'' (2007), its sequel ''Fate/tiger colosseum Upper'' (2008), and ''[[Fate/unlimited codes]]'' (2008), as well as the [[Role-playing game|RPG]] ''[[Fate/Extra]]'' (2010). A [[gacha game]] titled ''[[Fate/Grand Order]]'' was released for mobile platforms in 2015, which was a commercial success and has received anime adaptations by several studios.

==Gameplay==
''Fate/stay night''{{'}}s gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the game's duration is spent reading the text that appears, representing either dialogue between the characters, narration, or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. Often, players will come to a "[[Nonlinear gameplay#Visual novels|decision point]]" where they are given a chance to choose from options displayed on the screen, typically two to three at a time. The time between these decision points is variable. During these times, gameplay pauses until a choice is made that furthers the plot in a specific direction. There are three main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, one for each of the heroines in the story. To view all three plot lines, the player must replay the game multiple times and choose different choices during the decision points to progress the plot in an alternate direction. Finishing one route will unlock the next one. When interacting with the heroines in each route, an "affection meter" is created, which is raised by giving them an answer that pleases them. A "True Ending" can be unlocked depending on the player's affection.<ref name="gama"/>

There are multiple ways in which the player can lose the game, including Shirou's death or a decision that causes the heroine to be murdered. Should this happen, the player is taken to an area called the {{nihongo|Tiger Dojo|タイガー道場|Taigā Dōjō}} where Taiga Fujimura and Illyasviel von Einzbern give the player hints about what they should do to survive in the next attempt to complete the game.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fate/side material|page=65|publisher=Type Moon}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{See also|List of Fate/stay night characters}}
The story revolves around [[Shirou Emiya]], a hardworking and honest teenager who unwillingly enters a to-the-death tournament called the Fifth Holy Grail War, where combatants fight with magecraft and Heroes from throughout history for a chance to have their wishes granted by the [[eponymous]] Holy Grail. Orphaned and the sole survivor of a massive fire in Fuyuki City as a child, Shirou was taken in by a retired mage named [[Kiritsugu Emiya]], who would die years later. His [[survivor guilt|perceived responsibility]] to those who died and his salvation through his father formed a strong desire for justice and peace in him. Thus, he earnestly trains his body and minuscule ability with magecraft to someday greatly help others, even if people often abuse his generosity at his stage.

One evening, after seeing two devastatingly powerful beings trading blows at his school with swords and spears, he is attacked, as witnesses of supernatural are generally supposed to be eliminated. Chased to his home by the spear-wielding warrior Lancer and barely able to avoid his attacks, Shirou is about to be killed when he is saved by [[Saber (Fate/stay night)|Saber]]. Saber, the personification of a renowned figure in history ([[King Arthur|Arturia Pendragon]] in her case), was created to aid participants in the War. In her supposedly accidental summoning and the appearance of the marks on Shirou's hand, his entry as a Master into the Holy Grail War is formalized.<ref name="daythree">{{cite video game|title=Fate/stay night|year=2004|developer=[[Type-Moon]]|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]|level=Fate: Day 3}}</ref>

===Fate===
The first of the three heroines, Saber is a mighty warrior who keeps her identity secret, hence her substitute name after her role as a member of the Saber class. She also serves as the route's servant protagonist. She was the victor of the Fourth Holy Grail War with another Master and claimed to be the strongest out of all Servants in the Saber Class. However, Shirou is against Saber's constant aim for conflicts with other servants and instead seeks to ally with Rin. Shirou drops his pacifism when he discovers that his former friend, Shinji Matou, is a Master with the Servant Rider, aiming to sacrifice all students from their school to increase Rider's powers.

Following Shinji and Rider's defeat, Shirou learns that Saber cannot fight at full strength without exchanging Mana (magical energy) with her Master. During a confrontation with Master Illya and her Servant Berserker, Shirou has part of his magical circuits ripped out from his system and sacrificed to Saber to create a connection to her, and later assists her in defeating the enemy by projecting one of Artoria's lost sword, the Sword-in-the-Stone Caliburn in combat. As Shirou seeks to keep Saber in their world, he learns from the priest Kirei Kotomine that the Holy Grail is cursed. It is revealed that Shirou's late guardian, Kiritsugu, once used Saber to destroy the Grail. However, it instead caused the fire where Shirou lost his family.

Shirou rejects the idea of accepting his wish for the Holy Grail as he decides to accept his past and not forget Saber. Moved by Shirou, Saber also rejects the Holy Grail, believing she should not change Britain's history and that she should accept herself. As Kotomine aims to use Illya's body to recreate the Holy Grail, Shirou and Saber confront him and his Servant, Gilgamesh.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Fate/stay night|year=2004|developer=[[Type-Moon]]|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]|level=Fate: Day 15}}</ref> Following Shirou's and Saber's victories, Shirou orders Saber to destroy the Grail. This causes Saber to go back to her last moments before her death, finally accepting her life.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Fate/stay night|year=2004|developer=[[Type-Moon]]|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]|level=Fate: True End [{{nihongo|Continuation of the Dream|夢の続き|Yume No Tsuzuki}}]}}</ref> In the ''Réalta Nua'' version of the game, a overarching ending can be unlocked after all the routes, where Shirou fulfills his roles as a heroic spirit in order to meet Saber in Avalon.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Fate/stay night|year=2007|developer=[[Type-Moon]]|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|level=Fate: Last Episode}}</ref>

===Unlimited Blade Works===
The second of the three heroines is [[Rin Tohsaka]], a model student and idol of Shirou's school who is secretly a mage and Master of [[Archer (Fate/stay night)|Archer]] in the Holy Grail War. Her Servant Archer serves as the Servant protagonist of the route. She descends from a long, distinguished line of mages, with potential to become one of the 100 strongest human magi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seasons Of Change:GAME JAPAN 2007-02 |url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/humanity6/archives/50588471.html |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=blog.livedoor.jp}}</ref> Classmates dub Rin "The Ice Queen" for her cold, unreachable persona at school; however, this is simply a front to hide her actual status as a mage. Her presence in the story is established after Lancer mortally wounds Shirou at school. Upon seeing him, she revives him due to his connection with [[Sakura Matou]], with whom Rin is closely acquainted. The two become allies in the war, unaware of Archer's true identity as an adult Shirou from one of the series' numerous alternate universes.

Shirou loses control of Saber during the story but aims to fight with his magical strength to stop the war. Archer betrays Rin and reveals his despondency and bitterness over his past choices to Shirou. He subsequently challenges Shirou to a fight, hoping to destroy his story of being a hero. However, Shirou accepts his future regardless of his regrets and misery, sticking to Kiritsugu's ideals. Gilgamesh tries to kill Archer and Shirou, with the former seemingly sacrificing himself to protect the latter. Later, Rin passes Shirou her Mana to fight Gilgamesh to replicate Archer's powers. As Gilgamesh almost drags Shirou into their deaths, Archer uses his last strength to save the latter.<ref name="dimension">{{cite video game|title=Fate/stay night|year=2004|developer=[[Type-Moon]]|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]|level=Unlimited Blade Works: Day 16}}</ref> In the True Ending, Shirou and Rin move to London to study magecraft, as well as start a romantic relationship.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Fate/stay night Réalta Nua|year=2007|developer=[[Type-Moon]]|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|level=Unlimited Blade Works: True End [Brilliant Years]}}</ref>

===Heaven's Feel===
The third and final heroine is Sakura, a first-year high school student and longtime friend of Shirou's, who often visits his home to help him with his daily chores. A quiet, soft-spoken girl, Sakura can be surprisingly stubborn and holds a deep, unparalleled affection for Shirou. She is revealed to be Rin's long-lost sister, raised by the Matou family, and has since suffered their abuse while training as a mage. Sakura is also discovered as the true Master of [[Rider (Fate/stay night)|Rider]], whom she reasserts control of from Shinji, making Rider the Servant protagonist of the route. In the route, Saber and Berserker are consumed by the shadows of Angra Mainyu. In the ensuing battle with True Assassin and the corrupted servants, a mortally wounded Archer transplants his left arm to save a dying Shirou.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Fate/stay night|year=2004|developer=[[Type-Moon]]|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]|level=Heaven's Feel: Day 10}}</ref>

It's revealed that Zouken, Sakura's adoptive grandfather, placed a shard of the lesser grail from the 4th Holy Grail War in her body, infecting Sakura with Angra Mainyu. She becomes Dark Sakura, killing Shinji in his attempt to rape her.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Fate/stay night|year=2004|developer=[[Type-Moon]]|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]|level=Heaven's Feel: Day 7}}</ref> Despite the threat Sakura poses to humanity, Shirou, having fallen in love with her, abandons his ideal in favor of saving Sakura, despite Rin's initial objections. Upon learning that Illya is another sacrifice to create the Grail, Shirou teams up with Kotomine and uses Archer's powers to save Illya from Berserker.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Fate/stay night|year=2004|developer=[[Type-Moon]]|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]|level=Heaven's Feel: Day 15}}</ref> Rin is injured after finding herself unable to kill Sakura, while Rider and Shirou successfully eliminate Saber Alter. Shirou talks to Sakura and helps her regain her humanity, freeing her from her contract with Angra Mainyu. He then faces Kotomine in a final battle to later destroy the Grail. In True Ending, after Kotomine dies in combat, Illya sacrifices herself to destroy the Grail and extracts Shirou's soul using a weaker version of the Third Magic. Rider later returns to the cave to grab and bring Shirou's soul home, and Rin places it within a puppet body. Shirou, Sakura, and Rider live peacefully in Japan, while Rin moves to London to study magecraft.<ref>{{cite video game|title=Fate/stay night Fate/stay night Réalta Nua|year=2007|developer=[[Type-Moon]]|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]|level=Heaven's Feel: True End {{nihongo|[Return to the Spring]|春に帰る|Haru Ni Kaeru}}}}</ref>

==Development==
[[File:Akashi Bridge.JPG|thumb|left|Akashi Bridge became the prototype of one of the locations of the city of Fuyuki.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fate/stay night Visual Story|year=2007|page=23}}</ref>]]

[[Kinoko Nasu]] first began writing ''Fate/stay night'' in college and had not intended it to be a game. Initially, Nasu only wrote what would become the game's ''Fate'' storyline.<ref name="typemoon-interview"/> However, the game went on to have three storylines, the ''Fate'' storyline being one of them. In his early drafts, ''Fate''{{'}}s heroine Saber was a man, and the protagonist was a girl with glasses.<ref>{{cite book|author=Type-Moon|title=Character Material|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]|year=2006|language=ja}}</ref> This early draft was later embodied in the short [[original video animation]] (OVA) ''Fate/Prototype'', which was released with the final volume of the ''[[Carnival Phantasm]]'' OVA series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-29/carnival-phantasm-3rd-season-includes-fate/prototype|title=''Carnival Phantasm''{{'}}s 3rd Season Includes ''Fate/Prototype''|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 29, 2011|access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> Nasu set aside the project and went on to found [[Type-Moon]] with artist [[Takashi Takeuchi]]. After the success of their first [[visual novel]] ''[[Tsukihime]]'' in 2000, Type-Moon transitioned from a [[dōjin soft]] organization to a commercial organization. Nasu and Takeuchi decided to turn the old ''Fate'' story into a [[visual novel]] as Type-Moon's first commercial product. In the beginning, Nasu was worried that because the main character was a girl, the story might not work as a [[bishōjo game]]. Artist Takeuchi suggested switching the protagonist's and Saber's genders to fit the game market.<ref name="typemoon-interview"/>

The novel ''Makai Tensho'' influenced Nasu to write a fantasy story in which famous heroic personalities from all over the world would take part.<ref name="kukaku">{{Cite web|url=https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/170728|title=【寺田P×奈須きのこ：対談】決戦！『スパロボ』VS『Fate』――と思いきや、奈須きのこのスパロボ愛が炸裂して、寺田Pから濃ゆい制作秘話が聞けちゃった！|website=電ファミニコゲーマー – ゲームの面白い記事読んでみない？|date=28 July 2017}}</ref> The original idea was limited to the prototype of the ''Fate'' arc, where the main characters were the female master and her Servant Saber (the embodiment of King Arthur as a man).<ref name="dengeki">{{Cite web|url=https://dengekionline.com/soft/interview/fate/|title=インタビュー『Fate/stay night for PS2』 - 電撃オンライン|website=dengekionline.com|access-date=2019-06-25|archive-date=2020-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416084852/https://dengekionline.com/soft/interview/fate/}}</ref> According to Nasu, this version contained elements of 1980s romance and ideas of transformations to world order, while the final version focuses on changes within people and has other purposes for using the Holy Grail.<ref>{{cite book|title=FSN Prototype material|year=2011 |page=66}}</ref> About a third of the scenario of the future ''Fate'' arc (up to the battle with Sasaki Kojiro) was completed at that time, but for several personal reasons, Nasu could not write further for more than ten years.<ref name="kukaku"/>

The first two-story arcs completed were ''Fate'' and ''Unlimited Blade Works''; the latter was partially presented to the public in a preview booklet at Comiket in December 2001.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fate/stay night Side Material|year=2004|page=55}}</ref> Unlimited Blade Works was based on the idea of a character's confrontation with himself and his own ideals, something unrealized during the development of Tsukihime for the arc of Yumizuka Satsuki.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fate/stay night 「Unlimited Blade Works」: 奈須きのこ インタヒユ— /|publisher= Type-Moon // Type-Moon ACE. — Tokyo : Kadokawa Shoten|year=2015|pages=8–13}}</ref> In 2002, it was found that the content that was already written was nearly equal in length to ''Tsukihime'', leading to proposals to divide the game into two parts. However, due to the high cost of releasing two products at once, the arcs of Illya and Sakura were partially combined, resulting in ''Heaven's Feel''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fate/stay night Secret book|year=2005|page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Fate/stay night Side Material|year=2004 |page=72}}</ref> Nasu originally thought of extending the ''Fate'' route involving an alternative Fifth Holy Grail War where Shirou fought alongside Saber without a romantic relationship developing between them. Following their separation, Shirou would bond with Rin in a similar way to the true ending of ''Unlimited Blade Works''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works Blu-ray Disc Box II|type=Booklet|year=2016|work=[[Ufotable]]|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]}}</ref> The main theme in ''Fate/stay night'' is "conquering oneself". There are three storylines in the visual novel; each has a different theme. The first one, ''Fate'', is the "oneself as an ideal." The second one, ''Unlimited Blade Works'', is "struggling with oneself as an ideal." The third one, ''Heaven's Feel'', is "the friction with real and ideal".<ref name="typemoon-interview">{{cite web| url=http://comipress.com/article/2006/06/30/386 | title=The Fate/stay night Staffs Interview| publisher=comipress | access-date=August 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nasu |first=Kinoko |date=March 24, 2015 |title=Fate/stay night for PS2 |url=https://www.tsukikan.com/misc/fate-stay-night-for-ps2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107012627/http://tsukikan.com/misc/fate-stay-night-for-ps2.html |archive-date=November 7, 2015 |access-date=April 14, 2007 |website=Tsuki-kan}}</ref>

According to Nasu, the main theme of the resulting ''Heaven's Feel'' arc was chosen to apply the protagonist's ideas in practice. This is in contrast it with ''Fate'' and ''Unlimited Blade Works'', which paid most attention to the demonstration of Shirou's ideals.<ref>{{cite book|title=Re:birth「Fate/stay night」: 奈須きのこ インタヒユ—|publisher=Type-Moon // Type-Moon ACE. — Tokyo : Kadokawa Shoten|year=2014|pages=15–23}}</ref> Nasu wanted to portray him as a typical teenager while artist [[Takashi Takeuchi]] did not want him to have too much individuality to make players project themselves onto him.<ref name="material II">{{cite book |title=Fate/complete material II Character material |date=July 12, 2010 |language=ja|page=79|isbn=978-4-04-726680-3|author1=テックジャイアン編集部 |publisher=エンターブレイン }}</ref> In 2002, Takeuchi suggested [[Gen Urobuchi]], a well-known author of [[Nitroplus]] visual novels, to connect to the preliminary scenario of the game, but Urobuchi ultimately refused. Afterward, Nasu decided that ''Fate/stay night'' would be the most significant work in his life, created by him from beginning to end.<ref name="dengeki"/>

===Release history===
After translating the text into code, editing background images and sprites, and debugging audio-visual effects, on October 21, 2003, the game's demo version was released on a CD with the magazine Tech Gian from Enterbrain,<ref>TECH GIAN 2003年12月号. — Tokyo : Enterbrain, 2003. — 64</ref> and on November 1 was posted on Type-Moon's site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.typemoon.com/information/html/index_2003.html|title=TYPE-MOON インフォメーション|website=www.typemoon.com}}</ref> ''Fate/stay night'' was released in Japan on January 30, 2004, for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[Personal computer|PCs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://typemoon.com/product/index.html|title=Official Type-Moon product information page|access-date=2006-11-30|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128091133/http://www.typemoon.com/product/index.html|archive-date=2006-11-28}}</ref> The opening animations were produced by [[Tatsunoko Productions]].

A [[Computer Entertainment Rating Organization|CERO]] C-rated version of ''Fate/stay night'', titled ''Fate/stay night Réalta Nua'', for the [[PlayStation 2]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ps2-fate.com/realta_nua/hana_ps2/index.html|title=Official Type-Moon ''Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua] extra edition'' homepage|access-date=2007-01-16|language=ja|archive-date=2013-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317072335/http://www.ps2-fate.com/realta_nua/hana_ps2/index.html}}</ref> was scheduled to be released in late 2006. However, it was postponed until April 19, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ps2-fate.com/|title=Official Type-Moon ''Fate/stay night Réalta Nua'' homepage|access-date=2006-11-26|language=ja}}</ref> This version replaced the sexual content with alternate scenes, added an extended ending scene to the ''Fate'' storyline, and featured [[Seiyū|voice actors]] from the 2006 [[anime]] series. In the Fate route, the 2004 release's adult content was replaced with a much more anticipated scene from the writers,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ohara |first=T. |date=June 2006 |title=Fate/stay night for PS2 |url=https://www.tsukikan.com/misc/fate-stay-night-for-ps2.html |website=tsukikan}}</ref> of which was eventually expanded with a subsequent prequel novel. This "Magical Circuit Grafting" scene was highly abstract and symbolic,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Fate/complete material III, World Material |publisher=Techgian Style |date=2010 |isbn=978-4-04-735104-2 |pages=143–163 |language=ja}}</ref> revealing the Dragon's Core aspect of Saber's character that would subsequently remain as a key part of her characterization through the franchise into her appearance in Fate/Grand Order.

The updated re-release also provided not only this key part of the Fate route's 'Day 10 & 11', but also the true ending to the Fate route. Tatsunoko Productions produced three opening animations, based on the three branching storylines in the game. ''Fate'', ''Unlimited Blade Works'', and ''Heaven's Feel'' are the three branching [[Plot (narrative)|storylines]] found within the game. They were released separately through digital download on Windows (but as the ''Réalta Nua'' version) in the beginning of 2012. A [[PlayStation Vita]] port of ''Réalta Nua'' was released in Japan on November 29, 2012, with three new opening animations by anime studio [[Ufotable]] and the option to change the aspect ratio to 4:3, 16:9 or in-between.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2012/07/07/fatestay-night-realta-nua-getting-a-playstation-vita-port/|title=Fate/Stay Night Realta Nua Getting A PlayStation Vita Port|publisher=Siliconera|date=July 7, 2012|access-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref>
On January 30, 2024, Type-Moon announced ''Fate/stay night Remastered''.<ref name="FSNRG">{{cite web|title=Fate/stay night REMASTERED announced for Switch, PC|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/01/fate-stay-night-remastered-announced-for-switch-pc|first=Sal|last=Romano|website=Gematsu|date=January 30, 2024|access-date=January 30, 2024|language=en}}</ref> It was published by [[Aniplex]] worldwide on August 8, 2024 for the [[Nintendo Switch]] and Windows via [[Steam (service)|Steam]] with Japanese, English and Simplified Chinese language options.<ref>{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/fate-stay-night-remastered-launches-august-8|title=Fate/stay night REMASTERED launches August 8|website=Gematsu|date=August 3, 2024|access-date=August 3, 2024}}</ref> The remaster is based on the PS Vita version of ''Réalta Nua'', and marks the first official release of the visual novel outside Japan.<ref name="FSNRG"/>

There have been only small changes to Shirou's physical design since its inception. With red hair and stubborn eyes, Takeuchi aimed for a typical design of a straightforward [[Shōnen manga|''shōnen'' manga]] genre character. However, he felt that it was too standard, so he added more circles in his eyes. Takeuchi has trouble bringing out Shirou's expressions because of his unique eyebrows; as a result, Shirou remains the most difficult ''Fate/stay night'' character for him to draw. Their goal of creating "a protagonist without a face" to comply with the nature of [[Bishōjo game|''bishōjo'' games]] in the initial release of ''Fate/stay night'' is another reason Takeuchi had trouble drawing Shirou, who only appeared in a handful of scenes. In the re-released ''Réalta Nua'' version of the visual novel aimed at teenagers rather than just adults, the importance of showing non-adult content was increased. So Takeuchi had to draw Shirou more often.<ref name="material II"/>

On October 28, 2005, Type-Moon released a sequel to ''Fate/stay night'', titled ''[[Fate/hollow ataraxia]]''.<ref name="typemoon.org">{{cite web|url=http://typemoon.org/product/hollow/main.html|title=Official Type-Moon ''Fate/hollow ataraxia'' homepage|access-date=2006-11-26|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219092633/http://typemoon.org/product/hollow/main.html|archive-date=2007-02-19}}</ref> Its plot is set half a year after the events of ''Fate/stay night'' and features new characters such as Avenger, Bazett Fraga McRemitz, and Caren Ortensia, alongside returning characters such as Shirō Emiya, Saber and Rin Tōsaka.<ref name="typemoon.org"/>

==Adaptations==

===Manga===
{{See also|Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya|Fate/type Redline}}
[[File:ROC-NCL-AAC Fate-stay-night CHT tankobon 20171018.jpg|thumb|A collection of the first ''Fate/stay night'' manga volumes]]
The ''Fate/stay night'' [[manga]] adaptation, illustrated by Datto Nishiwaki, was serialized in [[Kadokawa Shoten]]'s manga magazine ''[[Shōnen Ace]]'' between the February 2006 and December 2012 issues. Extras were also published in ''Ace Assault'' and ''Type-Moon Ace''. The manga combines the ''Fate'' and ''Unlimited Blade Works'' scenarios of the visual novel and some elements from the ''Heaven's Feel'' scenario while ultimately following the ''Fate'' scenario. Twenty ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes were released in Japan between May 26, 2006, and November 26, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200602000153|title=Fate/stay night (1)|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|access-date=October 22, 2012|language=ja|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172120/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200602000153}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=321207000133 | title=Fate/stay night (20) | publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]] | access-date=September 20, 2012 | language=ja | archive-date=July 2, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702140816/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=321207000133 }}</ref> The manga was licensed for an English-language release in North America by [[Tokyopop]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-09/tokyopop-to-publish-more-manga-adaptations|title=Tokyopop to Publish More Manga Adaptations|website=[[Anime News Network]]| access-date=August 27, 2010}}</ref> In April 2011, Tokyopop announced that they were shutting down their North American manga publishing division, and volume 11 became the last volume to be released by Tokyopop. In 2014, Viz Media's Viz Select imprint released the first ten volumes of ''Fate/stay night'' manga digitally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-21/viz-offers-fate-stay-night-manga-in-digital-format/.74749|title=Viz Offers Fate/Stay night Manga in Digital Format|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 21, 2014|access-date=May 31, 2017}}</ref> A second ''Fate/stay night'' manga based entirely on the ''Heaven's Feel'' route and illustrated by Taskohna began serialization in the June 2015 issue of  Kadokawa Shoten's ''[[Young Ace]]'' on May 2, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/146155 |title=New serialization Fate/Stay Night [Heaven's Feel by Taskohna]|publisher=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|access-date=June 27, 2020|language=ja|date=May 2, 2015}}</ref> A third manga adaptation based entirely on the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' route and illustrated by [[Daisuke Moriyama]] began serialization in the February 2022 issue of [[ASCII Media Works]]' ''[[Dengeki Daioh]]'' magazine on December 25, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pineda|first1=Rafael Antonio|title=Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works Manga Launches on December 26|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-06/fate-stay-night-unlimited-blade-works-manga-launches-on-december-26/.180310|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 6, 2021|date=December 6, 2021}}</ref>

''Himuro no Tenchi Fate/School Life'' is a comedy 4-koma manga revolving around the everyday life at school of the minor characters of ''Fate/stay night'' and ''Fate/Hollow Ataraxia'', specifically the character Kane Himuro, a classmate of ''Fate/stay night'' protagonist Shirō Emiya. It is serialized in ''[[Manga 4-koma Kings Palette]]'' from November 25, 2006, and fifteen compiled volumes have been published by [[Ichijinsha]].

A spin-off manga series ''[[Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya]]'' written and illustrated by Hiroyama Hiroshi was first serialized in ''[[Comp Ace]]'' in 2008 and later released into two bound volumes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200712000306 | title=Fate/kaleid liner プリズマ☆イリヤ (2) | publisher=Kadokawa Shoten | access-date=August 27, 2010 | archive-date=April 28, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428140245/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200712000306 }}</ref> The series features Illya as a main character where she lives an alternate life as a schoolgirl. However, she is chosen by the Magical Stick Ruby and is involved in a quarrel between Rin and Luvia. A sequel series titled ''Fate/Kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!'' was serialized from 2009 to 2012 and released in five bound volumes. A third manga series titled ''Fate/Kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!'' began serialization in 2012.

In December 2019, ''Fate/type Redline'' began publishing in the ''Type-Moon Comic Ace'' web magazine. It's set in an alternative setting where a boy was sent back in time to a Holy Grail War set in Japan during [[World War II]].

===Anime===
{{See also|List of Fate/stay night episodes|Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (film)|Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV series)|Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower|Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly|Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song}}

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! Title
! Premiere
! Finale
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|''[[List of Fate/stay night episodes|Fate/stay night]]''||January 7, 2006||June 17, 2006||24
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|''[[Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (film)|Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works]]''||January 23, 2010||N/A||Film
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|[[Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV series)|''Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works'']]||October 4, 2014||June 27, 2015||26+1 OVA
|-
|''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower]]''||October 14, 2017||N/A||Film
|-
|''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly]]''||January 12, 2019||N/A||Film
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|''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song]]''||August 15, 2020||N/A||Film
|-
|}

The original ''Fate/stay night'' [[anime]] series aired between January 7 and June 17, 2006, containing 24 episodes; the storyline follows mainly the ''Fate'' scenario but shows parts of other scenarios. When the anime adaptation was in the planning stages at [[Studio Deen]], they were planning an original story with [[List of Fate/Grand Order characters#Shielder|Shielder]], a heroine later used in ''[[Fate/Grand Order]]'', as an important character, instead of adapting the events of the source material.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2015/01/13/fategrand-orders-heroine-originally-created-fatestay-night-anime/|title=Fate/Grand Order's Heroine Was Originally Created For The Fate/Stay Night Anime|publisher=Siliconera|date=January 13, 2015|access-date=January 15, 2015}}</ref> It was produced by the Fate Project, and included [[Geneon Entertainment]], [[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]], CREi, Type Moon, and Frontier Works. [[Kenji Kawai]] composed the original music for the series.

The series later received its international television premieres on the anime television network [[Animax]] in 2007, its English-language television premiere occurring on Animax's English networks in [[Southeast Asia]] in June, as well as its other networks in South Korea, [[Hong Kong]] and other regions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://express.animax-asia.com/cp.aspx?p=WiYC1UmQWX8k1Ks9kncVdi7XIeyW2/P8yKKUgNzDZL8ybzT57tdq2A==|title=Animax Rave April Issue|access-date=2007-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927034246/http://express.animax-asia.com/cp.aspx?p=WiYC1UmQWX8k1Ks9kncVdi7XIeyW2%2FP8yKKUgNzDZL8ybzT57tdq2A%3D%3D|archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref> Geneon USA also licensed the series for distribution across North America. The English dub was produced at [[Bang Zoom! Entertainment]]. On July 3, 2008, Geneon Entertainment and Funimation Entertainment announced an agreement to distribute select titles in North America. While Geneon Entertainment retained the license, Funimation Entertainment assumed exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing, sales, and distribution of select titles. ''Fate/stay night'' was one of several titles involved in the deal.<ref name="Fun-Gen">{{cite press release|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2008-07-03/funimation-entertainment-and-geneon-entertainment-sign-exclusive-distribution-agreement-for-north-america |title=FUNimation Entertainment and Geneon Entertainment Sign Exclusive Distribution Agreement for North America|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2008-07-03|access-date=2008-07-03}}</ref> [[Sentai Filmworks]] has since licensed the TV series and re-released the series on DVD and for the first time on [[Blu-ray Disc]] in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-28/sentai-filmworks-licenses-fate/stay-night-tv-anime|title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses ''Fate/stay night'' TV Anime|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 28, 2012|access-date=September 28, 2012}}</ref> ''Fate/stay night'' started airing in North America on the [[Anime Network|Anime Network On Demand]] channel on February 7, 2013.

The television series was re-released in Japan on January 22, 2010, in two 60-minute special edition DVD/Blu-ray volumes to commemorate the release of the film ''[[Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (film)|Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works]]''.<ref name="reproduction">{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-11-17/fate/stay-night-gets-tv-reproduction-special-editions |title=''Fate/stay night'' Gets TV reproduction Special Editions|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2009-11-17|access-date=2010-01-25}}</ref> ''Fate/stay night TV reproduction I'' and ''II'' each recap 12 episodes from the anime and feature re-edited and re-compiled footage along with new opening and ending animation footage, with new ending songs by [[Jyukai (band)|Jyukai]] and [[Sachi Tainaka]]. The opening song "disillusion -2010-" is a re-recording of the "[[Disillusion (Sachi Tainaka song)|disillusion]]" theme song from the television series.

[[Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (film)|An animated film]] based on the storyline of the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' [[Visual novel#Branching narratives|route]] from the visual novel was released in Japanese theaters on January 23, 2010, and produced by [[Studio Deen]]. The staff from the anime television series, including director Yūji Yamaguchi, returned to work on the film, with most of the voice cast reprising their roles.<ref name=ubw>{{cite web | title=''Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works'' Film Confirmed | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-06/fate/stay-night-unlimited-blade-works-film-confirmed | website=[[Anime News Network]] | date=2009-08-06 | access-date=2009-10-04}}</ref> The film earned 280 million yen at the Japanese box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-30/top-anime-movies-at-japanese-box-office-1st-half-of-2010 |title=Top Anime Movies at Japanese Box Office, 1st Half of 2010|website=[[Anime News Network]] | date=July 30, 2010 | access-date=August 28, 2010}}</ref> [[Sentai Filmworks]] has licensed the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' film and released it on DVD and Blu-ray. As with the television series, the film was dubbed at Bang Zoom!<ref>{{cite web|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works Film|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-16/sentai-filmworks-adds-fate/stay-night/unlimited-blade-works-film|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 16, 2012|access-date=February 16, 2012}}</ref> The film has been shown on the Anime Network.

Following an anime adaptation of the ''[[Fate/Zero]]'' novel series, which aired between October 2011 and June 2012, [[Ufotable]] produced a [[Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV series)|second ''Fate/stay night'' anime television series]] based on the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' [[Visual novel#Branching narratives|route]] from the visual novel. The anime is directed by Takahiro Miura and the original Japanese voice cast from the Studio Deen ''Fate/stay night'' anime and the ''Fate/Zero'' anime reprise their roles in the new anime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-28/new-fate/stay-night-anime-by-ufotable-premieres-fall-2014|title=New Fate/stay night Anime by Ufotable Premieres Fall 2014|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 28, 2014|access-date=January 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-03-24/fate/stay-night-anime-remake-cast-staff-revealed|title=Fate/Stay Night Anime Remake's Cast, Staff Revealed|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 24, 2014|access-date=March 25, 2014}}</ref> The first half of the anime ran from October 4 to December 27, 2014, and the second half ran from April 4 to June 27, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-27/new-fate-stay-night-tv-anime-is-unlimited-bladeworks/.77058|title=New Fate/stay night TV Anime is 'Unlimited Blade Works'|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 27, 2014|access-date=July 27, 2014}}</ref> An advanced screening online premiered on September 28, 2014, in several countries across the world, including Japan, the United States, France, Germany, and South Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-10/hulu-crunchyroll-to-stream-fate-stay-night-unlimited-blade-works/.78609|title=Hulu, Crunchyroll to Stream Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=September 10, 2014|access-date=September 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Aniplex of America]] has acquired streaming and home video rights to the 2014 series for North America,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-25/aniplex-usa-streams-2-english-subtitled-fate-stay-night-remake-trailers/.74890|title=Aniplex USA Streams 2 English-subtitles Fate/stay night Remake Trailers|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=May 26, 2014}}</ref> and has also announced an English dub of the first half of the series, which was released on DVD and limited Blu-ray on August 25, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-13/anime-expo-to-host-fate-stay-night-ubw-singers-voice-actress-staff-english-dub/.89240|title=Anime Expo to Host Fate/Stay Night UBW's Singers, Voice Actress, Staff, English Dub|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 13, 2015|access-date=June 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-02/aniplex-usa-details-fate-stay-night-ubw-durarara-2-sho-release-details/.89994|title=Aniplex USA Details Fate/stay night: UBW, Durarara!!×2 Shō Release Details|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 2, 2015|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> A ten-minute [[original video animation]] (OVA) episode was featured on the Blu-ray release of the second half of the series, which was released on October 7, 2015; the episode was based on an alternate ending from the visual novel, titled "''sunny day''".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-03/fate-stay-night-ubw-blu-ray-box-2-adds-10-minute-short/.91235|title=Fate/stay night UBW Blu-ray Box 2 Adds 10-Minute Short|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 3, 2015|access-date=September 26, 2015}}</ref>

Ufotable also released [[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel|a film trilogy]] based on the ''Heaven's Feel'' route, the first of which is titled ''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower]]'' and was released in Japan on October 14, 2017, and in the United States in November and December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title= Fate/stay night Heaven's Feel Film Project Is Trilogy Starting in 2017 |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-27/fate-stay-night-heaven-feel-film-project-is-trilogy-starting-in-2017/.100348 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |date=March 27, 2016 |access-date=March 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-30/1st-fate-stay-night-heaven-feel-film-trailer-previews-aimer-song/.122091|title=1st Fate/stay night Heaven's Feel Film's Trailer Previews Aimer's Song (Updated)|date=September 30, 2017|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> The film was released again in the United States on June 5 and June 7, 2018, with an English dub.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-24/1st-fate-stay-night-heaven-feel-film-english-dub-debuts-in-u.s-theaters-on-june-5/.130774|title=1st Fate/stay night Heaven's Feel Film's English Dub Debuts in U.S. Theaters on June 5|date=April 24, 2018|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref> The second film, titled ''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly]]'' was released in Japan on January 12, 2019.<ref name="RelDate">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-28/2nd-fate-stay-night-heaven-feel-anime-film-reveals-january-12-opening-new-visual/.134797|title=2nd Fate/stay night Heaven's Feel Anime Film Reveals January 12 Opening, New Visual|date=July 28, 2018|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref> The third film, titled ''[[Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song]]'' was released in Japan on August 15, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-26/3rd-fate-stay-night-heaven-feel-anime-film-rescheduled-for-august-15-after-covid-19-delay/.161125|title=3rd Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel Anime Film Rescheduled for August 15 After COVID-19 Delay|publisher=Anime News Network|date=June 26, 2020|access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref>

===Light novels===
{{See also|Fate/Zero|Fate/Apocrypha|Fate/strange fake}}
On November 22, 2006, Type-Moon announced a new installment in the ''Fate/stay night'' franchise, titled ''Fate/Zero'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2006/11/22/fatezero-announced/|title=Fate/Zero Announced|website=[[AnimeNation]]|date=November 22, 2006|access-date=August 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306193630/http://www.animenation.net/blog/2006/11/22/fatezero-announced/|archive-date=March 6, 2014}}</ref> which is a prequel to ''Fate/stay night'', stressing the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War and how its consequences affected the Fifth Holy Grail War. In contrast to ''Fate/stay night'', ''Fate/Zero'' is a series of [[light novels]] instead of a visual novel, and is told in a third-person narrative that follows the actions of multiple characters. The series is a collaboration between Type-Moon and a fellow developer, [[Nitroplus]], and was written by [[Gen Urobuchi]].<ref name="Fate/Zero Official">{{cite web |url=http://www.fate-zero.com/ |title=Official Fate/Zero Website |publisher=[[Nitroplus]]/[[Type-Moon]] |access-date=August 30, 2010 |language=ja}}</ref> The first volume was released on December 29, 2006. The second volume was released on March 31, 2007. The third volume was released on July 27, 2007.<ref name="Fate/Zero Official" /> The fourth and final volume was released on December 29, 2007, along with the ''Fate/Zero Original Image Soundtrack "Return to Zero"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0010PP978/ |title=RETURN TO ZERO Fate/Zero Original Image Soundtrack|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]] |language=ja |access-date=August 27, 2010}}</ref> A manga adaptation was serialized from 2010 to 2017, followed by an anime adaptation by [[Ufotable]] in 2011, marking their debut with the franchise.

A light novel titled ''Fate/Apocrypha'' was also released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-11-04/new-fate/apocrypha-project-to-be-launched-by-type-moon|title=New Fate/Apocrypha Project to Be Launched by Type-Moon|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2011-11-04|access-date=2012-07-19}}</ref> It revolves around a [[Parallel universe (fiction)|parallel universe]] in which the events of ''Fate/stay night'' and ''Fate/Zero'' never occurred due to the removal of the Holy Grail after the Third War, resulting in a different Holy Grail War. The first volume was released on December 29, 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-03/author/fate/apocrypha-will-not-end-in-1-volume | title=Author: Fate/Apocrypha Will Not End in 1 Volume | date=December 3, 2012 | publisher=Anime News Network | access-date=September 4, 2013}}</ref> The second volume was released on August 16, 2013. The third volume was released on December 29, 2013. The fourth volume was released on May 30, 2014. The fifth and final volume was released on December 30, 2014. An anime adaptation by [[A-1 Pictures]] was announced for July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-25/fate-apocrypha-tv-anime-reveals-new-promo-video-cast-july-premiere/.113954|title=Fate/Apocrypha TV Anime Reveals New Promo Video, Cast, July Premiere|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 25, 2017|access-date=April 1, 2017}}</ref>

===Spin-off series===
{{See also|Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya|Carnival Phantasm|Today's Menu for the Emiya Family}}
Characters from the ''Fate/stay night'' series appear alongside other Type-Moon characters in the gag manga series ''[[Carnival Phantasm]]'', released by [[Ichijinsha]] between July 2004 and 2005. An [[original video animation]] series produced by [[Lerche (brand)|Lerche]] was released between August 12, 2011, and July 7, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dengekionline.com/elem/000/000/380/380661/|title=TYPE-MOON10周年記念作品『カーニバル・ファンタズム』BDが8月14日に具現化|publisher=Dengeki Online|access-date=June 1, 2019|language=ja}}</ref> A spin-off manga series written by Hiroshi Hiroyama, titled ''[[Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya]]'', began serialization in [[Kadokawa Shoten]]'s ''[[Comp Ace]]'' magazine from September 2007. Set in an alternate universe to the visual novels, the series follows the character Illyasviel von Einzbern as she becomes a [[magical girl]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-31/lucky-star-yoshimizu-to-launch-new-manga-in-april|title=Lucky Star's Yoshimizu to Launch New Manga in April|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref> Several anime series and a film have been produced by [[Silver Link]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei! Anime's New Promo Previews Minami Kuribayashi Theme|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-06-11/fate-kaleid-liner-prisma-illya-2wei-anime-new-promo-previews-minami-kuribayashi-theme/.75439|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=2 March 2017|date=11 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Film's Title Revealed |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-10/fate-kaleid-liner-prisma-illya-film-title-revealed/.112102 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=11 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211021049/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-10/fate-kaleid-liner-prisma-illya-film-title-revealed/.112102 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |date=10 February 2017}}</ref> Another spin-off, the slice of life and food-centric ''[[Today's Menu for the Emiya Family]]'' by TAa, has been serialized on [[Kadokawa Shoten]]'s ''Young Ace Up'' website since January 26, 2016, and has been collected in seven ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes as of October 8, 2021. Set in an alternate universe where the Fifth Holy Grail War resolved with most of the characters surviving and later becoming friends and neighbors, it revolves around Shiro and other characters preparing various dishes for their friends and family. A thirteen-episode [[original net animation]] adaptation by [[Ufotable]] aired monthly from January 25, 2018, to January 1, 2019, and a video game was also released for the [[Nintendo Switch]].

===Video games===
{{See also|Fate/unlimited codes|Fate/tiger colosseum|Fate/Extra|Fate/Grand Order|Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star}}
[[File:201611 Altria Pendragon on AC08 at Songhong Road Station.jpg|thumb|A coach with the ''[[Fate/Grand Order]]'' livery at [[Shanghai Metro]] [[Songhong Road Station]]]]
In 2007, ''[[Fate/tiger colosseum]]'', a 3D [[fighting game]] based on ''Fate/stay night'', was released for the [[PlayStation Portable]] by [[Capcom]] and [[cavia, inc.]] in cooperation with [[Type-Moon|TYPE MOON]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://psp.ign.com/articles/778/778881p1.html|title=Capcom's New PSP Fighter.|date=6 April 2007|publisher=IGN|access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref> The characters are all rendered in a [[super deformed]] style. A sequel, ''Fate/tiger colosseum Upper'', was released on August 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/12/fate-tiger-upper-gets-new-screens-and-an-expensive-le-set/|title=Fate/Tiger UPPER gets new screens & an expensive LE set|publisher=Joystiq|access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref>

Another fighting game based on the franchise titled ''[[Fate/unlimited codes]]'' debuted at the 2008 Amusement Machine Operators' Union (AOU) show in Japan. It was developed by [[Capcom]] in conjunction with Cavia and Eighting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6186205.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721044207/http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6186205.html|archive-date=July 21, 2012|title=Fighting games rough up Japanese arcade conference|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref> The game was released in the arcades and had an exclusive [[PlayStation 2]] release on December 18, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/fate_uc/ac.html|title=Fate/Unlimited Codes arcade|access-date=August 21, 2010|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404144346/http://www.capcom.co.jp/fate_uc/ac.html|archive-date=April 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/fate_uc/cs_index.html|title=Fate/Unlimited Codes|access-date=August 21, 2010|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815021558/http://www.capcom.co.jp/fate_uc/cs_index.html|archive-date=August 15, 2011}}</ref> A pre-order version was also available, which includes a limited edition Saber Lily figure. Capcom also released a [[PlayStation Portable]] version titled ''Fate/unlimited codes Portable'' on June 18, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animekon.com/news-932-Fateunlimited-codes-Gets-PSP-Version-In-June.html|title=Fate/unlimited codes Gets PSP Version In June|publisher=Animekon|access-date=2009-03-26}}</ref> A digital download of the game was released in North America on September 3, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/09/fate-unlimited-codes-available-today-on-psn/|title=Fate/unlimited Codes Available Today on PSN|publisher=Playstation.Blog|access-date=2009-12-01|archive-date=2009-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216101548/http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/09/fate-unlimited-codes-available-today-on-psn/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sega.jp/psp/psp2/home.shtml|script-title=ja:60万本突破したシリーズ最新作がベストプライスで登場！|access-date=June 1, 2013|language=ja}}</ref> and in Europe on September 10, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom-europe.com/games/Fate-Unlimited-Codes-Sony-PSP|title=Fate Unlimited Codes (Sony PSP)|publisher=Capcom Europe|access-date=August 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107092816/http://www.capcom-europe.com/games/Fate-Unlimited-Codes-Sony-PSP|archive-date=November 7, 2012}}</ref>

A dungeon RPG adaptation of the series was announced in ''[[Famitsu]]'' and is produced by [[Image Epoch]] and [[Marvelous Entertainment]] titled ''[[Fate/Extra]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.psp.ign.com/articles/102/1029322p1.html|title=Image Epoch Brings Fate RPG to PSP|publisher=IGN|date= September 29, 2009|access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref> Players take on the role of an unnamed male or female character that the player chooses to be one of seven chosen masters and control servants Saber, Archer, or Caster. The game was released for the PlayStation Portable in both regular and the "Type-Moon Box" editions. The limited, Type-Moon Box edition includes a Saber [[Figma (toy)|Figma]] figure from the game itself, a visual book and a limited edition soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fate-extra.jp/information.html|script-title=ja:フェイト/エクストラ 公式サイト:製品情報|trans-title=Fate/Extra Official Site: Product News|publisher=[[Marvelous Entertainment]]|access-date=2009-12-28|language=ja}}</ref> While the original release was set for March 2010, the release date was pushed back to July 22, 2010, for further testing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.fate-extra.jp/2010/01/2010122-ec14.html|script-title=ja:｢フェイト/エクストラ｣発売延期のお知らせ|trans-title=Notification of Postponement of Release of Fate/Extra|publisher=[[Marvelous Entertainment]]|date=January 22, 2010|access-date=February 9, 2010|language=ja|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629084113/http://blog.fate-extra.jp/2010/01/2010122-ec14.html|archive-date=June 29, 2012 |work=フェイト／エクストラ ニュースブログ }}</ref> In July 2011, [[Aksys Games]] confirmed it would be publishing ''Fate/Extra'' in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/03/japans-fate-extra-fights-its-way-to-north-america/|title=Japan's Fate/Extra fights its way to North America|publisher=Joystiq|date=July 3, 2011|access-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref> Saber appears as playable character in the [[Nitroplus]] fighting game ''[[Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel]]'' based on her appearance in ''Fate/Zero''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/06/23-1/fatezero-saber-joins-nitroplus-blasterz-heroines-infinite-duel-roster-july-2nd|title="Fate/zero" Saber Joins "Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel" Roster July 2nd|publisher=Crunchyroll|date=June 23, 2015|access-date=December 12, 2016}}</ref> An anime television series adaptation, titled ''Fate/Extra Last Encore'' and produced by [[Shaft (company)|Shaft]], was announced for 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fate/Extra Game Gets TV Anime in 2017|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-27/fate-extra-game-gets-tv-anime-in-2017/.100347|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 27, 2016|access-date=April 1, 2017}}</ref>

An online free-to-play RPG was released based on the franchise at large, titled ''[[Fate/Grand Order]]''. The game is centered around [[turn-based]] combat where the player, who takes on an unnamed male or female Master, summons and commands Servants in the battle against enemies. The story narrative is presented in a visual novel format, and each Servant has a scenario that the player explores. Many Servants are featured; some are original, while others return from preceding ''Fate'' works. It was first released on July 29, 2015, on [[Android (operating system)|Android]], with a subsequent release on August 12 on [[iOS]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fate/Grand Order RPG's Promo Previews Game Mechanics|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-31/fate-grand-order-rpg-promo-previews-game-mechanics/.91113|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 1, 2017|date=July 31, 2015}}</ref>

An action role-playing game, titled ''[[Fate/Samurai Remnant]]'', was released on September 28, 2023 for Windows, Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2022/12/koei-tecmo-announces-action-rpg-fate-samurai-remnant-for-ps5-ps4-switch-and-pc|title=Koei Tecmo announces action RPG Fate/Samurai Remnant for PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC|work=Gematsu|first=Sal|last=Romano|date=December 31, 2022|access-date=December 31, 2022}}</ref>

==Music==
There is a soundtrack to the game, called ''Fate/Stay Night Original Sound Track''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TMC-1002|title=Fate/stay night Original Soundtrack|publisher=CD Japan|access-date=July 4, 2011}}</ref> There is also an arranged soundtrack of the game music, titled ''Avalon – Fate/Stay Night''. It is arranged by WAVE and [[K. JUNO]] and features two English arranged versions of "This Illusion" titled "Illusion/Vision" and "Illusion/Fate". The anime original soundtrack was arranged and composed by [[Kenji Kawai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=GNCA-1093|title=TV Anime Fate/stay night A.OST |publisher=CD Japan|access-date=July 4, 2011}}</ref> In addition, there are image albums ''Wish'' and ''WHITE AVALON'' as well as various remix albums ''Fate another score'', ''Fate/extended play'', and ''Emiya #0''.
There are also numerous fanmade arrangements: ''Exodus: Fake/ever since'', ''Iriya 51'', ''Broken Phantasm'', ''fragments'', and ''17 Division''.

Aside from ''Fate/stay night'', the other games in the series have their soundtracks. There is a ''Fate/tiger coliseum OST'' and an imaged soundtrack for Fate/Zero titled ''Return to Zero''.

{| class="wikitable" style="width: auto;"
|+ Game themes
|-
! Title
! Composition and arrangement
! Lyrics
! Performance
! Type
|-
| "This Illusion"
| Number201
| Keita Haga
| M.H.
| Opening theme
|-
| "Days"
| Number201
| Keita Haga
| Chino
| Ending theme
|-
| {{Nihongo|"Ōgon no Kagayaki"|黄金の輝き|Golden Glitter}}
| Number201
| Keita Haga
| Maki
| Opening theme (''Réalta Nua'')
|-
| "Link"
| Number201
| Keita Haga
| Rhu
| Ending theme (''Réalta Nua'')
|-
| "Arcadia"
| 
| Rico
| Earthmind
| Opening theme (''Réalta Nua'' PSV, ''Fate'' route)
|-
|"Horizon"
|
|
|Earthmind
|Opening theme (''Réalta Nua'' PSV, ''Unlimited Blade Works'' route)
|-
|"Another Heaven"
|
|
|Earthmind
|Opening theme (''Réalta Nua'' PSV, ''Heaven's Feel'' route)
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width: auto"
|+ Anime themes
|-
! Title
! Composition
! Arrangement
! Lyrics
! Performance
! Single release date
! Type
|-
| "[[Disillusion (Sachi Tainaka song)|Disillusion]]"<br />(episodes 1–14)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B000E4E4BS/ |title=Amazon.co.jp ''disillusion'' single product page|access-date=2006-11-30|language=ja}}</ref>
| Number201
| [[Kenji Kawai]]
| Keita Haga
| [[Sachi Tainaka]]
| February 22, 2006
| Opening theme
|-
| {{Nihongo|"[[Kirameku Namida wa Hoshi ni]]"|きらめく涙は星に||<br />lit. ''Glittering Tears Change To Stars''}}(episodes 15–23)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B000F9RASG/ |title=Amazon.co.jp 'Kirameku Namida wa Hoshi ni' single product page |access-date=2006-11-30|language=ja}}</ref>
| KATE
| Sogawa Tomoji, Number201
| Keita Haga
| [[Sachi Tainaka]]
| May 31, 2006
| Opening theme
|-
| {{Nihongo|"Anata ga Ita Mori"|あなたがいた森||<br />lit. ''The Forest In Which You Were''}}(episodes 1–13, 15–23)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B000E6UV1I/ |title=Amazon.co.jp 'Anata ga Ita Mori' single product page |access-date=2006-11-30|language=ja}}</ref>
| 
| 
| Manami Watanabe
| [[Jyukai (band)|Jyukai]]
| March 15, 2006
| Ending theme
|-
| {{Nihongo|"Hikari"|ヒカリ||lit. ''Light''}}<br />(episode 14)
| 
| 
| Manami Watanabe
| [[Jyukai (band)|Jyukai]]
| 
| Ending theme
|-
| {{Nihongo|"Kimi to no Ashita"|君との明日||lit. ''Tomorrow with You''}}<br />(episode 24)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B000LE1HWU/ |title=Amazon.co.jp 'Kimi to no Ashita' single product page |access-date=2007-02-16|language=ja}}</ref>
| Sachi Tainaka
| Kaneko Takahiro
| Sachi Tainaka
| Sachi Tainaka
| February 7, 2007
| Ending theme
|-
| "[[Disillusion (Sachi Tainaka song)|Disillusion2010]]" (OVA)
| Number201
| [[Ayumi Miyazaki]]
| Manami Watanabe
| [[Sachi Tainaka]]
| January 22, 2010
| Opening theme
|-
| "With..." (OVA, Episode 1)
| Number201
| 
| 
| [[Jyukai]] feat. [[Sachi Tainaka]]
| 
| Ending theme
|-
| "Kumo no Kakera" (雲のかけら, lit ''Fragments of Clouds)'' (OVA, Episode 2)
| Number201
| [[Ayumi Miyazaki]]
| Manami Watanabe
| [[Sachi Tainaka]] feat. [[Jyukai]]
| 
| Ending theme
|}

==Reception==
When released on January 30, 2004, ''Fate/stay night'' rapidly became one of the most popular visual novels in history, securing the title of "highest selling visual novel" in 2004 of the adult game retailer Getchu.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getchu.com/pc/salesranking2004.html|title=Getchu.com PC visual novel sales rankings for 2004|access-date=2006-11-30|archive-date=2012-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820113832/http://www.getchu.com/pc/salesranking2004.html}}</ref> Readers of ''[[Dengeki G's Magazine]]'' ranked the game second in a list of "most interesting [[bishōjo game]]s" in August 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://gs.dengekinet.com/ranking/index.html | title = 読者が選ぶ MY BEST ギャルゲーランキング |trans-title=Readers Choose My Best Galge Rankings | access-date =February 15, 2013 | publisher=[[ASCII Media Works]]| work= [[Dengeki G's Magazine]] | language = ja | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011213916/http://gs.dengekinet.com/ranking/index.html|archive-date = October 11, 2007}}</ref> The original PC version of the visual novel sold 400,000 copies.<ref>{{cite news |title=配信から3年で大ヒット ソニーを支える「Fate/Grand Order」の威力 |url=http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/15245151/ |work=ライブドアニュース |publisher=[[Livedoor]] |date=2018-09-02 |language=ja-JP}}</ref> On the PlayStation 2, the 2007 release sold 184,558<ref>{{cite web |title=Kadokawa Shoten |url=http://garaph.info/gamesearch.php?publisher=Kadokawa%20Shoten&opt=0 |website=Garaph |access-date=June 5, 2018}}</ref> and the 2009 re-release sold 21,937.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fate/Stay Night -Realta Nua- [1/1][PlayStation 2 the Best] |url=http://salesdatabase.net/games/3529/ |website=Japan Game Sales Database |access-date=27 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518002619/http://salesdatabase.net/games/3529/ |archive-date=18 May 2019 }}</ref> On the PlayStation Vita, the game sold 58,157 in 2013,<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 Top 100 Console Software in Japan |url=http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-BestSell2013.shtml |website=The Magic Box |access-date=June 5, 2018 |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725144814/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-BestSell2013.shtml }}</ref> and 86,836 as of 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fate Stay Night |url=http://salesdatabase.net/search/Fate+Stay+Night |website=Japan Game Sales Database |access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> This adds up to total visual novel sales of 751,488 copies. The DVD and Blu-ray releases of the 2006 anime series sold {{formatnum:{{#expr:35483*8}}|}} units in Japan.<ref>{{cite web |title=2000-Present, Average Sales of 10,000 or More |url=http://www.someanithing.com/1 |website=Someanithing: Anime DVD/BD Sales in Japan |access-date=May 22, 2018}}</ref>

In early 2007, the popularity of ''Fate/stay night'' and the anime Japanese voice actors led to the launch of the ''Fate/stay tune'' internet radio drama, featuring the voice talent of [[Kana Ueda]] (Rin) and [[Ayako Kawasumi]] (Saber). In 2011, the writers [[Chris Klug (game designer)|Chris Klug]] and Josiah Lebowitz in their book ''Interactive storytelling for video games'' praised ''Fate/stay night'' as a strong example of [[Nonlinear gameplay|branching storylines]] and [[Interactive fiction|interactive storytelling]], comparing its depth and complexity to that of a traditional [[novel]].<ref name="klug_194-7">{{cite book|title=Interactive storytelling for video games: a player-centered approach to creating memorable characters and stories|date=March 2011|publisher=[[Focal Press]]|location=Burlington, MA|isbn=978-0-240-81717-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QUrarEcvaO8C&pg=PA194|author=Chris Klug|author2=Josiah Lebowitz|access-date=20 February 2012|pages=194–7|author-link=Chris Klug (game designer)}}</ref> In 2019, the franchise took first place in the [[Comiket]] event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.otakuusamagazine.com/fate-comikets-represented-property/|title=Fate is Comiket's Most Represented Property Once Again|publisher=Otaku USA|access-date=September 6, 2019|date=2019-08-10}}</ref> The spin-off ''Fate/Grand Order'' was also a commercial success, surpassing the gross revenue of the video game franchise ''[[Metal Gear]]'' in four years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.otakuusamagazine.com/fategrand-order-mobile-game-surpasses-metal-gear-solid-franchises-total-earnings/|title=Fate/Grand Order Mobile Game Surpasses Metal Gear Solid Franchise's Total Earnings|work=Otaku USA Magazine |publisher=Otaku USA|access-date=September 6, 2019|date=2019-04-08|archive-date=2019-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905181134/http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/fategrand-order-mobile-game-surpasses-metal-gear-solid-franchises-total-earnings/}}</ref> {{As of|2021|7}}, ''Fate/Grand Order'' grossed {{US$|5.6 billion|long=no}} worldwide, making it the seventh [[List of highest-grossing mobile games|highest-grossing mobile game]] of all time.<ref name="Top10">{{cite news |last1=Orr |first1=Aaron |title=Top 10 highest-grossing mobile games of all time |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/feature/77017/top-10-highest-grossing-mobile-games-of-all-time/ |access-date=6 September 2021 |work=[[Pocket Gamer]] |date=August 13, 2021}}</ref>

===Critical response===
''Fate/stay night'' is, according to various estimates, one of the most famous representatives of its genre.<ref>Lebowitz, Klug, 2011, p. 193.</ref><ref>Fate/stay night (PC) review. Honestgamers (September 12, 2009). 5 декабря 2017 года</ref> It has also been described as "among the most well-received visual novels ever published".<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Britt|first1=Brian C.|last2=Britt|first2=Rebecca K.|date=2020-07-21|title=From waifus to whales: The evolution of discourse in a mobile game-based competitive community of practice|journal=Mobile Media & Communication|volume=9|language=en|pages=3–29|doi=10.1177/2050157920934509|s2cid=225636923|issn=2050-1579}}</ref>

It was noted that TYPE-MOON's use of heroes from legends of antiquity encouraged acquaintance with their literary and mythological sources.<ref>Josiah Lebowitz, Chris Klug. Interactive Storytelling for Video Games : A Player-Centered Approach to Creating Memorable Characters and Stories :. — New York: Elsevier, 2011.. — {{ISBN|978-0-240-81717-0}}., page 156</ref> Uno Tsunehiro from [[Kyoto University]] compared Shirou's traumatic background in regards the city's fire to survivors from the [[September 11 attacks]] while also showing different ways the Japanese society used to take care of their lives in such time. As a result, Tsunehiro views Shirou's change in each route as a way to recover from the trauma, grow up and become an independent person.<ref>{{cite book|title=宇野, 常寛『ゼロ年代の想像力』早川書房、2008年7月25日、122-123頁。全国書誌番号:21466189。|isbn=978-4-15-208941-0|year=2008|publisher=Kyoto University}}</ref> According to Lebowitz and Klug, the authors of the book on the theory of visual novels, the chosen format of the visual novel was optimally used since the concept of several plot arcs stretched the exposition of elements important for a common understanding of the plot and supported reader interest.<ref>Lebowitz, Klug, 2011, p. 194.</ref> The researchers also identified branchings that contain differently emotionally colored scenes that made it possible to view the situation or characters from several angles.<ref>Lebowitz, Klug, 2011, p. 264</ref> A large number of sudden deaths, coupled with a strong effect of losing control over the situation, according to the authors of the monograph, gave the gameplay an additional emotional coloring and motivated players to continue playing the game, aided by well-developed plot twists.<ref>Lebowitz, Klug, 2011, p. 265.</ref> Despite the linearity of the passage of the story arcs, the option of completely skipping the already known scenes "warned players of fatigue and again quickly dipped them into the thick of events".<ref name="Lebowitz, Klug, 2011, p. 197">Lebowitz, Klug, 2011, p. 197.</ref><ref>Jeffrey Kauffman. Fate/Stay Night: Collection 1 Blu-ray Review. Blu-ray.com (January 29, 2013). 29 2013.</ref> Story twists were called by various observers "relevant and exciting".<ref>Erkael. Fate/Stay Night: Critique de la série manga (фр.). Manga-News (15 mai 2017). Проверено 20 2018. 19 июля 2017 года.</ref> The darker narrative "Heaven's Feel" takes in comparison to "Fate" and "Unlimited Blade Works" resulted in the route being compared to the horror genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/es-es/anime-feature/2018/06/12/interview-the-english-voices-behind-the-new-fatestay-night-movie|title=INTERVIEW: The English Voices Behind the New "Fate/Stay Night" Movie|work=Crunchyroll|access-date=May 25, 2019}}</ref> Rice Digital claimed the adult content was given a deep theme particularly in Heaven's Feel when the heroine, Sakura, is treated differently due to her backstory, which makes her uneasy.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 August 2021 |title=The History of Lewd: Fate/stay night |url=https://ricedigital.co.uk/the-history-of-lewd-fate-stay-night/ |access-date=October 8, 2021 |website=Rice Digital}}</ref>

Critics and scholars praised Shirou. ''[[Gamasutra]]'' regarded Shirou as an interesting protagonist due to his childish ideals of becoming a hero and continuing this goal while growing up. The site added that the player's in-game choices make Shirou's character arcs change dramatically and allow Nasu to convey a different aspect of his ideal.<ref name="gama">{{cite web|last=Bossche|first=Andrew|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29267/Analysis_How_FateStay_Night_Goes_Beyond_Binary_Choice.php|title=Analysis: How Fate/Stay Night Goes Beyond Binary Choice|work=[[Gamasutra]]|date=July 12, 2010|access-date=January 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109060852/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/29267/Analysis_How_FateStay_Night_Goes_Beyond_Binary_Choice.php|archive-date=November 9, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The novelist Shūsei Sakagami praised how the user can witness Shirou's "gradual change from a robot to becoming a human" through the three routes, developing distinctive traits in each one.<ref>{{Cite book|title=TYPE-MOONの軌跡|last=Shūsei|first=Sakagami|publisher=Seikaisha|page=84|year=2017|isbn=978-4-06-510557-3|location=Tokyo|oclc=1013875576}}</ref> In his analysis of the magical system and details of the personalities of the characters, Makoto Kuroda sees in the idea of Shirou to become a "champion of justice" a direct analogy with the traditional view of the life of bodhisattvas in [[Mahayana Buddhism]], seeking to save other people at the cost of their own efforts and suffering.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268808464|author=Kuroda, Makoto|title=Identity of Summoned Heroes: Aspects of Psyche and Phases of Persona in Fate/stay night Existence, Phenomenon and Personality|year=2013|page=47}}</ref> In Kuroda's view, Buddhist concepts are opposed to the elements of faux-Christian ethics contained in the plot through the opposition of Shirou and Kirei Kotomine in the form of the main character's rejection of the interpretation of Angra Mainyu as a creature who accepted and manifests the sins of others in the name of salvation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268808464|author=Kuroda, Makoto|title=Identity of Summoned Heroes: Aspects of Psyche and Phases of Persona in Fate/stay night // Existence, Phenomenon and Personality|year=2013|page=50}}</ref>  

In the story aspect, the reviewers considered Shirou's behavior and his attitude to his own ideals as the most interesting and well-developed part of the whole novel.<ref name="lebo">{{cite book|author=Lebowitz, Klug|year=2011|page=196|title=Interactive Storytelling for Video Games: A Player-Centered Approach to Creating Memorable Characters and Stories|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-240-81717-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.honestgamers.com/8387/pc/fatestay-night/review.html|title=Fate/stay night (PC) review|publisher=Honest Gamers|access-date=April 13, 2019}}</ref> The main character in each of the story arcs was placed in different conditions, which gave readers the opportunity to understand the conditions of the setting ("Fate"), to conduct a theoretical understanding of the ideals of the character ("Unlimited Blade Works"),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268808464|author=Kuroda, Makoto|title=Identity of Summoned Heroes: Aspects of Psyche and Phases of Persona in Fate/stay night // Existence, Phenomenon and Personality|year=2013|page=49}}</ref> to face the problems of their implementation ("Heaven's Feel") and, having combined this, to understand the details of his image.<ref name="lebo"/>

The images of Rin, Saber, and Sakura received conflicting ratings. Thus, many reviewers recognized that the psychologically deepest arc is "Heaven's Feel," which is largely due to the sharp and versatile disclosure of the image of Sakura Matou,<ref>Lebowitz, Klug, 2011, p. 121.</ref><ref name="type">TYPE‐MOON 10th Anniversary Phantasm/ Type-Moon. — Kadokawa Shoten, 2012. — 399 с. — {{ISBN|978-4-04-110243-5}}</ref> and her romantic line with Shirou is the most "adult" among all the heroines.<ref name="type"/> According to Gen Urobouchi, the author of the ''Fate/Zero'' prequel, the relationship between the main character and Saber resembled the relationship "between a boy and a boy who became a girl" and more "corresponded to the ancient Greek understanding of love".<ref name="type"/> The very image of Saber was considered by some reviewers to be "full of dignity and not falling into banality".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/fate/stay-night/blu-ray-collection-2|title=Fate/stay night Blu-Ray 2|website=Anime News Network|date=11 October 2023 }}</ref> According to some reviewers, Rin Tohsaka "emphasized a different opinion about the ideals of Shirou",<ref name="evo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.anime-evo.net/2015/06/29/fatestay-night-unlimited-blade-works-review/|title=Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Review|date=June 29, 2015}}</ref> and her romantic line looked "most realistic",<ref name="evo"/> where Rin and the main character "compensated for the shortcomings and increased the virtues of each other".<ref name="type"/> Despite this, TYPE-MOON's Takashi Takeuchi maintained that in purview of the essential themes concerning the ideal and overcoming self, "the first story [the Fate route] is Fate itself for me."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ohara |first=T. |date=June 2006 |title=Fate/stay night for PS2 |url=https://www.tsukikan.com/misc/fate-stay-night-for-ps2.html |website=Tsuki-kan}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* Makoto Kuroda. Identity of Summoned Heroes: Aspects of Psyche and Phases of Persona in Fate/stay night: // Existence, Phenomenon and Personality. 2013. pp.&nbsp;42–100.
* Josiah Lebowitz, Chris Klug. Interactive Storytelling for Video Games: A Player-Centered Approach to Creating Memorable Characters and Stories. New York: Elsevier, 2011. 320 p. {{ISBN|978-0-240-81717-0}}.
* Fate/Complete Material: II Character Material. / Type-Moon. Tokyo: Enterbrain, 2010. 258 p. {{ISBN|978-4-04-726680-3}}.
* Fate/Complete Material: III Material World : / Type-Moon. Tokyo: Enterbrain, 2010. 315 p. {{ISBN|978-4-04-726902-6}}.
* Fate/Side Material: / Type-Moon. Winfanworks, 2004. 100 p.
* Fate/stay night: Anime Spiritual. Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 2006. 144 p. {{ISBN|978-4-04-853993-7}}.
* Fate/stay night: Visual Story / Type-Moon. Tokyo: Enterbrain, 2007. 256 p. {{ISBN|978-4-7577-3723-5}}.
* Fate/secret book:  / Type-Moon. Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 2005. 100 p.
* Fate/Zero material:  / Type-Moon. Winfanworks, 2008. 147 p.
* Prototype material: / Type-Moon. Colophon, 2011. 68 p.
* NewtypeSpecial 劇場版「Fate/stay night[Heaven's Feel]」 I.presage flower // Newtype. Tokyo : Kadokawa Shoten, 2018. 104 pp. {{ISBN|978-4-04-106220-3}}.
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