Update: Apparently the way this was phrased at the panel was misinterpreted by many as Aniplex USA has clarified that they were only talking about the show coming to Netflix Japan this summer and that anything outside of that has not been determined yet.
Original story:
With the anime adaptation of Fate/Apocrypha coming up this summer, Aniplex USA has revealed that they’ll be bringing it out for streaming on Netflix. With it being a Netflix exclusive in Japan, this isn’t too much of a surprise, but we’re left with the question of whether they’ll do it in bulk at the end in bilingual form (or more) or whether it will get a simulcast. Suffice to say, if it’s Netflix-only for around the world and it’s held until dubs are done, this will be one of the shows that gets extensive pirating in order to be seen. Netflix and anime simulcasting continues to be something that is essentially broken right now and doesn’t show any signs of being addressed.
The series will be directed by Yoshiyuki Asai based on the series composition by Yuichiro Higashida, who wrote the original work. Character designs are being handled by Yuri Yamada with A-1 Pictures producing the animation.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Maaya Sakamoto as Ruler
- Natsuki Hanae as Sieg
- Junichi Suwabe as Saber of Black
- Kouki Uchiyama as Shirō Kotomine
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Saber of Red
- Saori Hayami as Archer of Red
- Koji Yusa as Lancer of Red
- Makoto Furukawa as Rider of Red
- Tetsu Inada as Caster of Red
- Satoshi Tsuruoka as Berserker of Red
- Kei Shindou as Assassin of Red
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Archer of Black
- Ryotaro Okiayu as Lancer of Black
- Rumi Ookubo as Rider of Black
- Mitsuru Miyamoto as Caster of Black
- Ai Nonaka as Berserker of Black
- Sakura Tange as Assassin of Black
Plot concept: The setting of Fate/Apocrypha is a parallel world to Fate/stay night where the Greater Grail was removed from Fuyuki after the Third Holy Grail War and disappeared for many years. Around the 2000s, around the same time as the Fifth Holy Grail War would have happened, the group that plundered the Grail, Yggdmillennia, openly declares their secession from the Mage’s Association and that they are in possession of the Grail. The Association dispatches fifty magi to retrieve it, but all but one are instantly slaughtered by Lancer of Black. The one remaining manages to activate the reserve system of the Greater Grail, allowing for the summoning of fourteen Servants in total.
This marks the start of the Great Holy Grail War in Trifas, featuring two different factions, the Black Faction, whose members are part of Yggdramillennia, and the Red Faction, whose members were sent by the Mage’s Association with the exception of one from the Church. The Grail itself also summons Ruler to act as a mediator of the Holy Grail War.
Fate/Apocrypha TV anime PV2 by pKjd
