While we won’t get the full listing of what Netflix is bringing out in February 2018 until late next week, there are some signs of what we will be getting. The service has updated its Fate/Apocrypha page to reveal that the second cour of the series is set for a February 9th, 2018 debut. Similar to the first cour, it’s expected to be in multiple languages and with multiple subtitle tracks.
The series was directed by Yoshiyuki Asai based on the series composition by Yuichiro Higashida, who wrote the original work. Character designs were 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, Kenji Nomura as Kairi Shishigou, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia, Chinatsu Akasaki as Fiore Forvedge Yggdmillennia, Yuusuke Kobayashi as Caules Forvedge Yggdmillennia, Tooru Ookawa as Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia, Shizuka Ishigami as Celenike Icecolle Yggdmillennia, Emiri Katou as Roche Icecolle Yggdmillennia, and Mai Nakahara as Reika Rikudou.
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.
