Summer 2015 schedule for Prisma☆Illya Season 3 confirmed!

A tweet from the official Prisma☆Illya Twitter page reveals that the next season of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, titled "2wei! Herz" (2wei, a play on the German word for 'two'; and Herz meaning 'Heart') is all set for Summer of 2015, and even better sporting an awesome new key visual on the website:

It roughly translates to "[Announcement!] Happy New Year! The 2015 summer broadcasting schedule for "Prisma Ilya Zwei Hertz!" is ready! I also put up a new visual to the official website! http://anime.prisma-illya.jp/ Thank you, and give lots more love to Illya this year! #prisma_illya"

The new key visual, sporting our beloved characters Chloe, Miyu and Illya on the beach

 In September of this year, the broadcast of the final episode of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei! ended with an announcement that production on a sequel has been green-lit for next year. Hiroshi Hiroyama's original Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya manga re-imagines the Fate/stay night character Illyasviel von Einzbern in an alternate universe as a magical girl. A manga adaptation of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya ran in Comp Ace (a monthly Japanese game and manga magazine) from 2007 to 2008. Hiroyama then launched several sequel manga series. I loved the other two seasons, so I'm really hyped up for this. I've grown a special place for Illya and Magical Ruby in my heart, and it's nice to know that she's not going anywhere anytime soon.

More Fate/stay night for 2015? Yes, please.

With Fate/stay night's 12th episode airing last week came the 30 second preview for the series' 2nd season.

If you ask me though, 30 seconds is just enough to get this hype train started. It has everything from Lancer and Archer's showdown, to Saber in a wedding dress (wink wink), and even Illya drenched in blood (wink wink WINK). The awesome factor is pushed to 10 when the visage of Unlimited Blade Works towers over Archer. Hopefully he'll get the screen time he deserves, lol

And don't forget, an animated film of Heaven's Feel is right on it's heels. Here's hoping it'll get the Kara no Kyoukai treatment and get multiple installments.

Prepare to never look at worms the same way again.

Another Fate/stay night character ad - this time featuring Saber!

Yesterday, the fourth character ad for ufotable's upcoming anime adaptation of Fate / stay night began airing, this time focusing on Saber. With this, the hype level is at an all-time high, and increasing as we get closer to October 4th.

"I have arrived due to your summon. Master, your orders."

The animation is as beautiful as always, with amazing detail put into every frame. October 4th just can not get here quick enough. Here's hoping they keep the ads coming!

New Character Ad for 2014's Fate/stay Night TV Anime highlights Shirō Emiya

A new character ad for Ufotable's upcoming Anime adaptation of Fate/stay night began airing last Saturday. The focus this time is Shirō Emiya, "the boy who seeks to become a Superhero."

If you ask me, 15 seconds of Shirō is nowhere near enough Shirō, but it does an excellent job of showing his resolve (especially his last line "If you're telling me that the reason behind the fire ten years ago was the Holy Grail War, I can't let that kind of thing happen ever again."), and getting me fired up for the premiere.

The ad features the song "ideal white" by Mashiro Ayano, which will be the opening theme song (Kalafina will perform the ending song).


The new anime will follow the visual novel's 'Unlimited Blade Works' route, and is scheduled to air on October 4, 2014 at midnight. It will be split up into two seasons, the latter half of the anime scheduled to premier in April 2015.


The staff roll includes:

Original character designs: Takashi Takeuchi
Director: Takahiro Miura
Character Design: Tomonori Sudou, Hisayuki Tabata, Atsushi Ikariya
Color Key: Emi Chiba, Mika Matsuoka
Art Director: Koji Eto
Director of Photography: Yuichi Terao
3D Director: Kōjirō Shishido
Music: Hideyuki Fukasawa
Animation Production: ufotable

Summer Updates

It’s been a busy summer for Type-Moon content, but now as Autumn rolls in, Sakura’s Labyrinth is back.

This season for anime includes the second season of Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya, a magical girl take of Fate, which I’ve been pretty impressed with so far. Sakura’s Labyrinth will be doing an in depth review of it after it finishes airing.

As for the hype, Ufotable has announced that they will be animating both the Unlimited Blade Works route and the Heaven’s Feel route for Fate/Stay Night. Unlimited Blade Works is a TV series that will air on October 4th 2014. The Heaven’s Feel route will be adapted as a film, though personally I’m hoping for a film series. Promotional videos have been released announcing both, as well as character previews for both Rin Tohsaka and Archer, important characters in the Unlimited Blade Works route.

Type-Moon has also announced two games for IOS and Android: Fate/Grand Order and an IOS port of the Fate route of the Fate/Stay Night Visual Novel. Grand Order is a reboot of sorts for the canceled RPG that became the Light Novel series Fate/Apocrypha. The Fate route port will be free to download.

In other news I’m a new writer for this blog and I’ll be helping out Kuro Sakura. I’m super hyped for this fall. Feel free to leave your comments below.

Heaven’s Feel Promotional Video

Rin Tohsaka Promotional Video

Fate/Grand Order Video

Unlimited Blade Works Promotional Video

Archer Promotional Video

Fate/Stay Night ufotable Promotional Video 2

A second preview for the new Fate/Stay Night anime, previously presented at AnimeJapan, is now online!

It seems like there's no real spoilers here, as all of the scenes depicted take place before the visual novel's route is chosen (the "Day Before"). The video have a little bit of a hype factor, though not as much as the first in my opinion. Maybe I expected more? I recommend everyone to check out the visual novel before this anime's release, as it's just that good.

For those who don't know, ufotable is the studio that adapted Fate/zero, a light novel taking place before Fate/stay Night. I'm expecting good things, as ufotable has done nothing but excellent work in the past (Tales of Symphonia: The Animation, Coyote Ragtime Show, Gods Eater Burst and Toriko to name a few). What do you guys think?

As always more news as it surfaces.

Fate/stay Night 2014 News

In January of 2006, Studio Deen animated an adaptation of Type-Moon's first commercial work, Fate/stay Night, based on the Fate scenario.

In January 2010, Studio Deen produced a Fate/stay Night Movie, based on the Unlimited Blade Works route.

In October 2011, an adaptation of Fate/Zero (the prequel to Fate/stay night) aired, produced by Ufotable.

Queen's Blade

The Queen’s Blade. A tournament created by the Gods to determine the world’s strongest and most beautiful queen. Or something like that. Just know that if you’re planning on watching this, be prepared for a ride. I know I wasn't. Going into this, all I knew is that there were going to be boobs, and lots of them. That was simply my cue not to take Queen’s Blade seriously at all. I've played Queen’s Blade video games in the past (maybe I’ll get around to reviewing them someday), but after finishing the first two seasons, I admit that I might have misjudged it.