Fate/stay night -Unlimited Blade Works- 1st

 Fate/Zero (フェイト/ゼロ Feito/Zero) is a light novel by Gen Urobuchi, illustrated by Takashi  Takeuchi, and is a prequel to Type-Moon's visual novel, Fate/stay night. The first volume was  released on December 29, 2006, and is a collaboration between Type-Moon and fellow developer  Nitroplus. The second volume was released on March 31, 2007. The third volume was released  on July 27, 2007. The fourth and final volume was released on December 29, 2007, along with the  Fate/Zero Original Image Soundtrack "Return to Zero". Four sets of Drama CDs were released  from 2008 to 2010. An anime adaptation has been produced by ufotable, the first season of  which aired from October 1 to December 24, 2011 and the second season of which aired from  April 7 to June 23, 2012.(Wikipedia)

Plot
 Fuyuki City is the setting for a secret and violent war among competing magi. For the past two centuries, seven sorcerers have gathered and engage in a battle royale known as the Holy Grail War, each gambling his or her own life to obtain the Holy Grail, a legendary chalice capable of granting wishes. The past four Holy Grail Wars have typically occurred every sixty years or so. However, the fifth war has started prematurely, with the most recent concluding less than a decade ago.

The seven sorcerers, known as Masters, are aided by seven beings known as Servants, reincarnations of legendary heroes from all time. These resurrected souls possess superhuman characteristics and wield powerful artifacts or abilities called Noble Phantasms, symbols of their heroism during life. Only one Servant can be summoned in each war from one of seven classes: Saber, Archer, Lancer, Berserker, Rider, Assassin, and Caster, each representing their distinctive role in battle. The Servants are summoned by the power of the Grail itself and aid their Masters in doing battle, protecting them from harm and killing other Servants or Masters. In return for their aid, the Servants also seek their own wish from the Holy Grail, should their Master become victorious.

Shirō Emiya is a serious yet helpful, hardworking, and honest teenager and a student at Fuyuki High, whose parents died in a fire years ago, around the time of the conclusion of the Fourth Holy Grail War. He was then adopted by Kiritsugu Emiya. When he was a child, his adoptive father told him how he had failed at his life ambition to become a "Hero of Justice". Shirō affirms to his adoptive father that he intends to devote his life to achieving that distant ideal, much to Kiritsugu's chagrin. To do this, Shirō pleads with a begrudging Kiritsugu to teach him sorcery; but being born without the capabilities of a magus, Shirō proves to be talentless in almost all the fundamental sorcerous disciplines. Kiritsugu dies in Shirō's youth. From then on, he grows up as an orphan in the occasional company of Taiga Fujimura, his English teacher at Fuyuki High, and Sakura Matō, his underclassman.

After cleaning his school's kyūdō dojo late one night, Shirō stumbles upon two Servants, Archer and Lancer, battling in the school courtyard. Upon accidentally revealing himself, Shirō runs away. To avoid compromising the war's secrecy, Lancer hunts down and pierces Shirō's heart with his Noble Phantasm, a long, red spear. Shirō is then discovered in a near-death state by Rin Tōsaka. For the sake of her sister Sakura Matō who has feelings for him, she uses an heirloom filled with concentrated magic to restore his damaged heart and leaves before he awakens. Shaken and dazed, Shirō picks up the heirloom and returns home only to be assaulted a second time by Lancer. Shirō weakly defends himself against Lancer using posters he strengthens with magic, but is soon overwhelmed by the powerful Servant's attack. Before Lancer can inflict another fatal blow, a magical mark on Shirō's hand begins to light up and a magical circle inside the shed begins to glow. A young woman clad in armor with an invisible sword appears in a flash of light and blocks Lancer's attack. After driving Lancer away from Shirō, she introduces herself as "Servant Saber", and formally announces her intention to fight under Shirō for the Holy Grail.

Meanwhile, Rin has realized that Lancer will return to finish what he started and rushes to the aid of Shirō, only to discover that Shirō is safe and has gained his own Servant. From here, the story splits into three paths known as routes, and those are: Fate, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel. (Wikipedia)

Air date
TOKYO MX 10/04(Sat) 24:00～





Videos

ep00 - Prologue / プロローグ

ep01 - Winter Day, Fateful Night / 冬の日、運命の夜

ep02 - When the Curtain Goes Up / 開幕の刻

ep03 - The First Battle / 初戦

ep04 - Finding the Will to Fight / 戦意の在処

ep05 - Dancing After School / 放課後に踊る

ep06 - Mirage / 蜃気楼

ep07 - Reward for the Desperate Struggle / 死闘の報酬

ep08 - Winter Days, Whereabouts of Mind / 冬の日、心の所在

ep09 - The Distance Between Them / 二人の距離

ep10 - The Fifth Contractor / 五人目の契約者

ep11 - A Visitor Approaches Lightly / 五来訪者は軽やかに

ep12 - The Final Choice / 最後の選択（final episode）

Voice Actors&Actress

 Shiro Emiya - Kisho Sugiyama
  Rin Tosaka - Kana Ueda
  Saber - Ayako Kawasumi
  Archer - Junichi Suwabe
  Sakura Magiri - Noriko Shimoya
  Illyasviel von Einzbern - Mai Kadowaki
  Soichiro Kuzuki - Masaki Terasoma
  Lancer - Nobutoshi Kanna
  Caster - Atsuko Tanaka
  Assassin - Shinichiro Miki
  Rider - Yu Asakawa
  Taiga Fujimura - Miki Ito
  Shinji Magiri - Hiroshi Kamiya
  Issei Ryudo - Hiroaki Madono
  Kirei Kotomine - Joji Nakata
  Kiritsugu Emiya - Rikiya Oyama
  Girugamesh - Tomokazu Seki