Summary

Fatefans will have a lot of content to enjoy (or re-enjoy) in December, when bothFate/Strange FakeandFate/Stay Night Heaven’s Feelhit streaming services. November 23 was indeeda big day forFatefans, and now December will make them even more happy.

For those unfamiliar with the franchise,Fateis something a bit hard to explain. It started with theFate/Stay Nightgame, launched in 2004 in Japan. Today, a remastered version titledFate/stay night REMASTEREDis available on some platforms. Anyway, the first game focuses on Shirou Emiya, a man who discovers that secret battles take place between Masters who summon “Servants”, spirits of heroes and heroines. He is bound to a Servant from the Saber class. The player can follow three routes: Destiny, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven’s Feel.

TheFatestory spawned several media, including spin-offs and anime adaptations for each route of the original game. TheHeaven’s Feeltrilogy adapts the same name route, andFate/Strange Fakeis a joke spin-off.Heaven’s Feelmovie trilogy will be available on Crunchyroll and Hulu from Jun 06, 2025, andFake/Strange Fake’sfirst episode debuts on Crunchyroll on December 31st(as part of the classic Fate New Year Special), and adubbed versionis also confirmed:

Fate/stay night Heaven’s Feel Story

The next paragraph contains spoilers for the Heaven’s Feel story.

Produced byUfotable(thesame studio that adaptsDemon Slayer), the movies debuted in Japan in 2017, 2019 and 2020 (respectively, of course). Together, they show Emiya being dragged to the Fifth Holy Grail War (big battles between mages/Masters and ther Servants). He wants to win the war to save the world and his friend, Sakura Matou, who has an abusive mage brother. But he loses it, and she not only gets a strange illness but also discovers she is a Master. He keeps trying to keep her safe, but later she is possessed. But Emiya will still give every power he has in order to try to save her.

The movies had a fair reception in Japan, usually reaching the top of the box office on their opening weekends. They also hadgood critical reception among niche fanbase.

Fate/Strange Fake Was Only A Joke

Fate/Strange Fakewas originally an April’s Fool prank posted on Ryogo Narita’s website on July 27, 2025. Narita is the creator ofDurarara, and it was posted as a Fate parody titledFake/states night. But it spawneda novel seriesand later a manga anyway.

The story takes place in the United States, when an organization tries to copy the Third Holy Grail War. The firstStrange Fakeanime adaptation was the-Whispers of Dawn-special released in 2023 and that could serve as a prologue to this new anime TV series, with a recurring cast and main staff. Both the series and the special are produced by studioA-1 Pictures.

Fate/stay night Heaven’s Feeltrilogy movie will be available on Crunchyroll and Hulu from July 22, 2025. TheFate/strange fake -Whispers of Dawn-special is available to stream on Crunchyroll, who will also stream the new series, with a dubbed version already confirmed.