Fate/Apocrypha
Fate/Apocrypha is a light novel written by Yuichiro Higashide with illustrations by Ototsugu Konoe. The first volume will be released on December 29, 2012 at Comiket 83.
Story
The story is focused on a Holy Grail War separate from that of the five Fuyuki conflicts, with 14 servants instead of the classic 7. There will be two factions where there will be 7 red servants vs. 7 black servants. The story will be centered around Joan of Arc:
“In the name of Joan of Arc, I command thee, fourteen servants.”
Characters
Masters
Black side
Red side
Servants
Ruler
Black side
Black Caster
Red side
Red Archer
Red Rider
Minor Characters
Characters from canceled game
- Main article: List of Fate/Apocrypha characters
Development
Title page of canceled game.
Originally introduced as a canceled project for an online MMO game with various details and character designs collected in Fate/complete material IV Extra material. TYPE-MOON and an unnamed video game developer were developing this game, however the project was discontinued right at the planning stages.
The original gameplay involves the Player plays as the Master, and then summons his Servant. You fight with other Player's Master-Servant team for online ranking.
Nasu wanted the online game to have a world with a complete story, despite being an online game. Although the development of the story may change depending on the Servant’s relationship with the Master, ultimately the story concludes with Joan activating her ultimate Noble Phantasm which she stubbornly withheld.[1]
In November 2011 was announced a new project for Fate/Apocrypha as a Light Novel and in early December[2], Yuichiro Higashide[3]confirmed on his Twitter that he is writing Fate/Apocrypha as a novel with illustrations by Ototsugu Konoe.
In the Fate/Apocrypha preview booklet that came along with the TYPE-MOON Ace 8 magazine, it has been confirmed that Musashibo Benkei and Sakata Kintoki have been removed from the novel. They have been replaced by a Red Saber and a new unnamed servant (most probably a Caster, since Shakespeare was the only Caster in the original roster).
Staff
In Fate/complete material IV Extra material, it revealed that the online game had several writers and illustrators for the Servant design.
Servant Designer
- TYPE MOON (Siegfried) (Semiramis)
- Kinoko Nasu (Karna) (Joan of Arc)
- Gen Urobuchi (Vlad III) (Spartacus)
- Myougaya Jinroku (Musashibo Benkei) (Atalanta)
- Meteo Hoshizora (David) (Astolfo) (Frankenstein)
- Kiyomune Miwa (Saint George)
- Ototsugu Konoe (Astolfo)
- Shoji Gatoh (Shakespeare)
- Yuichiro Higashide (Jack the Ripper)
- Jin Haganeya (Sakata Kintoki)
Servant Illustrator
- KN (Siegfried)
- pako (Karna)
- Hirotaka Maeda (Vlad III)
- Katsuya Terada (Musashibo Benkei) (Spartacus)
- Ginka (David)
- Genji Asai (Atalanta)
- Higashiguchi Chuuou (Saint George)
- Ototsugu Konoe (Astolfo)
- Chinatsu Kurahana (Shakespeare)
- Taketo Sanada (Jack the Ripper)
- Shidzuki Morii (Semiramis)
- Takeshi Okazaki (Frankenstein)
- Raita Honjou (Sakata Kintoki)
- Takashi Takeuchi (Joan of Arc)
Release Date
A first chapter focusing on Jack the Ripper and her Master, Reika Rikudou, was published in Type-Moon Ace Vol.7 in December 15 2011.[4] Bonus book will be bundled with Type-Moon Ace Vol.8.
The first volume released date is scheduled for December 29, 2012.
References
- ↑ Fate/complete material IV Extra material - Nasu: To summarise, there is a conspiracy in the finale of the story that intends to use the Holy Grail War framework for evil. As the Counter Force, the Servant Joan of Arc wishes to safeguard the framework of the Holy Grail War. Other Servants wish to protect their respective Master, but Joan wishes to protect the Holy Grail War. Although the development of the story may change depending on the Servant’s relationship with the Master, ultimately the story concludes with Joan activating her ultimate Noble Phantasm which she stubbornly withheld. The goal here is to create a world with a complete story, despite being an online game.
- ↑ New Fate/Apocrypha Project to Be Launched by Type-Moon. Anime News Network (2011-11-04). Retrieved on 2012-07-19.
- ↑ Higashide's Twitter (Japanese). Twitter (2011-12-02). Retrieved on 2012-07-19.
- ↑ Higashide's blog (Japanese) (December 03, 2011). Retrieved on July 19, 2012.