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Fate/Prototype (フェイト/プロトタイプ, Feito/purototaipu?) is an OVA distributed with the third home release of Carnival Phantasm. It was directed by Seiji Kishi and animated by Studio LercheWP, it released on December 31, 2011. Makoto Uezu wrote the script, Kazuaki Morita designed the characters, and the music was composed by Yasuharu Takanashi[1]

It tells the story around the Second Tokyo Holy Grail War, it is the reworked original concept of Kinoko Nasu's for Fate/stay night. It has yet to be adapted as a full series, with only a short animated feature and production notes detailing the story. The prequel story Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver has been fully adapted in drama CDs with the same voice actors and actresses.

Story[]

Setting[]

The system of the War and everything else is much like that from Fate/stay night in some points, but unlike the produced project, the Prototype version has Masters that possess "Master Degrees", which are named following the angelic hierarchy starting from the 7th Order and up (so Princes, Powers, Virtues, Dominions, Thrones, Cherubim, Seraphim).

Plot[]

The storyline of Fate/Prototype takes place in its own universe, eight years after the tragic First Holy Grail War also known as the "Heaven's Feel" ritual. Here, the Holy Grail is still the so desired object. However, the darkness contained within the "Holy Grail" is gradually revealed as the characters proceed to struggle against each other in order to win the war.

The story begins with Ayaka Sajyou, a magus who is the last surviving member of the Sajyou family who tries to live her life as normally as possible, while avoiding any connection to her past and the Holy Grail War. However, Ayaka's destiny has been sealed since the day when her father and prominent older sister, Manaka Sajyou, were murdered during the First Holy Grail War, eight years ago. Even now, she can still remember the last thing her father said before his death "You have no choice but to enter into the Heaven's Feel".

On the eighth anniversary of the death of her family, Ayaka has a mysterious encounter with Sancraid Phahn who warns her that the Second Holy Grail War is about to begin and that she can't run away from it. Later that night, Ayaka is pursued by a mysterious man with vicious creatures, who stabs her with his weapon. She is saved just in time by a holy radiance that summons a warrior who saves her. Now, Ayaka has no choice but to enter into the Second Holy Grail War and survive.

Characters[]

Main Characters[]

Ayaka Sajyou
She is the previous protagonist of Nasu’s original Fate/Stay Night, later replaced by Shirou Emiya. She appears to be a very insecure person, traumatized after the previous Holy Grail War after her father and sister died because of it, and not willing to join the current one. On the anniversary of her father and sister's death she is pursued by Lancer much like Shirou. She is also saved at the last moment by her Servant, Saber. Her position as Master is under The Seventh, Princes.
Saber
The First, is the previous male version of the female Saber. He responded to and accepted the summons of Ayaka in time to save her life from Lancer who had been pursuing her. He shows the sense of values of a matured man, as well as a strong sense of justice.
The Sixth, Powers
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Servant
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The Fifth, Virtues
He is the Master of Archer. He's the owner and president of a skyscraper that overlooks the city. Little is known about him other than that he is a careful person to the end.
Archer
The Third, is the previous version of Fate/stay night's Archer. He is the most self-centered person in the world and wishes to be the highest ranking Servant. Having two above him enraged him to the point where he wanted to kill his own Master.
The Fourth, Dominions
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Servant
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Aro Isemi
He is the Master of Rider. He has the appearance of a 10-year-old boy, a victim of a "chimerization" experiment by the unknown antagonist of the last War. At the beginning of this War, he was entirely sustained by medical machinery.
Rider
The Fifth, is a Servant that was to be used in the original Fate/stay night novel, but was redesigned and briefly shown in Fate/Hollow Ataraxia. He hated his Master for being weak, but sympathizes with the magus' plight, and later becomes good friends with him, prior to his death. Rider fights alone for the one wish to resurrect his Master.
Misaya Reiroukan
She is the previous version of Rin Tohsaka. She is a noble woman and a sadist; proud, elegant, cruel and calculative. Misaya is the Master of Lancer and the one who ordered Lancer to track down Ayaka in order to eliminate her. Misaya's position as Master is under The Second, Cherubim.
Lancer
The Fourth, is the previous version of Fate/stay night's Lancer. He acts like a normal Servant under the commands of his Master, Misaya Reiroukan. Despite having his Noble Phantasm sealed by her and her personality, he likes her, as she reminds him of his teacher.
Sancraid Phahn
He is the Prototype version of Kirei Kotomine. He appears as a complete maniac, switching between a kind persona and an evil psychotic one that is completely obsessed with the Grail. He's the Master of Berserker. Sancraid's position as Master is under VOID, Absence.
Berserker
The Prototype Version of Hercules
Manaka Sajyou
She is the previous version of Illyasviel von Einzbern. She is the older sister of Ayaka and the previous Master of Saber. Manaka is also the one responsible for the tragedy that occurred in the last War. She now acts as the Master of Beast. Her position as Master is under The First, Seraphim.
Beast
The Beast is the Servant of Manaka, and is the 666th Beast of the The Apocalypse of John of PatmosWP and the manifestation of the sins and desires of men. The complete materialization of the Beast is the entire purpose of the Heaven's Feel system. It is similar in concept to that of Avenger. It is born out of the Grail being filled with the Evil, Greedy Intentions of Humanity, rather than Good Intentions.

Minor Characters[]

Hiroki Sajyou
Voiced by Hiroki TōchiWP. Hiroki is a magus and the father of Manaka and Ayaka who died during the course of the First Holy Grail War in 1991. In Fate/Prototype Fragments of Sky Silver, he shows regret at not being a better father to Ayaka and Manaka.

Music[]

The soundtrack was composed by Yasuharu Takanashi.[2]

Development[]

The original version of Fate/stay night, now called Old Fate (旧Fate, Kyū Fate?) and Fate Origin, was a novel that Nasu wrote during high school, eventually being vastly redesigned as a visual novel to suit the target audience. They were reluctant to completely abandon many of the "original charms" that were discarded, and they had wished to utilize them somehow with each passing year. Twenty years after originally being penned, they decided to make use of the release of Carnival Phantasm, discarding other proposals like Princess Arcueid VS Saber Lily or a scene from Tsukihime 2, to "just once, return to the original" for the company's belated tenth anniversary.

They decided to frame the animation like a movie trailer, utilizing the best parts and still telling the story properly. Nasu feels that the main idea of the work was in the style of an ‘80s romance, “A story of revolutionizing the world”, and took great interest in returning to the work. The large difference in obtaining the Holy Grail from the original to the final product in Fate/stay night can be said to represent the changing trends of the period.[3]

Adaptations[]

It was originally released as a twelve-minute anime segment released with Carnival Phantasm Season 3, and included the Prototype Material databook. There are no current plans to develop the work into a full story.[4]

Books[]

Drama CDs[]

Main article: Fate/Prototype Special Drama CD: On Ship Christmas Murder

References[]

External links[]

Main works
Fate/Zero (AnimeMangaSound Drama) • Fate/stay night (Fate (AnimeManga) • Unlimited Blade Works (AnimeMovieManga) • Heaven's Feel (Movies(Presage FlowerLost ButterflySpring Song) Manga)) • Fate/hollow ataraxia (Manga)
Fate/Extra series
Fate/EXTRA (MangaLast EncoreRecord) • Fate/EXTRA CCC (Manga) • Fate/EXTRA CCC Fox TailFate/EXTELLAFate/EXTELLA LINK
Fate/Grand Order series
5th Anniversary "under the same sky"ArcadeChaldea Case FilesDuelFate/Grand Order (Anime (First OrderMoonlight/LostroomAbsolute Demonic Front: BabyloniaDivine Realm of the Round Table: CamelotGrand Temple of Time: Solomon) • Manga (Epic of Remnant (AgarthaSalemSE.RA.PHShimousaShinjuku) • mortalis:stellaturas réalta) • Stage Plays (Divine Realm of the Round Table: CamelotAbsolute Demonic Front: BabyloniaThe Grand Time Temple: Solomon)) • From LostbeltThe Heroic Spirit Food ChroniclesHeroic Spirit Lore ~Henry Jekyll/Hyde~Murder at the KogetsukanStrange Tales of Heroic Spirit Lore ~King of the Cavern, Edmond Dantès~A Study in the Dubious Meiho ManorVRWaltz in the MOONLIGHT/LOSTROOM
Other Works
The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi IIThe Case Files of Lord El-Melloi IIDominate Grail WarFate/Apocrypha (AnimeManga) • Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA (Anime) • Fate/LabyrinthFate:Lost EinherjarFate/PrototypeFate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky SilverFate/RequiemFate/Samurai RemnantFate/strange Fake (MangaWhispers of Dawn) • Fate/type RedlineFate/unlimited codesFate/unpublished materialFate/Zero Next EncounterGarden of Avalon
Parody Works
Carnival Phantasm (TAKE MOON) • Fate/Grand CarnivalFate/Freedom OrderFate/GUDAGUDA OrderFate/KOHA-ACEFate/Grand Order Gutentag OmenFate/Grand Order Gutentag Omen AdiosFate/Grand Order: Medb・Medb・Medb! Shimo Aono WorksFate/Grand Order MyCraft LostbeltFate/Grand Order QuestFate/IxtellaFate/mahjong night: Holy Tile WarFate/Pixel WarsFate/school lifeFate/stay night Comic BattleFate/tiger colosseumFate/Zero BlackKoha-AceLearn with Manga! FGOTeach Us FGO! The Grand Order of Greats and LegendsToday's Menu for Emiya FamilyTYPE-MOON Academy Chibichuki!Fate/Grand Order: Heian HEROES Piyo WorksYokai PARADE Piyo Fate/Grand Order WorksYokai PARADE Piyo
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