Fate watch order
Every Fate series in our catalog, with its seasons, films and specials, in the order they came out: 38 entries (18 seasons, 9 films and 11 specials and OVAs), 2006 to 2027. The seasons add up to 214 episodes.
Updated , when release dates were last checked.
Start with Fate/stay night (2006), then follow the list from top to bottom.
Release order
Oldest first, by the date each entry first aired or opened in cinemas.
1.Fate/stay night
TV2006 · 24 episodes
2.Fate/Zero
TV2011 · 13 episodes- 3.
Fate/Zero 2nd Season
TV2012 · 12 episodes - 4.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya
TV2013 · 10 episodes - 5.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei!
TV2014 · 10 episodes 
6.Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
TV2014 · 12 episodes
7.Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2nd Season
TV2015 · 13 episodes- 8.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei Herz!
TV2015 · 10 episodes - 9.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!!
TV2016 · 12 episodes - 10.
Fate/Grand Order: First Order
Special2016 · 1 episode 
11.Fate/Apocrypha
TV2017 · 25 episodes
12.Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Movie: Sekka no Chikai
Movie2017
13.Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower
Movie2017- 14.
Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom
Special2017 · 1 episode 
15.Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan
ONA2018 · 13 episodes
16.Fate/Extra: Last Encore
TV2018 · 10 episodes- 17.
Fate/Extra: Last Encore - Illustrias Tendousetsu
TV2018 · 3 episodes - 18.
Lord El-Melloi II-sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note - Hakamori to Neko to Majutsushi
Special2018 · 1 episode 
19.Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven's Feel - II. Lost Butterfly
Movie2019- 20.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Prisma☆Phantasm
Movie2019 
21.Lord El-Melloi II-sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note
TV2019 · 13 episodes- 22.
Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia - Initium Iter
Special2019 · 1 episode 
23.Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia
TV2019 · 21 episodes
24.Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song
Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring Song
Movie2020
25.Fate/Grand Order: Shinsei Entaku Ryouiki Camelot 1 - Wandering; Agateram
Movie2020
26.Fate/Grand Carnival
OVA2020 · 4 episodes- 27.
Fate/Grand Order: Shinsei Entaku Ryouiki Camelot 2 - Paladin; Agateram
Movie2021 - 28.
Fate/Grand Order: Shuukyoku Tokuiten - Kani Jikan Shinden Solomon
Movie2021 - 29.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Movie: Licht - Namae no Nai Shoujo
Movie2021 - 30.
Lord El-Melloi II-sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note Special
Special2021 · 1 episode - 31.
Fate/Grand Order: Fujimaru Ritsuka wa Wakaranai
ONA2023 · 33 episodes 
32.Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn
Special2023 · 1 episode- 33.
Fate/Grand Order: Fujimaru Ritsuka wa Wakaranai Season 2
ONA2024 · 26 episodes - 34.
Fate/Grand Order: Fujimaru Ritsuka wa Wakaranai Season 3
ONA2025 · 24 episodes 
35.Fate/strange Fake
TV2026 · 13 episodes- 36.
Fate/Grand Order: Fujimaru Ritsuka wa Wakaranai Season 4
ONA2026 - 37.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Finale
TV2027 · Not out yet - 38.
Fate/strange Fake (Shin Series)
TVDate not announced · Not out yet
Just the seasons
Short on time? These are the 18 seasons on their own, in order.
- Fate/stay night (2006)
- Fate/Zero (2011)
- Fate/Zero 2nd Season (2012)
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya (2013)
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! (2014)
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014)
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2nd Season (2015)
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei Herz! (2015)
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!! (2016)
- Fate/Apocrypha (2017)
- Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan (2018)
- Fate/Extra: Last Encore (2018)
- Fate/Extra: Last Encore - Illustrias Tendousetsu (2018)
- Lord El-Melloi II-sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note (2019)
- Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia (2019)
- Fate/strange Fake (2026)
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Finale (2027)
- Fate/strange Fake (Shin Series)
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Questions
- What order should I watch Fate in?
- Watch it in release order, starting with Fate/stay night (2006) and ending with Fate/Grand Order: Fujimaru Ritsuka wa Wakaranai Season 4 (2026). That is 38 entries in all: 18 seasons, 9 films and 11 specials and OVAs. Still to come: Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Finale, Fate/strange Fake (Shin Series).
- How many seasons does Fate have?
- Fate has 18 seasons in our catalog, 214 episodes in total.
- Where do the Fate movies fit?
- There are 9 films. In release order, 2 came out after Fate/Apocrypha (2017), 2 after Fate/Extra: Last Encore - Illustrias Tendousetsu (2018) and 5 after Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia (2019); the list above shows each one in place.
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