With the promise of granting any wish, the omnipotent Holy Grail triggered three wars in the past, each too cruel and fierce to leave a victor. In spite of that, the wealthy Einzbern family is confident that the Fourth Holy Grail War will be different; namely, with a vessel of the Holy Grail now in their grasp. Solely for this reason, the much hated "Magus Killer" Kiritsugu Emiya is hired by the Einzberns, with marriage to their only daughter Irisviel as binding contract. Kiritsugu now stands at the center of a cutthroat game of survival, facing off against six other participants, each armed with an ancient familiar, and fueled by unique desires and ideals. Accompanied by his own familiar, Saber, the notorious mercenary soon finds his greatest opponent in Kirei Kotomine, a priest who seeks salvation from the emptiness within himself in pursuit of Kiritsugu. Based on the light novel written by Gen Urobuchi, Fate/Zero depicts the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War—10 years prior to Fate/stay night. Witness a battle royale in which no one is guaranteed to survive. (Source: MAL Rewrite) Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

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Cast

Kiritsugu Emiya

Rikiya Koyama

Irisviel von Einzbern

Sayaka Oohara

Artoria Pendragon

Ayako Kawasumi

Kirei Kotomine

Jouji Nakata

Gilgamesh

Tomokazu Seki

Tokiomi Toosaka

Shou Hayami

Waver Velvet

Daisuke Namikawa

Iskandar

Akio Ootsuka

Gilles de Rais

Satoshi Tsuruoka

Ryuunosuke Uryuu

Akira Ishida

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne

Hikaru Midorikawa

Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi

Takumi Yamazaki