Anime like Lord El-Melloi II-sei no Jikenbo: "Rail Zeppelin" Grace note

Fate/Zero

Also known as Fate/Zero.

Studio: Aniplex , ufotable , Nitroplus , Aniplex of America , Seikaisha , Notes , Studio Mausu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

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.



Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Battle Royale , Magic , Mythology , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Death Game , Urban Fantasy , Religion , Assassins , Dissociative Identities , Philosophy , Gore , War , Spearplay , Swordplay , Urban , Espionage , CGI

Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn

Also known as Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn-.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , Notes
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

Years after the Fifth Holy Grail War in Japan, strange reports surface of one appearing in America. Attracting new Mages and Servants, the question is raised about the relic’s authenticity. As the city of Snowfield is turned into a bloody battleground, specific details seem wrong. Is it possible someone is manipulating this twisted little play, and if so, does this mean the true Holy Grail exists?



Note: Special premiere occurred in Los Angeles at Anime Expo before the Japanese television premiere on July 2, 2023.

Tags: Magic , Mythology , Foreign , Gods , Shapeshifting , Agender , Chimera , Conspiracy , Battle Royale , Urban Fantasy , Animals , Death Game , Vampire , Swordplay , Police , Urban , Isekai , Guns , Assassins

Fate/stay night

Also known as Fate/stay night.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Studio DEEN , Frontier Works , TBS , Sentai Filmworks , Notes , CREi
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

Raised by a mysterious sorcerer after the death of his parents in a catastrophic fire, Shirou Emiya has only just begun to learn small tidbits of magic. When he is caught in a battle between two powerful Magi, however, he ends up performing a spell above his expected ability, accidentally summoning a beautiful woman knight to protect him.

Shirou is thus unwillingly thrust into the competition known as the Holy Grail War where Seven Magi called Masters, together with their spirit partners called Servants, fight to acquire a powerful artifact said to grant every wish.

Tags: Magic , Battle Royale , Death Game , Urban Fantasy , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Super Power , Heterosexual , Witch , Urban , Orphan , School , Assassins , Tsundere , Kuudere , CGI , Spearplay , Samurai

Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower

Also known as Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] I. presage flower.

Studio: ufotable , Aniplex , Notes , KADOKAWA , IYUNO STUDIOS , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Psychological , Supernatural

The first film in a trilogy adaptation of the third route of the popular visual novel: Fate/stay night.

10 years after the Holy Grail War—a battle waged by Masters and Servants over the wish-granting container, the Holy Grail—another war breaks out in Fuyuki City. Shirou Emiya—the adopted son of Kiritsugu Emiya, a participant of the previous Holy Grail War—is leading a peaceful life with people dear to him. Especially close to him is his underclassman Sakura Matou, who brings kindness into his otherwise lonely life. But once the Holy Grail War starts, Shirou’s peaceful life is sundered.



Tags: Battle Royale , Magic , Urban Fantasy , Assassins , Mythology , Necromancy , Orphan , Swordplay , Female Protagonist , Adoption , Demons , Male Protagonist , Gore , School , CGI , Super Power , Cosmic Horror , Found Family , Archery , War , Zombie , Urban , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Kuudere , Witch , Food , Heterosexual , Spearplay , Religion , Tsundere , Tanned Skin

Yuukoku no Moriarty

Also known as Moriarty the Patriot.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Namco Arts , Shueisha , BANDAI SPIRITS , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can stand in his way. It's time for crime to revolutionize the world!



Note: The first episode received an early screening on September 21st, 2020. The regular TV broadcast started on October 11th, 2020.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Class Struggle , Crime , Foreign , Detective , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Primarily Male Cast , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Mafia , Politics , Episodic , Ships , Guns , Gore , Shounen , Adoption

Fate/Apocrypha

Also known as Fate/Apocrypha.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , Aniplex of America , Half H.P Studio , Notes
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

There was once a Holy Grail War waged by Mages and Heroic Spirits in a town of Fuyuki. However, one Mage took advantage of the chaos of World War II to steal a Holy Grail. Several decades have passed, and the Yggdmillennia family, who took upon the Holy Grail as its symbol, defected from the Mages' Association. Furious, the Association sent forces to deal with the Yggdmillennia, but were defeated. With the Holy Grail system changed, war at an unprecedented scale breaks out.



Tags: Battle Royale , Urban Fantasy , Mythology , War , Magic , Spearplay , Religion , Dissociative Identities , Crossdressing , Foreign , Death Game , Swordplay , Ensemble Cast , Gender Bending , Femboy , Tomboy , Vampire , Boys' Love , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Tragedy , Archery , Femdom , Bondage

Fate/Grand Order: Shinsei Entaku Ryouiki Camelot - Paladin; Agateram

Also known as Fate/Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot - Paladin; Agateram.

Studio: Production I.G , Aniplex , Notes , DELiGHTWORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

The second part in a two-part anime film project adapting the "Sixth Singularity - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot" story from the game.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Tragedy , Gods , Spearplay , Magic , Kingdom Management , Desert , Religion , Rotoscoping , Mythology , Historical , Urban Fantasy , Anachronism , Time Manipulation , CGI , Super Power , Crossdressing

Fate/Grand Order: Shinsei Entaku Ryouiki Camelot - Wandering; Agateram

Also known as Fate/Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot - Wandering; Agateram.

Studio: Production I.G , Aniplex , Signal.MD , DELiGHTWORKS , Notes
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

The wandering knight, Bedivere, reaches the end of his journey.

The year is A.D. 1273 in Jerusalem.

The Holy Land has been transformed into a massive desert, the people have been forced out of their homes, and three major powers wage war with each other in this wasteland. The Knights of the Round Table come together to protect the Holy City and their Lion King. With the whole of his kingdom summoned into a strange land, Ozymandias, the Sun-King, quietly plots against the tyranny of this bizarre realm.

The mountain people, protectors of those who were stripped of their land, await their chance at rebellion. In order to fulfill his mission, Bedivere heads for the Holy City where the Lion King rules. There he meets humanity’s final Master, Ritsuka Fujimaru, who has come to Jerusalem, accompanied by his Demi-Servant, Mash Kyrielight, in their quest to restore human history.

Bedivere joins with Fujimaru and his companions to undertake this quest.



Tags: Anachronism , Swordplay , Tragedy , Slavery , Archery , Fugitive , Kingdom Management , Desert , Spearplay , Magic , Time Manipulation , Mythology , Assassins , Male Protagonist , Historical , Female Protagonist , CGI , Isekai

Undead Girl Murder Farce

Also known as Undead Murder Farce.

Studio: Lapin Track , Fuji TV , Crunchyroll , NetEase Games , Tohan , Dentsu , KLOCKWORX , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

The 19th century — a world inhabited by vampires, golems, werewolves and other paranormal creatures. Immortal beauty and disembodied head Aya Rindo, along with half-human-half-demon "Demon Killer" Tsugaru Shunichi and her loyal maid Shizuku Hasei, travels through Europe as supernatural detective "The Cage User," solving supernatural mysteries while she searches for her lost body.



Tags: Detective , Classic Literature , Monster Girl , Historical , Monster Boy , Travel , Female Protagonist , Youkai , Crime , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Revenge , Urban Fantasy , Demons , Werewolf , Fairy Tale , Gore , Vampire , Rakugo , Rural , Maids , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes

Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia

Also known as Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Notes , DELiGHTWORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Supernatural

A seventh Singularity has been discovered in ancient Mesopotamia in the year 2655 B.C.

The land of Uruk, governed by the wise King Gilgamesh after he returned from his quest for immortality, was grand and prosperous until three goddesses and countless Demonic Beasts appeared. These enemies have brought Uruk to the brink of destruction. With a Rayshift—a method of traveling across both time and space—Fujimaru and Mash journey to the land of Uruk, where they encounter the fortress city of Uruk and the Absolute Demonic Front, where a terrible battle against the fearsome onslaught of the Demonic Beasts rages. There, the citizens of Uruk, who live their lives to the fullest despite facing an existential threat, continue to fight for their future. Deities and Demonic Beasts attack with terrifying force, and mankind pushes back with all its might... This is the era where humans and gods are destined to part ways.

Fujimaru and Mash, the pair who have fought through all six previous Singularities, embark on their final battle.



Note: Based on the Babylonia Singularity of Fate/Grand Order, the Japanese smartphone role-playing game created by Delight Works based on the Fate series by Type-Moon.

Tags: Mythology , Magic , Time Manipulation , Gods , Historical , Spearplay , Swordplay , Monster Girl , Kaiju , Anachronism , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Kingdom Management , Religion , Isekai , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Gore , Kuudere , Succubus , Tanned Skin , Dinosaurs , CGI , Tsundere , Agender , Meta , Tomboy , Villainess