We’ve got a surprise for you guys… Fate/Grand Order – First Order – will air on AnimeLab​ this New Years Day!

Fate/Grand Order – First Order – is the first feature length TV anime special in a series based on the wildly popular mobile game Fate/Grand Order and the hit Fate franchise from Type Moon (Fate/Stay Night, Melty Blood, Tsukihime).

Story

The story is set in the year 2015, during the final era over which magic still held sway. The humanity survival and security organization Caldea was established to observe the world that can only be seen by magic and the world that can only be measured by science — as well as to prevent the final extinction of mankind.

Thanks to the efforts of many researchers, the path of human history has been ensured for 100 years into the future. However, without warning, the realm of the future that was under constant observation by Caldea vanished. The extinction of humanity in 2017 was observed — no, confirmed.

The apparent cause of the extinction was in the Japanese city of Fuyuki in 2004. In that city, there was an “unobservable realm” which had never existed until now.

Caldea issued the Grand Order for a “Holy Grail Expedition,” to investigate, uncover, and possibly destroy the singularity that apparently will cause the extinction of humanity.

Cast

Nobunaga Shimazaki as Ritsuka Fujimaru, one of the Master candidates of Caldea.

Rie Takahashi as Kyrielight Mash, a girl with an mysterious air about her, who works at Caldea.

Ayako Kawasumi as Fou, a cute animal attached to Mash.

Madoka Yonezawa as Olga Marie Animusphere.

Kenichi Suzumura as Romani Archaman.

Tomokazu Sugita as Leff Lynor.

Staff

Original Works: TYPE-MOON

Story: Kinoko Nasu

Original Character Design: Takashi Takeuchi

Director: Hitoshi Namba

Assistant Director: Takuro Tsukada

Screenplay: Ayumi Sekine

Character Designer: Keisuke Goto

Design Works: Takashi Akaishizawa

Colour Setting: Satoshi Takezawa

Art Design: Takeshi Sato

Art Director: Takuya Ebisawa

Director of Photography: Shinya Matsui

Edit: Go Sadamatsu

Music: Ryo Kawasaki

Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera

Sound Production: HALF H*P STUDIO

Production: Lay-duce

The theme song of the anime special”Shikisai” (Color) will be performed by Maaya Sakamoto.

The Fate/Grand Order game has been downloaded over 7 million times on Android and iOS devices since it was launched in July 2015. It’s also been sitting up the top of Japans app revenue ranking apps!

We’re really excited to watch it! Are you?