Yes folks, we’re having yet another Fate anime this summer, and this time, it’s by A-1 Pictures. A-1 Pictures animates this new anime, and they will be basing it on Yuichiro Higashide’s Fate/Apocrypha novels. It offers a different take at the Holy Grail War, as it features two factions of masters and servants battling one another. Now, before it finally airs in July, they’ve released a brand new TVCM, which they call “Opening of the Holy Grail War”.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5rubzh_fate-apocrypha-tv-anime-cm3_tv

The video also features the anime’s opening theme song “Eiyuu Unmei no Uta” by EGOIST. This would be the third CM for the anim, as they previously revealed two videos earlier. Here is the 2nd PV, as well as the 2nd CM:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5g8a4u_fate-apocrypha-tv-anime-pv2_tv

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5qzd8a_fate-apocrypha-tv-anime-cm2_tv

Fate/Apocrypha would also be the first of many Fate anime projects this year, and that includes the Fate/Extra anime, Fate/Kalaid Liner Prisma Illya film, as well as the Heaven’s Feel film trilogy. The cast includes:

  • Maaya Sakamoto as Ruler
  • Natsuki Hanae as Sieg
  • Junichi Suwabe as Saber of Black K
  • Kouki Uchiyama as Shirou Kotomine
  • Miyuki Sawashiro as Saber of Red
  • Saori Hayami as Archer of Red
  • Koji Yusa as Lancer of Red
  • Makoto Furukawa as Rider of Red
  • Tetsu Inada as Caster of Red
  • Satoshi Tsuruoka as Berserker of Red
  • Kei Shindou as Assassin of Red
  • Shunsuke Takeuchi as Archer of Black
  • Ryotaro Okiayu as Lancer of Black
  • Rumi Ookubo as Rider of Black
  • Mitsuru Miyamoto as Caster of Black
  • Ai Nonaka as Berserker of Black
  • Sakura Tange as Assassin of Black
  • Kenji Nomura as Kairi Shishigou
  • Nobuyuki Hiyama as Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia
  • Chinatsu Akasaki as Fiore Forvedge Yggdmillennia
  • Yuusuke Kobayashi as Caules Forvedge Yggdmillennia
  • Toru Ohkawa as Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia
  • Shizuka Ishigami as Celenike Icecolle Yggdmillennia
  • Emiri Katou as Roche Icecolle Yggdmillennia
  • Mai Nakahara as Reika Rikudou

The anime will premiere on 1st July at 24:00 JST… which also means that it’s effectively airing midnight on 2nd July.