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I know that there are a lot of different types of media in the Fate series
(tv, movie, light novel, video game, etc.), but I've never been able to figure
out how interconnected they all are. I know that Fate/Zero (tv series) acts as
a prequel to Fate/Stay Night (tv series), and I assume that the manga or
visual novels with the same names share the same storylines, but beyond that,
I have a hard time figuring out how they all connect.


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How do the storylines of the Fate series connect?


_[Fate/Zero](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Zero)_ is the prequel to
_[Fate/Stay Night](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/stay_night),_ taking
place 10 years before the latter. It originally consisted of 4 light novels
written by [Gen Urobuchi](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Gen_Urobuchi) with
the story set by Kinoko Nasu, who wrote the original visual novel. The former
revolves around Kiritsugu Emiya and his involvement in the 4th Holy Grail War.
The latter revolves around Emiya Shirou and his involvement with the 5th Holy
Grail War.

_[Fate/Hollow Ataraxia](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/hollow_ataraxia)_
is considered the sequel to _Fate/Stay Night_ , taking place 6 months later.
It's really half story-canon and half fandisk.

_[Fate/Extra](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Extra)_ takes places a long
time after _Fate/Stay Night,_ but in a parallel universe. It pushes some fun
concepts and new servants and is for the most part considered a canonical part
of the Nasuverse.

This so-called "[Nasuverse](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Nasuverse)" is a
term used to describe the Type-Moon universe that [Nasu
Kinoku](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Kinoko_Nasu) the main series writer,
and [Takeuchi Takeshi](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Takashi_Takeuchi), the
main series character designer, have created.

_[Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma
Illya](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/kaleid_liner_PRISMA%E2%98%86ILLYA)_
started out as more of a gag-dojin manga serialized in Comp-Ace. It tells the
"what-if" story of what would happen if Illya became a magical girl and had to
capture Servants as cards. This series is not considered canon.

The _[Carnival Phantasm](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Carnival_Phantasm)_
anime series was adapted from a gag-dojin manga called _Take-Moon_ , published
in [Type-Moon Ace](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/TYPE-MOON_Ace) magazine and
authored and illustrated by Eri Takenashi, who did _Kannagi._ It mostly
revolves around inside jokes about Type-Moon and characters from other Type-
Moon series, who end up meeting each other in the same universe for one reason
or another. While this series is not considered canon, certain references are
made to their respective canonical series.

_[Fate/Strange Fake](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/strange_fake)_ is a
short fan-made non-canon light novel written by Ryougo Narita, the writer of
_Baccano!_ It was was first released online as an April Fools' Day joke with
no illustrations, but was later inserted into Vol. 2 of the Type-Moon
Magazine. The story is set in Snowfield, a small town in California (north of
Las Vegas, Nevada), ten years after _Fate/Hollow Ataraxia_ , during an
[incomplete
copy](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/False_Holy_Grail_War#False_Holy_Grail_War)
(with no Saber-class servant) of the 3rd Holy Grail War, supposedly initiated
by the US Government.

_[Fate/Apocrypha](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Apocrypha)_ was
originally intended to be an [online
game](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Apocrypha#Game), but the plans fell
through. It later became a light novel series written by Yuichiro Higashide
and illustrated by Ototsugu Konoe, with 3 volumes released at Comiket. The
story is set in a parallel world (to the main Fate universe) in which the
Grail was removed from Fuyuki City after the Third War, so the events of
_Fate/stay night_ and _Fate/Zero_ never occurred. The story focuses on the
clash between the two opposing factions, Red and Black, with each summoning 7
Servants of their own, and the Grail itself summoning special Ruler-class
servant as a mediator of this Holy Grail War. Whether or not it's canon has
not yet been determined.

_[Fate/Prototype](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Fate/Prototype)_ is a
reimagined version of Nasu Kinoko's original draft of _Fate/Stay Night_ ,
which Nasu wrote during high school but which was eventually vastly overhauled
to be a visual novel to be more suitable to target audiences. Much of the lore
stayed the same, but the system of the Grail War differed. Though certain
character archetypes and concepts (i.e., Gilgamesh, Avenger) stayed the same,
the main character Ayaka Sajyou and her Servant are gender-swapped compared to
the visual novel series. Though never officially stated, this series is
probably non-canon.


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