A-1 Pictures' FATE/APOCRYPHA Won't Hit Netflix Until November
Though A-1 Pictures' Fate/Apocrypha TV anime is currently airing in Japan this summer, it won't be available for US Netflix users until November.
At Anime Expo this weekend, A-1 Pictures revealed that the first cour of Fate/Apocrypha won't arrive on Netflix until November 7. When the series was initially announced it was revealed that it would air this summer, it was met with cheers as the summer is generally the weakest of the four anime seasons. However, with Netflix securing the rights and their policy of making all of the episodes of a show available for viewing at once, Fate/Apocrypha won't actually be available in North America until the fall.
This is exactly the same thing that happened with Studio Trigger's Little Witch Academia TV anime, which premiered this past winter in Japan but the first cour didn't arrive on Netflix until this week.
In addition to the Fate/Apocrypha anime series, there's also a Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel anime movie trilogy in development that will be releasing its first installment later on in 2017. There's also a Fate/Extra anime TV series, Fate/Grand Order: First Order anime special and a new season of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya also set to debut in 2017 as well.
ABOUT THE FATE FRANCHISE
The Fate franchise began in 2004, with its first series, fate/stay night, which was a Japanese visual novel developed by Type-Moon, which was originally released as an adult game for Windows. The visual novel rose to fame due to its numerous gameplay routes that could be taken due to the choices made by the player. Since 2004, there have been several anime adaptations based on the different "routes" available in the game. A sequel series, Fate/hollow ataraxia was released in 2005 and a prequel, Fate/Zero followed in 2006. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, a reimagining of the series' concepts and ideas, was released in 2007.
All of the visual novels and light novels have received several TV anime series, OVAs, mobile and video game adaptation.
The core story element of every Fate series revolves around a Holy Grail War, a contest between rival mage schools/factions/families where each group selects a champion representative who gains the ability to summon a spirit to fight other factions and their respective spirit. The last spirit/champion left standing will be awarded the Holy Grail, which grants any wish requested.