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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 13, 2020

Aniplex of America Announces Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Complete Blu- Box Set

©TYPE-MOON, , FSNPC Legendary Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] series gets a complete Blu-ray box set release in July 2020!

SANTA MONICA, CA (MAY 13, 2020) – of America is excited to confirm the Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Complete Blu-ray Box Set is scheduled for release on July 14, 2020. The box set will contain eight discs featuring all 26 uncut episodes from the first and second season of the series, plus the special OVA episode, "sunny day." The must-own set features stunning package illustrations by Takashi Takeuchi (Original Character Design) and comes with an exclusive mini-booklet, along with textless openings and endings as well as a slew of promotional videos, commercials, TV spots, and trailers. Pre-orders for the Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Complete Blu-ray Box Set are open now at online retailer RightStuf (https://www.rightstufanime.com/)

Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] premiered in October 2014 and has quickly proven to be an enduring fan favorite series celebrated for the exceptional production by ufotable, who successfully produced Fate/Zero and . Based on TYPE-MOON’s Fate/stay night featuring an original story by Kinoko Nasu and original character design by Takashi Takeuchi, the series is directed by Takahiro Miura (Today’s MENU for EMIYA Family) with music by Hideyuki Fukasawa (Fate/Grand Order The Movie Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot) and character design by Tomonori Sudo (Fate/stay night [Heaven’s ]), Hisayuki Tabata (Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel]), and Atsushi Ikariya (Fate/Zero).

The Japanese cast includes Noriaki Sugiyama ( Shippuden, Katsugeki ) as Shirou Emiya, (Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, ) as Rin Tohsaka, (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, ) as , ( Alicization, !! On ICE) as Archer, and Joji Nakata ( Ultimate, PERSONA5 the Animation), as Kirei Kotomine.

The English dub cast stars (Sword Art Online, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba), Mela Lee (Fate/Zero, DURARARA!!), Tang (, anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day), Kari Wahlgren (Fate/Zero, DURARARA!!), and Crispin Freeman (, DURARARA!!) with veteran English Voice Director and ADR Script Writer, (Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel]).

For more information on Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works], please visit: https://FatestaynightUSA.com

Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Complete Blu-ray Box Set includes:

*Art subject to change.

• Spoken Languages: Japanese & English • Subtitles: English & Spanish • Aspect ratio: 16:9 HD Widescreen 1920x1080p • Episodes: Uncut Episodes #00-25 + OVA • Number of Disc: 8 discs • Total Run Time: approx. 706 min. • Rating: 13 UP

• Trailers / TV Spots / CMs / PV Collections • Special OVA Episode "sunny day" • Textless openings & endings * Bonus content subject to change. * Bonus content includes English subtitles.

< Bonus Materials & Package> • Mini-Booklet • Package illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi (Original Character Design) * Bonus materials and package subject to change.

Product number and UPC bar code: Title Street Date SKU # UPC SRP Store Price

Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] Complete Blu- 7/14/2020 AOA-6307 816546022747 $239.98 $189.98 ray Box Set

Retailer Link: https://www.rightstufanime.com/Fate-stay-night-Unlimited-Blade-Works- Complete-Box-Set-Blu-ray About Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]: Fuyuki City—a city surrounded by the sea and mountains becomes the setting for an ancient ritual. Masters are given control of Heroic Spirits in order to realize the mythical , which is said to grant its owner any wish. These Heroic Spirits, or Servants, represent legendary heroes of various classes: Saber, Lancer, Archer, Rider, Caster, Assassin, and Berserker. Each Master enter into a contract with their chosen Servant and battle the others to the death until only one pair remains… This is the Holy Grail War. The young and capable mage, Rin Tohsaka, prepares for the long-awaited Fifth Holy Grail War to begin... With her Servant Archer, Rin enters the Holy Grail War as the sole heir to the prestigious Tohsaka family after her father's death. But when Shirou Emiya, a boy from Rin's school, unwittingly gets involved in the war and is fatally wounded in battle, she has no choice but to save him. With Shirou and his Servant Saber, Rin sets out to strike down the conspiracies surrounding the Holy Grail War. Will the Holy Grail bless Rin and Shirou's path toward victory or will they be cursed with defeat?

STAFF Original Story: Kinoko Nasu / TYPE-MOON Original Character Design: Takashi Takeuchi Director: Takahiro Miura Character Design: Tomonori Sudo, Hisayuki Tabata, Atsushi Ikariya Color Setting: Emi Chiba, Mika Matsuoka Art Director: Koji Eto Director of Photography: Yuichi Terao 3D Director: Kojiro Shishido Editing: Manabu Kamino Music Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami Music: Hideyuki Fukasawa Animation Production: ufotable

CAST (Japanese/ English) Shirou Emiya: Noriaki Sugiyama / Bryce Papenbrook Rin Tohsaka: Kana Ueda / Mela Lee Saber: Ayako Kawasumi / Kari Wahlgren Archer: Junichi Suwabe / Kaiji Tang Illyasviel von Einzbern: Mai Kadowaki / Soichiro Kuzuki: Masaki Terasoma / Lex Lang Lancer: Nobutoshi Kanna / Tony Oliver Caster: Atsuko Tanaka / Megan Hollingshead Assassin: Shinichiro Miki / Todd Haberkorn Taiga Fujimura: Miki Ito / Julie Ann Taylor Shinji Matou: / Kyle McCarley Issei Ryudou: Mitsuaki Madono / Ayako Mitsuzuri: Fumie Mizusawa / Brina Palencia Leysritt: Miho Miyagawa / Brianna Knickerbocker Sella: Haruhi Nanao / Rachael McCabe Kirei Kotomine: Joji Nakata / Crispin Freeman Gilgamesh: / David Earnest Atrum Galliasta: Jun Fukushima / Robbie Daymond Luvia: Shizuka Itoh / Lauren Landa Lord El-Melloi the Second: / Lucien Dodge

English Voice Director & ADR Script Writer: Tony Oliver

About Inc. Aniplex of America, Inc. (Santa Monica, ) is a subsidiary of Aniplex, Inc. (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan), a division of Music Entertainment (Japan), Inc., and a leading provider of anime content and music production and distribution in Japan. The company's ever-growing lineup of shows includes: Sword Art Online, : BROTHERHOOD, Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works], Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, March comes in like a lion, , KILL la KILL, , series, anohana -The Flower We Saw That Day-, Cells at Work!, , and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba. In 2017, the company released the English version of the popular mobile game, Fate/Grand Order, followed by the release of mobile game, Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story’s English version in the U.S. and Canada in June of 2019. www.AniplexUSA.com www.facebook.com/AniplexUSA www.twitter.com/AniplexUSA www.youtube.com/AniplexUS www.twitch.tv/AniplexUSA

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