On Tuesday, December 31, 2024, the Fate/strange Fake anime officially announced its 2025 television run via the release of a new promotional video and more. This information was revealed via the “Fate Project New Year’s Eve TV Special 2024” program, consisting of three different franchise anime programs. Two of them are related to the television anime: its first episode and the Fate/strange Fake -Whispers of Dawn- anime special.Likewise, despite the first episode of the Fate/strange Fake anime airing during the program, it seems that a break will be taken before the series returns with episode 2 later in 2025. As of this article’s writing, there is no word on when exactly the series will return in the 2025 calendar year, but Summer or Fall 2025 seems most likely.Fate/strange Fake anime to return later in 2025 following airing of first episode on New Year’s Eve 2024To fully clarify, the Fate/strange Fake anime has confirmed that it will return in 2025 to fully air following the Japanese airing of its first episode on New Year’s Eve 2024. As of this article’s writing, neither a narrower release window nor a full release date has been shared. The franchise did share a promotional video for the series, featuring characters and scenes from the first episode and not from it.In addition to the video, two new key visuals were released via the series’ official X (formerly Twitter) account, which featured several characters. The video also confirmed that Katsuyuki Konishi will play Hansa Cervantes, with no other new cast members announced in this latest batch of news. Konishi will join returning cast members from the -Whispers of Dawn- TV anime special:Kana Hanazawa as Ayaka SajyōYūki Ono as SaberSumire Morohoshi as Tiné ChelcTomokazu Seki as ArcherYū Kobayashi as LancerAoi Koga as Tsubaki KuruokaWataru Hatano as Orlando ReeveShowtaro Morikubo as CasterYoshitsugu Matsuoka as Flat EscardosKenyuu Horiuchi as BerserkerTatsumaru Tachibana as Jester KartureLynn as AssassinMaaya Uchida as Francesca PrelatiJunya Enoki as Faldeus DiolandDaisuke Namikawa as Lord El-Melloi ⅡShunsuke Sakuya as LangalAdditionally, some key staff members are returning to the television anime from the special, such as its directors, Shun Enokido and Takahito Sakazume who’ll direct the series at A-1 Pictures. Daisuke Daito will be writing the scripts, with Yukei Yamada designing the characters and also serving as the chief animation director. Hiroyuki Sawano is composing the music for the television anime series.The Fate media franchise, in which the Fate/strange Fake anime is the latest addition, began with the 2004 Fate/stay night Japanese visual novel game. From here, the series was adapted into an anime and manga series, with several different adaptations in spin-offs in anime, manga, and beyond have come since.Related linksFate/Stay Night Remastered review: A fresh look at a timeless classicFate anime series: Complete watch order, explainedMost memorable 8 battles in Fate Stay/Night