The official website for theFate/Zero television animeseries announced on Tuesday that the anime willcollaborate with the massively multi-player role-playing game (MMORPG)Master of Epic ~The Resonance Age Universe~ this fall.
The fantasy MMORPG celebrated its fifth anniversary this past summer, although it formally launched in 2005. It inspired the Master of Epic: The Animation Age television anime series in 2007.
The Fate/Zero anime adapts the prequel novel by Gen Urobuchi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Phantom - The Animation, Blassreiter) to Type-Moon's Fate/stay night visual novel software. The story is set a decade before Fate/stay night and reveals the 4th Holy Grail War that sets the stage for the war in the software.
Aniplex of America beganstreaming the series, subtitled in eight languages, worldwide via the Niconico Live and Niconico Channel services on Saturday.