After months of void due to the ongoing crisis the world’s facing, the long awaited finale to the Heaven’s Feel film trilogy has arrived, witnessing how the Fate/stay night story ends in Sakura Matou’s point of view.
Heaven’s Feel III.spring song is the final chapter of the film trilogy where the climax of the Fate/stay night saga, in Sakura Matou’s perspective, is like the final piece of the puzzle.
If you witnessed the final moments in the original in Shiro Emiya and Saber’s view or in Unlimited Blade Works in Rin Tohsaka and Archer’s view, this final film of the Heaven’s Feel trilogy is the definite closure this saga needs and for the moviegoers, it’s everything.
In this film, as Sakura Matou is succumbed into darkness, the remaining masters and their servants are in a dire state and as time runs out, a sacrifice needs to be done.
From gripping storytelling, gritty battle scenes, and a dark undertone to start the final chapter, spring song is quite a metaphor because of its dark themes this finale possess and as the story progresses, the film keeps on sparking to answer most of the saga’s unanswered questions and with that, the final Heaven’s Feel film became the must watch anime film of the “new normal”.
Sakura Matou's story in the world of Fate/stay night continues in the second part of the Heaven's Feel film trilogy and what better way for anime otakus to start the new year with a continuing story of the film trilogy based on the Heaven's Feel route of the original Fate/stay night visual novel game.
Fate/stay night Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly
The second chapter of the Heaven's Feel trilogy is titled "lost butterfly" and continuing Sakura Matou's story where the first film left off, this latest installment of the trilogy delivers a much darker tone compared to the first film and the appearance of the Assassin servant really adds the dark suspense to this film and for longtime Fate fans since...that, there's so much not to miss about the middle part of Sakura Matou's story.
With all the drama, the suspense, and the thriller in typical Fate fashion, not to mention the added surprises in store, this second installment really is an improvement from the first part of the Heaven's Feel trilogy and with memorable characters in place, this film is going full circle even though this is the middle chapter of this route and as the tense builds, this film shows its true colors and it appeals rather well.
The first Fate/stay night TV anime series centers on Shiro and Saber's perspective in their life-and-death struggle to overcome all odds to survive the Holy Grail War. Then, the Unlimited Blade Works film and TV series puts the perspective on Rin Tohsaka during her life-and-death trials alongside her Archer servant. Now, Fate/stay night returns with a brand new compilation film trilogy that centers on the eyes of an ordinary girl named Sakura Matou.
Fate/stay night Heaven's Feel I. presage flower
Heaven's Feel is one of the Fate/stay night arcs that focuses solely on an ordinary girl named Sakura Matou, whose Shiro promises to stay her out of harm's way during the brutal war for the Holy Grail and how her involvement would forever change the tide of the story we are familiar with. This is the first of the compilation film trilogy, titled presage flower, and in the beginning of this film trilogy, we get to witness Sakura Matou's point of view in the middle of the Holy Grail war that invoked so much brutal murders across Fuyuki City ever since Shiro's promise to keep her safe from harm.
While we get to see some of the familiar faces from the Fate/stay night TV series, this different perspective, which is different from the original and UBW, adds some dramatic taste to the story we are familiar with and just by putting so much emotion and emphasis, the first Heaven's Feel film is rather good and we can expect more to happen in the next two films. The feel of this film is what keeps the fans' hearts pumping with emotion, making them impossible to think about the rest of the story and since this is the first film, it really is impossible to think what's next in Sakura's perspective of the Holy Grail War so best to be prepare for the next installments while making do with the first film that adds drama to the story we know and love.
Started as an adult game created by Type-Moon, adapted into a 24-episode anime that was aired in Japan by TBS, and distributed worldwide to please international otakus, serialized as a manga, made possible by Kadokawa Shoten, and now, the much anticipated motion picture event of the year is now showing at theaters all over Japan. In my opinion, this movie adaptation of the game-turned anime-turned manga is the cunning rival to the sensational Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 1st. (Despite the fact that both of these anime movies slotted the same January 23 date, as you say it)
Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works pools out the entire 24-episode anime, loaded with cinematic special effects, improved music score made possible by Kenji Kawai (who is also behind the BGMs of the Death Note trilogy movies), add something that is never been told in the original TV series, and lastly, surprises the entire Fate fans with the intense feeling they will surely never forget.
The story is simple (for those who didn't saw the original or those who wanted to tell it again), it chronicles about a teenager named Shiro Emiya, who wanted to achieve justice that his stepfather failed to do. What he did not realize that this town named Fuyuki is the battleground for the masters, which Shiro was one of them. Each master has his or her own servant (Saber, Archer, Lancer, Berserker, Rider, Assassin, and Caster) to join alongside with and the goal is simple: only one pair will win and take the power of the Holy Grail. Saber, a servant, was the servant who saved Shiro's life from the attacks of the servant Lancer, and henceforth greeted him with the question:
are you my Master?
So this is how the titanic movie begins. I may not tell you what just happened to the whole movie, but I'll tell you how the movie feels. The fight scenes were great, these battles you saw on the original anime series were greatly upgraded for cinematic perfection. Aside from the battles, fans will grow fetishism over Saber and Rin Tohsaka, which in fact Rin was also one of the masters whose the servant Archer joins alongside with her. Most Fate fans who watched the movie might say, "Hey, this movie is cooler than the anime I've watched", "Rin is one of my favorite characters, thanks to her tsundere personality", "Saber is number one!" and much more words that most Fate fans might post it in their Facebooks, tweeting this once-in-a-lifetime moment on Twitter, having their say on 2channel, and everything.
The song that completes FSN:UBW is none other than Sachi Tainaka's new song, titled Imitation. Although the song for the movie is more powerful and delivers a massive punch to their overall enthusiasm, it still can't keep up with the Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 1st's opening song, Phantom Minds, sung by Nana Mizuki. For those who wanted to find that song titled Imitation by Sachi Tainaka, the only album you can find is the Ricordanza: Fate/ stay night TV Song Collection, which is on sale now, and made possible by Geneon Universal Entertainment.
If you're done watching the movie, two Blu-ray discs that covers the whole 24-episode anime, packed with new special features, perfect sound, and perfect picture, is up for grabs. Both of them are on sale and packed with the arranged Sachi Tainaka's Disillusion song, titled Disillusion 2010.
