Author's Note : This review is spoiler-free, for those who want to know more about the movie, just wait for the BD release or go to forum that gave you spoiler. Feel free to read in peace.
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| Title | Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower |
| Production Company | Ufotable |
| Distributor | Aniplex (JP) Aniplex of America (US) ODEX Pte. Ltd (SEA) |
| Release Date | October 14, 2017 (JP) November 18, 2017 (US) January 17, 2018 (ID) |
| Director | Tomonori Sudō |
| Composer | Yuki Kaijura |
| Screenplay | Akira Hiyama |
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After the long wait, Fate/stay night : Heaven's Feel I. Presage Flower is came to Indonesia, I rushed to nearest Cinema at my place, eager to saw my favourite series of all time. I still remember that I can't hold my smile while I order the ticket at that place.
"Okay, now change into reviewer mode"
*Initiating Review Mode*
Before we start the review, I just wanna tell that most of picture is captured via trailer. Because I was afraid to took picture in Cinema because, reason. *coughnogamenolifeincidentcough*
Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower is
Ufotable’s third run at producing an anime for the Fate series. Their previous
works include Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works.
For those readers that do not know, Fate/stay night is a
visual novel developed by Type-Moon with scenarios by Kinoko Nasu and
illustrations by Takashi Takeuchi. The visual novel follows Shirou Emiya and
his experiences in the Holy Grail War.
Fate/stay night consists of three routes, each with a
different main heroine. The first route is called “Fate”, in which the main
heroine is Saber. The second route is “Unlimited Blade Works” whose main
heroine is Rin Tohsaka. The third and final route is “Heaven’s
Feel” and focuses on Sakura Matou.
Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower is, as its name implies, an
anime adaptation of the “Heaven’s Feel” route. The film is the first of three
films planned by Ufotable to adapt the route.
The beginning of the film is pretty standard fare for any
anime adaptation of Fate/stay night. It goes through Shirou’s first encounter
with Servants and his summoning of Saber. Ufotable chose to speed through this
sequence of events, only showing glimpes of them in the opening credits. It was
apparent that Ufotable assumed those watching the movie have already watched
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works or played the visual novels before.
I felt this was a great move on Ufotable’s part as these
scenes have been used or seen so many times, showing them again would be like
beating a dead horse. This gave the studio time to get to the really important
parts of the story without having to cut any of them out.
Now the overall plot of the film is in a word, CRAZY! A couple minutes into
the movie and you already know the story is nothing like the previous anime,
Unlimited Blade Works. Forget everything you knew about the “Fate” route or
“Unlimited Blade Works” because this film just takes that formula and throws it
out the window. New characters that were not seen in the previous routes make
their grand entrance in Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower, and they certainly
make a splash in a big way. The fact that Heaven’s Feel : Presage Flower does
not follow the usual formula set forth by previous anime adaptations of the
“Fate” and “Unlimited Blade Works” routes made it that more enjoyable. I was at
the edge of my seat ever since the first Servant fell, and the film had my
complete attention soon after.
Though I did love the story of the film, I recognize that
this film is made for fans of Fate/stay night. Knowing that this is the third
and final route, if you have never seen or read anything relating to Fate/stay
night, you are going to be lost during this film. The characters will make
references to things that happened in Fate/Zero, they’ll use terms that
beginners will have no idea what they mean, and so on.
Plot wise, Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower, will definitely
be hard for newcomers to follow. The film is not as beginner-friendly as
Unlimited Blade Works so if you have seen nothing Fate related before, prepare
yourself. What I felt was one of the film’s strong points was the relationship
between Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou. The film starts with flashbacks on how
Shirou met Sakura, and these flashbacks show how his relationship develops with
Sakura over time. Shirou’s relationship with Sakura plays a key role throughout
the movie and plays a pivotal role in some of the decisions Shirou makes
throughout the story.
Best Girl! Pledge to Protect!
I appreciate how much care Ufotable spent fleshing out the
relationship between Shirou and Sakura. The little scenes Ufotable dispersed
throughout the film made me care about the characters even more and made me
realize that every action Shirou took, also had an effect on Sakura in some
way.
Now we move on to the aspect that Ufotable is most known
for, the animation. This film is just visually stunning. So much care was put
into each aspect of movement, it was a visual marvel to behold. Using an
example, a scene from the very beginning showed Shirou as he was about to shoot
a bow and arrow. Every movement he took, from his steady breathing, to the
movement of his clothes to the eventual drawing of the bow. It looked so good,
I could’ve been watching an actual archer competing live. After that point, I
knew I was in for a visual marvel, and that was the beginning of the film! In
case you were curious, yes, the fight scenes were absolutely stunning as well.
Especially a certain fight between two servants that I won’t spoil for those
who have not watched it yet. Since it’s from the very beginning of the film, I
will say that the fight between Saber and Rider was short, sweet and beautiful.
Once again, another home run for Ufotable.
And also, the most notorious thing by Ufotable : Way too dark!!! Lighting please!! (But it still cool nonetheless)
Not to forget the music, Yuki Kaijura composed yet another
beautiful soundtrack for the series. Every song went together with scenes well,
and made certain moments even more impactful. Scenes that were heavily affected
by the music include fights between servants and scenes involving Shirou and
Sakura. Also, I have to talk about the sound effects used in the film. They
reverberated through my soul and made fights between servants feel very alive.
The clang of steel upon steel in addition to the music of Yuki Kaijura and the
animation of Ufotable made for a feast that not only blessed my eyes, but my
ears and mind as well.
Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel I. Presage Flower is one of
the most visually stunning anime films I have ever watched, period. It is a
testament to the amount of care Ufotable has put into each anime they put out
for this series. The animation is crisp and fluid, the soundtrack brings more
impact to every scene in the series, and the characters and story are very well
done. The only issue I saw with the film is how it’s not very friendly to
newcomers to the franchise. If you are new to the Fate series, I highly
recommend you watch Fate/Zero before watching this film. You won’t be as lost
and you’ll recognize references made to the series.
Do yourself a favor and watch Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel
I. Presage Flower. The film is a visual marvel and I highly recommend watching
it. All I know is that I can’t wait for the next part in this film trilogy to
release.
P.S. The only thing I laughed at my experience.
I'm the only person who watch this movie that time! Hahahaha!
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