Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower

The Holy Grail War: a violent battle between mages in which seven masters and their summoned servants fight for the Holy Grail, a magical artifact that can grant the victor any wish. Nearly 10 years ago, the final battle of the Fourth Holy Grail War wreaked havoc on Fuyuki City and took over 500 lives, leaving the city devastated.

Shirou Emiya, a survivor of this tragedy, aspires to become a hero of justice like his rescuer and adoptive father, Kiritsugu Emiya. Despite only being a student, Shirou is thrown into the Fifth Holy Grail War when he accidentally sees a battle between servants at school and summons his own servant, Saber.

When a mysterious shadow begins a murderous spree in Fuyuki City, Shirou aligns himself with Rin Toosaka, a fellow participant in the Holy Grail War, in order to stop the deaths of countless people. However, Shirou's feelings for his close friend Sakura Matou lead him deeper into the dark secrets surrounding the war and the feuding families involved.

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Saber Main

Kawasumi, Ayako Japanese

Toosaka, Rin Main

Ueda, Kana Japanese

Emiya, Shirou Main

Sugiyama, Noriaki Japanese

Matou, Sakura Main

Shitaya, Noriko Japanese

Emiya, Kiritsugu ing

Koyama, Rikiya Japanese

Gilgamesh ing

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Archer ing

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Kotomine, Kirei ing

Nakata, Jouji Japanese

von Einzbern, Illyasviel ing

Kadowaki, Mai Japanese

Lancer ing

Canna, Nobutoshi Japanese

Takeuchi, Takashi Producer, Original Character Design

Iwakami, Atsuhiro Producer

Kondou, Hikaru Producer, Sound Director

Kimura, Yoshitaka Assistant Producer

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Feb 8, 2025

MidniteAndBeyond

Recommended

This is a general review of all 3 Heaven's Feel films.

I couldn't stop laughing at Shirou's stinkin six-pack.

Been waiting to see this for such long time! I've grown to really love the Fate series over the years and have loved seeing all the different interpretations and story paths that it has to offer. All of which are incredible and stand on their own as one of the best experiences I've ever had in anime! And throughout all my time with Fate, I have CONSTANTLY been wanting more time to be spent delving into the life of Sakura. Because, to put it bluntly, you can't just ... show me Fate/Zero and expect me to just forget and move on from that! If ya know, ya know! But like, HOW they could've kept me in the dark for so long after making me witness THAT, I have no idea! But it finally paid off. And as I should've expected, this is staggeringly different than what I've seen from Fate in the past. I'd say out of all the Stay Night stories, this is the one filled with the absolute most darkness and despair. It's a very tragic and often uncomfortable watch, but one that I've been bracing myself for such a long time. I do think that making this into 3 movies instead of an episodic series was the best move. The first film is mainly just the initial setup of the characters and the Holy Grail War that we've already seen multiple times at this point. So I appreciate them trying their best to give us the cliff-notes version of the prologue. Though, as a result, I definitely can't recommend this as anyone's introduction to Fate. As it was specifically made in mind that it'll be watched by people who are already familiar with this world and its rules. This story definitely didn't go in a direction that I was expecting, but that's what I appreciate about it. It didn't just swap out who would be the protagonist of a story we've already seen. It did something entirely different while still showcasing the legendary animation, music, and writing that Fate is known for. I have no idea if this is the end of the road for Fate. I'll gladly return to this world and these characters as many times as they'll let me. But if it truly is the end, I'm glad that this character finally got to see her story all the way through to the end.

Film 1: 7/10
Film 2: 8/10
Film 3: 7.5/10
Overall: 8/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 7, 2024

Sheoth_0

Mixed Feelings

Having finished reading the VN not too long, I had some very high expectations of this routes adaptation as I thought UBW's was great, not perfect, but entirely servicable to the original material.

I can only really call it a mess. Started off strong with the anime original scenes of Sakura and Shirou's past until it devolved into a rushed empty, yet flashy, blur. I started tuning out halfway through, conversations would leave out so many details from the VN and then just end and quickly move onto the next scene. Just a lot of flashy animation without any of the VN's substance. I'll just watch ... a few of the fight scenes and move on because that's all this adaptation really gets right.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Mar 29, 2019

syrupyfey

Not Recommended

I'm not sure what kind of person that's genuine would rate this above mediocre. Even if you were the greatest Fate fan, surely the faults of this "movie" are transparent, namely the incomprehensible structure of the plot and the weak storytelling. Even the score, which should have been memorable given that it's by Kajiura, was utterly bland.

I'll be honest, the only reason I'm here is out of an extraordinary love and devotion for Fate/Zero. Every time I watch that show I think more highly of it than the last, and I always wish there was more. A role that should have been fulfilled by either ... Stay Night or Apocrypha.

I'm reading a lot of reviews of s saying how this is in fact a great experience if you know what's going on. To start with, allow me to say that I sincerely doubt that. I have caught episodes of shows in their late seasons and have read pages from the end of novels without context that made more sense than this entire thing, and were certainly more intriguing. Second, whether or not you know the backstory to things is often irrelevant. You may not know all of the events that led to the beginning of the Iliad, but even though the poem begins in medias res, you're immediately drawn in and start to piece together what's going on. That is what competent writing achieves. You can pick a reputable series right now, and go watch some random scene on YouTube and it'll get a reaction out of you, regardless of whether or not you're familiar with those characters and that story. That is the nature of conflict; but for conflict to work you need to have either interesting characters or clear stakes. This has neither.

Heaven's Feel isn't really anything. It's certainly not story that you can follow and engage with. At the same time, it isn't some action-packed Hollywood flick where you just turn your brain off and enjoy the eye-candy. It's just broken. It doesn't know what it wants to do and presumably wouldn't have the means to achieve it if it did - at first you're treated to mind-numbing introduction full of tropes, and later you get a few battles you have no emotional investment in and no ability to understand. How wonderful.

Nothing short of a disaster.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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