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U.S. Theater List, Screening Dates for 1st Fate/stay night Heaven's Feel Film Revealed
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Aniplex of America revealed a list of theaters in the United States on Wednesday that will screen Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower, the first in the three-part Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel anime film project. Currently, 26 theaters in 12 states plus Washington D.C. will screen the film. Most of the screenings are on November 18-20, with some screenings on December 2-3.
The film will premiere in the U.S. on November 3 at The Theater At Ace Hotel in Los Angeles.
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower will premiere in theaters in Japan on October 14.
Those who attend theatrical screenings of the film in Japan will receive different bonus items for the first seven weeks after the film opens. People who attend screenings during the film's first week will receive one of two sets of two postcards with special illustrations by Type-Moon and ufotable.
Tomonori Sudō (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Fate/Zero animation director) is directing the films, and ufotable is animating the work. Yuki Kajiura (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Fate/Zero) is composing the music. Takahiro Miura is providing the storyboards.
Note: The summary below reveals spoilers about the Fate/stay night story. Highlight to read.
[The story of the film will revolve around Sakura Matō, the younger sister by blood to Rin Tohsaka, but when she was young, Sakura was sent to the Matō household as an adopted daughter. There, she was given torturous training in order to give her powerful magic powers. Sakura was not supposed to enter the Holy Grail War, but due to her getting into a romantic relationship with Shirō, the passion hidden within herself and her mental restraints go berserk. Sakura becomes a large game-changer in the Holy Grail War, and forces Shirō to walk toward a cruel fate.]
"Heaven's Feel" is a route from the original Fate/stay night visual novel. A manga adaptation of the route launched in May 2015.
The TV anime adaptation of Fate/stay night's 'Unlimited Blade Works' route premiered in October 2014. The initial Fate/stay night anime premiered in 2005.
