Hello everybody, I hope many of you are doing well at work as well as enjoying your summer break.
Anyways, As many of you may or may not know that there has been new information on the new Fate/stay night anime that is being produced by Ufotable, the studio that brought you the awesomeness that is Fate/Zero, that will broadcast in October 2014. It revealed that it’ll re-adapt the “Unlimited Blade Works” route and will be a split cour.
Here is the related article from Anime News Network (ANN) below.
New Fate/stay night TV Anime is ‘Unlimited Blade Works’
posted on 2014-07-27 10:15 EDT
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New promo for 2-cour anime unveils route following Rin, Archer
——————————————————————————————The staff and cast of the upcoming Fate/stay night anime announced on Sunday at the Fate/stay night announcement conference in Shinagawa, Tokyo that the story of the anime will follow the original game’s ‘Unlimited Blade Works’ route. A new promotional video for the anime premiered at the event:
The staff also announced that the anime will premiere on Japanese television on October 4, and will be split up into two cours. The latter half of the anime will premiere in April 2015. Newcomer Mashiro Ayano will perform the anime’s first opening theme song “ideal white,” while musical group Kalafina will perform the first ending theme.
The staff list includes:
Original character designs: Takashi Takeuchi
Director: Takahiro Miura
Character Design: Tomonori Sudou, Hisayuki Tabata, Atsushi Ikariya
Color Key: Emi Chiba, Mika Matsuoka
Art Director: Koji Eto
Director of Photography: Yuichi Terao
3D Director: Kōjirō Shishido
Music: Hideyuki Fukasawa
Animation Production: ufotableThe event also unveiled a new main key visual for the anime:
A film adaptation of the ‘Unlimited Blade Works’ route of the original game premiered in Japanese theaters in 2010 with animation by Studio DEEN. Sentai Filmworks licensed and released the film in North America in 2012.
Thanks to Kagayaki, Dennis R for the embedded video.
Update: Working video added.
Wait, there’s more. Ufotable has also revealed that the route “Heaven’s Feel”, which is considered the darkest route of the series, will be a movie.
Here is the related article from Anime News Network (ANN) below.
Fate/Stay night’s ‘Heaven’s Feel’ Route Gets Film
posted on 2014-07-27 10:40 EDT
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1st promo also streamed for ufotable-animated film following Sakura Matō
——————————————————————————————The staff and cast of the upcoming Fate/stay night anime announced on Sunday at the Fate/stay night announcement conference in Shinagawa, Tokyo that an animated film adaptation of the original game’s ‘Heaven’s Feel’ route has been green-lit. The first promotional video that announced the adaptation was also unveiled at the event:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x228avp_fate-stay-night-heaven-s-feel-pv01_creation?start=24
「Fate/stay night」Heaven’s Feel PV01 by pKjdThe promotional video features Noriko Shitaya as Sakura and Noriaki Sugiyama as Shirō, and both voice talents took part in the event.
Takahiro Miura is providing the storyboards for the film, and ufotable is animating the work.
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.]
The TV anime adaptation of Fate/stay night’s ‘Unlimited Blade Works’ route will premiere in Japan on October 4.
Thanks to Dennis R for the embedded video.
It’s currently unknown if the anime adapted route “Heaven’s Feel”, which is considered the darkest route of the series, will be just a single movie or as series spawning into multiple movie like Kara no Kyōkai.Only time will tell, like they say.
That is all for now. Have a nice day/night and stay warm/cool, wherever you’re reading from.
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