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 Supporting

Koyama, Rikiya Japanese

Gilgamesh Supporting

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Archer Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Kotomine, Kirei Supporting

Nakata, Jouji Japanese

von Einzbern, Illyasviel Supporting

Kadowaki, Mai Japanese

Lancer Supporting

Canna, Nobutoshi Japanese

Takeuchi, Takashi Producer, Original Character Design

Iwakami, Atsuhiro Producer

Kondou, Hikaru Producer, Sound Director

Sudou, Tomonori Director, Storyboard, Character Design, Chief Animation Director

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Aug 8, 2023

tonelicos

Recommended

Very tough movie to love and digest since it (faithfully) adapts very specific and in my opinion the best route in Fate Stay Night series - Heaven's Feel aka Sakura Matou Route. Knowing damn well this is just the beginning of PEAK route, many fans (who're not familiar with it) will be disappointed to see how some of their faves end. Other than that, it's easily the worst out of three films, but still very faithful. Just a bit too boring.

Story often strays away and it is very weird and odd to follow considering the fact that it literally adapts everything left out of the ... other routes. Some servants meet their grisly demises and Lancer gets one of the best anime fights in recent history. The only problem, like I said before, is that the first movie is just too long and sometimes it drags out for the sake of it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 27, 2023

zckfox

Mixed Feelings

If you are an anime only kind of person and don't read manga, light novels or visual novels, don't bother watching this if you haven't at least seen Unlimited Blade Works anime first. But even then, you might still struggle to understand what's going on. Heaven's Feel part 1 had amazing visuals, animation, and music, but the story telling was not up to par. The pacing of story related scenes seemed fast and some of the dialogue disjointed. Transitions between scenes were often abrupt and had little explanation for why did they suddenly visit the temple or why were they just strolling around town. I ... had originally thought about going into the movie "blind" in that I had only seen fate/zero and Unlimited Blade Works anime up that point, but decided to read the visual novel first. I'm glad I did as I'd probable wouldn't have understood anything other than bare bones gist of things. In some cases it is better to show not tell story when it comes to movies or anime, but when the things they are showing are just so fantastical and foreign to anything you can relate to it's not going to have any meaning to viewer.

Overall the movie is a good if you already read the novels and know all the lore around it, but as a standalone movie with minimal background knowledge from Unlimited Blade Works or Fate/Zero it's fine.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Nov 12, 2023

cringeylazy

Not Recommended

As you can already tell from my score, I did not enjoy this film at all. I don't understand the hype or have anything really to appreciate about it other than the sexy animation from Ufotable. The movie is just straight up boring. A boring introduction to Sakura's route that doesn't feel necessary I don't care about anything that's happening; it feels like a rushed mess. I was bored throughout the entire movie, waiting for it to end.
I'm not someone who likes to be negative, but this film just felt like such a waste of investment for the creators and for anyone to watch. It ... doesn't really set any scenes for the next movie; it just kind of happens. Also, I read about the changes from the VN and I don't understand why they were changed. I feel like the way the VN played out at the start of this route would have made more sense and been WAY more entertaining than this failed attempt at being a mystery anime or whatever.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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