Report on "Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel]" II.lost butterfly theater version screening with cast talk show

In advance of the August 21, 2019 release of the theatrical version of "Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel]" II.lost butterfly Blu-ray & DVD, a video master version screening event with a cast talk show featuring Noriaki Sugiyama and Noriko Shimoya took place on August 17 at Shinjuku Wald 9. The event was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 on August 17.

Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel]" is an anime work based on a game released by TYPE-MOON. night" (produced by Studio Deen), an anime adaptation of the "Saber Route," was broadcast on TV in January 2006. The "Rin route" was followed in 2010 by the theatrical release of the anime film "Fate/stay night UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS" (produced by Studio Deen). From 2014 to 2015, "Rin route" was adapted into a TV anime "Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]" produced by ufotable, which also produced "Kara no Kyoukai" and "Fate/ZERO", a spin-out work from the "Fate" series. Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]". The first chapter, "Presage Flower," released in 2017, drew 980,000 viewers and grossed 1.5 billion yen at the box office, The first chapter [present flower], released in 2017, drew 980,000 people and recorded box-office revenues of 1.5 billion yen. The second chapter, which opened in theaters nationwide on January 12, 2019 (Sat), is the most important episode of the trilogy, depicting the turning point of the trilogy.
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In advance of the August 21, 2019 release of the theatrical version of "Fate/stay night[Heaven's Feel]" II.lost butterfly Blu-ray & DVD, a video master version screening with a cast talk show featuring Noriaki Sugiyama and Noriko Shimoya The event was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 on August 17. The official report has arrived and will be introduced below.

Official Report】 *Titles omitted

Noriaki Sugiyama and Noriko Shimoya took the stage for a talk show while watching footage of the production process!
How were the three famous scenes created? Chapter 2" will look back with the treasured making-of footage.

It has been about 8 months since the highly acclaimed theatrical release of "Fate: The Second Chapter". Fate/stay night[Heaven's Feel]" II.lost butterfly Blu-ray & DVD will finally be released on August 21, 2019. Prior to its release, an event was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 on August 17, 2019, where the "Video Master Version" of the Blu-ray & DVD recording, with more than 250 cuts brushed up from the theatrical version, was screened on the big screen of a movie theater and with high-quality sound.
At the event, main cast members Noriaki Sugiyama, who plays Shiro Emiya, and Noriko Shimoya, who plays Sakura Magiri, were surrounded by the audience as they looked back on many famous scenes while watching "Animation Material II," a special video that is a bonus for ufotable exclusive stores.

Yuichi Terao, director of photography at ufotable, commented that this scene "is one of the symbolic scenes of 'Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel]' the Movie. commented. At this event, a production process video was shown, showing the "storyboard" by director Tomonori Sudo, the "line shot video" of the original drawings (animation) by the animators, and the "finished video" with finishing touches (coloring) and filming process.

Sugiyama and Shimoya recalled their impressions of the recording process.
We did the dubbing with the storyboards that we shot. Mr. Sudo's storyboards are really beautiful and the expressions of the characters are very carefully drawn," said Shimoya.
He made it easy for us to grasp the facial expressions and emotions of the characters. I appreciate it." (Sugiyama)
Shimoya revealed that he had been struggling with the acting plan for this scene.

She said, "It was a very difficult scene where Sakura talks about herself for the first time and expresses her feelings, so I was hoping to have a chance to talk with Sudo-san before recording the scene. Then, there was a short break before we started recording this scene. When I was about to talk to Mr. Sudo, Kinoko Nasu (the original writer) was there as well, so I asked him about this scene. Talking with the two of them helped me to resolve some of the issues I was having, and I was able to act with confidence.

On the other hand, Mr. Sugiyama said, "I built the play for this scene based on Sakura's feelings.
Sakura was the main focus of this scene. Sakura confides something that Shiro did not know and expresses her feelings to him. So, I took what Mr. Shimoya had performed, as confirmed by the director (Sudo) and Mr. (Nasu), and I took it in the same way as Shiro did in the film. I wanted to make a play out of what I felt inside myself. That is why I didn't dare to confirm or discuss with him how he would take the lines (Sakura's lines) before recording. The staff reacted to my performance during the test recording by saying, "It's OK as it is," so I went into the actual recording with confidence.
I was happy to be able to record with Mr. Sugiyama. I was happy to be able to record with Mr. Sugiyama. I could feel how he was feeling right next to me as he was acting next to me on the microphone. ...... I'm so embarrassed (laughs)" (Shimoya)

In the "Animation Material II" video shown this time, raindrops drawn in 3DCG are also shown close-up. It was revealed that 900 raindrops in the near view and 200,000 raindrops in the far view were used to create a beautiful and intense rain scene in a single cut.
The raindrops look like tears, which I thought was very nice," said Shimoya.
I thought it was a perfect balance of looking like sad tears of cherry blossoms and sunlight shining through the trees as a ray of hope for Shiro," said Sugiyama.

The second scene is the "power game" between Saber Alter and Berserker at Einzbern Castle. Director of Photography Terao said this is the most intense battle scene in "Chapter 2. The entire scene of the battle at Einzbern took place on one vast battlefield," he commented. In "Animation Material II," aerial footage (from a bird's eye view) reveals where the battle between Saber Alter and Berserker moved and turned inside and outside the castle.
Sugiyama and Shimoya couldn't help but comment on how impressed they were when they saw the footage.
Sugiyama and Shimoya couldn't help but comment on how impressed they were with the footage: "How big was the castle, how far away were the characters, and where was the camera positioned? You can tell that the images were carefully calculated.
Berserker and Saber Alter fly in an instant, giving a sense of speed, so I didn't feel the vastness of the castle in the film, but when I saw it from a bird's eye view like this (......), I could clearly see the vastness of Einzbern Castle.

In this scene, the battle between Servants is depicted with great intensity.
This scene depicts Servants' battle with great intensity.
It's like a mythical battle. The effects are very detailed, and there are many layers of filming and processing. I think it is a wonderful match between the refined expressions of Japanese 2D animation and the meticulously crafted expressions of the 3D models.

Animation Material II also includes a storyboard of the battle scene. When you compare it to the finished film, you can see how great the workmanship is.
The footage we watched during post recording was at the storyboarding stage, but at that point I could feel that the animation was going to be amazing, so much so that I was worried that the animators would have a hard time.
Sugiyama: "This was the first time I had ever cried while watching a battle scene like this. It was the first time for me to cry while watching a battle scene like this.

The last scene shown was the "nightmare" scene in which the secret of Sakura Magiri is revealed. Director of Photography Terao commented on this scene, "This is the 'nightmare' scene where reality is linked to Sakura Magiri's dream. What is noteworthy is that the size of the place and the height of the walls perfectly match the subsequent scene in the alleyway and the scene inside the castle. What does that mean: ......?" He made an interesting comment. In "Animation Material II," he shows off the fantastic castle, the fancy characters, and the castle's picture frames that appear in Cherry Blossom Dreams.
The first time you saw the cherry blossom dream scene in "Chapter II," you may have been surprised to see what had just begun.　We were also surprised by this scene. We were also surprised at this scene.
I was also surprised when I saw the rehearsal video before the recording!　I was also surprised when I saw it in the rehearsal video before recording.
(Sugiyama) "I thought this scene was only possible because it was based on the text of the original game. It is a scene that depicts the inner life of Sakura. When Director Sudo showed me the storyboard, I couldn't help but exclaim, "Mr. Sudo, you are a genius!　He's a genius,'" exclaimed Shimoya.
The balance is exquisite. Not only does it give the impression of a fairy tale, but it also has some disturbing impressions, such as the stuffed animals flowing in the river. I thought it was amazing." (Sugiyama)

Mr. Shimoya also gave the highlight of the dream scene.
The framed paintings on the walls inside the castle in "Chapter 2" are visuals that were inserted in the flashback scene in "Chapter 1" when Shiro comes in contact with the shadows. If you have the "Chapter 1" package, I would like you to check it out in frame-by-frame.

Finally, the two expressed their enthusiasm for the final chapter, "Chapter 3," which is about to be released to the public, along with a screening of the special PV.
We will be doing the postrecording from now on, but we saw the almost completed scenario of "Chapter 3" when we appeared at the stage event at "Fate/Grand Order Fes.2019~Caldea Park~". ［HF] has a long storyline and a branching narrative, so if someone other than Director Sudo had been in charge of the visualization, I'm sure a different [HF] would have been depicted. However, I really think that the director Sudo's [HF] this time is the best, and it has such a high level of perfection. The best of [HF]. There are a lot of hard scenes, a lot of tough scenes, but we're going to pull ourselves together and try our best in the recording." (Shimoya)
I'm really looking forward to the postrecording. I'm really looking forward to the dubbing, and I wonder what kind of amazing images will be created by adding various production processes to the dubbing. I can only look forward to it.

The movie "Fate/stay night[Heaven's Feel] III. spring song" will be released in the spring of 2020. What kind of scenes will be depicted by their postrecording? Looking forward to that day, the event ended with loud applause from the audience. We hope you will continue to support "Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel]" the movie.

Product Information

■ "Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel]" II.lost butterfly Blu-ray&DVD
Release date: Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Price:
Limited Edition Blu-ray (ANZX-14404-14406): 9,500 yen + tax
Normal Edition Blu-ray (ANZX-14404): 5,800 yen + tax
Normal edition DVD (ANSB-14404): 4,800 yen + tax
Full-length disc specifications: ・Subtitles: Japanese/English
Subtitles: Japanese/English
Audio: 2ch/5.1ch
Special features
PV and commercials

Limited Edition Special Features
BOX, newly drawn by Takashi Takeuchi
(Original drawing: Takashi Takeuchi, Coloring and finishing: Hirokazu Koyama)
Digi jacket drawn by Tomonori Sudo

Original soundtrack
Special disc
Special booklet
Illustration book
Special bonus disc is DVD.
The bonus disc will be a DVD.

Film Information
Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] the Movie II.lost butterfly

Release date: January 12, 2019 (Sat), nationwide roadshow

A girl's wish quietly blazes and dissipates...

<Introduction
This is a story about the "Holy Grail," an all-powerful wishing machine that grants the wishes of those who hold it in their hands.

The final route [Heaven's Feel] (a.k.a. Sakura route) of the visual novel game "Fate/stay night" has been adapted into a three-part theatrical anime.
Animation production is by ufotable, which produced the TV anime version [Unlimited Blade Works] in 2014.
The film is directed by Tomonori Sudo, who has worked on numerous animated adaptations of TYPE-MOON works as character designer and animation director.

The first chapter "PAGE FLOWER," released in 2017, became a big hit, recording 1.5 billion yen at the box office and attracting 980,000 viewers.
And this film, released in 2019, has surpassed its predecessor, recording box office revenues of 1.6 billion yen and mobilization of 1 million people.

At the crossroads of destiny, the second chapter - "Lost Butterfly" - begins to hatch.

<Story
The person I should be fighting - is still here in this town.
The boy has chosen to follow his beliefs. And to protect the girl.
The "Holy Grail War," in which Masters and Servants fight over the "Holy Grail," the machine of desire.
The war, which began in Fuyuki City after an interval of ten years, is distorted, twisted, and complicated by the entry of Zon Inkstone Magiri, the head of the Magiri family, one of the three families in the "Holy Grail War. Zukkeshin summons True Assassin as a Servant. Unidentified shadows stirred in the town, and one after another, Masters and Servants fell.
Emiya Shiro, who had joined the battle as a Master, is also wounded and loses his Servant Saber. However, Shiro refused to get out of the battle in order to protect Sakura Magiri. Sakura fears for Shiro's safety, but she, too, is caught in the fate of the sorcerer. ......
I promise. I--"
I've decided not to betray you, only her.
The longing wishes of a boy and a girl are plastered in black shadows.

＜Main Staff
Original Story: Kinoko Nasu/TYPE-MOON
Character Planning：Takashi Takeuchi
Director：Tomonori Sudo
Character Design：Tomonori Sudo, Atsushi Ikaritani, Hisayuki Tabata
Screenplay: Akira Hiyama (ufotable)
Art Director: Koji Eto
Director of Photography: Yuichi Terao
3D Director: Kazuki Nishiwaki
Color Design: Mika Matsuoka
Editing: Manabu Jinno
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Theme Song: Aimer
Production Producer: Hikaru Kondo
Animation Production: ufotable
Distributor: Aniplex

＜Main Cast
Emiya Shirou: Sugiyama Noriaki
Sakura Magiri: Noriko Shimoya
Shinji Magiri: Hiroshi Kamiya
Saber Alter: Kawasumi Ayako
Rin Tohsaka：Kana Ueda
Ilyasphiel von Einzbern: Mai Kadowaki
Fujimura Taiga: Ito Miki
Kotomine Kirei: Joji Nakata
Zanbishi Magiri: Masatake Tsugayama
Gilgamesh: Tomokazu Seki
Rider: Yu Asakawa
Archer: Junichi Suwabe
True Assassin: Toru Inada

Theme song: Aimer "I beg you

(C)TYPE-MOON, ufotable, FSNPC